Friday thoughts

I went for a facial last nite, after finally so long. Just around the corner where I stay.

But I duno why, after the 1 1/2 hr session later, my face looked visibly whiter. I am like not very used to that. Argh. Like ghost. Only not light enough to float around.

I want sun sun sun! Going to get it next week. Yay!

I’ll be off to Lombok, then I can try my camera the whole day! But this time I’ve decided not to take it underwater. The housing can wait till I go Bali later.

Back to the facial, I signed up a package with them coz they threw in eye mask for each session of 10. I need eye masks. My eyes looked old nowadays. The late sleeping and putting on of contact lenses everyday resulted in creases below the eyes.

And…the way she did extraction…wowwee…pain! But surprisingly not too visible marks this morning. And her massage, power leh.

But it was not too bad. That’s why I signed up for it.

Now my camera. I need a bigger sized memory card. 8GB. Then I can shoot as many more. Now I shoot about 10+ pix then the memory will be full. Very no shiok.

More money to be spent…

Macro shots by G9

I’ve been trying to get used to my new camera and took quite a few shots around at home, as well as on Caramel.

Caramel’s shots can be seen here.

Other stills shots below:

fake sunflowers

monkey hanging on the door handle

Giant Dusty’s nose

My breakfast for the past few days - oat bar

Using the macro function for the above. Still a lot of functions which I’m not sure. And also testing a lot of shots adjusting the shutter speed and aperture and ISO.

Caramel has been my model for the past few days. Haha.

More shots to come…

Donate, or not?

I think for charities, we have to be purer than pure, and whiter than white.
- Tan Chee Koon, CEO of NVPC

After the NKF saga comes the Ren Ci case. Inevitably I think it causes the public to actually lose some confidence in donating their monies to charity organisations.

Nowadays, it takes a bit more to make me do donations. Always the first question that pops up in my mind will be will the money reach the intended recipients?

Which I think should be what a lot of other people are also thinking about.

Somehow I feel some hypocritism in Venerable Ming Yi, much as I hate to think in this way after seeing how what he used to do to raise funds for Ren Ci. But because he had done that and on the other hand being charged of misappropriating funds of Ren Ci, it’s really hard to convince oneself to appreciate what he had done.

Of coz, one is not guilty unless pronounced guilty. But there is always a reason to get charged, so while we wait for the final verdict I believe a lot of us out here who have helped by donating are feeling disappointed in the turn of events.

I think that everyone is still willing to donate, but how can we ensure that the money goes on to the right track? It’s easy to say to separate the organisation from the management, but ultimately, it is the management who decides how much to go where. So 我们该如何取舍呢?

I think we need an answer, real action, on how we can be assured that funds get channelled correctly, and just persuasion on how to separate the organisation will not suffice. After all, management are all humans. You cannot guarantee 100% that a good person will not turn astray.

After this case, I am getting skeptical on donating. Nowadays, we do not speak only of donation, but donation to the right cause.

Precision timing is…

…when you drive along the highway and when hear a splat and see bird poo in front of you that hit the car windscreen.

You feel thankful that it landed on glass instead of the car’s body.

Words can kill, really

I wrote about something similar a few weeks ago, when the blogophere was riddled with blogowars, titled Words can kill, almost.

And today, I’ve changed the almost to really. Something which happened last week aptly describes the title.

Source

My colleague’s neighbour committed suicide last week in one of the mornings, all because of something which the mother mentioned in a fit of anger but not really meaning it.

Regretfully, the kid who died was only a primary/early secondary school student, I’m not too sure.

According to my colleague, she’s a nice little girl, obedient and polite. But her obedience cause her to take her mum’s words seriously, and caused her to succuumb to pressure.

Because she couldn’t finish her homework in time, her mother got angry with her and told her that if she couldn’t finish her homework then she better think of how to die. Unfortunately, she really took it seriously and planned her suicide, leaving a note for her friend whom she got a present for, saying that it would be the last time she would give her a gift. And when she woke up in the morning, she panicked and held her favourite doll with her, before plunging 16 storeys down.

Of coz, her mother was heartbroken and blamed herself badly for saying such a thing.

Nowadays, it’s very difficult to know what someone is thinking about, and there is always a chance that someone will take it the wrong way or misunderstand it. Even kids, who do not have a mind mature enough to differentiate whether adults mean this or that when they say something. As for teenagers or adults even, you’ll never know when you will blow a fuse in their head with your words and end up in drastic situations.

So people, please, think before you say anything to others. No matter what, all human beings have feelings. You’ll never know when you would end up hurting people or even driving them to their death, in the worst case scenario.

The letter ‘G’, and the number ‘9′

I finally laid my hands on them.

Camera: Canon G9
Mobile phone: SE G900

Phone first.

I got the phone on Sunday, and a tad regretful because the screen is not pretty at all! Of coz, I believe it will spruce up with some colourful themes. As compared to my K800i. For those who wants good quality pictures out of their phones, this one is a bit lacking though it has a 5MP camera.

The thing is, it’s not a cybershot phone. More of a smartphone, actually. So the WiFi is ok in there.

I’m a bit disappointed about the fact that it doesn’t have the fish game & golf game which SE phones have. Some stupid software wiped my default games out of the K800i and I kinda expect them to be in there. But there was only Sudoku! Anyone knows how to get those games in the phone for FREE?

Ok, to be fair, I’ve yet to explore every of the functions in there (with the camera distraction). One thing is, I do not need to use the stylus. Just tap tap with my finger(nail). Reminds my of my Oriental time where we like to tap tap the Micros screen with our nails. Tiak tiak tiak sound.

Camera next.

I got the heavy box from SC yesterday, and for the whole day I was like having arthritis (sorry do you spell it like that?) because I was itching to get my hands on it.

When I got it, I was having a whale of my time fiddling with all the knobs and buttons on it. Wah….it’s like some DSLR cammie. So many functions and formats together. I was trying out the macro function and was pretty amazed by the effects. But I duno how to really get a nice rich photo coz I was trying out some self shots (自拍) and all turned out quite dark despite being in the light.

I really need to read up more on it. And, I might end up using the auto function first. Hiak.

Going to try some shots on the pooch first. He’s always a ready model for me, and super camera sensitive. The only thing is, once he realises you are taking photo of him he will look away from the cammie at that moment you press the shutter.

I need to get a bigger capacity memory card though.

G900, Grill out & everything nice

I think I might buy this phone to replace my dying K800i.

Will go and see it tomorrow.

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Went to this restaurant called Grill Out at Sunset Way for lunch on Friday. They have a promotion for lunch, that is, you pay the price for each item on the menu (which is the price of the main) and they throw in a soup-of-the-day, drink and dessert. Quite a good deal, ain’t it?

I had the lamb rack with mint sauce. It was fabulous. Cooked just nice, and none of the toughness at all. The potato soup was nice, but the garlic bread that came with it was mediocre. I tasted a piece of the pork collar…mmm…nice.

The dessert was brownie with cake, and for a moment I thought it was a brownie separate with ice cream. It actually came with the ice cream wrapped with the brownie cake. Quite different from the normal cake.

Overall, slightly less than $30/pax.

Try it. It’s quite a cozy place to be at.

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Drove on the Benjamin Sheares bridge just now. All the cars slowed down at the part which overlooked the Marina Centre. Coz the fireworks were going on!

Wowwee~

They were very nice, and even Caramel who was in my car at that time was attracted by it. Heh.

Of coz, the police patrol cars were lined along the bridge as usual, to prevent cars from stopping and jamming up the roads.

Nice.

Week’s happening

Went to TPY with the Paradizer on Tuesday and the most amazing thing is that I didn’t spend my money on anything except for food. It’s like…TPY? Not spending money? Woot!

I nearly got a pair of shoes….real steal. 10 bucks. Old stock clearance. But I didn’t get it in the end. Paradizer says that it’s only with her that I can manage to find $10 shoes. Yeah, right. 2nd time already. Just like all our Mango visits.

But now, I’m kinda regretting that I didn’t buy that black pair of shoes because this morning, I could find a matching pair to wear.

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Went to get a present for one my mum’s customer. Japanese couple, getting married. It was quite a headache when you duno them well enough and what they like. Made worse when they are a Japanese couple. Got pantang in buying gifts or not? Had to go google online to find out more. *giggles*

In the end I got them this heavy limestone art but with a meaning behind the figurine.

This thing has another use for it; train your biceps and triceps. Very good.

Ok jokes aside.

This thing is really heavy.

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I was surprised to learn two days ago that my secondary school buddy knows my colleague here. And they’ve been friends for 3 years! The next surprising thing is, I never knew my colleague is a ‘hard core’ VSC given his hectic schedule here.

So when I saw my colleague yesterday, I was laughing with him, saying that “my friend told me something…“

He replied saying, “my friend also told me something…“

Then we burst out laughing.

Small world out there.

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My colleague told me something sad. Apparently her neighbour jumped off the building yesterday morning, for reasons unknown to me. And this neighbour, is only very young. Primary school only, if I didn’t remember wrongly.

Why are kids nowadays so prone to suicide? It is pressure, vulnerability or depression?

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I wonder how many of you people here using Singtel got some network problem yesterday? Mine was ok (at least for the work phone; forgot to check my personal one) but not for G, my colleague and my dad. All got problems with their phones. My colleague was frantically telling me his predicament using the BB messenger. Wah…the way he writes reminds me of a headless chicken running around looking for his head.

Except for my dad, the other 2 are actually using the most expensive plan - some premium 1500 plan. Ironically, it doesn’t mean the best when you pay the most.

Best thing is, I read about the network problems in forums. Up till now, still no news at all by the media, despite it happening last afternoon.

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Ok, that’s all for today. I’m looking forward to the end of the day where I might get the chance to have my pedi & mani, or to go for a facial. Everybody shout with me…

TGIF!!!!

UW camera and housing…akan datang

I am getting pretty excited.

I have my Canon G9 coming in on its way from Japan, and I’ve got a nice discounted price from one of my mum’s customer in Malaysia for the Ikelite UW housing.

Woot!

How nice they look:

Combined, I could get a few hundred bucks less.

The only thing I dun like is that this thing is damn heavy. Not a problem underwater but a bitch to carry around. Thus the hesitation on whether to get this or the normal Canon housing. I’m n00b in underwater photography too.

Preferably to decide before I go to Lombok on 24th.

But still…very excited now.

Yay.

Sneak

Blardy sneak.

I can’t believe she even went to tell this to him.

I have a good mind to just pass on everything to her and let her do all. If not for the fact that I need those info to do booking for the CEO.

I won’t be surprised that she would have even told him what we spoke about in the office.

No wonder they are one pair. Coz both are merlions. Hear anything, vomit everything.