It is a sad day for the music business. Gramophone, a local cd shop had close shop. Since the golden days, when music bloom during the age from vinyl to cassette to compact disc, there were many shops selling these. Then it came in mini mart type of store, like Tower Records. It had 3 stories of music selection, all cds. People went there for imported disc not easily available. Then came HMV, as well 3 stories. There are also those normal neighbourhood shops. But when the age of mp3 started, Tower Records is the first to close shop here. But only recently, shops started change. Sembawang Music closes, others like Music Junction no longer sell mainly music cds. HMV shrinks to one small shop. Right now, only That CD Shop still stand with a few shops. Will there be any more demand for CDs now? In this age of iTunes, the usual consumer complain since the old days remains. In a full album, not all the songs are good. Listener only buy the album for just that one or two songs. With iTunes, now you can just buy that one song you like. But for buying the cd, you could get the flip book with lyrics and stuff, most cds have them. But how many of us still goes for cds?

Apple have announced the new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c. The 5c is supposed to be a cheaper version but the final price just doesn't seem cheap. It is just a difference of 100+ dollars. For someone willing to buy a 5c, they would add a bit more for the better 5s. They will probably still people buying the 5c, which is actually the 5 with a few minor upgrades. The 5c is more on colourful casing.

You must have noticed that the comics section in Straits Times is shrunk! It seems the reply in facebook to readers that asked what happened really is lamed. A survey done indicate no one reads the comics. I do read them and I am sure many others do. From all the responds to the reply, I guess those people are the comic fans. This seems to be the same as the good old days, when The New Paper also have a comics page. It shrunk to just 2 and now 1 comic. I guess no one reads it now that it is just 1. People could read them from the net or that comic isn't what everyone wanted.