Year 2008

*super long post ahead !

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Year 2008 is coming to an end
looking back,
i really really feel i've achieved quite a lot this year
well compared to the previous previous year
i'm proud to say that i grew up quite a lot this year
facing challenges, taking responsibilities and at the same time, maturing through my photographic journey
i'm generally happy
nothing much devastating happened except of me losing my closet uncle
f and i gone through 2008 together, and i shall say, happily

since i kinda restarted my photobucket account in march this year,
this summary will begin from march d : /




March 2008,

i bought the my best comp to date,
the iMac 24"






shot Kelly Chen






shot my first successful fly at 4am in the morning






planned my KL trip






the March sunrise






panned successfully with my iPhone

April 2008,

the iMac finally arrived






the April sunrise






got extremely bored at home and shot droplets randomly






went to wild wild wet for the first time






shot my first lightning strike in singapore






shot homesick and nae :)

May 2008,

the May sunrise






shot Chinese Opera for the first time






went to Kuala Lumpur !
had



Jason






Rames




accompany me for my entire trip
thanks guys !

also met Cindy, Jen, Mikel and Patrick !




did the handstand + pOp jump in front of Pavilion






finally went to Putrajaya







came back home to medan and shot Mag as a trial for my new softbox






joined a seminar and shot models






went to Aceh

June 2008,

went to Belawan with Arifin






went to Lake Toba with Arifin











gave the 400d a holiday and began shooting with my ixus 40 for a bit

July 2008,

got back to singapore, had my pictures exhibited at orchard road






bought the sigma 30mm f/1.4






covered Brian and Deborah's wedding






the July sunset






shot "the black knights"

more properly shot the iMac

August 2008,

became the President of SIM Photography Club






collaborated with inSim for Indonesia's national day event






the August sunset






went to MacRitchie Reservoir for the first time






went to the Singapore's Garden Festival

September 2008,

collaborated and successfully conducted the Arts Festival event in school






had the d700 for a little while






went to Jurong Bird Park to try out the d700






shot Liang JingRu






shot a student life themed photoshoot






covered a mini F1 pre-event






met Daniel Ong






met Jarno Truli of Toyota






met Time Glock of Toyota






the September sunrise

October 2008,

conducted the largest participated SPC outing at Chinatown






began mugging non-stop






began shooting cats late at night also






began shooting early in the morning also






the October sunrise











went to Penang to visit my Uncle who was hospitalized






participated the Canon Photomarathon 2008
with Stefen, Sutrisno, Vivi and Patrick






won theme 3 "Freedom" at the Canon Photomarathon






got home with :
Canon EOS 50d
Canon Pro9000 Printer
iPod Nano 8gb
Lexar 4gb Memory Card
Micheal Freeman's a photographer's eye book
Manfrotto Tripod
and a super duper wide smile on my face











celebrated my 21st birthday

November 2008,

shot more cats






study some more






shot a conceptual iPod nano thing






got back home to medan !






shot Mag again !






shot c + r semi-informal-"pre-wedding" pics






covered a+a's wedding dinner






designed my namecard

December 2008,

kept 2 fish and a turtle pets













and oh by the way,
my cousin the other day added 3 more goldfish into the tank
so now i haf 5 goldfish + 1 turtle
lol

joined a 5 models photoshoot "beauty Xpose"






shot h + j's pre-wedding pics






shot j + v's actual day






had the blog changed into a black theme

to say i did not enjoy this year's activities would be a lie
i've seen so much
explored so much
learned so much
love so much
be loved so much
this year
that i really cannot wait to see what 2009 have in store for me
coz i know
it's gonna be another blasting year for me !

long long long story cut short here,

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009 EVERYONE !!!!
may the year ahead be a hell of a blasting and prosperous one !