Out of over 7,000 photos taken with my barely 2 months old camera, if I could pick one picture as my Nikon moment, this is it. Friends of mine perhaps rarely see this look of mine that is ecstatically happy. And indeed I was and more, overwhelmed with emotion. I passed my camera to my [...]
Entries from December 2008
What a Fruitful Year that Ends with a Bang: My Sister’s Wedding
December 31st, 2008 · 19 Comments · Memorable Events - good or bad, Reflection
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Year 2008 Movie Awards - The Nominations by the Movie Review Squad
December 30th, 2008 · 18 Comments · Announcement
47 movies, 47 blog entries, in 1 year - 14 awards our Movie Review Squad has dreamed up with, and here are our nominations. I don’t even want to start calculating how much money three of us have contributed to our favorite Cathay Cineplexes. And if you see any bizarre conflict within the list of nominations, [...]
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Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett’s Omaha by Jeff Matthews - A Highly Readable, Well Balanced Travelogue That Will Get You Thinking
December 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Book Reviews, Non-Fiction
As someone who has close to zero prior knowledge on the phenomenon of Warren Buffett, hedge fund manager and financial blogger Jeff Matthews has done a marvelous job in painting a holistic picture of a world according to Warren Buffett. Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett’s Omaha is highly assessable. Supported by close to 90 quotations from various [...]
Tags: Jeff Matthews·McGraw-Hill
Second Batch of Photos from Our Bandung Trip - Cafe Sierra at the Peak and Our Last Day of the Trip
December 26th, 2008 · 9 Comments · My Hobbies, Photography, Travel Blog
OK. This photo of the waitress at Bambu Desa looks lovely. The authentic Indonesian food from the lovely city of Bandung is lovely too. Now before I get into that, here comes the second batch of our selected photo collection.
If you notice from the previous batch, I have reversed the order of the batches because [...]
Tags: Bandung Dec 2008 Trip·Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G·Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G VR·Nikon D700·Nikon SB-900
We Celebrated Christmas Eve the Twilight Way
December 25th, 2008 · 14 Comments · Movie Reviews, Romance
Wow. How Kristen Stewart has grown up from the 12 years old Panic Room diabetes into one fine young actress who is in love with … a vampire. Twilight watched like a mix of my favorite TV series Buffy and Felicity. Add that with the cool rock numbers by Linkin Park, Muse, Paramore, and more [...]
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First Batch of Photos from Our Bandung Trip - A Teaser and More to Come
December 24th, 2008 · 5 Comments · My Hobbies, Photography
I know I have been slow in publishing the photos from my trips and now that I am heading to Hong Kong in less than 72 hours’ time, it’s a high time to release the first batch of … erm … teaser. Recently, I have added a telephoto zoom lens into my collection. [...]
Tags: Bandung Dec 2008 Trip·Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G·Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G VR·Nikon D700
So This is What the Spanish Exam at Las Lilas School Beginner 2 is Like
December 22nd, 2008 · 5 Comments · Linguistic, My Hobbies
Oh dear me, the Spanish Exam for Beginner 2 was mind blowing. I dragged myself out of the bed just hours before the exam, having a fever of 38°C. Oops, that was no good. My body ached (still does) and I have these non-work related appointments coming into my mobile phone’s Gmail application as I [...]
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Nokia N96 Test Drive Episode 4 - Satellites Watch Me Jog
December 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Diary
The Nokia N96 is without doubt more than just a phone and yesterday, I took it for a jog, with the satellites behind me. I have stopped jogging for more than a year after I have hurt my knees at the Mount Kinabalu. It is hard to describe the fear of not being able to [...]
Tags: N96·nokia·Nokia Test Drive Unlimited: N96
The Day the Earth Stood Still Was the Day We Returned from Our Bandung Trip
December 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Fantasy & Sci-fi, Movie Reviews
This morning, minutes before we checked out of the hotel from Jakarta and to catch a plane back to Singapore, two of our Movie Review Squad members were busy booking our movie tickets via the free wi-fi network provided at the hotel lobby while the third one was on the 10th floor busy catching up with [...]
Tags: Jennifer Connelly·Keanu Reeves
If There is One Thing I Can Change On How Singapore Retail Market Operates … OK, Make it 10
December 17th, 2008 · 16 Comments · I See I Write
I love my country but not certain aspects of our retail market. I am not an economist, just a layman consumer on the ground. My everyday observation as such.
Recently I bought a camera. If you are to buy the exact same one I have at a major chain store, you would have to pay 25% [...]
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