Anime Festival Asia 09 - Day 1

Saw this event, Anime Festival Asia 09 and was wondering should I attend it?

It was a 2 day event over 21-22 Nov 09 and part of the reason for going was to see Danny Choo in action. Have lost touch with Japanese stuff for quite some time, be it music, games or anime..

I was supposed to be on call for a work assignment so I didn't really know what time I was supposed to be activated. "Oh, what the heck.. go first then say."

Wanted to go there to catch Danny give his talk at 330pm.. I reach there at 315pm.. and guess what.. I got paged!!! Luckily, I managed to push back the project to start 2 hours later.

It was very pack at Suntec City and guess what I saw when I reach the ticketing booth.





Wah piang eh.. how to go in sia.. I'm not going to make it today.. so I just decided to hang around outside and guess what? Wow.. lots of cosplayers hanging out at the arena..

Plan 2.. photoshoot





























These are some examples of the 300+ shots which I took during the 2 hours.. No post-processing done, just straight out of the camera.
First time covering this type of event, gained new experiences. I'm pretty pleased with some of the results, and I'm totally in love with the 20mm pancake lens.

The rest of the photos can be seen in my facebook account.
Day 1 : Cosplayers
Day 2 : Cosplayers & Toys

-Do you like cosplay?-

Winter is here..

The weather in Singapore is turning colder and the daylight's a little shorter these days. Signs of winter?? Although Singapore is not a seasonal country, I would still refer it as winter just for the sake of having colder weather.. An escape from the hot and humid weather that we have for almost 90% of the time.

Colder weather also means that you tend to be more patient with things around you.
You may think that's crap.. but at least it works for me.. A little more patient with people on the road and streets... Having spent my whole life in this little red dot, I can really feel that the space (physical and personal) around me is getting smaller and tighter.. More and more people in this country.. 5 million now to be exact.. 6.5 million is the target to be..

Yeah Yeah.. I know.. Sporeans are not willing to give birth.. Whose fault is it? In the past, if you have more then 2 kids, you get fined. Now, the government pays you to have kids but it's just too late.

I read this article the other day.. 13 million people worldwide want to migrate to Singapore... OMFG.. IF all these people come, this little island might probably sink into the ocean bed..

KPKB.. That's all sporeans can do.. I am no exception.. There will always be 2 sides for a coin..

- Do you like cold weather? -

Random postings..

Oh well... used to like designing web pages when I was in poly...
Now.. I feel that sharing of photos on blogger.com is kind of "not-so-effortless".
Uploading is slow.. linking is not so easy either..

Decided to try posting a direct link from FB instead..

Can you see this pic?



Exam is over.. I hope it goes well.. not much confidence because couldn't finish the paper again.. 9 marks goned.. You need to start writing the moment these business papers start and you can't stop until the examiner says" Stop writing now."

Now.. time to start enjoying my hobbies again..

- Are you enjoying your life too? -

Cameron Trip 22-Feb-09 (Day 2)

Slept peacefully throughout the night.. no worries.. no nothing...

woke up at around 10+ and this is what i see outside the balcony..

Left side was beautiful.. right side is getting gloomy..

Temperature's 20.5ºC

View from the front door and corridor

Our bikes..!!

Went for breakfast... had Roti Janai (we call it Roti Prata) for breakfast.. very crispy!!

It's so crispy that the guy can use a chopper to chop the prata.

Nasi Lemak was great too!!
so nice we had it for 2 mornings in a row..

walked back to the apartment and saw a few flowers.. such a relaxing place..

went to Boh Tea plantation for a visit
parking outside the centre.. if u drive.. u will not be able to park here..

Tea processing plant

The exhibition side

This is actually the main signboard

Panorama view of the tea plantation..
Close up of the tea plantation

Acting cool
The Cafe..
I heard that this cafe won some sort of designing/architectural prize
Had some cakes and drink at the cafe..
Wasn't up to expectations though (in other words.. not nice lah..)

Next stop: Strawberry farm

I've seen quite a number of ppl posting about Cameron trips but this is the first time I am actually at the farm.. Actually, I'm not a strawberry person.. but that seems to the craze here.. so I just follow along loh..
Anyway, touring is all about exploring, isn't it?

Weather wasn't very good.. and the slope is quite steep on the way to this farm..
It's called the Big Red Strawberry Farm and Gift Shop.

Check out the rain clouds comming behind me.

No joke man... within secs.. we were all covered by rain clouds..

The veggies and fruits in the farm looks very fresh.. probably because of the climate here...

Strawberries!!
There's also a nursery here.. not sure what are the plants/flowers though

They say this cactus has been around for a long time.
Went over to the cafe and got ourselves lots of strawberry snacks..
I think this place is for the strawberry siaos.. everything also strawberry-related..
from food to cushions/soft toys to jam & biscuits..

Fried ice-cream.. i wanted to eat this..
Not for me..

This is mine!!
Again, the siao kia wants to eat ice-cream in cold weather.. =)After this, we went back to our apartment.. looks like the storm is going to be very heavy.. luckily we were back before much damage can be done on us.. haha..

We rested first and wait for the rain to clear before going out for dinner..

But for bikers.. when the rain has clear.. they go n clean their bikes first !!
Went for dinner after this.. today, we have decided to go for zhi cha instead of steamboat..
Still ok in my opinion.. the cold weather here makes u hungry easily.. and their veggies are always so fresh.. when you bite.. it just crunches in your mouth..
Nothing fantasic so I'm not going to show you any photos on it..