woke up at 10.30, went to school at 11.45.. when i got there, Noel and YaWen were there LOL-ing when they saw me.. they said that Noel had just said that i was going to pop out anytime soon just before i came in.. so i walked in and chit chatted abit.. after awhile, Noel said: "Wheres Alvin? i wanna go for lunch.." and guess what? Alvin walked in.. LOL!! now this was starting to get freaky.. so he tried something impossible.. "Dickson is gonna come in".. and he DID come in.. omg man.. LOL

anyway, chilled around for awhile and went to help Dickson shoot his project Jumbo group shots with Noel.. i seriously looked like a pro.. haha! on 1 hand, super wide with a Nikon D300, 9-28mm and SB-800.. on the other, mid-range with a Canon 30D, battery grip, 24-70mm f/2.8 L and 580EX.. super professional looking.. haha

went for lunch with the Flan before going back to cyber to slack around and going to shoot for Dickson in between.. a few of us also went upstairs to the darkroom to move the cupboards to the outer room.. i also joined Pang Hock, Noel and Liu Ying at the CO rehearsal for awhile..

went to the darkroom and processed some photos before going opposite school to have fried rice (thanks Alfred!) and a glass of milo before going home

woke up at 9 today and got to kallang leisure park 10 mins before 11.. met baby and Dickson there and shot abit of kids cheerleading.. we then stop for lunch and abit of yogurt where we met up with Noel.. after yogurt, we took a bus to selegie road where the 'widows karma' exhibition was being held at the selegie arts center.. looked around the exhibition which was done by 2 students using a D70 and a D200..

after that, we went for some snacks at the coffee shop before deciding to go to cathay photo so Noel could get his camera strap.. but when we WALKED there, we discovered that cathay was CLOSED on sundays.. haha.. so went to funan's food court to chill and wait for Alvin.. after meeting him, we walked over to suntec and decided to eat at a ramen place that Alfred suggested.. after ordering your choice of ramen, you can choose between 5 levels of spicyness.. 1 chilli, 2 chilli, 4 chilli, 6 chilli and 8 chilli.. i was very tempted to try the 8 chilli one, but baby wont let me.. haha.. so had the 6 instead.. which was quite spicy already.. the soup base was great and the noodles so-so.. the spicyness was really fantastic though.. hope to try the 8 chilli one.. haha!

yet more darkroom

woke up at 10, got to school after eating at subway at 12.30.. went opposite school with the rest for their lunch and then back again to school.. went to the darkroom with a few people and developed my roll of Illford XP2 with much difficulty in loading the film into the reel because a part of the sprocket was crumpled.. got it in anyway and developed it without incident untill the end part.. i forgot to wipe the water off the film before hanging to dry.. and that caused watermarks to appear on the film.. damn!

went to meet baby who bought her new SB-600 at alan today.. we then went for dinner at KFC and then walked around ECP for awhile.. went home after that.. my legs are killing me now.. i think i walked a tad too much just now.. haha!

darkroom again

woke up at 10 today and went to school t at 11 to meet Noel.. we went for lunch with Pang Hock at business before going back to cyber.. we went up to the darkroom after that and developed some photos from the roll of film that fell into the pail.. turns out, the film were all very dark and not much light passes through it.. so we could only get a little bit of development after 5 mins of exposure time.. we declared the film ruined, and went to outram park for Noel's dental..

while there, Noel introduced me to a game called patapon on his PSP.. but sadly, i've just tried it on mine, and it cant work =( damn.. anyway, after that, we went to funan to walk around and wait for Dickson who is, as usual, LATE.. met him after about 2 hours and went to get his new guitar at peninsula basement.. me and Noel also bought a roll of film each.. Noel got the film i am curently using (Illford XP2 Super) and i got the Illford PAN 400.. both black and white and im keen in finding out how they differ.. 

went back to cyber and wanted to go back to the darkroom.. but cyber was already closed.. and even after telling them to hold on to the keys, no one did.. so joined them for dinner at prata paradise and then went home

rock gym

rock climbing

woke up bright and early at 8 today and went to tampines interchange at 9 to meet Noel and Alvin at the macs.. Dickson was late as usual and met us at 9.30.. we then went to the smaller macs and waited for baby to turn up before taking 969 to yishun.. walked abit to safra and then went straight to the climbing site.. turns out, they were closed for maintainence till 1.. so had to loose some time.. waited for SuanYang to arrive.. which was a joke in itself because he took a wrong bus from the interchange.. so when i called him, he was all: "err.. i dunnu leh.. i think i took the wrong bus.. the driver turn the wrong direction.." with that dead serious tone of his.. LOL!!

when he finally arrived, he got us in fits by telling us how the wrong bus went around chomp pang twice before returning to the interchange and how he took the same number but from another berth for 3 stops before reaching.. classic uncle Yang..

went opposite safra to have lunch before going back to the office to pay and rent the shoes.. the shoes were super uncomfortable as they made your toes crunch up at the front so that you can 'feel' the rocks.. had the whole rock gym to ourselves which was super fun.. i think we had more fun on the cushions then climbing itself.. haha! climbed till about 3 before we all left..

Dickson took a cab outside safra to the DnD, Suan Yang went home for his equipment before going to the DnD, Alvin went for muay thai training, and the rest of us went to school.. once we got to school, me and baby finished up our CCA awards form and then went up to the darkroom.. we took down all the pictures in the hallway and removed all the blu-tacks.. Pang Hock also cleared a big portion of all the chemicals in the darkroom and gave them to the design school for disposal.. we also discussed plans of turning a small section of the darkroom into a studio with a $500 budget for lightings and backdrops.. went for dinner and then went home after that

waterfall

Took this long exposure shot of the waterfall in chinese garden.. my dad said it was nice.. for the first time!

D300; 1/5; f/11; ISO100

random shot from Dickson's shoot in the darkroom.. the picture was inverted from original, converted to BnW and touched up

chinese garden

woke up at 8 today and went to meet baby at her house at 10.. we then took a bus to parkway to shoot something before taking another bus to the mrt station to travel down to chinese garden.. the mrt station was only 5 mins away from the garden.. so walked over after buying some snacks from mr bean

walked around for abit before heading to the live turtle museum.. the museum was quite cool with a wide variety of turtles, terrapins and tortoises on display.. the main attraction for me was the huge backyard where no less than 3.5 trillion terrapins lived and played.. we got to feed them for a buck and they were so cool.. haha.. walked around some more after the museum and shot the small waterfall for abit..

took the train back to outram and met up with Dickson and SuanYang to go shoot some stuff for architecture around chinatown.. shot quite a good shot with the help of Suan's 80-200 f/2.8.. went for dinner at a place that baby recommended at raffles place which was called shokudo where the format of dining is like marche, only in japanese.. haha.. the food was alright but quite ex.. the 3 guys had the same pork katsu don and i ordered lots of sides to share with baby.. the most expensive being the S$9.80 for 3 teppanyaki scallops which were overcooked.. the bill came up to be S$55++ for me and baby.. haha.. took a cab from there back home

shutter

HAPPY 4th MONTH BABY~

woke up at 1 today and went to school to complete my CCA awards form at cyber before leaving to meet baby to go to orchard road.. reached orchard at about 5+ and walked around for abit before going to taka to have dinner..

went to collect the tickets to the exclusive preview of the new movie 'shutter' at shaw lido.. apparently, baby's brother won tickets to this preview and was in malaysia.. so me and baby caught the movie 2 days before the official screening!

the movie was alright all in all.. the plot is exactly the same as the thai version.. i really recommend it to all avid photographers out there.. i think the film was sponsored by pentax because all the DSLRs were pentaxes.. the main lead used a medium format Hasselblad for his shoots.. the darkroom scene was pretty scary when the girl in the picture turned to stare straight at the guy's face.. i dont think i can go into the darkroom all by myself again.. haha!

went for coffee at mccafe before heading home

darkroom

woke up at 9 today and got to school at 10 because Dickson said to be there at 10.. and guess what? he was late again.. had to wait for a record breaking 7 hours today.. hahaha.. spent my time in CC chatting with Noel, Alfred, Sharon and Clara.. Noel and i went to subway for lunch at about 12.. at subway, Noel tried to reserve a seat for us by placing his 52mm lens cap on the table.. but when we returned, the lens cap was GONE! LOL!! but no worries.. he found it again on the cleaner's table..

went back to school and slacked till 5 when Dickson came in and declared that his lab got flooded again.. i couldent bring myself to get angry with him.. so didnt say anymore and went up to the darkroom with Noel and Dickson to process the BnW films that me and Noel shot.. had trouble loading the film onto the reel because the reel was spoilt.. Noel set the new fastest record for film loading.. and in his first time too.. LOL!! after we got it into the container, we set about developing it.. i was emptying the canister of developer into the bucket and i told them: the worst thing that can go wrong now is the top falling off and the film falling into the pail of chemicals and being exposed to light.. and guess what? 1 sec after i said that, it happened -.-"

Noel the Brave stuck his hand into the pail of purple mixture of developer, stop bath, fixer and 2 cockroaches to get the 2 rolls of half-developed film back.. put them back in the container and continued developing.. the film turned out ok! even the exposed parts were alright.. haha.. quite surprising.. went for dinner with Dickson and Sharon after that at TM before heading home

HAPPY ADVANCED 4th MONTH BABY~
4 months has passed.. and i'll love you MORE AND MORE!

Clementi

woke up at about 9 today and went for training at NSRCC.. lost $10 in training today.. Remy made us play for the lowest score and everyone had to pay $2 for hitting 100 pinfalls and $1 for each additional 10 after 100.. after 2 games, i lost 8 bucks =(

went to have lunch with my family at lagoon food center after training and ate the famous wonton noodles.. long time since i've ate that.. went back home after that and then out again to meet Dickson and Noel to go to clementi to shoot the railway bridge.. shot there for a couple of hours under the hot sun before we left for queenstown with the intention of going to have dinner at a place where Dickson rated 10/10.. thats "orgasm inducing" type of material okay.. haha.. took the train to queensway and then a bus to ikea.. then walked back to the mrt station again because Dickson got lost! hahaha

finally found the place and had the 8/10 fried dumplings that Dickson recommended.. the place was swarming with those flying ants.. we saw lizards feasting on them.. they're catching 1 every few seconds! haha.. i sponsered a cab to taka after that so that we could go to kino to flip through the photography books in search for much needed inspiration for the SYPA.. went back home after that

first paid shoot

woke up at 1 today and slacked around deciding that today would be one of those days that nothings gonna happen.. but i was wrong.. haha! just when i was about to leave for lunch with dad at sammy's curry, Dickson smsed me and asked if i wanted to shoot an event tonight.. so i said ok! haha..

met him at tamines MRT platform at 4.15 and went to cathay photo so Dickson could buy his camera strap.. the same one that Suan has.. after buying, i saw something that caught my attention.. a second hand camera shop which was selling a Nikkor AF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G EDII.. my old D40 kit lens! hahaha.. bought it straight away for S$115.. we then walked over to the adelphi to look at the old cameras and Dickson put on his new strap.. i saw it and tried it and we went back to cathay for another one.. haha! so now Suan, me and Dickson has the same camera strap! Suan's in red and ours in black..

after that, we went to the Singapore Conference Hall for the shoot and met the event planner there.. we got tickets to front row seats and shot till about 10.. Dickson told me: "This is why i like event shoots.. you are paid to watch a concert in the front row.". haha! went to lau pa sat with Dickson and had dinner there and left at 11+ when his dad and mum fetched me back home..

woke up at about 10 today and got to school at 11+ where i was supposed to meet Dickson to go to the darkroom.. in the end, i bumped into Delia and Alfred on the way to cyber and we were planning to go watch 'rule number 1' but could not because Dickson was late and we would not make it in time for the movie.. so while Dickson went to his lab to do some stuff, the rest of us went to subway for lunch.. im officially addicted to subway.. ate about 4 - 5 times in the past week..

went to tm with them to look around and play battle gears in the arcade.. i also tried the new game, silent hill.. it was totally boring and lame.. so left for school.. Dickson, who said he'd be ready in half an hour, called me while im on the bus and told me he was ready.. he took 2 hours..

so we met him in school and we went to the darkroom with him for his photoshoot of dead leafs and flowers that he picked from the plants outside cyber.. we also enlarged some photos while we're in there and taught Noel how to do it.. after that, we left with the intention of going to mt sophia to see an exhibition.. but after we went to triple D and abit of sidetracks, it was quite late already.. so we decided not to go and went for dinner at carl's jr instead.. had the portobello mushroom as usual and then left for NSRCC to bowl abit..

back from chalet

not been bloging for the past 2 days because i was at the chalet that i booked for VC.. woke up at 9 for the 1st day and Suan picked me up in the rented Renault Kangoo van from home and we headed to school.. met YaWen and Alvin there.. left again to pick up Noel and baby and then back to school.. Suan, me, Alvin, baby and YaWen went to NSRCC to check in and unload the luggage and then back again to school to pick up the rest and drop them at giant to shop.. meanwhile, me, Dickson and Suan went to top up some petrol and then back to NSRCC to receive the delivered food..

played Noel's guitar heros 3 on his xBox.. really fun stuff.. haha! spent most of the time on it and playing mahjong.. had the 1st barbeque that night.. Alvin, Nick Chan and Sharon helped cook the stuff and most of it came cooked perfectly.. i've never been to a bbq with such a high percentage of perfectly cooked food before.. LOL!!

followed Suan and sent alot of people back in the van and then went back to the chalet to find Alvin and Janis dead drunk and pissing everyone off.. hahaha.. they were funny at the same time lah.. hugging each other.. for more info pls click on YaWen's link on the right and view the video.. some of us stayed up that night and i taught Dickson and Suan how to play mahjong.. we left at about 4 and Suan let me try driving the Kangoo.. seriously difficult lah.. the clutch was rock hard and the gearbox was 'soupy'.. according to Suan.. LOL!!

2nd day, some people went home and the rest of us went for lunch at poolside.. we then went for pool and rented the basketball court for an hour.. Noel slipped and fell again.. went back to the chalet and i slept for abit.. heard that the rest went to the beach.. at night, more people went back home and Dickson and Suan came back.. so only 4 people stayed the 2nd night.. me, baby, Suan and Dickson.. didnt bother doing anything that night.. only played abit of mahjong.. went to sleep after that and woke up at 5.30 to catch the sunrise..

bashed through some vegitation to get to the rock pier outside NSRCC and experienced the most undramatic sunrises ever.. NOTHING happened.. the sun was blocked by the clouds.. haha.. we waited for abit and got our opportunity when the sun peeked through a small gap in the clouds.. we imidiately began shooting.. the window only lasted for 5 mins before the clouds hid it again.. so we went back and checked out.. dad fetched us to school and i took my camera stuff with me.. Alvin lent me his 17-55 f/2.8.. thanks Alvin!

anyway, i realised that i left my memory card at CC only after i sent baby home.. so had to take a cab back in the rain to get it.. ran into Noel and we both took a cab to bedok interchange, thinking that we would be late for the shoot that we planned.. we were supposed to meet Dickson at bedok inter at 3 and Suan at clementi at 4.. but we had to wait for Dickson for an hour and a half on the MRT platform.. Delia, who was supposed to meet us at clementi gave up waiting and went home.. when we finally met Dickson, we changed our plan and went to clark quay instead.. met with Suan and went a-shooting.. saw lots of D40s and 400Ds.. and a prefessional who was shooting for a wedding couple..

after shooting, we went to funan to look around.. looked for the hotshoe cover, but no one had any.. so went for dinner at food junction.. stoped by cathay photo although it was closed to look at the displays before going home via MRT..

i'll upload the pics some other day as im super tired now.. not enough sleep during the whole chalet..

pics today

Congrats to Dickson for getting his new Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
Super wideangle on Suan's 10-20mm f/4
It's a GOAL!! (Suan's 80-200mm f/2.8)
Jumper (Alvin's 17-55mm 2.8)

woke up at 9 today and went for youth squad training at NSRCC.. my thumb is now seriously bruised.. haha.. had to stop training 30 mins early because it was hurting too badly.. had lunch with the squad at poolside before going back home to grab my stuff and leaving again for kallang leisure park to shoot for TP Blazers who were competiting in cheerobics..

only got the mediocre media pass.. not the VIP one.. so could only enter when our school was performing.. but me and Noel didnt care and stayed inside for a whole bunch of performances.. haha! we only left when we were hungry.. so we met up with Suan and Dickson again and went to subway.. ordered the cheese steak again.. and guess what.. THEY DIDNT HAVE MY PARMESAN OREGANO!! NOOO~~ and the bloody idiot at the veg counter screwed my sandwich by adding capsicum inside.. -.-"

went back to shoot the Blazers' 2nd performance with Dickson and then left for the old national stadium with Alvin, Noel, Dickson and Suan.. chatted alot and shot alot too.. stayed there till the sun set and my family came to pick me up and go to old airport road to have dinner.. dropped by ikea for awhile so i could get 2 huge photoframes and a smaller one for my room on the way home

woke up at about 1 today.. slacked around at home and waited for dad to come back home with lunch.. had newton circle's duck noodles before leaving my house for sim lim to meet ShuXian and her parents because she wants to get her camera.. met them there at about 4.45 and went into alan photo..

got my pay in the form of a cheque and helped her to buy her 1st DSLR, a D80 kit.. she also bought a bag, a small dry cabinet, and a 4gb memory card.. went to mum's shop before taking the MRT to tanah merah to catch the 6pm bus to NSRCC.. bumped into Darren and AhLong there.. took the bus there and slacked for awhile before having a buffet dinner there..

watched and supported the NSRCC team in the youth interclub.. we should have won all the 3 games against keppel.. but Christopher screwed up for the 1st game, causing us to loose by 12 pinfalls.. he was working on a strike.. so we needed him to hit at least 6 pins down.. but guess what? he guttered TWICE!! Darren's dad said 'kelong'.. LOL!!

bowled with uncle John, Shawn, dad and bro after the league.. uncle James told me to take bigger steps.. so now my ball has alot more power, but less accuracy =(

VC's 1st pro body: D2Hs

woke up at 1 today to clear blue skies.. and i couldn't believe it.. the first clear day in 123125413 days!! so called Suan Yang and arranged to meet him in school at about 3.. so went about my usual duties at home and then took a cab to school.. i know that it was not raining.. but i've gotten so used to taxis that im too lazy to walk over to the bus stop.. haha!

anyway, i got to school before him and waited for awhile.. he came in shortly and told me that he bought a D2Hs.. i didnt believe him at first.. but when he showed it to me, i was totally shocked.. the first ever person in VC to own a pro-body!! OMG!!!! went outside in the bright sunshine to try out its 8 fps.. fantastic man.. hahaha..

Dickson, Josias, Sharon and Clara joined us at CC after awhile.. at 6, Dickson, Josias, Suan Yang and myself took a bus to tampines inter where Josias left for his church and the rest of us went to subway to have an early dinner.. i had the footlong again.. tried their teriyaki chicken.. after dinner, we took 27 to courts and played guitar heroes.. too bad didnt get to see Suan playing with his chin.. LOL!!

dad and bro fetched me from courts and we went over to cousin Adeline's house to pass her her birthday pics.. she also passed me all her leftover plates and bowls from her chalet.. played with Nine awhile and then left for NSRCC.. bowled 4 games.. quite bad owing to the fact that i've not bowled for 1 week already.. hahaha.. left at about 1

woke up at about 11 today and was supposed to meet baby and Noel at bedok inter.. but it was raining super heavily.. so i decided to brave the rain and get a cab to the inter, since it only takes like 5 seconds to get a cab on a normal day.. but today was not at all normal.. it was totally not my day.. went outside and the road was EMPTY.. not even cars.. waited for 5 mins for a cab and gave up waiting cos my shirt was thoroughly soaked through.. so went back home and changed.. the shirt was so wet that i can wring water from it.. changed into another shirt and went back down again.. i didnt bother to wait under the rain again.. so waited at the void deck of my house, and had a view of the street where i was standing at.. and guess what? i saw at least 5 taxis pass.. OMG!!

finally got a cab and took it to bedok inter and met baby and Noel at NTUC.. bought a bottle of drink and some sushi before going to school.. i slacked around CC doing nothing much for the good part of the time and only went out to see the dance concert rehearsal.. met my bro and dad at TM after sending baby home and we all went home together.. had teppanyakki which my bro da baoed for me from TM for dinner

TPVC MacBook Club pics

The members, in order of left to right:

Alfred Lau, Dickson Goh, Nicholas Teo

The MacBooks

TPVC MacBook Club

woke up at about 1 today and went to school at 3.. configured my MacBook and let Alfred install some applications onto it.. im still not used to the OS after using windows for over a decade..

baby helped me to check my results which were posted today.. and shockingly, I PASSED EVERYTHING!! even telsys man.. super happy.. SuanYang susbscribed to the SMS service, but he didnt receive any messages.. i, who didnt subscribe, got the information even before he did.. so he was amusing us all by being on pins and needles the entire time.. freaking out and constantly checking his handphone.. Alfred was not much of a help by sending him fake smses through his macbook.. LOL!!

left cyber at about 7.30 after taking some shots with Alfred, Dickson and myself, who together, make the TPVC MacBook Club.. LOL!! dad fetched me from school and we went to NSRCC where my bro was bowling in the league, and my cousin Adeline was having her birthday chalet.. so went to watch the league for 5 mins, then left to the chalet.. had laksa that my uncle cooked which was DELICIOUS.. and then slacked around playing Uno..

left at about 12 and went over to my cousin's house to meet my other cousin who was quite an old hand in macs.. he installed some software for me and gave me a stick of 1gb ram.. so now i have 1.5gb as i had to remove a stick of 512 to make way for the 1gb.. oh well.. i wanted to get NFS: Carbon from him, but it wouldnt transfer into my hard disc.. played with Nine, the huskey for awhile before leaving for home

MacBook

woke up at about 9 today and took a cab to meet baby.. we were supposed to go for lunch, but since we were not hungry, we went to school straight instead.. met up with VC peeps at CC and chit chatted awhile before going to shoot the pre u seminar with YaWen.. it was quite boring.. they just kept arguing.. so we left after awhile and went back to cyber to chit chat.. left for TM with Alfred, YaWen and baby for dinner at about 7.. ate at kopitiam and had nasi padang..

after i got home, i went straight for my new macbook which arrived while i was at school.. im still not used to it at all.. and the keyboard is very stiff, making typing quite hard.. its like you pressed the key already, but nothing happens..

pool shot of Josias

Just a random pool shot of Josias.. wanted to point out how Nikon has not managed to control its noise, even for their new CMOS sensors.. taken with my D300 and f/1.8.. notice how Josias's face is now a blur of noise at ISO 400.. clicky to see bigger image.. too bad no uploader lets me upload the full 6mb, 12.4 megapixel file..

woke up at about 9.45 today and got to TM at 10.30.. booked 2 tics to the 11.05 screening of water horse.. caught the movie with baby.. quite a good show.. the movie was based in scotland.. and everyone spoke in a funny scottish accent that i really like.. LOL!! my official new favourite accent is the scottish!! hahaha

went to school after that for awhile before sending baby home and then back to school again to cover the chior practice event.. me and Noel volunteered.. the members were late.. so we spent some time playing a round of pool in which i beat Noel =P.. the event itself was quite boring.. the chior just practiced singing and i think Melissa knew that we were bored.. so she asked us to take a group shot and we could leave.. we met up with Dickson and went to subway to eat..

i had a whole footlong to myself.. had the steak cheese melt or something.. laughed alot with them.. turns out that the metal chuppa chupps container that we used to contain the photo processing chemicals was corroded during the time we left it in there.. so the chemical spilled onto the floor and corroded it as well.. LOL!! Dickson said that the residue looked like a slimy monster.. so SuanYang suggested that they put it into the sink.. and Dickson realised just then that the sink was metal as well.. really laugh till stomach ache man.. took a bus home from inter

IT fair last day

woke up at 9 today and got to work at the usual time of 11.. did the stock checking and then opened up the redemption booth.. today was super busy with no time to sit down at all.. had only a single donut for the whole day.. Pang Hock came to visit me and ask me if i was going to school tomorrow..

for the entire day, i was at the redemption booth.. didnt go anywhere else.. i just realised.. for the 4 days that i work in the fair, i only visited the toilet once!! hahaha..

uncle HowKin gave me a portable hard disc from seagate after work before i went home.. haha!! so cool! now i have my own hard disc~ XD had spag for my breakfast/lunch/dinner/supper at home..

IT fair day 3

woke up at 9 today for another day at the fair.. did everything as usual today.. except that i was extremely busy.. only had time to eat 2 donuts and a single pau for the whole day untill i got home..
we ran out of stock for alot of model colours today.. and only sold 1 single E3 today.. tomorrows going to be alot worse because its the final day.. and its a sunday =(

Humphrey stoped by to visit me today while i was eating my 2nd donut

IT fair day 2

woke up at 9.30 today and got to work at 11.. worked the whole day away with nothing intresting happening.. not a single person bought an E3 today lah.. haha.. was kinda expecting today to me more busy as compared to yesterday, but it was quite slack.. but tomorrow's going to be an extremely busy day no doubt.. cos its a saturday

went back home at 10.45, dead tired.. 2 more days of IT fair.. PERCEVIER!!

IT fair day 1

woke up at 9 today and got to suntec at 10 to prepare for the IT fair.. im working at the olympus booth on the 4th floor.. i was in-charge of the redemption counter where the people came to collect their cameras after paying at the counter.. was suuuuper busy today.. couldent even eat lunch till about 4+.. and i didnt go to the toilet for the whole day till they closed.. omg lah..

the day was spent handing out cameras and trying to decypher what some foreigners were trying to say.. the worst type of customers are those aunties who cannot understand the term 'redemption' and make you teach them how to operate the camera and narrate their whole life story while they're at it.. and whine about not having enough freebies.. HELLO?? 6gb of memory and 3 batteries not enough ah!? kiasu..

there was this caucasion fellow who bought a whole E-system rig.. an E3, the battery grip, the flash and 2 other lenses.. so cool lah! hahaha.. total of 5 E3s, 7 E510s and a single E410 was sold..

league

woke up at 1+ today! hahaha.. slept like crazy.. but still tired after waking up.. LOL!! slacked at home for the WHOLE DAY lah.. how no-life is that.. only went out at night to bowl in the league.. left home at about 7 and reached at 7.30.. had a quick dinner and then went for the practice..

bowled quite badly today.. first 2 games were totally crap but the 3rd game was 19X followed by a 15X.. bowled beside Ye Yang's team today.. haha.. had a round of pool with Shawn after the league before leaving

woke up at 10+ today and got to school at 11.30 to meet baby at school to fill in the VC form.. then had lunch at mensa before leaving for SLS.. went there to have a look around and help baby ask about some stuff that she wants to buy..

had popiah at the basement foodcourt before walking over to funan to look around some more.. took a bus to ECP from suntec and slacked around before having dinner at 7 at subway.. sent baby home and then went home myself

Ikea pics

Dickson drinking every single drop of the meatball gravy
Dickson on guitar heroes 2
walking over to courts
emulating Gary Goh's shot
Finally, group shot!

Ikea

woke up at 10.30 today and went to SLS with my dad.. walked around with him and then went back to TM.. went to the hello! shop to inquire about the broadband contract thingy.. then went back home..

didnt do much at home.. just slacked around waiting for Dickson or Alfred to call me as they said that they wanted to go to Ikea.. i met them at the interchange at 6+ and we went to TM so Alfred could print some stuff.. we then waited for the Ikea shuttle bus which didnt turn up.. so we took 27 instead.. due to some unforseen human error, we ended up stopping a stop early.. so we walked to Ikea from there..

had dinner first at the cafe before spending about 1 hour walking around with Alfred who only bought about 3 things amounting to S$11.70 in the end.. we then walked over to courts so Dickson could play guitar heroes.. tried it out and found it to be quite fun! haha.. had to leave as the place was closing already.. so took 27 back home

random pics

The world through my lens
my pitiful looking dog, Lucky (ISO 800)
the balarina bowler of the youth squad

youth squad training

woke up at 9 and went for training at NSRCC from 10.30 to 12.30.. Remy wasent there as he was in spain for a tournament.. so Terrence took us instead.. trained till about 12 when my finger got cut by my nail when releasing.. so stoped bowling and rested..

after training, me, Mark, Sean and Nick Lee went for lunch at the poolside.. had curry chicken with rice before going to changi golf club to pick mum up and going home.. at home, i went straight to sleep and slept for like 4 hours till 6.. woke up and then went for dinner at samy's curry..

Nikon D300

my addiction

i cannot seem to get it under control.. it all started last year in june.. it was sitting on my table.. so i decided to give it a try.. and now i ask myself.. do i regret doing just that? because from then on, i was addicted.. terribly addicted.. recently, i decided to stop doing it.. and go cold turkey.. but i just cannot seem to get this craving under control.. something had to be done.. and something was done.. TODAY..... THE 1ST OF MARCH 2008...... I GOT MY 2ND DSLR!!

wheee~~ heres how it went.. woke up at 8 and went to jurong superbowl to support my brother who was bowling in the SBF novice challange.. after that, we had lunch and then went to sim lim where my dad wanted to deliver something.. once there, he told me.. 'go to alan photo and pick up your camera'.. YAYNESS!! went right away and got it and a memory card.. but didnt get any lens.. so im stuck with using my 50mm f/1.8 and 60-300mm.. no wideangle =(

went back home after that and then out again at 6+ for dinner at the airport before going to NSRCC to bowl.. trained on my release and follow-through today.. left at about 12 for prata before heading home

woke up at 2 today and slacked around the house till about 3 before leaving to meet baby at her house.. we went to parkway parade after that to have lunch and meet up with Ben before leaving for CDC (ComfortDelGro Driving Center) so they could sign up for their BTT.. i could only watch as im not old enough to sign up =(

went to parkway's popular bookstore for them to get their highway code book and BTT test qn book.. we then went to PP again so baby could collect her handphone..

i went bowling at about 9 after sending baby home.. long time since i last bowled.. bumped into Nick Lum there also.. left at about 10pm