Archive for March, 2008
Friday, March 28th, 2008
When it comes to Apple advertising campaigns, we can conclude that all their ads are consistent in style but unique at the same time. You probably will remember seeing the famous big prints on big billboards and walls of dark silhouetted characters against bright-colored backgrounds listening to their iPod. This advertising campaign actually are quite effective, especially the silhouettes that are dancing on the TV commercials with attractive up-beat music.
I though that the Apple marketing team have a good formula going there with its advertising. But after being exposed to the ads below, I am having second thoughts. These ads for iPod is totally different from the typical iPod ads. Personally I don’t think it’s well executed. The purpose of the ads is branding, but is this necessary since we all by now know the Apple iPod brand so well. It is well recognized just like Dell, iMac, Google or Coke Cola. Are they trying to attract us with a new illustration concept? These are great illustrations, but to me it just doesn’t fit or sell!
If Apple iPod doesn’t ring a bell to you…Then you are definately missing out a lot! Check out all the awesome gadgets that they have on their website Apples.com.
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Have you participated in a blog contest recently? If you did, you will likely have a chance to be the winner. But if you don’t participate when will you ever be a winner. It’s that simple and logical! I view this like playing the lottery where there will be very few winners and many losers. The odds of winning is not that high, but if you don’t give yourself a chance by entering the contest then you can’t expect to win anything!
That being said..I would like to share with everyone that I have won my second prize online since I have started blogging. Do you remember the post I have written in February about Business Blogger giving away $500 cash and a brand new graphic card to promote its new Business+Directory? Well I didn’t win the $500 cash or else I would have hired someone to design a brand new logo for KiwiPulse // Rock Your World! I was very happy this morning as the delivery of the brand new BFG NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT OC 512MB PCIe with ThermoIntelligence Graphics Card arrived at my door, just as promised by Chris. This graphic card will be very useful, since I haven’t upgraded my computer hardware for ages. It’s about time this machine get some new technology. I have taken some pictures of the prize for you all to see and feel bad that you didn’t enter the contest, or else you could have won. Thanks Chris and be sure that I will enter your next contest! 
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Do you remember the last time you went to watch an IMAX 3D movie? I notice that the majority of their movies tends to be documentaries ideally suited for institutional venues such as museums and science centers. It’s a true travel adventure each time I am at the IMAX because of the excitement following the cameras to the mysterious space aboard known as the Space Shuttle, to the tallest mountain of all Mount Everest, to the bottom of the wonderful Atlantic ocean, to the coldest place on earth Antarctic …and many other amazing places. These places, for you and I, are where we will probably have very little chances of putting our feet on, only if we are rich or lucky!
The IMAX movies generally have shorter running time than conventional movies lasting around 40 minutes, but that’s enough time to have a quick adventurous tour of the destination. Don’t worry about not being able to find an IMAX theater near you because there are over 280 IMAX theaters in 38 countries of which 60% of them are located in Canada and the United States. What was the last movie that you saw at the IMAX dome? The next time that you are there remember to…
Turn your phone off during the flight.
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
One of the most well-known tourist icons of Singapore is obviously the Merlion statue. We can see this one of a kind statue with the head of a lion and the body of a fish at the Marina bay in the southern part of Singapore, since 2002. The statue measures 8.6 metres high and weighs 70 tonnes. The original Merlion statue was built by the late Singapore carfstman, Mr. Lim Nang Seng. It’s first home was by the Singapore River back in September 17, 1972.
The idea of the merlion was designed by Fraser Brunner for the Singapore Tourism Board in 1964, then it was used as a logo in 1997 and eventually became a trademark symbol of Singapore. The lion head represents the lion spotted by Prince Sang Nila Uta in 11AD, when Singapura was re-discovered. The fish tail symbolizes the ancient city of Temasek (meaning “sea”) by which Singapore was known before the Prince named it ” Singapura” (singa for “lion” and pura for “city”) in memory of the humble beginnings of a fishing village.
There are five official Merlion statues in Singapore and you can find a tallest replica (32 metres high) of the Merlion in Sentosa Island. If we had this big-size statue in my city, I guess you will find me sitting by it on a sunny day blogging away! 
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
These ads reminds me of my younger day when daddy and mommy was too busy to take care of me. I used to play in my imaginary world with me and I as Hero! I never though that playing with my own clothes could be that fun! I hope the kids these days can play with toys to discover their identity; to help their bodies grow strong, learn cause and effect, explore relationships and practice skills they will need to become adults…But I guess they are now more into high-tech Nintendo Wii.
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