It's been almost a month since the last post. I've been getting really lazy which is really terrible.
To start off, I'm promoted in my job. Hooray right? Likewise really. I neither did celebrate nor told my mum about it. Seriously. But I was grateful and I really am. Or just maybe I don't know how to celebrate.
Emma(my Canon camera) has left for Europe with my BFF, her other half and her younger sister. I miss Emma now :( I did not miss her when I was asked if they could borrow her to Europe. I suppose I'm fond of her being around the house even though I never use her much.
Last Wednesday, I took some shots of Eugene with Emma and an off camera flash. Took some uphill photos and some portraits of him and his bike. Got a couple of good shots but definitely a lot of things to improve! Once Emma comes back, I'm off to shoot more!
Diablo 3 is going to be launch soon! I can't wait! Played the previous 2 games and they were awesome!(at that period of time). Saw some of their recent videos and I can't wait to play! I have not decided which class to play. The Barbarian was the first guy I would pick but then I saw the Demon Hunter and I was like "oooh.. she looks cool..". The Wizard was my third choice and the Witch Doctor came in forth and the Monk last. Wizard looks cool but the spells looks lame. Witch Doctor was very colorful and looked really nice! Okay, the Witch Doctor is now third. What I really like about the Monk is his 7 sided strike skill that's all. No offence but I haven't liked the monk yet. Kicking ass with his bare hands is also cool! Now I think the Monk's cool :)
At this moment, that's all that I can think of.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
feeling foolish
There I was waiting for the bus at the interchange to get home. It's like any other day. I was plugged in with my Bose headphones listening to some great music from my iPod nano and trying to reload twitter on my iPhone. I realize that reception at Seah Im is terrible for me. But I was bored, so it helps.
As the bus captain came and where we start boarding the bus, I saw a friend was in the queue as well. Great! Now I have a friend to talk to. Or so I thought. I was more of the listening one by the end of the journey.
I learned so much from just listening to her. Before she started her actual subject, I was actually happy with myself. She had questions that had my melancholy side thinking. She had so much problems and I was thinking to myself, what if I were in her shoes. What she told me was probably a common problem but in a different setting. I damned myself while walking back home for even telling her whatever I said even though I probably spoke less than 100 words. I should have just listened and nod. And maybe probe questions to find out more. But what can I do right? I'm not at her position. To think of it, I should be grateful that I'm not at all.
I questioned myself, what has all that teaching in those books that I have read taught me?
I suppose it's not the best time to answer this question when my emotions are slightly out of control. Compose myself and think about the answer when I'm more positive.
As the bus captain came and where we start boarding the bus, I saw a friend was in the queue as well. Great! Now I have a friend to talk to. Or so I thought. I was more of the listening one by the end of the journey.
I learned so much from just listening to her. Before she started her actual subject, I was actually happy with myself. She had questions that had my melancholy side thinking. She had so much problems and I was thinking to myself, what if I were in her shoes. What she told me was probably a common problem but in a different setting. I damned myself while walking back home for even telling her whatever I said even though I probably spoke less than 100 words. I should have just listened and nod. And maybe probe questions to find out more. But what can I do right? I'm not at her position. To think of it, I should be grateful that I'm not at all.
I questioned myself, what has all that teaching in those books that I have read taught me?
I suppose it's not the best time to answer this question when my emotions are slightly out of control. Compose myself and think about the answer when I'm more positive.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
IPPT
IPPT will be on the 22 May 2012 and I will be going for GOLD!!!
I've never gotten a gold before so this is my time!
Sometimes it's just so tough to wear that running shoe and just run. So many excuses. Too tired. Very sleepy. Very lazy. Super hungry. Weather so hot. Having lunch with the boss/colleagues.
Not this time. With the help of Gasz, I will follow a set of training routines that he passed me and I will stick to it. The routine looks good for starting out but I believe that it will be tougher in a few weeks time. No Pain No Gain!
Time to do sprints tomorrow!
I've never gotten a gold before so this is my time!
Sometimes it's just so tough to wear that running shoe and just run. So many excuses. Too tired. Very sleepy. Very lazy. Super hungry. Weather so hot. Having lunch with the boss/colleagues.
Not this time. With the help of Gasz, I will follow a set of training routines that he passed me and I will stick to it. The routine looks good for starting out but I believe that it will be tougher in a few weeks time. No Pain No Gain!
Time to do sprints tomorrow!
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Do good and anger disappear
Have you ever been down or angry for some reason or even for reasons you could not understand why? I've been in both situations before. It seems very difficult for us to get logic into our head at that point of distress. Like when you have 2 big basket of laundry to hang dry and your little sister just sits less than 2 meters away while she sings along to some KPOP on YouTube on her laptop. She seems oblivious of what's happening.
Do good and anger disappear. I just figured this out 2 days ago when I was taking a cab home after midnight. I took a cab because I missed my bus stop as I was busy watching YouTube on my iPhone. How it happened was I was at Tanjong Pagar and it was 11.20pm. I planned to take a direct bus home from Outram MRT which is one train stop away from Tanjong Pagar MRT. I was irritated at myself when I took the train and went the other direction to City Hall instead. Then I remembered there's a direct bus home too so I told myself that it wasn't so bad after all.
I was suppose to take bus 700A from the nearby bus stop from City Hall MRT. I waited for about 10 minutes and the bus hasn't arrived. It was 11.35pm and that means the last buses from most bus interchange are on their journey. I started to get anxious. Then the bus 171 came. This bus stops near my place so I hopped on as I did not want to take the chance that 700A was on the way. I wasn't familiar with the bus route at all, just that it stops at where I mostly alight when I take buses home. Thinking that it would take some time to reach my stop, I played some YouTube on my iPhone.
When I looked around to see where I was after some videos, I saw no familiar places. I looked at my watch and it was past midnight. Has the bus passed my neighbourhood? I began to panic, a little. I decided then to just let the bus stop at Yishun bus interchange and I'll take a cab home from there. And I did just that.
I was so angry at myself for what just happened! It was supposed to be quick trip home but instead, it took a longer time and an expensive one too. While I was in the cab, it occurred to me that I was being stupid. Shit happens, I told myself. I asked myself how I can get this anger out of me before I reached home. Then I remember once that I was quite down and really had no mood to talk to anyone while at work. But I decided to do some good hoping that my mood would turn for the better and it did! While in the cab, I decided to let the cab driver to keep the change and I did just that when I alighted. Guess what? I did feel better. I did some good and most of my anger disappeared.
I don't think I've discovered a miracle or something and you guys would probably have your own almost similar experiences. I hope this experience of mine can help you.
Do good and anger disappear. I just figured this out 2 days ago when I was taking a cab home after midnight. I took a cab because I missed my bus stop as I was busy watching YouTube on my iPhone. How it happened was I was at Tanjong Pagar and it was 11.20pm. I planned to take a direct bus home from Outram MRT which is one train stop away from Tanjong Pagar MRT. I was irritated at myself when I took the train and went the other direction to City Hall instead. Then I remembered there's a direct bus home too so I told myself that it wasn't so bad after all.
I was suppose to take bus 700A from the nearby bus stop from City Hall MRT. I waited for about 10 minutes and the bus hasn't arrived. It was 11.35pm and that means the last buses from most bus interchange are on their journey. I started to get anxious. Then the bus 171 came. This bus stops near my place so I hopped on as I did not want to take the chance that 700A was on the way. I wasn't familiar with the bus route at all, just that it stops at where I mostly alight when I take buses home. Thinking that it would take some time to reach my stop, I played some YouTube on my iPhone.
When I looked around to see where I was after some videos, I saw no familiar places. I looked at my watch and it was past midnight. Has the bus passed my neighbourhood? I began to panic, a little. I decided then to just let the bus stop at Yishun bus interchange and I'll take a cab home from there. And I did just that.
I was so angry at myself for what just happened! It was supposed to be quick trip home but instead, it took a longer time and an expensive one too. While I was in the cab, it occurred to me that I was being stupid. Shit happens, I told myself. I asked myself how I can get this anger out of me before I reached home. Then I remember once that I was quite down and really had no mood to talk to anyone while at work. But I decided to do some good hoping that my mood would turn for the better and it did! While in the cab, I decided to let the cab driver to keep the change and I did just that when I alighted. Guess what? I did feel better. I did some good and most of my anger disappeared.
I don't think I've discovered a miracle or something and you guys would probably have your own almost similar experiences. I hope this experience of mine can help you.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Filled with activities!
The week has been great! So many things happened and I feel so blessed. My cousin got married, I went to Transformers Cybertron Convention at Resort's World Sentosa and I participated in Sentosa's first Community Resilience Day. At all these events, I had my camera snapping away.
At my cousin's wedding, I was taking photos of almost everyone I knew and other stuff. Finding the light and how to work out the best possible setting when the bride and groom came. I find it very fun. Snapping away and simply having fun. The bride was my cousin and she's only 23 years this year. I was thinking to myself, I finished my National Service at that age! I can't see myself married soon but I already have a dream to be married with 3 kids when I turn 34. Too soon to say now right?
Went to see Transformers Cybertron Convention at Resort's World Sentosa after work on Monday! I've never seen so many Transformers toys in my whole life! I think they displayed all the Transformers' toys that were ever made. It was so cool! My favourite was Decepticon Construction Devastator from Return Of The Fallen! I just love those that combine to be come one kick ass Transformer. Taking photos in the convention centre was tough as the toys are encased in glass and the convention hall lights were horrible. There would be glare on the glass when I look through the viewfinder. But that didn't stop me from taking photos. I just had to find the right angle to get a good picture and I did just that. Got myself 2 tees from the convention. One white and one black. I was quite happy when I bought it but not till I tried it on at home. I bought L size for both and it felt a little too big. I was really upset at myself for not trying the size before I tried it. I did try the M size but I wore it over a polo tee which made the M size feel small and made me decide to go for the L size. The worst part was that some of my favorite designs were still in stock in M and not L. I beat myself up quite badly that night until I decided to sleep it off. It was such a horrible feeling as the tees weren't cheap. I told myself to not think about it too much and just continue living. It's just a few dollars and everyone has made a wrong buy before. I just need to remember that I have bought good buys too. I have to be grateful. And being grateful will make life so much easier and bearable. Don't you think so?
Sentosa had it's first Community Resilience Day last Tuesday and I was a volunteer photographer for the event. Since I'm a member of Sentosa's Photo Group, I was more than happy to do it! I learned a lot and need to learn a lot more from this event from a photography standpoint. I took about 260 shots and maybe less than half were usable. But I discovered some gems from all that photos. It's not a perfect picture but it was definitely a gem in my mind and those photos will be treasure in the future. What I need to do now is to learn more is how to get better pictures with very little and dim lightings using an external flash.
About the event itself, in my humble opinion, Sentosa was probably wanted to practice evacuation from Songs of The Sea. It was a smoothly coordinated event from where I could see it. Started at 6pm but there wasn't anyone but the staff only. Friends and families only came from 6.30pm onwards and the Songs of The Sea would only start at 8.40pm. What I love about the event was the cotton candy! It was just so pretty and nice and sweet! Met some of the other staff from the other departments whom I know and we had a little catching up.
It's been an exciting week and it's not over yet. I hope there will be more fun stuff coming up in the coming week to have more opportunity to shoot! Goodnight!
At my cousin's wedding, I was taking photos of almost everyone I knew and other stuff. Finding the light and how to work out the best possible setting when the bride and groom came. I find it very fun. Snapping away and simply having fun. The bride was my cousin and she's only 23 years this year. I was thinking to myself, I finished my National Service at that age! I can't see myself married soon but I already have a dream to be married with 3 kids when I turn 34. Too soon to say now right?
Went to see Transformers Cybertron Convention at Resort's World Sentosa after work on Monday! I've never seen so many Transformers toys in my whole life! I think they displayed all the Transformers' toys that were ever made. It was so cool! My favourite was Decepticon Construction Devastator from Return Of The Fallen! I just love those that combine to be come one kick ass Transformer. Taking photos in the convention centre was tough as the toys are encased in glass and the convention hall lights were horrible. There would be glare on the glass when I look through the viewfinder. But that didn't stop me from taking photos. I just had to find the right angle to get a good picture and I did just that. Got myself 2 tees from the convention. One white and one black. I was quite happy when I bought it but not till I tried it on at home. I bought L size for both and it felt a little too big. I was really upset at myself for not trying the size before I tried it. I did try the M size but I wore it over a polo tee which made the M size feel small and made me decide to go for the L size. The worst part was that some of my favorite designs were still in stock in M and not L. I beat myself up quite badly that night until I decided to sleep it off. It was such a horrible feeling as the tees weren't cheap. I told myself to not think about it too much and just continue living. It's just a few dollars and everyone has made a wrong buy before. I just need to remember that I have bought good buys too. I have to be grateful. And being grateful will make life so much easier and bearable. Don't you think so?
Sentosa had it's first Community Resilience Day last Tuesday and I was a volunteer photographer for the event. Since I'm a member of Sentosa's Photo Group, I was more than happy to do it! I learned a lot and need to learn a lot more from this event from a photography standpoint. I took about 260 shots and maybe less than half were usable. But I discovered some gems from all that photos. It's not a perfect picture but it was definitely a gem in my mind and those photos will be treasure in the future. What I need to do now is to learn more is how to get better pictures with very little and dim lightings using an external flash.
About the event itself, in my humble opinion, Sentosa was probably wanted to practice evacuation from Songs of The Sea. It was a smoothly coordinated event from where I could see it. Started at 6pm but there wasn't anyone but the staff only. Friends and families only came from 6.30pm onwards and the Songs of The Sea would only start at 8.40pm. What I love about the event was the cotton candy! It was just so pretty and nice and sweet! Met some of the other staff from the other departments whom I know and we had a little catching up.
It's been an exciting week and it's not over yet. I hope there will be more fun stuff coming up in the coming week to have more opportunity to shoot! Goodnight!
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Finish it off witha dessert
I ended my 30 days dessert project a few days ago. Why you would ask? I have no one answer to that question. Let me give you some answers to that question.
It's not cheap. Nothing is cheap in Singapore right? What I mean was that I was spending a lot more daily before I started this project. It was my mistake not to calculate how much I would spend in total. I did however sum up that at SGD$300 would suffice for the project. But I only had that answer on my 10th day dessert streak.
It's high in calories. I don't count calories but I know that too much in a day is not good for you. Imagine the amount in a month. I'm a lazy bum naturally so some times I don't exercise often(confession). That lack of exercise could potentially make me unfit or even worse, sick. Being unfit and sick feels horrible. Don't you think so?
No Time. This is the biggest obstacle for me. When I end work at 9.30pm at night, most shop closes. Other than that, I just want to go home as soon as possible and have a good night's rest and do other stuff. I'm also quite hungry at that hour. What if I end at 7.30pm? I still want to go home and have a good night's rest and do other stuff.
These are the 3 reasons why I want to stop the project. But I will do this project in the future when I have more time and more money.
What I got out of this project is priceless. I think I did not say how I started this idea. I just wanted to try something different. My life is quite monotonous really. I'm a phlegmatic person (go read the book Personality Plus) by nature so I'm a bum. I love to read and listen to music, in which both activities you can do while bumming right? I just acted on the idea without planning it that's all. Just do it. I was actually excited about it and told some of my friends about it. They then told me some places I should go and try their desserts and I did that.
The whole experience of going some place new is always exciting and fun! Went to places I've never been before and tasted some of the nicest desserts, so far for me. I'll take this as a lesson to try new stuff, let it be food or an activity. Try something new everyday or make someone's day better . Even better, do both.
It's not cheap. Nothing is cheap in Singapore right? What I mean was that I was spending a lot more daily before I started this project. It was my mistake not to calculate how much I would spend in total. I did however sum up that at SGD$300 would suffice for the project. But I only had that answer on my 10th day dessert streak.
It's high in calories. I don't count calories but I know that too much in a day is not good for you. Imagine the amount in a month. I'm a lazy bum naturally so some times I don't exercise often(confession). That lack of exercise could potentially make me unfit or even worse, sick. Being unfit and sick feels horrible. Don't you think so?
No Time. This is the biggest obstacle for me. When I end work at 9.30pm at night, most shop closes. Other than that, I just want to go home as soon as possible and have a good night's rest and do other stuff. I'm also quite hungry at that hour. What if I end at 7.30pm? I still want to go home and have a good night's rest and do other stuff.
These are the 3 reasons why I want to stop the project. But I will do this project in the future when I have more time and more money.
What I got out of this project is priceless. I think I did not say how I started this idea. I just wanted to try something different. My life is quite monotonous really. I'm a phlegmatic person (go read the book Personality Plus) by nature so I'm a bum. I love to read and listen to music, in which both activities you can do while bumming right? I just acted on the idea without planning it that's all. Just do it. I was actually excited about it and told some of my friends about it. They then told me some places I should go and try their desserts and I did that.
The whole experience of going some place new is always exciting and fun! Went to places I've never been before and tasted some of the nicest desserts, so far for me. I'll take this as a lesson to try new stuff, let it be food or an activity. Try something new everyday or make someone's day better . Even better, do both.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Swiss Bake ..something Berry
This will be my last dessert for my 30 days dessert project. I have to stop the project as it's quite a challenge to continue. I'll explain in the next post.I did not remember this dessert's name. It's something Berry and it's a cheesecake. What a way to end the project huh? Bought this at Swiss Bake at Harbourfront Centre 2 days back for SGD$3.90. Bought it home to let whoever was at home to try.
Only my mum and my sis was around when I got home so I let my mum tried it first. My mum loved it. She said that this was so much nicer than the one I bought from Fruit Paradise. My sis loved it too. It's very cheesy and has a very limey taste which makes it very delicious. The berry gives a nice sour taste while the chocolate gives that extra flavor to the cake. I love how it gives a nice mix of flavors a lot. Worth the money.
I really enjoyed eating this cake. Full of flavors and delicious to eat as well. A good way to end the day with.
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