Esplanade field trip

Rushed down to Esplande area for my photography class today; cos this was the 'night shot' field trip lesson. Was late cos had to settle some things at work... Then like took good 10 min trying to set up never-been-used-b4 tripod... When I was finally ready to shoot, ppl already like v into their pictures already. In any case, dunno maybe was too tired or dunno how to handle shooting with tripod, didn't really get many decent shots. However, instructor taught us some simple tricks; and I got a shot which was pretty cool:

The radiating durian...

The iconic Merlion at night

A random night shot; but for once, it's pretty clear!

The Singapore Flyer by night

Shot this along the link-Esplanade-to-One-Fullerton bridge. By then class had largely dispersed and I just wandered around on my own for a little while longer, since there was a nice breeze and atmosphere felt pretty nice. Sitting by the bridge to enjoy the night view is actually pretty therapeutic... Luckily it wasn't very crowded; but it would have been even more peaceful if it were quieter. When I finally decided to pack up and go home, was half-stalked by young girl carrying out 'Night life' survey for STB... Guess she was a bit desperate for respondents, since my face prob reads "I should be quite clueless abt night life in sg" :)

Little snippets of my week

Monday afternoon I got v frustrated trying to solve the mystery of the laser pointers after Board Room meeting (long story, so wun share)... and so when the very-bothered-with-temporarily-missing-laser-pointers me went to dabao lunch from foodcourt I was totally unaware that I had not brought along wallet. Only when I had to pay did I realise that I was penniless... But the foodstall ah-peh was really trusting and let me take away my packet of food without paying even though I wanted to go back to office to get money... He just said, you come back and pay me later lah. Doubt he recognises me since I dun buy from him that frequently, but yeah... no doubt I only owed him $2.70, somehow his being so trusting made me very touched...

This morning I also decided on a slightly mean way to deal with the sleeping member in my pjt team. Well knowing that she would be away till night b4 my briefing, I still put her down as one of the briefing officers for the day... Thought this was only fair to the other members who have been so helpful and cooperative with their frequently indecisive & inexperienced leader... I am also betting heavily on member not wanting to screw herself up in front of meeting on actual day and trusting that she would somehow find a way to familiarise with materials... Dunno if this is too big a risk to take :P Nevertheless, I hope I dun have to execute the back-up plan of activating myself...

I really thought these were irresistably cute. This pencilcase/pouch cum cardholder is a tiny farewell gift for j, who left for Japan early this morning. It was the most exciting send-off I've been to, really... And part of me wishes that I could go along, too. I suppose the thought of packing up to live elsewhere for a few years remains tempting for me, though not exactly executable. Oh well, I shall just plan instead to visit some time late this year :)