I bought a Canon EOS 400D today ^_^.
Swapped the kit lens for the EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM.
SGD2000 exactly from Sim Lim Square (next door to my place, Singapore's electronics Mecca).
Got about a week and a half to practice before I unleash Europe on it! Got a week to decide whether or not I need to get the crazy 10-22mm super wide angle lens ;)
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Aging
So now people should theoretically take me more seriously. Whether this happens or not remains to be seen.
Cosy affair at St. James with a handful of lovely people in Singapore. Wish all you se Kiwi's were here too :(.
A big thanks to all the lovely people I've met over the past year in Singapore, thanks for making my time here so awesome, keeping me entertained and sane outside of work, listening to me when I'm feeling down (or just when I'm drunk), and helping me grow up :D. I'm trying to catch up to y'all, really!! :P
Evidence of drunkeness and aging at:
Cosy affair at St. James with a handful of lovely people in Singapore. Wish all you se Kiwi's were here too :(.
A big thanks to all the lovely people I've met over the past year in Singapore, thanks for making my time here so awesome, keeping me entertained and sane outside of work, listening to me when I'm feeling down (or just when I'm drunk), and helping me grow up :D. I'm trying to catch up to y'all, really!! :P
Evidence of drunkeness and aging at:
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| 23rd Birthday |
Monday, April 23, 2007
Jeremy Piven... you are GOD!
Saw Smokin' Aces in the weekend. It pleased me, expected a more cohesive story line, but thats not important, what is important is that one of the most hilarious lines ever had been uttered:
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: Will you tell me what that is?
Hugo Croop: About what?
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: Look at the collar on that coat... whats that look like, that stain?
Hugo Croop: I dunno... Cinnamon roll?
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: Cinnamon roll? the cinnamon, the roll of the cinnamon. That looks like jizz... ya Eastern European jizz, that looks like some fuckhead shot his load on a 12000 dollar calf's skin jacket. The twist? Its my 12000 dollar calf's skin jacket. y'got semen, human ejaculate -
[checks watch]
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: - that's been allowed to soak in for what, six, seven hours now? Work it's way into the fabric-f**k'n fibers - and while you may never see it in a Tide commercial, I think it still safely qualifies as a "tough, deep down stain."
Hugo Croop: If you like I send out?
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: ...to what? Incinerate? 'Cuz I'm almost dead certain there's not a f**king laundry detergent or dry cleaning process known to man that can ever return that jacket to its former glory! Some sh*t, suffice it to say, just don't wash out. Now, the money question... To whom does that stain belong? C'mon, somebody was banging one of these skanks, sans rubber - -which is terrifying in its own right, pulled out, let 'er rip and ruined the last gift my mother gave me before she died.
[snatching up coat]
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: The way I see it, it's the same as if she was dug up, three months dead and it was shot right on her rotting corpse, 'cuz that's how it defiled this feels!
Hugo Croop: Do you want me to say I did it?
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: I was kinda hoping, yeah.
Hugo Croop: Do you want me to say I'm sorry?
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: Only if you really, truly mean it.
Hugo Croop: Im very sorry,
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: Are you a Collasal fuckin idiot?
Hugo Croop: I am idiot.
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: Get the phone, it's probably Mecklin. Get Fatolli up here and start cleaning all right? and please for me will you do one thing?
[Card trick putting a card on Hugo's forehead]
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: Get out of my fucking sight
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: Will you tell me what that is?
Hugo Croop: About what?
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: Look at the collar on that coat... whats that look like, that stain?
Hugo Croop: I dunno... Cinnamon roll?
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: Cinnamon roll? the cinnamon, the roll of the cinnamon. That looks like jizz... ya Eastern European jizz, that looks like some fuckhead shot his load on a 12000 dollar calf's skin jacket. The twist? Its my 12000 dollar calf's skin jacket. y'got semen, human ejaculate -
[checks watch]
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: - that's been allowed to soak in for what, six, seven hours now? Work it's way into the fabric-f**k'n fibers - and while you may never see it in a Tide commercial, I think it still safely qualifies as a "tough, deep down stain."
Hugo Croop: If you like I send out?
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: ...to what? Incinerate? 'Cuz I'm almost dead certain there's not a f**king laundry detergent or dry cleaning process known to man that can ever return that jacket to its former glory! Some sh*t, suffice it to say, just don't wash out. Now, the money question... To whom does that stain belong? C'mon, somebody was banging one of these skanks, sans rubber - -which is terrifying in its own right, pulled out, let 'er rip and ruined the last gift my mother gave me before she died.
[snatching up coat]
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: The way I see it, it's the same as if she was dug up, three months dead and it was shot right on her rotting corpse, 'cuz that's how it defiled this feels!
Hugo Croop: Do you want me to say I did it?
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: I was kinda hoping, yeah.
Hugo Croop: Do you want me to say I'm sorry?
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: Only if you really, truly mean it.
Hugo Croop: Im very sorry,
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: Are you a Collasal fuckin idiot?
Hugo Croop: I am idiot.
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: Get the phone, it's probably Mecklin. Get Fatolli up here and start cleaning all right? and please for me will you do one thing?
[Card trick putting a card on Hugo's forehead]
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: Get out of my fucking sight
Thursday, April 19, 2007
World famous! Not just in NZ ;)
Props to Marcel for spotting this little gem on the wild and dangerous interweb. What an awesome video of Shane Bond being awesome. It also happens to have me in it! :D
People had often mentioned they saw me on TV impersonating Warney, I doubted them... but this is proof!! :D
Its about 40 seconds in, or 2:50 to go!
People had often mentioned they saw me on TV impersonating Warney, I doubted them... but this is proof!! :D
Its about 40 seconds in, or 2:50 to go!
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Geezus.... 1 year already, lil bit of reminizzling
I kinda want to say time flies when you're having fun... Seems not that long ago that Chad and I got sloshed with a whole lot of you and woke up the next day with a huge hangover, and seems like Christmas was just yesterday.
However, one wouldn't REAALLY describe working here FUN, its alright I guess, I do feel rewarded when releases go right, people thank me for making their lives easier, and although I haven't really been coding recently, when I do get to do it, its great!
But then thats all counterbalanced by the bureaucray, heavy handed processes that are totally inappropriate for front office development, retards you have to deal with on an almost daily basis, and the next bit of work is essentially fucking VBA in a fucking spreadsheet, yeh we REAAL cutting edge here.
I guess as long as pay and bonus continue to be good I'll keep at it until Asia no longer holds any more delights for me.
I have still yet to:
With the recent shake ups in personal life and the realisation that one will probably not sign on in Singapore indefinitely, arse will have to be engaged to ensure the above happens.
Other random musings over the past few days:
Oh, I almost forgot, I think I'm going to Rome/Croatia in August with Masty, Bruce and maybe Chad. Should be a wicked trip if the blimmin travel agent has a clue and gets back to me soon. It doesn't bode well when the conversation with the STA travel agent goes something like this:
Me: "Hi, I'm planning to visit Italy and Croatia for about a week in August and would need some flight and accomodation quotes. I'll need to travel to Rome and then Split and back again to Rome, finally returning to Singapore".
Agent: "Sorry, what was the other location".
Me: "Split, its the second largest city in Croatia"
Agent: "Split, not in Italy!"
Me: "No, its in Croatia, across the Adriatic Sea from Italy"
Agent: "Where is Croatia?"
Me: "*sighs*, it used to be part of a big country called Yugoslavia, in the mid nineties there were lots of wars, lots of people died, it was on the news, you may have heard about it?"
Agent: "Ok, you leave phone number, we will get back to you"
Me: "Errm.. Ok *gives details*".
Still no word to date.
If all is well the trip should more than sate my classical/medieval history geekiness, Rome goes without saying, Split is close to Roman Salona, and Dubrovnik was previously Ragusa - one of the main cities of the Venetians during the middle ages. It should also serve to sate me on the matters of rowdiness, drunkeness and belligerence given I will be with Masty and Bruce and alcohol will form an integral part of this journey.
However, one wouldn't REAALLY describe working here FUN, its alright I guess, I do feel rewarded when releases go right, people thank me for making their lives easier, and although I haven't really been coding recently, when I do get to do it, its great!
But then thats all counterbalanced by the bureaucray, heavy handed processes that are totally inappropriate for front office development, retards you have to deal with on an almost daily basis, and the next bit of work is essentially fucking VBA in a fucking spreadsheet, yeh we REAAL cutting edge here.
I guess as long as pay and bonus continue to be good I'll keep at it until Asia no longer holds any more delights for me.
I have still yet to:
- Visit other misc Asian countries (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Phillipines)
- Visit India
- Do snow related activites in Hokkaido
- Get my diving license, despite wanting to do it ever since I got here and almost managing to do it in November last year
- Remedy the 20+% body fat situation as described by my trainer late last year
With the recent shake ups in personal life and the realisation that one will probably not sign on in Singapore indefinitely, arse will have to be engaged to ensure the above happens.
Other random musings over the past few days:
- Why am I still not used to the 30+ heat and still sweating like a rapist everytime I step outside?
- What if the IT industry in Spain is non-existant
- Will work transfer me to London if I want to leave Singapore
- How will the point above impact the point above the point above?
- Will I really want to work in London, do I have a choice given this wanderlust?
Oh, I almost forgot, I think I'm going to Rome/Croatia in August with Masty, Bruce and maybe Chad. Should be a wicked trip if the blimmin travel agent has a clue and gets back to me soon. It doesn't bode well when the conversation with the STA travel agent goes something like this:
Me: "Hi, I'm planning to visit Italy and Croatia for about a week in August and would need some flight and accomodation quotes. I'll need to travel to Rome and then Split and back again to Rome, finally returning to Singapore".
Agent: "Sorry, what was the other location".
Me: "Split, its the second largest city in Croatia"
Agent: "Split, not in Italy!"
Me: "No, its in Croatia, across the Adriatic Sea from Italy"
Agent: "Where is Croatia?"
Me: "*sighs*, it used to be part of a big country called Yugoslavia, in the mid nineties there were lots of wars, lots of people died, it was on the news, you may have heard about it?"
Agent: "Ok, you leave phone number, we will get back to you"
Me: "Errm.. Ok *gives details*".
Still no word to date.
If all is well the trip should more than sate my classical/medieval history geekiness, Rome goes without saying, Split is close to Roman Salona, and Dubrovnik was previously Ragusa - one of the main cities of the Venetians during the middle ages. It should also serve to sate me on the matters of rowdiness, drunkeness and belligerence given I will be with Masty and Bruce and alcohol will form an integral part of this journey.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007
Bloody Chinese Government
^^ Taxi to work.
I lost my phone because of the bastards... well at least I have a new 3G capable phone! Go mobile blogging!
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Good Vibrations 2007 - Sing Stylez
I'm not really a big music festival fan, the conjugation of retards, really horrid toilet conditions, huge queues to get booze/food, hit and miss line ups means I'm pretty much a music festival noob.
Anyway, popped my music festival cherry over the Chinese New Year long weekend.
Pros:
1. Wicked Aura Batucada - Singapore based international Brasilian percussion group. They are WICKED! 6:30pm time slot, but had the crowd just as amped as J5 and the Beastie Boys.
2. Jurassic Five - Took them eons to get ready and actually come out (allusions to weed, coke and circle jerking were made whilst waiting), but once they did the crowd just went off, off my nut the whole time!
3. Beastie Boys - Final act for the night, bit of a weird first half of the set though. Quantity of extremely inebriated white men did sully the experience some what bloody body odour and misdirected belligerence.
4. Agrikulture - Contemporary Indonesian Kraftwerk? I was getting a drink during most of their set and so only caught the beginning and end... but I like :)
5. Dubwise and Guerilla crew for providing the dub and drum n bass support, hopefully next year they'll get a big DnB name into Singapore. *fingers crossed*
6. Photo op with the beautiful Denise Keller (German-Singaporean MTV Asia VJ). ^_^
Mehs:
1. Electrico - I'm not a fan of most types of Rock.
2. Cut Copy - I liked their set on FabricLive 29, live.. they were somewhat disappointing.
3. Other acts
4. A sausage fest of expat kids inappropriately shouting MILF at the female vocalist of Cicada without regard to the actual fact of whether she was a mother of not.
5. White male tourists. Thank god none of them were New Zealanders, us Kiwis... we're so well beahved. :)
Regrets:
1. Too Phat - Awesome Malaysian hip hop / RnB guys, they were supposed to come on before J5, but some screw up meant that they went to the other arena with the indie rock (and eventually trance) fags... I will see them before I leave Asia!!
Loltastic photographs below:
Anyway, popped my music festival cherry over the Chinese New Year long weekend.
Pros:
1. Wicked Aura Batucada - Singapore based international Brasilian percussion group. They are WICKED! 6:30pm time slot, but had the crowd just as amped as J5 and the Beastie Boys.
2. Jurassic Five - Took them eons to get ready and actually come out (allusions to weed, coke and circle jerking were made whilst waiting), but once they did the crowd just went off, off my nut the whole time!
3. Beastie Boys - Final act for the night, bit of a weird first half of the set though. Quantity of extremely inebriated white men did sully the experience some what bloody body odour and misdirected belligerence.
4. Agrikulture - Contemporary Indonesian Kraftwerk? I was getting a drink during most of their set and so only caught the beginning and end... but I like :)
5. Dubwise and Guerilla crew for providing the dub and drum n bass support, hopefully next year they'll get a big DnB name into Singapore. *fingers crossed*
6. Photo op with the beautiful Denise Keller (German-Singaporean MTV Asia VJ). ^_^
Mehs:
1. Electrico - I'm not a fan of most types of Rock.
2. Cut Copy - I liked their set on FabricLive 29, live.. they were somewhat disappointing.
3. Other acts
4. A sausage fest of expat kids inappropriately shouting MILF at the female vocalist of Cicada without regard to the actual fact of whether she was a mother of not.
5. White male tourists. Thank god none of them were New Zealanders, us Kiwis... we're so well beahved. :)
Regrets:
1. Too Phat - Awesome Malaysian hip hop / RnB guys, they were supposed to come on before J5, but some screw up meant that they went to the other arena with the indie rock (and eventually trance) fags... I will see them before I leave Asia!!
Loltastic photographs below:
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