Saturday, February 5, 2011

CNY and photography


The Food


On New Year's Eve


On New Year's Day

Playing with SB-700 and helping all my family members take their family portraiture is the highlight event of this year's CNY!
I have no prior experience with flash.This is the 1st time I rented it to play with!
It turned out so well that all my family want a copy of their personal photo taken.
I'm glad it added joy to everyone, esp pics of our little youngest member, Kylie Goh, who just turned 1 year old in recent Oct :)

I guess SB-700 will be my top want-to-buy toy if I wanna put my slr to good use for taking people photos. always resort to ixus to take portrait pics as I feel the built-in flash of slr is too harsh...now with sb700..worry-no-more!

I had a great time meeting up with cousins and family members whom I havent seen for a year or so..will enjoy the rest of the CNY break with a trip to the sentosa flower show!

Happy CNY to ALL!
May prosperity and good health go with everyone always!

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Run, Walk, Sleep

I'm typing this while I'm in office..awaiting for time to whilst by...no la..incubation period now for the antibody..

well..if you discount this day away from the previous week..today is indeed a breather for me..

1st month of 2011 has passed!...to my shock..it has been a month..every wk seem to pass so quickly, alongside with minimal time for wkends to spend that I yearn for 48h/day. However, I must say I feel more at pace this month than the previous months we had during the core curriculum..thank god no more IRA/GRA anymore..

this month has a few happenings and some plans made ahead for the year!
1. I have planned for my next holiday....ya..that's me..always not ready to stay stagnant in singapore..this time..to a crazy place where I didnt imagine myself going to..is not even my travel dreamlist..if not for my fren who managed successfully in psycho-ing me to go hahaha..as those who know me, should have heard me complain before that living in the west part of singapore is like staying in india..there were times that I'm disgusted,terrified..even walking back to my house is dangerous at night IMO..and yet..this holiday I;m going to Mumbai to experience the mad rush there.. with a weak stomach(gastric pain problems and sensitive stomach), I already have food digestion problems in singapore..i hope it doesnt worsen when i go over to mumbai.. am i too paranoid? well..sort of..somewhat scared but sumwhat curious and wanna know more of this place..this is like an immersion trip to me..probably gave me more awareness and enlightenment, and hopefully less prejudice to those who have left their homes and come to sg to work..i need to bring charcoal pills, gastric pills, hand santizers bla bla bla...

2. Dear suggested us not going for a long trip this year as we exploded our travel budget last year! hahaha...well...so this year July...he planned to take me to Nikoi Island. It's very foreign to me, I think to most pple too..it's just a boat trip away from Bintan Island with fantastic scenery..I'm really looking forward to this retreat, though is very far away haha!













(Pic taken from Nikoi website)

3. CNY Eve is tmr! whee..i have rented the SB700 flash and 50mm portrait lens to get some good shots of my little cousins, family and friends over the CNY Break to comE!..decide to pick up flash photography after so long..cuz i always feel it's a miss not to make use of d90 to get some good pple shots..due to uneven lightings at times.. i always find the flash unit intimidating..it looks very chim with those TTL settings..with the CNY break, I thought why not borrow one flash unit and learn as I go along while taking pics of my family and friends..one stone kill 2 birds..yea!

4. Work has piled up and reduced like rollercoaster..now there's a direction to go..and everyone in the lab is hoping for the best!...i prefer this feeling than in my previous lab whcih I was..more motivated and appreciated to do lab stuff and expts..hope this will be maintained forever!

5.Weather in Sg has been erratic..just like the last weekend..it was raining almost to 48h non-stop in this so called sunny island..I feel like I'm in Ireland for the past few days..sunny..den rainy..den thunderstorms...and cold esp at night..hope the weather will be more stabilised in the next few days so that I can plan when to get out and take some nature shots!

Happy CNY to all and eat more CNY goodies, enjoy fun and laughter with family and friends!!

Sunday, January 23, 2011

How to use Flash Tutorial


I'm going to get this new toy soon..to play with portrait photography!

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

2011 1st post~

Going to Japan has made me love Japan even more..

to know more about my adventures...please refer to Our Chapters in Japan

:) still updating though..not completed yet...i hope is never completes so I can have more entries to type and reminscence haha!

okie..so after coming back to Sg..it has been hectic as usual..just that no more IRA/GRA...and I;m so relieved!..i tink everyone were! work has been increasing..never ending..really a matter of how to balance time and avoid permanent head damage!

cant wait for the cny new year break to come!

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Transitions in 2010...en route to 2011

well well..16th Dec finally arrived..amidst agony of trying to get the IRA/GRA system quickly done!

is time to spend my long awaited holidays...2010 has been eventful..from working to studying..a major transition that I chose to take..I recalled there were many uncertainties at the start of the year, thinking when and where I should pursue my studies..ponder whether I should even continue studying..asking myself umpteen times whether is it right to leave my previous company..

eventually in the middle of the year, a major change occured..the opportunity to study arrived..decisions made..and everything happened so quickly that by the time I came back from Europe..I was in Duke-NUS studying..and the harsh mountaineous task started..with the IRA/GRAs implemented..the endless mugging..doing molecular biology research again..and knowing more new frens..all happened so quickly that I cant imagine it's now 2weeks to 2011.

i reckon there will be more challenges to come as I start my lab work proper..any new year resolutions for 2011?hmm...

1. Better health
2. more papers to come along my way??(i really hope this to happen..so I dun have to worry so much)..
3. more travel opportunities..to China perhaps..
4. more luck in contests!

hehe...that's all for now..will hope all the above can come true..
hereby wishing all a merry xmas and happy 2011!

Final Lap Done

My travelogue on the recent trip to Europe 2010 is finally all ready now!

Takes such a long time to update and post the pics..haha..sorry for those who have been waiting to see these pics..it was a great experience and I reminsiced the times spent in those areas..

hoping to visit other parts of Europe in the near future..like the icy Alps, the beautiful Germany..and the falling Pisa.. :)

Footsteps in Europe

Friday, December 10, 2010

mailz

Elated to receive this mail from Omae Sensei!
Totoro is waiting for me
:)