So Hearts Sunshine

Must go back to sentosa one more time before heading back to dreary weathered Sydney...

why the good byes

Why is it always so hard for us to say good bye...? Does it always have to be like this?

Another time, another place; there will always be another time (hopefully). Life would be meaningless and people taken for granted if we don't have a chance to miss them at all.

Looking forward to the next rather than regreting what it should have or should not have been.

National Museum

Due to the Chinese New Year public holidays these two days, the National Museum was open to the public with its entrance fees to ALL exhibits waived... Not wanting to miss this opportunity, my mom and I decided to become tourists in our own country and head down to have a look-see after major renovations were done and a new wing opened just a few months ago. The FREE-OF-CHARGE label did attract many curious Singaporeans whom seemed like they have not even visited the museum in their entire life. Of course the lucky foreign tourists I'm sure were feeling so heng because they didn't need to pay as well... lol. I'm also guilty of being kiasu, if not I wouldn't have gone to the museum because it was FREEEE. I'm so stereotyping Singaporeans on the whole as being kiasu, can't help it... It must be something in our blood or maybe it was infused into us when we were small kids in primary school drinking those packets of chocolate / strawberry milk.

The ONLY exhibit worth seeing (and probably spending money to) will be the Singapore History Gallery. Its something we as citizens can really relate to... Rather than viewing some nonesense arty-farty stuff, the queue to the gallery was the longest.

Alot of hard work has been put into the new Singapore History Gallery which is now housed in the new wing of the museum. Visitors are now handed this cool device that gives you narration of each section of the gallery. And mind you its not some stupid lousy cheapo device... Its a device that has a colour screen! What visitors do is to key in the numbers found on the floor when they arrive at each section of the gallery and the narration will be in progress. You can even key in numbers next to items in the showcases to know more about them! How uber cool is that! Its so high-tech... All put together very well.

The original painting of your best friend... lol.

Happy Ratta Year

Happy Lunar (Ratta) New Year to everyone! ... and like almost everyone will say, HUAT AH!

I just find it so... SAF? lol.

Coffee/Tea + Smiley Face = Clock (wtf!)

Gym session today was good... must go more often!

Me: I do not wished to be charged for this...

Canon CSO: Err... Okay...

Picked up my lens from Canon Service Centre at HabourFront today... came back home and found that the lens somehow produces this weird noise when I zoom in and out.... crap shit. Now have to send it back in AGAIN on monday... really ar... $%$%&@!%^()(^&%

random images

Have been taking random shots of stuff ever since I acquired my f31d in the middle of last year... What I'll do is post some of these shots here to populate some of my empty and boring posts :S

Yes i know... i know...

Okay okay... Ya i know that i've not been posting very often la... but i don't have the mood to... can?

Tis' the season to be jolly... Christmas 2007 has come and gone. Love the Christmas season with the Orchard Road light up and people rushing to buy gifts and presents. The late night shopping is also great... Christmas Day service at Wesley was good too... always enjoyed the organ and the choir.

This year's present exchange with the guys was like the best la... Everyone was happy with their presents and everything and everyone was so deserving. Its difficult to think of gifts that one will like... its even more difficult to think of something that is really 'useful'. Gift ideas were never easy for us... haha.

The CD, t-drive were so timely la... and Polo-Ts are always welcome to my wardrobe too!

Thanks for the wonderful gifts guys! Appreciate it!

Off to Hanoi on Friday... and will be celebrating the New Year when I get back.

My New Year's resolution for 2008 (besides getting respectable grades in uni...), to be FIT!

I cant believe it has been so long since I've updated again... I somehow think that time flies :S

Anyhow, into week 6 of school already which means that assignments are slowly stacking up and queued to be done. I will be glad that Rodger's class will be ending soon as it only lasts for the first 7 weeks. Sigh... having mid-session tests in about 2 to 3 weeks' time.

And the biggest change yet has to be moving to my new apartment at picturesque La Perouse. Its far from everything except the beach and fish & Chips. IF ONLY they serve the type of Fish & Chips from Eastgardens at an affordable price...

The past week has been rather rainy and wet. Its colder here as compared to the city apartment even though living at Meriton was on the 24th floor.

Anyhow, nothing earth shattering happening lately... which is good? yea... probably. Boring life is good :S

Oh yea... Canon and Nikon intro'd their new DSLRs afew days ago... damn tempting to buy la... but can't buy on impulse. The new 40D will be S$2K... so much cheaper than what I paid for my D60 which is probably worth less than peanuts now.

I'm gonna sleep anyway... its late. At least tomorrow doesn't start with a 9am lesson. phew.

Hoytes at eastgardens smells like smelly feet...

Into the second week of school already... Still manageable I guess. At least there isn't any physics to bug me this semester.

Seems like I will need to move out of my apartment in the city because they sent us a letter stating that the rent will increase w.e.f from October... and I think it will keep on increasing. As it is now its already quite ex to stay here and I can't imagine them increasing the rent every time we renew the leasing agreement every 6 months. My mom told me that she wouldn't mind paying the extra for the coming 6 months but who knows what will be the 'new' rent after that.

Have found an alternative place to stay... but I won't put anything down here until everything's confirmed... no point talking so much and in the end none of it happens. lol...

Also the headache of moving all the stuff to the new place... nerve-wrecking. Well... all part of the experience.

Moving out of this place also means that I will not have any more opportunity to use the gym downstairs which is really bummer! Need to buy bench press from Rebel Sport :S

So damn wasted I will be missing out on Corrinne May's concert this Friday... damn shit. CRAP!... Really enjoyed her last Christmas Concert. Its really damn good hearing it live.

Every time I visit East Gardens or Bondi Junction I'll pop by to see if there are any cutie cats in the window display...


Cannot afford to buy t-shirt so no choice have to resort to taking pics in the changing room :S


Really HATE 9am classes... So not a morning person.

Back in Sydney... Arrived early yesterday morning after a flight which was quite terrible... haha. The plane was full and I was stuck in the middle of 4 seats. The service was actually normal SIA standard (average) and they were so slow to collect back the food tray which stood infont of me for over an hour AFTER I've finished my food (food which was not exactly nice also). The timing of the flight was also neither here nor there and I could not sleep for most of the flight. I only managed a quick snooze after takeoff... that was it.

The weather here seemed all too familiar... It didn't seem like it got any hotter or colder actually... The only thing that was noticeable was that the sky was still alittle bright even at 5pm. Every day that passes adds 1 minute of daylight to the day. I really hope that the end of winter comes faster! No matter how I liked the cold before... this cold really sometimes cannot tahan la :S

O yea... met up with Samuel the day before I left for a quick chat plus some coffee from Starbucks. This guy is always full of energy and he can really talk about anything under the sun. What I admire about him is that he really takes the utmost effort in meeting up with his friends just to keep on in contact. And since he takes the effort in meeting up with me, I guess its only natural, and fair, that I also take the effort in going to meet him. Great guy... see ya next time when I'm back! Oh and I'll let you taste some KK donuts too. LOL...

When I left home on Friday evening, I really had this sad(?) feeling... Didn't really felt this way the last time I was back though... Maybe its because it will be End Nov the next time that I will be back home again. Oh and I just love my new K810i... thanks to my mom who bought it for my Birthday!

School's starting again tomorrow... fast. I just hope that this new semester will be easier than the last (okay I know that pple think that its already very slack la... but still). I want to get better results than the last. Hope that time will pass faster and the end of the month will come within a blink of an eye.

In the meantime, I also HOPE that I will continue to update this blog la... I really don't have a habit to talk about (and update) my life on the net. Mainly because its boring and I can't talk about interesting stuff thats happening to me, cos they don't.

Finally the "Title" field decides to work... But I'm not gonna use it =p

Sunday was moi's birthday... so the usual gang was at seletar once again to 'commemorate' both casper's and my birthday on Saturday.


It was like so damn crowded again la... and the food took like forever to get to our table... But it was nice nonetheless! I can expect the area around seletar airport to change drastically the next time I'm back because its already undergoing lots of construction and the revamp to turn it into a regional hub for smaller aircraft is underway. Just hope that seletar will still possess that old world charm once everything is done.

Desperate Housewives rock!

Sunday I went to search for that pair of Onitsuka Tiger shoes that caught my eye the last time I was at Raffles City... Couldn't find the shoes... sigh. Thought I could get it here since it would be cheaper than buying it from Sydney.

Had one last meeting with yj, cs and xt before I leave on Friday. Miss all my friends here.

Fujifilm F31 has better ISO capabilities than Canon D60 DSLR :S

Had a chance to experience a screening of Transformers at the Gold Class cinema (Vivocity) thanks to my mom.

Comfy seats which are wider including a leg rest that can retract and butler-type service - just like what you would expect when flying F or J class.

But for 25 bucks a ticket... either you really LOVE the show or have loads to spare. Even then, the newer movie theatres arn't that bad after all...all of them have bigger seats and better leg room.

And besides 25 bucks can buy you 3 normal tickets plus some change left over.

Tan-lines are nice.

World premiere of the 787 Dreamliner! The plane looks great but I'm not too sure about the Embraer lookalike ass. Can't wait till first flight in August!

Decided that it was time to let my blog get a new lease of life... I think that blogspot is very much easier to use and it somehow just looks nicer la. Can add lots of cool stuff too.

Much has happened since I last updated my life on the net in my old blog... Can't really recall much of that but let's just get on with life shall we?

Am now back in warm warm Singapore and enjoying the heat, the sun, the food and the great company provided by my family and dear friends. What would I do without them? I certainly have the feeling of 'not wanting' to go back to Sydney la... cos of obvious reasons... But this is just a passing feeling that I will get over once I get back to Sydney.

Bought myself a new Lacoste polo-t thats BRIGHT RED! Wha... love it to bits man. I should have gotten this like long ago. Was contemplating on whether the orange or the red one was nicer but in the end chose the red because I already have an orange one from last time. But this one is a different orange!

Err...err... One of the reasons why I don't update my blog regularly is because I think that NO ONE reads this. Let's face it la, my life is boring... then who on earth will want to read BORING stuff right?... heh... But haiya, what can I do right... Not like I want it to be this way lor...

Whoever reads my entries will notice that my thoughts are all kind of screwed up. I type what comes to my mind and it may not be in a very systematic manner.

Hmm what else is there to say... (see I told you my life was boring, I still need to think of what to write)

Oh yes... point and shoot cameras are like so damn shiok la. It's so different from the old Kodak camera that I was using last time. This new one is a Fujifilm F31fd with Face Detection ok! Don't play play. haha... The shutter lag is almost non-existent! Will be posting much more photos from now on since this blog is up (easier to upload pics) and now that I've got my little secret weapon. haha... Can start taking pics of everything... can go school and snap snap!

Will be heading back to Sydney on the 20th... not much time left...