Day 198 - 203

Day 203 - study ... work ... sleep. Happy birthday to my sis, Cherry. big di ah ..... be obedient ok!

Day 202 - study ... work ... sleep

Day 201 - was thinking that i want to skip practice today coz im so tired and i got assignment that dues on Monday. after telling Masao san on the phone, I decided to put away my negative thinking and asked Nigel to wait for me. at last, I did attend the practice. after work only did my assignment.

Day 200 - went to One Tree Hill to shoot for assignment. had great time photographing with Tiffany & Michael. shot from 1.30pm-4.30pm, although it was short but i think i have good photos to hand in. thanks to model, Stacey. after that, had dinner at Tiffany's house then watch TV. finally, she sent me home at 11.30pm. super tired but enjoyed my day.

will upload some photos soon.

Kiwi style dinner

entree - chips & beer

vege & eggs saladroast beefbaked potato & kumara

more food pix at my facebook

Day 199 - study ... work ... sleep. amazing medicine. after 2 gargles, straight away no more soar. good ah!

Day 198 - study ... work ... sleep. had soarthroat. boss went and bought 'Betadine' for me to gargle.

Day 190 - 197

Day 197 - work ... study ... sleep

Day 196 - a happy happy day for me. its Sept 1st, officially SPRING! yahoooo ... winter is over. Nigel came to my room at midnite to give me a surprise. check out my facebook to know what is it all about.

Day 195 - work ... study ... sleep

Day 194 - today no band practice. slept till 2pm then go to work.

Day 193 - went to Angie's Kitchen to help clean the place. then went to boss's house to watch 'The Little Nyonya'.

Day 192 - work ... study ... sleep

it's angie's birthday

Day 191 - work ... study ... sleep
lecture about outdoor portrait exposure
found a gun at the playground. got style ah? do i look like Mrs Smith?learn to use reflector. distinguish the difference between silver & gold reflector.

Day 190 - work ... study ... sleep

lecture at the studio. how to shoot a portrait with the background well exposed.

Day 185 - 189

Day 189 - study ... work ... sleep
my dinner - lamb shank curry + roti (canai)

Day 188 - today is our class field trip to Miruwai Beach. its so beautiful. can see the end of New Zealand from the beach. will upload the photos in my facebook. most of my classmates are Kiwi but they haven't been there before, so, lucky me! wwoohooooo! it was 40 min drive from school. the weather was not good. keep drizzling, so no blue sky to shoot but still, the scenary was awesome. spent about 2-3 hours before departing back to school.

Day 187 - i skipped practice today. im so so tired that i couldn't wake up. Nigel didn't go also coz he got exam.

Day 186 - i was expecting to rest on Saturday but lady boss asked me & auntie heng(colleague) to go yumchar. wondering why she insisted, boss then told autie heng its ladyboss's birthday celebration. ok! go! then they took me to tour around (photos at facebook). then we came across Pumpkin Patch(children apparel) outlet store. it was winter stock clearance. boss found 2 tops, asked me to try. gee .... can fit wor. you know lah, ah mo gau's children size can fit asian's adult. guess what. boss was generous to pay the bill. 2 tops billing less than $20. superb quality, low price. WONDERFUL! thx boss. then, went back to their home to watch a drama 'Little Nyonya'. quite interesting drama. had KFC & a bottle of Heineken for hi-tea. dinner at a Beijing restaurant. went back home, do my laundry and vacuum my room. online with Mendy, Cherry & mom then tidur.

Day 185 - study ... work ... sleep. finished work at 2am. video chat with ah bih, auntie, uncle, Cherry & Mendy till 4am.

Day 179 - Day 184

Day 184 - study ... work ... sleep

Day 183 - study ... work ... sleep. feel relieved that those in Korea are recovering now.

Day 182 - study ... work ... sleep

Day 181 - study ... work ... sleep finished work at 2am. damn tired!

Day 180 - went to Nigel's hse to prepare Ai's goodbye card. then went to Naomi's unit to celebrate her birthday. pix at here. went to practice at 11am. had farewell lunch at kaikan. Ai is going back to Japan to study in University. hope she will get into Soka University. all the best. pix at here. then off to work at 5pm.

Day 179 - went to Foodtown to get something for Ai's farewell lunch. bought an apricot pie. then dinner with Angie. online(had video chat with mom & sis) till 4am. received bad news that my band members who are in Korea were down with flu & fever. one of them was H1N1 positive.praying for their speedy recovery.

Day 176 - 178

Day 178 - today went to school early. had to do portrait shoot at the studio together with my team members: Tiffany(China), Michael(S.Korea) & Terry(M'sia). we had Tiffany's friend as the female model & Terry as the male model. we managed to finish all our required shots. yahoo ... we are 1 week ahead of deadline. now just need 2 select the best photo & insert to my visual diary. heres some exclusive photos .... just for my dear readers.

Day 177 - study ... work ... sleep

Day 176 - study ... work ... sleep. finished work at 1.30am. im so tired! body aching!

Day 171 - Day 175

Day 175 - study ... work ... sleep

Day 174 - study ... work ... sleep. start working on studio shoot. new assignment is about studio portrait.

this is a softbox - a common lighting in studio. we have beauty dish, small & big umbrella etc. learned how to shoot with different light ratios & lighting style eg. split (half of your face is shadowed), rembrant(can see triangle shadow on your cheek), paramount (shadow under your nose) & loop(shadow under your nose is 45 degree sideway).

Leanne teaching other classmates in the studioDay 173 - go band practice ... work ... sleep

Day 172 - biggest event ever! i cut my hair short. no longer a long hair girl. ladyboss paid for the haircut. then we went shopping for groceries, she paid that too. dinner with her & boss.

before

after

Day 171 - went to Albany to shoot a mini fashion show. it was held in a church, well, its a church event, we(lecturer & us fellow students) didn't know about it until yesterday when we got our pass. the lighting was so terrible, the models on the runway were all amateur, no proper catwalk, didn't even pose at the end of the runway. my lecturer shooked her head too. didn't have much good photos taken. anyway the nibbles served was delicious. haha.

my passin action! from left: lecturer (Leanne), senior, senior (Sam), junior (me)make up artistcrowd coming in

the consolemodel wearing one of the judge's creationinterval - duo singing Endless Love. great vocal.model wearing sponsor's brand

Day 160 - Day 170

Day 170: didn't work today. were supposed to go for the rehersal for tomorrow's fashion shoot but lecturer said its not necessary. so, instead me, (Leanne)lecturer & some classmates went for a drink at a bar near to school. after drinking, me, Tiffany & Leanne went to have dinner at a Beijing restaurant.

Day 169: study ... work ... sleep

Day 168: study ... work ... sleep

Day 167: went to school at 9am. Leanne asked me & Tiffany to assist in a photoshoot for a magazine. we went to One Tree Hill for the shoot. it was so so cold, pity the model wearing so little cloths. my job was to carry the photographer's bag & to hold the reflector. nothing much to do but still it was fun. had Subway for lunch. Tiffany belanja me again. now 6 inch long sandwich just can't make me full. i think i have to go for the 1 foot long.

sub of the day

a cup of Flat White just warm you down. i don't really drink coffee but its really good to drink during winter.

Day 166: went to World Peace Chanting with Wendy (SGM member) with bus. skipped practice today as my runny nose made me unconfortable.

Day 165: woke at 3pm. went dinner with Angie. had sweet&sour duck, stir fry vege & deep fried pork chop.

Day 164: study ... work ... sleep. watch dvd till 4.30am

Day 163: study ... work ... sleep. starting to get runny nose again.

Day 162: study ... work ... sleep

Day 161: study ... work ... sleep

Day 160: study ... work ... sleep