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Maldives 2019 – Staying @ Private Island

Posted on 24 Jan 20198 May 2019   by CY

Here’s an odd bit of travel fact: when it comes to the Maldives and these private resort islands, unlike the majority of many other island-type resorts elsewhere in the world, you get exactly what you see in those stunning pictures.

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Maldives 2019

Posted on 21 Jan 201923 Jan 2019   by CY

If our planning this week works out, the wife will finally got a life-long wish of visiting the Maldives: we’re planning to head there in June this year, and hopefully with our ang mo bud, Matt whom we have been

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Lowepro Passport Sling III

Posted on 18 Jan 20195 Aug 2019   by CY

The Billingham Hadley Pro and Sirui MyStory 13 that I recently just did posts on are great bags for traveling, but they’re really quite large to lug around for our weekend brunches and dinner outings – since the only things

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Samyang AF 35mm f/1.4 FE Lens – Part 2

Posted on 15 Jan 201915 Jan 2019   by CY

Continued from the previous post! I placed an order with B&H Photo Video for the Samyang lens on the 9 Jan WEDS afternoon, and it was delivered by DHL Express on 12 Jan SAT afternoon – two days ahead of

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JooJoobs’ Leather Bifold Wallet

Posted on 13 Jan 201916 Jul 2024   by CY

One of the annual things I’ve found myself doing is replacing a worn wallet. They get wrecked/tear/go moldy really fast! I reckon it’s a combination of things: the way I carry wallets – usually in my back pocket – and

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Samyang AF 35mm f/1.4 FE Lens – Part 1

Posted on 11 Jan 201917 Feb 2024   by CY

My first lens acquisition for 2019! Thankfully again it’s not an impulse buy, but a considered one, and also for my favorite prime focal length too: 35mm. One of the nicest things about the Sony Alpha mirrorless cameras is the

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Pictures @ 35mms

Posted on 10 Jan 201910 Jan 2019   by CY

While writing my 2018 reflections on the Sony FE System last week,  I realised that my preference for primes against zoom lenses have changed alongside my change of camera system. Specifically, whilst I was on m4/3 cameras, I far preferred

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Packing It In – Sirui MyStory 13

Posted on 8 Jan 20198 Jan 2019   by CY

Continuing from an occasional series on packed camera bags. Sirui is better known for its affordably-priced but yet decent quality tripods than for its camera bags. The sole distributor here in Singapore for the bags – T K Foto Technic

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Packing It In – Billingham Hadley Pro

Posted on 6 Jan 20196 Jan 2019   by CY

Several years ago, there was a photography enthusiast web site called Cam Bags, and it was a forum for enthusiasts to put up reviews and pictures of their packed camera bags. That site was really useful, since with the gradual

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iPad Pro 11 (2018) – Part 2

Posted on 4 Jan 20195 Jan 2019   by CY

Continued from the previous post, and further-on comments after using the iPad Pro 11 for almost a week now! The iPads have never felt sluggish for my use-cases, and in the most recent years, the 120Hz ProMotion display makes general

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M Social Singapore

Posted on 2 Jan 201925 Jan 2024   by CY

Now that our kids are ever slightly older, we’ve also become more comfortable leaving them at their paternal grandparents’ place for them to spend a night so that parents can get a day free of kids. We’ve already had one

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Sony FE – A 2018 Review

Posted on 31 Dec 201825 Jan 2024   by CY

In the last couple of years, I’ve done a post at each year end reflecting on how the current camera system I’ve been using that year has fared. I’ve done two annual reviews on the m4/3, my primary camera system

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