Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year to all 🙂 May all the things below come true 🙂

756 days to go…

Went walking at east coast… share some pics

Cable Ski!!! I wanna try this!!!

Mother and Child

Also went Chinatown later in the evening… piggies piggies everywhere.. didn’t buy much… peanuts for my parents (their fav) and a book for myself

Dragon: Why are you peeping at me? ROAR
(Luminous Dragon, used in dragon dances. Background drums known as 24 seasons drums)

Piggy… cute!

Indian Temple joins us in the lunar new year celebrations 🙂

These 2 words means that things will go the way you wish they will 🙂

This old uncle… took his pic 2nd year so far… popular “landmark” during CNY 🙂

Look at all the people! This is at the overhead bridge

Smoking piggy….

769 days to go…

Hmm, this was supposed to be posted exactly 1 week ago, but… erm… well…

Pongal (Tamil: பொங்கல்) is a Hindu festival to give thanks for the harvest. Pongal in Tamil means ‘boiling over’. Traditionally celebrated at harvest time, it is a celebration of the prosperity associated with the event.

Pongal is celebrated by all people in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu as well as Tamils worldwide, including Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pongal)

Started our trip with a special treat! (Left to Right: Winter Delight, Banana Boat and Falooda)

What’s the boy doing?

Oh I see…

Sweet calf

Nice Goat

What’s he looking at? (No idea…)

Very cute right?

789 days to go…

New year here… 2007…

Counted down at esplanade park.. very very very very very very crowded!!! Went without a tripod (last minute decision, and I was already out), but got a couple of decent shots anyway. Or at least, they are decent, to my standards! But… was blocked by trees, people, lamp posts etc… hahahaha… Just to share a few that I like

I like this composition

Butterflies in the park!

More butterflies!

Just look at that crowd!

The finale!

anyway, went for my last basic salsa today. Think I really really get the simple turn now! I was stepping on 6 instead of just turning, which explains why I run out of time and I turn all over the room… The music’s faster, but still manageable…

Think I’ll be signing up for inter… should be fun!

867 days to go…

Keke… another interesting week…

Piah like crazy to finish work… finally finished all but a fraction by Friday nite… so went out 🙂

Went for a toastmasters session on Friday. Wow… was asked to speak for 2.5 min on… *drumroll*… “you’ve been charged with leaving the toilet seat up. What do you plead?” *** DUH *** oh pleeze…. would I do that? ended up really talking crap… talked about what our national ideals were (gracious society) and educating people around us to be more considerate. humph… We watched this video after that. The people were… *ahem* charismatic… but certainly holds the audience’s attention!

Sat I went for this session on aromatherapy and stuff. Learnt a bit about massage too. Very interesting. I like this aromatherapy thingy called ylang ylang… mabbe can go find the essential oil and sniff it when I am tired… hmm… do I sound like an addict? lol….

Evening went for shooting at little india!!! nice lights, nice food, nice people. keke… some of my amateur works…

Design on side road vs design on main road 🙂

Friendly man tying the garland

Sweet trinket…

Colourful trinket boxes

Getting a henna done. Shall I get one too?

Fairy lights 🙂

883 days to go…

Today was an exciting day. Joined an event which brought us to a number of places, including a fish farm (not qian hu – one that is relatively uncommercialised), a bee farm (didn’t know there was one in Singapore), haw par villa and finally macritchie reserviour.

The fish farm was pretty normal. Fish (yes…), nice scenery, nice breeze. Bee farm was ok ok only. Learnt that there is only 1 queen bee in each community and well, after copulation, the drone bees will die. oh well.

Haw Par Villa is still interesting after so long. Shot a few pics. Not as many as I usually do though. Maybe I can go again sometime soon 🙂

Met many people, some interesting, some erm… more reserved bah… hahahahahaha…..

The classical Haw Par Villa shot. How could I miss this?

The pitchfork caught my eye first, followed by the man 🙂

ROARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

I find this very peaceful, very serene. 🙂

890 days to go…

Went to chinatown for the light up today. It was soooooooooooooo exciting!!! 🙂

Saw cute little kids doing their bit (oh so cute!!!). Saw school bands playing crowd pleasers (eg. Chihuahua). Saw old folks waving from a bus. Saw lion dances. Saw dragon dances. Saw fireworks. Saw floats. Saw adults parading and dancing.

Overall, I must say it’s an interesting day! Had quite a lot of fun… and talked to a lot of people. Fellow parade watchers, security detail, passerbys. Somehow, it’s the festive season that brings out the friendliness in people 🙂

Just look at the crowd!

Beautiful butterflies

Pretty performer

Fireworks!!! (Look ma, no tripod!! lol)

Sweet little girl (and no, that’s not coz she offered me the sweet!)

Lion dance 🙂

Dragon Dance 🙂

View from afar 🙂

903 days to go…

yesterday, I tried out yachting!! It’s so much fun!!!!!!!! tried my hand at controlling the rudder (??) super fun!!! thank god no one threw up due to seasickness when I was manning it!! hahaha… somehow, it took a while to get into my head that to go left, u shift the control stick (??) right and vv… and… the ship refused to stay on course!!!!!!!!!!! had to keep adjusting and compensating and overcompensating…

Lesson learnt also… no matter what, be aware of your surroundings. they wanted to make a u-turn… somehow wasn’t fully there… at the end of the turn, the ship started to list… and omg… I was like right next to the water… was so scared… reach out my hand I can touch the water already… but realised… still can be calm and think clearly… and managed to pull myself to the other side… kekeke… super fun… must try again…

Tried fishing … or rather… feeding fish… I cast the line like 5 times… 2 hooks each time… and I caught a grand total of 1 fish!!! hahaha… first timer leh… anyway, I see the earthworm I scared already… hahaha… learnt how to tie some knots too… and hey… I seem to be pretty good at it… most of it, got it on first try… but don’t ask me to do it now… I’m very sure I cannot do it again… hahaha

After that, went to meet up with some events friends… think by that time, I almost totally shut down… hibernation mode… not my talkative self… went ktv… left around 10, reached home 11, then told my mum the whole story… after that, guess what? adrenaline high again… cannot sleep… argh… ended up sleeping at 2… hahaha…

Sembawang SAF Yacht Club, here I come!!

Wow… so many ships… which is mine?

Pawprints in the sand… where’s its owner?

Lonely jetty in the sea

Sail away, sail away, sail away…

Our destination, the kelong, and then, fishing!!!

Catch of the day!!! Lunch? I don’t think so!

Time to say goodbye….

What shall I try next?

Mood: Exhilarated 🙂

907 days to go…

Went for a brief shoot yesterday, after having kopi at bugis tcc… gosh!!! it’s now so posh… looks like a hotel lobby, with chandeliers and cushioned seats… real cool!! keke… now I really look like a frog in the well 😦

Anyway, just to share some shots…

Sometimes, standing head and shoulders above the rest isn’t that bad after all

Obstacles make us strong in the face of adversity

Take time to smell the flowers

Remain cool and collected

Learn to relax too!

Take a break to enjoy some chocolate!

Never stop building upon your successes

Most of all, never give up! 🙂

Mood: Questionable 😉

929 days to go…

hmm… the fireworks are over… I still gotta say this (although I’ve been saying to everyone I’ve met in the past few days) TEAM NEW CALEDONIA RAWKS!!! super nice display. Shall miss it for a long time to come…

Tried some experimental shots too…

By comparison, Team France was duller, less interesting. Guess it would have been good on its own, but… coming the day after New Caledonia, I guess I was slightly disappointed. Expected a little more than that from the international champion 😦

Mood: Puzzled (don’t ask why ok?)