~ Clearance ~

Ok... time to get that emo post out of the way. haha. No, its not that i have been so emo that i didn have time to blog. Just doing other stuff. haha.

Hmmm. so i celebrated my bday with FG and GESS gang. waha.

My birthday presents!



bottom left: National Geographic camera bag from gess guys.
bottom right: Crumpler 6 million dollar home(camera bag) from FG.
Black box behind: Dry cabinet for storing camera and stuff, from myself.
Top: Canon EOS jacket from FG.

haha. hmmmm yea both groups of my friends gave me similar things mainly due to the recent acquisition of a $1000+ investment on my part. haha, thanks guys! love the new bags. and yea it doesnt hurt to have more bags =)


The NG bag is rather big and spacious as i can fit in my camera and lens into the insert and still have space for other stuff like notes pencil case. Can see from the picture, as i went out today. Theres even a slot for laptop, but since i have not laptop, so i used it to put my file. *hint hint* hahaha.

Really like the rugged feel of the NG bag and how well protected my stuff is inside. haha. The shape of this bag makes it feel like the old black hayrer bag that i used in jc till recently(im gonna retire it liao), so i didn need to get use to carrying this bag at all and it felt really good.



The 6 Million dollar home.
Haha. crumpler always had funny names for their bags. But their quality and not to mention trendy design/colors are always top notch. Which is why i guess its so popular. Which is also why i never got myself one. =p Seems like the only product that is seen more on the streets than the crumpler bag is the levis jeans. Which i incidentally didn get for myself as well. haha.

Nevertheless, I LOVE THIS BAG. It's smaller than the NG bag, so I cant really put A4 sized stuff in there. But im glad there is a size diff, so i can choose the bag depending on the situation. wahaha. What i used to do was to bring out the free canon bag along with whatever other bag i had. or sometimes i would stuff the canon bag into my hayrer/zinc bag and use it like a padded insert. That made the outer bag extremely fat. haha. This bag has a rather sporty feel to it, which i guess is a trait seen on most crumplers. Which makes it nice when i am bringing the camera along during active outings.

Like the other morning when i jogged to Henderson Waves to catch the sunrise!






View of Henderson Waves


And i couldn resist doing this...



=D wahaha. have more photos from Henderson Waves. Go check it out on my facebook acc if you're interested. =)

Next...


Canon EOS jacket.
Erh... haha i dont know what to say bout this. lol. Can go fishing already. (no pun intended) haha. In SG if you pull out a DSLR, you attract alot of attention already. I mean yea its getting more and more common but it still attracts alot of attention especially when ppl hear the shutter sound or if one uses a flash. Well this jacket kind of solves this problem in a very warped sense. haha. Cos now, ppl dont stare at you when you pull out the big black camera. They stare at you BEFORE you pull out the camera. hahaha. I appreciate the thought guys but im still trying to make sense of how When i'm gonna wear this. haha. maybe i'll wear it to sch just for kicks XD

Dry cabinet:
hmmm... not a very exciting present for myself aint it. hahaha. Not fun or anything but i guess its time i invested in something that can protect my gear properly. Since i got a little bit of extra allowance for my bday, i figured its a form of protection which i owed to my camera and lenses. So yea dry cabinet so that i can store my gear in a safe environment and have no worries bout mould or fungus growing on it. =]
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Wow. I totally screwed up my big final project for 2D this sem which subsequently screwed up my review. My 2D teacher is not the very forgiving sort when she sees mistakes so i figured i'd prolly get a D at best. Surprisingly, she gave me a B! wow. I dont know isit due to the fact that I redid alot of my work which she found unsatisfactory at first or she was just cutting me some slack cos I told her my gramps passed away. Either ways, im gonna finish up and touch up whatever work i need during this hols. This hols is defintely not gonna be wasted just on playing and fun.

On another note, fared gave me a D for drawing. I was really expecting the opposite for this as well. Cos Fared is really quite an easy going kinda guy. So this combined with the 2D grade made me quad-check my grades. haha. I was kind of pleased with my improvement in drawing over the past sem and jeremy gave me a B for drawing fundamentals as well. So i really didn see this one coming, much like the 2D grade. haha. Guess i really have some bucking up to do huh. Especially in terms of sketchbook work. got a B for 3D. So current grades are B B B D. Hmmm... still quite far from ideal. I SHALL WORK HARDER!

Oh yea, have pics of my bday outings with both grps on my facebook as well do check it out. JLPT is this weekend! OH NOS! My friend lent me a book containing the 2004 JLPT4 paper and answers. OMG THERES KATAKANA AND KANJI! k la basic kanji that can be inferred. haha. But still! OMG! Gonna study more tonight and tml then pass the book to another friend tml night. haha. At least JLPT 4 is totally mcq based so I wont have to worry bout not knowing how to write a word... lol.