This Is Real, This Is Me

I just bought a mini camera which is super powerful in spite of its minute size.

Well, good enough to take self portraits anyway.



Taking self portraits with DSLRs can be such a pain.

Go new cammie! <3

God's Game

As if missing weekend's postings are not bad enough, I'm missing weekday's post as well. >.<

Alright, come spank me.

Tuesday's share:

If our life is just a casual game God dedicates to playing in His spare time, I'd imagine the gameboard to look something like this.



At the end of the day, we are all just pawns in His hands, at mercy of His whim and will.

What then, is the meaning behind our existence?

Scaredy Cat

I thought it would be good to send Megan to school. After all, the last thing I want her to be is an uneducated no-manners noisy brat. With Skyla too bimbotic and Anya too shy, Megan was my last shining hope of creating a child prodigy.

I took out her new uniform and it wasn't long before she got a wee bit suspicious.

"This dress doesn't look like the kind you would buy," she questioned, peering at me with intelligent bright eyes.

"Well, Jo bought this you see," I admitted. That at least, wasn't a lie.

"So where are we going?" she pushed on.

"Erm... school?" I replied, hoping that the word would not scare her as much.

Fat hope.



She has been hiding behind that table ever since.

Creamed

It's not hard to guess what I've been doing this weekend.

Sunday's take:-



Epic fail. I should strike food photography off my list now. =(

Tea Culture

The weekend madness is gone too soon. =(

Nonetheless it was fun while it lasted. Just as long as I steer clear of the weighing scales for now.

Saturday's share:-



I thought it was a damn ingenious design, with the top cap doubling up as a mini bowl.

Tea - few beverages brew as much culture and tradition behind them.

Ignite

I met up with a good pal yesterday and bitched like there was no tomorrow.

Hearing her story made me think about a lot of things.

How we live in the city yet feel so alone.

How the street lights ignite the dark alleys but never the lonely creeks of our hearts.



街边的灯能照亮黑暗， 但无法溫暖孤单的心.

Cheena

I have been baaaaaad!

Apologies for missing another post. I really should drop this baaaaaad habit.

Thursday's share:-



You can take the man out of China but you can never take the Chinese out from the man.

Nua

I don't have the mood to do anything right now, much less think of anything to say.

Blame it on my continuous lack of sleep, the sweltering heat of the day or my growling empty tummy.

All I want to do is just laze around like this dude here.



Yes, this is the life.

ilu

My darlings! Time, oh cruel time, is something I do not have these days while working in the recent gaming convention. But now that the event is done and gone, I beseech your understanding once more as I unload my works once again.

Chasing the past is not something we should do. Let's all look forward instead for a better today, and a beautiful tomorrow. With that, let the picture speak for itself today.

A beautiful face I have not,
But I'll still give the best I've got.



All I can do is pray that you'll see,
How much you truly really mean to me.

When opportunity lands...

Some things, once slipped away, will never return the same.



Like innocent raindrops on the lonely leaf.

Laughter

Human portraits are not my forte. If you have been a regular of this blog, you will realise I probably have more snapshots of freaking lizards, then of the human species.

There again, while animals and insects can give you the most natural pose, they can't exactly give you the wonderful magic humans have perfected through the years - the beautiful crinkles of a smile.



It's even more beautiful to see it on someone I love.

Beautiful Bloom

Sunday's snapshot:

Bloom my beauty. In this ugly world, beauty is scarce.



When will we stop and look, and appreciate the little things around us? When will we stop and think, and realise in destroying the world, we are just destroying ourselves?

Canopy of Colours

I missed my weekend's share again. -ahem-

It's fast becoming a very bad habit. But hey hey hey, I'm making it all up to you with fab pictures! -ahem ahem-.

Well, as best as this amateur can take and edit at least.



Under the greens, a siege of colours, rainbow of a crowd.

Fly

Listening to the works of various independent musicians last night has put me into a rather poetic mood.

A pity I can't seem to get the creative juices flowing smoothly as they should be.



Anguish really for the writer in me, but no one will really understand this pain.

The Queen

Someone is a natural blue blood I see.



She stole that comfy armchair from the office and plopped into it smugly like it had always been hers.

All that's missing is a freaking crown.

Faithful

Capturing this adorable pup was no mean feat. He had a bucket full of curiosity for anyone, anywhere and anything.

So when I managed a relatively ok shot, his owner was so excited that she requested if I could send her the picture too. She was so sincere that I couldn't turn her down, though sending pictures to random strangers wasn't really my style.

But I guess things do happen for a reason. In the midst of sending this picture out, and clearing my mailbox, I chanced upon an ancient email with a quote which touched my soul.




"Friendship isn't about who you have known the longest... but about who came and never left your side."

How very true.

Sweet Desserts

Megan was complaining nonstop about my busy schedule these days so I made it up to her by bringing her into my office.

"It's so boring," she pouted as she sat prettily on my desk while I attended to my mountain of work.

I could not bear to see my baby so unhappy so I rummaged through the office's display shelf and whoo-ha, found a treasure that brought a small smile to her face.



Seeing her slightly happier made me happy too. =)

L means lan lan

Eeeeks. Weekends fly by too quickly.

I found the perfect toy to depict my mood every Monday.



That's the face of epic sianness.

Glee

Behold Sunday's shoot:

Everybody loves Sabbath Day.

Especially the dumb dog.



But that's probably because he doesn't have to work the next day. >.<

Transition

Fashionably late once more, but no I have not forgotten about the weekend's share of photos.

Here's Saturday's take:



Went to Indonesia a couple of weeks back and was amazed by its two faces. One was its urban mask, with bustling shopping centres sprouting everywhere to lure tourists' money. The other was its rural peacefulness, which showed how simple life could really be.

What lies between the transition from rural serenity to urban glory then? A land destroyed, that's what.

TGIF

It's the day where colleagues get easier to work with, in lieu of the upcoming weekend.

Everyone is more relaxed, and deadlines are easier to negotiate.



We just spent 2 whole hours playing the new Monopoly game 'Deal' actually... a relaxing breather from the hectic work for this past week. Oh God, I love Fridays.

The perfect way to end it would be a nice cool drink... with creamy cakes and pastries!

Smile

Because someone's in a seemingly bad mood today, so I hope this could cheer her up a little.



With a smile like that, everything that's wrong can be made right again.

Think positive!

Crazed

Don't be fooled by his megawatt smile.

He's actually in a hissy fit because I threw him into the swimming pool again and again. LOL.



He was charging towards me for revenge, but smiled just in time for the camera.

You can't take the vanity out from the dog.

Luva Luva

Love is a many splendor thing...



... if you manage to find it, that it.

Even then, it only lasts a while before it simmers and dies. Like a butterfly... so beautiful, yet so short lived.