Life's crawling faster and faster...

Today when I go for dinner alone (as usual), I actually took the effort to avoid 2 groups of block people who are not people from my block.
I thought to myself, since when I became so anti-social...

then some familiar phrase popped up.....

I wonder if I have reached some nivana level and understood the "need to cut down the social circle".

Okay......
If I can get a square happy already :)
(as if I got even a square..... oh ya, my laptop.....)

Oh, and I just had a Orientation Group gathering with my FOC 09 group, at someone's place.

And she had a pet!



Guess what....
It's name is called 乌龟 haha!!

乌龟 is bigger in real (It's at least a palm size opened)
Totally Big and cute.
Just too bad the owner is at home or I'll take 乌龟 out for a walk....

Ok that concludes the post......
I am weird.

I just randomly chanced upon my freshie's blog, and he was going to write about "personal improvement" to help others improve their character. I thought that was a good initiative to help others, and also, for self reflection to help yourself.

Now as I am eating 3 pieces of peanut butter and berries and chocolate bread, I reflected on last night lousy dream...

I wonder when will I recover from my "overexertion" of my pea brain....

Anyway, last night I helped my friend to complete the shoRT speech, which took that person 4 hours and it's not even 1 page full.

Seeing this friend like that, reminds me of the me, 4 years ago.

A person who wants to try to be self sufficient by learning to be strong.

2 years in army and 2 years in NTU.
I am now....

ok whatever~ I think I am going to be late for class -_-"

心血来潮 haha!

Shall just end with a quote from Uncle Lim:


You will be strong if you are not afraid to show how weak you are to others.
What's face?
It can be eaten haha :)

There's a Hokkien saying.

Kiang Jiu Hou, Mai Gei Kiang.

I add one more:
Bueai Kiang?
Then just anyhow dOnG DoNg QiAnG :P
(I don't mean to "wayang" okay, just try your best and you will learn something for sure :))

k...
I declared myself officially late for 5 mins of lecture -_-"

Every "period" that I didn't update this place, it means there's events that is big enough to zap me off my mood or energy to update....
Since the past week have been a crazy week, with my great nights sleeps, I've got my nose running around already :)
Mr Flu is here and now I get to wear a mask in lecture yeah :)
(ok that's lame, but start tomorrow I going to wear a mask and hide one corner)

Shall just update with pictures again.

22 Aug, Sat, I went to the studio to work.



$60 pay :)

Then Sat evening, CAC Ball at Novotel Hotel, Clarke Quay.



I walked from Chinatown to that place.
That night was enjoyable.
Although I brought my wife there, I wasn't the official photographer.
I guess this is the first time I am taking more personal photos for my friends, and for myself :)




Wow, friends with cameras are increasing, and 2 of them are like paparazzing me with my wife.


(Grabbed this pic from Facebook)
Think it's karma. Been taking too many paparazzi shots already hahaha :P

That night, many people wanted to take photo with me.
Compared to normal events, only 1-2 ask to take photos with me, so that.....
I can be in a picture LOL!
Nice of them haha :P

This time, I think maybe they knew I was leaving CAC this year or something, so wanted to take a picture with me before I "disappear"....

haha, I am resting from all the CAC events this year :P

Then Sunday came.
In the morning, I went to my nearby Anchovale CC to take a photo assigment.



It's a lunch with the old folks.
Was given a table full of yummy dishes (same food as what the rest are eating :P)
And I was given $50 for 11-2pm :)

Yeahe! I've earned a total of $60 + $50 = $110
Then I went to Sim Lim Square, bought a electronic dry box for my wife.

Then I ask for a discount.

Then yeahE!
$110 exactly all gone!
-_-"

But it's a good investment la, if I were to bring my wife to stay with me in hall, a "fungi attack" would cost $200-$300.

So it's okay :)

Then book in with my wife, lots of other stuff, and a big box worth $110.

Haven't been felling well already, so I knew Mr Flu will come soon.

Was back in hall at about 7pm.

fixed my bicycle by changing the "inner tyre". It at been at Hall 9 (1 hall away) when the whole tyre totally cui and the wheel can't even turn.

Set a goal to finish in 30min.
Took 1 hr 15 min ++ in the end to play with all the cool screws and what not.
A great Mechanical Engineering student in the making indeed..... and I am like cursing at how lousy the design of the screw is.

wah, I think I am the problem -_-
ok nevermind.

The next following day, 3rd week of school started.

I receive a corn flavoured barley drink from my Auntie Sew :)






+10 HP haha :)

Then night came soon. Was taking photos at the Wushu Welcome tea.



Was stretch a bit from cycling around back and forth from hall, cos I was too kind to help some poor soul.
(okay it's some human, not literally referring those on holiday during the 7th month...)

Anyway, Wushu welcome tea was at night.
Many came :)






Our 3 day CCA week actually attract 120 people.
This was 2 times more compared to last year!!
This time, I helped to make a video to attract more attention to our booth :P

First day - 60 sign up
2nd day - 40 sign up
3rd day (without Video) - 20 sign ups.

I am wondering how the power of publicity can affect the numbers.
So I ask those who are helping out the booth if there's anyone who stand there for the full 5 minutes to look at the video.

They say there is! LOL!
But this still doesn't tell me if the increase is due to the new publicity effort or not.

But if it is, I will be so happy :)

Anyway, here's the video which took 2 days to make, during last weekend while I was working at the studio :)




Okay need to add this also... the cool video effects which most probably you think is I my creation, is actually inbuilt in the programme. I not PRO yet to do such a cool thing haha!
I just have to select the photos and it's done.

Spent 2 days mostly on filtering the pictures out from what I have taken through the 2 years.

Just too bad I didn't have the chance to observe how the people look at the video. Think it will be fun :)

Then at night, some food appeared as a "Thank you" treat for being kind and helpful (I no choice but to help one loh!)



-3 HP but +20 happiness.

Received 2 special food today haha :P

Okay, that's the updates.

For now, still seeing if I have the time and mood to go set up my Facebook page for my "mini photography" business.
Thinking of a proper name to start with, before it's openes.

I like the idea of "speaking with pictures". That has been my way of talking for the past... dunno how long haha :P

My boss just called me to say that he may have birthday request from his side. He says he will pass it to me although it's little.....

about $100+ for 4 hours.
(And I exclaim to him:" like that alot already loh!!")

Hai, but for now, shall just turn down as much outings or what not as possible....

need to catch up with my school work and running nose.

Finally, the last of the 3 camps are here. So here's a post to conclude.

As I have said, first day feels a bit crap. Yup, but as the days goes by, little little events cheered me up bit by bit here and there. Shall just note some of the things below, some may not have any effect on me but it's just there to entertain the future me reading back hehe :)

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1. There's 1 fellow hall mate who have never talked to me before started to talk to me, just because "I. am. my. sister's. brother."
This is not really interesting but the fact that this person who always give me the "blank face" every time, is actually trying to talk to me. That's the funny part.

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2. Some interesting person greeted me with 3 different tones and ways of "hello!" consecutive every day for the first 3 days.

1. a Hel (hi) Lo (lo)
2. Hello Jia Heeee.....
3. walked up to me and......
*HELLO (mouthed out the words, when you are just 1 metre apart)

That's typically what I will do if I see someone with a -_- face every morning.
So it's feel sort of fun to be entertained "by myself". I always thought it would be fun...
haha yeah it is haha :)

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3. Someone actually introduce me to their "secret partner" and says I am a "good person". Firstly, I did do anything "good" to that person, and 2nd-ly, the SP don't even know who am I.

ha where got people says things like that one -_-

Anyway, this human reaction is new so I thought it cool to note down so I recall this when I see any other similar funny reaction.

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4. Someone who always make the effort to "ignore" me, is actually talking to me. It must be my beautiful "wife".
老 ti ko -_-"

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5. I am a person who greets anyone whom I will see/walk past more than 3 times a week (in hall). But if that person ignore me for more than 3 times (or looks like they are trying to), they will be added to my "blank face" list too, if that makes them feel better.

But someone who just got "added" last semester started talking to me in this camp. This person is the first in my list who "got off" the list by themselves.

Worth adding this to the Guniness Record.

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6. Some of my block old bird (seniors) decided to come back on Tuesday night. This started to make the whole camp feels better. Although they left 2 days later on a Thursday late afternoon, they contributed a fair bit to my "happiness meter", despite being recalled only when I reach point 6.

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7. I end up happy with my "wife" again after all, made me happier :)

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8. Okay, and my "wife" is making more friends for me..... I felt bad not being able to remember every one who asked for my wife's husband's name. Even my highly trusted "Jiahe™ Face Memory and Recognition Program" is not able to cope with all the faces anymore..... I don't want know any "more" people but my "wife" is indirectly doing it...

(okay, the above is not meant to be understood-ed easily by others so don't bother if it makes no sense)

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9. I slept on the NSRCC BED for 4 out of 5 days. wow.
the first day was lame... I slept on the floor when there's there other person is 2 beds -_-"
But I am not lame okay, I slept early so I decided to leave the more comfy places to the hardworking needy.

Okay, I am not sleeping with my Block people since the first day cos I need some space to open my laptop to do some work for previous week's camp.

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10. There's a total of 3977 photos taken. This is a good measure of how "happy" I am. It is correlated.


Even as a main person taking all the photos for the last CAC camp, it all only adds up to 4384 photos.

But come to think again, for CAC's camp day 3, I missed out all the Sentosa pictures when I was assigned to do work in school. So I still took more pictures when I was assigned the "main photographer" bah.

But 3977 is still a lot of pictures.... considering my initial targeted cap of 1000 (for my block people only). But I ended up taking pictures of almost everyone in hall.



Funny...... but fun :P

Some reactions from different types of people....

From friends who's dunno much about camera:
"Wow you take picture SO FAST!!?" PRO!!"

From friends who hold DSLR/more into photography:
"Wah you anyhow snap ah... must compose properly don't waste shutter count.."

Seems like I am the only 1 there to have this "weird" self-developed way of taking photos......
wow cool weird stuff haha :P

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And finally on the last day when almost all seniors left (actually left 1 more only), I was actually enjoying the whole thing despite being the "oldest" man there.



All the way till last 2 days, I felt good enough to feel like helping the whole hall people take pictures. Maybe that's why the increase in so many pictures.

Maybe just to write down a line for myself:

If you feel like taking "that" picture, the picture has already scored a FULL marks.

So don't think about any other things, the rules that goes with it, whether the people will kill you afterwards or what......
just take first talk later :)

Hall camp ended, and this marks the end of me holding a DSLR and taking free photos, for school events that is. Total shutter count: 11,351 (11.3% life gone)

But then again, I learnt from my hall friend, that the shutter's wear and tear...... CAN BE REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE FOR JUST about $200!!!

Oh well, just be trigger happy when you feel like it bah Jiahe :)

Anyway, my wife and I are highly attracted to seeing people with smiles. So if you happen to see me holding a camera.....




Smie BIG =D

What better than waiting for 162 pictures to be uploaded onto Facebook?

It's seeing this.



And I still have 4 more albums to upload.
Awesome way to "work" for 2 camps at the same time at the same chalet I am living in.

*love the NSRCC floor last night.

Just as I have expected, it wasn't really fun.... for me.
I was one of the 2 "seniors" there.
The ratio of GLs to Freshies for my block is 1 is to 1... if not more GLs.
And the only reason I came for this camp is because they asked me to help take some photos. Although I would have wanted to come back, I would want seniors to be be here as well, if not, I will not come too.
This year, almost every last year's freshies came back as GLs, most of the boys are already into photography, so I dun have a purpose there....

First, I am the only senior "there" in my block who is supposed to have work to do.
Going there to be "ra rA" is not in my "to do list".
I can't be "ra Ra" even if I want to.


Ok, or maybe they are just being nice and dun want me to miss out the fun so they decided to pull me to join them....

hai...

Maybe I am just too tired to play.....
nevermind, shall just finish uploading all the photos first before I join them back.

And I realised that the lesser one talks, the more people wants to talk to them.

Weird but interesting world we have.

Anyway, I hope something interesting happen then can at least entertain me a little, other than the food that I can look forward to.

Ok nevermind... I shall just look forward to 3 more seniors joining me tomorrow afternoon....

haiz.....

CAC Camp was fun. Besides the fact that even after the whole thing ends and all is left behind for me is a bigger pile of stuff to do when everyone have already "ORD-ed loH!" it was still a fun.... as I have brought my wife there too LOL~!

Summarize in pictures.

Day 3 - SP initiation



Again, someone asked if I wanted myself to be "looked at" by my wife. Ok loh, so I joined them for a photo :)

Day 4 - SP finding



The couple photos that I took for all 118 of them turned out looking like "wedding photos", as what a few said.
Those remarks made me laugh (to myself k) for quite some time haha!

Day 5 - Camp Fire



Osher.
Finally a group photo with the OG that I am attached to.
The guy GLs are totally lame. And I happen to be in the same group with a person whom I "convince" to come at my friend's birthday celebration recently. Okay he didn't regret it bah (I hope :P)

the packing up of all the stuff ended after the last train, so stayed over till Sat instead. Yes, even after it ended, I will still have many stuff like receipts to log in, loanshark missions and what not...

Anyway, Sat morning woke up, did some work in school, and when to Chinatown to help my boss take a Family photo at Tuk Loke house.... wow, you know those people who's owns the restaurants? Their whole family is made up with scholars sia.
Anyway, the whole thing ended at 7pm and I was like half sleeping throughout the whole shoot cos I have almost nothing to "contribute" with the other 3 masters in photography there....
My shifu's friend, a 20 yr photographer.
My shifu's wife, a art Director,
and my shifu.

Ok, I feel more like a coolie there, although my shifu said that it would be a good chance for me to gain some exposure and knowledge about family shoots.

I don't plan to open a studio so it doesn't really matter......

Anyway, Sunday came fast.

And just 2 hours after my 1st 2 days of photos from the camp are up, 11 people have added me. And the tagging of the people actually started while the photos are uploading one by one @_@



Everyone's still "camping" after the camp LOL~!
okay, and 15 min after I got back to this page to finish up the post, 2 more came.

Wow lots of friends.
......
crap I still dunno most of their name -_-"

anyway, this time I am not going to add "anyone" in case anyone thinks I am "interested" in them again -_-"

Most people feels that joining FOC is a chance to know more potential "partners". I took lots of pictures of people not because I want to stalk them... I don't have time to stalk people la.

To me, MSN and Facebook are just ways to keep in contact.
and Facebook is just a place for me to dump all my photos online so people won't keep bugging me -_-

So if anyone wants to add me, I will accept.
And the next time I decided to add people again, would be people whom I really talk to before and most probably will talk to again. If not, I better save myself from any funny misunderstanding, anyway, I am not really "into" Facebook, it's just that I do not have much entertainment anyway so it's the only place I often go when I'm online.

Anyway, in 6 more hours, I have to wake up to get going for the next camp......
hall camp hall camp here I come -_-"

And the thought of being the only senior in my block turns me off....

I was asked to help, not I join by myself one k....

Old already, should not run around acting young.....