Day 215

ooooo .... its my bday!had a long video chat with my family members last night. thx to all my family & friends for your wishes. :)

my school holiday starts today till Oct 5th. yeeehhhh ........

today was supposed to go to school to help Tiffany with her assingment but she was bz and we postponed it to Wed. so i went to work at 1pm. during lunch, boss bought a mini kumara cake for me. at night, Nigel & friends suddenly showed up at my workplace for dinner, bringing a cake & a present. geeeee .... thx so much!

i asked permission 2 go home early as they are waiting for me since 8pm. so by 11.30pm, Wendy & I went to Nigel's apt for the party! after eating the cake, we played poker for awhile before ending the party at 1.30am.

cake frm boss

party photos. photographer:Nigelit is indeed a very nice birth day!

Day 204 - 214

wwwaaa .... 10 days i didn't blog di. gee ....... ok .. lets start now!

Day 214 - its sunday! go to practice as usual. played Centuria & Forever Sensei. then went to work straight. its cold today. kanasai ... the wind is so cold, i didn't wear my winter jacket out! ggrrr ..... shivering!!!!!

Day 213 - today got extra practice but i only went with Nigel for about 15 minutes & they finished practicing. hahaha ..... well, at least we DID practiced. 1st time taking a bus to kaikan with Nigel. we had a funny experience. we told the driver we wanted to go to Ellerslie and he charged us 2 stages only. i did not realise it when i paid coz everytime i pay 3 stages. so, when we went down, the driver told us we are supposed to pay 3 stages if we wana stop at this bus stop. lucky he did not ask us to pay the outstanding. thx driver!!after practice, i went to boss house as usual. before dinner, we went to Conwall Park to see the sakura. it was beautiful. feel like being in Japan. after dinner, we went back home to continue watch The Little Nyonya. had a bottle of beer & some rempah udang. then .... tidur loh ......

Day 212 - 208 yyyeeehhhh .... finally handed my overdued assignment!yahooo ..... Tiffany brought me jalan jalan to Mission Bay. nice beach with beautiful houses. how i wish i strike 4D & buy a house there!Day 207 - go practice then work.

Day 206 - went shopping with Tiffany. she wants to survey the price of D300, D700 and some lens. she din buy anything but i ended up buying myself a small Lowepro lens case which cost $29.

Day 205 - 204 study ... work ... sleep

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!