The One about my 21st

Took quite a great deal of time to come out with the comic book effect. Wanted to do it the retro way but the photos didn't turn out as fabulous as the tutorial, so I just added levels to the photos and created the so-called comic strip.

Not much text because I don't really know what to write but I kinda like the effect (and no, I'm not gonna do this for the rest of the 'future' blog entries.

My birthday went smoothly (I hope it's not too boring) and I love all the presents I've received, especially the golden Canon IXUS 870 IS given by EM05 :)

Thanks to those who turned up and to those who gave me birthday wishes (sorry to those I didn't invite to the BBQ because I do not want to make it too awkward with too many different cliques)

Probably the first and last birthday I'm gonna host. It's not easy at all as it's pretty hard to keep all entertained (maybe I should have thought of some games)

Thanks all once again!

The One about Christmas with Emo5

Right after my birthday celebration with my family, I rushed down to Downtown East to meet up with Emo5 for Christmas. This year was a little different, there aren't any Christmas present hunt :( but instead, we had booked a room at neBO cafe for Christmas gift exchange. I didn't know what to get (because I didn't have a specific someone I have to buy the gift for) so I got a practical Imation 4GB thumdrive.

When I reached the cafe, I was asked to play the marble game which consists of chopsticks and two tupperware, one filled with marbles. The task? To move the marbles from one tupperware to another with the aid of the chopsticks. The highest and lowest scorer would have to perform a dance but the highest scorer would receive a prize (a box full of sweets)

After the game (nope, I wasn't the highest nor the lowest scorer), I sat around chit-chatting and watched the other guys had their fun with Wii.

I remembered 'inspecting' the table of gifts (who isn't happy to see gifts on the table?!) and saw that Theresa had bought Capitaland voucher because the envelop give it away, then I muttered to Wenna "I saw that Theresa bought Capitaland voucher, not bad leh! I want!"

After food, we took group photos together but without the help of the cafe staff! Fai, Jian Qi and I had fun placing our digital cameras on stereos, tables etc. to get a good view of the group! The photos were nicely taken actually, different angles somemore!

Then the highly anticipated gift exchange came. Being the youngest, I was asked to pick a name first. *DANG DANG DANG DANG* I picked Theresa! Woohoo!!! Now I have $20 to spend for Chinese New Year shopping.

Kai Ling got my thumdrive, and *LOL* three people bought thumdrives, all of different brand: Toshiba, Sandisk, Imation.

For the rest of the photos, you can view my FaceBook photo album.

Oh, and if you're wondering where are the photos of opened gifts, there isn't any because we were being chased out of the cafe as it was their closing time! >.<

The One about Christmas with Colleagues

This year's Christmas is a little different for my company. The gift exchange idea remains the same but this time round we had buffet lunch! :)

Although the place was stuffy (air-con was off by the place to save electricity -_-), we had loads of fun because Baby Isaac was there too.

Baby Isaac!

The girls~

The guys~

I received an accessories box from Kimberly and I bought a Topman "I heart IT" T-shirt for Boon Wee! (Sadly he said that t-shirt will go to his home clothes department as he feels it's really stupid to wear it outside :()

We had birthday celebration for the late-December babies (Me, Carmen and Boon Wee). We got Carmen a dress and a thumdrive, Boon Wee a Stussy shirt and condoms, whereas I got a manicure art set (love it!) and a Brazilian Waxing voucher (that's to embarrass me).

This time round no Log cake as birthday cake! :P

The One about Tang Yuan

Made some tang yuan at Jiexiang's place for the occasion today (I forgot what's the occasion :X)

Noticed the long and not the usual round tang yuan? :P

Boyfriend actually made one flat tang yuan but it's not too noticeable lah. First time eating tang yuan simply dipped in sugar. Lovely taste :)

The One about the New Drawer

Went to IKEA with Jiexiang to get a new drawer for my bedroom as I feel I'm running out of space!

He hammered through the night, I hoped the neighbours downstairs will not complain (oh and it happens to be my brother's ex-colleague who lives downstairs)

Jiexiang doesn't like the wide angle effect. But I do not know whether the new camera possess normal angle effect. (which I highly doubt so)

Thanks boyfriend for helping me with my drawer!! :D

The One with the Virgin Photos

The day after I got my Canon IXUS 870 IS, I could only leave the battery charging overnight and used it the next morning. (Image-intensive post!)

Click on the images for larger view..

Those were some of the virgin shots. After which I went to take photo of the difference between Singapore and Taiwan version of Jay Chou's latest album: Capricorn.

Note: All photos were taken with Singapore version on the left and Taiwan version on the right.

Notice the difference in the colors? There's even a fold on the Taiwan's version for easier retrieval of the pokercards.

One states "Made in Singapore", the other "Made in Taiwan".

The one printed in Singapore feels like normal paper sticker, whereas the other feels more like ez-link card stickers: glossy.

My very first autographed Jay Chou's album!

Lovely 2009 Calendar available only in Taiwan. There was a 2008 calendar given last year too, and if that were printed in Singapore, it's very disappointing as the stand is very weak and it's just cardboard. This one had a stronger glossy board.

The Jack Spade poster with autograph too :D

Later in the evening, I went to meet Jiexiang at Sim Lim Square cos we're going to his relative's place. His cousin has got a very cute Maltese!!

Super cute right!!!

Sadly, Enya went home first so I could only capture shots of her the next morning.

HEHEHE.

"What is she trying to do?!"

"Can you stop with the photo-taking?!!"

This is Alanah..

And then she refused to pose properly for me to take a pretty shot of her..

Jiexiang's old Shih Tzu. She is blind in one eye.

HAHAHHAA, Jiexiang look so cute here.

Out to Chinatown with his parents. I like this candid shot!

Well I tried out the wide angle lens with this beautiful temple.

Super big tortoise at Jiexiang's!

More Enya photos! She's just finished with her baby food (oh the food smells awful to me)

So shiok in her walker!

Busy playing his PSP -_-;

That's all with the virgin photos. More photo entries to come!!

The One About the SD Card

'Santa Claus' delivered my Canon IXUS 870 IS to my office last Friday! My colleagues went like '很美~' throughout the whole time after I carefully take the camera body out of the box. However, I only managed to play it on Saturday.

I went for driving lessons and then look some photos of the carpark behind Bukit Gombak Station and my block when I reached home. Went to look for Jiexiang at Sim Lim Square to slap on a screen protector on the oh-so-big 3" Pure Color LCD. Got a SD card reader from his place but it doesn't work with Class 4 SD Card..

Oh what am I doing typing so many words when I could just upload photos and let the photos do the talk? Simply cos I had left my SD card in the Canon Selphy ES1. (Geez, I can be pretty suay with my mouth)

I played around with the photo printer and printed some brilliant shots of Jiexiang's nieces Enya and Alanah, and of cos photos of the both of us. When I first explored the printer, I found a 64MB CF Card still sitting loyally in the card slot, I went like "how come the previous person who used was so careless?" and then I rotated between using cable and SD Card slot.

And there it goes, I only realised I left my SD Card in the printer this morning when I happily brought my camera to work (to take photos with colleagues), happily haolian-ed to Catharine I brought it along, happily on the camera, and the holy words 'No Memory Card' slapped me in my face..

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hadn't even started uploading my photos to the PC and blog about it.

I hope I can meet Jiexiang today so he can bring me my SD Card..


P.S. I'm not advertising for Canon. It just happened that Jiexiang's dad previously bought a Selphy (oh and his brother-in-law has a Canon DSLR)

The Compact Camera Search

When I knew I wanted to get a new camera, I had to, first, decide on a brand and then seek out the models. I wanted a Sony for its lovely design but features still come first.

I had wanted a Sony T700 but it wasn't recommended by ***** (named removed to protect privacy)

Also, if I were to choose a color for the Sony compact camera series, I'd have chosen red! But horror horror, the above photo is the 'red' version for that series.

So I had to make way for Canon (being well-known (I supposed) for their cameras). I had to decide on two models which had the latest technology of DIGIC 4. Frankly, if you ask me what's the difference between DIGIC III and DIGIC 4, I absolutely have no idea.

I had to make a decision if I wanted to 14.7MP with 3.7x optical zoom or a 10.0MP with a 4.0x optical zoom..

Canon IXUS 980 IS equipped with 14.7MP and 3.7x optical zoom. It comes in red too but apparently it's limited edition and not easily found in Singapore. The curves looks classy but could be a little awkward..

Canon IXUS 870 IS equipped with 10.0MP and 4.0x optical zoom, oh and it comes with wide angle lens, which made it special!

When I went to stores to see the real thing, I was totally bought over by Canon IXUS 870 IS in Gold! It looks so fucking chio can!!!!!!

Furthermore, when Teck Wei knew I wanted a digital camera as a birthday present from em05, he recommended me Canon SD880 IS.

I was like "What Canon SD880 IS?! I've never heard of it! There's no such thing leh, only EOS, PowerShot or IXUS.."

Then he gave me a URL.

OMFG!!!! I'm so gonna get Canon IXUS 870 IS.. Have not got it from Sitex cos I figured (with consultation from Teck Wei) that the deal's not worth.. so I'm getting it from other sources within two weeks time (I HOPE!!)

Canon IXUS 870 IS... HERE I COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!