::feeling abit down lately.. ever since I enlisted its been like that, sometimes I'm quite "on" and happening, but most of the time I just keep to myself.. the most immediate cause prob is me not being able to tag along with the band to Osaka.. hope I'm able to take some leave nearer to the end of the year, get out of the country, get out of the regimentation, just to refresh myself.. prob wanna visit Bernadette in London, IF (and thats a big IF) my parents allow.. she got into Imperial College London, which is a dream come true.. the supposed turn out for the band gathering tmr was also a letdown.. quite a dismal figure for my batch coming, some false hope..

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::went out to shoot for the past 3 days like I intended.. made some stupid mistakes though, forgot to slot in the batt and memory card on Thurs, only found out when I was already in AMK.. Fri was abit better, only forgot the memory card.. didn't intend to shoot anything though, went to buy the film for Liying and pass her my Holga.. she's bringing it for the band's Japan trip, which unfortunately I can't go..
got back home to get my card, rested then went out to take some traffic trails..


Rush Hour..
encounted quite alot of cats around the area, but they weren't that friendly as Hougang ones.. did some pondering upon the overhead bridge while waiting for the exposure.. just what lies ahead years down the road.. what do I really wanna achieve in life.. questions still left unanswered..
joined the new photog batch on their first outing.. was kinda late but found them along the river eventually..


Urban Ninja..
James was there, so did some off-cam lighting work with his flash and mine.. did a shot I had in mind whenever I go into underpasses.. most of the time I'll visualise a shot in my mind and just go out to achieve it.. in the process, lots of trials and errors, other on the spot inspirations.. ideally, would like to be paid to shoot such stuff.. well, just take it as an experiment for my style of photography..
wanted to finish the roll of Velvia by that outing.. but luck would have it, somehow the catch for the back of my 30 broke.. nearly had it wide open, immediately rewinded the whole roll back.. hopefully its not been exposed..
went for the tea party in the afternoon at NTU.. the SPMS building is spanking new, though it would be 2 years old when I get to use it.. Physics has been my fav subject since Os, prob started with this childhood fascination about the world we live in..

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::might be wondering why I'm posting on a weekday.. got to clear 3 days of leave apparently, quite suprised when they told us too, so I'm free till sun night..
made my way down to TJC today for Chris' Exhibition, Wild! Singapore.. the photos and gallery itself were top-notch, though holding it in a school kinda downs the acessibility factor


the VIPs..
chatted with some of the TJ photog members who were there, and Chris himself of cos.. he must be so proud.. wanted to stay for the sharing session but was meeting Raidah later on.. initially planned to shoot the sunset, but the clouds were gathering.. so went to Suntec's Sky Garden to do some shots..


Dynamic Duo..
prob do more shooting the following days.. shot a few frames off the Velvia 50, intending to finish it by the weekend.. long time since I did some serious film work..

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::not much of a break before I get posted to my unit.. luckily today's a public holiday, if not can't imagine having just one day of break.. got posted to engineering, at least Nee Soon is much nearer..
Sat was pretty much spent in camp, marched overnight to the parade the next morning.. the instructors slapped on our chevrons and we got whisked away to our different postings.. suprisingly quite a number got into Air Force from my platoon.. would be a blessing to be posted there, just next door to my Dad's workplace.. pretty much slept till next morning once I got home..
finally got myself a decent tripod on Sun.. been eyeing it for some time, the Manfrotto 190XPROB..


Low Rider..
prob the most compelling reason that I got it was its low angle ability.. the centre column can be swivelled around horizontally and the legs spread out, exactly like in the pic.. helps greatly when I do cat portraits..


Envy..
had dinner with the class at Marina before that.. ate at Billy Bombers, quite filling but cost a bomb (pun intended)..::

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::just experimenting with the future post thing..

by the time you're reading this, would be marching our 28km graduation route march.. on our way to "corporal-dom"::

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::went to watch/help cover Aureus Experentia XIII yesterday, a combined concert with Guzheng.. the 13th in the series, though they didn't explicitly state it.. ought to be the 14th, thats if we had a concert last year.. the band dinner was great and all, but it doesn't feel complete without having a concert to end our JC band "career"..
did some errands before heading to SCH.. had lunch, collected the lens and flash, bought film for the holga.. they were starting the rehearsal by the time I got there.. chatted with some of the J2s there, seems like they had a large intake for J1s this year.. had a small preview of the concert.. shot some shots, but not really worth keeping since it wasn't a full dress rehearsal..


Me and Myself..
got bored after awhile, so decided to go outside to do a self-portrait with the set-up I brought along.. initially wanted to do section photos but guess there wasn't a time slot I could fit in.. chatted with the 2 photogs, James and Cun Kuang, about NS life to kill time before the concert..


the actors for Peter and the Wolf..
hung around the backstage while the Guzheng ensemble played for the majority of the first half, which ended off with Peter and the Wolf, a stage band piece.. its quite a unique piece, the band provides the sountrack to the story so to speak..


the band..
got myself a seat for the 2nd half.. more interested in the music, I'm pretty sure lots of ppl would be getting the same old shot as I did.. anyway, they sounded quite good.. the previous AE would pale in comparison.. was almost a full house, could only see a couple of empty seats sporadically scattered.. guess thats one of the after-effects of getting a Gold..

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::4 day break ending soon.. Friday was an off-in-lieu cos we came back on a Sun 2 weeks back for live firing.. went to watch Ironman with my family on Thurs, felt more like a 2 hour trailer to the actual movie.. the scene with the F-22s was great, aerial dogfights attract me for some reason.. Friday went to collect the 120 negs, should have specifically asked the uncle not to scan for me, thats what my film scanner is for anyway.. Holga's quite addictive, 12 frames per roll definately isn't enough..
Sat went out with the class to Kallang.. improved over the last time I ice-skated, though I fell down more times.. a carefree feeling that I've haven't felt in months, gliding along the ice..


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