Well, these few months have been rather mixed and God has planned out things for me in a weird way. Well, it has been some trying times for me. But here are some of the updates.
1. ) The Vatican has elected a New Pope!
The globe has something to rejoice after Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as a new Leader of the Catholic Church after Pope Benedict XVI's shock resignation at the end of February. Msgr Bergoglio has chosen the name Francis after the great Saint Francis of Assisi. He's the very first Pope originated from the Latin America, even outside of Europe and the Southern Hemisphere of the Earth! He was recently elected after a Conclave Election following the past couple days. That didn't take long.
2.) Singapore Archbishop Ordinated!
Catholics and Non-Catholics alike should also rejoice for the ordination of the Archbishop Co-adjutor Monsignor William Goh. He received his episcopal Consecration on 22nd February 2013 at the Singapore Expo. Genesis II Choir was honored to celebrate an event by Singing at the reception the next day! Below is the photograph of a fraction of the group alongside Msgr William Goh in the Straits Times on Sunday 23rd February.
Also, Rev. Donatien, Holy Family Church's Spiritual Director, happened to join and sing with us as well. He was practically with the choir the entire day, including driving fellow Genesians back to Holy Family Church, celebrating our usual mass that evening and joining us YET again for choir prac afterwards.
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| Genesis II Choir with Msgr William Goh (Left to Right) Back: Paul Anthony (Myself; Musician), Joanna Ortega (Conductor), Gabriel Ho, Duane Ang, Annabel Chang, Bryan David, Bryan Chang, Celestine Yeo, Rev. Donatien Davaine, Matthew Wong, Veronica Sng Front: Nicole Verghese, Shu Ying Grace, Msgr William Goh, Sandrine Yap, Vanessa Natalie, Adeline Ng, Juliana Chia |
3.) Preview: AFTERSHOCK PC's AFTERSHOCK X11
Well my ASUS K42Jr or actually X42J has finally died down on me after the Motherboard failed because of the Graphics Core that blown itself out. Haven't find the time to repair and I didn't have money to replace. But fate intervened and Aftershock PC has randomly picked me as the winner of the X11 after their Titan has won them the Digital Life Editor's Choice for Gaming Laptop!
I'm heading down to their showroom on Monday to collect that baby and a photo-shoot. Just a quick summary on its specs with S$511 spent on Upgrades.
Ivy Bridge Core i5 3210 --> i7 3630QM
Stock Cooler --> Diamond IC Thermal Compound
8 GB SODIMM Memory at Dual Channel 1600 MHz
2GB DDR3 nVidia GeForce GT 650M (Chip: 384 CUDA Cores. Clocks of Core: 835 MHz with 950 Boost, Memory: 900 MHz)
11.6' 1366 x 768
500GB Hitachi 2.5' HDD --> 250GB Samsung 840 SSD
1.3 MP Webcam
Weight: 1.75 Kilos (4 pounds)
Connectivity PortsFront: Card Reader
Left: LAN, VGA, HDMI, Headphone Jack, Microphone Jack, 2 USB 3.0
Right: Kensington Lock, 1 USB 2.0, AC Power in.
If you search through their product image, the X11 is essentially a rebranded Clevo W110ER. It is pretty much same as Elric Phares' W110ER that he got from AVADirect. Other brands also followed, Origin as the EON-11, Sager, Eurocom, Schenker as the A102 and of course Aftershock as the X11. It's practically the smallest notebook that you can get and possibly game on today's titles Including Crysis 3. Even it you crank the settings way down, within its native resolution it still looks good and still runs well on Medium Settings.
We'll see how this Netbook on Steroids fare after I collect it on Monday.
It's supposed to match the saying:
Tiny But Mighty
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