The Glee Singing Community

I have downloaded the Glee app so many months ago. I was excited to use it during the first few days. Having an app which allowed me to sing to the tunes from Glee was just awesome. I was able to sing most songs but I realized a lot of them were beyond my vocal capabilities. You see, I sang bass/baritone in the glee club. This means that the songs of Finn are beyond my vocal range. I can sing the girls' songs just an octave lower.

I sang hundreds of times but I've only uploaded less than a dozen. These were the renditions that I was not embarassed to post. Luckily,I get nods of approval from the listeners around the globe.

Today, after so many weeks of not checking out the app, I discovered that someone joined me in two renditions of "True Colors". Initial reaction? I felt violated but i got over it in two minutes. That's the essence of the app. It's a venue for Glee fans to sing, listen, and sing together.

Location:Valero,Makati City,Philippines

Reading via Kindle

One App that I downloaded immediately after getting the iPad is the Amazon Kindle.  I have not had close encounters with the Kindle gadget – so I don’t know if reading the books via Kindle is different from reading them via the iPad.  Apple has it’s own reader via iBooks.  I have also downloaded free titles on that App and I am now revisiting “Alice in Wonderland” via iBooks.  You may ask – why did I get the Kindle?

The answer is simple – there are so many titles that I’d like to read and are available via the Amazon store.  One of those books is the latest by Timothy James Beck.  The title of the book is “When You Don’t See Me”.  The physical version of the book was priced at $16.95.  I also have to pay for shipping because I don’t live in the US.  Shipping can be at least an additional $ 5.   The electronic book version costs $11.60.    That’s a lot of savings and I get the book instantly.

Like many bibliophiles, I am not letting go of Physical books.  Reading is not just about the words – there’s something about the smell and feel of books that I just love.   However – for reasons of cost savings and instant delivery – I’d be happy to take advantage of the electronic version.

Before I end this – I’d like to highlight a neat trick that comes with the Kindle.   If you highlight a word – the meaning of that word as well as a link to Wikipedia will be brought up.   I find that really useful.

(This is an iPod snapshot of a page in the book “When You Don’t See  Me”)

Philippine Airlines – Personal Screens

Flying on Philippine Airlines from Cebu to Manila, we discovered that the Coach seats actually have personal screens.   That was a pleasant surprise.  The flight was less than an hour.  If you fly Cebu Pacific – you have the in flight games lead by the Flight Attendants.   Not all Flight Attendants from Cebu Pacific are “fun”.  So I’ve been to a number of those flights when those games end up as dry attempts to amuse the passengers.

With the Personal Screen of PAL – a passenger actually has access to a number of games.  One of them is a Trivia game which you play against other passengers who are interested in the game.  My competitive streak got the better of me and I took the game really seriously.   Another game is a favorite:  Bejewelled.  I love the game on Facebook.  I love the game on my iPod and iPad.  Of course – I love playing it on the PAL personal screens.