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2011-05-01T12:59:00.000-07:00

it is hard to love someone..

2011-02-20T10:16:00.000-08:00

i thank God how He has blessed me week after week!
Have a thankful and joyful heart! that is one of the very important aspects of Christian living!

i was thinking what I shall eat for dinner on my way back home from church.. something instant. probably pop a pizza into the oven and call it dinner. lo and behold, my room mate offered me chinese soup!! it was really awesome. the taste is very similar to what i had at home when my mom made it. just like in the book of Matthew, do not worry about WHAT you shall eat or wear..

God works in amazing ways, isn't it!

blessings!

2011-01-01T07:07:00.000-08:00

God loves me so much.. I was just thinking to myself that it was a big mistake to stay here for christmas and new year and I should have planned a trip somewhere! Due to the problem of moving house, I had to be in Oulu.. But looking back, actually it was God's plans! A chinese chef was staying in the same floor as me and what's best? I've got to taste chinese food without having to pay exorbitant fees in the chinese restaurants!! i felt really blessed thinking back, and i could also pick up a few skills from him as well!

God, I want to learn to trust that You are in control of everything, despite circumstances.

2010-12-30T13:21:00.001-08:00

russian girl, i will never forget you.

2010-12-21T10:48:00.000-08:00

i'll miss you all.

I can't imagine that this is happening. I can't imagine that I won't be able to see you all for a long time.. perhaps forever.
In fact this feels really sad. how true, goodbyes are hard to say.. I hope we'll meet again soon. you are deeply missed.

2010-12-15T13:09:00.000-08:00

i feel blessed even with the small little things in this foreign land. i say it'll definitely take more than these to move me if i were in singapore... i think i've taken a step back and learn to appreciate things in life better. the busyness in singapore has blinded us so much and if not, it has left some of us myopic. i was blessed today with a free movie ticket, a bag of tidbits, a champagne which i shamelessly won :p, and a ride of home. i would have took these things for granted in singapore easily!

so, thank God for today.. my results for finnish surprised me as well!

2010-12-14T07:00:00.001-08:00

alright, God... so what's wrong?

Blessings upon blessings

2010-11-25T22:18:00.001-08:00

It's really interesting to see how God has been blessing and working in my life since the first day of Finland. Nothing occurs by chance or luck. Just this week, I've got an offer to move to a place which is nearer to school and much cheaper as well. The living conditions might not be as good as where I am, but as a student, I really can't complain with the amount of money I'm having.
The previous tenant will be moving out early as well. Hence, I'll be able to move in early..If not I'll have to move during 31st December and that's something which I don't want!!

I've also have the opportunity to be playing for a youth christmas service although the songs are in finnish. I'm still thankful for the opportunity to be able to serve even when overseas.

thank God!!

2010-11-17T21:11:00.000-08:00

thinking back, it was quite an amazing day. i fell asleep and snored in our relaxation class, i won a lucky draw(consisting of tea, coffee, honey, etc.. the bread was about to expire in 2 days. :/ but thank God still!), i won in MH competition (100k gold and 10SB+) little blessings that make your children happy!

Amazing God!!

2010-10-31T23:10:00.000-07:00

i was in a rush to get out of my house, for the fear of missing my bus which only comes once in a hour. in the midst of rushing, i forgot my plastic bag. as you might have known, plastic bags here aren't cheap and it costs about SGD20cents. that's quite a big amount if you were to buy them everytime u go to the market. well, i thought i might have to waste the 20cents on a plastic bag this time round. lo and behold, on the way to the market, i found a bottle which i can recycle for SGD15cents!
Amazing God isn't it? :D

2010-10-20T09:54:00.000-07:00

so some things like a condom fell off from her wallet and everyone laughed.. it kinda makes me think what kind of girl she is. thumds down!

i miss prawn mee.

God's miracles at work again

2010-10-16T07:21:00.001-07:00

just reflecting on the past week.. it's been somehow a hectic week. with all the exams, studying, assignments and projects all going on. and it's not ended yet. but i thank God for everything that happened. I managed to find some singaporeans who are on exchange in Oulu. it feels really exciting when you thought that you are the only one in such a far away foreign land and you just delight and feel very happy to know that there's someone from your homeland who's here too.

so i got invited to a homecooked meal by these 6 NUS exchange students. it felt like God just pampered me again!

the next day, i was about to go out for marketing and i couldn't find my bicycle key. i searched frantically everywhere and even where i parked my bicycle, but i just couldn't find the key. i kept praying and search again, and it was under my wallet on my table. it might seemed that i'm careless to you, but i do think it's a magic touch from God again, because i searched EVERYWHERE!

Ja ne!

2010-10-10T01:36:00.001-07:00

i'm seeing some white fluffy stuffs falling from the skies on 101010 and it feels really beautiful.

updates

2010-10-04T09:04:00.000-07:00

well, i'm glad i've brought noora to church.

please do keep me in prayers. i've applied for a unicef job part time and i'm really hoping to get this job as it pays reasonably well.
5 positions available and i'm sure this is a very sought after job given that there're so many students here and everyone's looking for jobs.

'God, it's been a long time since i received some blessings!'

2010-09-26T20:26:00.001-07:00

it was quite a fruitful weekend though i feel that i had too much spare time during the day, and i think i should really get down to studying really soon.

i was just bathing and counting on the blessings i've received ever since i came here.

it was drizzling the whole day on saturday. i had some plans to shoot some zombies(with my camera) but the weather puts me off. i was thinking that if the weather's gonna be wet, i'm not going out to shoot. the event starts at 6pm but at 5pm, it was still drizzling bit. came 530pm and the sun popped up with some nice clouds complimenting. i grabbed my camera bag immediately and cycled to the city trying to find those zombies! i couldn't find them, texted my friend and she didn't reply til awhile later.. so i went to shoot some sunsets along the river. a fruitful catch i think! it was lovely and i met Lotta, who was shooting the sunset there as well.

my friend replied later on and i went to shoot those zombies! there were about 50 of them, all dressed up and ready to kill! awesome experience. the finns are known to be reserved but when they are zombified/drunk, they aren't shy at all! most of them were ready to pose for the cameras and that helped in making good pictures alot!

came sunday, i was actually half excited about.. still, thank God for the chance to serve.
it was a special service and i had the opportunity to play drums for the worship. it was quite a nerve wrecking experience, with about 200odd in the congregation who doesn't like loud music. being myself, i can't worship with soft music or drumming! the first few songs were pretty slow, soft, 3/4, u get the drift.. during the altar call, songs from hillsong, chris tomlin were on the playlist; something more familiar to me. frankly, i don't think i did a super awesome job myself. i'm not familiar with electronic drum sets and however expensive/realistic they might be, i'll still prefer an acoustic drum set anytime. after the service, strangers from the congregation were coming to me, welcoming me to the church and thanking me for playing the drums. one brother told me that during his stay in the 2 years in church, he has never seen anyone played the drums before.

not my own glory because it is not important at all. i'm glad to have make any impact possible to this community. i'm praying that God will work through me, to bring worship to a higher and deeper level in this church.

then, jia-yi(one of the sisters and attendees of the international service and from china), came to me and asked if i needed anything like plates, blankets etc.. i was thinking why not. i needed some of these in fact. so she invited me to her place as well as to get those. i was being blessed with some plates, cups and a frying wok! i was intending to buy a frying pan but it has put me off for some time because it's quite expensive! now i'm blessed with a frying wok which is even bigger. maybe God is asking me to bless more people with my cooking since i was given a bigger wok than expected. :P

busy-ness

2010-09-18T13:09:00.001-07:00

what is busy-ness?

it's like a state of mood that makes u forget everything..

often, most individuals including myself forget about the things-to-do when we are busy.
we substitute our loneliness by making ourselves busy, substitute our unhappiness, our emotions by finding things to do, so that we can avoid those emotions..

true enough, it has 'helped' me in some sense but i hate the negative side of it.

it has made me 'forget' someone whom i missed so dearly. i admit i don't think about her that much as i used to and i wonder why.

i don't want to be too busy.

an eventful day!

2010-09-12T03:16:00.000-07:00

well, i started the day just being online..
went out for a shoot at 3+pm and i had good harvest! took some photos which i really liked!

and Jana asked if i wanna come along for her birthday party at 45special! i thought it'll be nice to go have a look as well! it's a club i think! small one. it's my first time to a club and actually it's not much different from a bar, except for the addition of a dance floor i think.

i haven't danced before, and i certainly didn't want to embarass myself. Jana, the birthday girl, asked me to take some photos of her dancing with her friends! but.. it was a booby trap! she wanted me to dance with her after that!! alright, so i obliged because she's the birthday girl! just a few minutes of dancing and i got really tired! but it was fun! for the first time and there was someone to dance with me!

i went to rest, sat down and observed some of the dancers on the floor. man, some of them are really good and you can see different styles/mentalities of these people when they danced.. the finnish are kinda reserved, as usual.. the czechs love dancing.. the german has some great moves!

it was a good night with some new experiences!

i think i should pen/type this down.........

2010-09-09T13:34:00.000-07:00

well, while it's still fresh on my head about the happenings for today..

let's start with going back home.. so i went to a party, and my last bus goes at 1016pm according to www.linjakas.fi
so i took the bus and, lo and behold, it doesn't go to my place.
anyhow, i dropped off as soon as i realised it's not getting anywhere near my place, and walked home. I've never seen the skies in finland at night as i'm usually home most of the time. as i was walking, the stars in front of me just jumped right in front of my fact.. i stopped to take a look at the skies above me. what a beautiful sight it was.. (well, i wished you were here with me too)
i just wanted to lie down on the grass patch to enjoy the starry starry night. i felt so lost staring into the skies. those stars were everywhere! lovely..
it's something that's almost non-existent in singapore due to light pollution.

i'm so glad this happened. i had the time to admire God's creation and i thought of what PS Glen said about stars and galaxies.. how big this whole universe can be. this is what God has created.

so anyway, earlier today during the marketing lessons, we had an interesting question which led to something 'extra'.

it started like this, 'I had a culture shock when i came here! the shops are only opened for a few hours on saturdays and they are closed on sundays!' so the teacher explained and i was kinda shocked at the reasoning too. i think it shouldn't be like this and christians are giving themselves a bad name! no wonder the finns doesn't really go to church even though it's a lutheran nation!

basically, companies/businesses in Finland have to pay taxes to the church.. it's a small amount i heard, but enough to go on a holiday to a mediterranean country for 1 week. you can say about 500euros? they are force to subscribe to a church and pay taxes.. no wonder tithes and offering in Finland are kinda 'as the Lord leads you to give'..
and some people who don't agree with such a law, will not pay taxes! in fact, they will even 'hate' the religion!
the topic went on and i was thinking to myself.. are we doing things to worsen situations?

no wonder all the evangelism doesn't really work here. people are led to thinking you just want more money perhaps..

2010-09-01T20:45:00.000-07:00

it was a wonderful dream last night, and i'm not sure it happened to you too. dreamt that i MSNed you!

i've come to realised the culture of BGRs is different in here. some girlfriends move wherever the boyfriends go. be it for work or just to stay together.. probably because the boyfriend is situated right across the country or across continents, such a practice is formed. nevertheless, that was interesting enough.

2010-08-29T08:22:00.000-07:00

saw 2 girls cycling and drinking beers.

ok. so i went to 2 churches today.. one at oulun cathedral. it's probably the biggest church in the oulu. i thought the service starts at 11am. i went there at 1030am and they were already halfway through. probably got the time wrong. it was in finnish and it was a lutheran service. anyhow, it's good to be found in the house of God! it looked really nice inside, nicer than wesley methodist if you ask me. :p

but i needed to find a church that has english services.

so i went to this international christian fellowship.. it was also, quite a similar setting to the lutheran practice if i may say.

anyway, after the service ended, i had a chat with this indian brother who has been working in oulu for the past 2 years.

he said something which enlightened me.

"here in ICF, i've a taste of what heaven is like. we have over 20 countries of believers who congregate here and i think heaven is like that! all believers from the different nations meeting the FATHER!"

as myopic as i am, i have never thought about it this way before. i mean, yes it makes sense. but it has never came across to me like this, probably because it's mostly chinese in our youth group and in the christian community in SG.

i'm starting to look at things at an international level!

skyping hayley williams with her new haircut.. keke

2010-08-27T22:08:00.000-07:00

2010-08-26T06:52:00.000-07:00

will always remember those who encouraged and talked to him in fi. thank you. :)

2010-08-25T20:37:00.000-07:00

possible early come back?

first day of orientation. the normal talks and introduction to course, to school.. it was pretty good. made some friends and saw some asians. somehow, BMI just speaks to me everyday about the issues i'm facing..

2010-08-23T22:48:00.001-07:00

i kept thinking about you going other countries to work....

reflections

2010-08-23T10:58:00.001-07:00

like what i told some of you,

i'm actually reminded of my parents felt when they came to SG to work when they were 16..
they probably have friends, but i'm sure they surely felt sad and missed home too. but they persevered and it's been amazing to see what they've achieved so far. also to friends who came from overseas to work in SG, it mustn't had been easy definitely. kudos to everyone of you who did that.

watched "every singaporean son" series today. as much of a show as it, actually i'm reminded of the first 2 weeks in BMT.
the first 2 weeks when i wasn't allowed to go home, the only time i can contact my parents and friends were probably through the non-camera hp i had.

but it's 10 months of not going home now though i have a better means of communication. using skype to webcam; to make phone calls.

thank you for all the encouragements so hard. i'm thankful for friends like these. will pull through this, but i need to get my cough healed soon!!

2010-08-20T07:00:00.000-07:00

broke down today.

first 3 days in finland

2010-08-19T21:03:00.000-07:00

it's 7:04am now, i woke up at 5:30am today. slightly better from yesterday as i woke up at 5am. still trying to get used to the time adjustments here.

day 1: i was at Helsinki airport, doing the excess baggage for my domestic flight to Oulu.. they told me that i had to pay excess for the 33kg i had. that's like almost 200euros.. way too ridiculous i thought. then they were nice enough to charge me 120euros because they think i had too much to pay. i figured i should be using cargo when i'm back in SG, and i seriously can't wait to be back. I need to do very well in school. so i settled my excess and it was about 4 hours before i go on board again.no internet, no books.. i was just observing people in the airport.

So i reached Oulu and I must thank Ms Tiia for picking me up. Seriously, it would have been alot of hassles for me if i were to go on myself. I reached Oulu at 6pm, and the accomodation office closes at 4pm. I needed someone to pick my keys up from the office. IF NOT, i have to stay in a hotel, get all my luggage to the office to collect the keys and get to where i'm staying. cab fares here are not for the peasants in SG. it cost about 34euros just to travel 14km, from the airport to where i'm staying.

So i settled in my place, changed out and went walking to the city with Tiia. Bought some groceries, familiarize with the place abit and took a bus home. it's 3euros. I alighted and i got lost again. thankfully, i found someone at the petrol station.
I asked him about the place on the map; he wasn't sure. But he was kind enough to drive around that area to see if it's correct. before that, i was feeling so sad and depressed. carrying my bag of groceries and getting lost and the locals here don't seemed to know their maps too well. But i felt the hand of God intervening this process and i was brought home safely.

there was no internet connection just yet, and i was really missing everyone back in Singapore. it was getting dark, at around 10pm. So i decided to sleep after such a long day.

day2: i was awake at 530am. boiled some water with the kettle, made myself some breakfast and set out to the city on foot. navigating around wasn't easy at first, because their road names are really long and the locals themselves aren't too familiar with the place. I set foot from 8am.. getting the paper work done for my accomodation, getting a bank account, tried to get a bike but the prices are just too ridiculous.. it's around 140euros to a 2nd hand one.. 300euros for a new one.. i'm stll weighing the costs between getting a bike or getting a bus concession because i don't think i would be able to ride in the winter.
finally got the internet connection down, and i skyped with my parents, esther and jolene.
thanks so much. phone calls matter alot to me than just seeing texts on the screen. i'm feeling a lil better now.

i'm still trying to find a church. there's a cathedral in the city. but i'm afraid that it's gonna be in finnish. anyhow, we'll see.

never ever imagined i'd do this.

2010-07-29T19:15:00.000-07:00

3rd july til 26th july 2010.

F&P for you.

reflections for the weekend

2010-07-11T08:48:00.000-07:00

through you, i've learnt to be a better person. thank you.

stinks

2010-06-21T07:12:00.000-07:00

something is very stale here ah!!

it's my blog! hah.. well, i guess work just tires down most singaporeans, unless you are holding a dream job.

i'm hoping to blog more often when i go to finland for my further studies.

stay tuned!

2009-12-02T15:15:00.000-08:00

Well, the reason for not updating is that i've been quite tired of late. I'm so sorry but work is sucking me dry.
i'm working on a series of photos for WT as she wants something 'special' for her 21st. It's really exciting and i bet you guys will be looking forward to the photos as well.

another note, i can't wait to travel again! Go see the world! It's still beautiful afterall.

DBS christmas surprise

2009-10-26T06:21:00.001-07:00

as some of you guys would have seen the black and white photo i have on my wall, a similar photo won me a $50 prize. :)

http://www.flickr.com/groups/dbschristmassurprise/

thank God for such a pleasant surprise! :)

all in a day's work

2009-10-12T08:24:00.001-07:00

getting my paper work, editing photos, collecting payment, sending pictures for printing... woo. what a day.

so, i met 2 clients today to return them their wedding pictures i took last month.

after shooting a 14 hour wedding, and 30 hours of editing, the end product is finally here! and i was reviewing the pictures together with them.. it's such a joy to see your work being appreciated and they raving about the nice pictures you took for them and all the hard work seems to pay off!

looking forward to more of such weddings ahead!

china trip

2009-10-05T19:29:00.000-07:00

hello everyone!

i'm back from china.. the holiday was a blast with the tour group. fun people in the tour, great tour guides!

for those who will be interested, i've uploaded the photos to facebook and you can view them here!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=124830&id=566006995&l=5c4ee06756
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=124864&id=566006995&l=d6f0a7d253

flowergirl

2009-09-24T18:19:00.001-07:00

20092009

2009-09-21T19:19:00.000-07:00

it was a blast shooting damien and juin's wedding. firstly it was a hot date! i received more than 5 requests to shoot their actual day weddings.. but sadly, i can't be at all these places at the same time!

and i'm editing the pictures now! for now, a picture i took with the bridesmaid! i was really reluctant to do the waxing but she insisted and i just had to oblige! now i have a smooth clean 'football field'.. hehe..

fashion spotting 2

2009-09-20T20:42:00.000-07:00

d24 and $$

2009-09-04T18:43:00.000-07:00

i love my wide angle.

2009-09-04T18:30:00.000-07:00

fashion spotting

2009-09-04T18:15:00.000-07:00

been tasked to shoot some good and bad fashion ppl!

my favourites!

day 3

2009-08-26T19:33:00.001-07:00

cold calls, cold emails..

the journey continues..

2009-08-24T22:03:00.001-07:00

my first time.

2009-08-16T06:54:00.000-07:00

i had my first candlelight dinner yesterday! it was totally unexpected because i haven't been to that restaurant before!
only read about it at HGW in the morning and called for a reservation straightaway.

i must say that ambience is really nice, with some soft music and tucking in to nice italian food. of cos good companion does make it even better.

i really enjoyed myself with you!

how i spent my national day.

2009-08-09T08:39:00.000-07:00

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=110983&id=566006995

a view outside my flat

2009-07-31T20:18:00.001-07:00

lawn mowering.

2009-07-26T09:10:00.000-07:00

4th week into the industry

2009-07-14T07:46:00.001-07:00

it's my 4th week.. more shit to come, more shit to expect.. i will persevere! this is a really tough road as most successful photogs will always say. but God i believe You can help me through this! it's a road of hard work, humility and lots of decisions. please guide me through this path!

What a bad morning..

2009-07-05T22:08:00.000-07:00

Went to run some errands.. Spare u the details.. I spent 1.5 hrs to buy a light bulb.. Haiyoh! This is training!

charging phone at mrt

2009-07-02T07:51:00.000-07:00

came across this while going home.

2009-07-01T20:15:00.001-07:00

http://www.wikihow.com/Treat-a-Girl-Well

so interesting. u can wiki anything and everything. haha..

2009-06-28T19:53:00.000-07:00

haha. girls will want to be pink ranger.
not much ppl want to be a black ranger.

but anyway, this is royal ranger.

(picture not loading, thanks to blogger. )

2009-06-28T08:42:00.001-07:00

thinks it's really hard... not giving up, yet!

for those in my era

2009-06-27T08:41:00.000-07:00

this is one of the most favourited movies all time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW80K11nfn4&feature=related
power rangers the movie!

go watch part 1 to 10!

i think most guys will aspire to be white ranger! haha

today is happy.

2009-06-23T07:56:00.000-07:00

saw this on my way to work and took a quick shot. pardon the huge railing occupying so much in the frame.

on another note, today is a happy day and i want to remember this day with you.

just trying to practise what i see in studio everyday..

2009-06-22T08:03:00.000-07:00

lighting, viewing images at 100% closeups has been becoming a pet peeve of a photographer.. checking for focus.. i think i have developed a 'feetish' to shoot shoes and buying shoes..

I SMOKE ANYWHERE!

2009-06-20T17:01:00.000-07:00

i'm not a smoker myself, but i find it quite amusing to see yellow boxes in singapore having a mini chimney with those smokers.
-part of a personal project which i'm working on. "need to be in a yellow box to smoke?"

dailies

2009-06-17T06:32:00.000-07:00

well, i do miss the church camp days. i wished everyday were so carefree, eating and going for services. and playing games in the afternoon!

back to singapore, back to reality. work has been quite uncertain. i'm not really sure if i can make it in this 2-3 years i'm gonna give myself, but i'm sure God has a plan and God can make this happen!

so press on folks!

back!!

2009-06-14T07:41:00.000-07:00

just came back from a 4 day church camp and the pictures are here!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/album.php?aid=99090&id=566006995&ref=mf

Thoughts and motivation..

2009-06-10T03:54:00.000-07:00

I had my first day of freelance work at a commercial studio. I didn't really know what to expect before i went. When i reached the studio, i was introduced to photographers and started work immediately. Setting up lights etc.. It was interesting as i've never seen how a product shoot goes before.

But as the shoot took place, i felt my legs were so tired form 3-4 hours of standing and felt like giving up! There were so much sai kang to do. Clean the product, serve the clients coffee, bring the products back and forth when they were so heavy! Wash the cups, sweep the floor, i really felt like a cleaner there. Yes, they told me it's alot of hard work but i didn't expect such hard work! I thought it'll be working hard to strive for better pictures and immense creativity juice, not hard LABOUR! And i think to myself i can't assist too long in this! I'll go crazy!

thankfully i was told that i'll be given chances along the way to shoot as i feel more confident. It really trains me as i made so many boo-boos today. I can't set up a c-stand properly, don't know how to detach a digital back. Looking ahead, i so swear to be #1 and will remember all the hardwork i went through!

growing years.

2009-06-09T08:27:00.001-07:00

when i was 2 mths old.

8 years old.

13years old.

currently.

35years old.

cash cow.

2009-06-09T08:09:00.001-07:00

Folly

2009-06-02T09:33:00.000-07:00

Some aquaintances just need to get lost and stop being so hypocritical. I have no interest/time/energy to entertain you.

The moment

2009-06-01T18:06:00.000-07:00

I can't imagine in just a few days time, when i wake up, it's ORD. Yes, they say when you look back, 2 years is actually a short time. But it felt like almost eternity for me. I've never liked NS and will never want to repeat this if given any chance.

lots of stories to tell, lots of shit we have to suffer. The times when we were still new recruits in BMT, and i find it so funny when i hear long hair-ed recruits call sergeants and sirs. I was not used to it as i wasn't in any uniformed groups. Times when terence was such a clown during his performances and SOC. Times when my PCs were so obliging to let us powder them just before we POP. Then came medic course. I kinda dreaded it because i've heard of the horrendously long needles which we'll have to practise with at BUDDY level. I swear my buddy was the least interested to pass out as a medic and he just poked me for the sake of it! Medic course was fun and yeah, we were bloody proud. I love the moment when my mum doned on the medic armband for me.
then came dirty SCE. I didn't know what to expect. I shan't say much about this because i totally hate this place. Cept for the 'swine flu' nights.

and in a few days, i'll be looking forward to a next phase in life. I'm totally excited as to what God's gonna do and i believe that cactus was divinely planned! Shortly one week after i signed contract, i had 3 other offers from other studios.

church camp in just 9 days!

5d discharged. and went on a foodie spree.

2009-05-26T05:26:00.000-07:00

yum. looks like 5d is good. chill crabs are good too!

injured.

2009-05-25T00:42:00.000-07:00

the 5D is at canon hospital now... God bless u baby!

dollar building

2009-05-21T09:02:00.000-07:00

have you seen it!

egg fried rice with egg and bak kua

2009-05-20T05:21:00.000-07:00

this is one of my favourite way of eating fried rice. every grain must be coated with eggs! and i cooked this myself! i figured that if i didn't want to work as a photographer, i'll most probably go into culinary although it's alot more work. do u know that a good chef who is not fat, is not good? it makes sense! u eat your own cooking. not nice? cook again and eat again.
whole day long, cook eat cook eat cook eat cook eat cook eat. niceee!

money face

2009-05-20T05:06:00.001-07:00

i bought a dollar sign home.

2009-05-20T04:40:00.000-07:00

it cost me $10000000.

butter fingers

2009-05-20T04:27:00.001-07:00

hurray. and i dropped my 24-70L and the barrel came off.

beach chairs and life

2009-05-19T19:58:00.000-07:00

photo: me

snow in singapore and wanton mee.

2009-05-18T08:26:00.000-07:00

feels good to be driving on a drizzling monday and going to old airport road for some nice wanton mee.

view the wanton mee picture bigggg!

new journey, alternative route

2009-05-12T09:30:00.000-07:00

come june, i'll be taking a step back and will be on a learning journey to reach my goal, to be an outstanding photographer!

more details will be revealed if you ask me personally! that's all i can say for now! stay tuned!

hmm...

2009-05-06T04:18:00.001-07:00

will be going for a job interview tml.. wish me luck!

*cough cough

2009-05-04T22:13:00.001-07:00

behind the scenes~!

2009-04-25T09:17:00.001-07:00

lalala sing along!

auntie san san almost got blown away with the kite..

jas got a very interesting pose for kite flying.. hmm..

the technicals!

haha.. auntie san san looks like she's using her bodyweight to anchor herself!

another interesting posse!
this one too!
save me, save the kite!

haha.. eat lunch only. don't so fierce k?

that's more like it!

my marina barrage with the glamour ladies.

2009-04-25T08:50:00.000-07:00

so i went to marina barrage today on this desert-hot morning with a bunch of crazy young people and the henderson senior citizens. thanks for joshua for lending a hand to be my saikang warrior.
now here are just some favourites to share! spot urself inside!

alright. these are the glamer ones. i'll post the unglam ones up later! hahahahaa!

cocacola!

2009-04-19T20:15:00.001-07:00

hope you enjoy the picture as much as i do! craving.. haha!

a day's life.

2009-04-19T07:49:00.001-07:00

more favourites from suming and jingjing!

2009-04-04T16:57:00.001-07:00

very brave! i don't think i'd dare to do something like this!
ahh! blindfolded games! cockroaches? worms..?
luckily not!
you may now.. kiss the groom!

a pew for me. so cool!

marriage with the kiss!

Site downtime

2009-03-29T09:12:00.000-07:00

As some of you guys might have experienced this, yes.. My site is down for the time being because there's some problems with the webhost! Please give us a few days to get things up! Meanwhile, if you need to view my portfolio, please do drop me an email and i'll email you a soft copy!
email: lepids@gmail.com

jingjing~~

2009-03-27T17:50:00.000-07:00

a quick preview from last week's wedding. i'm so in love with these pictures..(partly because i shot them! haha) the lighting and emotions so mix well in bnw.

21st march! wedding of su ming and jingjing!

2009-03-22T05:55:00.000-07:00

21st march seems to be like a hot date for weddings!

one favourite image for now...
on another note, i've been shooting quite a fair bit this month and meeting my clients.. slowly picking up the momentum of being a full-time photographer. shooting more regularly and i'm trying to improve myself practising, and looking at alot of pictures! man i love this job.
thanks to wilfred who introduced me into the world of photography back in 2003! i'll probably share how i got introduced to a camera in another post!

weekend shoots!~

2009-03-15T06:06:00.000-07:00

so i spent my weekends shooting! it was productive and i love what i'm doing.
14th march was a shoot with susu and her best friends.. will upload to share later! it was interesting because it was somewhat like a trash the dress when u have girls wearing dress and sneakers! i'm still looking through and some of them are really funny shots!

on the 15th was a shoot with gen. judith and i have planned this for a long time and i'm actually happy how it turns out! really love the lighting and i have a thing for shimmering cheeks now! :)

my super untrusty skyports which fail me in every shoot. anyone wants to buy?

putting this $3k(now $4k) light bulb into good use.

the beautiful makeup artiste with the beautiful model.

the end result!and this is totally random in black and white. i really like how the tones are represented here.

tada for the weekend! looking forward to more shoots!

wah lau noisey lei!

2009-02-26T20:53:00.000-08:00

not really anything big but i thought it's worth mentioning. :)

received an email which went like this.

"Dear Noise Artist,

Congratulations! Your work has been selected to be showcased at Noise Singapore Festival Showcase (Far East Plaza Level One). "

ahem. bit of shameless promoting and spamming but oh yeah. please do go down to far east on the 5th march 6pm for the opening launch of the showcase! i'm not sure how it's gonna look like, so be there and take some pictures for me!! keke..

minipod speakers!

2009-02-10T23:52:00.001-08:00

bought this designer speakers at adelphi awhile ago! i'm quite of my lighting actually! hehehehe!

some recent wedding pictures!!

2009-02-10T18:21:00.000-08:00

these are my favourites from the wedding and i'm also trying a new processing style! to keep up with the trend!

recee on CNY

2009-01-26T10:33:00.000-08:00

hello.. did some recee for locations today for some pre-wedding and portraiture shoots.. check these pictures out! i don't know why blogger is like this! click on the images to view it bigger!

steamboat at church!

2009-01-25T04:45:00.000-08:00

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/album.php?aid=73496&id=566006995

my first ever steamboat in church! roof top somemore! check the pictures out!

sai kang sergeant major

2009-01-23T06:50:00.001-08:00

those ppl from military will probably know this one!

and feed me now goes to SMRT on the advertising boards as well!

2009-01-01T04:56:00.000-08:00

check it out when ya around somerset mrt! :)

FEED ME CAMPAIGN! - YOUTH.SG

2008-12-30T02:33:00.000-08:00

HELLO! i now present to you the pictures i took for youth.sg, feed me campaign!
pardon me for the lousy quality of the pictures. it's taken with a compact cam!! below are the pictures of the press launch. here's the centre stage at heeren!
check this out!
http://www.feedme.youth.sg/index.php

xmas gathering!

2008-12-25T08:13:00.000-08:00

well, today's xmas is quite special! it's about meeting up with people you care, and xmas as i think is intended to remember one another and show appreciation! thanks for the many gifts that you guys have blessed with me! i really like the CD, meiling!

some pictures to share! lazy to upload!
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1626575&id=566006995#/album.php?aid=67484&id=566006995

21st bday!

2008-12-16T08:09:00.000-08:00

firstly, thank you to all the well wishes and blessings! i appreciate them alot. the day was spent with just a simple dinner with my family and relatives. no bells and whistles. i love the presents that were given to me. one of it was something i asked for. thanks to my beloved cousins who are so doting on me! they bought me a mont blanc pen. u can buy many pilot G2s with the amount of money!

chen liang and shumin

2008-12-07T20:04:00.001-08:00

here are more favourites from chen liang and shumin's wedding!

chen liang and shumin

2008-12-03T03:48:00.001-08:00

a favourite from shumin's wedding(yin's friend!)..

i post the others later!

some more favourites from 'moments'

2008-11-26T06:44:00.001-08:00

here are the night shots cont!

"moments. a wedding celebration" by marc and erika.

2008-11-23T20:01:00.000-08:00

i had the privilege to document this event by marc and erika.
it's a learning experience for me and i enjoyed the wedding very much. here's some of my favourites and i hope you would enjoy them as much as i do!

i kinda like how the kids looked so bored in waiting! haha..

kids are so expressive.
some of the games they played during gate crashing!

well, it sure does take alot of sweat to convince the sisters to let them in!

i love the smiles from bride. so candid!

some more favourites

reduce, reuse, recycle

2008-11-21T08:26:00.000-08:00

part of a creative campaign which i'm working at.

for multiple usages.

God is still good!

2008-11-10T04:20:00.001-08:00

i shall want to share with you guys this verse which really encourages me from a troubled state i'm at.

(John 14:27 KJV) Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

whatever duties and sh*t i may go through in army, i know Lord your peace is with me.

i'll learn to appreciate the rainbow more after the storm.