woke up today at 10 and got to school at 11. went to CC to slack around and chit chat.. ta pao lunch from design canteen and ate in cyber center.. at 12.50, went for jap lecture..

went back home shortly after jap lecture and then went out again to send my bro to his drum lessons.. we then went to NSRCC to bowl.. bowled quite OK today and i finally got to bowl with Darren.. LOL!!

nothing much happened today lah.. damn sian.. hope tomorrow's going to be better!

thursday......................

omg i really cannot think of anything else to put as my title lah.. why must blogger make us put a title for.. haha..

anyway, woke up at 8 and went to school at 9 for PSPS.. the rest of the groups who didnt present last week did this week.. after class, met up with KaiWen at concourse and went to the hardware shop with him to get his spray paint and sand paper for his bike..

we went to mensa after that to have teh and chit chat before i left for netfund lab.. the tutor was very fast today and we finished everything in 1 hr.. so for the other hr, i followed Mark and his clique to ITAS to have 'dinner'.. the curry chicken with rice is DOPE man!

went for maths tutorial after that and teacher gave us past year's term test paper and answers.. after only half an hour, we were free to go.. went to CC to see everyone there and played around with everyone's camera.. haha.. got to try Darwis's Canon EOS 30D with 60 - 200mm 2.8.. his 'xiao bai'.. haha! that lens costs 2.7k by itself ok! dun siao siao..

league night

woke up at 9 today and got to school at 10 for OOP lab.. we had our lab test straight away and i actually think i can get close to full marks for this one! haha.. so miraculous.. the only part i could not complete is the 2nd question.. i can compile it but cant seem to run it.. other than that, the objects and GUI part got full marks!

teacher let us off 1 hour earlier after the lab test and so i had a 5 hour break on my hands.. went to CC and met Dickson, Andy and YaWen there.. chilled around there for the whole 5 hour break.. everyone left at about 2 and i still had 2 hours to waste.. so finished my jap show and tell stuff and printed it out with the printer..

left for the library at around 3.30 to meet Mark, Kavan and JieXing.. taught Mark how to use the rubik's cube and went for jap class.. show and tell day! haha.. did quite ok but was under the 3 minute requirement..

after school, went back to CC to get my stuff and one of the FM10s in which i am supposed to use the black and white film that Dickson bought for me at 5 bucks (thats EX!!!).. dad picked me up from school and then we went to NSRCC to bowl..

i didnt really bowl alot recently and needless to say, my bowling today is really CMI.. im 100% sure my handicap's gonna rise man.. left for dinner at 802 before heading home

KaiWen's birthday celebrations

got to school at 10 today for webapps2 again.. didnt do much as i already completed the damn thing anyway.. after webapps, had lunch at KFC and got myself a ticket to Kelvin Tan's concert this thursday.. went back for maths tutorial and got my quiz 1 results back.. got 22/30 man.. haha..

for the other hour of break, i went back to cyber center to slack around and then left for class again at 4.. OOP was ok today.. its getting alot harder and harder and i dont really understand it anymore.. whats more, i have a lab test tomorrow.. omg.. LOL! luckily, its an open book test..

i also have to present my japanese show and tell topic tomorrow.. i already did some research on it and i hope that its enough..

after school, i took a bus down to TM to meet Jia Lin and Amanda.. i reached at about 7.10 and we already bought tickets for the 7.15 movie.. the rest (KaiWen, James and KaiLing) only arrived at 7.25 lah.. so got into the theater at 7.30.. watched Beowulf.. quite a nice movie but kinda grusome.. the movie is actually more of an animation than a real movie lah.. but the graphics is so good that i seem to recall it as a full fledged movie.. haha..

after the movies, we met Amandis and WeiLun, and WanYi and boyfie.. James commented that all the couples were all about the same height.. LOL!!

how i noe

woke up today at 7 and went to school at 8.. slacked around plaza area till about 9 before going for netfund.. didnt really concentrate on class much today.. mark was constantly bugging me to teach him how to solve the rubik's cube.. lol.. half an hour before class ends, my teacher let everyone off but those who didnt sit for the quiz last week.. took the 10qn MCQ and i think i'll pass..

met KaiWen after class and went to short circuit to have lao shu fen.. we then went to mensa to have drinks before going to CC.. slacked around and didnt do much.. at about 4, i left for webapps class.. i was already done with my damn website but my tutor wont let me go.. keep finding fault with my website..

after school, went to TM to have dinner.. ate teppan yaki again.. haha.. bumped into coach at the interchange! what a shock

took 31 back from marine parade and then back home..

marine parade

spent the whole day at east coast park.. walked around and had some stuff to drink.. went to parkway parade also.. long time since i've been there lah.. so many new stuff..

at about 7+, i took a bus back to bedok interchange and my family picked me up to go to NSRCC.. met my neighbours there and went for dinner.. the lanes were full most probably because all the people who wanted to swim couldnt because of the rain.. in the end, we got a karaoke room..

got 2 lanes after awhile and i only bowled 2 games.. feeling very lethargic.. dont know why..


にじゅうごにち。じゅういちがつ。

OVERALL CHAMPS 3RD YEAR RUNNING

YESSAR!!!!!!! Temasek Polytechnic has clenched the POL-ITE overall champion for the 3rd year running now! haha..

woke up at about 11.30 and slacked around till about 12.30.. went to bedok interchange to meet Shu Xian.. we took a train down to city hall and walked around marina square.. stoped by the arcade and various shops before going down to carl's jr to have lunch.. had a sudden craving for mushrooms, so i ordered the portabello while Shu Xian ordered the superstar.. after a rather messy lunch, we took a cab down to safra yishun to support the bowling team.. met Don, BC, Glen, Kenneth, Lu Fang and Vera there.. we won the overall for both men and ladies and coach was super happy.. haha..

left for north point after that with Shu Xian, Kenneth, Glen and Don.. after a quick drink, we all took 969 to tampines interchange.. Don went home while the rest of us went to parkway parade to have dinner.. after dinner, we all went to play pool.. Kenneth was extremely pro lah.. haha.. left after awhile and took bus 196 to bedok interchange with Shu Xian..

black and white photo developing workshop

attended the BnW developing workshop today together with Dickson, Andy, Clara and Sharon.. Suan Yang and Phyo taught us how to do it.. so cool lah.. haha.. bet u didnt know that actually developing the film into pictures dosent requite ink at all..

anyway, got to school early for for lec and then went to cc to slack.. Shu Xian joined me at about 11 after her jap tutorial.. we slacked around and played with my laptop.. Dickson, YaWen and Noel joined us after awhile and we all just sat around and chilled.. at about 12.50, me and Shu Xian left for LT21 at buisness for jap lecture.. after jap lec, we went back to cc to deposite our books and left for jupiter cafe with Noel.. had chicken leg pasta and a cup of hot mocha..

after going back to cc, Noel took out his rubik's cube (alot of people have been playing with it recently).. so i gave it a go and found it really addictive.. haha.. Dickson has one too and he's like.. the master.. haha.. anyway, at about 4, we all went outside cc to celebrate YaWen's and Clara's birthdays both of which fall on this sunday.. lol..

At about 5, everyone left for their respective events.. (YaWen, Shu Xian, Alfred and Alexial to Kelly Poon's concert) (Me, Dickson, Sharon, Clara, Andy, Suan Yang and Phyo to the dark room) learnt how to develope the negatives in the dark room.. wont reveal too much here..

went back to cc at about 7.30 and everyone except Alexial and Shu Xian went to TM to have dinner (pastamania).. i also went to toys'r'us to get my own rubik's cube.. LOL

thurzday

sianzday.. nothing happened today loh.. how boring is life man..

woke up at 8 and went to school for PSPS presentation.. did alright.. went over to meet KW for lunch at mensa before going to cc.. didnt do anything much lah.. just slacked around only.. at about 1.30, i went to mensa 2 to pass Shu Xian the photoshop CD and then went to short circuit with KW..

chit chatted abit then went to lvl 6 for netfund.. we were having a quiz today and i didnt even study lah.. totally screwed it up.. =(

maths followed and had another quiz.. this one im sure i can get good marks.. only the gaussion elimination part was weird.. anyway, went back to CC after school and went to shoot some mediacorp people doing an intro for their new show in TP.. the producer was damn irritated by the 3 students lah.. haha.. keep forgetting what to do and not looking into the camera..

went back home at about 8

Tiger Moth

Took this while shooting macro with Shu Xian, Ya Wen and Alfred

diet?

dunnu why.. but i didnt eat anything today.. for the whole day.. dont know why lah.. just not hungry.. haha..

anyway, woke up at 7.30 and bathe etc etc.. went to Ya Kun's at 8.30 to meet YaWen.. i was supposed to have breakfast but i just wasnt feeling hungry.. so we took a bus to school and went to the cc because we didnt have classes yet.. at about 9.50, we left and headed for our classes..

had OOP and all we did today was to play with the colours on our GUIs.. so lame.. met YaWen after class and we went to 17-4 for my CgInt.. when we got there, Mark called and told me that there was no CgInt.. idiot..

so went back to cyber center and slacked for abit.. joined KW for a drink at jupiter cafe before heading over to outside the library to shoot the marina bay countdown.. Shu Xian joined us for her 1st official shoot.. got some cool shots and i learnt how to operate my flash!! like finally lah.. haha

went back to cyber center very early as there was not much to shoot anyway.. everyone went to mensa for lunch and i followed.. i only drank a bottle of coke.. haha.. after lunch, we all went back to cc and then out again to shoot some macro shots.. zach called me halfway and asked me to help him shoot 10 shots of TP landscapes.. so helped him and went to print with him..

went for jap tutorial after that with Mark and Manda before going back home.. mum and me took a cab down to NSRCC to watch bro bowl in the league..

back to school!

back to school for my most hated day of the week! tuesday -.-"

i hate tuesdays because of the lame 2 hour break, maths tutorial, and another hour break.. why cant they just make it 3 hours straight? what can i do with 1 hour!? seriously man.. anyway.. got to school slightly late but earlier than my webapps teacher nonetheless..

i wasnt present for yesterday's webapps lab.. so i was 1 chapter behind.. but i managed to catch up and nearly complete 2 chapters today.. i was so close loh.. only left 1 webpage to create.. anyway, after webapps, i went to look for Shu Xian who was outside the library.. i was supposed to teach her the basics for using a DSLR today.. so went to cyber center with her and met Alfred, Sharon, Andy and Darwis there.. after a short chit chat session, we all went to Sugarloaf to have lunch.. had their lasagna again and i couldnt finish it.. we tricked Sharon into putting liberal amounts of salt into her lasagna by telling her that it was cheese.. haha!!

anyway.. after going back to cyber center, i only had half an hour left to teach Shu Xian.. so i took out my camera while she used VC's 300D.. taught her about the usual stuff.. ISO, shutter speed and aperture.. we were joined by Alfred who fell down with my camera in his hands while chasing a cat on the 2nd level..

after that, i had to rush off for my maths tutorial.. maths tutorial was all about functions today.. all that f(x) crap.. haha.. anyway, got through maths tut and went back to cc amidst the pouring rain.. Sharon and Alfred were still there and doing lame stuff -.-"

went back to engine to meet KaiWen for abit of a chat before going for OOP.. OOP today was totally stupid.. i could even program it lah.. i never knew that missing a lecture could have such a big impact till now.. the whole program was about GUI(Graphic User Interface) and i didnt know ANYTHING about it..

after OOP, went to mac with Shu Xian and friends because she said that she couldnt understand what i've said that morning.. probably because of the lack of time lah.. i understand.. anyway, retaught her everything and drew a small table for clarity's sake..

went back home after that and then went to meet KW at 8.30 on my old skool.. it was drizzling slightly when i got there but i managed.. after meeting him, we cycled to the coffee shop to have teh.. while having teh, it really started to come down.. so we had no choice but to brave the rain and cycled to his house again.. slacked for awhile till the rain stoped before going back home.. on the way, i took a pretty sharp turn and my old skool's front wheel lost traction and it sliped.. i suffered 3 minor cuts as a result.. haha

red moon pic

Taken during the last day of TP Rawks.. dunnu why it was red, it just was.
a split second after this, the bike landed on Mark. theres no copyright on this because i let Mark use it

sick sick sick

hey folks! guess what? im SICK! hahahahahaha.. not that its funny.. but yea..

woke up today and felt sick.. so didnt go to school.. went to see the doctor instead.. got an MC to cover for my absence today.. went to the coffee shop nearby to have breakfast before returning home to sleep for 3 hours..

woke up at 2+ to have lunch and then slacked at home feeling bored.. at about 4+, YaWen msned me and we chatted for abit and i decided to go down to school.. so got my stuff and took a cab down to school.. slacked at CC and didnt do much.. played with the MacBook Pro..

Shu Xian came over to CC to join VC and we introduced her to some of the more active members.. she left after awhile because she needed to go home.. i just hung around cc till about 7 when YaWen came back from class.. we (me, alfred, yawen and pang hock) then left CC and walked to the bus stop.. dad and bro came to pick me and YaWen up before heading over to NSRCC to bowl.. i was feeling rather sick so i didnt bowl.. me and YaWen walked around NSRCC instead.. my first time walking on the beach lah.. i was wearing slippers and so alot of sand got into them..

sent YaWen to the MRT before heading home..

lack of pics

sorry for the lack of pics.. im really tired and actually sick at this point from the continuous events and lack of sleep.. but here's one to keep you guys going.. i'm putting this up for VC's most unglam shot during TP Rawks mini competition..

Kallang bowl

i was supposed to wake up at 8 to meet a couple of VCers at school today but i couldnt wake up.. haha.. woke up at 12 instead and went their after i got ready.. reached there at about 1 and only Pang Hock and Phyo was at CC.. so i sat around and slacked abit till Alexia came in awhile later.. i had brought my camera and the works (camera body, kit lens, 60 - 300 lens, wide angles and flash).. but when i got there and wanted to get it out, i realised that i forgot to put in my battery.. haha.. 2nd time this happened..

anyway, Pang Hock asked us if we wanted to go look for YaWen and Sharon on the buggy and of course, i said yes.. so me, Pang Hock and Alexia squeezed into the back of the buggy and we all went to tembusu groove to look for them.. we stayed there for awhile and then walked back to CC.. after uploading the pics, we decided to go to Bedok's pizza hut for lunch. so we all walked over to the bus stop and took the bus to bedok interchange.

we walked over to pizza hut and i saw Ming there who just ate finish and was going home.. we ordered the sambal fiesta meal (1 regular seafood sambal pizza, 1 regular hawaiian, 4 soups and 4 drinks) and a add on of minty cranberry which i shared with YaWen.. after lunch, Pang Hock wanted to pay for us but all of us strongly declined and paid him back.. we all went our seperate ways after that and me and YaWen went back home to pick up my battery and to rest.. we wanted to go to the airport but my dad's suggestion of kallang's new leisure mall was better.. so we all went there..

there was not much stores open in the mall.. even the toilets were not opened yet.. haha.. but already, there was a 22 wooden lane bowling alley and an ice skating rink.. we tried out the lanes there with YaWen and im really shocked at the sticky-ness of the approach.. couldnt even slide lah.. i had to switch to the smoothest sole of my shoe (my shoe's sliding patch can be changed to match conditions) to get the most insignificant increase..

bowled quite lousily.. highest of 154 only.. we then sent YaWen to kallang MRT before heading back home..

sleepover at cyber center

didnt update yesterday because we had a sleepover at the cyber center.. we're the 1st ever to sleep there (according to pang hock)..

so anyway, yesterday i woke up at 10 and got to school at 11 to shoot the last day of tp rawks and ccn day.. i had to bring 2 bags plus a tripod.. so i went to cyber center 1st to put everything down.. andy came in after awhile and told me that no one was at design.. so i got my camera and left for design.. shot P35 (Shu Xian's group) painting at design and then followed them around design.. i got to visit the new 2 million dollar full HD video lab (1st in asia).. so totally cool lah.. each station has 2X 24" high-def apple computers in which to edit videos.. and there was about a dozen of such stations.. in the corner of the room in a glass enclosed area, there were servers and hubs with apple logos on them.. so cool lah.. i think the lab as terrabytes of space (1TB = 1000GB)

after shooting at design, i left for CC and was told by humphrey that lunch was not provided today.. so we all waited for awhile for more VCers to come back before heading to mensa to have lunch.. had the kuay chap's stall's hokkien noodles by WanYi's recommendation and i dont think its anything special..

after lunch, Alfred, Sharon and myself went to look around the CCN day booths.. halfway through, i bumped into YaWen and followed her to shoot.. visited alot of booths but didnt buy anything (except for a pack of peanuts).. YaWen then went back to upload her photos for EngineerRus while i went to the plaza to shoot the bands with Andy.. Andy had to go back to CC to get fresh battries while i continued shooting.. but not for long as there were practically no one listening to the poor bands.. there was this part where the band's 10 person audience just stood up and left.. HAHA!!

back at cyber center, we all sat around and chilled for awhile and shot a few cosplayers before going back to the plaza to shoot the stage events again.. this time, there were stunt bikers performing.. their stunts were good but when they needed a volunteer to jump over and Mark was chosen, one of the bikes landed right on him.. poor guy..

went back to cyber for awhile more before going to TCC for jam and hop.. from my position (at the 2nd floor) i had a clear view of the bands playing but didnt have space to move around for shots.. so alot of my shots were repeated.. after jam and hop, we all went back to the cyber center and uploaded all the photos.. craped around abit and i shot the moon.. it had a red tinge to it.. lol.. showed everyone the photo and they all went outside to shoot it..

paradise to have supper.. after supper, we bought some soon, everyone except me, YaWen, Dickson, Alfred, Alvin, Sharon and Pang Hock went home.. we sat around looking at photos and watching youtube till about 1.30 when sharon was going to go home.. we all walked her out to the guard house and got a cab for her before going to prataalcohol from 7-11 before going back to school to drink.. we got out the projector from the server room and connected it to my laptop and watched russell peters. Pang Hock and Alvin went to sleep shortly afterwards while me, YaWen and Alfred went to the sports complex to bathe.. YaWen was afraid and bathed with us in the male toilet

got back at about 4am and the door was locked by dickson who so conveniently went to sleep.. we had to make alot of noise till Pang Hock woke up to open it for us.. we changed the video to Transformers and watched it till Alfred went to sleep, leaving me and YaWen awake only.. watched till almost the end when YaWen finally went to sleep and i turned everything off.. i went out to the toilet and caught a glimpse of the sun rising over TP.. so i went back to get my camera and Alfred.. alfred took 1 look at the sky, decided that his camera wont do, and went back to sleep.. YaWen joined me after her 5 min nap and we went to the resevior to walk around..

we went back and everyone woke up in due time.. Alvin went home first and the rest of us soon went back home.. when i got home, i slept for about 6 hours before waking up at 7 for dinner.. we went to 802 to have frog's legs again and then i went back to school while dad and bro went bowling.. at school, i followed YaWen around shooting for the iGuides camp.. she hasent slept since yesterday..

at about 11, me, Sharon and YaWen went out to wait for cabs.. waited for 15 mins for 2 cabs lah.. all hired.. after both of them got cabs, i went back to the cyber center to pick up my towel which i forgot to bring home and then went out again to meet dad and bro to go home.. i just realised that i forgot to bring my laptop charger back also.. dammit.. i'm going back to school tomorrow anyway.. haha!

No No No No No and pics

TPVC collage done and copyrighted to Dickson.
Sharon, TPVC's model.. haha
rawkers on the dragon boat
Field agents taking photographic evidence of the murder victim
TPVC OEI!

TP Rawks 2nd day

today was another hectic day.. woke up at 8 and went to school slightly late at 9.10.. had PSPS first thing in the morning and did my presentation.. actually, i didnt really help much in reasearching and making the powerpoint.. but i think i made it up by presenting a larg part of it.. out of all the groups, i could tell that ours is the most successful.. the lecturer's questions were few and all were well answered.. haha..

after PSPS, i had a 2 hour break in which i went to CC to find everyone not there.. so i phoned yawen and met her at the sports complex where TPDE was teaching the rawkers to dance.. snaped a few pics and then went to the resevior with yawen to shoot the dragonboats.. yawen had to go back for class while i went back to the CC to have lunch with everyone else.. halfway through lunch, there were these 2 girls who walked past us (we were eating on the benches outside) and commented that VC was cool.. alfred said 'yeah! vc is cool!' and they were like.. 'how do we join?'.. haha.. so we got 2 new members today!

after lunch, i had to go for my 4hr of classes.. nothing much happened and i went back to CC after class.. no one was there again and i thought that everyone would be at the sports complex as it was raining.. so i went there to find more rawkers dancing with TPDE.. so i walked back to CC just in time to see yawen and someone else (i cant remember the name) come out with intentions of going to the sports complex.. haha.. so i followed them and shot abit more, including the cheerleading performance with mark in it.. haha..

after that, we all went back to the cyber center and uploaded all out photos.. yawen, dickson, alvin and me went upstairs where it was all dark to play with yawen's flash's strobe.. took some really cool ghostly pics.. haha..

after that, we all went to KFC to have dinner.. while there, dickson told us some really funny jokes and we all laughed till our stomaches hurt.. haha.. especially the 'No No No No No No' one.. LOL!!

Winter Bells HIGH SCORE!!

played this particular game for about 10 mins straight!! thats 8,706,777,133 points ok.. 8.7BILLION!! wahahahahaha.. try to beat!! LINK

TP Rawks 1st day

woke up at 7.30 today and went to school at 8.30 to shoot for TP rawks.. my 1st major event for VC!! haha.. anyway, went to TCC 1st thing in the morning and covered the welcome event in the auditorium.. they were playing some games and giving out prizes..

halfway through, i had to leave for my OOP class.. walked into class with my camera in hand.. haha.. for the 1st time, i didnt manage to complete my OOP.. mainly because i cannot write fast enough.. didnt even program anything today lah.. just write out only.. haha.. after OOP, went to ITAS to look for YaWen whom i was shooting with.. met her and we went to some LT to follow the rawkers.. IT school has this weird game called 2nd life.. something like runescape only the map is of TP.. so lame lah.. the lecturer was showing us the game and i can already tell that he plays it at home.. can you immagine your lecturer at home playing some lame assed game with a pet dragon called 'boy boy'? LAME!

got my free lunch after that and then covered the viva the arts event next to mushroom.. they also invited the korean idol winner to come sign for us.. got some killer shots of him man.. thanks to YaWen's 18 - 135.. haha.. anyway, there was this point when they were giving out his CDs.. and when the winners came up to take the CD, the emcee was pointing to me and told the korean dude: 'take picture, take picture!'.. i was only glad to oblige.. haha!

after viva the arts ended, me and YaWen was scheduled to shoot the yellow group around buisness school.. so we followed them to the LT where they were given some boring talk.. we decided not to stay and walked out of the LT to go look for more rawkers.. haha.. amanda joined us and i left with her for jap class at 4, leaving poor YaWen alone for the 2nd time today to shoot by herself.. haha.. jap class was fun today.. tricked amanda with the 999 prank.. HAHAHA!!

after jap, me and amanda went to the sports hall to cover the last event of the day.. they were being taught the mass dance!! haha.. YaWen got amanda the 300d from the CC and she shot also.. halfway through the teaching, i saw Wei Kit and we danced the mass dance together.. well, part of it anyway, and Alfred went and took 14 pics of me.. -.-" the best part is that Sharon took me doing the 'RA!' part right into her lens -.-"

after it all, we all went back to CC.. while the others were uploading their photos, we had some fun with the 2 SB-800 flashes that we had.. i think Dickson's working on the collage now.. i'll post it when its done.. haha.. we also took lots of group photos..

after uploading, we all went over to opposite school to have dinner.. my 1st time eating with so many VC members.. my carbonara was the last to arrive and the rest all very graciously waited for me to start together.. haha.. after dinner, we all went back home

sianz tuesday

out of all the days of the week, i think i hate tuesdays the most.. all my class are solos and theres this 2 hour break followed by emaths and then another 1 hr break.. wouldnt it be better if it was 3 straight hours THEN maths? i hate tp.. i think i've said that like a million times already..

anyway, woke up at about 9 today and got to school slightly early for webapps.. finished the lab very early and had alot of time to waste.. so i started playing winter bells.. my teacher came up to me and said 'hey, stop playing and do your work' and i told him that i was done.. he told me to move on to lab 5 (today's lab) as some of the rest are still on lab 4.. i told him that i've already done that also.. he looked shock lah.. haha..

after webapps was my 2 hour break.. went to CC to slack for awhile and met sharon there.. kaiwen called me 1 hr later to ask me to go have lunch.. we met up at jupiter cafe where only i ate (chicken leg pasta and hot mocha).. we also saw james there who sat down for a nice chat..

james left after awhile and me and kaiwen continued to chit chat till it was time for my emaths.. so we went back to cc to pick up my stuff before heading over to engine school. maths class was damn boring today.. taught stuff that i already knew.. i hung through it all and went back to cc for my 1 hr break.. when i got there, the place was flooded with people.. haha.. spent most of my time with yawen and alfred looking at clubsnap pics and discussing the Fujifilm S5 Pro..

went back home after my OOP lab and then went bowling at NSRCC.. the lanes were totally crap today.. if you bowl the inside and send out, the ball skids way too much.. if you bowl the outside in a straight line, the ball gets too much traction and hooks to the 2nd pin.. damn lanes..

monday blahs

monday again.. and after the past 4 days of holidays, i feel extremely reluctant to go to school today.. haha.. anyway, draged myself out of bed at 8 and got to school at 9 for netfund tutorial.. it was totally boring and i ended up watching russell peters on mark's psp at the back of the class..

after that, chris, ray, andrew, zach and myself went over to jupiter to have chicken leg pasta.. all five of us had it.. haha.. compared to last time, the new and improved jupe's chicken leg looks like its been inflated or something.. the rest went for their OOP lecture while i went to get my photos which i sent for developing yesterday.. after collecting, i went to the cyber center to slack for the 5 hours that i have.. met someone new today called Kai Xin who is new to DSLRs.. me, alfred and YaWen followed her out about school to teach her the ropes for basic manual setting usage..

after that, i had my webapps lab and i finished it just on time today.. haha.. found a new addictive game during class today also.. called winter bells.. i got 3771990 for my high score!! haha

went to my uncle's house to deliver him his new home theater system and then went to safra tampines to bowl.. bowled quite well today.. 161 average for 5 games..

Tampines Bike Trail Enduro Series

This pan is shot is done by using a slow shutter and the zoom instead of hand movements

shooting with Suan Yang

woke up at 12 today and had lunch at home at about 1+.. i then cycled to the tampines mountain bike trail again today to shoot the event with Suan Yang.

got there at about 2.30 and met up with him. we walked up hill where a part of the race circuit was based on and shot alot of pics.. most of the cyclists were really friendly.. they smiled when we were shooting them and some of them even thanked us (?)..

after the hill segment, we walked back down for a drink followed by the flatland segment.. the flatland shot were mainly pannings.. we walked for awhile and decided to turn back.. so we didnt go into the forest segment..

all in all, 270 pics taken and only a few good ones.. my camera is just not suited for photography.. not like a guy we saw on the hill with a Nikon D2 Xs.. haha.. today, for the 3rd day in a row, the mosquitoes had a big feast.. i counted and i've got 26 mosquito bites on me right now.. dammit lah.. i must have lost like a gallon of blood..

Pulau Ubin Series

Shot of the day










Photo Copyright of Ya Wen. Me in action.. lol

pulau ubin trip

woke up at 7am today by mum who told me that it was raining and that going to ubin was not a possibility.. shortly after, amanda called me to tell me the same thing.. but yawen was on her way to tampines already.. so i went to TM to meet her and have breakfast while we waited for the rain to stop so we could go to ubin..

we got to the ferry terminal at about 11 and took a bum boat to ubin.. we went straight to the information kiosk to get a map and information as to how we were to get to the chek jawa board walk.. we then rented a mountain bike for myself and a double seater for amanda and yawen.. we cycled all the way to the east of ubin from the jetty which is at the south end of it..

when we got there, we stoped by the information booth and got maps before heading onwards ontot the boardwalk.. took ALOT of good shots there.. one of the best moments is when amanda was shooting something and i spied a red dragonfly land on a leaf nearby.. i went right up to it and shot alot of cool pics.. it was very cooperative and didnt mind me going as close as 2cm away from it.. haha..

walked from the mangroves to the coastal area and took more shots.. after we got out of chek jawa, we cycled back to the main village at the jetty to have lunch/dinner.. ordered fried chicken, kang kong and prawn fried egg.. after that, me and yawen sent amanda to the jetty as she had to go off first.. we then continued to cycle on the 2-person bike to the western side of the island which we didnt go earlier on..

took the boat back at 6 and dad picked us up at the terminal..

bike trail pics

This was before we went through any mud.. the 1st mud bath can be seen in the pic
before wash
after wash
my lovely shoes

im so tired..

woke up at 12 today and stayed at home for the whole day.. supposed to go bowling with don but safra tamp was having a league.. so my bro and i decided to go cycling..

i am privileged enough to have my home located near to the Tampines mountain bike trial.. i occasionally would cycle over and do the 2.6km route and then cycle back again.. but on this occasion, everything went wrong..

cycled there all right.. got started on the trial all right.. but about a quarter into the trial, there was a sign then read 'CLOSED FOR UPGRADING' followed by another smaller one with the word 'detour' written on it.. the trial was normally about 2 meters wide and covered in stones and pebbles.. but the detour route went right into the jungle.. undaunted, me and bro cycled on.. note that it had just rained that very morning and the ground was wet..

the trail narrowed down and were ranging from 1m to a feet wide.. the stones and pebbles gave way to moist earth riddled with tree roots and rocks.. we continued cycling for about 200 meters and right in front of us, was a HUGE puddle of mud.. i decided that we wont be able to cycle past that as our wheels would just get stuck in the mud.. so we had to get down from the bikes and push them accross.. luckly, i had the sense to wear shoes.. but it made no difference as the water just seeped into the shoe -.-"

after said mud bath, we thought we were clear.. but little did we realise that it was just the beginning.. puddles of mus just kept appearing after each and every turn and soon, i was covered in mud.. my rear wheel axel was cloged full of mud and had trouble rotating and we were stuck right in a jungle trail without anyone around..

we kept going and soon found out that this trail was used for some sort of bike race.. Solomon banners marked with arrows pointed the way out as we trudged on in the mud.. words cannot do justice to what we went through today.. for about 5km, we were sloshing through mud, riding through super rugged terrain about a feet wide and down 45 degree slopes..

finally, after much time, energy and yelling, we saw the end.. we were so happy and we just went straight home with our shoes full of mud both inside and out and our bikes given a coat of mud which had hardened over the journey..

got cleaned and went to safra tampines at about 10 to bowl till 1.30

happy deepavali!

had no school today as it was deepavali.. so woke up at 12.30, had lunch and slacked at home for the whole day watching monday's prison break.. they aired 2 episodes of it.. so watched it all.. Michael challanged Whistler to a fight to the death!!

anyway, at about 4, i got my bowling stuff and went to NSRCC where i was supposed to meet Hannah and Glen to bowl.. i got there the first and got 2 lanes to myself.. i only bowled 2 games when they told me that they needed the lanes back.. glen joined me at 5pm (meeting time was 4.15) and we waited for hannah who had a 2 lane booking.. when she finally arrived at about 5.30, we found out that her family members were bowling all the while!

at the same time, i also got 2 more lanes so me and glen bowled a game by ourselves while hannah bowled with her family members.. our 2nd game was joined by hannah and her lomographer cousin.. didnt bowl well today.. marcus joined us for 2 games before everyone left and we went for dinner at 802..

kinda wasted my deepavali holiday huh? haha..

My first time being a model

taken in little india's back alley.. photo credits to Suan Yang and his Nikon D70s.

taken with 8 sec exposure time and a remotely fired flash from the left of the picture

boring day..

today was uber boring lah.. got to school at 9 and went to the cyber center to slack with PH and Humpfrey till about 9.50 when i left for OOP lab.. today's lab was OK lah.. quite easy.. not all managed to compete but i finished it off as usual..

i then went to LT33 for some acad progress lecture by the course manager.. i only see him like 3 times.. and i already hate him.. in his eyes, all those who are in AW are scum.. he keeps telling us that we're going to fail and be removed.. WTF? what kind of course manager tells his students that!? totally hate him man.. look down on people..

moving on, went to the newly opened jupiter cafe for the first time this sem and had chicken leg pasta.. waited for half an hour for it.. LOL!! after that went to the cyber center to hang around.. 2 more people joined VC today.. must welcome Amanda and Janice to VC..

went for jap tut at 4 with amanda and mark.. today's tut we all split up into different groups for activities and i got to know 3 more people.. after jap class, dad and marc picked me up from school and we went bowling.. the league was canceled tonight on account of deepavali.. so just bowled.. the lanes were damn hard to bowl today.. no single line can stay useable for long..

Vivo City series

All taken with f/5.6 and 8" shutter speed except for 'bars'

vivo city

woke up today at about 9 and went to school.. webapps was ok.. finished early and left.. skipped my netfund lecture and went to meet james to have lunch at ITAS.. after maths tutorial and OOP lab, went back home for like 5 mins before leaving again for simlim square..

brought my camera along as we were also heading to vivo city.. anyway, in simlim, i walked around with dad for abit and looked here and there for camera equipment.. the Nikon SpeedLight SB-800 is so tempting lah.. i asked around for the ML-L3 wireless shutter remote but it seems that it is still out of stock.. dunnu wtf the distributers are doing.. about 1 month liao leh..

anyway, went to vivo city to have dinner and meet marcus who's been in sentosa with his friends for today.. had kolo mee at the basement just outside kopitiam.. kinda ex.. but nice.. haha..

went upstairs to the rooftop garden to shoot abit.. i should have brought my tripod lah.. dammit.. didnt take alot as it was too dark to see anything..

project: OLD SKOOL

today, i initiated project OLD SKOOL with kaiwen.. haha..

woke up at 8 today for school.. bleargh.. monday blues.. anyway, got to school abit late and walked into netfund lab to realise that today was the graded lab! omg.. and the best part is that i brought the wrong netfund book.. so, took mark's lab notes, went back down to photocopy them and back up again for the lab..

school was alright from then on.. went to meet kaiwen and chilled for lunch at short circuit followed by teh at mensa.. bought yawen her chicken burger and met her at cyber center.. kaiwen and james were sitting by their own trying to re-flash james's PSP to a better firmware.. i was just chilling with the rest in the room..

after school, had lunch at mensa with kaiwen and yawen before me and kaiwen headed back to my house to get started on project: OLD SKOOL.. we got straight to it after we've put down our stuff.. got out my 10 year old Haro, went to splash it with water, and pumped it up with air.. we then took some sand paper and sanded away a good deal of rust on the handle bars.. then went out to take it for a spin.. it really surprised me as it has not been used for about 6 years already.. the chain was abit rusty and that made paddling slightly harder..

we went over to the nearby bike shop to get some stuff done to it.. spent 30 bucks on new handles, seat and stands.. also got the front wheel aligned and chain oiled.. we then went over to a hardware shop to get a can of matte black spray paint.. went back home to spray the wheel spokes black.. the seat bar and the chain gear thingy also got a matte black coat.. im looking for some sort of polish to get my shimmering green shimmering again.. and some autosol for the chrome..

we also removed lots of redundant stuff on the bike.. like my old lights, bell and front brakes.. after the paint has dried, im gonna give it another whril and keep you guys updated!

little india series