::3 more papers and midyears are over.. the week's gone by pretty quickly.. before you know it its thursday already, no paper tomorrow plus school holiday on mon makes a 4 day mini-break before the start of the next paper.. a brief run-through of the papers so far.. Mon was Maths, followed by Chem, then Econs on Wed and Physics today.. don't have much feel for this midyears, prob won't do as well as block test.. Physics ended at 10 today, the gals had some talk about going to east coast to cycle, but didn't materialise in the end.. the rest of the guys went to play lan as usual.. went back home to change and went out again.. went to take a look at some stuff at Kino that I heard about.. quite interesting, a Jap science magazine that includes kits for you to build.. and vol. 14 features a stereo pinhole camera.. some pics of it can be found here.. this is essentially the roots of photography, abeit more high tech than its predecessors.. though its way low tech when compared to today's crop of digicams..
browsed though some books.. including World Press Photo 07, top news photos from 06.. seen the photos before online when it was announced, but nothing like seeing it in print.. lotsa haunting images that I can't even begin to describe.. you can just feel the suffering and pain through the photos.. for those who have yet to see this set of photos, here is the link.. got a feeling I've post this before though..
::prob the last post before mid-years start.. wasted much of the week away, didn't do anything.. went out on Tues for the class gathering/celebration for the june birthday gals/guy, then wed to get my haircut and fri to actually study.. met at Tiong Bahru MRT first before heading out to the supermarket to get the foodstuff for the steamboat at Jack's place.. not the restaurant but Jack's house, since when did they offer steamboat.. hahaa.. there were about 16 of us, $5 from each, so that makes $80+ to spend.. got vegetables, fish balls, meat balls, crab sticks, hotdogs, eggs, taupok, tofu..
steamboat on wheels.. quite literally, the steamboat wok was stashed away on the bottom of the trolley.. total bill came up to $88.50.. "contributed" 0.01% to the plastic bags statistics.. walked past the park to Jack's house.. got lost trying to find it even though we went there before.. was between playing cards and fixing the jig-saw puzzle.. didn't really eat much as usual..
Steamboat! stayed till about 10.. wanted to take the MRT back to YCK, but my tummy thought otherwise.. got back to Hougang to get something to eat.. anyway, bought a new album recently.. Twelve Stops and Home by The Feeling.. mixture of pick-me-up kinda songs and the more emo kinda songs.. and do they have great vocals..
The Feeling - Never Be Lonely
only studied for awhile on Wed after getting a haircut, practiced maths.. wasted Thurs away, so though I would make up for it on Fri.. found my last year's notes for Chem and Maths, compiled them together with my current notes.. still have yet to file my Physics notes.. quite statisfied to have all my notes together, usually they're all over the place.. took 112 to Kovan to get a new file for my Maths notes.. lost my other maths file with all the assignments in it, left it at a bus stop after going to eat with my class, and my bus came last.. had lunch at KFC there while filling in the notes.. messaged a few ppl to ask if they were studying but nobody was.. didn't know where to go, so just took 80 first to see where that takes me.. read more notes on the bus, alighted opp Pennisula Plaza.. went to check out a few shops there, thought of buying some film but didn't have much $$ on me.. and didn't have that desire to shoot film.. gotta get my own film scanner if I were to go into film frequently..
walked to One Fullerton, which I remembered had this quiet Starbucks outlet near the sea.. thought of studying outside, but inside was much cooler.. besides the sea would be a good spot, if not for the risk of paper flying out into the sea or dropping things into it.. had a chocolate cream chip frappacinno and got down to work.. more maths, now that I've the full stack of notes.. had only to differentiation before that.. went off at 7pm, took some night scenes around the area.. one of the shot to death places in sg, so not gonna post pics of that which you haven't seen.. took the train back to Sengkang, had this urge to get a new shirt.. maybe becos I've been going out quite frequently during this hols, and searching through my wardrobe on what to wear.. guys do also give thought on what to wear, just not as much as gals do..
more sunrise shoots to update.. friday was an unproductive day.. slept half the day away, and slept in the evening after that.. woke up sometime after midnight, studied for abit.. got out of the house at about 5.15.. found out that there wasn't any bus until 5.50, factoring in the time it takes to get there, took a cab to YCK MRT instead.. reached Sembawang at exactly 6am, got something to eat..
Sembawang at 6.17am.. had a bit of time on my hands, so went to a block nearby to take some night (early morning) scenes.. not much traffic around since it a Saturday morning.. took the 6.37am 882 bus to Sembawang park.. quite a short trip, cos the bus skipped all stops since I was the only passenger on board and no one waiting for that bus.. wasn't much to capture.. too cloudy for anything, the sun only peek out of the clouds after 7..
lonesome..
the sky's the limit.. the park is actually quite a nice place for studying.. in the morning at least, shady trees and those stone tables/benches.. read some notes there while waiting for Raidah's reply, I was in the neighbourhood, so asked if she wasnted to have breakfast.. got back to Sun Plaza at 8, waited at mac, read more notes again.. it has been 2 years since we met, back at 05's balloon hat festival i think.. left at 9+, took the MRT back to YCK to change to 76.. luckily it was a double decker bus, not much ppl upstairs, did more reading on the ride to marine parade.. read about Canon's EOS Experience Day so decided to head on down there.. the walk to eastcoast park was long though.. but it was quite worth it.. got to play with their supertele primes (aka the big guns) there.. if you ever watch soccer on TV and seen the sidelines where all the photographers are, you know what I mean..
the $150,000(!) 1200mm f/5.6L lens.. probably the only chance mere mortals like us get to play with this monster of a lens.. incase you're wondering how much "zoom" this thing has.. see the other side of the lagoon? you can capture ppl cycling/running there.. though technically it doesn't have zoom as its a prime lens..
some pics taken by this lens..
the 1D Mk III was also on display there.. it accepted both CF and SD cards, so plugged in mine.. wanted to bring along my 2GB Ultimate card though, but it had some problems.. 10 frames per second is serious crazy.. my 512mb card finished in no time, had to delete some old pics..
what 10 frames per second sounds like.. if you somehow did manage to count exactly how many shots were taken, pls let me know.. hahaa.. could capture the entire squence of a jump, coupled with the incredible AF, hardly any action is missed.. could see why its the professional sport photographer's camera of choice.. also met Timothy there, he was with his dad checking out the cams also, at least he has his own SLR.. started to downpour at about 1.. was stuck inside the tent for sometime before it subsided enough for me to take out my umbrella.. tried more stuff inside, including the full-frame 5D..
my S80 with the monster lens.. took the free shutter shuttle bus back to Bedok.. had lunch at one of the coffee shots, then went to mac to study.. did the maths mock paper.. before long it was 4+, took 25 back to AMK where my dad fetched me.. had dinner at a restaurant near YCK stadium..
::some updates from thursday.. had a great start in the morning, woke up early.. went to woodlands library to study.. took 161 from the bus stop downstairs, was one of the new wab buses, nice spacious 2nd deck, read some notes on the way.. reached woodlands at about 10, bought some bread from breadtalk.. finished my bread first before heading in.. even though the library had only opened at 10, most of the seats were already occupied.. I imagine ppl were waiting outside the library even before it opened.. found a spot overlooking the rear entrance of the building and got started..
organic chem with my orange pen.. reminds me of orange potassium dichromate, or more related to organic chem, 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone, the orange ppt when 2,4DNPH reacts with carbonyl compounds.. spent a fruitful 2.5 hours there, left at about 1+.. walked around causeway point to see what I should have for lunch.. messaged Clement if he happened to be at home, but he was at Sengkang doing PW.. had messaged various ppl before heading out to woodlands if they were studying, but only Jun An replied.. took the train to Bishan.. met him at about 3, though we had some confusion on where to meet.. went to Pastamania to have lunch..
Carbonara served with Linguine pasta.. ordered the country baked pasta while Jun An ordered the above mentioned dish.. pastamania would be a great place to study, not much ppl at this time.. but I don't think they'll allow that.. so went over to the library, found some unoccupied seats but Jun An wanted to charge his hp, so moved to a spot near a power outlet.. finished up on organic chem, Jun An was studying inorganic, so we practically had the complete set of chem notes there.. chalked up another 3hrs of study time.. think I study better with someone else, not only do I get to help a friend, but also revise concepts as I'm explaining it to him..
::went out to study for the past 2 days.. wanted to do so on Fri, went to sch to return the cam.. took 105 to toa payoh, got something to eat, then 145 to north bridge road.. went to get the 2 rolls of slide developed.. walked to Suntec to take 36, wanted to go to Marine Parade library to study but ended up sleeping on the bus, which stopped at the airport.. quite tired from staying up, wasn't in any mood to study either.. took 27 back home.. wasted another day..
the underground.. Monday was much better.. took 76 to Marine Parade, went to the library..was looking around for a suitable spot when I spotted my sec classmate Daryl there.. quite suprised to see him there, he was with his srjc friend.. joined them since they had some space there.. did some notes on organic chem, he was doing some bio.. spent a solid 1 1/2 hours there, they left first so I was there alone for some time..
went to collect the slides from the shop.. costs a bomb lar, the developing cost almost as much as the film itself.. wanted to ask them to scan it for me, but I looked at the price and changed my mind.. anyway, the pics turned out quite nice.. for those who don't know what slide film is, its basically what you call positive film as oppose to negative film commonly found.. and you can put it into a projector and have an old fashion slideshow..
Slides.. did some DIY scanning, placed my table lamp above the scanner for a light source.. since you need to have light shinning through the film to see it, otherwise it appears very dark.. turned out quite nicely.. decided to just scan the whole strip in together with the sprockets, until I can find a shop that does it at a reasonable price..
took the same route back through the esplanade to get to the bus stop.. took 56 to Bishan, thought I would join Chris at Bishan to study.. went to the library to have a look, abit crowded there.. thought AMK library would be better.. Chris only replied back when I got to AMK, saying they were at Bishan library.. found myself a comfortable seat by the window and got started on organic chem again.. while scribbling my notes, got a feeling that I would meet someone familar here.. looked around and sure enough spotted Yong Huan and Tricia some chairs behind me.. was messaging Tricia if there was an extra space there when spotted yet another familar face.. Daphne from my 1st 3months class, she's in srjc now.. didn't think she'll notice me as she left with her friend.. went over to join the rest of my classmates who were at the library.. Aaron, Dwayne, Yan Hao and Ji Bin were there also.. they;ve been there since morning, spent another 2.5 hours there before we went off..
::what a tiring day.. was looking forward to Tues cos it was suppose to be the day for the zoo outing.. but somehow last min Melissa cancelled cos not much ppl were going.. haven't been to the zoo for some time, at least not with a dSLR.. anyway, went to capture the sunrise since I was already up.. washed up, packed my stuffs and headed out at 6am.. hoped to catch the first bus for 854 to lower seleta reservoir park, heard from Jill its quite nice there.. took 72 to the bus stop, checked the timing for the first bus.. 6.09am, looked at my hp and it was just nice 6.09am.. either I missed the first bus already or it was late.. 854 came at 6.15 and about a 30min ride later alighted before Khatib station.. the sky was beginning to light up as I walked towards the junction..
missed the magical moment of daybreak.. quite a spectular sight, with the rays of the sun stretching over the land.. too bad I didn't have a nice vantage point to capture it nicely.. continued walking towards the park.. quite a misty morning, adds a mysterious atmosphere to everything.. went over to the jetty to get some pics..
Dawn..
nothing much spectular happened.. there were some anglers there fishing, causing the occasional ripple in the otherwise still reservoir.. tranquil waters + misty background + soft light filtering though the clouds + fresh morning air = a great feeling.. didn't even feel like I was in Singapore anymore, like I was transported to a mystic land far far away.. though behind me was the MRT tracks and the road, ppl starting their morning commute to work on a Tues morning.. left at around 7.30, messaged Liying if she wanted to have breakfast.. walked to Khatib MRT then took the 30+ min ride to Jurong East.. some fond memories of Jurong back from 2004.. waited at the Mac nearby for her reply.. waited for an hour there, just playing some games on my hp.. figured she fell asleep, got myself something to eat then went back to the interchange.. still had 2 1/2 hours to spare, took 52 back to Bishan.. 1 hour gone, walked around J8, another hour gone.. had the com meeting with the new ex-co at 12.. discussed about their roles/duties etc, a small handing over session of sorts.. a typical 4 hour meeting later and it was 4pm already.. went out to eat before collecting the cameras for the night shoot Mr Lau was organising..
some shots from it.. then went with Kian Hwee and Zhi Kai to walk around the city area after we got down from the bridge..
::some updates from over the week.. went for the PC show on Thurs and Sat.. Thurs with Hafiz, bought a stack of printable DVD-R for the compliation I wanted to do.. then Sat with my Dad, bought a 1Gb ram and the FlipAlbum software.. both I've yet to install.. Fri was Physics SPA Skill A.. reached sch early as usual to study, or more like memorize.. never believed in just memorizing stuff, but this time maybe I should have.. the qns came out exactly like what was predicted.. just feel so dead pulling those words from memory, but far from a perfect answer.. took the bus back home with Chuan Xin, another spate of coincidentally meeting her.. bumped into her on Tues at Vivocity, she was also watching Pirates of the Carribean and same time slot too.. hahaa.. anyway, it was also my mom's birthday on fri, so went out with my family.. went to Vivo, which is the 3rd time this week I've been there.. went to have lunch first, then played pool with my bro for 2 hours.. took the monorail to Sentosa, my first ride on it.. wanted to watch the Songs of the Sea show at Sentosa, but it was full.. walked around the beach for awhile..
tried the pano function of my K810i.. not too bad, though the phone would auto adjust the exposure, then the stitch is very obvious.. had a go at night scenes, which turned out abit disappointing.. though it was better than my prev K750i, had banding issues with that.. Sentosa's changed beyond recognition from the days I first remembered it.. the ferry terminal has been torn down, musical fountain no more, the old monorail dismentled.. dunno if anyone still remembers it, but there used to be a dragon sculpture/fountain.. and the now dysfunct attractions like Fantasy Island and Volcanoland.. while I can't wait for the IR to be built, the Universal Studios theme park and all.. but the old Sentosa I remember now only exists as memories and photos, back in the film era..
pools of light..
today had a movie screening/tour organised by the GP dept.. woke up early to return the Alto Clar first.. met Mr Tan on my way in, met some of my juniors Joshua, Jeremy, Gerald, Kamal.. been 2 years, and their already sec 3 now.. don't wanna say much about the current state of the band.. had some time to kill before the movie screening.. took the MRT to PS, the shops were still closed, nothing much to see.. had breakfast at LJS there, still had 2 more hours.. went to Raffles City next, had this crazy idea to join the queue for the donuts there.. and yes, before the shop was open, there was already a bunch of ppl sitting there waiting.. played tetris while waiting, managed to clear 112 lines.. found out the shop only opens at 12.30 and I was suppose to meet at 12.15.. left at 11.45, after spending about an hour there.. I see why ppl would queue for these donuts though.. hahaa..
PC with Shrek 3.. met Hek Ming first.. knowing how long it takes for the class to get together, wasn't suprising we had to wait some time.. Shu Heng and Wilson came next, the 4 of us started on the tour first, before the rest of the class came.. they didn't miss much though, had another run through of how the pop-corn machine works.. didn't mind another sampling of pop-corn, hahaa.. then had a tour of the projector room.. quite interesting to see how much hard work is put in behind the scenes.. nothing much to see for the digital projectors, the analog ones with film are more interesting.. quite remarkable how such machines can handle a few km worth of film.. the movie itself had lotsa recycled material from the previous 2 Shrek movies.. but there were plenty of laughter throughout.. still think the original Shrek is better, if it didn't cost $6 I prob won't want to see it.. walked around Suntec and Marina Square to look for presents for the upcoming birthdays.. quite tired after walking around so much..::
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