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Marina Promonade
Jul 29th
This bunch of photos was taking during last time the NDP NE2. Almost forgot about it.
After the fireworks, we scrolled to the Marina Bay Sand. Part of the Double Helix bridge was closed due to the rehearsal at the Float.
Braun Buffel Wallet
Jul 27th
For the past 10 years, I have changed 4 wallets. All of them worn out after long hours crushing by my butt .
Recently bought a new wallet on TGSS2010, two recommendations from my friends for Braun Buffel. They said this Germany brand is durable. Well, will update you, if it survives after 2.5 years.
NDP2010 NE Show 2 Fireworks: Photos and Tips
Jul 19th
On last Saturday, I went out with Marshall and Elfred for the NDP2010 NE2 fireworks photography at Marina Bay area. This was just a NDP rehearsal, officials said the fireworks on NE is just 10% of the total fireworks to be set off on actual day. Too bad NDP that day, we will be at Cameron Highlands.
In the next few following weeks, there will be still fireworks. So don’t miss it.
- NE3 – 24 July 2010
- Preview Parada – 31 July 2010
- (of course!) NDP 2010 – 9 Aug 2010
We set up our tripod and camera in front Esplanade around 7:45pm. The first fireworks was quite short, just a few bursts. Turn out that we were consider too near to the fireworks! Above photo I managed to get the Marina Sands inside, but the firework was cropped.
At the same spot, after slightly angle adjustment to my camera and we had waited another half an hour. Finally, the final round fireworks started. It was a 3-minutes long fireworks. Hm.. Imagine the actual NDP will have a 30 minutes long fireworks show.
Good Sony Commercial Photo Comes from Canon?!
Jul 14th
Sony announced the newest TX9 and WX5 camera lately. However the EXIF extracted from the whole series of commercial photos show that they were taken using Canon 5D Mark II. This is quite embarrassing for Sony.
Although this is common to engage 3rd party advertising film to do the photography. For Sony, maybe next time you should ensure the photographers are using Sony Alpha DSLR, or even more simple, just remove EXIF before exporting.
This is another déjà vu situation like the last time Microsoft commercial was being processed on Apple.
Phuket Big Buddha
Jul 6th
Visiting Phuket Big Buddha was not inside our schedule. Just because on the way visiting Wat Chalong, we had already spotted the prominent big buddha statue from far far away. This place was still in the middle of construction, it was so new that the database wasn’t even in the GPS yet.
After we left Wat Chalong, we drove into a small road off Chao Fa Road East and all the way leading up the hill. It was a 6km crooked road drive.
Phat Heineken
Jul 1st
A convenient store was just right next to our hotel. 7 days in Taiwan, I had been loitering there daily to check out interesting snacks and drinks. I also noticed that Taiwan carbonated soft drinks are more gas than ours.
Found this 750ml Heineken fat edition is cute, just make me want to drink beer more. Why don’t we have this in Singapore too?
Phuket Largest Temple – Wat Chalong
Jun 29th
People often visits Thailand should have known that “Wat†means “Temple†in Thai. After viewing the beautiful scenery at Karon View Point, we headed towards the Phuket largest temple – Wat Chalong.
With the help of GPS again, driving to our next destination in Phuket is not that difficult.
JB Meetup: T.G.I Friday’s
Jun 26th
It’s Friday! I had dinner with my buddies. We shifted our base to JB this time. It is always more value-worth to dine in Malaysia. We were having dinner at Johor Bahru’s T.G.I Friday’s. It is located at Wisma Jotic opened since 1997.
TGIF JB consider an old western restaurant. From what I know, there isn’t many decent places to enjoy western meal in JB. TGIF is one of the places not to be missed, if you are looking for one.
I have been flipping through the menu from front to rear a few times, not sure whether I was over starving or what, just too many options for me! Especially when the price is in Ringgit! Everything just looks “2.35 times” delicious!
Who is Azusa Nakano?
Jun 25th
Few months ago, I preordered Azusa Nakano. Until last week, finally it has arrived at my doorstep.
Azusa is one of the character inside Japan anime series K-On! Just found out she even has Facebook fan page. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Azusa-Nakano-K-ON/82875341452 . Is it normal nowadays people starts to create fan page for virtual character?
ShiDa Night Market 师大夜市: Bull Demon King 牛魔王牛排館
Jun 22nd
The trip to Taiwan, night market is definitely not to be missed. On the very first day, we’ve already visited Taipei Shi Lin Night Market(士林夜市), but unfortunately I didn’t bring my camera along.
On our 3rd day, we visited another famous night market in Taipei – ShiDa Night Market(师大夜市). An obvious differences here was that there were more young people hanging around in this night market. The night market is just located next to the NTNU (师范大学). I assume there should be a lot school hostels nearby and this night market is the best place where students from NTNU hanging around.
