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Pink Explosions.. 2006-11-29 09:25:00
I swore i would never have a..
pink blog..
Please forgive me :)
Heheh.. i was so sick of the old boring template so i attempted to modify a new one. Got some base images from Drogue Design and proceeded to violate them by addings happy graphics and turning them PINK
! *whee* It didn't start out that way, the pink sort of just attacked me. The irony is that after spending so much time trying to figure out the html and graphics gibberish, i'm now finally done with the new template, but i'm now also already sick of it!
*Argh*
I'm half considering switching back..
Still white background. Why? Cos i'm too lazy to re-colour all the other words and stuff. Hmm.. maybe i'll start worknig on a new one now..
:D
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Of Kids and Kranky Moods.. 2006-11-26 19:08:00
I was randomly blog hopping when..
I had an epiphany..
I WANT A FAMOUS BLOG!!!
I want endorsements and free stuff and lots of site hits and free stuff and advertisement revenues and free stuff and and and... you get the idea. Anyways being the geek that i am, i set forth to find out what it takes to "Have a Famous Blog".
It seems that there are several things you can do or be in order to achieve that status:
Be a bimbo blogger (like, duh..)
Be a
HOT
bimbo blogger
(like, double-duh..)
Be cynical about being Malaysian
Have a famous boyfriend
Love cheese
Have a lot of blogger friends
Camwhore like your life depends (check!)
Post your camwhore pics like your life also depends on it
(hmms... we'll have to work on that)
Blatantly advertise for events, venues, products (SONY, i love you!! Please give me a new laptop! I promise to shamelessly advertise for you on my site!)
Party a lot and blog about it
(Woo-hoo!)
Eat a lot and blog about it (*burps*)
Have an Read more:Moods
In the mood... 2006-11-24 20:54:00 The quiet in the stairway watching over the boys as they hurried down towards the light, VBS 2006, FCT.It feels as if so much has happened..without much really happening at all...In my head, i've already blogged about 3 times so far this week.. Each time i get an idea to blog about something, i make a mental note of it in my head, layout the sentences, choose the photos to post.. and after that, i assume, i'm done. I used to do that with my diaries too - i'd make mental entries to my journals and then when it got to time to actually put things into writing, i was already bored *terrible*..Been working a lot with kids these past few days.. *Ahhh* going crazy!!! Worked hard the past week making props and doing the backdrop/settings for the recent VBS in my church.. HUGE thanx to Ray & KokKeong@SamuraiBoy for their help *hugs* More pics of that to come soon!All the running around settling my uni stuff for next year was driving me nuts as well *blek* Glad that's done now :)------------
Caught on Camera 2006-11-17 18:30:00
IR Grace caught on camera! Thanks to albert for taking the shot :)
It's happening again...
I can't chew or talk properly...
I hate wisdom teeth!!!!!
I REALLY REALLY HATE THEM!!!!!!!!!
*argh*
Anyways.. since i can't really eat anything solid.. decided to indulge in a little pint of pleasure otherwise known as BASKIN ROBBINS! *yays*
Seriously, i honestly believe that there are few things in life that can't be cured by a healthy dose of either ice cream or Famous Amos cookies.. :)
Been so busy lately running around with a thousand things on my mind. Just want to get things settled and done with so i can really really just relax.. *sigh* i miss Bali.. Read more:Caught
, Camera
Silences 2006-11-08 06:27:00
To live is but a dream..
Now we are, now we are no more..
For one time is, for another it is no more,And the silence of existance shatters, glimmers,Then flows back into the stream of lifeThe constant cycle of eternal consiousness and temporal sleepWith the promise of meeting againAt another moment in time..
In loving memory..
Mirror Mirror 2006-11-07 20:46:00
Self-reflection in more ways than one..
It's sorta reached a point where..
I'm just gonna jump and hope for the best..
You know that feeling you get when you're nervous and excited and everything in between all at the same time? Yeah.. that's what it feels like now. Got some things that have been brewing and brewing for some time and i'm starting to get them settled now. Always a good thing :)
More or less decided on where i'm headed to next year. Will blantantly post about it once everything's gone through.. Got another photog project in the works too! Will also blatanly post on that once it gets on the way. *Predicts exciting times ahead!* *whee*
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Meanwhile.. some pics from Comedy Freeflow@Actor's Studio Bangsar. While i whole-heartedly applaud their intentions and efforts in staging this gig.. i have to say that though i went in there without expectations, even my non-expectations were not met :( Anyhoo, i e
black and white 2006-10-31 19:07:00
Matthias has purty eyes...
I like black and white images...
there's black, there's white, then there's the grey in between...
"I dream in techni-colour but i see in black and white"
It hit me the other day as i was talking to a friend - I like black and white images. I like them because without the distraction of colour, we can see things for what they really are. It's like a stripped down version of reality - there's absolute black, absolute white and then there's this vast grey that connects them.
Grey areas.. the indecisive area in between. The unity of extremes, the best of both worlds, the essential connection between the two absolute contrasts. And while most see the black and whites, overlooking the grey.. it is no less essential to the composition as a whole. Without the grey to fill in the blanks in our lives, things wouldn't make much sense. Without the transistions in between, we'd never draw the link from one end to the other. After all, few things in
Back from Blogging Oblivion 2006-12-12 17:57:00
Edward being Edward..
The common peculiarities and peculiar commonality in each day
make them the same in a unique way..
O_o
Just a random thought buzzing round my head. Been encountering lot's of weird things (and people) recently.. but if weirdness is normal then is it still weird? Or is it then normal?
Hmm...
Anyways, i'm back from blogging oblivion once again. After christening my new blog template and subsequently disappearing for some time, i've decided to update my blog again... before i disappear for yet another week!! *hehe*
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Went to Singapore
again last week, this time with my mom and sis too. Spent 2 days carrying my camera bag around Singapore and i DIDN'T SHOOT ANYTHING!!! Why? Cause all they wanted to do was shop *argh*
Three years ago and i would probably have not wanted to do anything but
shop. This time, i was so bored. Fail la my shopping skills.. didn't get anything but a b Read more:Blogging
, Oblivion
Only Cause It's Christmas.. 2006-12-19 18:34:00 Say hi to Rafael, the most hyperactively adorable kid at VBS 2006.God has a wicked sense of humour....and sometimes, that's what makes life all the more funJust got back from Youth Camp on Sunday - had a blast doing stupid things that grace always does (like convincing my sis and another friend to creep down 5 flights of open stairways at 5a.m. in the mist and rain in Fraser's Hill, under a brown blanket which renders your line of vision to the space between your two feet (think "lion dance" kinda under-blanket-ploodding), in order to totter down a hill, through a shed, up a drain and over some otherwise unidentifiable black objects in the darkness and cold, to break into the resort hall, climb through a window and rescue my beloved camera bag from spending the night alone in a quiet, lonely hall) *hee*...O_o"Been staring away at my comp screen since then finishing up some poster designs for "The Breakfast Club". Will make a post on more details of the show soon - for now, i've just Read more:Christmas
, Cause
Shopping with a Vengence 2006-12-19 20:19:00 My very own father Christmas in front of our tree last year...Whirlwind of a day..while Christmas shopping with a vengence.I got round to making my Christmas list today after teaching my last class for 2007 (freedom!!). Then, i proceeded to do an intensive shopping spree in the afternoon and managed to shop for 85% of my Christmas list-ees in 3 hours. So proud of myself *pats self on back*. T'was quite fun running around the mall with tons and tons of shopping bags. I had flashbacks of girlie movie shopping scenes where the female (blonde) lead tosses her head back, laughs giddily, holds up tons and tons of bags and says "I LOVE SHOPPING!! *strikes pose with arms raised, hips cocked to one side and one leg coyly bent in front of the other* ...Now comes the sorting and wrapping *hehe*. I say that with equal amounts of excitement and agony cause it's a love hate thing for me when it comes to wrapping. On the one hand i LOVE wrapping presents and making them look pretty and all. On the Read more:Shopping
All I Want for Christmas... 2006-12-22 19:09:00
My first reverse macro shot *dances happily* Bzzzzzz....
I've speed walked, climbed stairs, did crunches and lifted weights all day and I still managed to go home smiling about it..
Shopping is the most amazing workout ever.
So I thought I was done with my Christmas
shopping but I STILL had to be dragged out of bed to go shopping again today cause my mom had tons of presents on her list to get. I've become something of a Christmas Consultant in my house *blek*.
Anyways, we were almost done except for this one person for whom we couldn't, for the life of us, figure out what to get for Christmas. After my mind turned up blank for the 100th time, I suggested the one thing Ms. Etiquette on msn.com condemned to the depths of gift etiquette hell - "Why don't we get her a gift card?"
Mom: *silence* Huh?
Me: A gift card you know like gift vouchers only nicer la.. shiny *hee*
That sort of made me think about this whole gift giving thing during Chris
A Quiet Night 2006-12-26 18:53:00 Another macro shot taken in Fraser's Hill with my reverse mounted lens and post processed with a digitised version of the Orton Slide Sandwich technique (detailed below).. It's the day after Christmasand i'm in the laziest mood ever... I'm sitting here, in my new La Senza Ultra Soft bathrobe lulling away at the soft jazz in the background just relishing the lovely lazy feeling of not wanting to do anything in particular. After the mad rush leading up to Christmas, it seems as if it was but for a moment. It came and passed all too soon and left me still breathing deep in the scent of its memory. Feeling a tad mushy all over for some reason. Maybe it's the reality kicking in that in about a month's time i'll probably be missing home like crazy or perhaps i've just been so caught up in things that when it suddenly mellows out, i'm still in a daze. Whatever it is, it's driven me to want to do nothing more than sit back, cuddle in my bathrobe with a warm drink, and muse about Read more:Night
, Quiet
The Breakfast Club 2007-01-04 18:53:00 The Breakfast
Club, A.L.M.S. Productions, 2006: (Feat. The Oral Stage - L-R: Reuben W.J Kang, Krystle W., Branavan Aruljothi, Christine Ellis & Kelvin Wong)"They only met once, but it changed their lives forever.." -from 'The Breakfast Club'It's true though.. sometimes we remember the strangest people for the strangest reasons.. People come and go, paths cross, lives touch. I believe that everyone comes into our life for a reason. No matter how brief the encounter, every path we cross is meant to lead us on and to teach us more about ourselves and what we're capable of. Each person we meet opens up new possibilities, the smallest choices we make can have the biggest impact. Same can be said for me i suppose. Thanks to Reubens's recommendation, i got my first actual freelance photography gig (yeah, no more free freelancing this time *yay!*).It's for this play entitled THE BREAKFAST CLUB happening now till the 7th of January, 2007 at the K
Of Love, Hate and Competitions.. 2007-01-05 19:20:00 Love hate relationships.. Christine Ellis as Claire Standish & Kelvin Wong as John Bender (The Breakfast Club, A.L.M.S. Productions, 2006)Love hate relationships.. are the most intriguing yet the most perplexing..I love seeing results, but hate the hours of blood, sweat and tears I have to put in to get it. Love the new pair of Red by Marc Ecko sneakers that i bought (my first pair of sneakers - EVER!), hate the fact that they gave me blisters today. Similarly, i love the fact that i'm going to Sydney in about a month's time to study, but at the same time, i also really hate the fact that I'm going to miss so many people and so many things - partly thrilled, mostly terrified.. in a good way i think *heh* ai...Some of you guys really liked the last song by Donna Burke that i put into one of my previous posts, so here another one of her tracks.. a sexier number than the last, has something to do with the title of me post too ;) *enjoy* Anyways, as promised, more photos from THE B Read more:Competitions
Contradistinction 2007-01-12 18:24:00 Half full or half empty?? Taken in Bali (which is miss dearly)..So happy yet it is a 'happy' with the knowing that there is still some 'sad' that lies beneath.. It's not like they're both the same thing, they're completely unrelated yet both feelings co-exist in a contradicting but distinct way - Contradistinction. I read that word off Jake's site and thought it perfectly described me now.Anyhoo, emo-ness aside, I'm going to collect my new gadget baby tomorrow.. quite excited!! *EEeee* i'll show it to you when i've gotten it.. hehehe. For now, enjoy this song by Buzzcocks called Wish I Never Loved You.. and before the questions start coming in, NO the song wasn't chosen for the lyrics. I just heard it and thought that it was the happiest sounding sad song i've heard in a while. Kinda like what i'm feeling like now, happy but sad but neither but both *blek* Besides, the band name sounded catchy when i was browsing Sonific... ;)*cheers*On a side note, I've only got
The In Between.. 1970-01-01 00:59:59 There's something about slow mornings..and quiet nights - just puts you in that mood..Listening to: Nobody Knows - Tony Rich ProjectAnd after that, it doesn't really matter if anything or nothing happened during the day in between. Much like everything else in life, all that people see or remember is what happened at the start and what happened at the end. It's that same frame of mind that pushes us to constantly feel like we should be acheiving more when in truth we spend most of our lives being "works-in-progress" rather than being the end product ;p I'm still in the 'in-between'...Just something that was running around in my head. My sis read in Reader's Digest that if a song is playing again and again in your head, the best way to get it to stop is to sing and let it out - i hope the same applies for thoughts too.. :)Going off on a random tangent for a bit - speaking of in-between-ers, i can't believe they killed off Tweener on Prison Break!! *argh* hahaa... i need episode
Choices.. 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The initial excitement..has disintergrated into full-blown confusion..Listening too: Sunzet - Telling Lies (album: First Hotel Skt. Petri, Vol. 3)Got the last 2 university acceptance offers earlier this week. I now officially have no more excusse not to think seriously about which uni to got to next year. I feel like someone who's gonna marry someone online without ever having met them before..-_-"I mean, how can you possibly make an "informed decision" like this without EVER having gone to either place, personally spoken to students from your prospective faculties or anything of that sort? And yeah, photos online don't help - i know what photoshop and good camera angles can do to reality ;p Plus, reading bout the place from websites and hearing about it from the uni marketing staff can sometimes paint quite different pictures from what happens in reality (take lkw for example)....and what do you do when the pros and cons lists match up evenly between the two???*excuse me while i ran
Dream of a dream 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Yesterday, i was sleeping on the couch..dreaming that i was sleeping on the couch, dreaming that i was sleepnig on the couch..O_oLife's kinda like that sometimes, isn't it? When you finally think that you've woken up into reality, you go about your day only to really wake up later and find that what you thought was real was only a dream. Sometimes, the real real is better than the dream. Sometimes, it's not. But when you think about it - which is more real? The reality that really is, or the reality you choose to believe? Besides, who's to say that the reality you choose to believe isn't real at all?Don't mind me, i'm musing.Just realised that this would be the first time in a long time that i've blogged during sane daylight hours.. *weirds*Anyways, to all my Hindu & Muslim friends..Happy Deepavali & Selamat Hari RayaSpeaking of which, i gotta run off for a raya open house in a bit. Just a quick post of the rest of the pics we took during our zoo-rific trip :D *enjoy*Bambi!!An
New Camera + Lenses + Filters = Zoo Negara :) 1970-01-01 00:59:59 So many things running around in my head....and i don't wanna think about any of them..So i post!Another zoo update! I should sleep but i can't help it.. can't... fight... this... need... to... must... post... photos..@_@It's a drug i swear ;p *haha*Sing with me now " I like big butts and i can't deny.." (P/s: clcik the pic to see the full-size version of this pic.. i liked the texture on the hippo's butt - this is one time when visible cellulite is actually a good thing *hee*)Hyperactive lil dude who was running about on SianJeen's hands!Erm.. why i shot chickens in a zoo.. i have no idea ;p but she sat there and sulked at me so *snap snap*i loved this lil guy, he was just chilling on the rock sticking his lil nose into things then looking up at us - keh-poh-nya! loved his lil black eyes.. Speaking of eyes - a scary looking baby gator giving me the "evil eye".. Read more:Camera
, Filters
, Zoo
Retail Theraphy + Road Trip = Zoo Negara(?) 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Exhausted beyond words....but it's all for a good causeMy weekend trip to Singapore was one long retail therapy session peppered with bouts of shooting with Matthias and lots and lots of yummy meals.. this all adds up to a very very VERY happy grace. :)Got back from Sunny Singapore (actually, twas pretty hazy down there too ;p) on Sunday with my new baby!!! Finally got my Canon 350D!! *yaaays* Thanks so much to everyone who chipped in for it for my 21st bday *does happy dance* Went shooting at Zoo
Negara yesterday with Yi Khai, Sian Jeen & Joanne to test run my new baby. Brought along more photog gear that i stole from my dear cousin Kevin :D I love gadgets!! Seriously, one experiences such an amazing rush to the head when armed with multiple lenses, filters, Manfrotto tripods and such. Most of us had not been back to the zoo since kindergarten and so, as we turned 21, we decided that we were long overdue for a SERIOUS dose of second-childhood-syndrome. With Yi Khai and SianJeen happ Read more:Retail
, Road Trip
Happy Bubbles 1970-01-01 00:59:59 i love lazy afternoons*the luxury of not having anything pressing to do is one i treasure...Been in a somewhat happy mood the past few days. No apparent reason other than my mild excitement over turning 21 soon (6 days time to be exact - and yes, that was a MAJOR hint *hee*) but seriously, aside from the giddy anticipation of finally becoming legal, of getting my hands on my first D-SLR in about a weeks time and of just watching Lucky Number Slevin (mms.. Josh in a towel), i'm not entirely sure why i've been pleasantly attacked by this wave of happy bubbles.It's not really a 'Ooh-i'm-so-happy' thing it's more of a 'Go-around-with-a-stupid-smile-on-my-face-for-no-apparent-reason' kinda thing. The kinda thing that makes you wanna sing like crazy to all the songs on the radio, dance around your room and use a plethora of smiley face icons:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :DOoh.. and i finished slideshow one of TOS's 59 minutes production.. mms i think i might do another one or Read more:Happy
, Bubbles
Have you ever.. 1970-01-01 00:59:59 70 out of 125.. I nicked this from Edmund who nicked this from some Friendster post heh *lame-O* i know but i'm posting it anyways. Why? Because i can. Because i went for a scrumilicious & absolutely sinful Japanese dinner at Mizu and even more sinful dessert at Bakerzin tonight with my family and i FORGOT to bring my camera.. heck i've been so giddy the whole day that i even forgot to bring my handphone.. gadget-less grace for the whole night - and it was liberating! Anyways, don't think i've ever posted twice in the same day before. There always a first.. here goes..Have you ever..Level 1() smoked a cigarette() smoked a cigar() did Mary Jane( ) kissed a member of the same sex(x) drank alcohol Level 2(x) been in love() been dumped(x) shoplifted( ) been fired( ) been in a fist fightLevel 3() snuck out of a parent's house(x) had feelings for someone who didn't have them back( ) been arrested( ) made out with a stranger( ) gone out on a blind dateLev
Wonderful Weekend... 1970-01-01 00:59:59 i had a wonderful weekend..Absolutely wonderful weekend from start to end.The kind that makes you think the world is a happy place and that fairy god-mothers do exist (or at least fairy-aunts *hee*). Not gonna write much. As RayRay says, i'm in a far too lazy hazy mood to try to pen anything half useful (or not). Just a quick post about my early bday dinner with the whole family. A big thank you to everyone who came and everyone who sent gifts. It's a little sad to be your own photographer - was far too busy eating my bday cake anyways!;p Read more:Wonderful
, Weekend
23 hours and counting... 1970-01-01 00:59:59 22 and 1/2 hours more and i'll be 100% lawfully legal for.. just about AnYtHiNg...@_@I feel old...
Breathe 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Balinese boys dance to a beat centuries old yet as real to them today as it was to those before them. Bali, Dec 2005.All life has rhythm.. and i'm reminded of it each time i stop and breathe.. Breathe. Back in high school when i used to debate and do public speaking, the one thing i would always, ALWAYS write on my cue cards was "BREATHE!". I've always had the habit of forgetting to stop and breathe. This is why i'm ever grateful for nights like tonight where i can be with good friends, listening to good music and just talking. Nights like these help me remember that life is more than just a list of things to be done, it's more like a rhythm to be followed - to be found. It's funny how the one thing we barely even think about each day, is the very thing that keeps us alive.Hit "play" on the player above to hear a lovely piano rendition of Amazing Grace (no, it's not an ego trip song praising me.. although, that's not entirely a bad idea...hehe). It's always been one of my
Unsatisfied 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Taken while driving on the highway back home from Cyberjaya, KL. (Yes, i was driving and snapping.. last i checked they haven't banned that yet :D ..not that they should..)"I've found many reasons to turn backCos i've been down that road so many times before....The places we're goingmaking me feel lost instead found.." -from Traveler's Tune by Paolo DelfinoTraveler's Tune by Paolo Delfino (please hit the Play button)It's not easy to really impress me. It's not easy to make me want to google like crazy to find out how i can load a song onto my blog without already knowing it's html code.. but today, i did.why? Cos Ivan Gecko emailed me today and told me about his band. I wanted to know more about they're sound so he sent me this link of one of the guys involved. 'The guy' turned out to be Paolo Delfino. I've never heard of him before but his name sounded nice so i clicked "play"...Warning: If you're in an emo mood, his music will definitely not help you out of
In The Works.. 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I really should get a move on this series :DComing soon... Read more:Works
Leaving On A Jetplane 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I've been meaning and meaning to post but somehow, i just never found the time to the past few weeks.I'm leaving on the 10th of Feb (tomorrow) at 6a.m. ... Flying off to study at UNSW, Australia. Feeling quite numb at the moment though. Excitement + nervousness = numbness.. i suppose two extreme feelings kind of cancel each other out *blek* The next time i blog, it'd probably be from Sydney. I know this is a lame-O blog post to fill in the gap between my last post and my next post but oh well.. at least i tried. To everyone i didn't get a chance to meet up with before i leave KL, do take care & I'll see you guys soon la...*cheers*I miss home already *sighs* Read more:Leaving
I Smell The Sea... 1970-01-01 00:59:59 My first blog post from the land down under.. Honestly, i'm a bit too zoned out to really absorb actually being here. It feels quite like KL actually.. highways, buildings, warm weather (it's the same wei... *ish* only a tad bit windier) and i suppose having my family here and staying with family friends kind of buffers off the fact that i'm a few thousand km away from home - omg, the first flower i saw in the garden was a red Bunga Raya*blek*Maybe tmw when i'm more awake, i'll be able to foray into discovering Sydney more.. hmms but first impression is that the air smells like i'm near water (which i am.. nice!) and the sky is so friggin' blue even when it's cloudy :DThanks to everyone who took the time to come by my place and the airport to say bye.. meant alot to me... miss you guys alot :( Read more:Smell
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