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The choice between the Leica M6 and Bessa R2A is driving me nuts. On one hand, I know that deep in my heart, it is the Leica but am not really willing to part with that amount of money for a body. My excuse is of course I want the silver chrome one; somehow, I think even if there is a silver chrome one on sale, I would still hesitate to get it.What about the R2A? It seems very attractive due to

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I have been lusting over a Leica since I handled it some seven, eight years ago. During my last trip, I was thinking a lot of my current set-up and felt that I really do not need my professional level gear. It is not that I do not like my D2Hs and 17-55mm; I really like them but they have been too bulky and I have been really underutilising them. I realised that my ultimate photography set up is

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What a rough week it had been. It all started on Sunday with that crappy sale of the lens. I hate being accused of things that I have not done or that I do not know. Yes, I sold the lens but no, I do not know about the dust (or now as I understand, paint in it). I am not a professional lens dealer so I have no fucking idea about the fucking spots. The lens worked well for me and I do not see the

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I am so waiting to read letters to the forum about the increase in the number of children (in particular girls) under the age of 16 having sex. Let me see whom they will blame, my guess would be the media - the Internet to be precise. Then there will be the letters who will blame the television programmes and movies. There will also be the ones who blame the advertisements in the magazines.But is

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The war that is raging between Israel and Palestine is really getting very intriguing and I am enjoying reading the comments about the war. It does seem that there is a number of people who are in the Israel camp and that really proves Sir Winston Churchill's words "history is written by the victors".I think I shall not dwell too much or say too much about what I think about this war or I may be

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There have always been a letter every now and then that talks about the ills of gambling and 4D. I mean I really do not know if it is really bad for Singaporeans or humans on the whole. The reason for that is that responsible gambling is no more harmful than eating any food in moderation.People who condemn gambling tend to raise very extreme examples of compulsive gamblers; their trend of

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An article in yesterday's ST forum struck me. I have always been thinking why there has been such a craze over branded and high end products in Singapore. Take a walk down Orchard Road and to events and you will probably be amazed by the amount of such stuff.Take photography for instance; it never ceases to amaze me the number of dslr users in Singapore. To be more precise, the number new

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The age long debate or should I say final revelation or to put it in the faces of dumb ass Singaporeans report on the pricing of cable television for soccer has finally arrived. I am so going to enjoy reading the dumb ass Singaporeans replies to this "revelation". It is really the retarded textbook situation that more competition leads to more choices hence lower price that these dumb asses are

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As though we cannot get enough of it, this week, we are again reminded of the "ever present threat" of terrorism. The supposed leader of JI's Singapore cell, Mas Selamat Kastari had apparently escaped while going for a toilet break.I am really impressed by the reason on how he escaped. I have no idea how the detention centre is like but going by the toilets that I have been in this tiny island

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You know that sometimes you can be observant and alert for like 90 to 95% of the time and it is the five to10% of the time that seems to matter so much. This feeling totally sucks and there is always that lingering feeling of regret and 'how I should just kick myself' for just missing that little bit. Somehow, I feel that I failed in the very basic. Arghz.

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I am pretty amused by the article in today's Sunday Lifestyle about child models. No, I do not have anything much against them, unless of course it is their parents who want them there and not the child. But the bit that I found hilarious was on the warning; they warned parents of would be child models to be careful and not let their child get exploited. One of the examples given was that they be

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A continuation of quotes transcribed from Al Jazeera's programme Children of Conflict.Children of Conflict - LebanonThe episode revolved around this extended family who took shelter at home which unfortunately came under attack by the Israeli's during 2006's war. The Israel's justification was that the Hezbollah was hiding around the area.Do you think you will have a normal future? "I have

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Though I am not a person who thinks a whole deal of the Pulitzer Prize, it does not take away the fact that I think very highly of some of the winning entries. I know the statement may sound contradictory but I do not think a whole deal of it simply because the Pulitzer is essentially an American Award. To put it in the Singapore television context, it is no more prestigious than our Star

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People may say lots of things about children and how innocent they can be. Yes, I have seen children who can touch adults with their innocence but there are also those children who can touch adults and hopefully adults with their dreams and aspirations.I think that what the Palestine children go through their childhood and everyday really puts everything else we quibble about into perspective.

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Again we have shown to the world what twits we can be with our 'over zealous' photographers and 'golf fans'. Why the inverted commas? Well, simply because if you do not know the simple etiquette of the activity or sport, how can you be called a photographer or fan?The rules that were set for the Barclays Singapore Open were very clear and that no photography was allowed. But of course,

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I just have to make this comment/observation/clarification on why the Palestine football team did not make it for the match against Singapore. I mean we can never be sure; unless of course they come out to explain their absence. But I feel that the speculation done by the press is pretty much unfair to them. In my opinion, a little ignorant of the situation the Palestinians face.My guess is that

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I am wondering does the sexual orientation of a person really matter so much? Have been watching some YouTube clips of Elton John and Queen and it seems that people keep bashing them because they are gay. It seems a little ridiculous because it takes away the fact that Elton John and Freddie Mercury are ridiculously talented individuals (especially the former).I also do not understand the whole

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I am beginning to wonder whether I am normal as compared to the rest of the world, or should I say among my colleagues. I find it amazing and a little distressing that I seem to be on a fairly different frequency from them. I mean to a certain extend, this is a little deja vu, considering that I have felt this when I was in army. But than, the people in my unit, in particular, the NSFs had quite

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How 'interesting' that Hollywood is intending to movies on the Iraq War? Or should I say cashing in on the Iraq War. They claim that this tirade of movies will not be the propaganda types that the world has seen in the previous war and I guess that they mean that this will be more in line with the general movie paying publics' perspective.Alright, I give it to them about trying to cash in on this

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I think that the whole debacle about the five rotties going on the ST forum is really getting more hilarious by the day. Yes, the owner should not be having five rotties if the law states that you can only own three dogs max. Owners of big dogs should also do the right thing by muzzling and leashing their dogs when they are out. The reason for the last point is really to put the minds of

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When people talk about how they let the chance slip or do not recognise the opportunity right in front of them, I simply call it a moment so recurrent in my statistical existence. Yup, I am the person who can totally relate to the bloke whom God sent three people to rescue him only to have him turning them back as he did not think that those were God's way of rescuing him. Arghz, I totally hate

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The whole Korean saga in Afghanistan is turning out to be pretty interesting. It seems like religion, in particular Christianity, is more than just a belief in Korea; it is also a competition. The prize would be the bragging rights of having the most evangelists and I suppose it will make that church appear to be the most pious.Well, I have nothing against evangelism but I personally feel that it

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Have been wondering about the portrayal of evil and how we have been 'brain washed' to believe that some people are 'pure evil'. These people include Hitler, Osama bin Ladin and Saddam. I mean when you look at how they are usually described and portrayed in shows (especially Hitler) tends to be very negative and to a certain extend, they appear to be a mad and are so evil that words cannot

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It is really nothing new but it still continues to be interesting and funny to see how Singaporeans quibble over the increase in StarHub's subscription and try to support their rant. It is even more hilarious when they compare Singapore with Malaysia whose fees are lower after it is converted to Singapore dollars (thanks to the stronger Singapore dollar). It seems that Singaporeans strongly

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How important are looks and background? Looks here is not so much about how good looking but more of appearance. Is there a set look for certain professions? How would you react when you have or see a university lecturer or professor with multiple facial piercings or tattoos? Would you disregard them and take them less serious? How would you react to someone who used to work in a stripper's joint

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I think that humans are fearful of change. Maybe fearful is too strong a word; fascinated might be a better one. I mean you look at the number of phrases or words that you can attribute to change. There are for example 'sea change', 'turn over a new leaf', 'new chapter', 'turn the tide', 'nostalgia' etc.I think that the fascination is probably linked to the uncertainty that comes with it because

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Have been wanting to blog about this bitchy post for quite a while. Well, two weeks back in a shopping centre, I saw this damn disgusting girl. I have got nothing against people's dressing and all, but seriously when you want to follow fashion, please do so with a little modesty (or maybe decency) in mind. What happened was that this girl was wearing one of those super short skirts and usually

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As I was looking through the animal shelter site that I am taking the photographs for, it came to my attention that some of the photographs that I took had been replaced. I have no idea who gave the permission to the person to replace the photographs but I sincerely hope that they person was given permission by the full time staff.Other than that, I will think that the photographer has absolutely

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When people say that time flies, it somehow does not really struck much of a cord until lately. Been looking at some of the photos that I took with the bros and reality somewhat struck. Man, it has been so long since we all met up. Goodness knows when will be the next time that six of us will be able to meet up again.I guess the nostalgia was also the result of chatting with Elwin and looking at

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Having photographed animals for the past couple of months at the local shelter has really taught me to set aside my emotions in order to get the job done; it is some what like being desensitised. I know that it is important to "feel" for the subject, but in the case of shelter animals, it may be a little too emotionally dangerous to be too attached to them.The reason is really simple but is the

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An interesting letter in today's ST online forum with regards to the issue of keeping cats and dogs in HDB flats. The writer basically used the information listed on the AVA website to counter the reasons HDB gave to support their ban on keeping cats as pets.AVA on pet ownership (including cats)HDB on why cats are bannedI am so waiting to see how HDB actually replies. My guess will be that they

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I am really getting quite amused by some of the letters to the ST Forum with regards to the keeping of cats in HDB. Yes, I do think that the ruling to bar HDB residents from keeping cats is really outdated and should be revised. I also think that the argument that the correct way to dealing with the issue should be the education of cat owners to ensure that their pets (cats and dogs alike) are

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A very Merry Christmas to one and all!Also would like to wish three very special December babies a very happy birthday (though two are belated). Happy belated birthday Willie and Wings. Happy birthday (in advance) Jop! Sorry that I could not meet up with you guys when I was back for that couple of weeks.

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The Uniquely Singapore campaign has been around for quite a while and it certainly has taken quite a beating from Singaporeans who simply cannot understand why we use a tagline like Uniquely Singapore.So how unique are we? Take a go at the websites of these three icons and see if you can guess which are their urls (there are two urls for some).Jurong BirdParka. www.jurongbirdpark.comb.

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Something that I like about here is that the locals have a chocolate and nuts culture. Maybe culture is not that effective a word to use, it should be that the locals have an obsession with chocolates and love nuts.The range of chocolate here is literally quite ashstonsing with isles dedicated to treats like chocolates and candy. Not only that, almost every checkout counter is stocked with a

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Steve Irwin: 22 Feb 1962 - 4 Sep 2006A real tragedy for someone who has done so much for the reptile population; in particular the crocodile population. Some of you may be unaware, but he has done wonders in trying to save the crocodile population in the Northern Territory.He will be missed by many. Thanks for everything mate.Picture taken from The Courier-Mail.

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Something that I have learnt and tried as much to practice here is probably budgeting. Some how back home, I would not really think twice before getting something (at least the period before I came over).Than when I am here, I try my best to reason out whether I really need it before making a purchase. Surprisingly, more often than not, I have managed to reason myself out of buying the item. But

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While I was reading this book on photojournalism, a phrase in the introduction stood out. The writer wrote that the role of the photojournalist was "to inform, to report, to carry the scene to the readers, whether they are thousand of miles away or just down the street. To show them something that they might not have had a chance to see themselves. To grab a moment of history and preserve it for

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Still on sunglasses. Been scouting around and seems like $300 is probably the most realistic price around. At least in terms of affordability.With that price, it means that the frame will be some generic brand (no Oakleys or Ray-Bans at the kind of budget that I am working on). The cheapest Oakleys or Ray-Bans here cost around $200. The good thing is that they have quite nice looking generic

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Something that completely sucks about wearing glasses is that you got to pay so much more of a pair of sunglasses. To be precise, you got to pay so much for a pair of prescription sunglasses.Think the cheapest that I have been quoted so far is about $250 for the lens alone. On top of that, the frame would cost an additional $210 to $250 (for a decent pair). Ok, there may be a discount of around

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Like all civil states, there is a wide variety of people. I am not referring to the race etc, but their attitudes and behaviour. Yesterday I met with some of the worst people since I came here.While driving along the motorway, there was a truck coming into the motorway from my left. This is no ordinary truck, the size of it is bigger and longer than two double deckers together so you can

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A 12 year wait to put to rest the pain of losing a final and a 24 year wait to make it four. Euphoria would be an understatement of how I felt when Fabio Grosso slotted home the winning penalty; the penalty that many would never expected the Italians to score.While the match should not even have gone to penalties. Maybe it is a form of retribution for the way the Socceroos were put out that the

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A good thing about living in a home away from home is that you sort of get out of your comfort zone and have to learn to adapt. Yes Darkspike, this is the life. Well, but guess it is really up to whether you want to live like this.I am really enjoying myself cooking and to a certain extend, it is a way of killing time too. Since I came here, I can make Hainanese chicken rice, roast pork, char

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I think that I am not fated to buy a breadmaker. When there is one cheap one on ebay, I forget to bid and when there is a perfect one in the stores, it is not on sale in my area. And I was so looking forward to buying one and baking my own bread and dough.

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A little observation that I made during our trip to Sydney and Tassie - people living in smaller cities tend to be friendlier and more patient. One of the first things that struck me when I stepped into Sydney was that the service staff there were less polite than those in my little corner of the world.The usual greeting was lacking and the people tend to treat you like you owe them. The drivers

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I have just met the rudest person I have encountered since I came and the honour goes to a staff at the local post office.When I received a package from my sister, I realised that the envelope had been opened and the content missing. The accompanying package from the post office was that the package was ripped open accidently by the sorting machines. Well, that may be a possibility but how do you

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An article in the Straits Times just had me laughing big time. It was in the forum where this guy wrote in to ask the Traffic Police to comment why he was asked to move on by a Cisco guard when he was stopping on the yellow line.Come on, stopping on a yellow line in a busy area and expect to get away with it? He is considered lucky for not getting summoned. He even dared said that he was stopping

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A new experience will begin at midnight tonight because we will be entering Level Three of water restriction. What that means is that watering plants and washing cars etc can only be done using a pail; no more use of water hoses. Apparently Level Four is the complete ban on watering plants and washing cars.It is really fascintating as I cannot remember the last time Singapore had something like

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I have become very domesticated since I came over. Trust me, there are signs to prove.1. Always waiting for the middle of the week because that is when the departmental stores release their weekly sale catalogue.2. Always waiting for the end of the week too because that is when the supermarkets release their catalogue.3. You get a lot of emails from supermarkets and departmental stores informing

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I just saw an article in the ST Forum that cracked me up. I do not think that the authorities should worry so much about using smelly fertilisers. The bigger concern is smelly toilets. Who in the world would expect a fragrant fertiliser? Come one, tourist will understand that it is fertiliser and it is meant to smell that way. Ask yourself this when you go anywhere if you will remember the smelly

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I was really disgusted when I heard before lecture this Singaporean guy behind me telling this Singaporean girl that he hated Singapore. When she asked him what's so bad about Singapore, he just retorted, you tell me what's so good about it? Not I was not eavesdropping, I sort of know that guy but don't bother remembering the name of such an insignificant person. Not because of anything but

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The weather here is getting really chilly. In the temperature in the morning is now around five degrees and the most amazing thing is that places about 20km or so are experiencing lows of below zero.It's really quite amazing considering if you take it into Singapore's context, it's say 28 degrees in the East and 20 degrees in the West. This really is extreme weather and it's not even winter.

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It's amazing how time flies and it's coming to the end of yet another soccer season. Must admit that I've hardly caught any matches this season, but hopefully I can catch more matches this coming World Cup. No prizes which country I'll be rooting.On another note, it's really interesting on how the international press portrays Singapore. The articles received in the FMS group is just the tip of

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I'm really proud to be a Singaporean; I really do. No, it's not National Day syndrome come early but just a pride that's within me. Yup, it may seem unbashful but I'm not afraid or ashame to declare that I love my country very much. Moreover, you'll feel a greater sense of pride when you here foreigners praising your country and this is what I've been experiencing here. What I've heard so far

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I am really amazed when people say things like swim wear like the bikini is morally bad because they make girls want to go all out to slim down so that they can look good in them (which of course may lead to eating disorder). They go on to say that bikini should be banned from beauty pageants etc. What I find fascinating is that they out the blame on the bikini. But come on, if the person is on

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I think that I'm suffering from mobility withdrawal symptoms. The tell tale sign is that the moment you think of cramming or waiting for transportation, you'll just lose the mood to go out. Must try to overcome that mindset. As what Elwin said, no point coming all the way here and not travel to visit around. But than it's really not that I don't want to go out, four to five hours to and fro via

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As much as Falun Gong tries to make the world believe that they are a religious organisation who have been victimised by the Chinese government - in my opinion, it's a whole load of crap. Any claims that they are solely religious and have no political agenda is really rubbish. If you don't believe me, take a stroll along Waterloo Street (near the temple) on the first and fifteen of the lunar

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I am suddenly inspired to go skydiving. I realised that I can actually do it solo here. Basically they'll give you a crash course, than when you're in the sky, they'll guide you via your headset. I think that's so cool. Other thing that I probably want to do here is whale watching. The perk on those whale watching trips is that you'll get the chance to see wild dolphins too. How nice will it be

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I have to admit that I have a soft spot for those songs from significant moments be it sporting or some world event. I think it's because they have really catchy lyrics which can be either meaningful or inspirational. Usually these songs would be performed at some very memorable platform or mtvs. Having seen so many, I think one of the very best would be the one at this year's Commonwealth Games.

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I think that the locals are just so happening. You see, the Easter holiday is coming up (from tomorrow till Monday) and you know that they are all so geared up for it. When I was in school, everyone was in a holiday mood and I even saw people lugging their surf boards to school. No prizes for guessing where they'll be heading for the weekend. Apart from that, also saw cars with surf boards tied

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I think that all the talk about following dreams is a whole lot of crap. Seriously, I really think that following one's dream is really for those born with the golden spoon. I mean it's good to follow one's dream but how realistic is that? It's amazing to hear youngsters talking about not wanting to follow the paper chase and follow their dreams. They claim that they rather follow their dreams

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I think that the discovery of the Gospel of Judas maybe one of the most exciting and scary things to happen to the Christian church. Some of you may think that it's redundant to use the word Christian before the word church, but what I mean here is Christianity as a whole.It's interesting because as we all know, Judas is as we have all been brought to believe, a traitor. But now with the

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I am not sure why but the phrase "finding sanity within insanity" will always pop up in my head once in a while. I some what find that phrase very true as it really makes me wonder what is sanity. Is it something like an ideology? Or is it something that can be proven? And I think that's the beauty of oxymoron statements/ phrases.I have this feeling that I'm thinking of this statement is somewhat

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I think I have the most interesting course mates. And not to mention that the uni culture here is very different from that in Singapore. You see, work here actually takes priority over school. The lecturers will try their vey best to ensure that the amount of work given to the students will notbe so much that they are unable to work. Also, students can request to tweak their assignments some what

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I agree that getting a car is quite an extravagant thing to get as it's really for the sake of convinience. But somehow, this convinience reason is really a good one. Yes, the transportation network will bring you to just about everywhere but the timings which they come can be very infrequent. Yes, I've blogged about this before but missing a bus or train can result in you waiting for an hour or

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I really don't know what life has installed for me. It all seems so fuzzy and incoherent. Ups and downs are inevitable they say, but they never tell you how fast downs can come and how long they will stay. They also never tell you how fast ups can come and go. Somehow life seems to be filled with more downs than ups. Really wonder why. Maybe it's to make us realise how wonderful the feeling of

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Was really nice to catch up with Elise today. Really nice to hear that she's doing fine in Melbourne. Hmm. Wondering now how Elwin is doing in the States.The MTV on Penn's blog was really nostalgic. Seemed to bring back a lotof memories. I mean I first saw the MTV think at the start of 2002? And some how or other, it keeps popping up every now and than. I must say that it is one of the better

garagebandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367953.post-1142841082424933922006-03-20T15:38:00.000+08:002006-03-20T15:51:22.436+08:00

I am beginning to think that maybe I don't have the luck to be a photographer. It seems that whenever my camera is not with me, great photo opportunities arise. When my camera is with me and a great chance comes along, something will crop up.Take last weekend for example. Was at this place with a stunning waterfall in the early evening, so of course I needed my speedlight to take pictures

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Having had lectures for three weeks or so, I must say that the notion that Aussies are lazy is certainly not true. All my lectures have started on time and that's because the students are mostly on time. And when I say mostly, I mean over 95%. Bysay five to ten minutes before lecture commence, they're already there. They also come very prepared for the tutourials with them all reading the

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The transport situation is such a bummer here. Train services have been disrupted for the weekend as apparently there's been a sudden increase in the number of people taking MC etc. So instead of the half hourly train we get, it now becomes an hourly train. As a result, it's expected to be heavier traffic and of course more people on other forms of public transport.To make matters worse, rugby

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It's really amazing even how the same religion defers in some ways in countries. Take for example the masses here. They're amazing fast, I've not attended a single mass that exceeds 45 minutes. The dress code too is pretty lax in the sense that you'll see people wearing berms etc and these are people who would help out in the mass. The altar servers too are different in the sense that there are

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Talk about the camera companies trying to make their products more attractive to the mainstream market. Just as you thought that they've made dslrs lighter than they should be, along comes Olympus who comes up with their latest dslr, the E-330. It's basically a dslr that does not require you to look into the viewfinder to frame a shot, you just look into the lcd like you do for any other digital

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There's a thing here that's more remarkable than Singapore. Or should I say accurate. And that is the weather forecast. If the weatherman tells you that it's going to rain tomorrow or that the temperature is going to drop, you better believe him.An example would be last week when the weatherman predicted that it'll be raining and that the temperature would no exceed 26 degrees. True enough, it

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Just when you think that you've seen everything, than suddenly, you see irony beyond imagination. That's exactly what I felt today during lecture. I think it's people like this that make the industry so interesting.Here's what happened. We had a lecture on globalisation and the lecturer was talking about the relationship between the East and the West. While he was going on, this hand was raised

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I know that this post is going to contradict what I had said before or at least sort of, but I think that the need for a car here is not so much of a luxury but more of a necessity/ practicality. This place is really not like Singapore whereby the public transport comes max every 15 minutes. Here, the peak hour waiting time for public transport is 15 to 25 minutes. The waiting time for off-peak

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Having been here for more than a month made me realise that we Singaporeans are actually very fortunate. I mean no matter how much people say how bad our government is, I really still think that our government is doing a great job by keeping our costs etc down.Things that we take for granted in Singapore is really not the case here. For example, compared to the Singapore unis, the ccas and

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You think that expensive textbook is a bitch. Wait till you meet rude people selling you those textbooks. I mean harlow, we all there to buy next books and not steal them. If you put the books at the bottom shelf in a section with hardly any space for you to see it, it's really not my fault that I can't find it right? O yea, forgot to add that the books are at the back of the shelf behind a high

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Sometimes I really wonder how people think or should I say how they say things without thinking through. Here's an example. During lecture today, one of the journ seniors sitting behind me commented that he's skeptical of the course because it has the words mass communication in it (the lecture was a journ lecture). He appeared to me that he's pretty skeptical of the concept of mass

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Orientation's not as happening or fun as expected. In fact, i's damn disappointing. The Asian students here are a total embarassment. Not all, but quite a huge number. Why I say this? While the speaker was on stage, they started walking out of the audi. It became so bad that the MC had to literally plea to get them to stay. What they do? They look at her and continue walking out. One of the

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Thought that I would reply my tag there instead. The reason why I've not been blogging that much is because at the moment, I've only net connection in school. The timeframe for my place to get connection is about three weeks. Yes, it takes that long here to get broadband assess from home.Something that's really irritating me here is the fake accent that Asians put up. That day I saw these two

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Brisbane RiverThe City Cat. It's basically a river bus.The last art house theatre in Queensland

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The way the housing agents here work is really pissing me off. Can't believe that they take so long to approve one fucking application. They take so long but they expect us to apply one at a time. Yes, you can't put in multiple applications cos if you do and you're selected, you've to rent all the units. But come on,if they take so long to respond, should prospective tenants be allowed to apply

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Must also add this thing. The PRCs talk damn loudly! We're in the library now and they're talking at the top of their voices. So much so that people are all looking at them. When I mean loud, it's really loud. People in markets do not even talk that loud even if it's very noisy. They also pick up their phones in lectures. Yes, it rings aloud too.

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At last, internet connection. Never knew that I could be so hard up for internet. Am now in the UQ library and must say that it's quite a pleasant place to be in. Yes, I know it sounds geeky but hey.Brisbane's a pretty nice place but it's very hot now. The temperature on the first day was 39 degrees and that was in the shade so you can imagine. Looking for houses here is a bitch cos we literally

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It's amazing how time flies. Seems only like yesterday that I was in still in the seventh floor and that SYMC was just over. Maybe I'm just getting all emotional and all but hey, NP is probably the time I enjoyed most. Never have I looked forward to going to school. Yes, it was tough and trying at times, but I must say that I really enjoyed my time there.Am almost all set to go. Packing is more

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I think that one of the most interesting places to people watch is definitely the public transport. Was on the bus today and saw this girl who was in a tube top that's probably one size too big. Never mind the size of her top but once she started laughing, man, that's the moment. She sounds macham like a true bimbo. It's the kind of laughter that you'll envision hearing from a bimbo.When she

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Just as I thought that the sore throat I got when I had dengue was the worst possible; I had to be proved wrong. Having throat ulcers now and trust me, it's brought pain in the throat to a whole new level. Imagine the pain of one ulcer on yr lip times 10. Well that's because I've got at least 10 ulcers on the throat. It's not the big ass ulcers, but they're proving that size is not proportionate

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Aren't we all in trouble? With 24% of the population sympathising with terorrist, I think that we do have a cause for concern. Yes, the sample size of 520 may not be the most accurate of all but the figure's still worrying.Talk about geek talk. Don't know how to react to what Brendan said about the contestants he saw at the Canon Photo Marathon. He was in the queue with this bunch of supposed

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It's a real fine line between excuses and reasoning. And I think we humans are probably always taking the easy way out and just brushing aside reasons as excuses. I wouldn't deny the fact that there are indeed many cases where people make excuses to cover up for something. But that doesn't take away the fact that there are people who have genuine reasons. Why can't we all just put ourselves into

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I hope that they do realise that it's a matter of time before they grow old. They better not hope that people treat them well cos they simply brush them away.On another note, my train ride to work was quite amusing cos of this lady's sweeping statement during her conversation to her friend. Her son in law is an American and she said in a dismayed tone that he's lazy. She then went on to make the

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Here's something that's quite interesting, the folk tale of the corpse bride.The Folk TaleOnce upon a time there was a young man who lived in a village in Russia. He was to be married and he and his friend prepared to go to the village where his bride-to-be lived, two days walk from his own village.The first night the two friends decided to set up camp by a river. The young man who was going to

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Overturning the GospelsKatrina has reminded us that Christian morality should be about responding to the wretched and loving the unlovable—not about other people’s sex lives.By Melinda HennebergerNewsweekUpdated: 6:40 p.m. ET Sept. 14, 2005Sept. 14, 2005 - There was a great piece in Harper's last month, "The Christian Paradox: How a Faithful Nation Gets Jesus Wrong'' by Bill McKibben, about how

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Singapore's photography market or should I say Singapore photographers are probably not as scary as the overseas market. Why would I say that? Was flipping through the coffee table book of winning entries by international photographers and was very impressed to see the entries in the category for those aged 11 to 14 years old. Than I flipped a few more pages and behold, entries by those under 10

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It's really sad to see that in tennis, doubles is taking a backseat. People seem to be more interested in watching singles games. Which is really quite sad because doubles still is intriguing and fascinating. Is this a result or sign that humans are becoming more individualistic and that team play is no longer that important? After all, the basis of any good doubles team is teamwork.Think also

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Not sure what to call it. maybe it's a sign of me getting more mature. I'm actually turning down a chance to get a dslr. Been thinking about whether it's worth getting it or should I actually use that amount of money on some things that I may need more. I actually chose the latter. I weighed the pros and cons on whether I should I buy and the pros of getting it actually outweighs the cons. I'm

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Last night was pretty good, met up with the papemps and Jasmine to celebrate Mag's birthday. Been quite a while since I last met them, so it was really nice catching up with them. Actually I guess why I feel that I've not met them for a long time is because these are the very people whom I spent nearly every single day of my year three life with. I've to admit that I really enjoyed those days. It

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A month working and I realised that my job isn't suitable for me. It's the environment that I don't like and of course the "wonderful" colleague who seems to have a mental problem.Why mental? Cos she can be nice to you for one second, next thing she does when she looks up, she scolds. No one has even dared to scold me the way she does and the best part is that it's usually not my fault. Let's put

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Am very proud for Alvin Pang. Man, he has done damn well in Poly and fully deserves the Lien Ying Chow Gold Medal along with the other medals and awards. No one else actually deserves it more than him. Yes, nobody. The best thing is that he did it all on his own, meaning that he worked for it.On a complete different note. Was with Mag and her friends at Paragon's Coffee Club when we saw this damn

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What is it with incompetent bosses? They seem to be everywhere these days. Apart from making the life of their charges miserable, they seem to be unable to do anything else. These people have forgotten one important thing, that the key to the success to any company is really the employees and not the clients. Clients are more likely to come and go than employees. Can't they just understand that

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Happy to be back at home after five days in the hospital. For those who do not know, I was admitted for viral fever. Man, those five days have been quite jia lat, I would ever want to stay in the hospital again. Though the nurses etc where all very nice but the stay was not very fun. It's really doing nothing but watching tv, eat and sleep.Bros did not tell you guys as I did not tell many people

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