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1 Month!

Navlem — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:00:36 +0000

1 month already! 8 more months to go!

Sorry for the slow updates as i have very very limited access to the internet up here in Taiwan. Still no pictures though, still haven’t found any place where it is nice for me to shoot. But I promise to update this blog with this pictures ASAP. So be patient, it will come soon

First Update in Taiwan

Navlem — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:48:29 +0000

Been in Taiwan for almost a week le, still quite not used to the system here. Haha. Today is the first time i’m booking out. So I am now in a city called “Hsinchu” in a restaurant using their wireless network to update my blog. No pictures to post here as I have not started shooting. I wanna explore the place first before I start to really shoot. Since I will be here until April next year so there will be alot of chance to shoot.

I miss Singapore and all my family and friends there already. I will try to come back maybe for holiday or something.

Running around

Navlem — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:43:24 +0000

Didn’t book in yesterday beacuse I’m going to Nee Soon Camp directly today in the morning for dental FFI for my overseas posting. After the FFI, I took a bus to Sembawang Camp to submit my FFI results.

So in the end i book in Kranji Camp 3 around 11am. In the afternoon I have a Medical Appointment in NUH with the podiatry. So I left camp for home around 2pm and Daddy fetched me to the hospital. My first appointment in the podiatry turned out to be a scary one. The doctor asked me to sit on that weird chair and suddenly she started using some needle to dig my toenail and take some thick wirecutter-like thingy and start to cut and prune.I keep howling in pain and helplessly watch my blood flow out and she kept saying sorry. I asked her why never put anesthetic she said it was a some sort of a minor pruning thingy so not considered a surgery, thus there is no need for injections. The whole process took half an hour. It was scary and painful but I hope it will cure this time round.

Very tired these few days.

Early Bird Catches the Worm

Navlem — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 05:58:58 +0000

Did not slept at all last night. Talked to Deric on MSN the entire night, until around 4am he told me to go out shoot sunrise with him. He said after the sunrise he will be attending an photography outing from CS. So he asked me to join him. So I agreed. So didn’t managed to sleep. But I managed to shoot a nice morning picture and made a few friends.

Singapore Flyer in the morning

Simple Pleasures of Life

My new friends!

Montage 2010

Navlem — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:33:38 +0000

Woke up early to have my haircut, otherwise will kena extra in camp.

Edmund came over around 11am, to take his new Sony Ericsson G700 phone and to go with me to a photography seminar. The seminar is called “Montage 2010″

The seminar starts from 1.30pm and last all the way until 6.30pm. What a long long seminar, Edmund even fell asleep, Deric almost fell asleep. Haha

But the seminar is interesting to me, because of the second speaker, Kelvin Koh. He is one of Singapore’s best wedding photographer and his speech inspired me.

Another speaker, Felix Hug, is also very very good. But his speeches talk more about his experiences while shooting instead of sharing the knowledge with us.

Overall I felt I did learn something from the seminar. Especially from Kelvin Koh. I hope I can shoot better in future.

Photoshoot with Faith

Navlem — Thu, 27 May 2010 18:30:47 +0000

Went out to meet Faith today at City Hall to have a photoshoot. She asked me to shoot for her since Christmas last year, but always didn’t have the chance. We went to Fort Canning Park to shoot den went to Marina Barrage after that. Very tiring day but quite fun.

The Great Oil Spill

Navlem — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:25:33 +0000

Captured by NASA’s Aqua satellite, the image shows only part of the oil surface, with the Sun shining over

FHM Models in Jurong Point

Navlem — Sun, 16 May 2010 15:51:25 +0000

Edmund told me that today’s there is an event in Jurong Point. A FHM model competition of some sort. There are only a few contestants left. But I’m only putting pictures of two that I think is better than the rest, and the one I think will win in the end.

TeoHeng KTV

Navlem — Sat, 15 May 2010 13:24:50 +0000

Long time never go out sing KTV with Anthony and Edmund le. Woke up early today and waited for Edmund to come. As usual, he was late for an hour. -_-”

We made our way there and it was a not bad experience in that KTV, especially since it’s our first time there. Though I prefer Chinatown’s KTV. Haha.

After the KTV we made our way to Parkway Parade to eat lunch. I ate duck noodles which wasn’t very fantastic. But decent.

We bid farewell to Anthony as he made his way home and Edmund and I headed towards Orchard. I wanted to go Far East Shopping Centre to buy something for my brother.

After that Edmund came to my house to watch a funny youtube episode of Bai Fen Bai. Quite a busy day

Nostalgic Photos

Navlem — Wed, 12 May 2010 06:22:53 +0000

Lyn added some photos on her facebook account today. The photos were all from our ITE days. There are some photos which I do not have also. Nostalgic feelings came back as I view those photos. I’ll put them here.