one down and 3 to go~*

first shot for the perfect shot competition after crop and decreasing its saturation at photoshop elements... :)

updates

just some updates since the last post,
I have been taking photos for a few events and stuff...
just to least a few: singapore polo competition, yiquan and wendy's wedding, funfair at yahling's office...

was tied up taking more photos last weekend too...
mid-autumn fest at my church, tampiness community centre children's party and water baptism at east coast park... thanks Lenrek for lending me his 80-200 black minolta 2.8 lens... a bit poison but the lens but still alright... haha...

thanks to Doc for the assignment on the children's party at tampiness community centre... pleasant surprise to meet Cordelia also... had a great time with Doc and s.khai yesterday...

will keep shooting and get better in it too... meanwhile gotta take time in the next few nights to post process the photos for them too..

signing off,
greybear

time passes very fast

the days have passed by so fast that it is more than 4 months since my last entry.
therefore i can only assume that one of these are true :
1) I have been studying very hard
2) I procrastinated too much
3) I facebook more than I blog
4) My internet is too slow
5) There is nothing interesting to write about
6) I have been playing too much on my guitar
7) I have been watching too much jap serials, anime
8) I have a girlfriend
9) I have been praying more than I blog
10) There are too many things to write about that I have no time to blog

my new partner

guess some of my friends would have known that I have got a new guitar... its a Yamaha LLX6DN.
reason for getting a new guitar especially an expensive one out of my first few was that, well... i wanna focus on playing music. I have always been a fan to music and I really want to play something for the Lord and the people around me. Music is meant to make people happy and I would like that for people around me.
The guitar that I got is an electric - acoustic signature model by one of the members (Dave Navarro) from the group, Red Hot Chilli Pepper. I wanted to get an acoustic guitar especially one with a pick up. Although I do not have an amplifier at the moment, I will be saving and if all goes well, I will be getting one in mid - 2009. Will research and learn more about the amplifier in the coming new year~*
The other feature that I like about the guitar is that its white and it has a great finish. Love its appearance and the sound. The action of the acoustic guitar is much that of an electric which makes it worth the appeal for the player. I actually wannted to get a cut-away acoustic but when i read that the sound that the dreadnought (the shape of my guitar) produces a slightly more volume and bass responses.
Back to learning the basics of music in depth... Learning to read scores, understand it theory and its been a great time thus far. Aiming to be a better player for the Lord and am glad for the talents that He has blessed me with. Praise be to God ! =)

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life been like this.

life is about setting goals~*

besides setting goals, we gotta achieve them. just read a short illustrated book on the chinese art of goal setting by Adam Sia and illustrated by Ah Liow.
This is a short summary of what the book depict about:
The book has three main headings or points, namely having achievable goals, reviewing of goals and the timed goals.
In the first point, it was brought up that goals set should be attainable through knowing of our own strengths and focusing on the goal. In the review of the goals set, we are to regulate ourselves to focus on the goals by being consistent, keeping distractions at bay and not falling the trap of complacency. The final point is about making timed goals. We as goal setters are to pace ourselves in achieving the goals that are set and to perserve on by siezing every opportunity that comes in our way. In conclusion, I believe that goals setting is an art that all of us have the potential in doing but as mentioned, it is an art.

poetry excerpt

Virginia Woolf in the introduction of her poetry novel, The Waves, states that 'poetry is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality', and that 'the more perfect the artist, the more completely separate in him will be the man who suffers and the mind which creates'.

Reference:
1) Woolf, V. (1992) The Waves Penguin Books