::had band dinner on Tues.. went out of the house early so as to get another pack of Polaroid film.. managed to get hold of a Polaroid cam and it suits the theme for the evening, Retro.. had to walk all the way to Marina Square cos they didn't have stock at Peninsula.. bought some batts for the flash and took 133 back to Bugis.. more walking later and I arrived at the restaurant..
was the first J2 there I think, passed Liying the BW400CN she wanted.. went upstairs to the dinning area.. the ceiling there was wooden, so had very little leeway in bouncing up.. but luckily there was a projector screen that was set up, used that as a huge source of light.. though not the wrap around light a ringflash would give..


Popstar Yong De..
Yong De came with a flashy pair of sunglasses, which blasted him back to the 1980s and melted some hearts of the gals I think.. hahaa.. dinner was kicked off by the 2 emcees Jane and Eunice at about 7.. we had a spread of Malay cuisine to choose from in the buffet.. only ate 1 serving, quite used to not eating much for such dinners after being through a handful..
had a couple of games in the meantime.. 中继密码, limbo and a watermelon eating contest to name a few.. suprisingly, won a small gift in the lucky draw..


Group Pic..
took a group pic after that.. think I should have upped the flash power.. pretty new to this off-camera lighting business, especially with a manual flash.. was shooting mostly on manual the whole evening, except for some natural light shots..


Clarinet J2s..
was in high demand after that group shot was taken.. everyone whipped out their own cams, also brought out the polaroid.. after discovering it was a polaroid cam, everyone seemed to want one.. hopefully I can claim the film cost from the band fund, isn't exactly cheap though.. but the polaroids really injected the "retro-ness" into the pics.. digicam pics feel so "plastic" after looking at them..
had to leave at 9.30 cos thats when our booking ends.. walked all the way back to Bugis and took the train back with Chester and Shi Chie.. alighted at YCK and coincidentally met Huai Yu again, we were on the same train and didn't know it.. hahaa..

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.:JeReMyChAn blogged on 11:34 pm:.
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::exasperated by the fact that my desktop brokedown when I needed it the most.. got events coming up and lotsa pics that needed to be process, plus I wanted to do a nice slide show for band dinner but that isn't in the cards right now.. have to make do with doing all editing stuff with my laptop..
ran some errands for Clement on Fri, redid the section instrument photos for the cupboards.. changed the font to a nicer looking one, sent to a lab for printing and laminated it.. looked so much nicer than the ones I did a year ago.. which already is starting to wear out already, cos it wasn't laminated..

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::went out with Liying to T3 and Changi Boardwalk on Thurs .. took 72 to Tampines, switched to the MRT and met her at Tanah Merah.. sat directly opposite her across the platform, and she didn't notice until a minute before the Airport bound train arrived..
went for the self-guided tour into the transit area.. lotsa construction going on still, though all the architectural stuff is up.. I like their roof, the natural light that streams in.. overall, T3 feels more spacious, perhaps its the extentsive usage of glass.. walked to the gates to take a look at the transit lounge.. not often do you get access to the restricted area of an airport before it opens.. so took the opportunity to do some funny stuff that I won't normally do if its fully functional.. felt like a little boy let loose in a candy store.. hahaa..


neatly packed..
after we had enough of walking around, took the Skytrain over to T2.. went to Sakae Sushi to eat cos Liying had a craving for Kakiage.. think they messed up the no. of the crab roe sushi I ordered.. ended up getting 5 plates, which started to get boring after the 3rd one.. besides that, salmon nigiri and unagi temaki are one of my favourites.. after eating our fill, took 27 back to Tampines and changed to 29..


moonrise..
was quite cloudy, so wasn't much of a sunset to be seen.. though the moon was just nice almost full.. the lapping of the waves and the sea breeze created a relaxing atmosphere.. if it wasn't so cloudy and threatening to rain, prob could see some stars in the sky.. at one point the wind got quite strong and churned up some big waves which rolled below us and crashed unto the beach..
watched the sky go by for awhile, though most of the time she was on the phone with Mr Tan.. this is prob as close as the ideal date if I had a girlfriend.. walking on the beach, watching the sun go down, laying on our backs watching the stars above, chatting the night away..


projectile motion..
became abit restless, so did some jump shots with the help of the Actionsampler Flash that I bought her.. thought of walking back to Changi Village but the dimly lit path filled with unknown flying creatures didn't go down too well with Liying.. walked back where we came from and took 29 back to Tampines.. got a much needed drink and we parted ways.. took 72 back while she took the MRT back..

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::first off..

the As are over!
Physics Paper 1 was our last paper on Tues.. Dwayne apparently forgot its a morning paper and was late for the paper.. at least its mcq paper.. had a class outing to Sentosa after it ended.. went to AMK Hub's Subway to eat, then went to buy a soccer and volleyball for later on..


Sentosa..
oh yea, finally got my first dSLR, a 40D.. brought to along for its first shoot.. rained when we arrived on the island, not exactly ideal conditions to shoot pics.. the slight weathersealing seems to be quite effective.. though I don't think I'll risk shooting directly in the rain..


Joel and Jun An soaking up the rain..
really started to pour again.. the rest ran over to the islet across the bridge, so was stuck in the shelther with Sok Hua and Ping Chong.. eventually the rain gave way and we could resume our activities..


the birthdays..
celebrated Joel's and Tricia's birthdays, though its 1 month late for Joel.. then lotsa action after that.. a brief "cake fight", splashing water, volleyball, frisbee, soccer..


Tricia's present..



splashing good fun..



worn out..


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::a short update before Econs paper later.. the bulk of As (except for Econs) is pretty much over, left with Paper 1s after that.. Paper 2s were quite ok, though the qns aren't the typical TYS kinda qns, more interesting examples etc..
bought Liying the Actionsampler Flash for her birthday.. basically a toy cam with 4 lenses that syncs with the 4 onboard flashes.. takes 4 shots in 1 second, the fun part comes when you take someone and he/she excecutes what I call a photo evasion manoeuver, ie tries to hide.. then you get a sequence depicting that.. haha..


Actionsampling..
though shooting the pics is as easy as just pressing the shutter button and 4 shots rattle off.. the critical step of loading and rewinding the film can be complicated if you haven't got any experience with film cams..
anyway, thinking of getting another film cam besides the pinhole cam I have currently.. probably the Vivitar Ultraslim & Wide.. the pinhole cam isn't very practical for snapshots, seeing you need some stable platform to let it expose.. not what you call handheld..

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::some thoughts during this 5-day "break".. desktop crashed last week, so using my laptop to blog at the mean time.. hopefully nothing has been lost in the hard-disk, though I've a 2nd backup external hard-disk for my pics.. at worse I'll lose some of the recent film scans which I haven't saved to the ext.. quite stressfree compared to the photos I lost from my first digicam the last time it happened..

its midway through the As now, left with paper 1&2s and econs.. GP and Maths are pretty much over.. GP paper 1 was crap, did qns 10 on the environment.. couldn't think of much points to write, hopefully paper 2 would be my saviour.. Maths was quite ok, prob a comfortable A in the bag.. Physics Paper 3 wasn't my best, suprisingly felt Chem Paper 3 was better.. anyway, these 2 subjects aren't over yet, theres still paper 1&2..
lotsa stuff planned after the As, first up is prob the band dinner, should be around end Nov.. then comes D&D on the 4th, then class chalet 5th-7th and KL trip with the band 9th-12th.. after that prob overseas with my family and followed by an overseas trip with the class, but these 2 not really confirmed yet.. pretty much packed till the year ends, and after that is goodbye mainland Singapore..

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.:JeReMyChAn blogged on 11:03 pm:.
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