People who actually do pay attention to my FB probably knows what I've been up to in my free time; creating digital artwork out of my photos.
Not bad for my first two tries I would say, but still tremendously amateurish compared to some of those I see online.
For example, Kubicki does his like no other. That's also where i try to get inspiration from.
His website: http://jarekkubicki.wordpress.com/
So for the next one, I'm trying to do something along the lines of Inception (lol so cliched I know. But that movie has been constantly on my mind since I watched it about a week ago.) No idea how to being, but I'm sure I'll get an idea. Afterall, it IS possible to have true inspiration, right? =D
Friday, July 23, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Owned!
Yes i said it! Prosperity Gospel just got owned by today's (Saturday) newspaper.
Quote from the author of the "Purpose Driven Life", one of the more popular Christian books out there.
"The idea that God wants everybody to be wealthy? There's a word for that. Baloney."
"You don't measure your self-worth by your net worth."
Indeed a low blow to the City Harvest Church of Singapore, which follows the "prosperity" way
Quote from the author of the "Purpose Driven Life", one of the more popular Christian books out there.
"The idea that God wants everybody to be wealthy? There's a word for that. Baloney."
"You don't measure your self-worth by your net worth."
Indeed a low blow to the City Harvest Church of Singapore, which follows the "prosperity" way
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Story!
The writer in me has surfaced! Was typing a document on Word just now, and I suddenly got this cheesy idea for a story. Might sound cliched to most people, but I'm gonna try anyway =p
And no, it's not gonna be on romance a la Twilight-ish, not gonna be supernatural a la Twilight-ish, and definitely not rubbishy, ala Twilight-ish!
I'm sorry, I just can't seem to understand why people are head over heels about this vampire who can literally watch a girl sleep. I mean, EVERYONE can do it what!
Is it really simply because the protagonist embraces the girl's definition of a perfect guy? Romantic, handsome, caring, self-sacrificial. Sorry, but they really need a big wakeup call! It's like hoping my girlfriend is pretty, sexy, sweet, never argues, successful and yet not domineering, can cook, can do household chores. Oh, and just for fun, rich as well!
It's always fun to rebuke hardcore feminists lol (I emphasize the word "hardcore", since it's natural, and perfectly alright for the female gender to stand up for themselves after centuries of discrimination by men. See, I'm not completely a male chauvinist ok! Yet, it takes a big man to be a feminist, and clearly, I am not one =/ )
Those who really think females are socially equal (some say greater) than men has got to be suffering from a delusion.
1. If so, females should pay for their share of the meal, and not asked to be given a ride home, after a date.
2. National service. (Yes you may say it's an exchange for females getting pregnant, but that just proves my point further. WE ARE DIFFERENT. Guys handle external affairs, females, internal affairs 0.0)
3. Caning legalized by the law for females.
It's not that males are repulsed by the idea of a greater female presence in society. But it's already obvious that our physical and behavioral traits clearly separates us and our roles. Blame that on genetics.
Ok back to doing a draft of my short story. Will update on it soon =)
And no, it's not gonna be on romance a la Twilight-ish, not gonna be supernatural a la Twilight-ish, and definitely not rubbishy, ala Twilight-ish!
I'm sorry, I just can't seem to understand why people are head over heels about this vampire who can literally watch a girl sleep. I mean, EVERYONE can do it what!
Is it really simply because the protagonist embraces the girl's definition of a perfect guy? Romantic, handsome, caring, self-sacrificial. Sorry, but they really need a big wakeup call! It's like hoping my girlfriend is pretty, sexy, sweet, never argues, successful and yet not domineering, can cook, can do household chores. Oh, and just for fun, rich as well!
It's always fun to rebuke hardcore feminists lol (I emphasize the word "hardcore", since it's natural, and perfectly alright for the female gender to stand up for themselves after centuries of discrimination by men. See, I'm not completely a male chauvinist ok! Yet, it takes a big man to be a feminist, and clearly, I am not one =/ )
Those who really think females are socially equal (some say greater) than men has got to be suffering from a delusion.
1. If so, females should pay for their share of the meal, and not asked to be given a ride home, after a date.
2. National service. (Yes you may say it's an exchange for females getting pregnant, but that just proves my point further. WE ARE DIFFERENT. Guys handle external affairs, females, internal affairs 0.0)
3. Caning legalized by the law for females.
It's not that males are repulsed by the idea of a greater female presence in society. But it's already obvious that our physical and behavioral traits clearly separates us and our roles. Blame that on genetics.
Ok back to doing a draft of my short story. Will update on it soon =)
Friday, July 9, 2010
There's Always A First
Yay finally returned from a 2 week-long stint out at sea. Was pretty ok; several highs and lows of the trips.
Threw up during the first 2 or 3 days. God I hate motion sickness. On the first day, there was this new sergeant who asked if I was ok, and tried to help me with it by giving me some sour plums. Found out the next day that he himself also threw up shortly after LOL. Irony irony. It was on the 3rd day, when this lady officer gave me some medication for help with it, that really got my aural stabilizers back under control.
So here it was, refraction and refraction. Topograhy...pachymetry, all the while some nurses were assisting the doctor in his surgeries. I still really wonder how he does them with the ship bobbing up and down.
Saturday and Sunday was like an "off" day for us - No surgeries, for us at least. As part of their exercise, the ship underwent combat simulation. And they LIVE FIRED THEIR CANNONS. Awfully loud explosion that left a trace of tremor and shockwave for everyone onboard to feel. Possibly the coolest thing I've experienced in the army up till now (Previously, it was the live grenade, which in retrospect, seems so miniscule compared to the ship's guns).
The subsequent days after, it was back to the mundane. Felt kinda embarrassed that us "guests" on the ship got quite a bit of special treatment. We had slightly better food, slightly wider accomodation beds (which wasn't very wide actually), and of course, no need for army regimentatiom, salutation or parades.
The day after we docked back in our little island, they even held this appreciation lunch for us. Food was ok, but that was probably the only one time we had a real opportunity to mingle around with each other.
Glad to say this was an experience. A pretty good one in fact.
And so I can now proudly say, "I'm the first Optometrist to do refraction on a warship!"
Threw up during the first 2 or 3 days. God I hate motion sickness. On the first day, there was this new sergeant who asked if I was ok, and tried to help me with it by giving me some sour plums. Found out the next day that he himself also threw up shortly after LOL. Irony irony. It was on the 3rd day, when this lady officer gave me some medication for help with it, that really got my aural stabilizers back under control.
So here it was, refraction and refraction. Topograhy...pachymetry, all the while some nurses were assisting the doctor in his surgeries. I still really wonder how he does them with the ship bobbing up and down.
Saturday and Sunday was like an "off" day for us - No surgeries, for us at least. As part of their exercise, the ship underwent combat simulation. And they LIVE FIRED THEIR CANNONS. Awfully loud explosion that left a trace of tremor and shockwave for everyone onboard to feel. Possibly the coolest thing I've experienced in the army up till now (Previously, it was the live grenade, which in retrospect, seems so miniscule compared to the ship's guns).
The subsequent days after, it was back to the mundane. Felt kinda embarrassed that us "guests" on the ship got quite a bit of special treatment. We had slightly better food, slightly wider accomodation beds (which wasn't very wide actually), and of course, no need for army regimentatiom, salutation or parades.
The day after we docked back in our little island, they even held this appreciation lunch for us. Food was ok, but that was probably the only one time we had a real opportunity to mingle around with each other.
Glad to say this was an experience. A pretty good one in fact.
And so I can now proudly say, "I'm the first Optometrist to do refraction on a warship!"
Friday, June 25, 2010
Music
I like music! That's why I'm an audiophile!
Especially instrumentals from the various genres. Been recently hooked to Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Vanessa Mae. I can HEAR EVERYTHING, form the violin to the violas and electric keyboard.
Music, is my life. Music, is the universal language. Music, transcends boundaries =D
On a side note, it's probably gonna be goodbye for 2 weeks =(.
Till then!
Especially instrumentals from the various genres. Been recently hooked to Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Vanessa Mae. I can HEAR EVERYTHING, form the violin to the violas and electric keyboard.
Music, is my life. Music, is the universal language. Music, transcends boundaries =D
On a side note, it's probably gonna be goodbye for 2 weeks =(.
Till then!
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Opportunity?
K perhaps everyone should know by now, my Air Force Ophthalmologist just asked if I would go on board one of the Navy's frigates to help out in eye tests and surgeries.
Seriously, I'm at a dilemma. Sure the experience will be invaluable. But I'm quite nervous about being alone on a ship for 2 weeks (2 weeks on land in Thailand was bad enough). Claustrophobia, seasickness...the list goes on.
That said, if I were to do it, I'd probably be the first Optometrist, no, Singaporean, to perform eye tests on board a warship -.-
Seriously, I'm at a dilemma. Sure the experience will be invaluable. But I'm quite nervous about being alone on a ship for 2 weeks (2 weeks on land in Thailand was bad enough). Claustrophobia, seasickness...the list goes on.
That said, if I were to do it, I'd probably be the first Optometrist, no, Singaporean, to perform eye tests on board a warship -.-
Monday, June 14, 2010
Iphone 4!
I'm soo gonna buy the Iphone 4 when it comes out. So I resisted the urge to spend at this weekend's PC show.
It was announced just at a time when I'm preparing to ORD, which pretty much signals the time for a new phone. K la, 7 months is still a long way, but I'm looking forward.
No I'm not an Apple freak. I just want a phone that can do multiple stuff at once (like for example, be like my Itouch, which was given to me by my friends last year. Many big thanks for it still! =))
The Itunes store has way more applications that the Android, so yea, another huge "Plus" factor for me. Till then, I just hope the price of the Iphone isn't as extravagant as its features.
It was announced just at a time when I'm preparing to ORD, which pretty much signals the time for a new phone. K la, 7 months is still a long way, but I'm looking forward.
No I'm not an Apple freak. I just want a phone that can do multiple stuff at once (like for example, be like my Itouch, which was given to me by my friends last year. Many big thanks for it still! =))
The Itunes store has way more applications that the Android, so yea, another huge "Plus" factor for me. Till then, I just hope the price of the Iphone isn't as extravagant as its features.
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