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Pirates of the Caribbean Revisited – Part 3

Posted on 21 Feb 201014 Mar 2018   by CY

There were several high and low points in my revisits to the three films too this week: memorable scenes that worked very well, and scenes that were just awful. For the former: the standout scenes included the introduction of Jack

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Pirates of the Caribbean Revisited – Part 2

Posted on 20 Feb 201014 Mar 2018   by CY

One of those challenges about producing film trilogies themed on fantastic premises is coming up with story arcs to string and relate the three films together. Ideally, you’ll want to write the entire story for the three films first before

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Travel for the Brave (or Foolhardy)

Posted on 20 Feb 201020 Feb 2010   by CY

One of the most useful sites that I look at is Wikitravel, the Wikipedia equivalent for travelers. The information there is peer-contributed and edited, and it serves as a useful amalgamation or as a start point to get key pointers

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Pirates of the Caribbean Revisited – Part 1

Posted on 19 Feb 201014 Mar 2018   by CY

Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy – on HD. One of Disney’s most profitable film franchises is the Pirates of the Caribbean trio of films: starting with The Curse of the Black Pearl in 2003, Dead Man’s Chest in 2006 and

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CPL + GND stack

Posted on 19 Feb 201013 Mar 2010   by CY

I was remarking to Matt over MSN the other afternoon that of the lot of lens filters I’ve got, the GND – graduated neutral density – one hardly ever gets used. The filter is a bit of a last resort

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Updates on Hannah’s First Year Milestones

Posted on 19 Feb 201018 Apr 2010   by Ling

First Month: She smiled. Second Month: Started to mimick sounds of words, e.g. ‘er le’, ‘ok lah’. Slept through the night. Started to gain better support of her head. Third Month: Started to giggle. Mumbled what sounded like ‘mommy’. Stuck

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Travel Bugs – Part 2

Posted on 17 Feb 20105 Apr 2010   by CY

Continued from the previous post.:) Planning for vacations is also a lot easier than ever before too. There are web sites that assist in every imaginable aspect of traveling – including searching for lowest airfares, checking of customs and Visa

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Travel Bugs – Part 1

Posted on 17 Feb 201019 Jan 2017   by CY

Singaporeans are a pretty lucky lot when it comes to opportunities for vacation traveling. We’ve got a major aviation hub, and like a friend remarked when I was in Kumamoto – if an airplane landing at Changi airport overshoots the

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CNY Day 2: Hougang Point

Posted on 15 Feb 201015 Feb 2010   by CY

If there’s one thing I really dislike about CNY, it’s the humidity and heat of January to February that the festivities often fall on. Temperatures here have been a not very pleasant 33°C (but feels like 36°C), with Hannah being

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Chinese New Year 2010

Posted on 14 Feb 201027 Jan 2017   by CY

The yearly Chinese New Year picture, for 2010 and with grandparents and kids!

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CNY Day 1: Grandparents and Grandkids

Posted on 14 Feb 20103 Apr 2018   by CY

Here’s the most current version of the grandparents + grandkids picture – and as happy as they look in the picture, you wouldn’t know how much trauma it involved getting the lot (grandparents excepted) to pose like this!

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CNY Eve: Hannah’s First CNY

Posted on 13 Feb 20103 Apr 2018   by CY

The Chinese New Year festivities at Lentor are usually really just excuses to pig out and eat without care, so this year’s CNY eve dinner was no different: lots of good food. This year’s a little different also because it’s

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