::some updates from tues.. just collected the slides from tues.. it was only due at 6pm, so spent the afternoon studying at The Central.. first time there, so walked around and explored abit first.. did a maths paper, which effectively took 3 hours away.. walked around the clarke quay area before getting something to eat.. read finish the article on semiotics, which was quite intrigueing.. talks about signs, which linguistics is a large part of.. so now you can finally answer the question "why is a tree called a tree?" its because of the abritary nature of signs/words.. anyway, heres another question to ponder about "Do thoughts exist?"
back to tuesday.. had a class gathering to celebrate Michelle's birthday.. everyone except 2 were there..


Snorta in action..
arrived at The Mind Café at about 1.30.. played some board games while waiting for the others to arrive.. anyway, for those who don't know the cafe unique feature is that it serves board games too ontop of the regular cafe menu.. the staff recommended a game called Snorta to start things off.. quite a chaotic yet fun game.. sat out for the first game to take some pics, but won the next two games played.. hahaa..


the barns..
so the game basically goes like this, everyone gets a figurine of an animal which they place in their barns.. everyone takes turns to make the sound of the animal they have and have to memorise everybody elses.. then everyone gets a stack of cards with animal pictures on them and take turns revealing the top card of their stack.. then if 2 players have a matching animal card, they have to make the animal sound of their opponent before they do.. the person who does this first wins and the loser gets the cards of the winner.. the person who manages to clear all their cards wins the game.. the fun comes in when it goes fast and you have no time to recall what the other person's animal is.. though I think the game is every so slightly biased cos some animal sounds are easier to make than others.. hahaa..


the collapse..
prob one of the longest Jenga game I've watched.. it still went on for 2 rounds even after it started to look precarious.. Dwayne thought he was safe after he pulled off a tough extraction.. but the other guys outdid him and it was back to him.. and you know what happened next..


the birthday girl..
had the usual birthday song-singing, cake-cutting etc.. though I think everyone was more interested in getting back to their games having been interrupted halfway..


Twister..
the game Aaron brought out.. had a few akward situations with the mixed game.. you can imagine for yourself.. was the spinner/director for most of the games.. the spinner is biased though, like some ppl only get feet shifting around.. but towards the later stages it gets interesting.. like splits and full body stretches..


group pic..
as usual took a group pic for the last frame of the roll.. though alot of people had left by then..

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::prelims are over, but minus the joy and celebrations usually associated with other major exams being over.. wasn't much break or rest time given to us, immediately after physics paper 1 was collected they gave out our paper 2 and 3.. was quite well done, though I should manage my time for paper 2 better.. didn't have time to do about 4 parts, even though I had consciously reminded myself to keep track of time..
the mon and tues "marking days" were just a euphemism.. we still had to come back for a practice session and collect our maths paper on mon.. chem dept also took this opportunity to return us our scripts too.. so more or less knew our H2 grades already.. got ABC, physics maths chem respectively.. my first A in JC life.. maths prob could have gotten A if I had finished the complex no. qns for P1, just needed 3 more marks.. chem if not for qns 5 of P3 prob could do better.. enough ranting about what I could have done, more important is what I am going to do.. after all, A Levels are just a stone's throw away now..
well, been pondering over this question ever since O level days.. Are grades everything? yea I know it sounds very GP-ish but I think its a question that many students have thought about, myself included.. since young we've been drilled to think grades are everthing, good grades=good job=good pay=good life, but does that necessary mean you are happy/successful? of cos happiness and success are subjective words, they mean different things to different people.. the good grade=good life view is just so myopic as though grades make a person..

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::supposed to upload these together with the previous post, but doesn't quite fit in.. some double exposures from the same roll..

A Double Dose

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::prelims are almost over, left physics paper 1 tomorrow afternoon.. except for paper 3, the rest of chem was quite ok.. well, I'll know the aftermath of paper 3 soon enough..
went for a short outing with Hafiz after chem paper 1 on wed.. he just got his S5IS and wanted me to share some tips with him.. wanted to get a coupling ring to reverse mount the 50 1.8 and try some extreme macro shots.. but the shops I went to didn't have it in stock.. met Hafiz across the traffic junction and we made our way to the esplanade..


Hafiz in action..
with the 420EX and adaptor/lens hood mounted.. brought along my S2 which of cos pales somewhat in comparison with the S5.. don't really use my S2 much after I've gotten my S80, was abit bulky to fit into my regular schoolbag with books in it.. plus found 28mm is so much more delightful to use..
anyway, hung around the centopath opp esplanade for awhile before going through the underpass to it.. handheld the 50 1.8 reversed on the S5 with flash attached and did some macro shots.. think its more than 1:1, tried to focus the lens and had to go extremely close to the subject.. took some shots of Hafiz's macbook keyboard, you can fill the entire frame with the wordings on just one key.. can even all the mintue details on it.. thought I would try to get some shots of ants while I'm at it..

Disclaimer: Those with Myrmecophobia (fear of ants) or such insects are advised to skip the following section..
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but if you are intrigued to see how the world looks that up close, go right ahead..


working in pairs..



solo..



hard at work..



what are you looking at?
personally like this last shot.. its almost like its curious about that giant black thing pointing at it.. if you look closely, you'll realise individual ants look very diff.. and we humans just think that they are just dots crawling around..
well, shooting ants isn't that easy.. at such magnifications, the depth of field is uber shallow.. take the last shot for example, the feelers are already out of focus.. probably only have a few fractions of a millimeter for DoF.. plus being ants, they don't sit still.. coupled with the shutter lag of the S5 and difficulty framing, quite satisfied I could get 4 decent shots.. the rest were just shots of empty bark..
oh yea, no ants were harmed in the making of these pics.. though I did suffer some bites..

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::been more than a week since I last updated.. its halfway through prelims now.. Maths is over, both paper 1 and 2.. Maths was different this time, managed to finish all parts, except for the last qns last part for P1 and 2, and the proving part for complex.. probably my best performance for maths thus far.. can't say the same for chem p3.. one on hand, felt good that I've done my best for maths, and on the other wish I could do better for chem..
theres a part of me is abit egoistic, wanna do well so that my name appears on the honour roll list.. but then again, I'll probably remain some relatively unknown guy in sch.. though alot of my pics have been published in print or online..
anyway, wanna share 2 pics I took last week..


Rainbow Lining..
think many would have spotted this sight last thurs.. iridescent clouds, basically diffraction and superposition in action..

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::got bored after studying chem.. did a little series..

Nucleus



Protactinium



Iridium



Neptunium



Oxygen



Radon

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::had GP on thursday, followed by teacher's day celebrations on fri.. guess the GP tutors have lotsa "presents" over this one week break.. did the question "consider the significance of water", had lotsa stuff to write, but found I left out some minor points like water for recreation etc.. paper 2 was also quite ok.. feel confident I'm on track to a B.. then went to eat at AMK Hub with the rest of the class.. went to Fish and Co. with Jack and Shu Heng.. their new york fish and chips were scrumptious, esp the cheese baked into it..
woke up early on friday to bake some cookies for the teacher's day "picnic" we were having later on.. made exactly 50 bite-sized cookies, had some leftover dough so made 1 giant cookie just for fun..


the giant cookie..
met Chuan Xin and Jun Xian on 147 to school.. normally I would take 109 to serangoon, but the first bus only comes at 6.50.. so walked out to 147's bus stop.. reached college sometime after 7.. the tables near the atrium were moved, no one was there at the usual spot where my class gathers every morning..
assembly was held at the track, though the sound system was abit underpowered to hear clearly.. there was the ACES day workout first, which most people were reluctant to participate at first.. guess everyone eased up after awhile..
next was the picnic cum outdoor concert.. the bands weren't that good, nonetheless great effort.. shot some portraits, though some forgot I'm using film and asked if they could see the pic.. anyway, the celebrations ended early cos it threatened to rain at about 10+..
went back to Montfort after the celebrations ended..


the familar garden..
just feels different from last year's visit.. though the same ppl where there, theres more of a sense of distance.. don't really keep in touch with each other that often now.. plus those in JCs are busy preparing for the As.. some of our teachers shared their experience with the As and gave some advice..
went out to eat with the same regular bunch of ppl at compass point..


the same old stuff..

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::just got back the roll of slides that I shot on Sunday.. just got a scanner from Comex, so scanned them in.. the price the labs charge for scanning just way too high, want more control over the images also.. the photos turned out quite nicely, the colours were vibrant and suprisingly grain-less for a high speed film.. think Provia 400X would be my low-light film of choice..
anyway, was first to arrive at 5pm.. waited at the benches near the bus stop, loaded in the first roll.. Jun An came next, went to find some seats first..


waiting..
as usual the rest were late.. kinda expected anyway.. predicted that Simon would be next to come, and I was right.. by 6pm most had arrived and we could start ordering..


the queue..


order up..


chilli crab..


satay..


claypot..
had carrot cake, black no chilli is my preference.. shared 45 sticks of satay, quite filling.. went to Jin Hao's house after that, which was just a stone's throw away.. nothing like a good walk after dinner..


its all in the cards..


the birthday boy..


group pic..

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