Most of the pictures posted in my blog were taken using my Sony WX5, Nokia n73 and 7610 handphone.
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29 September 2010
My 1st camera! SONY WX5
I bought my camera already, my final choice is still my initial choice: SONY WX5. I bought it for $500 at Cathay Photo Shop. Reason why i chose SONY WX5 over Lumix and Canon was because of SONY's Sweep Panorama and Full HD 1080i video. Lumix was over my budget while Canon doesn't have Sweep Panorama and Full HD video. So i sort of compromised image quality for these two factors haha. If you ask me, i would recommend the Lumix for image quality especially for low light shots.
Testing out my camera! I haven't master using the correct mode for shooting. But to try out heres a few pictures. :)
Sweep Panorama. This enables taking a very long landscape.
Background defocus. This is good for focusing on the object and blur the background to make the object stands out.
Macro. Taking on very close object. Not really one of my favourite functions haha.
And Full HD video. To view full HD, you need to click on the icon below near the time bar and put to 1080p.
Boring man, Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen. I find the story and fighting not very exciting haha. First it was too exaggerated as if Chen Zhen got superpower can leap and air kick so far away. Then his fighting style was so different; starting when he fight got no Bruce Lee's shouting, why at the end got Bruce Lee's shouting? The most important thing is that if you had never read Chen Zhen's story before you might wonder why he went to fight at the Japanese martial art school. Actually Chen Zhen went there to revenge his teacher's death. His teacher was Huo Yuanjia (霍元甲), founder of Chin Woo Athletic Association. In the movie they never say this part, also where's the signboard with Sick Men of Asia (东亚病夫)? Wanna see Donnie Yen's Chen Zhen fighting last time? I think it is 100% better with 100% more effort put in.
Wanna see Original Bruce Lee and Jet Li's version?
Wow very nice leh the pictures! I'm looking at the pictures that i just took at my Mooncake festival celebration. I forgot why so many years i never celebrate Mooncake festival. This year Crispy celebrated with me. We planned to go Chinese Garden and Clark Quay celebrate, but due to the rain we decided to settle for our market place. Even though its a market place, there were a lot of residents here playing lanterns celebrating too. :)
Look at this tree hanging with lanterns. Isn't it beautiful? :D
One of them was this pretty girl face or cat face lantern. Nice right?!
We also got bring our own lanterns. Actually Crispy brought a lot, she gave one to me hehe. I chose the orange one. :) Not to forget mooncake! Also generously sponsored by Crispy hehe.
We also brought candles! Mooncake festival must play with candles and fireworks then fun! We made a "moon" from the candles. Can you figure it before it burns out? After the candles melted also looks very nice.
After making a moon, we made today's date. The significance of this special day. Can see 220910? Before lighted harder to figure.
Finally fireworks time!
Fireworks in milk! Fireworks on candle! Created by Crispy...
Me created fireworks in lantern! Took me some time to stick the firework standing inside the lantern!
Shiok we ended the night burning up my orange lantern. Actually wanted to picture the burning lantern too. But the lantern burnt up too fast before Crispy could snap! Zzz.
I just opened my 5th bank account recently haha. This time is Standard Chartered Bank XtraSaver. This account is good because you can start up without any min deposit, that means $0. Some good features:
My first cheque book haha.
Still remember why i opened so many different bank accounts instead of putting all my $ into one bank? I don't know if you still remember my previous post. Let's recap:
Pros? - Get Cash easily at the nearest ATM. Having accounts with all the banks means i do not have to hunt high and low for specific bank.
- Bank in money or your salary cheque to a bank that is conveniently located nearby to you.
- Enjoy the shopping/dining/clubs privileges tied up with the different banks. Take note of the annual fee of the debit/credit cards though. Some cards are free.
- Don't worry about the bank annual interest, its negligible. All the banks offer 0.1% to 0.125% interest, it doesn't matter which bank you put, you will get roughly the same interest (few dollars per year.)
- Having spread out my money, they all seems very small amount. This makes me think that i do not have a lot of money to spend hehe.
- Reversible. If you regret, you can always terminate the secondary accounts and get back your money. So whats the worry?
Cons? NONE.
More details of Standard Chartered Xtrasaver can be found here.
Yessh the day has arrived! Today is Fencing day! Organised by Nee Soon East Community Center again, the same lobang for Leisure Dragon boating, partner with Absolute Fencing. Chris joined me today. We both just wanted to try out fencing for the experience, once and for all. :)
We got the chance to put on the Fencing gear: protective helmet, protective training vest, glove and the weapon. We learn the basic movement and attacking/defending. The main attack that we learnt was the "launch" attack. (See picture below.) Its a simple forward strike aiming at opponent chest.
Defending is basically using our weapon to parry away the opponent's attack. I got the chance to PK Chris using their computerised sensor system. Now then i know sensor can be installed on the Fencing weapon, when you hit the opponent, the system will ring. Gosh Chris was really on the ball, he won me 3-0. It was really exhausting if you keep on attacking, and the weapon was kind of heavy after holding it for some time.
Overall one time experience was good enough. Think Fencing was not really our passion. Its a good chance trying out. :)
My friend went overseas and lend me his car today! Wow its been a long long time i drove a car since i got my license. The last time i drive was grandpa's lorry. I was excited when i was handed over the car lol. Quickly i called up my kakis to go for a ride! Crispy and Joe1 hopped on my ride! Crispy was my GPS today! She bought her street directory and guided me on the way. Luckily got her, if not my driving will be headless. We went many places today, mostly for quick bites. First to Toa Payoh, then to Balestier eat 豆沙煎軟餅, then Novena eat Aijisen Ramen, then to Dover, and picked up Joe1's rollerblade at East Coast Park and finally back my friend's house. By the time it was already 11pm, i already drove for roughly 11hours on and off today! Wow freaking tired! Eyes tired, mild headache, neck suan. Think i will not drive for a long time. I now thinking taxi driver is not an easy job, driving long hours daily.
Yum yum my liking for Skippy peanut butter is back fully. During the period when i was sick i actually find Skippy tasted boring. I eat very little bread then and since lost 2kg. Now back to everyday eat Skippy again. :) By the way today Skippy giving away free Skippy's water bottle for a purchase of 500ml Skippy at NTUC Fairprice. Cool. But the water bottle is for kids though zzz.
Today i got myself a new bag, decided to let my NIKE bag retire already. Its stitches keep coming out, i already sew it a few times. Due to my rough handiwork, the stitches can be seen. High time to get a new bag, looks more presentable for work haha.
I found this Adidas at OG chinatown. I find the looks resembling my NIKE bag, dull colour, simple design, able to contain quite a fair amount of stuff. (I put alot of stuff inside my bag, even bananas hehe) Most importantly, cheap $37 only. I bought it on the spot without much hesitation. When i explore the bag at home then i realise the bag is abit bigger than i thought haha.
Lol now JJ (林俊杰) very busy, need to focus on his singing and now also need to train. He just show off his body of his hardwork secret training at his recent concert. 6 packs yea. But still not very impressive haha. One of my friend say his lower abdominal still fat. True. On this picture below, it seems that his pose is unnatural like he purposely pushes his chest forwards to make them look bulging. Or maybe its just purposely for pose.
I seen a familiar pose before, from Byung-hunLee (李秉宪). Same pose, same body colour too haha. But his is a more natural standing pose. Even the head also tit slightly to one side. No need to say, Byung-hunLee's 6 pack is awesome.
Wow it is really hard to decide which camera to buy. I have been reading reviews online and asking around retail shops for recommendation but still not set my mind on one yet. Right now i narrowed down my range to a $300+ digital camera instead of a SLR. This is because i think it would not be possible for me to carry a SLR in my bag everyday, so bulky and heavy. I need a camera in my bag wherever i go, it is a substitute for my Nokia N73.
Currently i looking for a digital camera with these specs: - Price lesser than 400 SGD, - Prefer to have HD video, - Prefer to have bluetooth, - Prefer to use alkaline batteries, - Prefer to have wide angle lens, - Prefer to have the LCD screen can pull out one, - Must have Macro shooting.
If you have a camera that matches, please recommend to me. :D
Today i went to JB (Johor Bahru) with my cousin and Crispy, it has been 5yrs since i last went there haha! Time to look around to see if there's any major changes at JB. We took the Singapore-Johor Bahru bus at Queen Street, Bugis. Bus fare still kept at $2.40 SGD. Took us around 35mins to reach Woodlands custom. Even though today is off peak day, there was still a long queue to JB's custom. This is why i dislike going to JB.
Now with the new JB custom, there is a link way directly to City Square. With the police station around the link way, it is consider very safe going to City Square.
The first shop we saw after we entered City Square was this toy shop. So i took a picture of it. :) Take note that all the washrooms requires RM 20 sen, its not free!
This telephone booth still working!
We had lunch at Robin's portuguese chicken. It cost RM 10.90 for my half chicken set. Not say very cheap. Chicken tasted normal, meat not very much. I still feel hungry after the meal.
The main attraction of City Square is to shop for their clothes and DVDs. The shops are placed very near to each other, so it looks like Heeren.
Why does this Japanese restaurant displays a big picture of Pikachu?
We walked around until 5pm and took the bus home. Lucky there's a lot of buses to cater the crowd. I feel that there's not much changes at City Square compare to 5yrs ago. Movie is more expensive now: RM 9.00. I remember last time used to be like RM 6.00. Haha.
Muhahaha! I sold away my i phone 4! Lol! Only 2 days after buying sell away already haha! My phone is not spoilt, the reason why i sell it off is because i simply don't like the function of the phone. My phone firmware is the latest version that cannot be jailbreak at this moment, so i'm only able to use it with its default functions unless i pay to download from Apple store. Sucks. I do agree that surfing was fun with i phone 4, but i would rather buy a Netbook to surf instead. Haha.
I particularly hate some of these functions missing/ problems from i phone 4: - No dictionary, - Unable to transfer mp3 to i phone 4 and set as ringtone! (Converting mp3 to M4r was a chore!) - Messages will kept as in a log unless i clear them off, - I always press the wrong keys when typing in portrait mode.
Be it the phone's fault or i'm not used to i phone, i decided to sell it. Especially i got an hearing from Joe0 saying how bad was i phone compare to Galaxy S. Thanks to my cousin Kentucky, i found a buyer online and sold it off! I earn a profit of $660 from the deal. Cool! So now i'm back using my Nokia N73. And i'm more happy with it. :)
I deposited the solid hard cash right after the deal! Shiok right? Money inside bank full full.
Aha! Cycling trail is back! Tonight took Blackie, my rusty bike, for night cycling with Crispy. A short trip to East Coast Park. When we set off from Kallang, the sky was already dim, shiok. No need to bathe under the hot sun. I took the chance to try out my iphone4 camera night shots too. Not impressive, but at least still can see at night. We cycled until Mac donalds and then return home. I wonder what's the Bluetooh function on iphone for? I can't use it to send pictures to my computer anyway. I also can't send pictures from my computer to iphone. Bluetooth function for fun?
But if the surrounding not much lightning, iphone4 camera also not much use.
Woot finally i blog again. After i came back from army reservist i was down with illness, until now still recovering from it. Today i bought a new handphone, been quite a while since my last phone Nokia N73. Think got 3 to 4 years never change phone already. Guess whats my new phone? Actually very easy to guess, now this era 90% of the generation are using Apple i phone. Yes i phone 4, my newly bought phone.
I haven't fully explore my phone, here's some of my first touch quick reviews: - Camera pictures quality very normal, easily blur due to hand shake, cannot zoom! - HD video quality not really HD at all haha, - Front camera quite good, can see clearly.
Will play with the camera real soon. Wait for my pictures! See if better than Nokia N73.
