Melt Cafe, The Oriental Singapore
I woke up at 7.30 am. P’Chompoo kindly did the wake up call for me. We went down to the Melt Cafe to have breakfast buffet at 8.30 am. I felt so full after eating. Everything was so delicious. P’Chompoo had only a cup of coffee. She’s on a diet.
At 9.30 am. we went to do Media Workshop. Listening to Mr. Jose Luis Martinez, Vice President, Sales and Channel Management, Asia Pacific, Nokia Multimedia on a View of Consumer Internet Services.
Then the panel discussion on the Nokia N-Gage platform “Mobile Games: Raising the Bar, Lowering the Barriers“. The panelists were Mr. Ilkka Raiskinen, Mr. Ludovic Blondel (OEM Director, GameLoft), Mr. Vishal Gondal (Founder & CEO, Indiagames Ltd.) Mr. Bryan Ma (Director, Personal Systems Research, IDC Asia Pacific) and the moderator was Mr. Keith Liu (Head of Internet & Games Experiences, Asia Pacific, Nokia Multimedia).
Media Workshop
The new N-Gage mobile gaming platform is Nokia’s redefined mobile games offering where it aims to take it to new heights, as one of the key services within Nokia’s new strategic direction towards consumer internet services.
The N-Gage platform is a hardware-agnostic software platform which seeks to deliver an as yet unparalleled mobile gaming experience to consumers through Series 60 devices, including Nokia Nseries multimedia computers.
As a leading Mobility player, Nokia plays a leading role in mobile gaming as a first-party games publisher, and also has good collaborations with other industry leading games publishers and developers.
Digital Music: Evolution or Revolution?
10.55 am. the panel discussion on Nokia Music Services “Digital Music: Evolution or Revolution?“. The panelists were Mr. Jawahar Kanjilal (Director of Multimedia Experiences, Asia Pacific, Nokia Multimedia), Mr. Alex Lambeek (Vice President, Sales and Portfolio Management, Mobile Phones, Asia Pacific, Nokia), Mr. Sandy Monteiro (Senior Vice President, Southeast Asia, Universal Music), Mr. Bryan Ma (Director, Personal Systems Research, IDC Asia Pacific) and the moderator was Joe Augustin (Veteran DJ and Emcee).
In Asia Pacific, music plays an integral part of people’s daily lives, something that they cannot live without. Music is considered lifeblood, especially among the youth. Mobile phones have also become a very important part of people’s lives. In Asia Pacific, consumers experience the benefits of a portable music player, their first camera, games and internet on their mobile devices. If music evolves into digital music, should this then be considered the next big revolution?
Floor Play by Burn The Floor
In the afternoon, P’Chompoo, P’Mai, Khun Po and I went to China Town by MRT. It was raining day but it was fun to hang out with my friends. I took many pictures (you can view them here). We hurried back to the hotel to go to dinner at No Signboard Seafood. I liked Hokkien Style Steamed Fish and Shark’s Fin. After dinner, we went to the Esplanade Theatre to see “Floor Play” by Burn The Floor. It was an fantastic show! I love it. They spiced up the dance floor and danced awesome during the entire show.
I went back to the hotel at 10.20 pm. I met Azzah, my friend. She’s been waiting for me in the lobby. We went to my room and she ordered something for us to eat in the room. We talked about work, love and life. It’s good to catch up with her again. We exchanged the birthday presents. She gave me a book, Marley and Me by John Grogan. Thank you Azzah.
