Thanks for two years of Monochrome.
this is a new chapter
welcome to the world of full colour fidelity

http://shootmyblackhat.com/

the power of mustafa.

my first pair of court shoes
only $29 from mustafa
i will be using them tomorrow
officially my most value for money pair of shoes
can't wait to play tomorrow!
i can really feel us getting better each time we play
we can really sustain a rally now!
ok i'm looking forward to it!

when light spills over the darkness

this is going to be my first post in a really long time
i've finally reached the end of term and its exams studying period again
i just really wanted to post something to get things started

i know my blog has been dead for like forever
and one of my resolutions for summer was to start blogging again

it all started when i discovered twitter recently

as something that i would try out for fun
but jy and i both agree that i should blog more because
i really do have stuff to share
its just that this term i may not have had all the time in the world
to share it here
anyway, here's to a summer of prolific blogging.

8ight.

hello dear, its our eighth
on the first day of chinese new year
i just want to make use of this auspiciousness
to wish us all the best
and many many more new years to come.

my wish list.

mount kinabalu.

went to visit haji lane with the beautiful
had our little pre trekking ritual
and i bought my boots

pictures here

a very tyco shot of the gf
the bus was passing her just at the right time
to produce this cool moment
of her staring at shooting stars.

first day of post exam.

spent a long quiet day at home
ok not really quiet
i got to do plenty of the things i've neglected
like finally fix up the clothing stands for mom
fix the new hook brackets on the room windows
so the windows dont have to open the whole way
and after that mom brought me out for dinner
ate at this jap buffet place
quite cheap 15 bucks only


but the food a bit crappy
the photos do it too much justice


but who cares
we went to central to walk a bit
we stopped to see this new candy shop
its got rolled candy where you can see cool shapes from the side

the owner apparently brought in the franchise
from australia just recently
he claims they're the only handmade candy shop in singapore
dunno if thats true though

funny enough
he asked me if i was a blogger
cuz i kept taking shots of the place
so he sorta asked if i could blog bout his place
so here u go mr candyman
the wonders of free advertising and testimonials
i tried the goods
they're quite unique
and you should check out the way they make em
its like those kind of novelty handmade concepts
where u have to see the process then u'll think its cool

then we went to see this cool jap shop
that sells all the jap candies and snacks
and household stuff
so that was cool
i saw like grape flavoured kit-kat


then i went to meet the best friend to pick up wheels
they're gonna go onto the gf's bike
gonna set them up tom before ft probably
its ft dine in tom
and im contemplating bringing my camera
anyway
all that matters is attendance
its going to be at charcoal, the shatec reataurant
simple enough
last thing for this sem

dad just came back from israel
im super jealous
cuz they invited me and i said i didnt wanna go
cuz need to prepare for exams
but looking at his photos
(of course i did a bit of editing)
i really could've come back with like a thousand pictures
but of course if i did
i'd spend the next few days sorting
and probably flunk my exams
and plus
i wouldn't get to spend time with my rabbit
i really need to get down to studying
it seems that during exams
my blog activity will increase
probably cuz its the easiest thing i can access
to change something in this world
to say my piece
to scream from the studying
i really cant wait for this to be over
but
i do wanna maximize the time i have left

its really been too long since i had my last post
and i guess my blog seems to be stagnating just a little bit

but oh well
its come to the end of a term again
and exam time
its always during exams that
i always get so reminiscent of the term that passed

this term was
significant
it represented a step which i have taken
which was not in my past nature to
i guess in a sense
its a commitment not just to the organisation
but also to myself
to do the best i can
in all areas
to not think about slacking
to work hard in the areas i choose to go into
to have purpose and direction

i am just grateful to everyone for being
so wonderful this term
i really hope that we could build on success
and go on to become
that which we have envisioned to ourselves

and to you
my sweetest
without you i dont think
that i could've found the courage
to take steps
to grow in ways i've never considered
i can say that you've really come in
and changed my life
for the better
thank you so much for
supporting me endlessly
for always reaching out to me
brown
polar
grizzly
black
panda
koala
teddy
love.

hello dear
happy 5.
=)

bounce bounce*
right now my baby is sick
and sleeping
so this is for you,
when you wake up tomorrow morning.
get well soon my dear.
happy fourth!

if there was a single thing
that i took away from last night
it would be precisely this
the comments and sharing we had
all pointed back to this one big intangible
the family spirit.
something which we should never forget
no matter how far we wanna take this
i just really hope that one year from now
we can all look back and say yes
ive contributed to the family
i've kept the family together
yes we're bound to have our ups and downs
but family is about the long run
that in the end
far away
whether we would still care for each other.
as friends
as brothers and sisters.
yes yes, cheesy i know..
there are so many issues
i just wish we could all be patient with the process
and grow from there.

thnks for the mmrs.

its been a long while since summer
and we've finally come to the end of our
biggest show of the year for the biking team
the pressure to deliver has been immense
and everyone has been looking at this event
and working really hard to make it work
that is not to say that we didnt have our fair share
of screw ups
of disagreements
of tension
of nail biting
but ultimately i really hope we can walk away from this
knowing that on our end
no matter how screwed it sometimes looked
but in the end, how was it like from a participant's pov
i just really hope that they enjoyed themselves
i'm just really glad that most of them were really really sporting
so yeah
just glad that i had this experience with everyone.

mess.

the effects of nightbike preparations going on in my room
my whole floor is full of plastic wrappers
that were from gl recce
nightbike is this weekend
i really hope we all pull through
and give it our all
its been a long accumulation process
i dont wanna get it over and done with
i want it to be done with patience and to savour every moment
and give it my all for the whole of 24 hours.

tommorrow there will be light.

bursting rays of light
tomorrow i will be picking up my flash
i really hope to improve with a better flash
than the built in one
i realised that even with decent lighting
its quite hard to take shots with high shutter speed
without sufficient light
so i got someone to sell me
a second hand 420ex
so i can play around with flash functions for a while
before i sell it off for better stuff
can't wait.
this coming week is going to be quite busy
im having a much better year than last
i feel generally more prepared
and slightly more hardworking
no small part because of my wonderful classmates
who are my inspiration
and really kick me when i feel lazy
thanks, you.