Photo outing cum mini road trip!

Today I drove myself (and Dad) to Rochester Park and Fort Canning Park :) Have been wanting to check out them out for a while but somehow never got down to doing it. Originally planned to take public transport, but upon declaring my photography plans this morning paranoid parents thought that these places were too ulu for me to explore alone. So in the end Dad offered to be 'guardian'... And I jumped at the opportunity to drive the new car hehe. Well, Dad also brought along his own camera to take pics, but I suppose he wasn't half as 'on' as me and spent most of the time either looking out for me (Dun blindly go onto the road to take pics! he warned repeatedly...) or just sitting around while waiting for me. In the end I didn't really explore Fort Canning Park, but wandered down to the beautiful National Museum instead... Am also rather pleased that I managed to show and convince Dad how lovely the renovated National Museum is; and how he can actually go to many many places in Sg that is not White Sands or Tampines Mall :P

I also realised that there isn't really a lack of pretty places in sg, if one looks hard enough. And that flowers with nice buildings are a lethal combination that makes me swoon... :) I think I managed to snap more than 200 shots this morning, enough for blogging the whole of next week! Here are some highlights....


I can never get enough of the white and black colonial buildings... Hehe, ppl go to Rochester Park for nice dinner, I go there and sneak into the HC restaurants to take pictures. Think the only place I can afford to go is the Twelve+One bakery, with its cute little pastries... However, Dad dun want to go with me so I could only look in from the window :P



This has to be the most beautiful escalator in Singapore :P The feel is a little teletubby-ish eh?


The last pic is a street shot that I am quite satisfied with. Tried to make it look un-sg, and I thought the yellowish leaves helped a bit in adding a little autumn-feel to the scene. I suppose some snow and ppl walking in long coats would have helped romanticise it, but oh well, sometimes have to make the best of circumstances...

Japanese and photography can be buddies... :)

I've decided to stop taking Jap classes starting next term. But I dun intend to give it up... The plan of action is to watch free Japanese dramas online and read Japanese women lifestyle mags. But actually I dun have much trust in own perseverance hehe :P Though Jap mags are a lot more ex, somehow I feel so happy reading them (actually up till now i only browse 'cos am too lazy to go and slowly read text. Very lazy hor... but hopefully that shall change!) And Jap characters are so beautiful they just fit in nicely anywhere on the page... So anyway, decided to fish out local mag and compare with japanese mag... And upon close examination I realised my japanese mag also had many many lovely (posed) photos. Many against lotsa greenery and other nice outdoor backgrounds. Was pleasantly surprised cos I never ever looked very closely at the photos... So if my grand plan goes well, seems like I can i) save jap course fees ii) maintain japanese proficiency and iii) improve photography skills all at the same time!

Anyway, just a few frivolous but lovely pictures from my Japanese mag:

Monochrome chic

Burberry trench coats for Mum and daughter. So pretty... and unaffordable... and unwearable in sg ;(

Heavenly outfits and setting... If I ever have a daughter, she shall be dressed like this. :P

Had an unproductive and unmotivated day at work. Hate the in-limbo yet powerless to do anything kinda feeling. But must keep reminding myself degree of happiness also highly dependent on my own attitude towards things. Mustn't wallow in self-pity when I technically should be thankful for many many other wonderful things and people in my life :)

Oh well, to distract myself from life's little booboos, I just added a frivolous poll to my side bar! If you'd like to help the indecisive Shi Min decide on what Christmas prez to get for herself, start voting now! :P