100 days and counting

This feeling sucks....

Looking Into The Night With The DSLR

1 day off
Thursday book out from SISPEC already
Not going back there till March
Will be missing so many things there
But alas, have to get out of my comfort zone once again
Moving to another place new
So so so looking forward to March when we all meet again back there
:)

Feeling.........laid-back
Its been eons since I have this feeling
Chilled out, relaxed, muscles albeit still tensed and aching
(as usual)
Was in the mood for.....photography!!!
=D

Called Jon the ORD-ed personnel out to exchange gifts
My external HDD (my preciousssssss) and his DSLR
(his precioussssssss)

Just like a hardworking and studious little boy I am

Studying and trying to figure out this complicated little baby

Asking qns to verify my doubts in case of spoiling it

=x

And so it was

The Canon EOS500D as my tools-of-the-trade and DSLR-ish photos for this upcoming entry

=)

THIS GOTTA BE DA BOMB OF THE DAY!

HAHAHA!

Ownage stuff

18 points FLAT ON THE DOT

Tyco or lucky to the max

Passed my circuit assessment

Still get the nervous feeling even after doing this for like so many times

Should say this was the worst time on the CB750

Rode like a lunatic without a handlebar literally

The best part has to be the auntie lady in front of me

She was like 100 times way more zai than me

She rode the Class 2 bike like a bicycle

And she stopped her bike after the assessment

Smiled to me and give me a big wave while we had to pillion ride

“你来载我啦！”

Just totally makes my day with a big sunshine smile

And she has this kampung face or those very friendly auntie feeling

*thumbs up*

And now, I'm all set and ready for my Class 2 license

Can tick another checkbox for my "Things-to-achieve in 2009"

Can you buy a Class 2 bike for me as my 21st bday present?

Pretty please?

=p

Anyways I wont be taking my TP test so soon

Shall see my new posting schedule 1st before booking the test date

Haiz.....麻烦

And yes this was my 1st test shot of the DSLR

Trying to figure out the settings and stuff

....When a pretty lady came along

HAHA!

Ok this was still a test shot

Thought these buildings would look good in B&W

But alas, the sky was already very greyish dark

The freaking rain spoilt my plan to go Sungei Road to snap photos

And by the time the rain stopped, I had to go meet the SISPEC warriors

At the Zhen Fa steamboat resaturant for dinner

It was relocated at Novena and I didnt realised when I passed by it

>.<

Always ready to strike!

Back with a vengeance

Good food is worth it

And these are 2 of my best Army friends

Gordon and Eugene

(cant focus on the faces leh! where's the auto face detection???)

Didnt know where Ding Feng and Raazmy went to

Ding Feng say he went to smoke

LOL!

Cockster!

Smoker nv tell other ppl they go and smoke one leh!

And the skewered prawns

All ready for Doomsday

The food was quite good

A lot of variety

The desserts were the best

Rich colours which makes good photos

Unfortunately, I never go and take

Quite paiseh

=/

So once we filled our stomachs

We couldnt really decide where to go

Since got car, just decided to drove around.....to Marina Barrage

Once we got onto the highway

1st thing Raazmy said was the fuel tank was Empty
(not E for Enough)

2nd thing was that we started screaming in the car

3rd thing I said was I dont wanna push the car

And the 4th thing was nobody wanted to sweat

LOL!

Luckily we found a Shell petrol kiosk at Kallang there

Phew

No perspiration needed

:)

Marina Barrage is a nice thing to take photos seriously

But with a tripod nonetheless

It was windy and there was clear sky

Awesome night view there

But Gordon was constantly mumbling about why we had to go there

There got a lot of couples then we all lonely guys

Best solution I offered

"Maybe there also got lonely girls like us lonely guys

So lonely guy meet lonely girl equal happy couple?"

Ok! Set! And off we quickly went in

And hell the IR was struck by weird lightnings!!!

Freakishly cool hur!

(no tripod + shaky hands = strange photos)

And there was 乾坤大挪移 being unleashed there

Yet another effect of ppl walking while the aperture was opened

Ok ok

Bad shots I know

But you cant expect much right?

Ok this is way better!

Super lots of couple there

Seriously

Very good place to chill out

Just need some drinks and it would do the trick

Very cosy

And we also grew lazy

So we just select a bench and sat down

Talk cock is the best

After a while

I decided I should at least get some decent shots

And off I went on a 1-man mission to capture some nicer pics

I like the 2nd one more

Has this sorta Star Wars that sky platform feel

With 2 ppl standing at the edge conversing

Plus the backdrop of the water and lighting

Ok so now are the better photos I got

After using my browser to compare the qualities and shooting info

Finally able to showcase some better ones here!

Do give me some comments on which one you like

Or what I can do to improve

Thanks

:)

Shooting Mode: Shutter Priority AE

Shutter Speed: 1/25

Aperture Value: 5.6

Exposure Compensation: 0

ISO Speed: 1600

Focal Length: 55.0mm

White Balance Mode: Auto

This photo has a nice water fountain feel

Shooting Mode: Aperture Priority AE

Shutter Speed: 0.8

Aperture Value: 10.0

Exposure Compensation: 0

ISO Speed: 1600

Focal Length: 55.0mm

White Balance Mode: Auto

Pretty blue lightings

Below are the top 5 photos which I got

#5

Shooting Mode: Aperture Priority AE

Shutter Speed: 6

Aperture Value: 29.0

Exposure Compensation: 0

ISO Speed: 3200

Focal Length: 50.0mm

White Balance Mode: Auto

This has a lot of difference to the previous one with the couple

The water is way clearer and not so dark

Picture is sharper too

#4

Shooting Mode: Aperture Priority AE

Shutter Speed: 0.4

Aperture Value: 6.3

Exposure Compensation: 0

ISO Speed: 800

Focal Length: 40.0mm

White Balance Mode: Auto

I like this a lot!

Very good composition to me

xD

#3

Shooting Mode: Aperture Priority AE

Shutter Speed: 8

Aperture Value: 25.0

Exposure Compensation: 0

ISO Speed: 3200

Focal Length: 44.0mm

White Balance Mode: Auto

This is the one w/o the 乾坤大挪移

Means no ppl walking around like in the House of The Dead

Check out the lightings on the ground

Its like stars isnt it?

And the upper right hand where the water is coloured by lights
Plus the closest hut which is the only 1 being light up

Adds points

=p

#2

Shooting Mode: Aperture Priority AE

Shutter Speed: 5

Aperture Value: 25.0

Exposure Compensation: 0

ISO Speed: 3200

Focal Length: 37.0mm

White Balance Mode: Auto

Sorry no lightnings this time

=x

Shifting the subject towards the RHS

The IRs with all the construction lights.....SMASHING!

#1

And now for the NUMBER ONE photo I got that fateful night....

*Drumrolls*

Shooting Mode: Aperture Priority AE

Shutter Speed: 10

Aperture Value: 29.0

Exposure Compensation: 0

ISO Speed: 3200

Focal Length: 55.0mm

White Balance Mode: Auto

I tried at least 20 times for this shot

Shutter Speed of 10 seconds plus miminal handshake

WILL CAUSE HAND CRAMPS PLUS PAIN!!!

Finally achieve the water ripples effect

Something I read about in a forum

About holding the cam still while some stuff will be moving about

The SG Flyer in the background

The ECP expressway with orange lightings on the right

The rainbow-coloured seawaters

Plus one buoy in the foreground

Sums up to a nice postcard doesnt it?

Do pardon all the high ISO usage

Contributed lots of noise to the photos

But they looked good on the LCD when I shot them

No Photoshop used

(I admit with photo editing they would look better....but NSF leh!)

And yes,

We rounded off the trip with a ride to Rochor

But it was packed to the roads

Crazy stuff

So we detour to Chomp Chomp to get some nice beancurd

And that it for the night!

Ahhhh

Rocks!

:)

Rmb about the "YJ Fund"?

Do contribute generously

$1.9k for D90

Comes with 18-105mm lens

One person $50

Need only 40 ppl lah

Ok?

POP again LO!

Some overdue pics for Adrian's 21st

See the difference in picture quality?

Ah!

The 1st one was at the cuiz dessert shop

The 2nd one was at Adrian's house

Looks like our formal shoot for Company / Platoon's photo

School of Infantry Specialists aka SISPEC

POP again liao lo!

Hahahaha!

8 weeks in Hotel Company

BSLC completed

Moving on to my new unit soon

Hmmm. Met some new ppl

Stood by the old ones

Once again, true colours are always shown at the end

It's what I termed " Character Defects "

The last day of BSLC

I went around to collect some memento at the back of our Platoon's photo

Johnson's ASLC

Guess what? It didnt happen

=p

My ex-buddy Chang Long's signature

Best fighter for GrandSlam

Respect for him!

He was nicknamed " Pikachu "

And he found his Thunder Stone after 8 weeks

All the rare candies he ate for 8 weeks didnt help (only for the trial SOC!!!)

Finally evolved to Pichu (the smaller one) instead of Raichu (the bigger one)

LOL!

Weiqing's message

Ah.....

Touching

1 year 6 months left

=)

Ding Feng is really a cockster

This really has a hidden message

Just serve as a reminder for me to read in between the line

=D

Cant disagree with Eugene

Still remember him saying at the last day.....

“每个人在 Army 第一件事就比 fitness

你们为什么不要比 character?

叫他跟我比啦! ”

No doubt he will win hands down

A friend in need is a friend indeed

Ende is the best

" If looks are everything, Ende has it all! "

The infamous line he said to a girl

All of us held a meeting and agree if we were the girl

We were shout some vulgarities into the phone and kup him

And last but not least

My new nickname in SISPEC - " Blank Attachment "

After the overnight 34km

All the SOC / IPPT / and physical activities

I think these time in SISPEC was very well spent

It built a different me

In a sense whereby I know some things arent meant to say at all

Sometimes things need to take its course by nature

And we should just go with the flow

Many people dont share the same mindset

They dont share the same common goal

They dont even wanna share anything

Just plain selfish

Hardships

What hardships?

If everything in life is smooth as wind

Then what would happen if you encounter hiccups?

Ask your Mommy Daddy come down settle izzit?

If we cant learn to fall and pick ourselves up now

Then the next time we fall, the impact may be too hard

So much so you cant pick yourself up anymore

Many inspiration stuff said

One particular I liked

Will share at the end

But the bottom line is

" Always give it your best shot "

There isnt any harm in trying

But there is a lot of damage in not putting in the very least effort to try

And some ppl will always have this lousy mentality stuck to them.... forever

Being some time since I got some shots...

Saw Bernice's photos and they look great to say the least

Therefore decided to hunt some shots down

Got this Ah Pek right in the middle of the gate

While he was wandering alone

Sad?

Ugly construction site now

Pretty future condo in the future

Ironic once again

I like this particular one a lot

:)

An emergency exit with plenty of greenery (especially trees) in the background

Gives me this special feeling or longing I should say

How I wish for an emergency exit that I could head to

In times of distress

Especially during jungle trekking!!!

(now you know what are the trees for)

Nah. Its the time of distress which I'm referring to

Like how Do-ra-e-mon or 小叮当 pull out a door from his magical pouch

Which I can step into to escape to somewhere safe and special

Yup thats I'm saying about the feel of this picture

"Picture of The Day " by LYJ21

What more do you want me to say?

Something special

Food for thought

"Learn from the mistakes you made

Because life is too short for you to make all of them "

151109 - 现在

感想

与

敢想

----------------

有得必有失
在这段日子
所得到的是否比失去的多？

每一晚在梦境所遇见的
在醒来的一杀那
全部归于零

亲情与友情
爱情和孤单
人与人之间
真的可以再继续努力

人生道路上
以“刻，苦，耐，劳”为底
除了加油
还是加油

心酸
愤怒
疲惫
痛心
只好硬着头皮
吸一口气
勇往直前

因为。。。
因为。。。
因为。。。
没有任何事是不可能的

乘着心情舒畅的美好时刻
脸上展现出年轻又活力的笑容
肌肉结实
手脚灵活
头脑清醒
感受这凉风带来的清爽
阳光普照在绿色的大草原

记得
要懂得闻一问路旁芬芳的花香
瞧一瞧站在一旁的帅哥和美女

因为
人生只过一次
要五颜六色
要惊天动地
要喜怒哀乐

如果不是现在
难道要等到几时？

21 to Adrian

Happy 21st Bday to one of my very good friends
Adrian Seow Kian Yong

And hopefully next year the present wont pass back to me
HAHA!
If not next year need to leave the country after my bday already
Or else everyone will chased after me
=/

It was a simple buffet dinner with plenty of Adrian's close friends

And then we had a vehicle convoy to Chomp Chomp

2 bikes plus 2 cars

To enjoy dessert and have some drinks at the RK House

And guess what they did to my bike before we left?

(I was test driving Soon Teck's car btw)

They tied plenty of light sticks and I had to spend 5mins untangling them

With friends like them who need enemies?

=p

And another better thing happened

The bike screwed up when I was supposed to turn out from YCK

Took another 15mins to fix

Haiz

But the trip to Serangoon Gardens was worth it

Cuz I got the joke of the day when we visited Frolicks or Forlicks

Anyways it was the yoghurt shop next to the 7-11

Along the street also had Ice Cube

Plus we were also deciding between 一碗甜品 at the back too

Nevertheless, the joke, or the underlying meaning hidden behind the comment

Goes something along this line

Frolicks/Forlicks was a yoghurt shop which Shang Geok intro

And she mentioned that we would LOVE to go there as becuz

its the opposite of NUM and has the same selling concept

Which means that NUM use muscular (or not so attractive currently) guys to attract customers to purchase products

While Frolicks/Forlicks had pretty girls selling yoghurts

But Adrian the bday boy said it was not worth it

And Shang Geok insisted on buying

So only she and Mel went instead

But being the curious me (or otherwise)

Decided to pop in into the shop too!

I mean check out what's the product right?

Right?

And suddenly 10 of us were in the shop already

Ok the 2 girls are really really cute (only one of them to me)

But the thing was.....they were wearing sleeveless top

In the super-cold-air-blasting aircon room selling frozen yoghurt

Which leads to the best comment of the night

Adrian: “ Wah! 这里 aircon 开不够大是不是? ”

And all the guys just laughed as loud as the comment was made

while on the way out

And the guys didnt buy any yoghurt at all

:)

Seriously

Come on

You gotta give it a try

=)

Sports action shots

One of the most difficult kind of photos around to capture

Yes black is boring

Don't ask why I have the Combat.E vest

Or why my knee is still wrapped with the sleeve

Just don't wanna injure my knee in case of anything serious

OOC is a very very scary thought everytime I play contact sports

Whats with the braces nowadays?

Everyone having crooked teeth?

Or everyone getting too rich and just wanna fix some metal onto themselves?

Hmmmm

Hope everyone I see who is having braces better straighten their issues

Literally

:)

The Commando is a very stressed up guy nowadays

The 2 soon-to-be schoolmates ORD-ing personnel

Rei Horng is just 1 crazy guy

Gym must be doing something good to him

=)

I think in my lifetime I can never do that

Already past the age of jumping and stressing the knee

Adopting a more pragmatic approach to playing the game

With tactics rather than physical abilities (or the lack of it)

I only remeber ONE time in my life I touch the rim

And that was in Sec 3 wearing the XMS uniform

While going from my house to Hougang Point to buy my lunch

And on the way I always pass by my home-court

Decided to just try my luck

Who knows Lady Luck was around

=p

But oh well

Jon is just biased

Never comment anything on my pics

Then plenty of others on Rei Horng's

Tsktsk

偏心

"Picture-Of-The-Day" by LYJ21

Hello some pics are taken by me using Jon's cam

Been thinking a lot on whether to get a DSLR or not

Its still a want over a need

And furthermore I have been coming up with excuses for myself

On NOT TO GET ONE

But heres the time again whereby I'm attending 21st bday celebrations

And seeing everyone snapping with DSLR

Makes me feel.....jealous?

Yes jealous is a nice word to use

Somehow I do still have this urge to own a DSLR

%$!@#*^!

But situations seemed to be tilting in the favour of getting a bike 1st

With my co-owned Phantom seemingly in ICU unit frequently

Maybe need to bring her to the scrapyard to meet her Maker soon

And buy a new love in the form of Super 4 / GSR

Or even the R6 which Edmund's friend is gonna let go at 12k

But ermmmm, 12k is a bit over the top now

Still can consider

LOL!

Okok

Don't think too much 1st

Go attend 21st bday celebrations till mine come

:)

5 more working days

And you know basketball is still love
♥

Always