not just photos.

consolidated.

2009-06-24T23:13:00.004+08:00

first of all, ORD loh.

that was for last week actually, but i was concentrating on the job hunting process which took up most of my time at home everyday. found a job and i'm grateful that my seniors are helping me out as i'm new. one of my senior is leaving very soon, i have to pick things up very quickly.. if not i'm gonna face a lot of trouble :(

so far my first "office environment" experience hasn't been very nice, hopefully the situation can improve and it'll be less frustrating when "work" is mentioned. sigh. hopes for the better.

baby, it's 6 days away! we're gonna be together for 6 months! time flies right?

i met you at the rink, and saw you wearing my skates.
we met for the first time, went to get christmas presents.
we went for our first movie together, at yishun gv.
we walked around northpoint countless times, holding your hands.
we spent 30 minutes at popular, snapping photos & bought a photo album.
we chat every night, in camp, at home, outside, anywhere.
we left each other at the airport, and it felt so good to see you when i've returned.
we quarrel, we argued, we cried, we forgave each other.
we ate sakae sushi, and haven't got the chance to try the strawberry smiles.
we sat on the playground slide, before i left for camp.
we called and texted each other, till our bill burst and i've gotten an M1 line.
we reminded each other to drink more water, take care of ourselves and be careful on the way out.
we strolled through marina square, suntec city, bugis, plaza singapura and marina barrage.
we always go towards the tail of the bus, and sit on the right side of the last row.
we snapped photos of our reflections, and us doing silly faces.
we sang together, though my singing wasn't good at all.
we laughed at each other, for being silly and funny.
we smile sneakily, as we thought of tickling each other.
we cooked fried rice, and ate watermelon for dinner.
we webcam-ed, and waved silly-ly at each other.
we took photos with poohie, and the other poohies too.
we skate together in the rink, going round and round till we're tired.
we looked at the light stick, and you were so cute when you look so happy.
...
...
...

it's not just you and i, but us... we.
and the list will go on and on :)

we'll remember all the happy moments, forget about those unhappy ones and learn to understand each other better from it.

baby, thanks for being so supportive of me.. you're an important person in my life, really. i miss you very much!! and baby, i love you!! :)

Window Safety Day

2009-06-06T23:43:00.005+08:00

if you haven't noticed, today is one of the Window Safety Days. it's not a holiday though, but it reminds everyone to do some checks and maintenance to the casement windows in your house.

oct 04, there were 14 cases of fallen windows being reported. ever since then, new/revised regulations came into place and occurrences of such cases dropped to an average of 2 or less in 2006.

have you checked your windows yet? make sure it doesn't falls, else..

refer to here for windows maintenance guide or the consequences of a fallen window off your unit.

red

2009-06-04T13:11:00.002+08:00

resultant of exploded mobile bills at the end of almost every month...

2009-05-31T21:20:00.002+08:00

caught monsters vs aliens with baby at GV last sat. not bad, but i wonder if it'll be better in 3D? hmm..

baby! good luck for your exams tmr! :)

AND.. happy 5th monthversary!
i love you! ;D

rushing off le! =S

H1N1, Singapore.

2009-05-28T22:56:00.001+08:00

71 close contacts on the same flight with the first confirmed H1N1 patient in Singapore, a 22-year-old female SMU student, were identified as of yesterday's night. Just few hours ago, another 3 confirmed cases were announced.

Since the outbreak, the virus has caused over 100 deaths and 13000 infections worldwide. The flu outbreak would be declared as a pandemic if the situation worsen in time to come.

As the H1N1 virus continue to spread, the economy is taking a hit from it as well. People would want to stay indoors as precautionary measure if the situation were to worsen. Food & Beverage, Entertainment, Tourism sectors and related, may foresee loss in patronage/profit.

The situation here seems to be under control. People are still rarely seen with N95 on in the public. This means either the patients are resting at home or most of us are healthy. With the first confirmed flu case identified in Singapore yesterday morning (and more that's announced earlier on), it is essential that everyone exercise personal responsibilities such as maintain hygiene level and wearing a mask when necessary.

kudos to the creator of the hilarious fan-subbed parody below! ;D
i think it reminded us to stay cheerful and hopeful amidst the influenza trouble.

Graciousness Drive. or Driving People to Graciousness?

2009-05-27T11:24:00.000+08:00

Worried over getting snapped on camera by stompers for not giving up the seat with that exquisite, clear cut label that states "priority seat"? I would say some of these are redundant cases which may be misunderstood by the originator or simply, they just want to help increase awareness of the situation by creating news.

Recently, the graciousness campaign has been launched to educate and promote nice things that commuters can do to make everyone's journey enjoyable. On top of which, some suggested that fines and penalties should be imposed.

Driving people to graciousness? I think fines and penalties will make graciousness not so gracious. If there were to be enforcement officers telling off inconsiderate commuters to give up their seat for the needy, they would have 101 ungenuine reasons (oh i'm sick or injured, i'm really really exhausted.. when in fact, i'm not and i can't really be bothered) for them to occupy the seat.

Furthermore, a scene would be created if they do not cooperate and it doesn't make everyone happy. It won't be a win-win situation for all. And if the situation were to escalate, it would be ugly for all parties. Stompers (or curious commuters) would have a great time snapping away and uglier news would surface out of it.

Give the campaign some time, educating the mass takes time and patience. Great job for those who are fulfilling their part towards the succession of the campaign.

photography?

2009-05-24T20:46:00.003+08:00

it's 3 more weeks to go! :D
gonna shift some of my things around in the room to make space for the bulk of equipments that i've brought home and bringing home soon (yep, there's more! :S)

my camera has been sitting inside the dry cabinet for quite some time already. it's value depreciated as well. from $1xxx to $xxx. nevermind. it's still a very capable camera that brought me lots of great photos and memories.

lots of people are giving up their compact cameras and going for DSLRs. nowadays, it's very common to see just anyone hanging a DSLR around their neck, Canon, Nikon... you name it. the trend is still growing, and user groups getting larger.

haha. kindda miss those days when i shoot with a theme in mind and sending in photos for competition :x

baby's midyear over, next up is Chinese Os. haha.. my Chinese is like "half-bucket-water" lah, so can't help her much. ALL THE BEST BABY! put in your best effort ah :)

7 days to our 5th month.
i love you, baby ;)

20090517

2009-05-17T21:22:00.002+08:00

4 more weeks to go!

baby, jiayou too! :)

and we're going to skate soon! :D

i love you!

O.. soon?

2009-05-03T21:30:00.002+08:00

it's about a month and a week away to O.. :D

spent a great weekend with baby at her house. her mum's cooking was great! baby's exams are coming, so we couldn't go out often till after then. it's alright, we can still rot together and i can watch you study geography:=x

4th month and counting..

i love you baby :)

long weekend.

2009-04-26T20:52:00.002+08:00

never had a long weekend since quite some time already. duty here and there, that's why. haha.

next fri is labour day! which means another long weekend!

4 more days to our 4th monthversary :D
i love you, wifey! :x

where'd my saturday go?

2009-04-19T21:30:00.005+08:00

am supposed to meet up with baby and her parents to have dinner at her house yest. but.. sigh. work wasn't done with, so i couldn't leave at the expected timing. i'm sorry baby.

picked up baby from tuition on friday, she waited with me for my bro to fetch me to camp (thanks baby! :D). chat with her on the phone whilst she stood by the window watching me. haha.

baby get well soon and take care ya :)
and syf's coming! 加油哦!

11 more days!
i love you! :)

monday very blue.

2009-04-13T20:32:00.000+08:00

done a 24hrs duty yest and today's only mon.
im feeling that time is so draggy suddenly.

i miss baby. i miss her messages.
will monday pass by soon?

from this moment...

2009-04-11T20:04:00.004+08:00

a lot of things was running through my mind while i was sending you home just now...

what if...
you're never gonna be online on msn anymore.
what if...
i'm not gonna receive text messages from you anymore.
what if...
i'm not gonna hear your voice calling my name anymore.
what if...
this is the last time that i'm gonna send you home.
what if...
i'm gonna lose you.

i can't look at you.
i can't talk to you.
i can't hold your hands.
i can't hug you close.
i can't stop you from getting out of my sight.

i don't know what to do.

i lost you to the lift doors that's closed,
and i can't stop that too.

i asked myself again,
the answer's always there...

i can't stop loving you.
and i would only want to see the smile on your face again.

we went skating!

2009-04-05T21:05:00.002+08:00

i wish i could hold on to your hands, and skate till we're old.

haha!!

don't you think it's blessing that you can grow old together with your other half?

yet another week over, and many more weeks to come!
i love you, baby :)

3rd month.

2009-03-31T00:01:00.001+08:00

i still remember the first time i met baby...

haha..

i bought my ccm vector skates from a friend that day..
i brought along my ccm tacks 852 skates on that day too.

zhiqiang and wayne were already there when i went in.
happened that baby was there with them as well,
but i didn't know her at all.

i told zhiqiang that i've a spare skates with me,
so his friends can try wearing it if they wanted to...

so my skates were passed to a friend of his,
but he didn't like the feel of it..

he borrowed baby's skates,
and baby then wore my skates.

i kept quiet :x
you thought that i'm dao right? :x

lousy pair of skates uh, baby? haha!

so why'd i brought my old skates along that day?
i don't know myself either. lol!

and now,
we're a 3 months old couple.

i'm happy that i've found you,
or my skates have found you.

happy 3rd month,
i love you, baby! :)

birthday.

2009-03-30T13:46:00.002+08:00

last year's birthday was...

i was on duty then, when those days.. off day isn't considered even when it's your birthday. well.. it wasn't that bad i guess. i still get to see a cake with candles and peeps in green singing birthday song to us! (well, they gathered all the birthday boys then) haha.

thanks everyone for the wishing me
thanks friends for the presents and treats
thanks baby for the present and cake (and baby's cliques too!)

i took off this year!
though nothing much to do at home,
but at least it's a peaceful birthday for me.
appreciate it ya =)

i'm missing baby, she's in school right now...

idle evening.

2009-03-25T19:44:00.000+08:00

i miss baby :(
saturday come soon, can? can?

210309

2009-03-22T15:39:00.005+08:00

baby,

i couldn't spend much time with you cuz i'm in camp.
but i've always wished that i could.

i'm always looking forward to the weekends,
that's when i'll get to see you, my precious baby :)

times that we've spent together,
i'll cherish the moments and remember them always.

07 days to see baby again.
09 days to our 3rd month together.
84 days to 140609.

P.S. I Love You, baby :)

to baby.

2009-03-17T23:07:00.000+08:00

rest well ya baby =)
pain pain go away..

and...
i miss you! =(

new zealand.

2009-03-15T17:26:00.007+08:00

there was something holding me back to blog abt this...

the blog layout just aint wide enough for me to upload the photos i took. so i had to adjust the layout accordingly and came to a cruel conclusion that the site would be best viewed with a wide screen monitor with resolution of width:1440 and above. my apologies to those whose not equipped with one, u might have to scroll left and right. gomen!

back to new zealand. as most of you know i wasn't there on a holiday trip, so i've only limited time to visit some of the places there. it's really a nice place with great sceneries, fresh air and it's very clean!

less the photos of people, i'll upload it to facebook separately.
i'll let the photos speak for itself :)

finally! after 10hrs flight. cold feet, dry throat, stiff neck.
a difference of 4hrs in time, and was missing baby then! :(

so there's this mt ruapehu that we get to see everyday. it's actually a skiing and snowboarding area. it looks great from every angle. magnificent view!

then there's mt ngongotaha, rotorua. took a skyride up the mountain and there's luge! too busy playing with the luge and handling the rain, so didn't took much photos :x

caught a glimpse of huka falls. just 5 mins!

supposed to be a toilet break at lake taupo, turns out to be...

duck feeding! i wasn't feeding them though. haha.

sunset sky

when you look up you see...

snapped this on bus, along the way to auckland

took this while traffic was held up at certain roadworks

skytower, auckland.

there's a lot more photos, but that's all for now :)
cuz i'm running out of time! needa book in! ciao!

P.S. baby, i'm missing you.

thought.

2009-03-06T17:57:00.004+08:00

i pictured myself again... cold, freezing on a hilltop at midnight. wind blasting from my back. the moon was bright and fog covered the moonlit sky.

what kept me warm,
kept me going,
was the thought of you.

baby :)

us.

2009-03-04T21:54:00.001+08:00

it's not you and me. it's us.

i'll stay by you, through the difficult times.
i love you.

and i really miss your smiles =)

can't sleep.

2009-03-04T00:15:00.001+08:00

you filled up my mind.

you don't want to care about me anymore, so why am i still doing this. i just can't help it.

030309

2009-03-03T23:29:00.000+08:00

today went wrong... so wrong. almost everything went wrong.

it's my worst day so far of this year. anyone can understand what i'm feeling? :(

:(

2009-03-03T19:58:00.000+08:00

是我的错...

happy 2nd month!

2009-03-01T20:14:00.004+08:00

MLTR - I'm Gonna Be Around

It's been so long since we took the time
to share words from deep inside us
We're in our own world spinning our wheels
but you know how I feel

since the first time I took your hand
my love for you has just been growing
You always seem to understand
You know how I am

Chorus:
I'm gonna love you til the end
I'm gonna be your very true friend
I wanna share your ups and downs
I'm gonna be around

When you're alone cause I'm away
don't be sad don't be afraid
I'm gonna turn my thoughts to you
like I always do

Chorus:
I'm gonna love you til the end
I'm gonna be your very true friend...

Catch you when you fall
Hold you when you’re down
Sharing every moment
I wanna show you all I do
I believe I’ve found a miracle
in you

Chorus:
I'm gonna love you til the end
I'm gonna be your very true friend...

P.S. it's not just the pooh bear, almond cookies. it's our love, the best present of all. i love you baby! =)

6 hours.

2009-02-25T01:42:00.002+08:00

i'll be leaving in 6 hours time to Hong Kong. a short holiday trip with my parents.

baby.
i'm sorry that i couldn't attend your performance because of this trip. but still, i know you've put in a lot of effort in the practices.. so you'll definitely put up a good performance on the day itself. jiayou! :)

take care of yourself baby! school, remedial, tuition and cca are keeping you busy.. but do spend some time to rest and relax alright? i'll always be here to listen to your complaints :)

i'll be back very soon and i'll definitely miss you.
i love you baby!

hong kong.

2009-02-22T19:23:00.003+08:00

the other time while i was off to Brunei for training, my family went Hong Kong. of course i couldn't join them and my aunt's family for the trip.

i'm flying off on coming Wednesday to Hong Kong for a short holiday with my parents. quite sudden eh, since i've just came back from New Zealand last week and i'm flying off again. luckily it's only 4 days, else i'll miss baby till i go mad (baby will miss chouchou too right? :p). haha.

you guys must be wondering where are the nz photos. soon :p

宝贝, 昨天去溜冰好玩吧? 哈哈.. 能见到你就很高兴了. 我要回去兵营了, 宝贝要照顾自己哦.
... 还是好想你 :)

driving.

2009-02-18T22:23:00.003+08:00

it's been 1 yr 2 months since i've last operated on a mechanical machine called car. i passed my TP then with flying colours man. 8pts! out of the minimum requirement, 12. (sure or not? lol.)

but. i'm still not qualified to drive a car yet. because my licence is not valid for normal vehicles (no i didn't learn tank driving). so, i'm gonna start my driving course all over again.

i've cleared my btt. ftt would come soon, in fact next month. and i've just found a private driving instructor (quite a hard time finding a decent one). it's only until i sat in a car and try to drive it then i realised that it's quite different from what i've learnt before. im not so ready to go for TP :S

before my next lesson, i'd need to get a pair of shoes with thin soles.

P.S. 我们明天去溜冰好吗? 宝贝, 好想你哦... :)

vday!

2009-02-15T20:36:00.002+08:00

this day was 1 day after the 17 days i've spent in new zealand.

family,
thanks bro for driving me to the airport. back from msia, drive frm changi back home and to changi airport, back home again. petrol very chor, but still send me off. thanks ah.

baby,
thanks for sending me off at the airport on day 1 and picking me up at day 17! you're the first person i've wanted to see the moment i got off the plane. i miss you so much!

friends,
derek, macy, benny, nic, razer, flo, ay, sher, kewei, etc..
thanks for sending me off on that day and/or your messages. you peeps are great motivation for me man. thanks again!

wish everyone a belated happy valentine's day! hope you've had a great time with your loved ones or family/friends.

thanks baby for the present! that's very sweet of you!! i like it a lot a lot a lot a lotlotlots!

new zealand.

2009-01-27T13:04:00.002+08:00

it's 1pm. my family's still stuck at msia, doubt they could make it to send me off. it's okay.

04 days to our one month.
17 days to see her again.
18 days to valentine's.

just like my baby. we're counting down together as well :)

it's gonna be cold there. i'll miss the times when you try to keep my hands warm (my hands are always cold, don't know why haha). i'll miss you, definitely. a whole lot more as we're miles away.

you've gotta be strong. take care of yourself while i'm away. i've a lot to tell you. but i'll just keep it short here. it's all in the box that i'm gonna pass you later. :)

friends. thanks for sending me off later. i really appreciate it. i hate goodbyes. haha. but i'll see you guys again soon. as soon as i'm back. :)

lastly. i love you baby girl! :)

ciao.

Happy Moo Year!

2009-01-25T23:52:00.004+08:00

tidied up my room. clear unwanted items. move and sort things in the room. prepare for the moo year.

wash car. top up petrol. clean away bird droppings. chase the moth out of the car. =S

baby. want the sponge? =x

dinner.

yu sheng. luckily the serving didn't landed on the chair or floor unlike the other day *recalls* lol

huat ah! =D

sunday.

2009-01-18T13:20:00.000+08:00

i'm in camp.

i miss you. =(

3.5 days more! jiayou!

10.

2009-01-11T19:52:00.003+08:00

it was a long, draggy week.
we missed each other terribly.

saturday was great,
with her around.

the long week,
just doesn't seem painful anymore.

i love you, dear. :)

cabin.

2009-01-04T19:09:00.002+08:00

not that it's not moving then i can capture this.

but it's just that i've my super zoom camera with me when i'm there. :D

311208

2009-01-04T00:25:00.001+08:00

i love her. :)

pano stitches.

2008-12-28T19:31:00.005+08:00

are some of the photos i've been working on. some required me to climb blocks or buildings (there's lift), just like the one below.

bet most of our monitors ain't wide enough for this. click on it to see the full image :)

What Shape is Christmas?

2008-12-21T15:49:00.002+08:00

it's coming!

...and as usual, most of the people in town would be armed with snow spray cans.

things like this would happen once again.

UNO!

2008-12-18T22:37:00.000+08:00

bought this card game and started playing with my friends. Conclusion?

i'm bad at it. almost didn't win a single round at all! haha.

today's been quite a lousy day actually :/

Thank You! See You Again!

2008-12-16T20:02:00.001+08:00

sales executive hands the paperbag over to the customer with a smile and said, "Thank You! See you again soon!"

the next day, the customer returned with the faulty product.

so soon? lol.

Henderson Wave

2008-12-14T16:56:00.002+08:00

quite a nice place to chill out with your friends. there's breeze, there's cars zooming pass every now and then (below the bridge).

just that, the toilet is a distance away. :S

Super Macro?

2008-12-11T15:37:00.002+08:00

yah. i know of this feature, but i didn't know it's available in my Canon S2 IS. :S

apparantly i wasn't the only one. here.

anyway there's already an S5 IS so mine's considered an antique.

and so i was fed up with the macro button that's not responding... then i click and click and held it there. super macro mode was then activated.

here's a sample. my lens were almost touching the subject.

with slight unsharp mask, that was the result. bokeh wasn't fantastic but it's quite impressive for an antique prosumer i guess.

but i suppose you won't go near a snail and touch it with your lens just to get that super macro shot right? lol.

nobody, nobody but you~

2008-12-10T22:59:00.001+08:00

very catchy song! enjoy :D

Stairways to the Sky

2008-12-07T15:57:00.001+08:00

... in urban acid.

Inside Photo.

2008-12-02T22:11:00.000+08:00

from the previous PhotoVideoI editor, John Cosgrove...

free editions of Inside Photo.

enjoy! :)

Long Week.

2008-11-30T13:52:00.002+08:00

nope. my weekends weren't eaten up. just that i felt 5 days a week seems long recently.

here's some photos from Karyn's wedding held last week.

New Companion.

2008-11-23T00:05:00.002+08:00

passed my btt today (yay?). i should say it's easier than i thought. ;)

sigh. unfortunate incident last week, my nokia e51 got stolen. :(
learnt to be wary of others and be extra careful with my belongings.

my new (but not so new) companion. hope this will last me through the next 7 months. ;D

Flash Photography (not the usuals).

2008-11-16T18:48:00.002+08:00

well... just for laughs. ;D

adapted from here.

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...
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it's been a pretty bad week. but thanks to great friends around me that made the difference. :D

Goodies.

2008-11-09T20:21:00.002+08:00

lots of keroro, tamama and domokun. the sheep already went elsewhere.

won't be able to blog till next week. ciao!

Broken Stylus :(

2008-11-09T02:07:00.003+08:00

well... i've broke my stylus once again. no idea why, maybe it's due to wear and tear (i'm not rough).

yeah. was trying out the Wisbar Advance 3 and Wisbar Advance Desktop 2 app earlier on when it just broke into half. :S

Vivitar UW&S First Roll.

2008-11-03T12:31:00.002+08:00

finally finished my first roll of film on the Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim.

the choice of film - Kodak T-Max 100, limited me to shoot only in daylight and mainly outdoor with good lighting condition.

out of 36 exposures, i've picked 9 of them to share because the rest... ain't really nice. got to practice hard yeh, shooting with film isn't easy. :)

Taiwan

2008-11-02T00:02:00.002+08:00

yep. some of you are waiting for this. ;D

aerial views.

wet, rainy day. but it was quite an experience. ponchos were snapped up from convenience stores. haha.

we seeked shelther as the rain got heavier, it was just beside us...

KFC was round the corner, we tried this and...

gawd. it's damn nice. next, we went to try something else...

it's a love or hate thing. haha. apparantly some of us couldn't stand the stench.

...
...
...

largest ferris wheel in taiwan.

close up views.

most thrilling ride. it goes...

down. :S and then some overturns...

places we went to.

the popular mee sua store, with people standing around enjoying the hot piping delicacy.

this is one of the shops where you can get the best tasting tai yang bing in Taipei.

tall, taller, tallest.

sights.

insights.

scooters are everywhere.

mrt is better. they're generous with giving up their seats for the needy.

many stores with these machines. indeed they're popular.

and... home sweet home.

Levi's Shrink-to-Fit

2008-10-30T14:32:00.005+08:00

first, you soak them in warm water for 15-20mins.

why warm water? it shrinks the pair of jeans much faster.

then, wash it in the washing machine.

dry. and...

it's so rigid that it stands up on it's own. haha.

well. i skipped a few steps from the guide here but it still shrunk. time for a second wash soon. :D

goodbye fuji.

2008-10-29T23:17:00.003+08:00

they ceased operations weeks back while i was at Taiwan to make way for the new olympic size rink.

lots of memories...

... from wobbling on rental skates to wearing my first hockey boots.
... strangers to knowing some of the greatest peeps i've known during poly days.
... $2.20 cup noodles from snacks counter to cup noodles vending machine.
... crazy skaters on ice, they're just so damn good.
... falling down and striking people down as if they were bowling pins.
... speed skating, yeah that music.
... the more happening bunch, with many laughters & cries and also flying ice.
... isan* sessions, batches and batches of students come and go, some stayed.

and the list goes on and on. the rink will be terribly missed by some of the skaters. and meanwhile, it's kallang ice world. which wasn't really pleasant on my previous visit last Monday.

there's always an alternative to this sports (which is inline skating), but it'll never be forgotten. :D

*isan stands for ice skating association ngeeann.
it's an ice skating club from ngee ann poly. for those who don't know. :)

moved.

2008-10-29T22:52:00.003+08:00

yep. eventually i ended up at blogspot.

why?

i'm giving this platform a tryout. so far so good, in fact it's less troublesome as i do not need to open up my dreamweaver for edits.

i'll be keeping my previous address as well (http://jeffngphotography.co.nr), so both addresses will bring you to the same page.

meanwhile, i'll work on the site when i'm free.

cheers! xD