Wednesday, September 29, 2010

290910

Not exactly in a blogging mood,
but today is important enough to put up a post.
Happy Anniversary (:

As no words are coming to my mind,
I shall post up the nice pictures I've come across on flickr (:
Thinking of picking one of them for my blog layout revamp.
Honestly wonder how such wonderful pictures are taken.






Sunday, September 26, 2010

Exciting Weekend (:

In the bid to have nicer photos,
I tried my hand at being more tech-savvy!
Armed with a new camera, and some help from a programme,
I present to all a prettier blogpost than any of those previously (:
*Picture heavy post ahead*

First up, it's my OFTD! (:
Got my BC navy blue maxi dress finally!
I'm absolutely in love with it!

It's so flattering on just anyone and suitable for any occasion!



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Oh, these 3 photos were taken from bb's iphone..
He has this "pudding camera" app which allows me to take all the holga-ish pics (:
This one is the original, as taken from his phone's camera







The following are with the additions of effects! Credits to picnik *love




omg. I'm absolutely in love with picnik already.
The effects are so good,
and the best part is that I don't have to learn all the tough photoshopping skills! =D

I really like the above 4 pictures, whether with effects or not.
The whole feel of the pictures is just nice (:
Sums up a lazy, cosy saturday evening nicely.



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More pictures! This time it's from xiaohei.
Had met up with the HDB ppl for lunch on Sunday.
Both the boys are our scholars, and they'll be leaving for overseas studies soon.
So it's like a farewell for them of sorts.

And yes, we took neo prints (:



We decided to take pictures at the neoprint machine.
It's seriously an ingenious idea (as proposed by char)
The lighting inside the neoprint machine is a-w-e-s-o-m-e! =D
Our skins all looked flawless!






They were all so amazed by xiaohei.
Cuz she has a front LCD screen,
and we can all see ourselves clearly as we take the shots
Plus, there's the self-timer mode where
3, 2,1 will be flashed on the front LCD screen before taking the pic!
Amazing technology huh!
If seen closely, the above pic is the fish-eye effect (:
Hoorays to xiaohei, goodbye to ugly photos! =D

And oh, neoprint machines are now freaking cool!
Normally after doing all the decorations on the pics,
we will all just wait for the hardcopy of neoprints to be ready right?
But now...
There's the soft copy available!
As long as your hp has infra-red,
you can stick your phone close to the machine and
you'll be able to choose which soft copies you want!
Awesome much ya? =D
This explains for why the neoprint (below) is so clear and well taken!
Nope, it wasn't scanned.
They were the soft copies (:
I just made them into a collage to have the neoprint outlook!

ahh. I'm so in love with all these technology stuff.
How did we ever live without them? <3

Monday, September 20, 2010

Because.

Went for the Shi family's Mid-Autumn Celebrations yday (:
Twas fun! The slight flu I had almost dampened my mood..
But I can't say no to good food..
Esp marshmellows ;)
Let the pictures speak for themselves


I like this pic! Esp the cousin who popped her head at the back


Here's the boy and I (:

My two fav kids for the night
Nicole and Renee (:
Nicole's really mature for her age..
And she is really protective of Renee..
Even when she was holding her lantern,
her other hand grasped tightly onto Renee's hand for fear Renee will get lost..
Awwwww.. how innocently sweet


Nicole trying to make her bbq-ed marshmellows cool faster


Nicole with Peisee's Holga (:
I want a Holga too


Pretty Nicole (:


Last but not least, the cheeky Ray. lol. (:

The kids are really a tough bunch to handle.
They scream, they laugh, they run and roll around
I can only look at them from afar and watch their innocent play
But I can't bring myself to play and tear around with them
But bb is an exception.
He was the one entertaining the kids the whole night.. lol!
I wonder how he does it.
Much patience, I must say.

It was fun, but the night was really humid.
Couldn't wait to dash into the showers when I reached home.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

=3

*hop, hop, hop, hop, hop* =3

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Love Duet


We went prawning again today! (:
Just one hour cuz we didn't finished off our package the other round.
So above's the boy, and below's me! (:

It was a nice short session and we caught 6 prawns in all!
We had brought a slurpee along, and my first prawn destroyed it.
I had swung the prawn up and in the midst of a panic frenzy,
the prawn scattered pond water over the slurpee. =x
Bb was stunned and declared slurpee to be no longer drinkable
oops.
*sheepish*


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Continuing on yday's topic of cameras,
I was thinking if I should play with toy cameras instead.
Cuz I'm kinda more into getting quirky looking pics..
Here's the Minimo..
As you can tell, it's only as big as keys!
Amazingly handy if you ask me..

Here's a pic taken with Minimo!


The good thing about Minimo is that special lens can be added on for special effects!
These cutesy looking things are the attached-on lens (;




So this is a pic of starburst effect:




The one on fish-eye:





The one on macro:





The one on lightwave:




The thing that attracts me to Minimo is that it's digital.
This means that I don't need to develop any films or pay for any crossing processing.
But the pics I've seen thus far are not very impressive.
They look more like normal film pictures.
Not very "lomo-ish" if there's such a word.
This toy doesn't come cheap too: $168 for camera and 4 lens
Still pondering if I should get it.
Anyway, it's OOS still):


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Just sent Alex back to his army camp. Poor chap.
Confinement for the next 14 days.
He wont even be back for Mid Autumn Festival.
Sigh. Shall make it a point to save one durian mooncake for him.
With the sending of him back, it spells the end of my long weekend too.
Boo ):
I haven't got started on the work I brought home.
Shall hurry and do'em now..


Tell me that you love me
Tell me that you care
Tell me that you need me
And I'll be there
I'll be there waiting
I will always love you
I will always stay true
There's no one who loves you like i do
- "In love with you"



Saturday, September 11, 2010

Lovely Saturday

We made garlic bread!
Plus wild mushroom soup and honey glazed chicken for dinner =D
Made macarons as well..
But they turned out to be too hard.. lol!

The bread was really yummy..
Decided to make our own cuz the ones sold outside are too hard, and too little garlic spread.
Was so happy to lather a thick layer of the garlic sauce atop the baguette =D
Now, there's a trick to getting soft white bread with a crispy crust outside...
It's to sprinkle some water onto the bread before toasting..
Yes, that's right =)
The oven will absorb the moisture when toasting,
so it's important to sprinkle water so as to prevent getting rock-hard bread.
Bb was laughing when I said I was going to sprinkle water..
See who's the right one here now, bb! =D

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Went shopping at AMK hub and spotted this:


This is the newest baby from Samsung!
A few months back, I was contemplating if I should get the PL150 model..
The dual screen had attracted my attention..
Now the newest one is with better tech specs and it comes in different colors!
I like the pink one already! =D

ST600
x 14.2 megapixels
x 3.5" Back LCD, 1.8" Front LCD
x Jump shot Mode will snap 3 consecutive photos
x 27mm Wide angle lens (5x optical zoom)
x Touch screen Back LCD
x Miniature, Vignetting and Fish eye effects

And the best part is... I can get it for just $480 (retailing $549 normally)
Should I? *winks ;)


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I'm loving this long weekend :)
Can't believe I still have one more day to sleep in tml!


Cause baby tonight, the DJ got us falling in love again
Yeah, baby tonight, the DJ got us falling in love again
So dance, dance, like it’s the last, last night of your life, life
Gonna get you right
-DJ got us falling in love

Thursday, September 9, 2010

TGIT!

Now as I'm writing this, I'm bidding for time till my big meeting later.
Had read through the briefing notes sent to me,
and looking at the proposed timeline is enough to make me feel faint.
To have 4 concurrent projects for a stretch of six months is no joke.
Not to mention that ad-hoc things always pop out of the blue.
Ok. Enough of work. Come what may.

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On a slightly related note, we had a Mooncake bazaar earlier this week.
The discounts were so good and there were mostly big brands.
25% for Goodwood Park Hotel Mooncakes, anyone? (:
I bought the box of 2 mooncakes for my grandma,
and preordered Mao Shan Wang durians from Peony Jade for myself!
Didn't intended to get the Mao Shan Wang ones,
but the taste was so heavenly that it's to die-for.
Every other durian mooncake I tried thereafter paled in comparison.


Here's a review by thepleasuremonger that I managed to find online:

These babies, made by Peony-Jade Restaurant,
pack in incredibly generous chunks of Mao Shan Wang durian
(all pure, none of that mix-it-with-cream-to-cut-corners nonsense
in a delectably soft and fragrant pandan snowskin.
The durian was slightly bitter, very creamy and rich, and not overpoweringly sweet, just the way I love my thorny fruit.
Even M, who is not a durian fan like yours truly, loved it.
It was soooo good, we thought nothing of spending S$30
on two of these heavenly mooncakes.
In fact, I regretted not getting more!!

I so cannot wait to lay my hands on them when they arrive!

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LoveBonito launched at 2pm yday (:
I logged in a few minutes before 2pm and the new stuff were up!
Even had a minute to think about what colours to get (:
In the end, I ordered the sequinned toga in blue and lavender


Gorgeous, aren't they

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Alex enlisted into army on Tuesday.
Sure hope he's doing well in there.
The consolation is that he gets to book out today,
cuz of Hari Raya Puasa (:
But heard that he will still get confinement; next week that is

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Ok, realized this has been a long entry (:
I so cannot wait for today to end cuz...
THE LONG WEEKEND IS HERE!!!! *beams =D


Sunday, September 5, 2010

Dynamite


Before I start this post proper,
I wanna apologize for the previous emo entry.
You know, we all have our down moments. *winks ;)
Sometimes, those feelings just come in one big wave and overwhelms.
But not to worry, I'm perfectly alright now (:

Realize that this is my 200th post.
This is by far, the longest blog I've ever kept.
And this milestone is perhaps, a significant one for myself.
There's no need to divulge the reason (:
Some things are better left kept in the heart.

Hadn't woke up feeling all happy like how I am now.
The sense of emo-ness lingering from yesternight hadn't completely dissolved.
Was undecided on how I should spend my sunday..
To sleep it away like how I mostly did for my past sundays,
or to get out and do something more constructive.
Well, anything else is more constructive/productive than sleep right?
For afterall, I had a good share of rest on Saturday already.
So I decide to head out and enjoy the cool weather.
And that breeze instantly made me feel immediately much better.
Sometimes, I realize, it doesn't take much to feel better, to get the serotonin pumping.
All it takes, is that one step, to make yourself feel better.
No one can make you happier, if you aren't willing to bulge.

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Currently, all the songs in 987fm are fab!
And that helps in lifting my mood too!
beautiful monster, side to side, dance in the dark, club can't handle me.
Awesome songs! (:

Lets hope this happy mood stays.
No monday blues please (:


I throw my hands up in the air sometimes
Saying AYO
Gotta let go
I wanna celebrate and live my life
Saying AYO
Baby, let's go

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

September

September's already here.
The cough wouldn't go away..
And bb fell terribly sick too. 38.6 degrees.
He almost didn't want to see the doc despite the high temp.
Had to drag him out of bed and made him go. lol.

Coughed an entire night away
Went to see the doc and got medication this morning.
Boss was nice to let me go clinic during office hours (:
To express my gratitude, I declined the mc which the doc offered.

To happier things, I met up with the hiphop ppl last Fri!
Well, that was the day when my flu was acting up again.
But I was better after leaving the office.
Honestly, the aircon here can kill.
Full blast of icy cold wind for 15 mins,
then totally no air for the following 15 mins.
Ok. Digressing again.. So here's a pretty pic of all of us! (:
We all looked pretty good in in this pic huh!
Oh.. Bonitochico has moved!
They're now called lovebonito and that's their new site's name too.
There were so many hiccups for their new site..
The launch was delayed for many hours,
and I decided not to wait for it anymore after so many failed attempts.
But I managed to secure a piece of the ruched toga the day after.
There were dead buyers and I was lucky enough to get it fast! (:
Wanted the light pink one actually, but coral should do fine too.
Maybe will join BO for the light pink one (: hee.

Alright. my brain is dying.
Kinda regretting not taking the mc offered to me. sigh.