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Michael Jackson, 'King of Pop,' dead at 50

When i login to my facebook account, i saw my friend join a group for Michael Jackson memorial..i was like, "huh, what happened to this guy?" and then i found this :

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LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson, the "King of Pop" who once moonwalked above the music world, died Thursday as he prepared for a comeback bid to vanquish nightmare years of sexual scandal and financial calamity. He was 50.

Jackson died at UCLA Medical Center after being stricken at his rented home in Holmby Hills. Paramedics tried to resuscitate him at his home for nearly three-quarters of an hour, then rushed him to the hospital, where doctors continued to work on him.

"It is believed he suffered cardiac arrest in his home. However, the cause of his death is unknown until results of the autopsy are known," his brother Jermaine said. Police said they were investigating, standard procedure in high-profile cases.

Jackson's death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music's premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage.

His 1982 album "Thriller" — which included the blockbuster hits "Beat It," "Billie Jean" and "Thriller" — is the best-selling album of all time, with an estimated 50 million copies sold worldwide.

At the time of his death, Jackson was rehearsing hard for what was to be his greatest comeback: He was scheduled for an unprecedented 50 shows at a London arena, with the first set for July 13.

As word of his death spread, MTV switched its programming to play videos from Jackson's heyday. Radio stations began playing marathons of his hits. Hundreds of people gathered outside the hospital. In New York's Times Square, a low groan went up in the crowd when a screen flashed that Jackson had died, and people began relaying the news to friends by cell phone.

"No joke. King of Pop is no more. Wow," Michael Harris, 36, of New York City, read from a text message a friend had sent him. "It's like when Kennedy was assassinated. I will always remember being in Times Square when Michael Jackson died."

The public first knew him as a boy in the late 1960s, when he was the precocious, spinning lead singer of the Jackson 5, the singing group he formed with his four older brothers out of Gary, Ind. Among their No. 1 hits were "I Want You Back," "ABC" and "I'll Be There."...


He was perhaps the most exciting performer of his generation, known for his backward-gliding moonwalk, his feverish, crotch-grabbing dance moves and his high-pitched singing, punctuated with squeals and titters. His single sequined glove, tight, military-style jacket and aviator sunglasses were trademarks, as was his ever-changing, surgically altered appearance.

"For Michael to be taken away from us so suddenly at such a young age, I just don't have the words," said Quincy Jones, who produced "Thriller." "He was the consummate entertainer and his contributions and legacy will be felt upon the world forever. I've lost my little brother today, and part of my soul has gone with him."

Jackson ranked alongside Elvis Presley and the Beatles as the biggest pop sensations of all time. He united two of music's biggest names when he was briefly married to Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie, and Jackson's death immediately evoked comparisons to that of Presley himself, who died at age 42 in 1977.

As years went by, Jackson became an increasingly freakish figure — a middle-aged man-child weirdly out of touch with grown-up life. His skin became lighter, his nose narrower, and he spoke in a breathy, girlish voice. He often wore a germ mask while traveling, kept a pet chimpanzee named Bubbles as one of his closest companions, and surrounded himself with children at his Neverland ranch, a storybook playland filled with toys, rides and animals. The tabloids dubbed him "Wacko Jacko."

"It seemed to me that his internal essence was at war with the norms of the world. It's as if he was trying to defy gravity," said Michael Levine, a Hollywood publicist who represented Jackson in the early 1990s. He called Jackson a "disciple of P.T. Barnum" and said the star appeared fragile at the time but was "much more cunning and shrewd about the industry than anyone knew."

Jackson caused a furor in 2002 when he playfully dangled his infant son, Prince Michael II, over a hotel balcony in Berlin while a throng of fans watched from below.

In 2005, he was cleared of charges he molested a 13-year-old cancer survivor at Neverland in 2003. He had been accused of plying the boy with alcohol and groping him, and of engaging in strange and inappropriate behavior with other children.

The case followed years of rumors about Jackson and young boys. In a TV documentary, he acknowledged sharing his bed with children, a practice he described as sweet and not at all sexual.

Despite the acquittal, the lurid allegations that came out in court took a fearsome toll on his career and image, and he fell into serious financial trouble.

Michael Joseph Jackson was born Aug. 29, 1958, in Gary. He was 4 years old when he began singing with his brothers — Marlon, Jermaine, Jackie and Tito — in the Jackson 5. After his early success with bubblegum soul, he struck out on his own, generating innovative, explosive, unstoppable music.

The album "Thriller" alone mixed the dark, serpentine bass and drums and synthesizer approach of "Billie Jean," the grinding Eddie Van Halen solo on "Beat It," and the hiccups and falsettos on "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'."

The peak may have come in 1983, when Motown celebrated its 25th anniversary with an all-star televised concert and Jackson moonwalked off with the show, joining his brothers for a medley of old hits and then leaving them behind with a pointing, crouching, high-kicking, splay-footed, crotch-grabbing run through "Billie Jean."

The audience stood and roared. Jackson raised his fist.

By then he had cemented his place in pop culture. He got the plum Scarecrow role in the 1978 movie musical "The Wiz," a pop-R&B version of "The Wizard of Oz," that starred Diana Ross as Dorothy.

During production of a 1984 Pepsi commercial, Jackson's scalp sustains burns when an explosion sets his hair on fire.

He had strong follow-up albums with 1987's "Bad" and 1991's "Dangerous," but his career began to collapse in 1993 after he was accused of molesting a boy who often stayed at his home. The singer denied any wrongdoing, reached a settlement with the boy's family, reported to be $20 million, and criminal charges were never filed.

Jackson's expressed anger over the allegations on the 1995 album "HIStory," which sold more than 2.4 million copies, but by then, the popularity of Jackson's music was clearly waning, even as public fascination with his increasingly erratic behavior was growing.

Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley in 1994, and they divorced in 1996. Later that year, Jackson married Deborah Rowe, a former nurse for his dermatologist. They had two children together: Michael Joseph Jackson Jr., known as Prince Michael, and Paris Michael Katherine Jackson. Rowe filed for divorce in 1999.

Cardiac arrest is an abnormal heart rhythm that stops the heart from pumping blood to the body. It can occur after a heart attack or be caused by other heart problems.

Billboard magazine editorial director Bill Werde said Jackson's star power was unmatched. "The world just lost the biggest pop star in history, no matter how you cut it," Werde said. "He's literally the king of pop."

Jackson's 13 No. 1 one hits on the Billboard charts put him behind only Presley, the Beatles and Mariah Carey, Werde said.

"He was on the eve of potentially redeeming his career a little bit," he said. "People might have started to think of him again in a different light."

source : omg.yahoo.com


Desktop for June + New Seagate 500Gb HDD

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decided to change wallpaper after bought the Logitech MOMO..i dont have the camera with me..so no picture of the momo yet..

newhdd
the new HDD was bought at AllIt (lowyat plaza)
its a Seagate 500Gb 7200rpm 16mb (RM195) *current price for 640Gb is RM210* huu~ :(


update from streamyx:

UPGRADING OF TM CORE NETWORK

Dear Valued Customers,

Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) wishes to inform its customers that it is migrating its existing core network to the latest network technology to facilitate the ongoing improvements of our network performance and service quality. The migration will allow TM to provide a more integrated service proposition to support a large ecosystem of applications.
The infrastructure migration will take place in two stages on the following dates and time-periods:

Friday, 12 June 2009, 11 pm till Saturday, 13 June 2009, 6 am
Friday, 19 June 2009, 11 pm till Saturday, 20 June 2009, 6 am
Therefore, all our Internet and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) such as iTalk and Home Prepaid customers nationwide may experience a disruption of service during the stipulated period. We would like to assure our customers that the services would resume to normal after this period.

TM apologizes for any inconvenience caused whilst at the same time, we would like to assure you that we are upgrading our network to enable us to provide you with the best in the next- generation network (NGN) services.

For more information, customers can contact us at 100 or log on to www.tm.com.my.

Thank you for your patience in allowing us to improve our services.


ps: decided to collect fund to buy my own dslr..*2nd hand* hee~


Good News, Bad News

bad news:

swollen tonsil

tonsils

high fever
sprained ankle

good news:

bought logitech momo racing force feedback wheel (RM150 ; retail price RM260++)

Logitech MOMO Wheel

(didnt test it yet due to high fever.)


Help is just a CLICK away

"For heart patients, TIME is RUNNING OUT. But, help is just a CLICK away."

DIGI is trying to raised RM150k in 30days. And you have the power to help with a single click.

just click once on the banner below, and you will donate RM5 to IJN foundation.



IJN Foundation (IJN)

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The IJN provides research and medical care for patients with heart complications. Your support will help poor and needy patients through their heart transplant program and the Mechanical Heart Assist Device Programme.


Click the banner above and DIGI donate. :)

do visit nikillas to donate to Malaysian Nature Society (MNS)
and Kak Jie to donate to Majlis Kanser Negara (MAKNA)



ycfbootcamp
dont worry, the digi-i-will-follow-you-man will not follow you.. :)


Rapidshare premium account

This morning, wake up..check my email and i have seven unread messages.
one of them is from rapidshare customer service via the rs reseller, alfosool.com

edit: here is part of the message


Hello,
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the account has been locked because it was suspected of account sharing.
We have checked the account and it seems that only one person is using it.
Therefore we have unlocked the account.
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RapidShare AG

Dies ist eine vertrauliche Nachricht und nur für den Adressaten bestimmt. Es ist nicht erlaubt, diese Nachricht zu kopieren oder Dritten zugänglich zu machen. Sollten Sie irrtümlich diese Nachricht erhalten haben, bitte ich um Ihre Mitteilung per E-Mail oder unter der oben angegebenen Telefonnummer.


heh..i know its not my fault..base on the email, they had suggested me to contact TMNET STREAMYX regarding this problem..they suspect that the ISP keep changing the IP address..

anyone can help me on this?
rapidshare locked my account because suspect me sharing the account by checking the ip address of the downloader. if they detect different ip adresses, they will lock the account.

any other user had this problem? care to share the best way to download using rapidshare premium account?

thank you

:)


Final Exam Result 2008/2009 session

Final Exam Result Semester II 2008/2009 session

omg, i accidentally cut the 'Gred'..
sorry, still practising the 'crop' function. :p
result

I never revealed my actual result here..so, I'm gonna continue this blog tradition..
but for the last semester result, it improves quite a LOT..from zero to hero..hee~

and for my English subject..it still the same gred..no improvement..*sigh*
*maybe i should write longer..and blog more often*

there's nothing interesting for this week..except for the technical problem that USM is facing now..I'm lazy to talk about that..you can read it here

ps: i'm still have taking one more paper during this break. pray for my success :)
ps2: i hate studying engineering math..
ps3: today i don't eat any rice
ps4: anybody wanna let go their Canon 70-200mm f2.8 L IS??


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