Nov 19-24
AUSTRALIA
Brisbane and Sydney
flew out to Brisbane on the 19th 2330.. flight was re-schedule from the original 2130hr..
totally nua over 2 hrs in the airport.
flight was 7hrs and 45mins.
touch down and clear Brisbane international airport at nearly 10am. 20th
where joanna was waiting for me. went for brunch near Mt cootha.went up Mt cootha for a view of Brisbane city nice place you could see all most the entire city from up there.
pop by UQ when jo needs to renew her student id. after a tour of the campus we went up to her place to drop my stuffs and change.nice placejust like your normal apartment. with her was simon and meiqi(dunno how to spell). Took city cat ( a river taxi service that run from city to UQ )
into the city which was supposed to be the faster way into city.
the entire river was muddy due to the recent thunderstorm in bris which i suppose was quite a bad one if the entire length of the river is mud colour. which reminds me of Brunei.. walk around bris city which was easily covered as it's quite small by measure..went to get a bubble tea...
the price was.. AUS$4!! sharks.. that could buy 3 bubble tea with extra bubbles in sg.
head to South bank for dinner. and caught james bond there..which was.. erm.. no really nice ahha
there's one thing about the cinema it's free seating!! so you just walk in and choose you own seat.. but being full hse.. everyone was told to move to e center and not to leave a space. it's so pack till some had to seat on the steps.
had turkey-styled dinner which was slurps gd. ha
it's poured again when we were halfway through the meal.
Lydia was kind enough to send us back home =) thanks Lydia!
21th
slept in jo's hse till 9. all of them went off early for morten island camp that morning.
after which walk over to carol's friend hse which was 2 streets away.
they stayed in a town hse which was abit older but alot more spacious.
there's lots of people there haha.. carol came over bris with 3 other friend namely : Ryan. Kenny. Andrew. where they bunk in with.. shenwee, June, Lydia,Lydia's bf, another couple visiting from sg on recee and one more fellow who got kick out from campus cuz he finished his deg. so total there was 11 people in the hse! partyyy ahha
well went down to surfer's paradise for that sunny day!!
surfing was.. terribly SHIOK! ohoh actually i didn't intent to touch water that day as i neber bring any thing there apart from my cams.. but what the heck since i'm in Gold Coast surfer's Paradise why not do what the local do! SURF.
woohoo neber regret it super shiok. manage to surfed a little after countless knocks tumbles and roll.
Had dinner at Norman's hotel. the food there was woohoo good!
22th
went down to New farm farmer's market to walk ard. it's a place where all e farmer's would bring their stuffs there for sale. quite a interesting place. there was this soft candy which you would find in candy stores. that thin strips of candy which comes in different colours, coated with sugar and taste abit sour.. it's selling there too... in XXXXXL size. one strip is about the length of your arm and prob 1 cm across. sheesh.
took a flight at bris domestic airport to Sydney with carol and gang.
the moment i step out of the airport.. whoosh. a gush of strong wind hit me straight was jolted wide awake.. ani't it suppose to be summer?! what crap.. i was in t-shirt and shorts..
temp was 13 deg with strong wind. brr..gabe claimed that i bought the thunderstorm down to syd.. bleahz. the rest of them was like "yesh so good to be back, cooling"
return to carol's hse to put our stuffs before heading out for dinner. their hse faces sunset.. had a big spacious bacony where you can sit and enjoy the sunset.
went up to the rocks for dinner where we had a view of Sydney opera hse and the bridge. nice!
Had gourmet pizza for dinner. kangaroo/seafood and roast duck. all of us agree that roast duck was the best. went for chocolate dessert next at max brener.. it's good.. i tell you.. thick rich chocolate slurps!
23th
woke up early to attend service at hillsong church with carol which was a short bus ride away.service was great but abit short boo..
had lunch in chinatown and walk ard the weekend market nearby where we met up with ryan
after which we went to darling harbour and walk around thier cbd area for awhile. bought darrll lee's chocolate which was good and ex.. went back to collect my stuffs and met up with gabe who live 10 mins away from carol's hse. went shopping ard at their supermarket for stuffs.
return back to gabe's hse to paly guitar hero! he got the entire set.. from drum set.. 2x guitar and even a mic! omg so fun haha play till darn tired kept missing the beats snorts. maybe i'm just not good with music stuffs ahah.
24th
went out early to fish market for breakfast.. really have to walk for the food.. it's about 15mins walk from city. but the seafood there was superb. seafood booze slacking at the jetty side. sigh.. good life. went bondi beach after that it's a cresent shaped beach and good waves for surfing.
flight back landed sg 2230. 3hrs younger. haha!
5days 2 cities 2 beaches 4 stayover places
and lots of new friends.
many thanks for you guys whom made this trip possible.
if not i'll be sleeping in the streets everynight.!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
hey.. here's the wedding photos from my cousin and friend's wedding.
abit late but yup. there you go enjoys.
abit late but yup. there you go enjoys.
11 OCT 08
Starting point: Ngee Ann poly.
Teams :34
Total personals :102 runners
Command & Logistic : volunteers
Event : AAC ( Ace Adventure Challenge )
Challenges Faced:
40-55km race route(bike/run)
Rope ladder ascend
Abseiling
Team Bia (5km)
Tyre drag (900m)
Fish catching
Valley challenge
High rope element
Low wall
night navigation
Team check in : 190011
Time start : 000012
First team back : 045712
Last team back : 071512
this being a adventure race, route was only being issued out at 2315/11
teams pour over the maps, don their equipments, last mins check, waterproofing their maps etc.
De-brief was carried out at 2330/11. questions upon questions were asked and each dutifully answered by the organiser.
0000/12 was the push off timing for men's and women's team.
0030/12 was the push off for mixed team.
starts with a run from ngee ann till dairy farm road, where they reach the first obstacle namely rope ascend.
upon reaching the top it's another short run to their bike transition area.
cycling through Bt timah they face with the abseiling, due to the rain there's only one lane opened hence holding up most of the teams. climbing up to that point wasn't a piece of cake either.
after this they proceed towards zhenghua park for their team bia, covering 5k in total only 1 biker allowed and the other 2 will be running (switch are allowed)
after making a round loop at the park connector, they made their way towards mandai
via track 15. where they will arrive at checkpt 5 for the 900m tyre drag, up till this point only a few groups made it through easily as the rest went to visit Holland in mandai area. First team arrived back in End pt
after cp 5 they will proceed with a run via kranji dam to pick up their bike once again for the final bike ride to Lim chu kang(scout camp)
once they arrive a LCK, each team make their own way to cp 9 for fish catching where by they are given 3 colours and each has to catch a guppy of the indicated colour.
upon success, their will make their way back to scout camp for the next 3 checkpts within the camp compound.
the final checkpt 13 lies just a few km south of the camp.
the the final chop on their passport each team will make their way back to scout camp to conclude the event with a rest and hot breakfast.
for some.. it's a long ride home..
using flash for the first time was.. not really great but it's a good learn experience. my 50mm is stuck on my cam!! i think the len's threading got dented where i drop it last shoot...and now it refuse to detach
=( service center here i come..
link to photos
Starting point: Ngee Ann poly.
Teams :34
Total personals :102 runners
Command & Logistic : volunteers
Event : AAC ( Ace Adventure Challenge )
Challenges Faced:
40-55km race route(bike/run)
Rope ladder ascend
Abseiling
Team Bia (5km)
Tyre drag (900m)
Fish catching
Valley challenge
High rope element
Low wall
night navigation
Team check in : 190011
Time start : 000012
First team back : 045712
Last team back : 071512
this being a adventure race, route was only being issued out at 2315/11
teams pour over the maps, don their equipments, last mins check, waterproofing their maps etc.
De-brief was carried out at 2330/11. questions upon questions were asked and each dutifully answered by the organiser.
0000/12 was the push off timing for men's and women's team.
0030/12 was the push off for mixed team.
starts with a run from ngee ann till dairy farm road, where they reach the first obstacle namely rope ascend.
upon reaching the top it's another short run to their bike transition area.
cycling through Bt timah they face with the abseiling, due to the rain there's only one lane opened hence holding up most of the teams. climbing up to that point wasn't a piece of cake either.
after this they proceed towards zhenghua park for their team bia, covering 5k in total only 1 biker allowed and the other 2 will be running (switch are allowed)
after making a round loop at the park connector, they made their way towards mandai
via track 15. where they will arrive at checkpt 5 for the 900m tyre drag, up till this point only a few groups made it through easily as the rest went to visit Holland in mandai area. First team arrived back in End pt
after cp 5 they will proceed with a run via kranji dam to pick up their bike once again for the final bike ride to Lim chu kang(scout camp)
once they arrive a LCK, each team make their own way to cp 9 for fish catching where by they are given 3 colours and each has to catch a guppy of the indicated colour.
upon success, their will make their way back to scout camp for the next 3 checkpts within the camp compound.
the final checkpt 13 lies just a few km south of the camp.
the the final chop on their passport each team will make their way back to scout camp to conclude the event with a rest and hot breakfast.
for some.. it's a long ride home..
using flash for the first time was.. not really great but it's a good learn experience. my 50mm is stuck on my cam!! i think the len's threading got dented where i drop it last shoot...and now it refuse to detach
=( service center here i come..
link to photos
Sunday, October 05, 2008
This weekend was kinda of flyby. everything happened so fast.
Fri
It all started with Eric's msg, on the slow friday afternoon "bro need help with shoot urgent" so i had to apply for a five min early release to fly down city hall for the shoot.
kinda of daunting for me cuz first time have to do a actual shoot ahha! He asked me so many things! -_-
so now i know there's actually alot of factors to take note of if conducting a portrait shot of someone eg, clothes/places/theme/time of day/mode of execution etc etc. so after several tries and crossing the traffic lights, finally there's a good enough shot to be send off. after which we had fun doing shots of each other using the lighting system.(darn lot of work) but the photos are really nice. one thing i concluded.. nikon system dun like canon user! i totally had trouble firing the strobes.. while Eric's just kept coming! argh!!!
here's a couple of shots and a vid to his credit.
X-Shooting from Eric Leong on Vimeo.
Sat
Had to drag myself out of bed for the TNF 100 Endurance Race. where 300 teams of two would have to complete 50Km(each team member) off road for a spot in TNF Endurance race in Beijing + 5k cash money(hope i remember the prize correctly haha). arrived at the planned shooting point with the main bulk of people still a long way behind. Had fun throughout the shoot i would say it's worth it. apart from the mozzie filled start. >_<
some photos below for TNF 100 are credited to Laysh,
The runner's line
The tired
The happy
Misc
Need some help?
Left shortly after noon, next up was 45th Faocc gathering @ ECP chalet
Attendance was 56/89 which was quite good in any measure,
there was plenty of drinks/food but no party.. only talk cock sessions.
Sharing an exciting story
pockets of groups everywhere
FIRE man
Porn movie in making
The interview of Retro man
Sun
Woke up early to shoot the "run for Hope" event. just so happen i was in that area haha pop by and shot.
it's a 4/10km run for a charity cause organised by ascis. there's not very good comments about the race organizing though. went service after that. was nodding throughout (not in agreement.. but in erm.. ya)
Water anyone?
Hand in hand
the family runs
Friend in need
that's it. weekend burnt!
next week will be covering a overnight advanture race no thanks to my cousin..
Fri
It all started with Eric's msg, on the slow friday afternoon "bro need help with shoot urgent" so i had to apply for a five min early release to fly down city hall for the shoot.
kinda of daunting for me cuz first time have to do a actual shoot ahha! He asked me so many things! -_-
so now i know there's actually alot of factors to take note of if conducting a portrait shot of someone eg, clothes/places/theme/time of day/mode of execution etc etc. so after several tries and crossing the traffic lights, finally there's a good enough shot to be send off. after which we had fun doing shots of each other using the lighting system.(darn lot of work) but the photos are really nice. one thing i concluded.. nikon system dun like canon user! i totally had trouble firing the strobes.. while Eric's just kept coming! argh!!!
here's a couple of shots and a vid to his credit.
X-Shooting from Eric Leong on Vimeo.
Sat
Had to drag myself out of bed for the TNF 100 Endurance Race. where 300 teams of two would have to complete 50Km(each team member) off road for a spot in TNF Endurance race in Beijing + 5k cash money(hope i remember the prize correctly haha). arrived at the planned shooting point with the main bulk of people still a long way behind. Had fun throughout the shoot i would say it's worth it. apart from the mozzie filled start. >_<
some photos below for TNF 100 are credited to Laysh,
The runner's line
The tired
The happy
Misc
Need some help?
Left shortly after noon, next up was 45th Faocc gathering @ ECP chalet
Attendance was 56/89 which was quite good in any measure,
there was plenty of drinks/food but no party.. only talk cock sessions.
Sharing an exciting story
pockets of groups everywhere
FIRE man
Porn movie in making
The interview of Retro man
Sun
Woke up early to shoot the "run for Hope" event. just so happen i was in that area haha pop by and shot.
it's a 4/10km run for a charity cause organised by ascis. there's not very good comments about the race organizing though. went service after that. was nodding throughout (not in agreement.. but in erm.. ya)
Water anyone?
Hand in hand
the family runs
Friend in need
that's it. weekend burnt!
next week will be covering a overnight advanture race no thanks to my cousin..
Thursday, October 02, 2008
TODAY I’M LEAVING ALL MY TROUBLES BEHIND
I’M LETTING GO I’LL FOLLOW THE LINE
I’M HOLDING ON WITH ALL OF MY LIFE
I SEE A RISING SUN
WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN
TODAY I’M WALKING TO THE BEAT OF YOUR HEART
YOU TAKE ME ALL THE WAY TO THE START
STRETCH YOUR HANDS STRAIGHTEN THE PATH
I’M FOUND IN OPEN SKIES
YOUR HEART IT LIVES IN MINE
TODAY...TODAY...TODAY...
TODAY I’M FINDING MY FIRST LOVE AGAIN
I’M LEARNING HOW TO LET YOU IN
I’M TRUSTING YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM
THE SHADOWS FADE AWAY
IT’S YOU THAT CLEARS THE DAY
NO MORE RUNNING WILD
I’M YOURS FOR LIFE
WELL YOU GOT ME HERE
WELL YOU GOT ME
I HEAR YOUR CALL TONIGHT
YOUR HEART IS MINE
WELL YOU GOT ME HERE
WELL YOU GOT ME
WHOA...
YOU DREW ME OUT OF THE DEEPEST SEA (WHOA)
YOU GAVE MY SOUL A SONG TO SING (WHOA)
YOU TOOK ME UP ON THE MOUNTAINS HIGH (WHOA)
I SEE MY LIFE IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT WHOA...YEAH!
Sunday, September 28, 2008
1 day 2 weddings + 1hr sleep
= totally stoned.
1st wedding was held by my cousin, it's a simple affair with wedding lunch @ Hilton.
there was a miscom with the makeup artist part, therefore i arrived.. 4am at her place, was wondering how come her makeup artist requested so early.. only to find out upon arrival the 4am slot is for her jie mei! argH.. her's only start at 0630 gosh. so help them out in the "sabo" preparation, had the suan tian ku la thing.
suan being lemon and lime mixed ice cubes
tian being gummy bears
ku being ku gua + pepper + salt + something i can recall
la being wasabi spread bread(this is horrible i can vouch its a whole tube spread over 4 bread.. that's how thick it was)
(i forsee my self eating all this stuffs in dec argh!)
so the groom arrives at 0730 does the usual of gate crashing and tio sabo process
after which they eventually come in to yet another challenge, wading up the stairs and answering some questions, sing song etc.
proceed with tea at groom's place
*fast forward
arrives at Hilton hotel for ROM and wedding lunch.
everything ended around 1600hr.
2nd wedding was held in Grand coprthon waterfront
military style wedding. being the only 2 kuku he invited from our camp. we sit in the table of misc friends which we never got to knoe their name even till e end of dinner ha!
like any other military wedding, they were to be stop at each sword bearer and be issue a challenge. cutting short they were only stopped at the first and last.
this dinner coincide with F1 finals, my friend decided to screen F1 live! thus this became a military cum F1-ish wedding. haha all of us are focus on the race while eating, they only cut telecast during speech's, 2nd march in and the yam sheng portion. dinner start with the race and ended with the race. just nice haha
well wedding bliss for both my cousin and my friend.
i heard more wedding bells.
prob can compile a ten year series on how to survive gate crashing after being though so many.. haha just a thought..
= totally stoned.
1st wedding was held by my cousin, it's a simple affair with wedding lunch @ Hilton.
there was a miscom with the makeup artist part, therefore i arrived.. 4am at her place, was wondering how come her makeup artist requested so early.. only to find out upon arrival the 4am slot is for her jie mei! argH.. her's only start at 0630 gosh. so help them out in the "sabo" preparation, had the suan tian ku la thing.
suan being lemon and lime mixed ice cubes
tian being gummy bears
ku being ku gua + pepper + salt + something i can recall
la being wasabi spread bread(this is horrible i can vouch its a whole tube spread over 4 bread.. that's how thick it was)
(i forsee my self eating all this stuffs in dec argh!)
so the groom arrives at 0730 does the usual of gate crashing and tio sabo process
after which they eventually come in to yet another challenge, wading up the stairs and answering some questions, sing song etc.
proceed with tea at groom's place
*fast forward
arrives at Hilton hotel for ROM and wedding lunch.
everything ended around 1600hr.
2nd wedding was held in Grand coprthon waterfront
military style wedding. being the only 2 kuku he invited from our camp. we sit in the table of misc friends which we never got to knoe their name even till e end of dinner ha!
like any other military wedding, they were to be stop at each sword bearer and be issue a challenge. cutting short they were only stopped at the first and last.
this dinner coincide with F1 finals, my friend decided to screen F1 live! thus this became a military cum F1-ish wedding. haha all of us are focus on the race while eating, they only cut telecast during speech's, 2nd march in and the yam sheng portion. dinner start with the race and ended with the race. just nice haha
well wedding bliss for both my cousin and my friend.
i heard more wedding bells.
prob can compile a ten year series on how to survive gate crashing after being though so many.. haha just a thought..
Friday, September 26, 2008
F1 IS HERE!
being actually there is totally SHIOK. the rev of the engine, the "thumping" sound produced by the changing of gears, the "jet-like" decibels created by the aerodynamically designed vehicle as they zip pass. the squalling of brakes during each corners. woo totally blows you away.
manage to obtain a 1 day walkabout pass for a mere amount of $20!
when straight after work manage to catch their first practice session. taking shots with my limited skill and lens is totally challenging coupled with the cold steel fence and barriers there,s a limited to how nice you can pan a shot. unless one has those monster lens.
but after 1hr. it got kinda bored. mixed with heavy gears and growling stomach we decide to pack and go.
when we got out of the secured area(the entire F1 area was fenced up therefore only those with pass able to get in), there's throngs of people jam pack the area near city hall mrt, all trying to catch a glimpse of the F1 action. i was like woo.. how e heck them manage to actally see.. being at that position basically means you're seperated by 1 green fence, 1 human crowd(pass holders) , 1 silver steel fence. really is catch a glimpse..
shurgs
being actually there is totally SHIOK. the rev of the engine, the "thumping" sound produced by the changing of gears, the "jet-like" decibels created by the aerodynamically designed vehicle as they zip pass. the squalling of brakes during each corners. woo totally blows you away.
manage to obtain a 1 day walkabout pass for a mere amount of $20!
when straight after work manage to catch their first practice session. taking shots with my limited skill and lens is totally challenging coupled with the cold steel fence and barriers there,s a limited to how nice you can pan a shot. unless one has those monster lens.
but after 1hr. it got kinda bored. mixed with heavy gears and growling stomach we decide to pack and go.
when we got out of the secured area(the entire F1 area was fenced up therefore only those with pass able to get in), there's throngs of people jam pack the area near city hall mrt, all trying to catch a glimpse of the F1 action. i was like woo.. how e heck them manage to actally see.. being at that position basically means you're seperated by 1 green fence, 1 human crowd(pass holders) , 1 silver steel fence. really is catch a glimpse..
shurgs
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