523 Days

25th June 2011 - we watched Kungfu Panda 2 together

6月25日的一个星期前，发个了简讯，问他是否要看动画片《功夫熊猫 2》

他，发回的简讯，只说，周日大家得工作，所以，很难配合时间。

所以，一向来都习惯被拒绝的我，并没有想到他，竟然通过Facebook,发了个电子邮件，

问我是否还想看《功夫熊猫 2》。

就这样半开心又有点害羞地跟他一起看电影。（对呀，我也有害羞的时候，ok!)

他，像个小孩似的，对着放映室东张西望。

他，看到《蓝色小精灵》(Smurfs)时，很开心地告诉我，这可是他小时候常看的动画片。

他，看到好笑的情节时，就这样，很单纯地，很开心地，发自内心地哈哈笑着。

他，的确有点单纯得可爱。

看完电影后，就一起去吃个late lunch-

边吃边聊些有的没的。

那么，就看着他吃着一小碟又一小碟的超辣辣椒！

然后，就在街上这边逛逛，那边逛逛，

这里聊聊，那里聊聊。

然后，就到Cold Stone Creamery,

边吃边聊。

聊着聊着，

就问他是否也要结婚了，

他说，523 days later。

聊着聊着，

就问他是否找到了他的Miss Universe,

他说，maybe not Miss Universe to you, but she is certainly Miss Universe to me.

然后，他说我的T恤很可爱

也说我的手表很特别。

但，

他就是没说我怎样怎样... ...(也有可能，我不给他机会)

看来，还是放弃他好了。

他再怎么好，我也不可能是他心目中的Miss Universe.

算了，反正，也习惯被拒绝了。



523

Last day of Railway service - 25th June 2011. And then, the railway station still be shut down and be part of history.

While many Singaporeans and even the foreigners who are living in Singapore headed to the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station and Bukit Timah Railway Station for some last photo shots of the railway station, as part of memory archival, I woke up to see an unexpected message in my Facebook inbox.

After a week of asking that Mr Someone if he would be interested to catch a movie with me, and expecting a "no, I won't free" reply, it was surprising to see him send me a message asking me if I was still interested to catch a movie. I was happy, but did not hold much hope. Seriously speaking, after knowing for a while, I was actually unsure of how to behave and what to say and so on now that I could go out with him - yes, just him and me. Besides, I am so used to "No" as replies that his initiative to contact me really caught me off guard.

He thought I was I going to ask a bunch of people, and when I told him it was just going to be him and me, he, I think, sort of "oh". Hesitation? I am not sure. I then told him if he was too shy to just go out with me, he could ask a friend along. Well, it was just me and him.

Mr Someone was really sweet. He told me it would be alright to catch "Kungfu Panda 2". He booked the tickets online after finalizing the details with me over the phone. Honestly, I was not sure if I was to be happy when he called me on my mobile. I know, this may sound kind of stupid (come on, is only a phone call, why the excitement, right?) but, me being me, oh well... ...

And so, there you are, just the two of us, catching "Kungfu Panda 2", having a really late lunch at Ria Ayam Penyant at Lucky Plaza, Orchard Road, and checking out Kinokuniya, and then a sweet treat from me to him at Cold Stone Creamery at Orchard Central. We chatted and then I asked him when he'll be settling down. I do not know if he is genuine about it or just teasing me, but he told me, "523 days later". And when I asked him, does that mean he had found his "Miss Universe", he replied, "Maybe not to anyone, but for me, yes, she's my Miss Universe."

I was a little upset, of course. I mean, I know all along that there was someone who loves him much much more, than perhaps more than he knows about it. And he may have already decided that she IS his Miss Universe. Sigh... ... Really do not know what I am getting myself into. I also do not know if he is just kidding with me either.

Mr Someone is indeed a nice guy. Down to earth and really sweet and I enjoyed myself with him. Listening to all his crappy stuff. Listening to him laugh and listening to him talking about his childhood and that he watched "Smurfs" when he was a kid.

很少有这种纯真的感觉，尤其是跟一个男生出门时

虽然，我们不可能在一起

但是，能够跟他去看场电影，让他认识我多那么一点

也让我认识他那么多一点，

可能，这样的甜美回忆就足够了。

他，真的是个好好先生。

就算不能在一起，

也希望他能找到一个，

配得上他那可爱，他那纯真

的一个好女孩。

It does not matter if we ever end up together. It really does not matter. I am just glad for this very lovely outing. A simple movie, a simple lunch, a simple sweet treat, abit of strolling along Orchard Road and chitchat.

Love the sweetness for the day. 



Appreciating Photography - the Lomo way




The above photos were shot using a digital camera (using camera to take picture of photographs). The actual pictures were shot using a Kodak compact camera, loaded with Lomography brand 35mm colour negative film, ISO 400. Sorry, I have yet to convert the pictures in negative to CD or DVD format which will allow proper upload. Will load more later on, I hope.

I was given a Lomography (lomo) Fisheye analog camera by my friends. My other photography enthusiacs called the lomo camera "toy camera" as the lens were made of plastic. In fact, the entire camera is made of plastic. There's practically nothing NOT plastic.

The first time I tried to take picture with the camera, the "mission" was pretty much a flop. I thought the camera was similar to the usual compact analog camera with the glass lens and was expecting similar quality pictures after developing the first roll of negatives. But, oh my goodness, the pictures were all very grainy, dim and looked pretty much like bad quality pictures! And the focus, a huge failure at that. After seeing the first set of lomo fisheye photographs, I thought it was due to a poor quality negatives and that the negatives were badly developed by the service centre or photo lab. I had a second attempt and this time, I loaded the camera with the film of negatives from the Lomography brand.

The quality was better, yet, the grains "still stay". For a while, I thought it was because I had used the wrong ISO negatives. The overexposure was definitely the result of the wrong ISO negatives used. After analysing the photographs with my phography enthusiac, it was then I came to learn that the grainy effect of the photo was, in fact, the true effect of lomography!!! How silly of me!!! With the advance of technology, I did not bother to find out more about lomo and insisted all along that it was all bad photography to begin with.

The photos seen here were a result of my third attempt with lomo products. This time round, I loaded the lomo film into my Kodak compact camera. The grains are, unfortunately, still there, yet, the colours of some of the pictures were interesting. I would not say that the photography is fantastic or anything, but the hues and the effect - amazing! I have not gotten such effect with my digital camera or seen such with my friend's DSLR's shots. These must truly be the so-called lomo effect.

Alright, that's about it for now. Will show my friends the results of the latest attempts.

Thanks for looking!