♥ Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Tired... just super tired...Labels: random crappy post
Michy signing off… 5:15 PM
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Where are You...
Why do bad things happen?
You can never have an "up" without a "down",
a front without a back..
light without dark..
-- and you can't have good without bad.
Where is God in all of the "bad things"?
Earthquakes, tsunamis...
If He is a loving God, why would He let that happen?
It's a wrong question to ask...
His desire is for as many of us as possible to
get to know HIM and love HIM and serve HIM. To put GOD above all else... One of the ways is by serving others...
When buildings fall and tsumais hit and flood waters take away life,
His desire is that.. those who know HIM, serve.
- When the world is sending millions of dollars for relief, Christians should be sending billions.
- When organisations of the world are sending relief, His people should be there in convoys.. holding, helping, giving, building, loving, feeding.
The God of the universe works through...
HIS peopleand it is
His Hands that are holding on to those who have lost loved ones.
It is
His arms that are embracing those who need Him.
It is
His love that has brought them food and money and water.
It's interesting that when someone comes alongside ppl going thru' trauma and walks witht hem thru' the turmoil, they experience love and grace and help.
Ten yrs down the road when they look back, the grief is still there, but it is softer.
What is still very strong and very vivid is the love and strength and support that was given by others, and the r/s developed and then continued.
The God stuff..His desire is to use the hard things that coem your way to strengthen and solidify your character, faith and r/s with Me.
Everyone will die.
Everyone will suffer at times.
His desire is to hold on to you and love you during all of your hard times.
Where's God in the midst of all the chaos?
"I am right there in the middle. Working through my people, help, loving, guiding, giving all that is needed."
His desire is that a whole lot more of us realise what we are on the planet for, and we allow our
hands and
feet and
dollars and
hugs and
hopes to be God's in someone else's life.
Where is God when disaster hits?
"I'm asking you the same question." - God.From God's Blogs by Lanny Donoho.
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I often struggle with this question... till today i still am...
Labels: deep thots
Michy signing off… 11:59 AM
♥ Thursday, March 20, 2008
Teehee...
Neh.... not all the tees in the previous order list are mine..
Only the below 2 belongs to yours truly..
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Familiar for those who played "CLUEDO" before.. LOL.. The detective board-game..
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And this! Cute?? LOLz.. i just adore this cos i'm such a video game fanatic.. hee.. Can't believe that $240++ is cut from my card.. :( Just seems like a great sum.. But with the USD dipping a SEA-LOW.. the exchange rate is ~ 1.41!! Super low lah!!
Been REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY
REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY busy the few weeks with SCHOOL.. Coming to the end of my 2nd week of
EVERY NIGHT lectures.. yes.. life's
so sad for me. Rather depressing to head to school every single day..
The first week is particularly difficult to pass, cos i'm basically developed an
ANTI-SCHOOL syndrome.. Guai guai went for the sat's lab, mon to weds lectures...
Skipped thurs for Von's bday celebration..
*HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY GER!!*..
Skipped fri class cos i felt really tired and sick..
Another beautiful saturday, went for a pal's opening shop ceremony..
*CONGRATS DUDE*Rushed for lab session, which ended early
*YIPEE~*Rushed to meet my besties for a movie...
Sunday... REST!!! just church on the morning... followed by much-needed nua-ing at home...
all these ON TOP OF daily work...
*phew~*
This week.. once again.. Classes every night
*including tonight :(* 'cept for friday which is a PH!! This week is rather OK for me.. just i'm a little used to the hectic schedule.. Sometimes i can slp just in a blink of an eye..
LOL.. on the bus.. on the MRT..
you name it.. Tmr's a Great day for me to sleep in... i desperately need SLEEP. I still have
ONE MORE... just ONE MORE WEEK of intensive classes, before everything slacken a bit again...
TAHAN! REN!! one more week!!
But God's been great.. Many times i just wonder how i can keep my spirit high with such a HUGE problem bothering me...
It's God... i just know it is..
Thank you... Mucho Grascia... Merci Beaucoup... Labels: ranting, shopping loots, thanks-giving
Michy signing off… 3:42 PM
♥ Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Threadless made me do it...
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Labels: threadless
Michy signing off… 2:25 PM
♥ Monday, March 17, 2008
Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim..
This is it...
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It's a ALL-PLASTIC camera. Even the lens is plastic.
No batteries required.
No flash inside of it. (Meaning no indoor/dim light shots)
It runs on a manual winding mechanism. So everything feels so old-school.
A FILM camera. Uses 35mm film. ![](http://bp3.blogger.com/_abpTThBADSc/R93cBaqnqpI/AAAAAAAAA-Q/31LsJA9ziUA/s0-d/35mm_roll_film.jpg)
Those easily available in ALL photoshops.
Kodak, Fujifilm and wad not...
To me.. this is a
lomo-graphy kinda cam...
There's 2 school of thots as to wad "
LOMO-graphy" means...
One sch believes that lomography is only achievable when you use a LOMO-brand camera, which includes the Lomo action-sampler, Lomo fish-eye, Lomo super-sampler, Lomo Holgas.
The other sch of thot is that lomography is the way you photo stuff. It's not the equipment branding you have, but the style of photography.
And i happen to be in this school..
How to be a Lomographer
Follow the 10 Golden Rules
01. Take your camera everywhere
In bed, in Gorky Park, in a propellor-driven airplane or in the launderette: you grab your camera and everything around you starts to vibrate with life, be prepared, keep your camera close at hand and ready for action everywhere and all the time.
02. Use it anytime, day or night
Every single second has its own unique, light, grey, colourful, woolly, profound, flat mood. Your life is not going to wait for the camera, its rules and the fooling around involved. Either click - you have captured the situation as it is, or you haven't.
03. Lomography is not an interference in your life, but a part of it
Lomography doesnt interrupt the direction your life is going, and its just a significant and integral part of it. Just like talking, walking, sleeping, eating, thinking, drinking, laughing and loving. Lomography is a powerful sign that you are alive.
04. Try the shot from the hip
It is as simple as it is unusual: you don't have to look through the viewfinder to take a good picture, no, on the contrary! Give yourself more freedom in your choice of perspective. Hand up in the air, out in the front or behind your back. No limits; just your experience mixed with some luck.
05. Approach the objects of your Lomographic desire as close as possible.
Get close click - from the wrist looking deep into the eyes, full frontal, close up and precisely whatever it is that interests you. Laughing as you go, feeling good, so that everyone can see that Lomography is the most obvious and natural thing in the world.
06. Dont think (William Firebrace)
Put your head in the ice cold bathtub, hold your breath, count to 100 and let your troubles dissolve. Then jerk your head out again, and with it firmly on your shoulders, grab your camera and hit the streets. Start snapping away, live it and have fun.
07. Be fast
A mere tenth of a second makes the difference between Lomography or not Lomography. Just don't waste time with settings, adjustments, thinking about it, faffing around and procrastinating. First impressions have a quality of their own, trust yourself.
08. You dont have to know beforehand what you captured on film
Give the random in Lomography a chance. Enjoy your new way of living with random occurrence. You're not here for Lomography! Lomography is here for you! Lomography only works if the only thing you concentrate on is celebrating your life.
09. Afterwards either
Wow, that looks great, what's that, where was I there? Your brain is running on top speed, your memory is spinning, your history is tumbling. No you dont have to know exactly whats on the film even afterwards. Just read between the Lomographs.
10. Don't worry about any rules.
Forget the 10 Golden Rules discover your very own Lomography, immerse yourself in whats going on. Do it and do what you want but do it now.
The above rules.. taken off the
www.lomography.com webbie.. ^^
I love the anticipation of viewing the developed photos. It's just different from the currently-everywhere digi cam when you know exactly wad you are gonna get. I love to wait and see how the photos turn out.. If there is any vignettes or light leak or just the perfect shade of colours.. I love to capture the moment, it's like that moment is frozen in time.. I love photography...
First roll of film: Expired Centuria 200
All taken within A DAY!! Happily snapping at every little thing i see in my way...
Expired film is said to give a grainy effect. Mine turned out a tad grainy... but the colours are awesome and the images are CLEAR!! Woo~~
My second roll was a normal kodakgold 200 film. Pictures turned out beautiful~~ :D My fave shots are usually the ones with the sky and clouds in them...
My 3rd roll's still in my camera... Sitting on the 33rd shot... I still have a couple more to go before development time. ^^
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Gonna experiment with slides on my next roll! Already bought
sensia 200!! This is unlike negative films. Slide films, when developed, they wont give the reversed colour of the pictures. They will show the exact same colour as the photo.
But i'm gonna
cross-processed them!!
Quick-write up on x-pro:To develop the slides in the solution meant for developing negative photos. Using the "wrong" kind of developing solution.This gives a FUNKY colour splash effect on the slides.
For the sensia 200, the expected photos will give a yellowish hue.
COOL!!Bought the slide film from
triple-D photo lab shop at Bencoolen street.
*HIGHLY RECOMMENDED* $7.50 dmg.. but i guess it's worth a try lah.. The Uncle there is quite nice. I told him i'm using the vivitar.. he's quick to tell me..
oh! outdoors shots.. you shld try the sensia.. *flip flip* photo album and showed me.. I enquired abt the other slide films, e.g. afga. but he mentioned that the others are more ex... at the 10+ range. so i should just 'play' with this film first.. hehe.. ok!
He sells expired film at
a DOLLAR!!! *screams!* but they are all 12 exposure films.. Will kinda waste the developing fee as it is charged per roll. So i skipped on that. Darn.. was hoping to get a few films to stock up. :(
His store is not very accessible to me as i dun frequent that area... :( :( :( Will try to pop there as often as i can... as they are the few shops that does x-processing and i like the NICE UNCLE. :D I found another shop during x-pro in BUKIT BATOK!! gonna go there to wash my films.. and prob get more slide films..
so exciting!!!!!! ^^ More Vivitar shots can be seen
HERE!! reallie awesome shots!!
p.s i got my vivitar from this spree. She seems to be rather trust-worthy as myself and my fren got them from her. Hers is also one of the cheapest source. Only 23 bucks. Labels: vivitar
Michy signing off… 10:40 AM
♥ Thursday, March 13, 2008
Nostalgia... .. for most ppl my age..
There was a chat in the forum abt collections.
And someone showed their collection of
carebears soft toys!!Remember the carebears?
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Wanted to search for my long-lost carebear plushie I used to have as well... hee.. here's mine! I remembered clearly that mine was orange in colour with
a trophy at the tummy!! yes! this was it!! I WANT IT!!
*i'm lookin for it.. if you see it at ANY stores.. tell me!! i wan it badly!!*Stumbled upon this webbie:
http://cardboardmonocle.com/blog/?page_id=1056
i know ALL THE CARTOONS listed in this page!! WOOHOO!~~
yes i remember all of them.. and i didn't recall that pound puppies was a cartoon.. hmm.. maybe a tad too young then i guess..
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BUT i do have recollection of me having a HUGE brown pound puppy with a
red leather collar and i would tie a string on it and DRAG it around the house.. teehee.. I'm trying to locate a picture of it but i honestly cannt recall what it looks like.
It's brown.. has big-but-not-so-big black ears + red collar. tat's all left fr my memory... :(
Vague memories i have..
it should be this...
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cause i recognise the EYES.. those soppy eyes and the WHISKERS!! haha.. i would try to pull them out cos i thot it spoilt his look.. hee..
And also.... "The REAL ghostbusters!!" haha...
"If there's something strange in your neighborhood
Who you gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
If there's something weird and it don't look good
Who you gonna call?
Ghostbusters!... ..."
That theme song is still deeply etched in my memories.. LOL.. n also they have sticker book!! *Picture kopped fr yahoo auctions... these books cost a BOMB now.. Too bad my mom nvr keep them for us.. if nt.. we'll b a couple of bucks richer..* =P![](http://bp2.blogger.com/_abpTThBADSc/R9jXjaqnqmI/AAAAAAAAA94/AFkTbN6_LmE/s0-d/ghostbuster.jpg)
I didn't collect them... but my brothers did! haha.. i remember there's the "special-RARE" holographic stickers.. and how they would try to bend the sticker pack.. just to "feel" if there's a RARE sticker inside...Vague memories... but still i remember *despite my gold-fish memory*
And i saw this!! at Giant's toy section... it's a familiar-looking sewing machine!! i believe every little girl would have one of this when they were young. But this pre-adult training tool proves to be useless and i can't sew a single thing (yet).
And of course the microphone and speaker toy!! haha.. we kids would be SO EXCITED just listening to our voices coming out of the speaker..
Kids that were easily contented... That's what we were...
Simplistic bliss..
I wonder what my nephew will be like next tym... the spoilt brat? haha.. Certainly pray not..
*Our reflection... my mom.. my nephew and me.... * =D
He's so big (n heavy) now...
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Labels: happy thots
Michy signing off… 4:45 PM
♥ Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Time..
Time is an incredible gift.
Everyday mandune conversations goes like that..
"Some
time i need to..."
"Any
time you want.."
"What
time is it?"
"How many
times do i have to tell you".
And also...
"I sure wish i had more
free time."
There's NO SUCH THING AS "FREE TIME"!"Time" is a gift God made for us so that we can give it back to Him. Every second and minute and hour you used, you have to give something up.
You are
trading time for something else.Most of you wouldn't trade a thousand $$ for a dollar. Yet we trade time with our family for overtime in the office. WE are sacrificing things that last forever for things that disappear quickly.
Forever is a long time.
How you use your time
now will determine, however, what
forever is like.
Every second counts.
Every day matters.
Every action and reaction and transaction are of utmost importance because..
ALL TRANSACTIONS ARE FINAL.
YOU CAN'T GO BACK IN TIME.Make sure you fill ur life with the right stuff before you run out of time.
Labels: deep thots
Michy signing off… 9:40 AM
♥ Saturday, March 08, 2008
![What dog breed are you? I'm a Labrador Retriever! Find out at Dogster.com](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tTEHRwS2dtsQr_ih8Qwo3ZpXd-sk_64K9o544eA0NnOF76Nc1aLSVjXlr8IEn06cLx8yh_cZhdUdqO4JZg8jqPSqzEQ0NsxYKDBZi1Uk0Sky1s_vvttYGhaFXbZpdjs45uasIzl1e4bWnDsHCDhiI=s0-d)
Same as David Beckham sia.... dun play play... LOL~
Labels: random crappy post
Michy signing off… 9:47 PM
♥ Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Dawn's Wedding Dinner Time... part trois...
Wedding theme's Black and Gold.. haha..
Dinner was held at club chinois... It's under tong tuk's wing and the food was quite nice (as expected)... More of a fusion of the east and the west kind...
My get-up for the night... hee... ALL BLACK...
- Black gojane dress
- Black Cardi
- Black stocking + heels
- Black bag with GOLD tag
- Gold watch
- Gold necklace... (I'm defintely in the right theme...)
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My cousin.. preparing herself...
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Me and jie meis just slackin in the suite till it was time for her to 'appear' at the dinner...
The stage-setup
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Champagne popping...
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Family picture! We have nice relatives flying in for her wedding.. :) so sweet of them.. The very next day they flew back. Here's the table-photo.. i'm sittin in the seniors' table.. -.-||| see tat my brothers, my sisIL and my nephew are not in the picture... they are sitted in another table.. :( why can't i sit with the YOUNG ppl???
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The sweet couple went off to their honeymoon.. 2 days after their wedding.. haha.. i think now they are still happily honey-mooning away..
Tonnes of blessings for this 2 love-birds.. :)
p.s this is the last post to the Dawn's wedding series.. hee!~
Labels: wedding
Michy signing off… 11:59 PM
♥ Monday, March 03, 2008
Shopping ban starts now...
My BUYS BUYS BUYS!!! for this month... and the next and the next month:1. Victoria's Secrets Sparkle Bag! *love the sparkle*
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2. AA dress in raspberry. (still backordered... :( wonder when this will arrive..)
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3. Baby G!! hehe.. at last i ordered this fr the local authorised dealer shop.. :P
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3. FreshKon lens.. Bought during the 1 for 1 sales.. So technically it's 50% off!
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4. ASOS overall.. *on the way here..*
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5. ASOS snowflake.. * also on the way here..*
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6. Target Dress! *on the way....*
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7. Benefit's Pop Powder!!! (Just ordered this.. hee..)
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It looks like a lot of stuff.. BUT most of them cost
less then 30 bucks.. SERIOUS!!
(except for the baby G and the benefit powder) all online items are purchased during their clearance sales.. hee~
All these items
SHOULD/MUST satisfy my shopping urge AT LEAST for the next 2 months.. so i'm currently on a shopping ban for 2 MONTHS!! yes... and after the 2 months... woohoo~ i'm prep-ing myself up for a MEGA-HUGE *secret* shopping spree!!
Labels: shopping loots
Michy signing off… 10:04 AM