::kinda backlogged with pics these past few days.. POP'ed on Wed, Thurs-Sat had class chalet, Sun helped out with Mr Lau's wedding shoot, Mon had a outing with my section.. churned out some nice pics, some can be found on my flickr account..
starting with POP.. can't believe its already been 9 weeks since enlistment.. literally a journey of sweat and blood.. ought to be more careful with myself, cut myself while opening a meal pack and hit myself on the head with my rifle.. hopefully, this is as serious as my injuries in NS go.. the days leading to POP were packed with rehearsals.. this would be my first time in a parade instead of just accompanying it.. started to rain the moment we stood on the parade square, was at the front row so I had the best view of the grandstand, and of cos vice versa.. the rain showered on till the 2nd half and we were denied the honor of letting our parents put on our jockey caps.. the magical moment came when we all threw our caps in the air and were recruits no more..
had our 2nd class chalet the next day.. came at about 4+, only Simon, Hek and PC were there.. went to WhiteSands to eat and meet up with the rest.. quite a sizeable attendence when we got back to the chalet.. nothing much to do except for cards and mahjong, which I've no idea how to play.. so went out to take some shots..


Aerials
was a clear night and the stars came out to play.. there was a lovely purple glow in the sky.. just makes you wanna lie down on the ground and watch the stars go by..
went back, watched some movies, played cards till late.. woke up the next morning at about 9, the warm rays of the sun caught my attention the moment I woke up.. blue skies, fluffy clouds, felt like going out to jump around, but the rest didn't feel as energetic as I was.. went to Subway to have our lunch, went back home to change since I didn't bring any spare clothes..


BBQ..
gelled my flash with some blue cellophone tape I had at home to give some nice blue smoke.. always found BBQ photography challenging, cos first off its so damn dark, you can't use direct flash if not you'll just catch the smoke and it all turns hazy and ppl don't just stand around when BBQ-ing..

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.:JeReMyChAn blogged on 11:30 pm:.
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::backtracking this post since I didn't have time to update last weekend.. sat had 2 gatherings, one for lunch and the other for dinner.. my section mates were suppose to have lunch at Solomon's house, but in the end only 2 others and our sergeant came.. played on his pool table for awhile, went to see the various pets he had.. took 10 to Jurong East, then took the MRT to Yishun.. walked around Northpoint to kill some time since I reached there early.. satisfied the craving I had for sushi and bread at the same time..


Steamboat..
had steamboat dinner at Angie's place, which was only a stone's throw away from Khatib.. didn't really eat much as usual, though the food was not bad.. did some impromptu shooting with Jun An and Yuan Ting with various "props" they found in her bedroom.. haha.. left early with Joel to have an early night..


Outfield..
went shooting with Zhi Kai in the morning.. again, the sunrise wasn't spectacularly amazing.. explored around the area, did some jump shots.. then went to the old nafa campus he recommanded to finish up the morning.. of cos the main motivation behind this small outing was to utilise my 17-40..

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::first post of the new year.. woke up quite late, already 1+.. wanted to wake up at 10 to submit the Eye é City pics, but yet again overslept.. didn't even complete the roll.. all well, it was great having my pics selected for 06.. prob concentrate more on SYPA 08..
some updates on New Year's Eve.. uploaded a small 12-part series featuring pics I've taken over the past year, one for every month.. then did a self-portrait for the title pic.. can be viewed here..
spent NYE at the airport.. went for lunch first with Aaron, Hek, Jack, Ji Bin, Sarah and Tricia at the Fish & Co. at T2.. had the Danish Fish & Chips, which was quite similar to their NY one, except with some spicy seasoning.. went to meet Clement in the evening, bought the hotshoe to PC adaptor since my 30 doesn't have the PC sync port..


last sunset of the year..
quite a pity that I didn't have a nice location for this spectacular last sunset of 07.. a break from the cloudy weather at the end of the year.
met up with Clement and his cousin at Clarke Quay.. executed an idea I had in mind..


Music in the air..
the final product.. figured out how to trigger the 580EX II that I had with me.. had to tape up the other contacts except the middle one.. shot thru a "bokeh modifier" that I made myself, basically a circular black card with a quaver shaped hole in it.. shot it on film also, wanted to submit this for Eye é City, since for me 07 is the SYF year that I'll always remember.. went back to the airport after that..

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.:JeReMyChAn blogged on 11:03 pm:.
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::backtracking yet another post.. had class chalet the very next day after D&D.. took a longer than expected nap after being out the whole night, woke up at 1plus I think.. packed my stuffs for the chalet and it started raining heavily when I got out.. didn't wanna risk getting wet so took 161 to change to 89 to Pasir Ris.. placed my bags at the chalet first before heading out again to return the set-up I rented.. brought my Xbox 360 there, so had some gaming sessions.. brought Halo 3 (of cos), Fifa 08 and Topspin 2..


the birthday guys and gal..
celebrated the December babies birthdays after bbq ended.. played through the night.. slept from 6 to about 10.. wanted to go watch the sunrise but it was still raining at 6+.. was raining the whole day, kinda spoils any outdoor activities..
went to subway to have lunch, then went cycling while some went to escape theme park.. spent a good part of the first hour teaching Jack, Ping Chong, Yong Huan and Ji Bin how to cycle.. Jack and PC was pretty much doing laps around the carpark by the end of the hour, though Jack has trouble turning left.. haha..


twister..
played more games during the evening.. helped start another fire and we finished off the leftover bbq items.. oh yea, suffered a little mishap while making the above pic.. did more off camera lighting, placed the flash on the window ledge on the 2nd floor.. popped a shot and it fell down, luckily didn't hit anyone.. still works, but the contacts came abit loose I think.. quite a hardy little flash for a low price..

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.:JeReMyChAn blogged on 11:15 pm:.
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::backtracking this post to tues, since I didn't have much time this week to blog.. would be updating once again with the class chalet post after I get back on wed.. going on a cruise with my family from mon to wed.. was too last min to book a holiday so we decided on the next best thing, after all we haven't gone on a cruise yet..
woke up quite late on tues, mon was quite busy.. the small lighting set-up I ordered arrived in the afternoon.. a shoot-through umbrella with stand and wireless trigger.. took a cab to the Marriott, where our Dinner & Dance was held at.. arrived at about 6.30, hung around the lobby area for awhile.. hard to recognise everyone in their formal attire, maybe cos we're so used to seeing each other in sch u..


the firing squad..
as usual, everyone whipped out their cams to shoot.. didn't really shoot or got shot much compared to sec sch.. just felt some unusual inhibition that evening.. other than my classmates don't see alot of familar faces in the crowd..
"cocktail" started at 7, though it was just soft drinks.. the doors opened at 7.30, waited for everyone to clear first before heading in.. sat with the guys at table 22, subtract 1 and it would be quite fitting.. while the rest sat at table 10, on the opposite side of the ballroom..


the class guys..
dinner was nice, though didn't really eat much.. for the first dish, even before the plate touched the table, the guys were already picking from it.. would be quite a scene if even before the waiter left we finished the plate and he can clear it already.. haha..
had some table games, Shu Heng and Jun An were the lucky guys to be chosen.. had to find different objects to decorate them, donated my socks and some spare change.. our table almost won if only the note didn't fall off.. but our luck changed when Dwayne won the grand prize for the lucky draw.. he didn't look that happy though, think he already has an mp3 player of his own..


class pic..

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::well, its technically the last day of school today.. after which we are pretty much on our own till A levels, though there are many practice sessions, extra lessons scheduled..
had lotsa things to do after sch on tues.. collected the 2 rolls of mounted slides from KT, collected my 2nd roll for the keychain slides from Fotohub at Suntec.. did some souvenirs for the class, mounted slides with their names on it which acts as a keychain.. met up with Jun An to do the light writings.. basically loaded slide film into my cam, Jun An wrote the names on bulb exposure, got it developed and mounted, attatched the keychain ring to it..


light drawings..
made it sound so easy, but in reality it isn't.. had to scout out a good location, check the framing, practice the spacing and positioning, test on digital before actually shooting a frame.. tiring work, had a total of 3 sessions, wrote the girls first, then the guys.. got back the 1st roll and some were CMI and had to reshoot some.. and it all wouldn't be possible without the help of Jun An, thanks buddy..

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.:JeReMyChAn blogged on 10:42 pm:.
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::last few days of school.. offically anyway, we still have extra lessons, practice sessions and what not for the next 2 weeks.. rented the 40D + 17-55 for tues and wed.. wed being our graduation ceremony, and needless to say everyone would wanna take pics..
anyway, Ms Shahida treated the class to pizza after the external exam com briefing on tues.. also got back our prelim results slip and sgc to check.. got AACCE, though aiming for AAABB for As.. GP really needs alot of work..


Pizza..

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.:JeReMyChAn blogged on 9:24 pm:.
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::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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.:JeReMyChAn blogged on 11:45 pm:.
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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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.:JeReMyChAn blogged on 2:56 pm:.
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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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.:JeReMyChAn blogged on 10:21 pm:.
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