Angels

Do you believed in Angels? Do you sense them around you?
I didnt until recently...somehow somewhere it just kept happening around me...or should i say Happened!

I happened to board the bus when it stopped for me.
I happened to avoid climbing the fleet of stairs where Westei pre empted me this morning.
The weather was so hot and yet the train opened it's door for the longest awaiting for me to slowly walk in.
For no reasons, i realised that my negative was shot at the wrong iso and require a change of instruction and the lady at the shop still holds my negative for no reasons to just wait for my instructions.
I dropped my pass and a kind head of department just passed it back to me at my desk.

Everything just happened for a reason and thou its not in the form of an Angel..but somehow it makes you think..why did the bus driver stop for me? Why did westei msg me to tell me, why the lady delayed sending my negative for developing...
Everything seems so coincident and happened for a reason..haha

Im glad that all these little things appeared to save my day from misery!

Thanks ANGELS!

Cutting down on my leisure

Ever since im back from my reservist, I have been slacking for the longest period. I didnt follow up with my gym sessions, i spend lotsa of time on my hobbies, i looked forward to my weekends and i basically just idle around in my holiday mood.

I guess with the end of my Malacca trip, i should start leaving the holiday moods behind and concentrate more at work. I better work harder this year, i have a premonition that there will soon be some major re shuffling again. Sigh, just hope for the best to happen.
I am starting my 8 IPT sessions next week and sadly this is the last time i can attend a 8 session training program. Next year onwards, the revamped IPT will be very different.

I am cutting down on my hobbies as well, guess in the near future, i wont have much time for them either. Photography alone has consumed quite a fair bit of my time and savings. While i am equally enjoying myself in this hobby, i got to constantly remind myself not to buy anymore. My dry cabinet is overflowing soon!

I think month of June is quite a boring month. With all the IPT commitment and the amount of work i am expected to deliver, i really hope July will come soon.

Old friends update

Its been a long since i last met these friends of mine and it is quite a blessing that we are still in contact with one another.

Pardon the pictures, which i seriously think that a push film don really turn out well for portrait...everything become too over contrast.

The commercial powerpuff girls...who has left the organisation for so long. All the while, we keep talking about meeting up for a drink and we finally did...together with Gene and Jessie.


erm pardon the black faky hair! Its all the negative fault!


And if you are wondering where are all my male friends!
Dang~

My best group of Chao Keng army friends!

I asked Alex to give me his best pose!


I actually thought the background spot light would give him a good soft flare in his face, but i think it went haywire here...guess i need to brush up my skills on portrait!


And here is Ow, still acting abit shy when i offer to give him a shot while waiting for Alex. This is a picture perfect, everything worked well! Even the toning off the developer looks cool here! And as promised, i post in my blog!


What is missing here is Fengli....didnt really have the chance to take a photo of him. These are the great buddies of my NS and see u guys next year!

Where is my faith?

I think i've lost my faith somewhere along my life...and im desperately looking for it....

The most un-fortunate wedding

This is the first time that i attended a wedding where i sympathized the groom and family more than anything else.

I have never seen a wedding dinner so unplanned and so bumpy. 20 tables of guest and only a max of 13 tables turned up. Many which did not even have the basic courtesy to rsvp which resulted in the dinner to be served only at 8.30pm.

Right before the March in, a little girl vomited all over the red carpet. The sight was disgusting and the poor restaurant manager got to throw some rose petal to cover the stain.
What was worse than the bride have to drag her train over and over the stain.

And if you think that is all....

The traditional "YUM SENG" is a joke...some drunk brothers up there started rushing thru the three toss where the MC didnt even get the chance to finish the well wishes to the couple.

The service standard of the hotel was quite terrible as well. Not even comparable to any of the seafood restaurant you can find at east coast.

To be harsh, the wedding was a disaster.

But nonetheless, i can feel the happiness of Jonathan! Congrats to him and hope he will have a blissful wedding! ermm....i forgot to tell him about the citizenship part...

Lee Ji Eun, IU

I always find that girls that can sing are always so charming...
She started out as a youtube singer and slowly progress to a star in korea!

Adidas Stan Smith

While everyone was queuing up for the Fabulous Friday camera sale, I've decided to do my own shopping.
I was originally meeting kelvin to get the new portra negatives and while waiting, i explored Penisular plaza.

It has been almost 1-2 months since i last did my shopping and since i have saved quite abit in April, so i thought that i should reward myself by getting a nice pair of shoes. My favourite pair of Fred Perry has finally given up on me and for the past few months, my search for a pair of decent shoes within my budget was quite fruitless. Resulting in buying alot pair of cheap shoes but none really make a good match.
I have decided to up my budget instead and get a new pair to last me for another year! After all, quality and design is the most important factor.

So here it is!! I chose this pair of Stan Smith new arrival which i found only at Suntec.






Originally wanted to the get the vespa series but the price seems a little too high than what im willing to pay for. Maybe the next round when Adidas starts a sale, i could go grab another pair of vespa!

The most beautiful shellies

We call them shellies, because they live in shells and breed in shells.

It is quite obvious that the reason that shells are a part of their life got to do with their physical size. Mainly to defend and protect themselves against other bigger predators.

Even in their natural environment which is lake tanganyika, most of them lives in snail shells that are commonly found in the lake.

There are alot of different species of shellies and some cross breeding in the lake over the years has created new variants.

But the most beautiful shellies that especially these days that are quite difficult to hunt for are the Pearly Occellutus or so call meleagries. I am glad and lucky to say that i am one of the proud owners to won the only few pairs in Singapore.

The first pair i owned came from this forummer who was a home breeder call EC. He is a huge shellies collector and even today when i visited his place, i am still amazed with his vast collections and the tank setup he has for them.

Unfortunately due to the lack of knowledge back then in rearing them, my first pair didnt survived.

Recently, while trying to buy some other shellies from him, i managed to convince him to sell me this pair.




Don't belittle these small creatures, they are able to fend off intruder twice their size! Although other smaller shellies will form colony to defend their territory, meleagris are known for their bravery for a one on one challenge.




Just a month ago, the pair spawned and i had 5 little fries now in my baby tank. Hopefully they will grow up well. The issue to in breed them is another worrying factor. Unless i can find new supply of them, if not, sooner or later, the line for them would be lost!

For those who wish to know more about tanganyika lake and has the time to do so...here are some video. A very enriching video!

Hopefully, you will be amazed with this lake as much as i did. I consider it the most beautiful lake in Africa following the malawi lake.

May Day walk @ Club street - Tea Chapter

After such a long break, finally get a chance to meet up with Fionis for a short photography session. A short session because she is always late...sigh

Well the initial plan was to cover club street, a place that we didnt fully cover in our last outing.
Coincidentally, i have some portra 160 negative left over from my Kuan tan trip in my camera. This place is filled with beautiful colors which suits the nature of this film. So here are some pictures from my Yashica 124G.

It was a lazy afternoon where the usual rowdy club street seems rather peaceful.








Tea at Tea Chapter. This was not in our plans and we happened to walk pass this tea place and got so attracted by it that we decided to patronize it over the Shots cafe.


Trying my recent purchase, a Yashica D with Tmax 400, pushed to 1600.
The films didnt score as well as TriX...


I love this tea place alot. Its separated into 3 different styles, Korean, Chinese and Japanese. The style relates to the type of seats and ambiance. Unlike Tea Bone Zen, this place provides you with certain privacy with partitions used nicely. That is also the reason for them to charge you a mere $5 for this little privacy.




The tea and price of the snacks are pretty reasonable. There is a basic charge of $6 per person, just in case you decide to go there to chop some seats without buying anything.