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Kawaii-neh~

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Even twinkle had fun...

Chilling out (illegally with twinkle) after this.....

Awesome day... Tiring...

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Why don't we have half-days on Friday? Just in celebration of the "National's Birthday"? :( NIE just ain't that kind to us employees huh? Was rather surprised to see a SEA OF RED AND WHITE in the canteen! Nowadays still so on with colour-combi one meh? ha~ So many folks in red and white! I guess cause they are teachers-to-be; might as well get in the mood just like in teaching days.

Quite sad for me to end my day with school AGAIN. Man.. i som-pa this is the WORST subject i've studied till date. Guess this time i really have to put in effort to do scrape through this module.. Gibbs free energy law.. TEN THOUSAND other laws.. All sort of subscript; Q=heat, W=work, H= dunno-simi law.. like WHO CARES about thermo-dynamics? i don't.. and i can't believe that i have to learn my mathematics AGAIN!! Ln, Differentiation, Integration.. the last time i did all these was like a freaking 8 years ago??? *yes tat's how OLD i am. ha!* Any physics and chem students? or teachers? i could really use some help..

NIE library.. here i come..
Atkin's book of physical chemistry.. here i come..
*Please don't let someone else borrow that book before me!*

National day = public holiday = i can drive my car out in the morning!
Figured to jio a dog run outing on a saturday morn; but all don't give face except one. PUI~ wadever. Headed down still with Princess. Ta-bao Mac for breakfast into the West Coast Dog Run. Just love the environment of the WCDR since i went there during the NDW last week. Unleashed Twinkle when we settled at the bench in the dog-run. She sticks rather close to me though i wanted her to go play with her new friends more. *just realised it might be because i have already trained her to lie down quietly at my feet when i'm sitted at home* ha! Clever Twinkle.

Made couple of friends there. Found Princess' Dad! haa.. It's a silky with the EXACT same colour combi fur coat! A little bully JRT pup.. couple more.. I even finished up a roll of film (anyhow snap) with my vivi; will post the pictures once i find time to get it developed. Had a nice and fun morning there. :D

Still going for another picnic with my friends and Twinkle tmr! cause it's HOLIDAYS! woot~ *happy* But i still have school tmr night. How sad... Sometimes i just wish that holidays never ends. Why can't it.....

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Ordered my new toy!


*MUAHAHAHAHA~*
With a mini flash..... (ok.. i itchy finger and changed my order into a MULTICOLOR FLASH!) woot~ meaning there's a colour filter to change the colour of the flash! wahaha~

Can't wait for them to arrive! *giggles*

Hopefully i won't neglect vivi. :p

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The Holga is IT! For just $16.99 (not SGD ah.. i'm paying more than dat!) you get yourself a plastic camera which will truly allow you to finally break free of the correctness in photography. This innocent looking toy might actually be the best choice for street photography: there are no settings to hassle with, no focus or f-stop, so it’s easier to shoot on the move and keep up with the fast pace of the streets. And maybe its best trait is that the Holga just doesn’t look like a real camera, definitely not a serious one, so people just tend to ignore it and go about their business. (Doesn’t this camera remind you of these toy cameras which spray water on the unsuspected victim?)

One of the cool things about the Holga is that you can try all kinds of weird ‘tricks’ and since there isn’t really a correct way of using a Holga, anything goes… for example, you can advance the film between exposures only half way to purposely get a two in one image, or at least claiming you did… And of course the Holga’s most recognized feature – the double exposure although most double exposures done with a Holga are accidental; The Holga does not automatically advance to the next picture and as a result the double exposure is just bound to happen every so often.

Another fun thing to try with a Holga is making panorama images. Unlike panoramas taken with other cameras, with a Holga there’s no need to stitch the images together on the PC, the whole stitching thing is done directly on the negative. And it’s a Holga! Meaning the panorama doesn’t have to be perfect, actually probably better that it isn’t :)

And finally one tricky thing about the Holga is shooting at night. See, since the Holga doesn’t have a light meter or a real shutter speed and F stop settings you find yourself at the mercy of your film’s speed. (Which by the way is 120 film) (just another bonus!) The new Holga has the most advanced feature; the B exposure. Sounds great, no? However, the way it really works is that you need to press the shutter release button for as long as you want your exposure to be. Not to mention the pain and suffering your poor finger must go through, it is also impossible to hold your breath or keep steady for too long and even if you rest your camera on something, there will still be that horrible camera shake (the ugly cousin of the attractive motion blur).

This is where your choice of film can help you. If you don’t mind long exposures go for the 400ASA film and expose your film in the average lit area for about 30-40 seconds! 800ASA will allow you to cut down your exposure time to a good 10-15 seconds. But at last you will see the light when you use 3200 ASA which tolerates an exposure of somewhere between 1-3 seconds. Yippee!

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MUAHAHAHA~ the things i can do with my HOLGA!!!! I wanna try it ALL!~ :D

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120mm MF processing: $5.00/roll
scanning per frame @ $0.60 @ 4base. $1.50 for 16base.
printing 4R @ $0.50/pc.

Meaning if i have 16 shots on my MF; Total cost of processing + scanning into CD would be;
5 + (16x0.60) = $14.60

That's a whole lot of $$ of just 16 pictures; not including printing.

VS

35mm processing + scanning: $6.50/roll [24 / 36 pictures]

The above not including the cost of the negative film..
120mm ~ 5-7bucks
35mm ~ 4-6bucks

Cost of slide films are definitely more den that.

Holga is an expensive hobby. haiz... but i wanna play with MF leh..........

p.s prices are taken from Miao Lann's PS.

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I brought Twinkle to her first NDW; National Dog Walk 2008 (3rd Aug)

Went with Andrew and Princess! It was a nice and sunny afternoon! Didn't managed to find any parking lots, cause we went rather late. Walked quite a distance to the next nearest carpark. Luckily Twinkle didn't protest much and walked through-out the entire afternoon with us! She rather heavy.. you know? LOL.

Super warm afternoon with STRONG sunlight; perfect sunny day for a dog walk. :D






Many Many More pictures in twinkle's blog!!

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get a HOLGA....

or should i go get a Panoramic funky-lomo-one instead...

My fingers are itching again.




Can anyone tell me what's the cost of processing MF 120? hmm...

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:(

Have i told you that i hate chemistry?

I'm a biology ger; not a chemistry, not a physics ger. Guess what, my latest module is Physical chemistry. Meaning chemistry with physics mixed in it. Just had my first lecture last night. A FULL 3 hours... We were nodding our heads at the beginning and shaking them towards the final hour. He took 1 hour to finish up 5 slides! A pathetic 5 slides... We used to do at least 20 slides in a single hour.

This subject's a real killer.

It's so mentally draining that upon reaching home, i just ate and head straight to bed. Didn't even play with Twinkle; though she was begging for attention.

:(

p.s have i told you that i hate chemistry?

How am i gonna survive this term and turn into a chemistry-know-it-all freak?

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♥ Name's Michy
♥ Living in la-la land
♥ Forever Lost…n Blur…
♥ Loves the whole world
♥ Loves DRIVING
♥ Loves lomography
♥ Crazy over cameras...