Monday, September 28, 2009
Yikes, the weekend just flew past again! The passage of time is getting quite alarming - just the other day, I was going through facebook while on call. This time, I didn't just browse the first page when you log in; that's what I have been doing for ages. I actually clicked on individual friends' pages, looked through their photographs, and hit the stark realisation that everyone's grown up. Some have families, some have the most interesting jobs, some .. well some just seem to spend all their time bitching or playing flash-based games.
There're quite a few things I am trying to settle right now, outside of work.
1. Anniversary trip - gotta get this one sorted out before the end of the year, we both need and deserve a break. But before that, we've got to get ourselves certified for the advanced open water course, in particular the deep diving and night diving stuff. While leads to ...
2. Advanced open water. Dive season for the east malaysian coast is drawing to a close, so I need to move fast. We've entertained the possibility of doing it locally, but from what I've read, it's not a good idea at all. Poor visibility, unpredictable currents - basically, a scary combination. We could also do it as part of the anniversary trip, but we both wanted to do recreational dives during that time, rather than being on a course. And there's still the issue of funding the trip(s).
3. Still looking for a small fibreglass pond to place on the balcony. My turtle is actually getting very, very large (he's currently a tad bigger than my 13" MacBook), and even the largest of RubberMaid containers isn't going to keep him happy for long. The next best thing to do, I suppose, is to get one of those fibreglass boxes that people use for their "water features", and do up some sort of makeshift pond with it.
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Singaporean photographers are nasty
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I usually browse the local photography forum, but just the other day while on call, I discovered a nice international forum. Oh dear, what a stark difference in the attitude! If anyone ever dared to ask some question on the local forum that had been answered before, they usually get rebuked with "There's such a thing called a search button." or some other generic you-are-so-dumb answer like "It's been discussed many, many, MANY times before." Whoa. What a nice and pleasant place. On this other forum I found, although people *still* get annoyed when repeat questions are asked, they still oblige with an answer, or - better yet - say "it's been discussed before, look at these threads" and proceed to provide hyperlinks.
Perhaps it's got to do with the differing levels of professionalism between the 2. The bulk of people on the local forum are simply hobbyists, while I see a large portion of professional wildlife photographers or photojournalists on the other forum. Of course, for both forums, there's the occasional name-calling which is tends to happen when people start discussing things they are really passionate about.
Just an observation, and I'm glad there's a more pleasant avenue to read about stuff. =)
Wenky
6:41 AM
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