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Being a car enthusiastic that I am, Geri was kind enough to accompany me to this year's Super Import Nights. It's an exhibition of fast cars and hot babes.

Lotus

But I would say that people are actually there for the babes rather than the cars. This year, there were import models from US, Thailand, Japan and even our very own local models. Frankly, the models added up to be more than the cars. Perhaps she was worried that I would be swarmed by a group of hot models, that's why she chose to take a look at this year's exhibition. =P A different company and a different feel. Guessed she would have really been bored throughout, considering the number of ladies who attended, could be counted with just both hands!! To think that we actually stayed for the whole day!! Nevertheless, managed to capture few shots of the fast cars and the babes and getting our money spent worthwhile... =P

Cool Hot Wheels

The GTRs

Vs

The Lamborghinis

Babes Extravaganza

The U.S Models

Huirong

Jaslin

Sonia

Amanda

Elaine & Miyake

Thanks Geri for accompanying me to an exhibition which is so uninteresting for ladies. Hopefully, you did not bore to death even with my company. =P

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It was my second consecutive year making my way down to Chinese Garden for the Lantern Festival. This year was pretty different. Firstly, the theme was Hello Kitty. Gosh... Guess the plan of the organizing committee was to attract more kids. As such, parents would have to tag along too. Secondly, I was going down with a different person this year. Feeling was totally different and I truly enjoyed every moment of it. =) Thirdly, I must really that we were quite lucky! Geri and I actually made our way down on the 6th Sep, only to be greeted by dark clouds along the way. We were hesitating on whether to enter since we had already bought the tickets. And with Kelvin and Ailian waiting for us inside, more kinda prompted us to join them. However, when it started to drizzled, we just made up our mind and headed back. All I could say was a sorry to Kelvin and Ailian was sorry and it was the weather, not us!!

Therefore, we decided to go back on the 13th Sep, which was the eve of Mid Autumm Festival. We almost couldn't make it in time for the mini fireworks. The crowd was terrible, having to squeeze through a pack of ants. I would say the reflections on the calm water of the brighly litted exhibits were really beautiful. We were busily snapping the whole night.

Here are some of the pics taken. Picture intentsive!! =)

Welcome to Lantern Festival 08. I'm Hello Kitty!! =P

Love Birds =)

And as much as we did not have the chance to carry the traditional old-school lanterns (because we were busy holding our cameras), savour mouth-watering mooncakes or enjoy a moon-gazing session together (because we were busy taking pictures), at least the feeling of going there with her and the time spent with her walking around Chinese Garden was enjoyable and fun =)
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Libra (23 Sep - 22 Oct)

A man who has no balance like his Zodiac symbol. He is not the gentle, cool , calm and charming guy like what you see. He has another dark side of aggression, stubborn and he likes to start an argument the most. Sometimes he can be so depress and unstable. Up and down like he is trying to balance himself most of the time.

To many people, he is a friendly guy and always smile even when he is mad or up set. His voice always gentle and calm. he always set and comb his hair as if he comes out from a shampoo advertisement. Mostly Libra men are good looking, even the ugly one is charming. When he smiles, it is so bright that the whole world is smiling with him too.

When he is in a balance mood, he is the type of person you want to be with. In other unbalancing mood, he likes to make people argue about something and watching it with fascination and fun. He will wait to be the one who compromise and clear thing up. He likes to be in a conflicting conversation.
Libra man is lazy by nature. After his tired day at work, he likes to sit still and just look out of the window or read quietly. He likes to be in his own world. After recharging his battery, he will be very energetic again and may even take you out that night.

Libra man normally will not do any shocking or abnormal things to be noticed. He likes to be conformed with his crowd, but if you watch him carefully, you will see the different. If he wear a shirt, it will have to be a zipper front instead of buttons, or a special tie bar. There is always something in him that he will not allow totally conformity to take him over.

A straight forward , no non-sense guy. He is careful and delicate in details. He will spent extra time to doing it right, than comes back to correct them later. He hates people who boost, or exaggerate. He does not like over dressed woman or make herself a center of an attention.

He loves to read. He loves poems and loves art. When he works he can work like crazy, but after work he can turn on romantic jazzy music and treat you so gently. He loves to give people advice and normally give a good advice. If you fall for him, you will stay like being trapped in a spider web. If you want to break up with him, he will persuade you a zillion ways to stay and you can not stop him anyway. After he persuade you to stay, or after a big fight, he will be so sweet to you as if he has never hurt your feeling
before ever.

He will has his own way to win a girl love and affection. Once she says yes, he will lay back and wonder if he should go on or if he should back out. In his teen, he changed many girl friends because he can not clearly separate loving a friend and loving a girl friend. He will check and re-cheek if his match is suitable and compatible with him.

Even he is a romantic man, he can hardly understand the emotion of the one he loves. He is a generous guy even he sets his life so systematically. He never knows when he makes you unhappy. He never knows how he up set you. He will never knows what he said wrong. If he is your lover, be prepare for this.

A not so pretty girl with no brain is not his type of woman. If you are not pretty enough, he will not mind talking to you but he does not care to get to know you. Any girls, pretty or ugly can ask for his help, he will be happy to help. He hates to argue by yelling at each other, so you tend to see he argue with his girl friend seriously but try at best to be very quiet.

He likes to have a girl friend by getting to know each other like a friend first. If you want him, you have to like the same thing he does. He prefers a pretty and gentle woman than a smart and ugly woman. You have to understand his mood especially he can has many different moods. He is a private person, so when he needs to be alone better let him be.
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Indulgence at Sun with Moon (Central Mall)

Yummy Jap Food... =)



If you think these were all for me, then it would a big "NO"!!
(They were ordered by my friend, Ronald for himself!!)


My Kamameshi...

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Something Beautiful?? You bet... Went down to the Arts House over the weekend with my buddies and Geri to catch a glimpse of a photo exhibition, "Something Beautiful". A showcase by photographer, Zhang Jingna (a.k.a Zemotion), on her beautiful portraits and fashion photography, set us in awe on her truly amazing and beautiful works. It was an inspiring exhibition for all photographers out there. Hopefully, one day i could be like her in the future!! =P

One of Zemotion's masterpiece...(More can be seen on her Flickr account)
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I've never experienced making a mooncake in my life, not to mention having to try my end product!! Never did I know that mooncake making can be so much fun!! Haha.. =) Credits to Geri who bought all the ingredients and having to bring it all the way to the west. She even attended a mooncake making course last year to teach her patients and me!!

When it comes to making the dough, I was absolutely thrilled... It was so much fun having to play around with the sticky dough. Initially, the colour wasn't really well mixed. The colour was dull and whitish. Somehow, we managed to get it done in a more presentable way. Tadah..... Pink mooncakes!!

Nice and Yummy!!!

I would say it was mission accomplished. Our very self made mooncakes!! Mooncake making was fun!! =P
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Look!! Look!! I was here at the Airforce Open House 08 at Payah Lebar Air Base (PLAB) on the 31 Aug. Thank goodness it wasn't as packed as the Air Show held at the Changi Exhibition Centre earlier this year. It was an early morning trip down, where I had to head all the way to meet Geri in Hougang for an early breakfast before taking the shuttle service to PLAB. How I wish that they would consider providing the shuttle service for residents living in the West!! Many must be wondering why I am still attending Army exhibitions or events when I'm already ORDed!! Haa... Obviously, it's not down to me though, but her..... (who has a craze with army uniforms) Overall, it was an enjoyable day where we spent almost the entire day there, although it did drizzled that afternoon.An underslung operation by a Chinook

Heli Rappel (Miss those old good times...)

A series of Super Puma
Lady luck was really on our side that day, where we got a chance to sit in a C-130 plane and to take a sneak peek at the pilots' cockpit!!! It was really sheer luck, where we took part in a lucky draw contest in the dying seconds before the draw was closed. And surprisely, we are one of the pair of lucky winners!! Hahaha.... =)

And therefore, a complimentary ride from the RSAF in a C-130!! =)

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Came across this poster in my office toilet.













Why can't the army have this slogan in their training too? I wonder. Haha.....
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*Time for the revival of my blog* =)

Oh, Happy Teachers Day!!!
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Time to update my entries again. Months have passed since the beginning of 2008. Lots of things have happened, spicing up my life somehow and i believed they do happened for a reason. This week was an eventful, yet tiring week for me. It was fun-filled and was sweet in a way, spending my time with her, making fun of each other, cracking lame jokes, discussing both serious and non-serious topics. If only everyday could be living in a way like this.... At the same time, new area of work is awaiting for me, which is sure going to tire and stress me out... Hai... Balancing work and free time spent with others is not easy. Hopefully, I can cope and found a job which I really wished for too. Thinking ahead of the sweet and wonderful times is gonna motivate me to work harder. Looking forward to it, my girl... =)
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Its ages since i last updated an entry...... Simply i'm too lazy to do so. Haha. ok. Yr 2008 was not really a bad yr for me, although its kinda too early to say now, but i guess things have been going smoothly still. :) Still my endless NY resolution can never be fulfilled one by one, simply becos its too long. Yea, I'm greedy. I know that.... This year was simply an event-filled year, probably I've experienced something which I have not experienced it for a long time. Thinking about flying off to Melbourne makes me feel excited and lost of words. Whoopi Yeah, I flying off to Melbourne, Australia in May!!! Yes, yes!!! I do get to travel again!!! Hopefully, the feeling of soaring endlessly over the different skies of the world can never end. Not forgetting that other resolutions can be fulfilled and completed at the same time..... :)
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I'm back!!! I'm back once again. Its been ages and decades since I last posted an entry. Seems like fungus and molds are growing here. Been ready busy all these months. Assignments, work, classes and now exams really makes me go crazy. Come to think of it, I must survive it through no matter what. After this semester, I be as free as a bird. WWhhhoo!!! Wat a relief. C'mon, Jia You!!! Chong! Chong! Chong! Hmmm, now I'm already looking forward to the period after my exams. Time to play and slack!! Haha. Going with my friends back to a country which I really enjoyed being there. Omg, I can'y wait for that day to come. Survivor: Taiwan!!! Here I come! Naruwan~~~ Yi Ya Na Ru Eh~~~
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Brand new year, brand new wishes. Hello 2007!! Its been a long time since i blog again. I believed it was b4 i left for Korea. Wow, its been a really enjoyable trip for me. I enjoyed myself to the fullest. So much fun, so much entertainment. Its really a different experience to go to a cold country. Take a look at the photos below. Holidays don't last long. Straight after i'm back in Singapore, I have my 2nd ICT. Duh... Sadness after happiness. Hai... Luckily, this year's ICT was a blessing. Due to the heavy downpour period, so much training was cancelled. Haha. Wwhhooo. I would say the whole of Dec was so packed and happening for me. Korea trip, ICT, and my computer broke out in Dec too!!. Damm. Celebrated Xmas by hanging out with friends. Celebrated New Yr's day by hanging out with friends. Haha. Somehow or rather, I don't really feel the mood to celebrate. Perhaps, it would be different if I were to be overseas. Hai... Anyway, since its the beginning of a brand new yr, its time to have new yr resolutions once again and maybe i can look forward to travel again this year. Hahah.
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Wow just after 2 wks, another event or make it 2 are going to shock the whole Singapore. Big Boyz Toyz and Sitex. WWhhooo... this means another shooting event for all the CSers as well as for me myself. Feeling excited? You bet. But b4 this, i finally got myself a camera bag, a stealth reporter 300 AW!! Lol, sounds pro? Well, take a look at my full gear!! This is wat i will be bringing for every shooting event as well as my Korea trip. Without futher a do, may i present to u all.... my full battle order. Wow. Haha. Ok, back to the main thiggy. Went down expo for BBT and sitex yest with the blue bros, ocs and the bin. Wa damm. It was so crowded yest that i have to squeezed through every little path i could possibly find with my gear. Duh, it was so packed with people that i could hardly get a good shot. Damm its so frastrating. Ok nvm, calm down calm down, after we leave the place, we went changi airport for our dinner. Yeah, its such a nice place to go. I love the airport!!! Haha.

We went fish & co for our dinner. The environment there was just 2 nice that i really enjoyed my meal. We were all cracking and sharing jokes throughout the whole dinner. Had lots of fun. After dinner, ocs suggested to go turbocharge held in city hall!!! Omg and where were we? We are in changi!! Ok nvm anyway, the event started at 7.30pm and so we will surely make it before it ends and we really did!! Clap clap. Hmmm the setup there was just like the tokyo drift show, only thing it lacks was more hot cars and babes. Lol. Ok had a couple of shots there and here it is; the fhm girls!!Hmmm, luckily there were not many people with their big heads or long hands blocking me here. Left the place at the end of the whole event and we were all so shagged out. Finally back to home sweet home to get some rest. Hai, just realised i have so many upcoming things to buy!!! I wan buy a SB800, who can be kind enough to buy me 1???
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Welcome to my life

Do you ever feel like breaking down?
Do you ever feel out of place?
Like somehow you just don't belong
And no one understands you
Do you ever wanna run away?
Do you lock yourself in your room?
With the radio on turned up so loud
That no one hears you screaming

No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels all right
You don't know what it's like
To be like me

To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life

Do you wanna be somebody else?
Are you sick of feeling so left out?
Are you desperate to find something more?
Before your life is over
Are you stuck inside a world you hate?
Are you sick of everyone around?
With their big fake smiles and stupid lies
While deep inside you're bleeding

No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels all right
You don't know what it's like
To be like me

To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life

No one ever lied straight to your face
And no one ever stabbed you in the back
You might think I'm happy but I'm not gonna be okay
Everybody always gave you what you wanted
You never had to work it was always there
You don't know what it's like, what it's like

To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like (what it's like)

To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
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Recently, I went for sessions of phtoshoots. Omg, now I felt that I so addicted to it.There is this sudden urge of doing portfolios for people and friends, although I'm still very new to this. Nevertheless, I got myself my very 1st project!! Haha. So happy and looking forward to it. Really looking forward to doing a good job. Well, hopefully I'm up for it. Gonna give my best shots, yeah!!

Not only that, my passion for photography has really grown tremendously. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bingrong81 From using a film digital cam to using a dslr now. Getting all the equipment and accessories has really cost me a bomb. But dun know y, I'm enjoying every min of photography now. Hopefully to learn more from the pros and getting the right techniques. Well look out for my very 1st portfolio assignment then.
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Whhooo. Wat a tiring day. Totally worked myself out today, from head to toe. Today went with my mum to shop for my winter clothings. I spent about $300 today, just alone on my winter clothings. Omg!! Really heartbreak.... Just becos of a korea trip, which i really look forward to in dec, has cost me a bomb and its a nuclear bomb. A destruction which can burn a hole in my bank book for yrs and yrs. A piece of advice for those out there who have not yet travelled to countries which are snowing or have freezing cold conditions, don think that it seems very fun, which i can say it actually is, it can also burn a big fat hole in ur account. Hai.. wat to do now, who ask me wan to try out the skiing experience. Who knows, maybe i myself, is a pro skiier!!! Haha.

After that, evening, went meet the bin. We went to esplanade. Do wat there? U may ask. To take photos!!! Omg. Amazing rite. Thats rite. Weibin all of a sudden rented a dslr and wanted to try out his cam. So poor me have no choice but to go with him and giving him a few pointers here and there. Haha. Wa! And the whole session can actually lasted for 2 hrs plus, with us skipping our dinner. I was so hungry by then which i can actually eat a entire buffalo. Duh, thanks to the bin who seem so enthusiastic in taking photos. Just go buy a camera lar, bin. Really a shag day man. Finally came all the way back to our market and thank god, we can finally grab something to eat. With that, here are some of my amazing pics taken with my very own camera. Yeah!!!
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Yeah exams finally over!!!! Yeah like no big deal rite. Yup actually it is really no big deal cos time to start panicking for results when it comes. Alrite, now that exams are over, back to my buay long long days again. Slacking around and doing nothing. Nothing to even let me have some income and not expense. Sianz....

Looking back, really look forward to get some income soon or else my pocket hole is getting bigger and deeper. Hai... very soon year end is approaching soon. Time to start thinking of the new year resolutions, looking forward to getting a new challenge and stable income of cos.

Well then, let me go do some thinking and slacking again. Tata.