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been trying out more photo taking again!
i really love my dslr! photo-taking used to be so restricted by my Yashica camera years ago, to such an extent that whenever i upload 80 photos, i only publish 10. but now, i delete only about 1/3 of all shots taken on the spot, and publish as many as flickr allows! ^-^

No Swimming; Who would want to anyway?


Finding The One In Hundreds


Being Indifferent


My Panning Improved!


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41 DAYS; COUNTDOWN TO PINK
5th entry

The screeching sounds of metal against metal echoed through the bunk. A few people from Support Coy stared at me as they lay relaxed on their beds. Suddenly, the saw in my hand lost control, as it flew to the side and went straight for my left hand, guiding my right hand along. A sharp and acute sensation was felt in my left thumb as a small triangular rusty blade of the saw pierced into my skin. An exclamation of profanity could be heard, followed by the sound of the saw hitting the ground. What seemed like a clean cut turned out to be a bloody one, as waves of blood oozed out within fractions of a minute. I have just experienced yet another episode of my series of misforunate events.

The series started off with me buying an expired prepaid phone card (for international calls). That was not realised until the night when I happily made my way to the canteen, finally having my first early night (@9pm) to myself... Well I wanted to call my family and friends back in Sg to tell them how I was faring. However, probably due to the card's age or to my excitement, the 10-digit PIN got scraped off along with the foil. That totally ruined my night. After all, it's $10 wasted. But hey, Shih Shun (a perm staff at LC and my BMT platoonmate came and said hi to me!) He suggested that I use the internet. To which I did, but the bandwidth was being stretched by all those permstaff using the internet via their own personal laptop, and it took me 15 mins to sign in to MSN messenger!

So anyway had a quick chat before heading back to bunk, still feeling dejected by the fact I wasted $10...

Before I could cheer myself up, I locked my cabinet key inside the cabinet itself. Bloody shit... that worsened my already-ruined night. On a side note, I forgot my shower foam too when I went to take a shower, and had to borrow from a friend who was there forunately..

So anyway in the morning, I took half an hour walking around the camp looking for a lock-cutter, in vain. I decided upon a saw upon deseration, which was successfully borrowed from a construction worker after getting help from a Malay translator, my friend Rizal. Back in the bunk, I was hesitant at first, as I was unsure if a thick padlock really could be sawed. It was only after a prelim trial which scratched the silver metal that I was convinced that the saw is made of a harder material. So, after failing ot pick the lock with two sewing pins, I threw down my last card, though not a triumph card, and proceeded with the sawing.

It was successful, it took an hour, and I cut my left thumb. I hope that puts an end to my series of misforunate events, because I already suffered a night without brushing my teeth, washing my laundry, lost $10, and a $11+ padlock.