August Break, Day 27

An electoral victory. May 2012.

August Break, Day 26

A political rally. May 2012.

Not surprisingly, I missed almost a week of the August Break. It was a pretty hectic week for me and  I should have prepared accordingly for it. We are moving into the last week of the August Break and I am hoping that I will be able see this through to the finish.

August Break, Day 16

My bathroom.

August Break, Day 13

Ootoya, Orchard Central.

wednes/day of discovery

time for me to share a few of my favourite discoveries this week (and also to sneak in a few photos that are not from korea, are you sick of them yet? i promise i am almost almost done with them.)

lovely things

chevron vinyl laptop decal, it seems like half of the blog world have gone ga-ga over chevron designs and why should i be any different? i love how fresh and clean the macbook can look again with this decal. my poor macbook is kind of dirty, despite my best efforts at cleaning it. gulp. (via oh, hello friend)

a visit to the old world, honey are you sure we are not in europe because it sure seems like that to me! i never knew quebec city was so gorgeous! of course, when it's through the lens of irene suchocki, you expect nothing less.

engaging articles

so you want to be a travel writer, even though i don't really have any aspirations towards this career, this article is still a fantastic read for all types of writers. (via yes and yes)

how to know when to quit your job, this article really struck a chord with me. not that i am planning on quitting my day job just yet but it's good to know that there's still a road to walk after i do so.

why the gap year isn't only for rich kids, i plan to embark on a belated gap year when i leave the workplace so i am slowly gathering up my resources and arguments for it.

plain awesomeness

the queen of organisation, she will put everyone to shame. (via yes and yes)

the queen of scrapbooking, journaling and memory keeping, ali edwards is so inspiring and her life seems so perfect that you almost want to hate her for being so crafty, getting the most wonderful shots of her family and being so creative at design. but you can't, because she is just too awesome!

while i am away...a light in the dark

like i said, really happy that i can shoot at night!

canon eos 88, fuji superia 200

while i am away...my birthday weekend

i can't remember if i mentioned this on the blog but my cousin gave me his old canon eos 88, a fully automatic film slr camera. unfortunately he did not give me a manual so it's been a rollercoaster ride trying to figure out how to work the functions of the camera. i have been reading up other canon eos camera manuals which is useful but because they are all for digital cameras, not everything is the same. still, they are very informative about the basic functions of the eos product line.



i took out the camera for its first whirl during my birthday weekend in march. i am really happy with the results. with the camera in programme mode, i could take pictures at night even without the flash. the first three are flash shots, the fourth was without flash and the last two was taken indoors in cafe.



i will be sharing more shots from my first few rolls from this camera in the next few posts. i really love the results so far.



canon eos 88, fuji superia 200

rag day #1

at my university, there's a yearly tradition called rag day. during the summer holidays, each faculty and school build a float and choreograph a dance performance to complement it. on rag day (usually the week before the first day of school), we unveil our floats and compete against one another based on design, environmental friendliness, engineering and performance. it's the competition of the year. and legend has it that, people used to go around sabotaging each other's floats. thankfully, we are not so mean anymore.

i have been involved in my faculty's efforts ever since i was a freshman and i credit it with giving me a unforgettable university experience. a small group of us give up our summers to design and built the float. everything you see is all done by our own hands. nothing more fancy beyond some basic drills, saws, glue, paint and recyclable material like paper, egg cartons, bottles, cardboard. it's pretty amazing seeing how all this rubbish can be transformed into all this crazy stuff. i never get over how innovative we can get in the face of competition. now that i have graduated, i don't actually help to build the float anymore but i do try to go back on rag day to support my juniors. this time, i brought out my holga and golden half so i do have quite a few rolls to upload. hope you will enjoy this glimpse into singapore college life :)

roll 19, holga 135bc, fuji superia 200

shadow shot sunday: self-shot

a girl and her camera, on the way home, at the end of the day.

on a sidenote, i just wanted to say that i am getting around to updating my tumblr. it's mostly dedicated to my iphone pictures. i have a terrible backlog of iphone pictures and i am just starting to sort through the mess to share them with everyone. i also downloaded the tumblr app for iphone, so maybe that will me more efficient with my uploads. *cross fingers.

roll 19, holga 135bc, fuji superia 200

Shadow Shot Sunday

textures

a few months ago, i chanced upon grant hamilton's polaroid gallery. he has, probably, the most colourful polaroids i have ever seen. i was entranced by the colours but also very much taken with the patterns he chose for each shot. from there, i was inspired to begin shooting the textures of my surroundings. at first i had thought to devote a whole roll but i didn't have enough time to finish out the roll before other stuff came along. i hope to add more soon...

roll 19, holga 135bc, fuji superia 200

Holga 135BC 17: Graduation!

Film: Fuji Superia 200

I took advantage of a two-day break from work to go for a quick jaunt over the Causeway to Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Main purpose was to go to this really affordable Korean barbeque restaurant. If we had eaten the same stuff in Singapore, we would have to pay at least 2-3x more. As it was, we left the restaurant stuffed to the brim with meats, kimchi and all sorts of Korean yumminess!

I graduated on 12 July 2010! It was, honestly, one of the best days of my life. Collecting my degree (even if it was just a piece of paper), wearing that gown, running around taking pictures with all my friends! Words cannot describe the exhilaration of that day. Until now, I still wish I could rewind time just a little to relieve it all over again. My next roll contains some more photos from graduation but they were terrible underexposed so I am not sure if they are fit to be posted.

And, randoms.

   

Can you see the dragon in the sky?