Thursday, June 25, 2009

Photo + Music Entertainment?

After a fruitful shoot for my friend, an idea struck me all of a sudden. Why not i provide a double service? Like, asking one of my photographer friends to take photos while i do music entertainment like playing the guitar and singing? This idea sounds rather practical and i am gonna try it once i'm back from New Zealand. Right now, i need to get a Uke and start learning to play it. Please, let me know your comments and feedback about this idea!

Anyway, today was a total shopping spree! Woke up super early at 730am, got down to Liat Towers, entered Zara, picked my jacket and swooosh, 59 bucks gone. It was a steal actually, given that it was a thick jacket and that it was fashionable. Right after that, met weihan to return his book and then collected my visa. After lunch, went to Paragon, got my new shoes and swoooosh! 90 bucks gone. omg. never felt so happy even though i'm seriously broke. But... I got my $$ from the money i earned recently, and these items are indirectly bought for exchange.

Now i am all drained and i suspect i have swine. Haha. shit.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

7-hrs-of-pure-shootout

Happy Birthday Xue Ting! Sincerely wished that you enjoyed every single moment spent in your cosy little home in Bangkit. Very honoured to be employed by you for my services. Thanks for trusting me so much, in return for that, i will only present to you my best of your 21st birthday memories.

Has been a great day to really practise my indoor flash photography. It has not been very easy, took me about 50-70 shots to begin to get the hang of it. There was this crazy little bugger, whom i believe is the cousin who gets onto my nerve very often. Making comments like "I think it's very invasive to use flash inside the room" and "Using flash again?" and "What are you here for ah actually?" I was holding back my ah bengness for quite some time, seriously i felt like landing my fist onto his f*ck face. What was i there for? Take photograph la! Then help u clean the floor ar, crazy bastard. Indoor, low light, don't use flash use what? Use ur mother-f*cking-table-lamp is it? Well.. I soon got to realise that he is a bit crazy and therefore i decided to not take it to heart.

Everything else went according to plan (not as if i had one) and smoothly. The food was great, the people even greater and the experience was one-hell-of-an-important one for me. Even though i was already drained by the time the clock struck 8.30pm, i had to carry on photographing, bearing in mind my objective, that is only to capture the best moments. I sort of extended my stay till 10pm so that i could capture more stuff.

Watching her cry before her cake cutting somehow reminded me of my 21st, where i seriously cried a river. Well, i think there isn't a need for any details here, since i am already very tired and seriously need some sleep to continue touching up her photos.

Buddy, if you are reading, still going strong there!

Friday, June 19, 2009

Not-so-rilak-singh-wankorne

This week has been pretttty hectic. Been meeting different groups of people just before i leave in 2 weeks time. Time flies really fast a few weeks before a major event. I still remember how i tell mario and jerome i will be leaving in 3 weeks time after returning from Darwin. Now, it is just 2 more weeks and i'm off.

Meeting up with different people makes me realize how friends are so important to me, and also that there are actually true friends out there for me. I must also take this chance to thank my friends : Rome and Rio, Yan and Min for making my Darwin trip so exciting and crazy. The filming of my inaugural movie : Ninja Warrior : Survivor Darwin and also English 101 were totally crazy. Other than the Darwin people, the special Indonians who made my trip to Jogja and Solo so damn fun and fruitful. Speaking and practising my Bahasa Indonesia in Indonesia was nothing really like what's happening during BI class. Special thanks to Ibu Fanny, SK and Alexandra for the extra company and fun injected into my 6 days in Jogja.

Thanks to kenne for his generosity in lending me his flash which i haven't really used for so long. Finally i will be using it tomorrow for Xueting's 21st birthday. Frankly speaking, i am not very confident about the shoot tomorrow but guess what? I will be all geared up for the best shootout of my life. Lunch was great today, although the weather isn't really. But, well i'm glad to meet up with my army mate.

As i am typing this blog post, i still have 9 -12 videos to edit and compile to finish up my Ninja warrior movie. I am so lagging behind and i hope to finish up before i leave for New Zealand on the 4th July. Yea, speaking of which, actually i do not expect a huge turnout for my departure but at this point of time, i foresee a rather big turnout on the 4th. This only shows how fortunate i am to have friends like these.

As for Buddy, hope you are enjoying every single moment out there in Germany. I cannot really forget but i can forget.

Well, i have nothing much to say already. I am dead beat from all the walking around today. Have to garner up some energy for tomorrow's big event. Here is a snippet of the movie Ninja Warrior!





Tuesday, May 26, 2009

A few more hours to Yogya!

Yes! I am finally going to escape from the extreme weathers of Singapore. Today had been quite a bad day, not being able to sleep properly the night before, i woke up rather early to do some clearing up before i head to Raffles Place to change some money. The rates were rather good, like 7062 per Sing Dollar. However, looking at the rates for NZD, my heart took a plunge. It's rising rising and rising. My heart is dropping dropping and dropping! Please, USD, please brace yourself up and rise!

I'm so sad, i will not be able to see my buddy for at least one year. Just learnt that today. It's bad! And she's leaving for London a few hours earlier than me leaving for Yogya. However, i know time will pass by like even before i know it and 1 year will be like 1 month, given the kind of things i will do in between that duration.

I am rather tired now and i think i should go now. Keep logged on for photos!

Thursday, May 07, 2009

Kill all the Commuters

Been a very angsty and bad Thursday! Every moment today was a moment of "damn this stupid person, i wish i could kill him or her" . First started with a stupid commuter on the train. As usual, the train was packed. As far as i can remember, there wasn't a time where the train isn't packed. Everybody was squishing and squashing and it was quite bad and my mood started taking a turn for the worse. Upon reaching City Hall, this damn lady, i guess in the middle ages, pushed me from behind even before the freaking doors were opened. I turned back and gave the " i-am-so-gonna-kill-u-now" look. Seriously, what the hell is wrong with all these people? I finally see how Singaporeans are accused of not bring gracious. Here is a puuuuurfect example of why we aren't.

Next, the victim became my dad. I just woke up from my nap, went downstairs to buy my dinner and realised that my dad gave me a missed call. Not knowing what's the matter, i gave a call back. Only to find out that he wanted me to bring up some stuff which is in no way urgent. I was super pissed. Why the hell would my dad want me to go down to pick up bread, joss sticks and 2 garlands of flowers? I mean the really small garlands. Can't he bring it up himself later? And the weather was freaking humid i sweat while going down. My mood immediately swung from worse to worst! I know i shouldn't be feeling this way, but i could not help it.

I hope... tomorrow will be free of such pissing me off events. It's a friday anyway. If such things were to happen, i would seriously kill myself.

Friday, May 01, 2009

THE BIG 23

First of all, thanks to all whom made my 23rd a rather pleasant one. Firstly the physics gang whom, bought me a cake and then had fun at Kbox. Though we were chased out like after 2.5 hrs, im sure the time spent inside wasn't one that i can forget easily.

Next, thanks to all those whom sms/facebooked me and wished me well and happy birthday. The feeling is unbelievable. I was actually contemplating counting the number of wishes i have and then recording it down to see if my 24th will be as well received, but by doing that i am inevitably celebrating my old age, something which i do not want. 23 years had just passed by so silently. But i still feel like i am 18 or 21. Being older by the years merely means that your responsibility as an adult is piling and i am expected to do things which i wasn't expected of. This birthday sets me to think who my friends really are. And i actually have quite a number of good friends, that's certainly very pleasant to learn.

Next to my bunch of ever-so-cool secondary school pals. I feel very touched and remembered when feng asked me out on my birthday for dinner. That's the point i know that my bunch of ever best friends are still there for me.

Now im awaiting the cake cutting session with my family. Thanks Dad, Mum, sis and bro for everything. I still treasure family the most.

The celeb will prolong and extend for 2 or more days i hope, meeting different groups of people. Now i have to do up the indon bulletin. Bye!

Monday, April 13, 2009

Feel relieved... At least..

Been a tough weekend for me, obviously cramming for thermo test today. Finally feel so relaxed, lying on my bed, facing my ever beautiful and loving carrie.. Oh ya. carrie just got a boost of RAM today. Now it runs on 3GB ram. So fast and beautiful. Oh and i am duper excited about my Darwin trip. Having just extended the trip by 1 day, i was planning the itinerary but failed because it was so damn hard i swear to god. Everything in Aussie is not rich, its not like planning a trip to Bangkok of Ho Chi Minh City where one feels like he owns the world and is a millionaire.

Renting a stupid sedan car for a day already costs about 200 bucks, and renting a campervan costs about an astonishing 700 bucks, that is excluding all the miscellaneous fees and stuffs. Renting a hostel itself is roughly about 24 bucks a night, compare that to Vietnam's 5USD a night. See the difference? But i guess its all worth it. Frankly speaking, i seriously cannot wait for 4th June to arrive and visit the Northern Territory with my naked eyes. LOL.

Thursday, April 09, 2009

Caught in the Middle

Really disappointed with myself... Flunked yet another test. That sets me thinking : How come some people can do well even when they do the minimal and you don't seem to even get close to them even though you spent a countless amount of time on it.

I know this is reality but reality hurts at times. Time management and smart studying is the key i suppose. Cannot finish the test in 2 hrs? You gotta write a hell lot faster than what you did today. Know your stuff and do it well. Result was lousier than expected and it turns out that way. Below mean again. So, i might as well concede defeat in the rat race to the front of the bell curve.

My work hasn't really paid off as it was supposed to be. Constant tutorialing, constant questioning has not kept me above the surface. I am like partially submerged in a sea of complicated physics content which sometimes you think you know but sometimes you think you do not know. Of course, my grades are certainly not somewhere in the middle, just an analogy there.

It's quite sad how one can get poor grades for something that he really likes relative to other modules and get better grades for the less interesting modules. To be frank, i prefer QM than any other PC modules ever taken. It seems that when one likes the module more, the worse he/she performs for it. Maybe i should just start hating QM. But, i reckon it's a bit late. The damage has been done. 2 15% CAs certainly has put some people way ahead of me and it will take a miracle for me to climb all the way up. However, i am not 100% dejected because i believe i can do it in the final exams. Statistics and trend has shown that the worse i do for my CAs, the better i do for my finals. But, this time round, with a very pathetic cohort of 31 people, it seems that the stage has been set for nothing above a B-.

However bad i've done in my test, one must realise that it's not end of the world. Certainly. Exams are a very good avenue to redeem oneself and atone with the mistakes one has made. I am sure i am somewhere in the middle of the cohort but just that sometimes it takes more than just hard work and intellect to judge where you're standing.

Thanks to the 2 CAs i've realised the importance of the final exam and i will definitely strive for the best, not disappointing people who has expectations of me. Most of the stuff have already been revised and now the magical touch is how i am going to perform for the finals. Please, god, help me for this time. Please let me smell a cap of 4 this semester round. Please, please. Nothing beats the realisation of good results when you're away on a holiday. You know i studied and please reward me with fruits i deserve. Thanks!

Saturday, April 04, 2009

Engulfing the HDB


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Was trying to study and then chanced upon this very nice "engulfing" clouds hanging over the next block.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Coming Soon : 6 days in Yogya

Amidst all the craziness rushing projects, studying for tests and doing the endless stream of undo-able tutorials, there is certainly one thing that is making all these tasks seem more worthy. That is my trip to Indonesia this coming trip. This is part of my plan to visit every single country in SEA before graduation, less laos and those really chaotic places. This time the place of interest would be Yogyakarta. This seems so damn exciting. Imagine me making use of whatever i have learned in NUS. I'm certainly very excited. Even though this time i am going with a group of friends less close compared to those visited Vietnam with me last January, i am quite sure it will be another very memorable holiday trip. Time for me to whip out my camera. Talking about camera, my friend Ruyin made a comment on my passion of photography. She said i'm not passionate about it and also in general, everything that i do. I kind of disagree on that statement and found it a bit unfair on my part. But it's okay. I shall learn to accept every statement people make, people generally don't know me very well. I love photography, and i am very sure many good photos will surface after my trip to Yogya.

I've also learned something very interesting about one of my close friends. It's funny how she is my close friend when i know only 0.2% of her. Can closeness be judged from how much one know the other? To me, yes. That means i do not know her very well. I think that is a pity. Oh ya, her birthday just passed and i was busy searching for a gift. As you would have already known, i am a very calculative person and damn stingy(still trying to change). But when she said she wanted an ipod(after me grilling her for a suggestion), i actually give it a thought! That is certainly very strange! What does it mean? I have been thinking very hard about that but always fail to conclude anything. Maybe if you could help me arrive at an answer, i would appreciate it a lot.

It's 1.11am now as i am typing this sentence. Such a coincidence. Listening to Second chance by Shinedown. What a great song.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Bebas sekali!

Waduh! Saya bebas sekali.. bisa pergi ke jogging dan shopping.. tapi.. ngak pilihan la! harus beli sesuatu dan berlatih untuk ippt. sekarang cape sekali. hee hee hee.

english: tuesdays are good to catch up on work! definitely!

Monday, March 23, 2009

Project report : Indonesian style!

Ini laporan proyek kami, semoga semua yang kunjungi siteku suka!





Live, Breathe and Eat Bahasa


Been ages since i last blogged and i must say i have suffered from Bahasa overdose! I will post more of my bahasa essays and work!

Friday, February 27, 2009

Good things come in pairs

Just when you thought a sprained ankle is bad enough, well, you get another sprained ankle. Yes! After 2 months of not playing, firstly, i re-sprained my right ankle last monday and then... sprained my left ankle today. How am i supposed to take my ippt when such things keep on occurring? Argh, this is disgusting.

About my batam trip with my fellow bi3 friends; it was great! Although i must say it's pretty draining, physically but i really had fun trying to mingle with the locals and also learning more about the culture and lifestyle of the indonesians. However, i must say Singapore has a lot of involvement in the development of Batam, some even say it's actually a Singapore filled with Indonesians. Well, whatever it is, im sure there is something to learn from there.

Well, the trip started off with a bang! A tell-off from the Indonesian immigration officer. I feel so bad for the girls in front while i was out taking a breather. I should be the one taking the scolding rather than them.

I was the chief photographer for the day and i am rather disappointed with the quality of photos taken that day. Maybe it has been some time since i last went on a phototaking spree. Took 300 over photos of which only 100 were presentable. I was so damn tired by the end of the day, guess from the constant handling of the super heavy camera of mine. Sometimes i feel that i should have just kept my Fuji f50 to make things easier for myself.

Saya merasa senang sebab saya pikir saya bisa berhasa BI lebih lancar daripada dulu. Aku berharap bisa ambil bi4 kalau saya kembali dari selandia baru. harus pergi sekarang. Daaag!

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Masih Cape

Sudah jam sembilan kurang dua puluh menit, saya baru saja bangun. Tapi, saya masih merasa cape sekali, saya nggak tahu mengapa. Barangkali, cuaca hari baik sekali untuk tidur. Ngomong ngomong, hari ini, saya mengunjungi keluarga besarku di rumah mereka. Kami makan siang dan omong omong mengenai kerjaan dan kehidupan kami. Kami sudah setahun lebih tidak berkumpul. Sepupuku baru melahirkan. Bayimu lucu sekali! Nama dia Julis. Saya berharap bisa berkumpul lebih sering.

Salam,
deo

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Hot and Cold

Finally went to collect my pay, i cannot say im rich now, but im richer now. But i think i gotta curb my spending a little. My bank's suffering the aftermath of my crazy splurging. The weather's very PMSish, so damn hot in the afternoon but it was way cooler when the sun set. Well, i would prefer the latter cos i easily get headaches in hor weather.

Well, i was watching the travel show on channel u this evening and i somehow feel very relaxed after the host introduced the serenity and peacefulness of these 2 towns in Thailand and India. Life can be so easy and void of the complications in our every day lives. How can one imagine life to be without their cell phones or even their computers? Well, such commodities are considered luxuries that are way out of their reach, their as in those who live in the places. I always have this dream that one day i would put aside all my luxuries and start life like that, how simple it would be.

My computer has been very cooperative ever since i got it back and i'm rather happy with it. Now, i'm able to do my work and carry on my life. Please, do not die on me again.

Signing off,
deo

Thursday, February 12, 2009

你到底是谁?

Who exactly are you? I don't know. What are you thinking? I don't know. I don't know anything about you. Yes, it's sad.

Signing off,
deo

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Thanks!

My computer has been revived! Thanks a lot! It's like falling in love again!

Thursday, February 05, 2009

Physics tUndertaking - Newton's Laws

What causes the apple to fall? Failed internal chips. Yes, the fall of my baby. R.I.P. Life has just suddenly became very empty and i feel lost. I refuse to acknowledge any other computer as my "work station"until i get it revived or i get another apple. But, reviving seems very impossible at this point of time as it refuses to start up and has been giving out weird sounds like it has been swearing at me at how bad i have been treating it. Trust me, i have been very faithful to you, less the times that i've used a windows laptop and also when i accidentally performed newton's experiments with you at the toilet in arts.

I've tried to make up to you by polishing the delicate keyboard of yours every single week, making sure it shines amongst the rest of the species in NUS. Please, bless me with another mac, so that i can resume life like how it was when i first got you. It was so smooth sailing, and hassle free. I just love you. Nothing has been as good as a servant. Rest assure i will never ever forget you, for your elegance and beauty.

Love you,
Andy

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Post Vietnam Review

A very big thanks to all who made this trip very successful. Even though we did not plan much prior to the trip, i must say everything well quite smoothly. Thanks to Lijuan and Jelvin, who really planned their asses off at the travel agencies. To be frank, i would never have expected a trip like that with my NUS friends, mainly because i thought i would never get so close to my NUS friends as compared to my other friends. Thank goodness i met great people like those who spent my 6 days in vietnam. Through the hot and the cold, we had tremendously loads of fun and i also managed to really know my friends better. Thanks to the trip also, i can say that i made a bit of improvements in my photog, testing out panning shots and also with remote flash. Ok, shall not talk so much about photog.

Next holidays would be even more exciting! Most likely should be visiting Amanda in KL and then (also likely) to Indonesia for CIP. Finally, if nothing gets in the way, my exchange to New Zealand! Yeeeeha! Ok, enough enough, to pay tribute to our trip, here are some photos!