Happy Birthday, Singapore

Hmm went to watch the parade at the Esplanade earlier in the evening, will post up the shots in a bit. Initial plans were to stay home at watch it on tv, but decided to chance it watching the fireworks live in the bay area. Boy, was I disappointed. Zip, zero, nada. No trace of fireworks at all that can be seen at the Marina Bay area. All were at the National Stadium area tonight. So for those who stay in the east, well, it would seem like you've got a treat ü Love fireworks. Just did not manage to enjoy them much in the last few of years, due to reasons that I can't seem to remember. The last couple of days rekindled my liking for them. Ok here's the shots

Shot of street performance at Esplanade

Managed to get him to pose for me ü

Crowd in front of the screen

Somebody's sleepy

Red Lions (little black dots) free falling off the chinook

Trying to shoot for the moon (orange glow in lower left middle of shot)

Nice full moon tonight

Kinda like this shot

My shot of the day

Seems like my blog will be overrun by photos for this entry. A bit lazy to upload to my gallery (not to mention my gallery's running a bit low on space). These shots above aren't everything that I took in the evening, there's more. Not to mention those from watching the fireworks. Some of which turned out to be blurred. Result of shaky hands. I need a tripod. AND a better camera. Any kind sponsors for a Nikon D50 or D70s? *hint hint* :p I like to take shots of scenary, particularly sunsets and the full moon, which are hard/almost impossible to take properly with my current camera. The last shot above is really nice, imo. Kinda rare that such a scene would present itself. Was only by chance that I was walking along the Esplanade bridge (walking around cos someone called me), from Boat Quay. And I was wondering why was I walking towards One Fullerton, after I already crossed over. Hmm, happens when I'm on the phone, I can walk around aimlessly for a bit, especially when I'm concentrating more on talking to the other party than on walking. Bit of a habit of mine, it would seem. Not that it's bad. Guess I'll have to be more careful when I do so ü

Start of the fireworks display

Theme was Singapore, hence lots of reds

Nice, eh?

Place was jam packed

Shots from the fireworks display on tuesday. Managed to get there and watch, though the crowd was much larger than I expected. I was already sweating when I saw the crowd at City Hall's station control at 6+ when I was passing through. I was like, oh no. And the fireworks started at 9! Goes to show that singaporeans are really kiasu. Oh well, all in all, it's not too bad ü Hope to be able to watch on friday again, if time permits. But will have to see.

Oh yeah, for all you romantic movie lovers, go watch Lakehouse! It's nice. Already picked up the books that were mentioned in the movie (Persuasion/Crime and Punishment), and intend to delve into them soon. Currently juggling some 4-5 books at the moment (the main reason why my bag's always like stuffed). The books are classics, something I've not really read for some time now, since my secondary school days I think. Literature for me for the last few years were comics/manga/Christian/computer books, hardly any novels, not to mention good ones/classics. To say that my bookshelf is running low on space is a bit of an understatement. My books are in piles all over my room, and my mum's been complaining about the amount of stuff in my room for ages now. Especially when there's stuff (guitars/books/files) on my bedroom floor and she has trouble mopping. Wonder what she'll say if I tell her I wanna get a new guitar/dry box for future dlsr camera. Think she might just flip. Maybe it's time to do another tidy up and get rid of the stuff that I don't really need. Which might not be a lot at the moment. Err, come to my bedroom and you'll see for yourself :p

"For he said to man, 'The fear of the Lord - that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.' " Job 28:28