A Moment In Time: September 2007

A fleeting moment

When I woke up this morning I noticed there's a bright light bouncing of the window panes of one of the apartment on the opposite block. I went out to take a look and I saw a big red-ball (the Sun) slowly creeping above the roof top of one of the distant block.

I quickly took out my camera with a 70-300 lens and triggered off about 37 shots. In about 3 minutes the Sun had risen above a patch of dark cloud and the sunlight is too intense for me to continue taking pictures. I'm glad I managed to capture this fleeting moment and transform it into images that could last forever.

A long walk

Yesterday I went to meet my Uncle as usual at 7.30am for our Saturday morning walk. Instead of taking our usual 4-5km trial (including walking home) we decided to venture onto the longer 8km trial. If we had walked at our usual pace it should us around 1hour 45minues to about 2hours to complete the 8km trial but both of us brought along our cameras and started clicking here and there even before we hit the actual trial. And guess what, by the time we walked out to Venus Drive, it took us a total of 4hours!

My uncle was complaining like crazy because as usual he has not taken his breakfast before his walk! So being a good nephew, I accompanied to Thomson Plaza for his breakfast-cum-lunch and bought some groceries from NTUC for my mum before going home.

I find it very refreshing to take on a new route every now and then. It gives me the opportunity to explore the unknown and to look at different things (different scenery). Following are some images I took along the route with my Nikon D70s camera, a Nikon VR 18-200 lens and a compact Nikon SB400 flash (for fill-in). Occasionally I had to put on a Hoya +3 filter for the close-up pictures of the tiny insects. If I hadn't taken the new route yesterday then I would have missed out on these images.

Sentosa

Recently when my cousin is back for holiday with her two sons and she asked if I would like to go to Sentosa. I thought why not since I haven't been there for years. We planned it on a Tuesday afternoon because there will be less crowd and it is also her parents day-off. I brought my mum and my Aunty Khoony along since they too have not been to Sentosa for a long time.

What amazed me most is how 'hassle-free' it is to get to Sentosa. We took the North East line to Vivo City and took a lift up to 5th floor, bought a mono rail ticket and we are on our way to Sentosa within a few minutes. The new monorail ride is very comfortable and it is aircon.

There is a lot of face-lift and new attractions, some places still look the same but the access route has changed. The kids really enjoyed themselves running around and playing on the beach. I enjoyed myself by taking candid pictures of my mum, uncle and aunties chatting happily and laughing away and chasing after the two kids to have their pictures taken. I also managed to capture a beautiful sunset and I really enjoyed the 'Song of the Sea' performances. I wished I hadn't been so lazy and brought along a tripod because the laser show is really fantastic (to me at least)! I missed a lot of good pictures despite setting my camera as ISO1600 and frantically trying to stable my camera on my nephew's pram handle.

Nevertheless, I managed to get a few decent pictures to share with all of you.
1) This is the new monorail we board from Vivo City to Sentosa