the bucket list of 2013!

1. FINISH recoding the site!

2. FINISH YOUR PORTFOLIO OR YOU WILL BE JOBLESS.

3. GET RID OF YOUR all the backlogs.

4. GET A JOB after ORD

5. save for a  JAPAN trip at year end!

6. Be happy yo.

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bonus resolutions:

a. save for LEICA M6

b. an FX camera... really... i am surrounded by FX users seh...

c. dun be late.

d. CLEAN ROOM...

e. get attached... really.

 

OKAY HAPPY 2013 GUYS... ( in 7 mins)

less than an hour to the end of 2012...

AND guess what...

 

 

THE WORLD DID NOT END!!!!

/end spoiler alert/

 

but well yap this blog is kinda dead [all thanks to National Service, thank you SAF!]

so here is the yearly update that i tend to last minute do on every New year Eve.

 

remeber this post ?

Well basically out of the list... i only managed to do No.3 :Upgrade my NAS. everything else is kinda end up forgotten, or end up a failure lol. or still work in progress...

SO... what did i do for 2012?

1. I upgraded my PC so now i have a work horse at home that is able to render and process work. [and its true purpose is for gaming]

2. I made 3 videos, all for the army and all 3 are classified so they will never see the daylight outside of a military camp.

3. Only managed to have a few shoots this year... mostly non cosplay. [which reminds me to edit the remaining that i have not touch]

4. I managed to get my injury claim money... not much but at least it will settle some of my short term money issues...

5. I AM STILL waiting for my surgery...

6. i am only 5 mths and 7 days more to ORD!!!

so ya... i that is kinda of sad... 2012 was like a useless year... kinda expected it...

 

SO ya 30 mins more to 2013! now i need to make some new year resolutions...

 

 

 

I want, but i can't but i want.....

Finally after 1 year of waiting for all the reports to settle, i finally got my compensation pay out. it was more than i expected it to be, but well it will not cover the for all the things i really want.

Item 1: A new PC...

Actually i have just ordered the following parts. now all i need is to pay up and collect them:

- Z77 sabertooth with i7 3770k
- 16 gb RAM
- ATi 7850OC 2gb gfx.
- 256GB SSD
- 2x 2 TB WD Red for my NAS
- cosair H100 cooling. ( man amazon is way freaking cheap(er).)

amazingly these parts are not cheap at all... lucky i have the casing, screen and sound system standby lol.

item 2:

(photo from kenrockwell.com)

A Second hand Leica M6. It is really my dream camera. but at first i thought a Voigtlander 35mm/f1.4 Nokton for starter, but well if i could... then LEICA SUMMILUX-M 50mm f/1.4 ASPH.. ( I WISH)

More of The Girl who played with lalangs

Photography by : togusa chan

Model : Reichel

Clothes: Model's own.

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And that is the end of the photo set. I think i need more shoots!

AFA:MY and FLOW!

Last month, Me and Windy did a crazy 36 hours trip to KL just to get the good tickets for the AFA: MY : I love anisong concerts. We did get good seats... and i think the concert really made this short AFA:MY trip worth.

The main event was sadly a disappointment.. maybe due to the fact that we singaporeans had so many chance and years of attending AFA, that the main exhibition hall end up looks /feels boring.
there was way less booths, stalls and artist or things to do. And the hall seems to be actually smaller than Comicfiesta 2011 @ KLCC.

But actually it is all different in the Stage Hall. The sound system was horrible during all the talks and during the RCC, BUT CAME THE CONCERT IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!

Day 1 had Maon Kurosaki, Aimi and lastly Kalafina. Unlike last year AFA11's performance where you can't really hear the power of the vocals due to the over powering bass. IT was prefect here.
Maon sang her hearts out. and I am still not used to Keiko's difference in voice when she sings and talks. [bloody kawaii girl]

Day 2 had Sea☆A, Kotoko and FLOW I was kinda not as hyped up as the day before, but really i was here for Flow once again. I attended their gig during AFA 11 and really i wanted to see them again!.
I was actually surprise with the crowd support for Sea☆A, the malaysians really supported anyone who was on stage, whether was it the headliner or some local band opening the concert.  This is something you do not see in back home in singapore, where i remembered like 90% of the crowd just sat down and did not bother about Sea☆A.

Kotoko really had a big fan base in KL,( although i was sadly the few that did not know know who she was till the concert) and last was FLOW to pump my hearts out once again. They kinda did the same set and act as back in AFA, but really it was still AWESOME!!!! So after like a 60mins gig with another 2 songs encore. AFA:MY came to an end. But what awesome trip to AFA if i did not get any autographs?

I managed to be the lucky few who won a FLOW autographed poster and I got my CD cover autographed by them too!.

some pics below.

Awesomely cool Kohshi

GOT'S BRO FIST YO!

TAKE up close!

More photos from my AFA:MY Trip can be found here on my facebook.

Now lets hope the organizers will not ask me to pull down the pics....

The concert was awesome #keiko #kalafina #afamy #iloveanisong

Aimi!!!! #afamy #iloveanisong #aimi

#afamy #iloveanisong

One year on....

1 year ago, at this timing I left the land of the rising sun on a very wet night. Even thought I felt Tokyo was not that long ago, time really went by quite fast for the past 1 year. ( okay it felt damn long especially when I am in Tekong, twice some more)  Right after that long 12 days in Tokyo. I had 48hours to prep myself for the longest waste of my life. National service. Not that I am against it but I felt that I can put my life into a better use than me training my not so physically fit body.

So during the past year many things had changed:
 I had got into a relationship,
then went to get injured in Tekong.
 Kena out of course from Tekong,
got horribly frustrated,
then gotten out of  the relationship.
Became even more horribly frustrated with myself and super emotional.
 Went back to Tekong again.
Shoulder weaken even more.
Became quite of a hermit.
Stop being interesting.
Watching more drama than animes
Realised my Life may end up worse than Ted.
Lost my creative touch
Rotting on 9gag
My SLR died, D300s is kinda rotting away. LC-A+ filled with a film that only managed to move 3 frames a week.
Getting really emotional over small things.
And diablo 3 maybe the only thing I do when I get home.

dude you are wasting your life again...

1 Month ago, i spent $72 on a card.
13 days ago. i queued up 4 hours with that card to collect a box
That box had just numbers... The game key that basically made me rot at home for the past 13 days.

That is Diablo 3. Well not like i have anything else to really do.... (other then editing 10 shoots, 2 videos and some slides for the army... )
once again i am wasting my life on a game again.

But hey it is my childhood game... I spent playing diablo 2 with my fren for like 3 years till one of them actually had to be drop to N(A) coz he was spending more time farming than studying.

Anyways it is saving me money, 2 weekends and i have not really been going out.. (okay my spent 1 saturday on duty in camp, so it doesn't count i guess)

oh screw this blog post i have no idea what i am typing *goes back to saving tristram*

The girl who played with lalang

Photography by : togusa chan

Model : Reichel

Clothes: Model's own.

More to come from this recent shoot.

On the roof.

....

Photography by : togusa chan

Model : Engracia

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Night time Wandering

this door is always open, this door is always open

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no one has the guts to shut us out

but if we have to go now i guess there's always hope that  some place will be serving after hours

~ After hours by We Are Scientists

 

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Photography by : togusa chan

Model : Engracia

Feeling abit sian.

I just found out my Minolta XD7 is dying, and i think i will have to part with this vintage series soon.

 I am going to try to save up and get a Leica M6 soon.

for now my films will be mostly LOMO + my Nikon 35Ti

POC LOH!!!

FINALLY!. i am not a recruit any more!.

Been to 2 BMT and back, best thing both in Rocky Hill, far from the main camp on tekong. But what ever it is, i can grow my hair again!... now to wait for ORD!

Messy room

Even when i am stuck in camp for the weekdays. My room is still as messy as ever.

This week will be my final [and it better be the last] week in tekong. YES it is FINALLY nearly over. not National Service but at least after this I will not be stuck on a island far from civilization where the only connection out is my handphone(which is dying). Back to usual blogging and tweet spams after Good Friday.

Now how should i spend my good friday weekend, anyone wants any Photoshoots?

Missing life

Going back to Tekong Is really demoralizing.

Going back to Tekong on a Friday night is even more demoralizing...

I am missing the outside world once again, but then what is it so difference between me being stuck in the DVFX lab and in an army camp? I was missing my life too back then when I had to camp day after days and burn my weekend on my Mac just to do work.

The army is just boring and due to the fact I am so disconnected from the net, I guess I that y I felt I really missing my life...

I am not really a outgoing person, and ain't really social able ( offline or online )... So ya... There goes my life. If is not for school and work, I doubt I will have friends outside that circle. ( okay cosplay is another thing..)

So well I have to end this post as I am reaching the ferry terminal to go back to Tekong to burn my long weekend off. But really 1 more mth left before I go back to unit. I guess I just have to tahan.

I been gone,

But i should be back....

I went back to tekong for my BMT recourse, which at the moment looks like i will fail if i dun pass my IPPT. 

should finish tekong by good friday then I will be back to unit and life is back again. till then i think the blog will be a bit slow....

It been awhile... since i last really shop

not shopping shopping... i been buying clothes every few weeks.[ need to stop that habit, running out of space for my clothes]

but ya ever since i got in to the army, i have not been doing anything vfx-ish, but hey on this slow day 1 of CNY i did some shit.

not my best but i think it shows i need to practice once again, my skill is getting worse.

Chinese new year shopping...

it is the time of year, after that time of year. it is Chinese new year. the time where i need to clean my room, buy new clothes and visit relatives that i kinda only see once a year. and whoa, 1 year pass so fast. 1 year ago i was 20....now i am 21 turning 22. and looking back, i still have not done any thing outstanding... i am still a nobody... oh damn life..

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Freshness burger

I just have a craving to eat freshness burger right now

the Central outlet is well quiet and cosy.

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Freshness burger

I just have a craving to eat freshness burger right now

the Central outlet is well quiet and cosy.

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I just want to fly away

I always have this issue when i am thrown into a new environment. Being out of my comfort zone is kinda tiring for me as i tend to use way too much energy pretending that i am okay while i am not.
i has been in this state for multiple times during this short coming to 22 years.

things NEED to be done in 2012.

it is not a new year resolution list. it is more like I HAVE to complete this list of things in 2012.

1. GET MY DRIVING LICENSE [after tekong that is]: took my BTT when i was 18, and my FTT lapses last year... so ya...

2. Start making a list of photoshoot concepts with reference pics, location references

3. upgrade my NAS... i need 2 more 2TB

4. clear my backlog.

5. redo my portfolio

6. make a new demo reel.

7. clear my room. have too many shit.

8. saving money for new FX lens.

9. save more cash to upgrade to a FX cam in 2013

10. save some more cash in hopes to go to japan after NS.

11. need to stop being down.

12. get happy.

13. be positive.

14. Get attached...

chances that 11 to 14 won't happen this year i guess. i tried that in last year. it worked for awhile.but guess what i am back to square one like every year. i need to move on and find someone/ something else. whatever it is 2012 you better be better. i can't take another 2011 or 2010 or 2007...

it is 2012... now for a look back at 2011!

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first of all it is 2012 so it is a new year... i hope it will be a happy and better than the last year, but well we all know it is just getting worse. *oh spoilt your new year, what do you expect from me being moodless?* anyway my annual look back to the year before...

 

2011: vedict: better than 2010, but more fucked up and alot of shit.