Ahhh Fuck It

To my friends and people who knew about what i’m going through at the moment, here’s my answer to the whole episode of Freda’s recent dilemma:

Ahhh screw it.

3 easy peasy words can tell the world about something so simple yet so complex. It’s not even 3 decent english words, and they could be easily replaced with bad words at such a degree that wordpress might soon impose a censorship rating.

I’m going to go ahead with it. I think. So far, at 340am on a warm Friday (3rd Feb 2010) night, I have decided to fuck my GPA and go ahead with what i had planned for so long.

What’s the point of going to school anyway if you’re not there to learn? So singaporean kids go to college to compete for a nicer piece of reimposed off-white certificate that says Suma Cam laude? So parents pay 9k each year to a bunch of people, that of today i just found out, were not even Singaporeans but an American school?! We paid so much for a SYSTEM?! Whhhaaa-?

But that’s besides the point. We go to school to become better and more capable people. We were not born to do physics, but we picked it up in school. Isn’t that the point? We, as kids still lost in our sea of thoughts and grown-up decisions, were suppose to find ourselves in school and prepare for that one day when we finally spread our wings and carry the weight of our fate on our on shoulders. Shouldn’t this be the case?

I came into college to learn. I want to take courses to enrich myself. I want to choose a path in school that i know i will emerge a better person. Strong, confident, and only one thing in mind – to do what i want.

So yeah, as of 340am tonight and only tonight, Fuck GPA.

God made Boyfriend Shirts

You know you like something when:

• you see someone wearing it and you went to buy it 2 days later
• you search online for better ones
• you keep talking to people about it when they obviously have no interest
• you put it on and believe that you gleam like a god damn star when you look like a hag
• you buy 10,000 of the same versions of it but in different shapes and colours
• you like it when people comment about it even though they genuinely tell you that it looks horrendous
• you have a blog entry about it

Yes people, this is the story about me and my boyfriend’s shirt.

Let me tell you how it all started.

One fine ordinary day, i woke up and brushed my teeth like any other day (just like every famous “one fine day”). I was in an accidental stay over at my boyfriend’s place and i had nothing to wear to school the next day. So i made him ramage through his very cluttered and messy closet and pulled out this clean pin-stripped shirt. If god made “love at first sight”, he must have seen my expression when i saw the shirt. I went around class that very day like a shining star.

8 months later and i had a de javu. I wore the exact same shirt from a similar accidental stay over and my lovey dovey feeling came back to me. This time it was tucked out, and my dear friends were fast to realize it. I look like i’m wearing pajamas, i look like i’m wearing a fat man’s shirt, i have no more clothes to wear. bla bla bla i look nice ok people and i’m not listening to you! Only hear the good stuff. That very day i went shopping for a boyfriend shirt, for myself!

Now you see folks, love is not at all pretty. Sometimes you need to stand back and look at it from a 3rd person’s perspective. Is it really working? Or am i just blind? Well the shirt looks darn good, so screw this shit and get back to your lives!

and don’t kill me because i just wasted 3 mins of your life when you could’ve found the boyfriend shirt of your life.

We Just Cant Control It

Guys always ask girls one thing. “What the fuck is wrong with her?!”

Well I’ll tell you what’s wrong. It’s our fucking womb that’s all.

There will come a time every month when girls will turn fat and ugly with a low self esteem. Some of us become angsty creatures not to be messed with, while others become weepy sobby low-confidence souls. We just can’t help it, it’s just like that.

All you guys need to do is to recognise our pattern, and try to understand and tolerate our unreasonably annoying behaviour. Yes I am a girl and I find myself tirelessly annoying. Imagine you are a girl, like everyone else you care about your self image. Once per month, you will bloat and seem like you just gained 5 pounds. You have this unbelieveably uncomfortable feeling like you constantly have to pee, and your tummy will hurt as often as the birds fly by. Put yourself in our shoes and ask your question again you suckers.

I hate myself when my monthly valentine comes for a visit. I will feel like the whole world is not on my side, and I’ll be emotionally affected about every single minute thing that happens in my life. Damn you mother nature.

We just need someone to listen to our troubles or vent our emotions on. That’s all we ask for. We’re not asking you to cheer us up or buy us flowers, we just need someone to hug and will hug us back. See how easy it is?

So next time, watch the weather and pick up the right umbrella, then you can get over the storm. Ciao!

Sometimes, It’s Just Cos.

This is the official debut of a my tattoo pictures.

Yes. I got a tattoo. If the above statement doesn’t answer your question.

To answer your many many questions, i shall have an FAQ now.

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Question: Is it painful?

Answer: Not really. It doesn’t really hurt on the wrist, but it gets worse towards your palm.

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Question: Do you know it’s permanent? Are you sure about this?

Answer: No i’m sure it’s completely erasable. Yes I am sure about it. If you don’t get it while you’re young, you can’t get it when you’re 40.

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Question: Where did you do it?

Answer: Visual Orgasm at 2 Haji Lane. Awesome place. Got Aric to do it for me.

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Question: How much was it?

Answer: $120. Now there’s the big ouch.

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Question: Won’t your boyfriend object to this?

Answer: Baby’s wonderful. He supports me through anything and he was there supporting me when I got it.

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Question: Your parents know of this?

Answer: Yes I got their approval a couple of months ago. You just have to be sure of what you’re doing. And if you regret it, never tell your parents or they’ll slap you with the whole “i told you so” talk.

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Question: Why did you get it here? It’s so visible!

Answer: On the contrary to common beliefs, I actually think that the wrist has a low visibility. There is a lot of movement on the wrist so people will tend not to notice it as compared to somewhere like the back or shoulder. I have a friend who has one on the wrist too and i hardly notice it. To prove my point, when me and my sister (she too got one on her back) went for our cousin’s wedding, they noticed hers first. Point proven!

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Question: What is that on your wrist?

Answer: It’s a love/hate ambigram. When i look at it from my perspective it says “love”, but when i flip it around it says “hate”. It actually meant for me as a reminder to always look on the bright side of life, and to be careful because when there’s love, there’ll always be hate and vice versa.

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Tadah! How’s my FAQ? Detailed enough? These are just some questions I accumulated through the past 2 weeks and I’ve answered so many of them I could practically stop thinking when I answer them.

So you think you can explore orchard

When you think you have drained orchard road of its fine juices, think again. While you are busy contemplating whether you should alight at Orchard or Somerset, 2 new malls just appeared out of nothingness! Speaking of Number 12 Grimmauld’s Place. I feel like i’m in a Coldplay MTV when walking down Orchard Road.

Food @ Ion

Welcome to the amazing not-so-new mall where we can only afford to shop where the sun doesn’t shine. Such a pity Singaporeans have to stay underground like hobbits with the weight of crazily expensive boutiques literally hang above our heads.

Street food at Ion is actually quite nice. A surprisingly wide range of food could be found on the bottommost floor (the lower it gets, the cheaper it is). We had some really nice taco pachi, fish pastry thing, and a $1 Japanese pancake. Absolutely love the taco pachi and fish pastry!! I recommend trying out the German Potato and Italian fish pastry. You will know what i’m talking about when you get there.

Awesome taco pachi! Pity they only have octopus flavour.

Warning! Do not order this matcha impostor! Ok technically it IS matcha, but the taste is totally horrid and tastes like you’re sipping very fine sand. Ewww….

Christmas On the Street

~ Christmas is my favourite time of the year~ ta da da~

Taking pictures at Orchard Road during the christmas season has become a tradition. The many trees and pretty lighting just makes people go “aahhhh…”. Particularly love this year’s blue themed giant christmas tree outside Paragon!

Took us a long time to get this shot down! But the lighting wasn’t ideal. =(

Beautiful shot by a Filipino passerby. They must sell cameras really cheap in Philippines.

Tyra please teach me how to Smize!!

Stopping in the middle of the road while crossing.. priceless.

Getting nothing in the shot.. hilarious.

Iluminizing pillar in front of 313.

Hidden Roof Terrace @ Orchard Central

Before anything, have you guys ever taken 11 stories worth of escalators at one go?? OMG it was so freaking high! Maybe cause i’m kinda afraid of heights. Da.

Anyway we accidentally came across this beautiful roof terrace that belongs to a posh restaurant on the 11th storey.

Pretty isn’t it? It looks like a million fireflies settled themselves on the branches and decided to glow together.

Unfortunately it is not open 24 hours yet, according to the security guard. After an “exciting” game of cat and mouse with him, we grudgingly left heaven.

Will heaven be this pretty when I die?

View from the top.

This thing can swivel in the wind!!

When cool meets nerd. The war of the opticals.

With all these exploring, thank god i brought flats.

We Ain’t Ugly, We Are Fashionistas

Time for the “sem-ly” chalet with the gang!! Now what is sem-ly you might ask?

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Sem-ly [sam-li]

Adjective – a term to describe an event which occurs once every schooling semester. This event could be carried out before, during or after the semester.

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This time we welcome new additions into our wonderful family. With a new family comes a new theme – Mismatch in Heaven.

Wha–t??

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Mismatch in Heaven [miss-ma-t-ch ee-n ha-ver-n]

Noun – a description in which one puts together beautiful pieces of apparel together to conceptualize a less-than-pretty ensemble.

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Best Mismatch Female goes to… Adeline!! Her winning ensemble: bohemian tube top with black tailored shorts, with an old Bangkok Red Bull tank top. Well done!

Best Mismatch Male goes to…. Eric!! His winning ensemble: I can’t remember much. But if my memory doesn’t fail me, it is REALLY REALLY ugly.

what’s a chalet without a game of twister..

rowdy mario cart..

booze..

and dares!! Get drunk people!!

Not forgetting guitar hero..

and more booze!!

The 2nd night totally trashed the first in terms of alcohol consumption. Probably because the first night we were too vent on doing the dares, and the second night, concentrated on doing what leads up to the dares. It was.. wait for it.. LEGENDARY!

A totally awesome party with an awesome group of people. Can’t wait for the next!!

ColourMagic

I love this iPhone application! It can totally do the black/white and coloured effect! Ok this is not so fantastic sine I can do it on Photoshop, but it’s so much simpler to use!

And Photoshop is so manual. I can’t even make a simple shadow with Photoshop when I can do it up in 2 seconds on keynote. And trust me, doing up a shadow manually is so difficult. I tried once but my shadow just looks like spilled zhi ma hu. But Photoshop rocks for everything else.

People always ask how I manage to come up with those fantastic materials. Here’s my answer.

I cheat. A lot.

The applications I use – photoshop cs2, keynote, iPhoto and command+shift+3, otherwise known as print screen.

The trick is to understand what these programs can do for you and make the best use out of them. Like my shadow concept.

There I said it. The cat’s out of the bag. I’m not superman anymore.

What is your brand? Eehhh..

This is a very important episode of the life of my future shop. This determines its success or failure..

WHAT THE HELL SHOULD I NAME IT?!?!

I need a name that spells style and class, which is how it’s suppose to portray. Gosh why is it so hard to come up with a bloody name for it.

Here are some silly ones i came up with:

Mechanical Dinosaur

Dark Sun

Walking From Midnight

Born to be Dead

Midnight Hamptons

Marketing is making me very paranoid about giving it a permanent name. First it has to speak about the brand and its image. Then it has to be a name that can extend into different lines and products. Then it has to be a unique one that no one can sue me for. THEN it has to have a close linkage to the product i am selling; i can’t possibly name it Cleanex right?! THEN i can’t change it like a hotmail address because i’ll have to start my marketing all over again!! URGH!!! Seh Woon Chung!! I need your quirkiness NOW!!

Some of the nicer ones i came up with are:

Noir

Macanico

codiciar

Quirks and Pie

Ok the last one doesn’t really spell style but i think it’s really cute! And all our collections are unique and specially designed by us so i really think it can represent the shop! Ok i think i’m talking to myself again. URGH this is SO hard!!!

So Unfortunate

I found this hilarious picture on Vera’s Facebook page and i just couldn’t help laughing to myself!!

 

This is such a hilarious pictures!! And it kind of reminded me of 2 memorable photos in my life.

 

 

Haha! How unfortunate that some bugger had picked up his camera and shot these photos, and POSTED THEM ONLINE!!

 

That’s what friends are for right? Spread the joy. hehe.

So Far So Good

One semester over. Every time a semester is over, i grow by a little. This semester, ive grown more than the previous ones i’ve had. I’ve gained more courage, I’ve got better time management, and I know when i should let go.

I’m finally free from obligations, free from having to do something when i don’t see the point. I am finally inducing a chance in my SMU life. Happy as i am, i had fun while i had those obligations and i’m gonna miss them..

I love doing beautiful marketing materials, and most of the time they matter. So i really appreciate the opportunity Flare has given me, to grow as a person. I had fun. Cheers!

 

And to my favourite bunch in school. Thanks for being my company for the past 2 years! (ok not 2 years but it sounds better like that)

 

And thanks to my baby!! =)

 

Topping off with a nice picture from kayaking at sembawang.

 

Pretty isn’t it?

Blessing in disguise.

People might have realized my recent absence from the blogging world. (Truth is, i cyber MIA-ed so often people don’t realize anymore. I just really wanted to say that like i blog all the time. =P)

Reason being.. I LOST MY BELOVED CAMERA!!! I fell asleep on on the train in Sydney and when someone woke me up, i stood up hastily and totally forgot about the camera on my lap!! Absent mindedness kills the wallet.

Panasonic Lumix FX30, you served me well. Now we shall all take a minute to recall all our precious moments together for the past 3 years.

ok moment’s over. Now for the brraaanddd neeewwwcomer! Panasonic Lumix LX-3!! Drumroll please!!

Shots taken at work with UWEEI:

Shots taken of a really old Polaroid Camera. Polaroid as in the brand, not the type of camera. Can you imagine how old this is? The company doesn’t even exist anymore! We used this to take passport sized pictures of our customers.

Unbelievably nice back lighting.

After much anticipation, i finally tried the much hyped KOI Bubbletea!!!

Finaly verdict:

Tea of Bubbletea: 9/10 very nice!!

Bubble of Bubbletea: 6/10 hmmm… too soft and squeshy.

Conclusion: Tea beats Cupwalker, but Cupwalker pearls still rock my socks off!!! Will definitely patronize KOI again and again and again. Journey to the North!

I love this shot cos we both look so flowless!!! On the way to mambo with Symphonia. That night was.. interesting and eye opening. That night I #1 downed a graveyard fast, #2 seen 4 people get horrendously drunk, #3 crashed phuture in the most ridiculously easy way without a Phuture stamp, #4 redeemed the reputation of my my sailor stripped dress, #5 got chased out of Zouk.. like oh my god..

Awesome now we can all get on with our boring school lives in peace. Haha!

Note: All pictures are 100% real, unedited versions from my camera. Amazing what a good camera can capture huh?

Authentic Leather Laptop Sleeves!

My very first hand at setting up my own business!! Well not exactly my own; the Lohs combined our powers and resources to make this happen. Oh well i really love our laptop sleeve.

For one i believe our sleeve is unique because of its rarity. For one, this is authentic high grade leather. Definitely not the ones that rip apart easily. Secondly, the deep red colour looks both sophisticated and young at the same time. Something not to be missed by the young and stylist.

Material: NDW (Natural Dry Milk) Goat Leather

The above fits only Macbooks 13 inch.

Dimensions of sleeve: Approximately 39.5cm x 27cm

$45

The above fits her laptops.

Dimensions of sleeve: 39.5cm x 27.5cm

$45

*When purchasing, please take note that these are the dimensions of the laptop sleeve. The dimensions of your computer should be smaller than that of the sleeve. Take note also the thickness of your computer. The thicker your computer, smaller its dimensions has to be.

Take note of the difference in dimensions of the 2 styles.

Meet ups available at Singapore Management University (SMU), only 5 mins walking distance from City Hall or Dhoby Ghaut MRT stations.

To make purchases or inquires, please email goldplatedironcrotch@hotmail.com or freda.luo.2008@business.smu.edu.sg

Model: Christopher Low

Featuring: F21 Shades

Dream Come True

I finally (after a long long long awaited month!) got my Panasonic Lumix LX-3!! You had no idea what it does to a camwhore to not have a camera to use. Everything in my life can be depicted in the photos i take, documented and stored in a safe place in my hard disk. No camera means no drive to go out and live my life. I have a really really bad memory, so every time i want to remember a certain important day i spent with important people in my life, i will want to document it down in pictorial form.

Aaaaanyway, the LX3 is totally gorgeous!! It is a cross between a compact and an SLR, just like a mini SLR!! Hence the superb picture quality. And it can capture RAW files! Good for the photo shoots and all. The outside looks vintage, and the functions are awesome! I can set so many things manually compared to my old Lumix. I can set aperture and shutter speed super easy, and it carries so many cool effects!! the deciding point of getting an LX3 is the Dynamic Black and White function. I’ll tell you more about it when i upload my photos. Meanwhile, you can appreciate the marvelousness of the LX3 in the eyes of other photographers!!

Dynamic Black and White

High Shutter Speed

high Shutter Speed, Macro mode.

Vibrant

bye bye fx30!

Hellow LX3!!

Gorgeous isn’t it?

Anyway i bought it for $690 at this shop in simlim, in the middle amongst the psp stores. Currently best price since almost all the shops are all sold out. (Means everyone already has it! Rats..) He gave me a special deal for the extra battery, $20. Not bad for an extra battery with almost 3 times the capacity of the original eh?

Anyway i’m so broke now i’m using the rubber cling that came to protect the camera as a camera pouch. Need. to. look. for. a. pouch!! Soon!!

Will update with new photos taken from my gorgeous soon!!

It becomes My Fate

Why do i always meet someone like that? Why do i always get stuck with the same kind of people? So different but yet so similar in many ways?

People grow to avoid their mistakes as they experience, but how can you avoid something so unpredictable? 

The truth is, it IS predictable. Everyone’s the same. The entire species of perfect humans, crafted to test the limits of their opposing kind. 

Is becomes like a field of identical robots, lined by in a bright clean white hall. Each of them painted an exterior unique to each and every specimen. At the end of the say, the same version of chip is placed within each robot. Then, even though every mechanical human being seems different, their basis for behavior still originates from a similar source. 

Frustration took the best of me, and i start to wonder if history will repeat itself. 

Will i ever be “Happy Forever”? 

 

 

Bullshit. This is life. Wake up your idea.

Macau: A Photographic Journey

More of Us @ Macau

I’ve just got 433 more photos from Baby’s overworked camera. This makes our grand total from both cameras 433 + 424 = 857 photos in 5 days! And this is excluding all the polaroids we took. This totally beat our V-Day record of 120 photos in 6 hours, and close to 500 photos in a day at Ubin with the gang! How people realize the importance of a camera once they enter SMU. Geesh!

Since the resident camera of the trip belongs to him, i’ve decided to drag my saggy ass and write another post on these more eventful photos. This time, putting the photos themselves in the spotlight rather than the trip itself.

 

 look at the fantastic view from the cable car! Amazing lighting, and you can roughly tell the rough weather we were about to experience. Out of 5 days, 3 days rained. Horrible rain! But thank god we are optimistic people. 

 We just had to do our cliche-over-the-top-dramatic move. 

 I’m SO gonna learn Macau’s English. This is the access card to the man made hot springs in Macau. 

 St. Paul’s Ruins. Super european looking structure at the back, which looks a little like the cathedrals in England.

 Playing with the wonderful functions of a Canon Digital Xius. 

 The Venetian. The backdrop mirrors the clean crisp buildings in Venice. Very olden Paris!

 In Macau, most of the road signage are translated to Portuguese. This has got something to do with the Portuguese settling down in Macau like many hundred years ago. Therefore the Portuguese influence.

 We bought so much Sasa!! Sasa there is super cheap. Flashing back to my Hongkong trip one year ago, i bought a kabuki brush for only SGD10, clinique eye cream for only like SGD20, brushes for SGD3 etc. We totally went CRAZY!

 This were the shots that started all the camwhoring. In between taking these 2 shots, we got told off by a motorist cos we totally blocked the roads and it was kind of dangerous. The sacrifices of a camwhore – safety. 

 Macau bubbletea shop!! One sushi fan for every 2 purchases. Cool! There were so many to choose from and we chose this really fierce sushi. Cute!! But still.. Kovan Cupwalker rocks our socks!

 Graffiti shots in the streets of Macau. We found this really cool alley amongst the many street shops. It looks rather secluded, but surprisingly the swarm of people was enough to make us embarrassed to take so many pictures.

 Shades can work miracles.

 This shot is also taken at the graffiti alleyway. Something related to Freshmen Bash this year!

 A tourist shot halfway through sipping our bubbletea, right in the middle of the streets! It was havoc taking this shot cos it is an actual road with cars coming from our back. We had to RUN out into the streets and shout “go go go!!! There’s a car coming! QUick!” 

 Can you see the irony in the picture? A totally gold frames Grande Lisboa Casino in the backdrop of a filthy looking residential building. This photo is NOT photoshopped, totally authentic and ironic.

 I Am Hereby Carrying the BEST CREME BRULEE in the World!!! This little piece of sunshine is wrapped in an actual eggshell, and the dessert is SO THICK! I swear you can flip it upside down and it won’t even jiggle a bit. Tastes like thick cheese cake and tiramisu!! Omg heaven..

 Half an hour later, and still flagging a cab. There were 4 bitched who cut in front of us and stole a cab right under our noses!! We were momentarily stunned for 5 seconds after they left before we started cursing under our breaths. FUCKING BITCHES!! Probably around 15 mins later this middle age mother stepped in front of us and attempted to flag for a cab. SHe didn’t manage to get one. Probably cos i walked straight from behind her and glared my eyes out. She got the hint though.

 MacCafe at Sands Casino. This is when we collated all our polaroids then and furiously took collarges. And the MacCafe Cappuccino is so pretty!! Why don’t singapore make out cappuccino so pretty!

 On the shuttle bus from Macau Habour to Dreamworld aka. City of Dreams. The City of Dreams is themed after the underwater world. The entire building has so many water features embellishing the walkways. The largest and most magical looking water feature was featured in my previous post. Check it out!

 

 Shots of the polaroid camera. Finally it got its chance in front of a camera for once. This shot was taken in front of a large board sealing off an area under construction. What a nice board!

 The Macau Towers. 223m high building that carries activities like the world’s highest bungy jump, sky jump, sky walk, mast climb. Check them out online, they’re actually really exciting. It was there that i actually found out that bungy jumps are actually not REALLY high. there are bungy jumps that are only around 50m. Better start with the small scaled once first. In my lifetime, i aim to conquer this bungy jump! 199m, highest in the world!

 I was so shaken by the height that i only dared to lie on a small hole. Horrible! But i got increasingly braver as the day went by. Heights is really not my thing! My sister once said if we were on the Amazing race together, she’ll tackle the ones that deal with height, and i’ll tackle the once that needs strength. haha!

 nice lip couch. It was the highlight of the viewing area. So many tourists took pictures like these!!

 The family that made it happen, brought the trip alive. Thanks for all the planning and sourcing Uncle!

 Taken on a mini pyramid outside the Macau Towers.

 Taken on the way back to the hotel from The Macau Towers. This looks a little like Winter Sonata, the magical trees area. And i am NOT scratching my pits! I was trying to hide the bag os Sasa from the shot!

 Taken outside a Middle Eastern restaurant near our hotel. This place is actually really ugly, but we decided to make it work. It looks like the kind of shots ANTM will take. haha!

 I totally love this shot. Loves.

 Another tourist shot. These things just don’t exist in Singapore anymore! NOrmally when we park by the roadside we’ll either diligently put our coupons, or constantly stretch our heads looking for the scary muslim lady in while.

 Look at the stormy weather. This was how the weather was like for most of our days in Macau. Sad!!

 Polaroids: Individual shots.

 Polaroids: Double Shots.

 Versus: Macau Towers Ice Cream shot.

 Versus: Graffiti Shots

 Versus: City of Dreams shot.

Our polaroids are beautiful, Baby couldn’t stop staring at them. After a couple of wasted horrible shots, we finally realized polaroids can capture hues really really well. It can make them more vivid, and brighter. It was then that we started taking shots with hues in our background, and our polaroids started becoming really pretty. Kudos to us!

 

Macau was a chance to getaway with Chris. In Singapore we had so little time, when each of us are busy with different things. Our schedules clash more often than the thunder, and i meet even the most random people more often than we meet. Macau was so magical because we got to spend a good 5 days with no obligations, no work stress, and no disturbance from the outside world. It was our own little coven of happiness. We managed to balance family and our personal time together, at which none offset the other. This is what’s so great about the time spend in Macau.

Baby was a great host. He managed to make me feel so comfortable with his family, whom half of them i have never met before, and become really comfortable in a matter of hours. 

Macau will always stay strong in my memory, along with our other 857 photos. hehe.

 

Love. Just cos.