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commencment

in 2 days time....i'll be GRADUATING !!!!!

wohooooo.........

nt sure y i'm so excited..or looking forward to it...likely because i think this day is gonna be another milestone in my life..

most of the pple i asked, all felt nothing or neutral abt the commencement ceremony..maybe i'm just weird...hehe

anyway..if u are free on saturday 10a.m, and you dont mind waking up early on a wkend morning, then perhaps you can join the M.E cohort in celebrating this wonderful day

Sat 11 July 2009, 10a.m, University Cultural Centre, NUS.

c u there.........

Pre-grad photos

woke up @ 7a.m on a lazy sunday, because today is our longed talk-abt pre-grad phototaking session day.

as the saying goes "早起的鸟儿有虫吃"...in order for us to avoid the tourist crowd in the CBD area and have an easier phototaking session, we decided that we shld set off earlier in the morning.

7 of us, 2 cars, 2 locations which is CBD area & NUS.

we were fortunate because through Fabbie, we managed to enrol the help of 2 photographers to help us take professional shots...they are really nice pple !

helping each other adjust our grad gown, 1st time putting on for photoshoot

me, in my graduation gown

me, xie and tata

they are really professionals, teach us how to pose, position etc

Graduate liao lor !!!

next up, we went to the Singapore River, i didnt take many photos using my camera down there..a few nice shots by the river and the towering buildings

Sir stamford raffles

messy hair...arghz....

our stay @ CBD area was not very long, i've actually anticipated to visit Esplanade, flyer and marina barage, but guess it's not really possible as we spent the entire morning @ 2 locations only

nxt up, we returned back NUS, which was perfectly quiet and nice for us to take our grad shots

the famous "I WAS HERE" statues

alright, that basically wraps up the photos on my camera..hundreds more shots in the photographer's camera...cant wait for it.

The Fray- You Found Me

gift for myself

alright....presenting my 1st mth of work gift for myself ....

abit lame..because normally such stuffs are being given by gf/bf...but nvm..singles like me can still reward ourself for making it through the 1st month in the workforce.

My SEIKO CHRONOGRAPH:

i went to recce for this watch 2-3 weeks ago, last wk i went for another look aft my haircut @ bugis...and today finally i bought it...

nt very expensive...cost $287....and after 35% discount...end up paying $180.

that roughly wraps up my office wear, shall stop all these tempting splurges.

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will be having graduation photo shooting with M.E clique ard sch & town this sunday.. i'm definitly looking forward to it.

11th July 2009, Saturday, 10a.m will be my graduation ceremony!!! do come if you want to celebrate this joyous occasion with me and the entire 350++ M.E cohort.

苦读16年，就为带方帽子的这一天 :)

Transformer II : Revenge of the Fallen

caught this great movie on sunday.

while a lot of people rate it badly, some even gave it 1/2 star, but after watching it, i'd still rate it a

4/5 star movie!!!

i think that is the thing about movie sequel, the expectations for them are high, and when the movie don't turn out to be better than the 1st one, people tend to critic it badly.

the similar case happened to 赤壁.

for me, i went to catch the action and entertainment offered by this 2.5hrs movie.

some people complain that there are too many actions, till they are blured abt the lousy plot, but i beg to differ.

the action packed movie keep me rooted to the screen for the entire 2.5hrs, and i hardly see many pple leaving midway to the washroom, even though it's a freaking 147mins movie!

this shows how action packed it is that people will rather endure their *****, than to afford missing any 1-2 mins of the show.

in summary, i think the plot is generally ok, and the tons of actions is definitly worth the price of the movie ticket.

Thumbs Up !!

R.I.P MJ

i wasnt really a hardcore fan of him...but some of his songs did left deep impression in me.

his departure is definitly a lost to the world.

R.I.P Michael Jackson =(

mid wk update

ok...i realise i'm bloggin less often these days..

last time used to be 1wk approx 3 post..but now it's likely 2 posts max..and after bloggin finish my grad trip...i think i'll have little to blog abt..

i think that's the thing abt working...wake up everyday in the morning..then return home and rest @ the end of the day...so u wont really feel like blogging

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haha...as u all know..the work i'm dealing with is rather "classified"...so i cant disclose much abt wat i do sometimes..

and those tat i write here..i must think for 3-5secs b4 thinking if it's ok to say it out..

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i got this weird feeling of feeling like spending some $$ after work everyday..

it can even be as simple as doing some groceries shopping @ NTUC aft work.

i think i shall try kick of this evil thinking, if nt i'll be broke by the end of the mth.

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i'm targeting 1 Seiko watch which i saw @ Bencoolen...it's really good price....after visitng Bencoolen and comparing the price against those of City chain...then i realise how 1 watch can diff so much in price in the 2 locations..

so for those who wants to buy watches nxt time...buy frm places like Bencoolen, it is even cheaper than those sales item in those famous shops selling watches (u shld know who they are)

k..the watch shall be my 1st present to myself....hope to grab it by end of the mth..and afterwhich i'll post a photo of it.

Grad trip Part 7: SAPA P1

Grad trip Station 7: SAPA - Queen of mountains

SAPA was nt even in our itinerary list since the start of the planning phase, u can refer to this post where i stated our itinerary

but roughly 1/4 through the trip...we realised that our 14days viet tour is kinda long with our current planned destinations...

so after carefully working out our budget, timeline and some discussions....we finally arrived at a conclusion that WE WILL VIST SAPA !!!

and i felt it was 1 of the greatest decision we've made

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we took an 8hr overnight train from Lao Cai station..which is 1-2hrs bus ride frm Hanoi...

This was the 1st time i took a railway train...kinda excited..

my camera K.O after taking this last shot....damn sad after my cam totally black out....

but fortunately...it revived the nxt morning after giving it some knocking to wake it up =)

if nt the following beautiful photos wldn't be possible.

stayed @ STAR HOTEL...which was part of the packaged tour...it was a nice hotel..and the scenery frm the dining place was great

me @ the balcony outside the dining area.

GT Team getting ready for the 1/2 day trekking...which is expected to be 12km long

the tribe ladies falling in

and here we go.........

beautiful mountain sceneries...

the best thing abt SAPA is that it is coooling...the rest of the places we went were as hot as singapore...

only in the mountaineous area like SAPA.....we can enjoy free flow of air-con...even the hotel rms are cold w/o any air con facility...

more beautiful shots taken along the trekking down to 1 of the villages...

finally reached the CATCAT village

free roaming buffalos...there are also pigs, chickens etc along the way

Our 1st stop in CATCAT village: Tien Sa waterfall...

looks like free flow ice milo to me :)

along the way, we spotted 1 super cute girl squatting along on a bamboo platform...

so we took the golden opportunity to take some photos with her...

looks @ her innocent face..she wasn't even shy when each of us took turns to squat beside her to take photo...

beautiful rice terrace

after the 1/2 day trekking...we took a 1-2hrs walk down the SAPA town...

we had a walk down the beautiful lake...

and along the way...another church...

and settled down for a bbq meal along the streets..

after the walk down the town...we realised that there's still so much time left....

thus we approached our hotel staff and he helped us arrange a jeep tour to other nice areas in SAPA....

our 1st stop: Silver waterfall...

it was a really long jeep ride up the slopees

it's a really magificent waterfall...

cold....

looking down @ gushing flow of water thru the metal bridge railings.

afterwhich...we visited Heaven's Gate....

it was the most gorgeous place we went in the entire viet trip....because we were so high tat we are practically above the clouds...

maybe tat's y it is called Heaven's Gate =)