NE Show 1 2009

yesterday, i have finally gotten my very own tripod and external flash. still trying out flash photography, but really love what flash can do to your photos. let there be light!

so anyway, the build up to the fireworks was great, get to see choppers, f16s, artillery on "boats" and colourful flares. however... rain had to come and shower on renny's and my eos 450d. it was a frantic moment. we were desperately trying to protect our cameras while trying to capture as many good shots as we could in that few minutes that lasted like seconds. the body was relatively safe but the photos were ruined and the front of the lens were wet. what a scare....


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ya i know, the photos look quite bad, especially the fireworks. take this as a recce session for NE Show 2. i will be more prepared.

H1N1 In Singapore

it appears that with the rise of the number of h1n1 cases, my blog has also taken preventive measures by staying inactive and dormant. have u taken ur temperature before viewing this site?

anyway, this is a graph i've plotted to reflect the number of h1n1 cases reported in singapore. data comes directly from MOH website. the vertical axis depicts the total number of cases while the horizontal axis depicts the day sequence since singapore had its first h1n1 case, with Day 1 being the first day.

but before we label this as purely an exponential curve, we must put into consideration that the sharp rise took place during the june holidays. we can blame the travellers and holiday-goers! looking at the first few cases yes we can. in fact, in late june, more than half of the infected people are aged 20 and below, while a slightly less than half belong to the 20-50 group. thats a even larger range then the <20> traffic advisory don't work anymore because chances of getting the virus locally is much higher now. so now i'm looking at ndp... while fortunately and unfortunately i did not manage to obtain any tickets, i really hope that there are no irresponsible idiots who despite suffer from flu-like symptoms decide not to miss the once-per-year event.

facing the risk of contracting a flu virus is not the way to start school term either...

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so that aside, i just attended kh's 21st! we were supposed to eat a japanese restaurant when to the organiser's (tan huiyong) realization (a lil too late) that it was not certified halal and we had malay guests. after some frantic moments, we managed to settle at thai express. still, there was no halal symbol and the muslim guests did not eat their dinner with us. i think kiahow must have felt bad for them, after all his frens came with goodwill, well wishes, and a present.

after dinner we proceeded to Acid Bar for drinks. personally i strictly don't drink. but sigh.. since it's for kiahow, i managed to take down a few sips, which was perhaps 1/5 of the whole bottle.

heard he got drunk and vomitted 4 times. guess he had fun =D.


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should i have a 21st party?
currently no intention and decision is against it.
but its still months away. lets think about it much later XD