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Itchy Hands

Posted on 26 Aug 2009   by CY

On a related note, there’s a side effect of my getting my interest in photography revitalized after I bought the KM5D in Jan 2007 and then D300 in April last year – and it’s that I hardly ever get myself

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Alice-in-Action 2009

Posted on 25 Aug 2009   by CY

The Alice-in-Action (AIA) 2009 competition is organized by my department, and runs every year in August. The competition sees Secondary Schools sending teams who’ll work on 3D animation projects using the Alice 3D programming environment and the teams who make

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Ideals versus Realities

Posted on 25 Aug 2009   by Ling

During my pregnancy, I was telling Yang things like “I want to breastfeed our baby”, “I think I can tahan without epidural” (judging from my pain threshold), “I think it would be better that I take care of Hannah full-time”,

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The Object of My Affection

Posted on 25 Aug 200914 Mar 2018   by CY

The Object of My Affection (1998) – on rental. Romantic dramas on film can be pretty formulaic: the two persons typically do not like each other terrifically i.e. the conflict phase first, but from either natural or contrived circumstances will

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Decisions… – Part 3

Posted on 25 Aug 200922 Nov 2013   by CY

It’s also one of those unique things about being in Singapore – that grandparents are typically ‘roped’ in to help look after the next next generation. My parents for certain joke about it a lot when they’re asked what their

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More morning photos

Posted on 24 Aug 20095 Apr 2010   by CY

One perk of being in the public service is childcare leave where I can be at home and help Ling with Hannah, plus take more pictures of our growing daughter. It’s semester break for me now, so also the perfect

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Student Barbeques

Posted on 24 Aug 200922 Nov 2013   by CY

Working as an educator of 18+ year olds + that you live in a condominium can be quite a lethal combination… because your students will find every opportunity at semester break to hold barbeque events at your place. I’m staff

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Decisions… – Part 2

Posted on 23 Aug 2009   by CY

Ling is less adverse to the idea of having home helpers. I’m on the other hand dead-set against it and want to only consider it as a last resort when we absolutely cannot manage at all. Many reasons. Reason #1.

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How to photograph absolutely everything

Posted on 23 Aug 200914 Jan 2010   by CY

There’s another photography book that is a constant companion beside my bed: and that’s Tom Ang’s How to Photograph Absolutely Everything. This is a hard cover, coffee-table sized photo book on how to photograph, well, most of everything: and it

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Revisiting HDR

Posted on 22 Aug 2009   by CY

My first HDR – or High Dynamic Range – photographic attempts were over a year ago (blogged here) and didn’t turn out so well. So, after reading the HDR book I picked up from Kinokuniya I went about the house

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More night reading

Posted on 22 Aug 200922 Nov 2013   by CY

One of the nicest things about Kinokuniya – the Japanese bookstore chain – in Singapore is the store’s Privilege Card membership. Now, books aren’t very cheap in Singapore as a rule (though they’re still cheaper than what I saw in

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Decisions… – Part 1

Posted on 22 Aug 2009   by CY

One of the discussion points that has been cropping up semi-frequently in the last fortnight is whether we should be getting home helper i.e. a ‘maid’ for the chores. We’re managing that and Hannah fine at the moment, but Ling

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