fast foward 3 days.

i know it's obviously too early,
but i doubt i'm gonna have the time to edit these pics on that day itself or the night before so...
here it is,



the-valentine's-day-special-entry :)

after the macro CA2.

note : 12 pictures ahead.

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at the esplanade.

so yeah,
after the test.
i got home.
chatted with dad.
he was like...
"bert if u really don't think u cannot continue ur degree arr...u dun need to u know"
"don't take it as if u're doin it for me.."
and bla bla bla...
i'm not only doing it for u dad,
i'm doin for the time i've spent in singapore.
2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006
been 6 damn years.
( spent almost the whole of year 2004 in medan ).

and it's just bout 2 more to go.

8 makes a nice number :)
no no...
like u said,
i've walked halfway alreadi
and i want to finish this journey..

then he continue talking bout photography thing.
like if i'm really serious i might as well realli do it seriously.
i don't know wad he's suggesting,
but if u wanna sponsor me for courses then of coz i'll go with JOY.


after a while of rest,
started preparing myself while still talkin to dad.
wearing contacts, fill up water bottle, memory card check and battery check.
and off i went to bugis.

bought her clock.
walk around for a while hoping to see some nice jeans that attract my eye.
got a levi's shirt and pants in the end.
mrt-ed down to city hall.
chiong bread talk as all the walking make me hungry.
re-fill water bottle.
cathay photo for the vacuum box, b+w circular pol and a rc5.

awkardly walk to the..
OUR GLORIOUS DEAD
place..
dunno wad monument is that lah.
but that's the 2nd time after cathay photo i go there and re-pack my things.
take out the baby.
and off i go to esplanade - merlion park - the fullerton hotel and home from raffles place mrt.

let me tell u,
I SWEAR i saw that guy dozing off man !
I SWEAR.
if your head drop drop like that ah..is not call dozing off then i'm wrong lah.
tourists were lookin at him all lah.
then he HAHAHAHAHA.
anyway,
his fren even more funny.

no...this is not the funny shot.

THIS IS

i was shooting the both of them.
u gotta click that pic to see what exactly i'm shooting anyway,
coz i just crop his head out.
that shot was taken when my eye was in the viewfinder and i noticed his eye opened.
"shoot"
"check"
HAHA I GOT IT.
HAHAHAHAHA.

i love eye contacts :D
here's another eye contact.

shot from the bridge downwards.
click to see wad i was shooting.
notice the eye contact while editing.


talking about editting.
check this out.

click for a few lines of the coversation before and after that.

a picture speaks a thousand words.
i guess this one above speaks for itself :)




i love rays.
rays of the sun.

yeah u can hardly see it.
there was hardly any of it either.
i only noticed that small bit when i was zoomin.

i love this pic.
i don't know what story it tells.
but i love it.
it's just nice to look at.
thou, the shot i shoot the other time was nicer.
the other time, i was shooting the sun from the reflection of of the window.
+ more sun set tone.
but it was gone due to memory card error again.
this is a copy and is till love it :)

got this one like lucky lucky one.
was just shooting shooting then check check.
wah not bad,
walks back...shoot shoot shoot.

i think the tone and colour could be much nicer for this one.
my weakness :(
damn you bert for being colourblind.



saw a nikon dood before i head home.

he was shooting at this thing

and yeah,
that's one
take-the-heavy-bag-and-go-to-esplanade-and-shoot-and-got-home-satisfied-day.






ps. all pics can be click for the bigger size.





"you know u're in love in photography when u're willing to give up the comfort of the bed and air con just to carry that heavy bag under the hot humid sun for some shoots"

a treasure of photos.

macro test tomorrow.
business law assignment to be hand in soon.
imec project to be done before monday.
fooo !
all three subjects at 1 go.

will be taking my usual after test break.
may be another
take-the-heavy-bag-and-go-to-esplanade-and-shoot-just-to-get-home-extremely-tired-with-a-freaking
-faulty-memory-card-that-made-you-lost-the-whole-shots.
maybe :/
but will be spending money on these few things again.

- a vacuum box for the baby and lenses.
- a clock ( for f and no, it's not a valentine present. i'm not that unromantic.)
- a polarizer mrc, again due to dri's poison but i guess it's necessary anyway.
- some pants for chinese new year.

anyway, i was taking a break from the god-damn-NOTES-that-i-already-cant-wait-to-burn-them-all.
and was browsing tru my "photography" folder.
and realised that.
actually ah...i like have a lot and a lot and a lot of nice pics that i haven't even process.
as in...haven't put a PASS on it.
ok ok..
everytime after a shoot.
i'll pic the best pics...process them...and throw them in another folder to separate with the lousy shots lah.
so...yeah,
actually there ARE A LOT of pics that i don't even remember i took still.
it's so gonna take some time to process them all.
which means =
more money to fork out.
= upgrade the god-damn-lousy-old-virus-infected-laptop.
so can process faster lah.
or else load so slow i also no mood to process and show people ah.

anyway,
i will, u like it or not, put like at least 1 pic for every post from now on.
so here's the pics for today.


my very first hunt wif the baby.
when i still don't know simi is shutter speed simi aperture that time and was basically shooting in P and A mode.

as usual, click for bigger size.
now...there sure will be another wake-up-extremely-early-in-the-morning-for-the-beach-hunt with you in march :)
can't wait.
10 nights f.
10 nights.
and 26 nights to BALI.

meaning i have like 20 days or less to study for the main from NOW ON.
and yes !
i'm so gonna start !
kia su me.

splash.

i seriously didn't expect this month to be that busy.
well, i know it's gonna be a busy month.
just not this busy.

i thought that once i step in singapore,
i'll be able to do all the photoshoppin i'm suppose to be doing.
like saint virus' drummist wallpaper which is yet to be done.
but i'd postpone those till when we have another photoshoot in march.
and of coz,
helux :(
i'm terribly sorry f,
do they still want it ?

and i wanted very much to also publish another blog for the thing i'm tryin to start wif f.


damn school.
motivation level is definitely going down.
but luckily still can catch up.





anyway,
was shooting water again,

i did that....
drop ice cubes into water.
was hoping to shoot water splash lah.

the results ?
bad bad bad.
still don't know how to focus.

i'm so blardy tired.

droplets.

bought a new lens - the Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
bought a new tripod - the 190PROWORLDCUP limited ed. Mini Pro Tripod
bought a cable release.
bought a filter for the lens.
what else ah...
hermmmm...

basically that's my current gear lah..


started jogging last night.
incredibly tired tonight.
i'm so gonna sleep after this post.
buay tahan the tireness.
gotta recharge batt.

oh yea,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DESIREE.
all the very super duper best for ur year ahead.
and again, may all ur wishes come true.


droplets.

shot with f/1.8
no, the lens won't kana water dri.
i try alreadi.
so u can go try shooting alreadi.

i like this shot the best.
don't know why.

comments will be very much appreciated.




god bless inonesial.
mr. plesident bang bang you do'h oh nooo...
wad's wif u man.
every since u bcome plesilent..like a lot of disaster tio inonesial leh.
wah lan,
not tryin to say u are cursed or simi lah...
just all da best nia k..
bling the economi to stable wor.
or else u sure kana plotest plotest one i tell eu.




that sounds beng man.