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I make these every year. And they don’t ever seem to change.

:(

1. Love God Most
2. Love people (even when they don’t really deserve it)
3. Love myself (even when I don’t really deserve it)
4. Sleep more
5. Read more
6. Worship more
7. Tidy up more
8. Make pictures, don’t take pictures.
9. Be more informed.
10. Get more pay. Or get a better paying job.
11. Save more.
12. Buy less.
13. Procrastinate less and…
14. Don’t procrastinate by blogging when there’s still TONNES OF WORK TO BE FINISHED!

opps.

My silly ex-colleague got me checking out these pretty rangefinder cameras.

The shop carrying these cameras is located at Excelsior, so there isn’t a need to pay shipping or whatever nonsense. One can walk in, get a feel of the cameras, pay up, and carry out. No hassle, no fuss, no guessing, and no silly waiting time. I like that.

These rangefinders come in full manual, and aperture priority. Lenses are made with M mounts (read: Leica-M), so if I ever come into a fortune and buy only Leica cameras, I can still use these lenses.

[Why I would be using these lenses when I could probably afford Leica lenses with said fortune, is still a mystery. But allow me to continue dreaming...]

At a starting price of S$860 for the R2M body, and pretty fast lenses starting from S$480, these babies are looking like my first fully manual kit that I can still afford to dream about…

*drool*

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Update:

Now my silly ex-colleague introduces me to Zeiss Ikon… Equally pretty, but a lot more pricey. Great.

I’ve always had a problem with the concept of “packing light”.

Whether it was packing my school bags, my handbags or my luggage when travelling, it always seemed like there was nothing I could do without. I would have all these “what if” scenarios playing in my head as I pack another book to read when I’m bored, the 7th extra tee shirt in case the previous 6 spares got wet or couldn’t match my spare shorts. And that, commonly resulted in my buying larger and larger bags to fit everything in, and carrying bags that were the weight of a small bag of rice.

I attribute the problem to Home Alone 2.

Back when I was just an impressionable little girl (yes, i know. hard to imagine), I watched wide-eyed as Macaulay Culkin got separated from his family at the airport and ended up with a neat bag of stuff and a holiday alone in New York.

It should’ve made me more excited about exploring new places on my own. If he could do it, I should too right? But no… I was young, and a coward. I found myself worrying that if I ever lost my parents in a crowded place, I’d need to take care of myself. So I decided it would be best to ALWAYS have my most important things with me.

Problem was, the phrase “most important”  was pretty vague.

The things of Most Importance went from my favourite pencil case and books, to my best sweater, spare hair accessories and walkman, till today where it includes makeup pouches, mini laptop computers, power adaptors, small cameras and even my guitar when I can help it.

I loved to write down these long lists of things that I would want to have with me if I ever found the need to run away from home. Fortunately, the need never arose. Even if it did, I was gonna have trouble leaving anyway. Based on the ever-increasing length of my lists, my mode of getaway transportation evolved from running away on foot, to leaving on  a bicycle, and finally to driving away in a small van with lots of storage space and a small bed to sleep in.

Yes I know. I’d never survive in a war.

Needless to say, this inability to pack light is starting to take its toll.

The backaches are a small thing. I like to blame those on my office camera bag, which everyone knows I have to carry around everyday. It’s merely a concidence that my own bag weighs slightly more than the office camera.

The bigger problem is when a certain someone’s car trunk seems to only get smaller and smaller with each passing week, the weight of my stuff causes the car to have enough momentum to roll into a lorry even while braking, and when that certain someone finally complains that my bag (not my camera bag) gave him bruises on his shoulder.

Opps.

… 2 more people in the world, wearing matching rings, with tiny fake rocks, on their fingers.

=P

… the phrase “Site Working”

I have newfound respect for our web managers, IT technicians, and all the great and wonderful people at Hostgator & Name Cheap.

Thanks guys!!

My site is working again!!!!!

… that’s happened in a long long time.

“We just couldn’t get enough of each other… And she’s worth it.”

I couldn’t be happier for a friend. =)

I hate stating the obvious.

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you should probably know that by now. In fact, if anything sounds like it’s too in-your-face obvious, then you’re probably missing the subtext. =)

And don’t expect me to tell you what that is, because that would be stating the obvious wouldn’t it?

If you’re really that curious/confused, you might wanna try google. It might work, it might not.

Google is a geekette’s BFF.

7th

Happy 26yrs+3mths birthday to me,
Happy 26yrs+3mths birthday to me.
Happy 26yrs+3mths birthday to meeeeeeee…
Happy 26yrs+3mths birthday to me!

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Note to self:

• I am an emotional person. God made me rich with emotions.
• Being emotional is not a sign of weakness. I must stop denying it.
• Being emotional is not wrong. I must stop hating it.

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Surreal

I feel as if i just woke up from a dream.

In my dream, there was a person who was always around me. He was always in my life. He was part of my day to day activities. He was always there.

And then I woke up one day. And he was no longer around. Everywhere I go, everything I do, he isn’t anywhere to be found.

It’s like he never existed…

Ok… I’m completely weirded out.

Finally went back to take a look at Bitter Stickgal’s blog. Turns out that of 19th Mar ‘09, she’s decided to stop blogging altogether. A real pity I must say. I’ve always rather enjoyed her comics.

But I really wasn’t expecting to find this comic dating 28 Apr ‘08…

Time To Let Go

So my life finally caught up with hers?

Creepy.

Left the office at 0040hrs. Reached home at 0105hrs. First assignment starts 1000hrs. Time now 0135hrs.

WTF am I doing here blogging??

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Observation: Only homecooked vegetables ever taste like, well, vegetables. All the others taste like oil, soya sauce, or oyster sauce.

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Vertical Horizon is my best working companion, after my actual working companions.

And I’m finally watching them LIVE on SATURDAY @ the SINGAPORE FLYER!!

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When was the last time I sat up in my room late at night,
with the lights off and my music playing on my laptop?

Far too long ago…