Thursday, July 27, 2006
Life has been good at least currently.
Went to Hougang Polyclinic just now to find out what is wrong with my toe.
Something unusual happened to my toes for a few months till now.
Some sort of ulcers started to develop around them.
Fortunately, they are not too annoying and are quite harmless as told by the doctor.
It was my first time going to Polyclinic alone and i was not that clear about the procedure there.
Didnt have to wait long before i get to see the doctor.
He was quite friendly and his accent of speech does not sound local.
Due to the lack of equipment here, he referred me to National Skin Centre.
As for the life in school, everything seems fine.
Lesson starts at 9am and ends at 11.20am everyday.
It is very rare to have such a relaxing block so i think i should spent the free time wisely.
Firstly, friends from my secondary school please tell me if your break coincide with mine.
Secondly, i am going to explore those nature reserve in singapore. I want to enjoy the peace and tranquility there.
Thirdly, i am going to visit the many farms situated around Lim Chu Kang. I heard that it is getting more convenient to go there nowadays.
Forthly, i am going to Botanic Garden. To relax.
Anyone interested in the above please feel free to tag me. If not, i don't mind going there alone.
8:36 pm
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
alright.
I have finally finished my new blog
I didnt design this one
because i am not up to standard
But i hope that someday i can really design one
and then i shall proceed to web designing.
I like this style
Very dark and quiet
I have found it
I hope that you guys will like it too.
Thanks for reading my blog.
Stay healthy guys
8:35 pm
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Whoa...amazing.
I have survived basic photography!!
I almost experienced hell when i was doing my
final assignment for BP.
Seriously, i didnt know poly life is so damn tough.
I'm like totally different from my friends man.
Ever since the start of my final assignment which was on
last week's mon, i had been going to school
at 8.30am to use the photo processing room.
Until yesterday.
Luckily BP class is in the morning so we can use
Consulted him several times. (lecturer)
My second module ends at 4pm everyday.
Everytime must work over time because
we did't have enough time to do.
Didn't have to go home because we extended the
time for the photo room to open after 9pm.
the rest of the time is for other class to use.
I used the room until 11.45pm
If lucky, managed to catch the last bus.
I could reach home at 12am+
If not...
had to get to somewhere near and then
walked home, or share cab.
I could not have a proper lunch.
WHY?
Because our design school canteen is flooded with students.
Many of the students having lunch there are from other schools.
Due to the block teaching,
We don't have much time to rest.
Everytime i go to the canteen to get fast food.
I'm totally pissed off by the number of students there.
SO? The Q for every stall is damn freaking long man.
By the time i get to order, i'm already late for class.
Our school canteen is small because our design school is small
with very few people, the smallest population in the TP.
So if people from other schools come and compete with us,
its just not fair.
Everyday i have to buy sandwich from mensa.
During my 1hr break. 12pm - 1pm.
Frankly speaking, thats not break.
We have to work until 12.40pm because our lecturer is always late.
Sigh...
DO DO DO. DO and finish all the assignments.
Its damn long man.
And people out there who think that design school is the
easiest to slack because theres no exam
Please get the facts straight.
Don't be so ignorant and bullshit around.
Why don't we switch place?
Since i have made my choice to get into my course
i'm willing to go through everything they give to me.
This is not a complaint.
This is to tell people how design students spend their
days in design school.
Our school is totally different from other schools.
10:48 pm
Sunday, July 16, 2006
I don't care if this is boring or what.. i just feel like writing my adventure when i went out for shooting..(photos)
I thought of a theme which is "peace" and my lecturer agreed to it. YESH!!!
1st day.
nothing nice to talk about. I just wondered around the parks near my house.
2nd. Day.
Straight after all my lessons, i went to Macrichite reservoir alone. Wanted to ask other people along but then their themes are either different from me or no time to go. However, coincidentally, Wenhao was riding his bicycle around Bukit Timah there, so we decided to meet up.
Reached Macrichite in less than 40mins from my school! COOL! Walked around and saw 3 really big monitor lizards which were not afraid of humans. Walked past Lim Bo Seng grave and down the stairs.
I followed the wooden tracks along the reservoir. I find it quite relaxing there and decided to take some shots. As i was walking, i was surprised by a really big monitor lizard. It swam fast and crawled across my path. Biting a teraphine by the shell!! OMG. In front of me. Took 3 shots for that!
Continued walking and WenHao found his way to me. We walked around taking pictures. The scenary there is very very nice and calm. Thats why i choose there to take pictures for my theme "Peace"
We went to Chinese cemetary trying to take pictures. I just want to take the pictures of the empty roads but there are tomb stones everywhere. We didnt walk deeper because there was a group of ferocious dog and i was too tired to fight with them.
I really enjoyed the part where i walked along the trail alone. Very exciting!!
3rd Day.
My lecturer asked me to go to Pierce Reservoir.
I didnt know how to get there so i made a lot of unnecessary bus change.
Reached there at 6pm+. WTH..
I followed the road...Walked and walked for about 30mins. I thought to myself, what the hell is this road leading to.. Its so far and by the time i finish walking, its already at night.
Luckily!!! I met some people inside a van feeding monkeys. I asked them how far is it from there to reservoir, they told me a shocking 3 - 4 km. OMG! Then they find me pitiful and decided to give me a lift to there. Thanks!! Luckily i asked them.
Reached there. Just as my lecturer said, the place is indeed very very peaceful and quiet. Walked around taking pictures and saw this couple taking marriage photo there. HAHA! So lucky! The camera man geo them to pose and i asked them for permission to take their photos. Haha, not bad. The sky is getting darker and i feared that i might have to walk through the 4km road to the main road at night with forest by the road. Its damn frightening because i was not prepared for any dangerous scenerio.
Too bad, I could not see anyone there and i decided to walk to the main road. Quite scary to be honest. I was all alone and everywhere is dark. Saw many cars driving past me. OH MAN! I wanted to test myself how courageous i am to walk. But when i thought that i still have many unfinish assignments at home, i DECIDED TO TRY USING THE SURVIVOR HAND SIGN.
Try making a tumbs up sign and tilt your fistand point the direction of the road with your tumb.
Finally a car stopped infront of me and gave me a ride!! This hand sign is very useful but don't abuse it!! I used that sign twice now. The first time was in Bukit Timah with Nigel, Kenneth, melvin. Woo!!
Those were the exciting experience i had!! Its so damn fun!! Sigh... too bad for the film processing, i have to stay inside that dark room for hours...
9:46 am
Thursday, July 06, 2006
whoa...
Design school is damn challenging.
My course, my module can make you go high and crazy.
Basic Photography can really makes me go high.
Equipment is always not enough.
Some of those enlargers are spoilt and curse those who
damage the precious things.
I remembered last thursday.
I had to come to school at 9 pm...
9pm!! what the hell.
Luckily, the photo processing room is open when we asked for extension.
Cleared up by 11.45pm, too bad, could not finish.
No bus except 72.
Went home together with my friends.
Came to school at 8.30am..
just managed to finish..
Phew....
The work load can make you crazy.
Lesson starts at 9am.
Brief for 45mins, ( Its very fast, most of us don understand what he is saying.)
Do Do Do..
For your information... Washing out a photography is not easy
Must test for many times.
Find the timing for your film
And burn the actual one out.
The worst thing is to realise that the thing you are using is faulty
And too bad, other equipments are occupied.
The chemical sucks big time.
Makes my hand itchy... the more concentrate one make my hand feel
like needles poking on my skin.
Foul smelling...
Some of us feel like vomiting..
This is the first time in my life that i realised that time management is very very important and failing which will cause drastic consequences.
I have colouring to do.
HAHAHA. Colouring sounds easy ya?
Yes..! Its easy..and very very very troublesome.
Mix paint, cut and paste.
Mixing paint is very hard man..
The colour is always different.
8:38 pm
Saturday, July 01, 2006
It has been a very tiring week.
A lot of things to do and i don't have time to write my blog.
Finally weekend is here.
Monday.
I attended my Basic Photography class for the first time.
I was surprised by the class.
The lecturer is very strict, like Mr Jamil.
He does not look friendly
This class is the most quiet class i have ever been to.
When the lecturer is not talking.
The whole place is so quiet that i can't take.
Its like, you don't feel the presence of other people around.
Its like, you are all alone in a room made of sound proof walls.
Very unbearable.
Next is colour class.
Its very troublesome because we have to combine colours together
to form some particular colour.
Luckily the lecturer is very friendly.
Tue
The photo class is damn heavy
too much information for us to take in.
Its like they squeezed several days of lectures into one.
As for colouring, its as usual
Mix this mix that only.
Thur
Sucks. Have to go to Mustafa there to shoot pictures of that area.
Must finish 2 rolls of film within 1.5 hour.
Walked around with my friends shooting pictures.
One of my friends was almost hurted when an old man threw a crow bar at him.
luckily it missed him. My friend was asking him for permission
for photographying that area and that old man became agitated.
He chased after us for a distance!
The place is rather run down.
A lot of those very old buildings around
Some areas look like some scenes of some horror movie.
Fri
Have to wash our film by ourselves in the Film processing room.
The dark room is totally dark.
Thats because a slight light will burn the film
Even if you open your eyes, your vision is still the same as closing your eyes.
Have to unwind the film to be placed into some dark container.
At first, i cant see what i am doing and struggled to unwind my film.
Next, we have to add various chemicals into our container and shake.
Must rest for 30 secs and shake for 10 secs for 7 mins for example.
Have to memorise the whole procedure and every timing.
After that i took my film and put into the film dryer to dry.
The chemicals are highly corrosive and dangerous
My hands felt like needles poking hard on your skin.
Damn painful
To be continued.
9:19 pm
