Sungei Tampines, coming ovah.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Part 1
Woke up early this Saturday morning, having to cover the opening of the adoption of Sungei Tampines for TPJCLink, a river that doesn't even run through Tampines. :/ Went all the way to the MRT station only to realise I had forgotten my SD card for my camera, despite remembering to bring two batteries. Luckily it was next to Downtown East and hence next to a friend's house, so he offered to follow me and snap some shots with his DSLR about $3000 in total including fish eye lens.
I was kinda out of place though, as everyone there were in groups of 10 for the amazing race game that they had to explore for the 'immersion' into the biodiversity and appreciation stuff. The morning was humid, and we left shortly before the end, too bored. I salted a slug somewhere at the open air hall, and I swear never to do it again. The oozed out mucus and shrivelling was telling me something about karma. Uh oh.
Not too many words, cause the post is gonna be a long one, so here're the pictures..
We TPJCians love trees. Heh. Hong Xiang, the classmate who followed me around with his professional rig. Saved my bored and guilty skin cuz I wouldn't be able to take anything, and neither put up anything on the school's magazine..
Macro tree trunk, always wanted to take this kind of shot. The colours are all contrasted and saturated by me already, giving it a more European than Asian tree feel.
If only the skies were darker, or a thick shade of blue, with nimbus clouds hung.
Don't give me some lame thought like paedophile. Kids having fun is the best source of picture perfect in people shots :d
Snapped this hornet with the really long lens, so you don't have to risk getting stung. Can you see it? The other shots had it's wings fluttering about, this one's perfect with 'em still.
Here's a perfect example of how rich the editing of pictures can be. Above, the before, below, the after. They look like from different climatic zones.
I'd think winter, the bottom, autumn.
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An upclose of a fallen log, but my camera would've captured it better than the DSLR, though the ones above have their due credit from the DSLR.
And this concludes the pictures of nature. Had some of the various TPJCians at the event, but honestly, too, my camera seems better at taking people shots. Maybe it's a bias, but it's definitely got more features that can make the people stand out. I bet Zheng Wen loved part 1. Heh.
Part 2
The anticapation of Friday gets bigger and bigger with each passing week. The recent one this week could wait though, because the next week sees to two tests, meaning this weekend'll have to be crammed studying. I already wasted a Saturday today. Good going.
Just a random photo while I was sifting through my things on thursday night. I've changed alot eh? My most recent shot'll be the very last of this blog update. Changed for the better or for the worse, lol, don't want to hear the comments on that one. I think I was still in St. Michaels School (primary 1-3) when this shot was taken..
Cheryl and Sabrina came over on Friday about an hour after school, due to lessons or tennis for the three of us. First ones to my place. I've gotten used to the bus system here, in fact it's more convenient than at Lagoon View, 'cept not towards Parkway, but to anywhere in the further east or town. More frequent and more combinations of bus routes ensuring my punctuality nowadays.
After some hesitation, we jumped into the pool. Spent like an hour or so in there, with me freezing. It was a matter of getting used to simply, since I jumped in today and the water seemed not as icy as the day before. This picture has an effect I can't remove, making them much redder than normal. :S
Don't know why this picture won't rotate no matter how I turn it in the folder before uploading. Anywas, more for archiving purposes than posting. As it is my laptop has only 400MB of space left, not even good enough for installing any game nowadays. Need to get a seperate hard drive for the huge load of accumulated pictures.
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We tried some jump shots, but my shutter speed is too slow to capture them well, or is it another function that I'm mistaken for? Either way, pity they're blurry.
After a shower and change, dusk started to set in. This shot's against my bed, if you remember my room layout from the last update.
Mark and Ben came over today after thier PW project, with the convenience of a straight bus home after staying till around 11. Had dinner nearby at TableTop with reasonable prices, but the rude service left much to be desired. I'd have inserted something of a vulgarity there to show my huge disgust for their shoddy repulsive service, but I think this'll do fine. Anyways, maybe Yi Chen and Xaiver can come over sometime soon too, among other people. Shermaine! lol..
PFT 5 stations, physics and econs tests up next week. Imma have to oil this rusty hunk-a-junk into intensive revision and exercise. See ya.
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