Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Yesterday

Yesterday, I saw the most beautiful thing I'd seen in a long time.

My heart stilled, for a moment.

A Leica CL in a perfect unmarred black coat stared back at me, making me long to run my fingers down its smooth body.

AGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Its more beautiful than an M2 could be. I still think of it... (:

Anyway, got the slides yesterday. I'm glad to say that MY CL meters perfectly. I shall console myself with the knowledge that mine is working fantastic, even if it might not resemble a newborn baby.

Used Fuji Velvia 100F, the colours were stunning as usual. Sad to say, when I used Prince Hairy to digitise them (apologies in advance for lousy focus), he couldn't bring out the colours the way they really were!

Anyway, here's most of what was taken. Some photos were burnt out cos I opened the camera to look at the battery haha (:

First shot was the bitchy.

sis cut off
sis cut off by cherieamour on Zooomr

She doesn't like being in front of the camera - I guess many people conscious about their looks aren't.

I don't know what happened here (cos nothing is in focus haha!) but the blurred parts look nice to me (: We were waiting for Lily at Bugis MRT.

bugis mrt blur
bugis mrt blur by cherieamour on Zooomr

Then we went to eat steamboat!

lily at steamboat
lily at steamboat by cherieamour on Zooomr

Tada, Miss Lily and our uncooked food. V thin DOF as the lighting was bad and ISO was low... But I still love velvia (:

Burnt photo here. That's my bag... and a really cute cupcake I gave my student for Children's Day. I'm not used to the fact that RFs can't focus close-up.

bag at piano
bag at piano by cherieamour on Zooomr

On Saturday, went film shooting with YS (:

Here's the fella who escaped from jail (names evade me).
jackass
jackass by cherieamour on Zooomr

jackass 2
jackass 2 by cherieamour on Zooomr

I really liked the flower below (: And its blur because I didn't focus well on the slide.

flower on wall
flower on wall by cherieamour on Zooomr

I'd really love to go inside the vintage shops one day (:

jap vintage
jap vintage by cherieamour on Zooomr

I wonder if these kids were trying to colour code on that day. Thought it was something only couples would do.

girls at haji lane
girls at haji lane by cherieamour on Zooomr

Wanted to take the guy inside the door, but it was dark inside. And he was dark-skinned, which didn't help.

red door
red door by cherieamour on Zooomr

I'm beginning to see my photos in a new light. Hurried photo-taking which resulted in lousy compositions. Disappointment. Perhaps, not used to the framing was a contributing reason too.

street shadows
street shadows by cherieamour on Zooomr

Hehe, check out the blue of his shirt! Is that velvia at work? :P The trolley thing is the exact colour I remembered though.

trolley ys haji lane
trolley ys haji lane by cherieamour on Zooomr

Composition with chairs...
chairs man haji lane
chairs man haji lane by cherieamour on Zooomr

chairs car haji lane
chairs car haji lane by cherieamour on Zooomr

Along the road

debris roadside haji lane
debris roadside haji lane by cherieamour on Zooomr

While I was taking this photo, YS took a photo of me, haha! Will upload that soon.
I have no idea what I thought when taking this. Its so random!
street angles
street angles by cherieamour on Zooomr

Pretty curtains
bead curtains haji lane
bead curtains haji lane by cherieamour on Zooomr

Wanted to test bokeh here
bokeh haji lane
bokeh haji lane by cherieamour on Zooomr

Burnt out, and overexposed. Bit of salvage done for colours here.

mosque
mosque by cherieamour on Zooomr

On the slides for this one, the orange and red lines were so saturated and fantastic. Here, not so much ):

construction
construction by cherieamour on Zooomr

A pretty yellow door (:

yello door
yello door by cherieamour on Zooomr

I'm beginning to wonder if the framelines in the CL are a bit wonky cos some shots are coming out differently from the compositions I did.

Litter

can
can by cherieamour on Zooomr

YS at Haji Lane. He looked very orange here - I doubt its velvia though - so I desaturated it a bit.
YS haji lane
YS haji lane by cherieamour on Zooomr

Ending with my bedtime companion, Hippoo.

hippoo
hippoo by cherieamour on Zooomr

Will be updating my other blog again. Remember to visit here!

**Reminder to self - stock up on more velvia.

Monday, December 01, 2008

I am sad because I know I didn't complete the 8 runs. Just like Inspector Clousseau said to 006, I'm one short of the big time.

Okay, not the big time, but the teeny goal I set (: I will endeavour to run though. Just that when I go shooting, my legs can't seem to take much more. Haha!

Grumpy

This here's a big horn sheep. When I was in Jasper, a woman told me she'd love to see one. The day before taking this, I caught a glimpse of one bounding high up in a mountain meadow, just a tiny dot to my eye.

We were pretty lucky to catch a bunch of them sunning themselves in the afternoon. I still am disappointed that we didn't see a moose in daylight though.

Sunday, November 30, 2008

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!

Friday, November 28, 2008

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
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?

Monday, November 24, 2008

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?)

Sunday, November 23, 2008

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.

Saturday, November 22, 2008

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
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
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
DSC_4742 by cherieamour on Zooomr

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

DSC_4757
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 (:

Friday, November 21, 2008

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 (:

Thursday, November 20, 2008

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..........

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

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

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.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Aware

DSC_4430
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

Thursday, November 13, 2008

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。

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Cappuccino

King Cappucino (:

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 (:

Monday, November 10, 2008

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

Sunday, November 09, 2008

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 (:

Thursday, November 06, 2008

Cedele


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

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

C black pepper crab pasta

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!

C laksa pasta

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

C prawn salad

A healthy yet delicious choice of Prawn Salad.

C chilli crab pasta

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 (:

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

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 (:

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

If I get married...

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

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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.

baby grand beet

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.

baby grand

walkway at night

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

taking a break

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

ST

The daily read.

pearly

Pearly.

opposite block

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 (:

library

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

in the LT

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

homeless clothes

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

hamcages

Cow and Billy's cages (:

entrance to carpark

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

doors at b6

Entrance to the building opposite CS.

doors

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

carpark

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

bus interchange

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

blocks n sky

HDB blocks.

BBE

This is what I see near the piano school.

baby grand big

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

buses

Buses in the interchange.

bus interchange 2

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

Sunday, November 02, 2008

Leica

yongli n head
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!

Saturday, November 01, 2008

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.

Friday, October 31, 2008

Career

Green Green Grass of Home

I have decided on what to do upon graduation (:

I shall go to Japan and teach English. Hooray!

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Granville

Granville Abstract

Nikon D80 / 24mm / f8 / 1/250 seconds / Singh-Ray Gold-n-Blue Polariser

Taken at the little jetty, where you can take a little boat to Granville Island. The boat is very cute, like a little soap dish! I'll have to find a photo of it soon.

This shows how extreme the polariser can go (:

Vancouver, Canada.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Flowerball

Flowerball

Nikon D80 / 50mm / f1.4 / 1/800 seconds

Taken in Vancouver, Canada, at a small park nearby Granville Island.

Monday, October 27, 2008

Athabasca Falls

Athabasca Falls

Nikon D80 / 12mm / f22 / 0.5 seconds hand-held
/ Singh-Ray Gold and Blue Polariser

This is Athabasca falls, in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. I love this photo (:

Sometimes, I forget what I have uploaded. It seems my memory loss has gone beyond short-term.

Since I have decided to forgo uploading day by day on the Canada trip, there will be photos from the trip on-and-off on my blog.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Woozy

Had a bit of a headache today, not sure if the migraines migrated back to my head after a long holiday...

Today was the meet-biz-journalists day, and as it was at 1830, decided to accompany J to her interview as she was a worrywart. (I'm sure she'll get the internship though!)

So, went along, and boy oh boy was it a small company, a bit shocking, especially when this girl in 'home clothes' - loose tee and super small shorts popped out of the office, which looked really... small. Did I mention it was small?

As it was small, there was no waiting area and so I headed down to Spinelli at a nearby building. And I am glad I did! Cos I rather liked the drink I had, Banana Spin. It was like banana + choc + coffee and the mingling tastes just did it for me (:

Finished my boring notes in the meantime.... and was deciding to call J when she called as her interview ended! Finally! So we rushed down to City Hall as I wanted to get my brows threaded. Which I regret, as I ended up with the slip-shot woman... and she did a really painful job too. Well, I'm glad though that J got the better woman as she would have gotten a bad experience and that wouldn't have been nice.

So... rushed down to the SRC where I coincidentally saw the other four classmates walking there - they all came from school. And we headed up where we found Thus. It was rather nice, found out some interesting stuff, met some interesting people - 4 of them. And had 2 Long Island Teas on my stomach (empty except for my Banana Spin) and got rather woozy. Adding to the tiredness, thought I would fall asleep on the table.

So anyway, Thus was happily drinking (pretty much too) and even suggested moving to the Yard to meet others. As I was gonna conk out I said no...

And was so tired I decided to take a cab home instead of eating dinner outside. Suspicious men staring at my camera also played a part in that.

So... I went home. Took a good look at my threaded brows... and after a good long moment of staring at them. I think their uneven, one's higher than the other, some parts are not mirroring each other... I hope its the wooziness from the booze. If not, I'm not going down there anymore, I certainly pluck better than that slip-shot lazy fella!!! Who threaded in 1/3 the time taken for J's.

PISSY DAY.

Oh yes, this morning was worse. After brek, I realised I didn't bring my phone. Was worried I wouldn't be able to get up to SRC or whatever or contact people so Dad drove me home. As I was late to meet Pearly I quickly ran out of the house after a long search for my phone which was not on my bed. Ran down into the car.... As I was putting my specs in the car as Dad drove off, I saw my shoes. Which turned out to be slippers, as I wore the wrong pair! Cursed out loud, Dad was pissed said he wasn't going to go back, stopped halfway and I ran all the way back. It was far, and omg I found out how unfit I was running there. Fortunately my shoes were still there (unlike my sister and dad's shoes which were both stolen) and quickly went back to the car. Then when I reached school... realised I shouldn't have worn jeans. But luckily my pair was fine under the dress code.

ZZZ. Typing all this out doesn't make me feel better, but hopefully I won't make the same mistakes again.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Leica CL

Some things I noted with the CL:

  1. I can't focus as fast (or easily) as with my D80 or FE2
  2. I'm not used to the knob on the focusing ring
  3. Aperture ring not being innermost just flusters me sometimes
  4. Hard to do my favourite vertical shots - as being left-eyed, my hand gets in the way of VF
  5. Pretty heavy (but lighter than the D80 of course)
  6. I keep thinking about the 40 summicron as the nokton is much bigger... and the silver rim is the opposite of inconspicuous
  7. Shutter speed is still rather loud... though less than a D80
  8. VF is not as bright as my SLRs - does not make sense but for me its true
  9. I need a comfy strap
  10. Not used to vertical lugs
  11. Sweaty palms = grip not good - probably need a case too
I don't know, I guess I need to spend more time with my camera.

OVERJOYED

I realised I often (cancel that, always) blog about my life while friends contemplate complicated issues on theirs.

But oh well, it is a personal blog!

(:

I am so glad, SO GLAD, that my Economics test and Biz Journalism assignment are over and done with!! My heart explodes with joy as my eyes can finally rest lovingly on websites about cameras and lenses, and the occasion Japanese drama.

Did I mention I was exploding with joy?

Leica... Rangefinder... Tmax... Film FILM FILM FILM!

:D

Oh yes. I have to stiffen my resolve to sell some gear away. Cameras are supposed to be like a part of my body... yet I barely have time to acquaint myself with my D80 and its lenses... To say the least of my new Leica CL and Nikon FE2.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Buy & Sell

You know its time to sell something away, when your dry cabinet is overcrowded.

):

Friday, October 17, 2008

Forgetful

It pays not to forget.

Sometimes, when you think someone has changed for the better, they rear up that ugly head you've seen before - and forgotten.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Glee!

HAHAHAHAH!!!!

Guess what arrived today at...

7.30 in the morning!

(:

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Sucker


I'm a sucker for gentlemen.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Mail!!

Look what came in the mail today!!


My Nike + iPod sports kit :D

One more down on the wishlist!

I'm looking forward to the next few days... Hehe!

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Yay!

I am so excited, this is one of the best birthday gifts ever!

Beautiful

This photo got second at the Aware Beauty Redefined photo competition!

Not a big organisation, not a big prize, not really much, but its something to be proud of!

And, it will be on Zo Cards from November, which I am really excited about, and their 2009 calendar! (:

Thank you, Jodi! :D

P.S. One down on the wishlist!

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

21st

My 21st is coming up and I am starting to feel old.

I wish I was 10 again... Not really. But hey its good to reminisce on the younger times!

I wonder what I'm getting this year, seeing as how last year was the best birthday ever! (:

I remember...
My hamsters (Silly Billy and R.I.P Hunny Bunny)
Lord of the Ring trilogy
Pearl earrings
Camera pendant
Asics Kayano

That's all I can recall (:

This year has been pretty good so far, got myself the Leica CL, and some other goodies.

Wishlist:
Ipod nano in red, named Hairy Junior
Nike+ sports kit
HelloLulu laptop case when I can think of a design
Pierre Herme cookbook
To win the photo competition I joined!

Its demanding and I'm feeling poor.

Thursday, October 02, 2008

Melbourne_and_Around


Melbourne_and_Around-180, originally uploaded by ervinelin.

With blue skies and scenery like that, I could cycle forever...

Leica CL First Roll!! (:

Was at home for the third consecutive day alone with my throbbing head, clogged nose and phlegm-lodged throat.

And then! I remembered the B/W and slides developed recently at Fotohub (: AND! remembered reading how you could upload your film online without a scanner...

So I took Prince Hairy (also known as the Nikon D80 for the unfamiliar) and a macro lens and took a few shots before getting tired and becoming "bedridden" again.

Tada!

Leica CL First Roll!!!

Yongli taking a puff/break from teaching. The extra head belongs to the Head, no pun intended.

Leica CL First Roll!!!

And Jodi, who looks so pretty here! (: In the library, where she so nicely gave me her kaya pancake as I was starving.

I am so glad the roll turned out fine and the Leica and the 40mm is working beautifully!

More shots to come (: