I wonder...

I wonder if I should save up for a Leica lens. I've heard quite a bit about their lenses, and especially that its their lenses and not cameras (although darn, they sure are sexy cameras) which are fantastic

However, I'm quite satisfied (and lazy) with my 40 f1.4, and should I get another lens, its prolly a 12 or 15mm voigtlander (: what to do? :P

And I gotta say, I love my FE2 a lot compared to the CL... Gotta start getting out with it more!

X'mas gifts

Note to self:

Miss Ma, Bird, Date

Banilla Circus... Ballet stamps, Ninja post-its

Clothes

I wish I was a little kid again.


DSC_7985 by cherieamour on Zooomr

OOF, cos was worried parents would think I was a stalker, and anyhow MF! (:

Anyway! I hate sorting my wardrobe.

There's so much stuff! Mountain of jeans - I think I'm a closet jeans fanatic - yet I only wear my favourite pair all the time. Yet they've all been my favourite once upon a time (: So I can't bear to give them away.

And I found my favourite skirt today!!! Hidden among the countless jeans haha!! Was so happy (:

And I gave two pairs of Levi's to Dad. They were once my favourites... But I can't fit anymore into the first one (I think my butt grew) and the second one is a bit loose (my butt shrank?) haha!!! The old man was so mean. When he held up the first pair... he was like. You can fit in?! O__O I was like, yes, last time, haha. How sad :( It fit him perfectly, the butt-less man. He didn't want the second one cos it was loose for him too. But oh well, I told him if he won't take I'll give it away! Of course he won't give it away haha :P

I've finally went through almost all the pants... And I can't bear to give away a single pair ): not even those that are now too big for me... Or those I can't imagine wearing! Every one has a certain significance. I can imagine myself at 40 with a few mountains of clothes, and some of them from decades before (: I still have my primary 2 pants!!! :D

Okay, I'm so lazy to sort through skirts... But I have to ): Denim denim denim....




I have so many bottoms. When can I finally wear all of them?

Presents!

Hehe... I bought myself a christmas gift! (:

And I think it will arrive by christmas, hopefully.

Also got stuff for the bitchy, old man, the wife.

(don't my family members have weird names?)

Obama

I know that president elect, Obama, will do a great job compared to Bush.

But, cutting Y tax for low and middle-income workers? USA is already in such a huge budget deficit, they need money from taxpayers. Instead of relying on other countries to finance their debt. I don't know, guess I'll have to read up more on the stimulus plan.

Photos

An upload of photos (:

Firstly, let me say that, despite my fervent love of taking photos of food, I am often (actually always) too lazy to upload photos of them.

So, I am resigned to having a permanently dead food blog.

Here are some photos taken today...


DSC_4721 by cherieamour on Zooomr

Bear-Moo, from Canada, says hello!
If you're wondering about the name, its a half bear plus moose. The bear is the lump that the moose is currently sitting on (:


DSC_4725 by cherieamour on Zooomr

My old man, who was moving towards me so fast I cut off half the head haha! Luckily its still in focus...


DSC_4742 by cherieamour on Zooomr

The bitchy who always hides from the camera when she has no make-up on :P


DSC_4757 by cherieamour on Zooomr

End with a disgusting shot :D of the old man after drinking celery juice (mom pronounces it as see-leh-ree) with a celery mustache hahaha!!!!

All of the above taken with the 85mm f1.4 which was finally put into use after a long long long long slumber in the dry cabi. Its so beautiful! Shall put it to good use after the exams.

ANYWAY!!!! Please head over to http://jessicayeo.wordpress.com for the cutest photos ever of Cappuccino (:

Highlighter

I realised while studying halfway that I had neon yellow ink from the highlighter on my clothes, the cushion on the sofa (which I managed to wipe off or else Mom would kill me), my hands and my forehead even.

Hope that means I'm studying really hard.

Not, my highlighter is leaky or I just can't use one (:

I got a really cute shot of Cappuccino today who was doing the most absurd thing ever! Will upload later (:

Today wasn't that good a day.

I went to collect my mail at the PO, only to remember it had moved upstairs.

Went I reached the counter, the person asked me for my IC. I had been using my ezlink card all this time, and finally someone asks me for the IC. She insisted that she couldn't give me my mail as firstly the person only wrote Jess instead of my entire name, and my ezlink card didn't have the address.

So much for writing down the NRIC number when mails are collected.

Then I went down to the pet shop to get food for the hamsters, happily thinking along the way that it wasn't a good day and I wouldn't find what I wanted.

Lo and behold the big bag of Vitapol premium was not there. I spent at least 15 minutes looking at different bags wondering which brand to try.

Then after going home and finishing the lazy post, I decided hmmm shouldn't have the self-fulfilling prophecy and decided to go for a run.

Which was pretty good and I ran an extra round but in the middle of my run, I swiped at my cheek as perspiration was running down, and out came my nose stud. Which, being the teeny little thing it is, couldn't be found among the tiles.

FANtastic (:

I'm feeling great though hehe. Though I had to stuff back the old and bigger gold stud down my nose and it BURNED.

Lazy

I am feeling really lazy (:

Rushed home after the exam and... decided it was too hot to go running! So, I switched on the fan and used the Internet.

Then I decided I was feeling too lazy and moved to the recliner and was happily reading blogs (not studying) and now I feel like falling asleep.

But, I should be running. Should I? It's still hot! UGHHHHHHHHHHH how I miss the comfort of the air-conditioned gym ):

I shall stop blogging before I start ranting on how MUCH I miss the pool too..........

Silly

How silly can one get?

Apparently, very.

I've been looking high and low for a missing lens backside-cover... really looking. I've emptied drawers, searched shelves and cabinets. I even looked through my drycabi about thrice.

I had given up finding that cover, deciding that my poor ol' 50mm would have to be Prince Hairy's permanent mate.

And then, today, I decided to take the battery out of my Leica CL and put it together with my FE2's batteries.

Guess what I found? My batteries were all put in the plastic lens cover, and cos my brain had classified it into a battery holder a long time ago (instead of a lens cover), I just didn't notice it each time I looked through the drycabi!

Silly, silly, silly.

And I was looking over my Leica CL carefully too, and found out that someone had used some sort of black marker to cover the brassing all over.

I am rather miffed.

"Red Pointe Shoes" 27th August 08

"Red Pointe Shoes" 27th August 08, originally uploaded by peter_robin_hill.

I hope to dance ballet again, very soon.

Its just rather sad that the SPH internship has weird working hours, which might cause to me to miss a lot of lessons should I start learning now.

Aware

DSC_4430 by cherieamour on Zooomr

Are you Aware? Hehe (:

Visit the central National Library B1 before 23rd November to find out!

Anyway, I'm trying out Wordpress, so I will be uploading photos here and there.

Do visit in the meantime! (FatterBB's cute photos are up!)

http://jessicayeo.wordpress.com

Jap Essay

A bit of essay practice for today's jap exam (:

私の家族

私の家族は　よにんです。
りょうしんと　あねと　わたしです。
ちちとははは　４９さいです。
あねは　２２さいです。

りょうしんと　あねは　かいし¬¬やいん　です。
しごとは　げつようびと　きんようびです。
しごとは　９じに　はじまります、５じはんに　おわります。

まいにち　家族と　いつしょに　ホーカー・センターで　ばんごはんお　たべます。
ははの　りょうりは　とても　へたですから。
まいにちようび、家族と　いつしょに　レストランで　たべます。かぞくは　にほん　りょうりが　だいすきです。

りょこう

まいとし、かぞくと　いつしょに　りょこうへ　行きます。
去年　かぞくと　いつしょに　なながつに　みなみアフリカと　タイへ　行きました。

南アフリカは　すこし　さむかつたです。
そして　たかかつたです。
でも、とても　きれいでした。　
そして、おもしろかつたです。
りょこうは　たのしかつたです。
アフリカの　どうぶつえんは　とても　大きかつたです。
かぞくと　しやしんお　とりました。

タイは　バンコクへ　行きました。
バンコクは　すこし　あつかつたです。
でも、とてもおもしろかつたです。
そして、ホテルは　やすいでした。
バンコクは　とても　にぎやかでした。
タイじんは　とても　しんせつなひとでした。
かぞくと　シャツお　たくさん　かいました。
バンコクのシャツは　とても　やすかつたですから。
そして、バンコクのかばんは　とてもきれいでした。
わたひは　青いのかばんお　ひとつ　かいました。
りょこうは　とても　たのしかつたです。

Cappuccino

Little sweetie Cappu got a home upgrade today!

He's now living in a silver Habitrail with a little castle inside and he loves it! - the castle, not the cage.

Hope he likes his new home (:

Another day in Jap ^_^

今日は月曜日です。
今、日本語おべんきょうします。
日本語の試験は木曜日ですから。

今日　あさごはんはケーキでした。
私はケーキが大好きです。
午前　economics おべんきょうしました。
ひるごはんは　鳥と飯でした。

午後　五時までです、運動おしました。
それから、シャーワ尾お浴びました。
今　音楽お聴きます。
私は音楽がよくききます、大好きですから。

７時半まで　晩御飯おたべます。
晩御飯は焼き鳥と飯です。

Because I'm lazy

Because I'm one lazy bum who hasn't gotten around to running much (location and weather partly to blame :P) I decided to post this on my blog!


Which will be an embarrassment to myself when I look at it.

Its on the links page now! Hooray :D

今日は日曜日です。

今日は　日曜日です。
七時半　おきました。
シャーワ　お　あびました。
朝ごはん　は　めん　と　さかな　お　食べました。
くじ　から　よじはん　まで　仕事　お　しました。
今度の水曜日　は　試験　が　あります。それから、べんきょうしました。
昼休みはパンお食べました。
四時半に　しごとは　おわぃました。
晩御飯　お　たべました。
それから、うちへかえりました。
七時から　じゅうじまで　べんきょうしました。
それから、日本のばんぐみ　『バンビーノ」　お　みました。
じゅうにじに　ねます。

Cool!! Everyday I shall attempt to blog in にほんご (:

Cedele

Recently went to my favourite pasta place again (: I love pasta!!

Here's some shots taken at Cedele, Great World City.



Their best pasta, the Black Pepper Crab Pasta. Lots of tender crab meat with black pepper aglio olio pasta, topped with soft-shell crab. Yum!



Something new we tried, and didn't care much for. Rose's Laksa Pasta, which tasted more like curry.



A healthy yet delicious choice of Prawn Salad.



This was quite a disappointment, especially if you're looking forward to chili. The Chili Crab Pasta tasted more tomato-based, with just a few lost chili bits sprinkled around. More arrabiata-style.

That's all folks (:

Zzzz...

I have been having queer dreams lately. They can also be considered nightmares, I suppose.

Not the type that makes you break up in beads of perspiration, or wake up screaming.

This is what I have been dreaming of – falling in love with a monster of a man who mistreats people and is feared by everyone. Somehow I found something beautiful within him. Didn't help that he was handsome. And I woke up not screaming, but shuddering.

Another dream involved having my gums fall out one by one, with teeth attached sometimes. They just started falling out in bits of pieces. I woke up shuddering too, with the resolve to brush my teeth as much as possible. It turned out the nightmare wasn’t sufficiently scary, all I remembered to do was use Listerine at least once a day.

Oh yes, I just recalled this most recent one. I was preparing for camp and realised I completely forgot to bring underwear. What a horrendous thought! And someone brought them for me and gosh what a relief (:

If I get married...

If I get married, this is what I want my wedding gown to be.



Isn't it beautiful! She looks like a yummy strawberry milkshake (: Hehe.

I should be doing work instead...

Hehe (: I'm quite pleased with my first / "test" roll with the Leica!!

Here's pretty much all of the roll, don't know where are the rest. Some are in B/W as they should be, while some I left in the sepia tinge that appears after I converted the negatives.



I feel a rush of love looking at my baby grand (: Its so pretty, its glowing! and check out the book at the top left, which says Beethoven if you can read it.





This is the school walkway at night (: Doesn't look very creepy in sepia!



The cleaning auntie at school taking a break (: haha.



The daily read.



Pearly.



This is the block you see when you're outside the mac lab (: If you look closely, there's a person at the top most and bottom most floors! Haha (:



I'm a bit confused if the photo should be flipped... or the sign was flipped. Hmm.



Check out the bokeh of the 40mm, blurs almost everyone in the LeeKongChian LT (:



A pile of clothes left by the homeless person who sometimes sleeps there... I don't see him anymore though.



Cow and Billy's cages (:



If I had to pick my favourite in the roll, it'd probably be this (:



Entrance to the building opposite CS.



Entrance to some part of the South Spine. Lousy focus, I apologise.



Sometimes I don't know why I focus on where I think I should have, which is the foremost car.



I like this shot, but the exposure is pretty bad.



HDB blocks.



This is what I see near the piano school.



Another beautiful glowing shot of the baby grand! The glow just doesn't come out in B/W.



Buses in the interchange.



And I end with the worst shot in the roll, something I must have shot without framing ):

Leica

Leica CL / 40mm / HP 5+

Guitar teacher and branch in-charge (:

I just realised I cut off Yongli's hands. Not good at framing yet... Will work on it!

golden fields

golden fields, originally uploaded by Dan65.

I would love to have such a shot in my portfolio. Its beautiful. I love that the horse's teeth are showing (: Not to nitpick, I wish the hooves were included.