More pictures from the US trip! I particularly like the last picture of the statue of liberty!
Saturday, December 30, 2006
More pictures from the US trip
More pictures from the US trip! I particularly like the last picture of the statue of liberty!
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Back from my US trip
Hello everyone!
First of all, let me say - a Happy New Year and wish that all of you will have a wonderful and great 2007!!!
Back from the US last week and finally have some time to blog about the trip. The trip was fantastic! Took many photos (although not as many as compared from the China trip in June but I'm very satisfied and happy with them).
I'm very happy that I brought the D80 along with this trip. Else with my PnS (S45), I don't think it will be very successful. A friend suggested that I place my pictures at Picasa Web Albums. I think I will do that. Check out the link afterwards. I will post some of my nice pictures here...
Here are my comments from the trip:
1) Wonderful food! I have never tasted pork and chicken that nice before. The portions were also pretty huge. 2 persons can share a main meal. We ordered a couple of apertizers, a main meal and maybe a dessert for sharing.
2) I've never tipped so much before! We had to leave a tip (about 20% of the total bill) at every restaurant or diner we ate at.
3) Attractions were pretty expensive! Taking the elevator to the top of the Empire State Building and the Rockefeller Building just to see the day and night views of New York City were quite expensive. But you had to do it since you are already there. So no choice...
4) People are nice to you! The Americans seem to be nicer people compared to those from the UK and Australia. At least they treated anyone who passes through the customs at the airport fairly (unlike the other 2 countries). I was asked as many questions as the caucasian guy in the next counter before I passed through.
Anyway, check out the pictures and the weblink coming soon...
First of all, let me say - a Happy New Year and wish that all of you will have a wonderful and great 2007!!!
Back from the US last week and finally have some time to blog about the trip. The trip was fantastic! Took many photos (although not as many as compared from the China trip in June but I'm very satisfied and happy with them).
I'm very happy that I brought the D80 along with this trip. Else with my PnS (S45), I don't think it will be very successful. A friend suggested that I place my pictures at Picasa Web Albums. I think I will do that. Check out the link afterwards. I will post some of my nice pictures here...
Here are my comments from the trip:
1) Wonderful food! I have never tasted pork and chicken that nice before. The portions were also pretty huge. 2 persons can share a main meal. We ordered a couple of apertizers, a main meal and maybe a dessert for sharing.
2) I've never tipped so much before! We had to leave a tip (about 20% of the total bill) at every restaurant or diner we ate at.
3) Attractions were pretty expensive! Taking the elevator to the top of the Empire State Building and the Rockefeller Building just to see the day and night views of New York City were quite expensive. But you had to do it since you are already there. So no choice...
4) People are nice to you! The Americans seem to be nicer people compared to those from the UK and Australia. At least they treated anyone who passes through the customs at the airport fairly (unlike the other 2 countries). I was asked as many questions as the caucasian guy in the next counter before I passed through.
Anyway, check out the pictures and the weblink coming soon...
Friday, December 8, 2006
Holiday (Finally!!!)
Going for a holiday today. Will be back in late December. Hopefully I'll be able to post some pictures while I'm holidaying.
Merry Christmas to everyone!!!
(Kids! See you back in school.)
Merry Christmas to everyone!!!
(Kids! See you back in school.)
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
"So madam, where and what are your suggestions?"
I was reading the Sunday papers when I came across an article at Webthreads titled "Is this the way to punish kids?"
The parent complained that primary school children were punished by keeping them in class during recess for up to 5 days in a row or cancelling PE periods. The parent also mentioned that recess is important to the kids to avoid hunger pangs and asked if these forms of punishment acceptable and do they serve their purpose?
I was not surprised that punishments were carried out during recess times as we also do that in my school. We have a 30 minutes recess period and sometimes, kids who really misbehaves during lessons or cannot complete their work will be let off 15mins late. This is done so to give them at least 10 mins to buy and eat their food. They will not have the time to play and chat with their friends. (10 mins is a long time to eat!) Kids who decided to skip food and play with their friends and remained hungry should not complain to their parents that they are punished with no food!
For parents who do not agree to this form of punishment might want to provide some suggestions as to how the kids should be punished.
I'm listing a few of possiblilities:
1) After school punishment - Maybe clean a toilet (as a group), clears the rubbish in the canteen, etc (Kid will learn responsibilities, or he/she will learn things the 'hard' way. Isn't that what we used to do. So how have we turned out to be?)
2) Multiple but shorter punishments carried out during the recess time throughout the week? (Doesn't makes sense to me. Why punish them the whole week for something they do say, on Monday?)
3) Have parent counselling the kid at home on when to talk appropriately, why he/she is misbehaving. (Since parent feel that school is not doing a great job, maybe the parent should step in. But having said that, I believe parents should already been doing a GOOD JOB, right?)
(These are just my ramblings and my thoughts... Keep an open mind, ok?)
The parent complained that primary school children were punished by keeping them in class during recess for up to 5 days in a row or cancelling PE periods. The parent also mentioned that recess is important to the kids to avoid hunger pangs and asked if these forms of punishment acceptable and do they serve their purpose?
I was not surprised that punishments were carried out during recess times as we also do that in my school. We have a 30 minutes recess period and sometimes, kids who really misbehaves during lessons or cannot complete their work will be let off 15mins late. This is done so to give them at least 10 mins to buy and eat their food. They will not have the time to play and chat with their friends. (10 mins is a long time to eat!) Kids who decided to skip food and play with their friends and remained hungry should not complain to their parents that they are punished with no food!
For parents who do not agree to this form of punishment might want to provide some suggestions as to how the kids should be punished.
I'm listing a few of possiblilities:
1) After school punishment - Maybe clean a toilet (as a group), clears the rubbish in the canteen, etc (Kid will learn responsibilities, or he/she will learn things the 'hard' way. Isn't that what we used to do. So how have we turned out to be?)
2) Multiple but shorter punishments carried out during the recess time throughout the week? (Doesn't makes sense to me. Why punish them the whole week for something they do say, on Monday?)
3) Have parent counselling the kid at home on when to talk appropriately, why he/she is misbehaving. (Since parent feel that school is not doing a great job, maybe the parent should step in. But having said that, I believe parents should already been doing a GOOD JOB, right?)
(These are just my ramblings and my thoughts... Keep an open mind, ok?)
Monday, November 20, 2006
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Lens Test
Took the new lens out for a 'walk' at Peirce Reservoir today. When I reached there, it was just about to rain. I had about 15 mins before it started to drizzle. The colors from the lens is of Nikon standard. I was impressed by the VR that I could take sharper pictures using normal speeds handheld.
The picture of the monkeys was taken from the car. I stopped the car at the roadside and took this picture. Turns out that it's slightly blurry. VR didn't help much since it's a moving object.
Took this picture at the multistorey carpark when I reached home. This was taken handheld at 200mm f5.6 1/80 VR=on. (I am still very impressed!!!) I couldn't have taken this using the Sigma 70-300mm APO lens. The picture would have been very blur handheld.
The picture of the monkeys was taken from the car. I stopped the car at the roadside and took this picture. Turns out that it's slightly blurry. VR didn't help much since it's a moving object.
Took this picture at the multistorey carpark when I reached home. This was taken handheld at 200mm f5.6 1/80 VR=on. (I am still very impressed!!!) I couldn't have taken this using the Sigma 70-300mm APO lens. The picture would have been very blur handheld.
Nikon 18-200VR 3.5-5.6
Just bought the Nikon 18-200VR 3.5-5.6 lens. The VR is really something! I'm really sold on VR. Did a couple of quick test shots in my room at 200mm 1/25 f5.6 (with and without VR) and the picture with VR turned on is sharper than the one without VR! For what it's worth, VR really something!!! Here is a picture of the lens.
Saturday, November 18, 2006
New Camera (D80) Testing
Sold off the Canon 400D a couple of weeks ago and bought a Nikon D80 instead. Still used to the functions and buttons of a Nikon. Also prefers the color of the pictures from the Nikon. Here are some pictures taken using the new camera. The lens used was a 12 year old 28-85mm Nikon lens. Go ahead and give me some comments to the quality of the pictures!
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Monday, October 30, 2006
Healthy Community @ South West
Some group pictures taken last Sunday at the Healthy Community @ South West where the NPCC cadets, School Prefects and soccer players participated in.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Saturday, October 21, 2006
2006 NPCC LaserQuest Competition (Part 3)
The winning teams.... as well as the best female and male players.
2006 NPCC LaserQuest Competition (Part 2)
Some pictures of the team... Btw, the top left picture is our Emcees for the event.
2006 NPCC LaserQuest Competition (Part 1)
The CCA I'm in held a LaserQuest Competition yesterday afternoon. There are 11 teams (including ours) present. We won 1st while RiverValley Sec won 2nd. 3rd place went to Tanglin Sec. It was certainly good to see everyone so excited about the competition. There were fair play, players who demanded that 'penalties' be given to the other team, players who just couldn't keep their mouth shut (even when they won their competitor over 1000 pts during one match)!Overall, I'm please with the team spirit and attitude of my school cadets. They were pretty well behave and independant and able to manage the event with minimal supervision. Here's some pictures of the event and team pictures.
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