Light Exposure

And this is the lovely card that Wei Qin got for her 20th bday from us
Plus a very practical present which I think is very....PRACTICAL
Ya. So much for substantial English



Yet another B&W photo-themed entry...
Nah!

This time...
I felt like expressing myself in COLOURS
Oh well. This time round the colours pic looked better
=)

Decided to go ahead and arrived earlier at Changi V before
Wei Qin's bday celebration there


Had always wanted to go there to walk around the beach area
as I always admire the beautiful sights there but it seems like
I never did get a chance to do so
Everytime I'm at Changi V is always to go take a ferry either at
SFT or go to Pulau Ubin



So I walk from the famous Nasi Lemak stall towards the beach
And started snapping away with reference to personal feelings



After the roundabout
(I always have a thing for roundabout)



Duly arrived at Changi Beach Park



And besides the beautiful sights there
I think the other #1 reason would be this


Changi is a renowned spot for cycling ethusiasts
I have always seen ppl with very good bikes riding there
And of course the old aunties, uncles and youngsters who
rent the bike at a bike shop at Changi V there

Its a good idea to just cycle
Stop and rest
Sit at the beach
Take photos
Eat
Chit chat
Chillax
And go back the market to have a nice dinner
Splendid way to enjoy the weekend I suppose?
=)



Riding a pink bike would be cute too
=p









Sitting by the beach has never been so awesome
Watching the planes fly by
Up close
Hearing the engine roar
Somehow it doesnt felt like the F16s that fly by
The sound of the aeroplanes here...were just soothing

Or maybe it was me?
Whose confidence was at an all-time low this weekend
Plus the fatigue
Was rather on the downside of the emotion see-saw



Even the lazy cat knew how to enjoy herself on the sand



And she came closer and closer
Until I took the picture and realised she was standing in right front of me
A bit too close for comfort
So I decide to check myself for any food on me
But oh well, this cat was just being friendly
=D



And then she just pop in front of me
And decided to settle down
Cats are cute though
And they don't bark non-stop
1 point up for cats
Plus girls can have names that are like....Cat?
They cant have names that are like....Dog?
2 points up
=p

Now for some people-oriented photos by the beach




The Indian women was emo-ing
Same as me
Must have had a rough week too...

And the girl who enjoys photography as much as me

With the camera dangling in her hand

Soaking her feet in the water

Letting the gentle waves brush against her legs

And the uncle who seems to be gearing himself up for

some triathlon or biathlon

The little kid who is building a sandcastle with his parents

And the mom just brought the bucket along to top up some water

for her son who seems to be enjoying himself so much

Family love

This is even better

I think this looks very good

Family portrait

The skydrop was brilliant

I think their photo would looked great too!

And a few good friends enjoying the much-cursed SBJ

Ok they had fun with it

I never did

Argh!

$@!*&^!

4 footprints

And 3 abandoned fishing rods

Cant see the fishing line can you?

Somehow I think this picture gives me a feeling of...

It somehow looks good to me personally

Affection for adidas perhaps?

:)

And I just carry on walking along the coastline

Seeing all the ppl having fun

Family having BBQ

Children riding bikes or skate scooters

Toddlers building seemingly oversized sandcastle with their parents

Bikers and runners along the track

Couples holding hands walking barefooted in the sand

Underaged youngsters eating snacks on their mats

A lot of love all around

The sand was clean, soft and at a cooling temperature

Makes walking barefooted on it very comfortable

And I just walked from one end to the other

Watching the planes fly by

Enjoying the beautiful sunset

With no MP3 plug in

It was very calming indeed

No hustle and bustle

No rushing-to-wait and waiting-to-rush

Away from everything that was bad and evil

And I knew I had collected some photos that I personally like

So spirits were up

And of course naturally I feel more happy

Just cleared my mind off ALL unpleasant stuff

Just so pretty

The sun rays hitting the water and reflecting back up

I would have been a fool to carry on wearing my shades

Cuz all the sights were just too beautiful

And now presenting my 2 best pictures...

Nice?

This time all my photos had been taken with adjustments to
something know as " light exposure "
Read it up somewhere and decided to try it out
Looks and feels good
Giving more control to my photography
Nice!
=D


1st week out from SISPEC
Felt super duper shagged out
( " Shagged " is a naughty word )
=p

Had my IPPT
Didnt managed to get Silver becuz of SBJ
And this SBJ thing is getting to my nerves
Like a disease
Or the black suit in Spiderman 3
Slowing engulfing me bit by bit
Making me weaker and weaker
And more frustrated too

Not saying I never put in personal training or what
Is just the damn technique I cant get it right
Like freaking damn pissed with myself
Grrrr
Arggghh!
Suxxor suxxor suxxor

The world is evil becuz of SBJ
I swear if I get 4 points for SBJ
I would go run 944 and below for 2.4km
*cross tongue*

7 weeks to go

I dont wanna book out every week and hear/see negative stuff

Please pack your negative stuff and get away from me

Tsk

Heartburn

Came across many quotes
At where?
The toilets of all places

I specially walk 1 round to go read them
And one particular quote that I like
I think I should share with ppl

" When wealth is lost, nothing is lost.

When health is lost, something is lost.

When character is lost, all is lost. "

我已经尽量不要去想了。。。

Chinatown Classic

What's a rest without going to the infamous Yangtze cinema?
THEY SAY the seats are dirty and have white sticky stuff on it
And THEY SAY dirty old men go in with black umbrella to watch movies
PLUS THEY SAY...

WOMB RAIDER IS STILL SHOWING!!!
(Edmund just cant stop this with MK)

*gasps*
Horrors of all horrors
Terrible boys we all are
=p

Ok I just passed by that place while walking round Chinatown
And decided to go donate blood with Adrian
In like a snap of the fingers and...
We were walking from Chinatown to Outram!
24km already
Walking to Outram is like....2km?
=)

Anyways
What's a rest without eating good food?
(btw I lost 8kg during BMT ok? so don't flame me
and I have only gain back 1 or 2kg only)

So off I went to eat Dim Sum with my few good poly friends
And the location was Yum Cha Restaurant at Chinatown
Its a ulu ulu place at a shophouse on the 2nd floor of Chinatown
Off Smith Street
And it only has ala carte buffet on WEEKDAYS
Key word is WEEKDAYS ok?



I realised I always like to eat those pastries and sweet stuff a lot
And if the statement from those health mag are true
About " You Are What You EAT! "
Then I must be a sweet person who is made of flour
Hiak hiak!



The 1st sight that greeted me
" I Reuse(?) / Reduce(?) / Recycle(?) Girls "

This shirt is worn none other than CBK MK
Hahaha!
CBK and MK always rhymes in sync
=p



Yum Cha offers a wide variety of tea
And I think the tea goes very well with all the various types of dim sum



The very very very tasty baked mini egg tarts
1 for $0.80
Damn expensive!
And one is smaller than 1/3 of your palm
Gosh!
Quality over quantity
So to make up for the quantity
Always go for the buffet (like us!)
Eat until you EXPLODE
BOOM!



Anyway I think exploring Chinatown is always good
Chinatown has changed so much
A lot of things are different from the past
In terms of how the outlook, the structures, the items etc

Its a great place for taking photographs too!

How can one not resist taking photographs when you are there?
The vibrant colours and surroundings definitely deserve better than just squeezing with crazy 吃肉(in Hokkien) ppl during CNY



Saw this building in my Sect Comm photo album
He's took a different angle of this place
And it gave a totally different feel of my photo and his
"Scarlet" means RED right?
(and yes it is not RAD and it doesnt BOOMZ)
LOL!
So I manage to put some RED into the picture with the words in it!

All the colourful toys and whatever chap-pa-lang stuff there

They lined almost every single street and every single stall of Chinatown

Well, for the rest of the photos

I decided that they should be in Black and White

Still stick to my style of photos

At least I have a theme

(Even though my non-DSLR cam cant match up to those of the DSLRs)

Black and White just portray something different to me

A whole different...feeling

=)

Mid-autumn has arrived

中秋月圆 - 吃月饼 - 饮茶 - 赏月

Do you still see such wooden signboards anymore?
Suspended by 2 metal hooks only

Swaying as the wind blows

Ancient Chinese martial arts era style

Where is Mike Tyson?

If you have been to Chinatown and look at the 珍珠坊 building carefully

Its exterior is actually not as bright as it was previously

And this building has a lot of rich history behind it

I have a vague memory of it but cant really remember the raw details of it

Just wanna capture the building in its raw format

Somehow I think some colours would do justice to it though

=)

This building looks like those castle-like structures you see in Japan

With the Ninja training academy or what sort not

Gives a grandish feel to it among the shorter shophouses around it

One of my more likable shots during this time round

Didnt like the Singapore Pools, rubbish bin, and the man in the picture

Plus some girl at the corner of the picture

But somehow, if I overlook them

I still like this picture a lot

Has the increasing elevating effect on the roofs of the shophouses

=D

Just cutting through some back alley at Chinatown

Classic stuff here

No more stand-in-the-centre-take-the-photo stuff
Feels like the places whereby Mediacorp shoots their dramas

And the near empty streets of Chinatown

Before the dark clouds looms overhead

And thunder shall clapped while lightning would flash

Spot the irony in this photo?

Cleverly disguised

=p

Chinese lantern

Colourful among the Chinese-themed background

Yet convertd to B&W...

Down the steps in a typical Cheena shophouse

And so it would end with the lonely Uncle who sells ice-cream by the road

Tml shall be the day I start off BSLC at Pasir Laba Camp

Which is like....ermmmm....the other end of Singapore

Which means......ermmmm.....crazy travelling time?!

Ok best!

Makes me wanna emo just thinking about booking in to the new camp tml

Throw in the fact of all the heavy stuff I have to lug there

Plus the undeniable fact that it is at Joo Koon

Not at Boon Lay

(ok thanks for the reminder ppl....thanks ah!)

Anyways this block leave has been used quite wisely

I exercised for like everyday except 1 day

Then got plenty of good sleep

Good outings

Good companion

Got take nice photos that I like

Tried out Photoshop on pictures more

Read up more on photography

Tested out Jon's all new DSLR etc

And got finally got my BMT training pics at long last!!!

This is my favourite pic during the whole BMT

Its a group photo of us with OC Jaguar Captain Tey

Platoon 1

With all the commanders and men

We just finished the hellish BIC for the last day of field camp

With plenty of battle scars and fatigue

And not bathing and not cleaning and not doing what you can for 6 days

It's a toast of victory for everyone

Plus the BIC was exciting when I look back now

Not expecting what was behind the super high wall

Then the siren sound and you mount the wall with your rifle

And then just go all out chionging

Gave the finale execution

As I looked back now

I still think I did my very best and gave my all

=)

And this is the winning team of Captain Polo

We ownz every team on route to being the Champion!

How I started joining a sports I have never play before is...surprising

Mervin just asked if I got anything to do

Then I just said no

And he dragged me to join in

Furthermore he cant thread water

Thats craziness on both our parts!

Plus I met some nice ppl there too

Like Tim, Shi Kai, Ee Yong and Ming Jie

And some of these are top players for their poly in the polo team

And checking out how they execute those ridiculously good moves...

Just a pleasure in seeing ppl do what they do best

And of course PS Oliver who was a very nice guy to all of us

The way he talked to us and seeing how much he want us to win

Thats dedication for you

=)

And our neighbours in the pool

The Chain team

Check them out!

Garang-ness written all over their faces!

We are both Champions they always say!

=D

And last but not least

Our super duper ownage team in the Tug-Of-War

They do their Hakka Dance to intimidate opponents before the game

Some ppl ask me if I was big sized

Then I tell them I saw ppl 2 times of my size

And most of them are in the team here

I see ppl like Jun Bin and Clement

And they are like....BIG!

Saw them in action personally after our game and they were...

Oh well the word is "IMBA"

Nothing much to comment on their strength

So now...

I shall go emo in one corner and draw circles on the ground after posting this

Nah!

I shall go pack my bags for a brand new day

Looking forward to what shall await me in the future

Be it good be it bad

My motto for this remaining 1 year 8 months would be

"Tough times don't last, tough men do"

And I know I am a tough man

Lastly

I share a very nice MTV with everyone
陶喆-暗戀MV

Crossover or not

Thats another story in itself

And for now, I will write this chapter in my story book

By myself

For you I shall give

你走你的独木桥

我走我的阳光道