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Dengue and single parenting

Posted on 23 Feb 20188 May 2018   by CY

One of the real hazards of living on a compact island in a perpetual state of urban renewal, coupled alongside with our infamous tropical humidity, is the risk of fast-forming breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Singapore has seen a number of

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Posted in At Home, Children Blues   

Chinese New Year 2018

Posted on 21 Feb 20183 Apr 2018   by CY

It’s become our tradition on our blog here to do a short post every Lunar New Year. Like last year, the E-M1 and 12-40mm f2.8 did the heavy lighting for the family shots. And for a change this year, the

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Posted in At Home    Tagged m4/3, Olympus 12-40mm f2.8, Olympus 45mm f1.8, Olympus E-M1, Panasonic GX85   

Things I Cherish About @ The Minton

Posted on 1 Feb 20181 Feb 2018   by CY

I think the Government has long realized that Singaporeans are becoming harder to please. I reckon we’re victims of our own success – e.g. considering that our small island’s public branding has been one of efficiency, that we’re the top

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Posted in At Home, New Home    Tagged Minton, Reflections    6 Comments on Things I Cherish About @ The Minton   

Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II – Part 3

Posted on 13 Nov 20173 Apr 2018   by CY

Just over a week with the new G7X Mark II, and more comments: This is my first ‘serious’ Canon camera, albeit a compact one and not counting the six year old Ixus HS115 that I use exclusively for underwater pictures.

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Posted in At Home, Children Blues, Photography & Cameras    Tagged Canon G7X II, m4/3   

The Pet Project – Part 10 – Cleaning and Maintenance

Posted on 24 Oct 20173 Apr 2018   by CY

This is a post about poop! There’s a pretty vibrant and lively FB group for guinea pig owners in Singapore, and there’s a lot of sharing, discussions and cute to-the-max photos of cavies in the forum. A frequent question that

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Posted in Aquarium & Pets, At Home    Tagged Guinea Pigs, m4/3   

Blurb Vol. 8 – Disappointment

Posted on 23 Oct 201723 Oct 2017   by CY

The two Blurb Vol. 8 books arrived a few days before the scheduled delivery. The interiors were perfect – well, aside from a small quarter-page photo that was accidentally repeated. The exterior however was a very different story. Check out

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Posted in At Home, Books, Children Blues    Tagged Blurb    2 Comments on Blurb Vol. 8 – Disappointment   

Zhiyun Smooth Q Smartphone Gimbal – Part 1

Posted on 19 Oct 201720 Oct 2017   by CY

Many imaging devices of both the still type (e.g. cameras, smartphones) and video (e.g. camcorders, smartphones too LOL) like to claim that they are stabilized, and feature mechanisms and technologies to reduce if not eliminate what’s commonly known as ‘camera

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Home Recording – Part 3

Posted on 17 Oct 201720 Oct 2017   by CY

I didn’t think for a moment that home studio recordings were going to be easy. Never mind that I wasn’t going to do both video and audio recordings and any mistakes would be very hard to correct. I reckon professional

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Posted in At Home, Music    Tagged Piano   

Home Recording – Part 2

Posted on 12 Oct 201712 Oct 2017   by CY

Coming out a crash course on home recording equipment, the basic outlay seemed to be: Microphones: two basic types are dynamic, and condenser – with the former more suitable for low-frequency audio signals  (e.g. drums), and latter for higher-frequency audio

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Home Recording – Part 1

Posted on 11 Oct 201711 Oct 2017   by CY

One of my life-long ambitions has always been to do a proper studio recording of pieces I play on the piano. There’s been sporadic occasions over the years where I’ve attempted to do variations of that. For example, using a

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The Piano Project – Part 7

Posted on 3 Oct 20173 Oct 2017   by CY

Hannah has been attending piano lessons using the Suzuki method for about a year now. From the looks of it, I reckon she’s at a level of technical competency higher than what I was able to reach at her age

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The Olympus 40-150mm f2.8 – Updated

Posted on 2 Oct 20173 Apr 2018   by CY

A check on my ongoing log of camera equipment purchases shows that my last lens purchase was almost exactly two years ago now, and specifically the 40-150mm f2.8. There are still a few m4/3 lenses that I’m keeping an eye

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