Bon Marche.

In class.

Halfway being attentive to lecture by Kee Jan.

Kee Jan your pendant today is DA BOMB!

Btw, BON MARCHE people is an early France Goods Market.

History is currently eating me alive.

But it's interesting how much I am learning.

The many names of important people I now regconised

& might later forget haha.


i'm having this feeling of going for a swim.

personalrememberance.

the first.

i realized.

on 27th.

lets just count the months, until/if it changes to years

& no to monthly celebration. let's just remember in silence.

even if we tend to forget. sometimes its better countless.

whileitlast.

CLUE: Cloverfield.

Schedule.

History of Design & Culture lessons start today.

Hello Kee Jan! Haha.
Yes he still regonised me, the small and tiny farhanah as he put it.
At least I get Kee Jan instead of his partner in crime, Richard.
If I got Richard instead, I will die of boredom or like Kee Jan put it, "we will see each other everday until we get sick to death" hahaha. Kee Jan is love. And just now he was wearing a sort of gold medium size strawberry looking pendant. I think I should update on the pendant he wears too.

His class as usual will be shorten to 3wks instead of 4wks. Cause he LOVE to squeeze everything into 3wks and let us have another week of rest. Enjoy your 'break', sort of as he put it. I wanna be more attentive for this module. So at least it will gain me an A, HOPEFULLY. That will be good for my GPA for sem 2. As this is the last module as after this, up to 2nd year!

So this is the schedule for the upcoming 3wks:

(FIRST WEEK)
Mon 25 Feb - Fri 29 Feb is Lecture 1 to 5.

(SECOND WEEK)
Mon 3 Mar is Class Presentation 1
Tue 4 Mar is Movie 1 & Assignment Brief
Wed 5 Mar - Fri 7 Mar is Lecture 6 to 8.

(THIRD WEEK)
Mon 10 Mar - Tue 11 Mar is Lecture 9 & 10
Wed 12 Mar is Class Presentation 2
Thur 13 Mar is Movie 2
Fri 14 Mar is DDDDDD DAY!

* DDDDDD DAY as Kee Jan like to call it, is dateline day for the Reflective Journal and Grp Assignment.

How I hate group work sometimes.

Sabtuday

Unwritten Agenda is back.

Khai, Naz, Me & Ken decided to went back jamming AGAIN. So hello bass! It was quite ok, since it is almost a year that we didnt jam. So for the sake of some good old memories and for the fun of filling up the time, we decided to go.

Refresh up with Creep, Christie Rd, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Radio & Here Without You.

A little improvement here and there, suprisingly after such a long time.

& I think I have been procrasinating too much.

I need to finish up on redesigning my portfolio.
I need to finish some of my own graphic designs.
I've yet to come up with new and more polish graphic designs.
I need to update my deviantart.

Should get all this done SOON.

For now my bed is calling me.

once in a while

YAY! 9am-12pm lessons are over!!! Pass over my final assignment for photography just now. A bit relunctant about the final outcome of the printing, cause I don't want to go over budget and decided to print on 250gsm Super Gloss somewhat quite close to photo paper. But my photo print out quality came out a little pixelated if closely looked at. Oh well its over and done with. And what worst is that, mine is smaller then A4 haha Bryan is surely gonna minus some marks for the printing. But the original photos are in the CD so I hope he grade more on the composition and editing of the photos.

I must say I was really nervous. I never really am good at 'sweet' surprises. But I have to do this somehow cause I felt like making you happy and less worried about the exam tomorrow. The most important is to put a different smile on your face. And chocolates have a way of making people happy, help release a little stress. It was less different then what I've plan but either way I know I've done something of a 'sweet' surprise haha. I'm very hopeless at this sort of things. But it turn out into a good feeling and keep me smiling from ear to ear that I did what I wanted to do. Cause my heart was saying "go for it lah you dumbass!" hahaha literally. I guess when you really meant to do what you want to do, it is really hard. If its easy then just show you don't really meant it. Oh nvm I'm really blabbering away.

i am very thoughts full!

A Teenager's Journey

It's rarely that I have novels that I favour. And after reading this novel by Richard B. Pelzer, about the true encounter of this author's teenage life, I do feel that this is one of the best novel and I can't wait to borrow his No.1 Bestseller A Brother's Journey. I found this novel quite inspiring. So here is just a quote that I like to share taken from the novel.

Afterword:

It's not what we once were that matters,

or what we thought of ourselves before today.

What really matters is that we know who we are now,

and what we can accomplished.

We are greater than the sum of our emotions.

Whatever our age, at some level we are all children.

Never let go of that.

- Richard B. Pelzer

Bye Bye Nikon D200

I'm getting bored of using Nikon D200. Yes can't believe I'm saying this. Cause after lots of shooting done, you tend to ran out of ideas of what else to shoot. Photography is really not that easy as you might think. It's more then just about taking 'good' photos. So I'm saying that's it! I had enough time using Nikon D200 and I won't miss using it. Well.... maybe in a long run I will miss using it but for now I have to say I'm done!

Bryan asked me to go and shoot a few more shots. Eventhough he agree to most of my photos and I can finish it up with a touch of Black & White for all. I think Bryan favors b n w photographs. Looking through my photos and after trying some editing in b n w I realised most of my photos are best in b n w. So yes I'm going to desaturated to Black and White for all. As we have to choose either one, colour or black & white.

I can't wait to finish this module cause I'm tired of having to wake up early. Its been almost 2mths having lessons at 9am! So on thurs after dateline I want to go and have lunch with love cause rarely got to spend time together this few days or weeks. Lunch @ Jupiter cafe, somehow I miss eating Western food. And then maybe stay a while in sch, had not been doing that for quite some time.

And after this module, I'll be having History of Design & Culture at 3pm-6pm!!! No more early bird wake up! YES!!! And the lecturer will be none other then KEE JAN!!!!! I miss him and his ever changing jade pendant hahahha. We will meet soon Kj!

He's one of my fav lecturer ok.

late night rantings

A conversation with the love.

"you know kan Apple..."

"oh Apple the fruit?..."

Haha I know 'Apple' is not a fruit..really.

Just want to make you laugh.

Botanic Garden.

Final assignment themes are in, and I've chosen 'Study of Nature'. Decided to shoot at Botanic Garden & was hoping I could get some close up of insects, butterflies etc but ended up with typical flowers and nature shots.

So I guess I have to reshoot certain stuff after consultation with Bryan. This time I should focus more on close up of nature's texture or pattern to make it more interesting. But nevertheless Botanic Garden was pretty awesome. I never been there over the pass years haha. I just realised what a great place it is to chill under the sun and the blue skies, an open mat on the wide field accompany with a book in your hand. *drools*

I went there alone like some skilled photographer carrying 2 bags and a bulky Nikon D200 lol. Exhausting, but worth the time. I did manage to get some lovely shots of the Orchids, so will probably use some of those and mixed up with some other newest shots which I hope Bryan will put a thumbs up to it on the next consultation.

For now baby Nikon D200 is with Clara, so I have to wait tomorrow to go and shoot again. And this time I will take notice of the details instead of just point and shoot. Cause if I don't, then I'll end up getting typical nature shots. Which have been done before. Fault, I get so engrossed that I even forget my main focus of being there. I need ideas!!

Ah Meng

Ah Meng

(18 June 1960 – 8 Feb 2008)
a female Sumatran and a tourism icon of Singapore.

Rest in Peace.

& way back; Mum, Me & Ah Meng.

Nikon D200

Finally I got my hands on the Nikon D200. Under sch property tho', how sad. But I wouldn't prefer to buy the Nikon D200 cause it's too professional for my liking. I'm still having some problems with getting the right aperture, shutter speed etc which is all manual for this DSLR. Adjusting everything manually beforehand is troublesome. Maybe I'm not use to it. I still prefer Canon 400D. It's more comfortable, to me. Our lecturer, Bryan went for reservist last week & we had a week break & now he off to Hong Kong so we have the whole of this week free plus the public holiday doing our Assignment 1 & 2. Lesson start again on Monday. Wah liao!

& Happy Chinese New Year to all!!

So this is my first trial with the Nikon D200.

Assignment 1 : Little India.

.....

i like unexpected surprises and small little gifts.

love.

&

little india or chinatown tomorrow?

prepare with Nikon D200.

snap snap!

random blah blah

Didn't get to go to Ib's jamming session. But did met up with Khai, Naz and Ken. Lots to share. Khai & Naz trip to Brunei looks like an experience. I wonder sometimes, how NS life is really like. It can't be that bad right. Imagine if girls need to go NS too. Lol. I don't mind, it might be an adventure. Well sort of probably.

I miss being outdoor and I have a feeling that I NEED to join an outdoor CCA. Cause I use to be the one who love the outdoor. I love running. I love climbing. I love camping. Yes I use to love all that. It's funny sometimes as you grow you tend to get 'lazy' to do certain things that you love doing when you were greener and younger. Not that I am so darn old right now. I can still have that active lifestyle. Now I rarely do anything outdoor. The laziness has kick in and won. Hate it.

We decided not to watch a movie cause there wasn't anything interesting. BUT there are 2 movies which I want to catch. Sweeny Todd and The Kite Runner, which surprisingly has premiere at The Cathay. And so we decided to play LAN Gaming instead. Which was fun and we thought it was better then watching a movie. The good thing when you're having fun, everything esle dissolve around you. For a few hours of fun and laughter, your problems seem to fade and you just want the night to go on and on and on. Then we chill and talk about this and that, about us and about things few years down the road. I hate thinking about 'serious stuff', cause reality check in, age is increasing, responsibility getting tougher. And Rash sms me earlier mentioning that we should meet up on Friday. Cause she miss me and hanging out with us. But I hope she really mean it. I miss her craziness too! Been like mths since I see her!!!! So I am hoping I have no plans on Friday.

At times, I like the thoughts of being carefree. Doing what I want, not having to care about anyone (yes selfish indeed), not having to worry 24/7, not having to give a thought on how I'm spending the next day, not having to make plans for the years to come (then only to see it changes), not having to give in, not having to experience the feeling of losing your love ones, not having to grow old and wrinkle then only wanting to do what you wish you have done haha and..... not having any regrets.

That is why sometimes I wish:
......i get to have endless road trip, be free.
......life is just about having holidays.
......it's all about experiencing happy unforgettable moments again and again.
......i could fly off on a neverending trip anytime anywhere, whenever I feel like I need to see something different.
......everything would pause and we never grow old.

IF only. Tho' nothing is impossible.

I get bored of everything easily. It's just _____ if you turn every corner and see the same thing.

& tomo sch lessons begin again. *sigh*

first february two zero zero eigth

Naz is back from Brunei training & now waiting for Khai to sms if he's already back today too. It's been a while since I last see them. Which was last yr on Khai's & my birthday celebration. Since then it has only been usual contacts and no hangouts. Ok maybe they both did hangout together but I didn't join in. Until they went off to Brunei which was the last passed weeks. I lost track of time and what date it is. & it's already 1st feb!? *slap me pls*

Yeah I just realised that. Cause I went online & then Naz came online & I was like isn't he suppose to be at Brunei, then I check out today's date & realised heck he came back already! hahhaa. And FOR SURE he got a lot of stories to tell! & ya this Sunday we are suppose to have a small gath, they set the date before they went Brunei and ya I forget about it also lol. I totally forget about things easily this days, going senile.

But it's been a while since I hangout with them. And alot of things need an update. And I can't wait to hear Naz jungle story cause he went there for almost a mth. And Khai I'm not sure when he's coming back, probably today. So I'm really looking forward to hanging out with them & have our usual chill. And also looking forward if I can make it to Ib's jamming. Wah suddenly my Sunday is so jam packed.

& I'm hoping that dim's plan for the gathering of our ITE friends really happen this time round!! I miss my besties very much.

And I think I need to have a small organizer.