Daryl L.D.M

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

I've gotta admit, I'm feeling really restless of late, a feeling of not knowing what to do, and knowing things needing doing but not done... but at least now I've got something i know need to be done and i'm doing, and thats mugging~ its less than 4 weeks to my finals and i've finally gotten momentum to do push myself hard to study to achieve the cap i want at the end of this semester.. its more or less my promise with myself after the long weekend of fun and meet ups with my JC classmates and SOW freshies that I'm gonna make it through~

went back to school to meet up with my LSM2104 group mates for our miniproject and left later to go to suntec city for the Panasonic Videography Workshop that I got through via the Straits Times. Wasn't as informative as i hoped but the goodie bag was damn cool, giving us an imation 1GB thumbdrive and a 4GB SDHC card that I definitely have use for! Thank you panasonic!! =] after that went to take a peek at the X08 event at marina square but was dissapoitned as my Gears of War 2 was still not out yet~ gotta wait till nov! patience my chainsaw friend~ =PP after that rushed back to Pungol Park to meet my old buddies from my JC class for drinks and a chill out session at Bliss~

Sunday came like a breeze and left just as fast, as I packed and went to meet my OG at clark quay mrt (just johan per se) before heading to clark quay coffee bean, which to my horror, ceased to be.. sarah recommended the place which i been to 3 years ago whilst the last time she went was a year ago~ we then settled down at starbucks at OCBC centre, joined by sarah, huiling and wee siong later on and had dinner at lau pa sat before heading to dhoby ghaut mrt and meeting the rest before heading to timbre@substation.. first time drinking their mixed cocktails and they were horribly dilute and waste of money~ so settled for beer later as we enjoyed the jigs by reverie~

Deepavali was pretty much a nappy day for me as i slept my day away to charge power for the week after 2 late nights of drinking and enjoyment~ started mugging and gonna sleep soon~ looking forward to a productive week of mugging~ 4.5! Here i come!

dEMinG
Quote: "He loves challenges" - So i shall stick to that till the very end

My mind's unweaving/ 12:42 AM

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Isn't it infuriating to know what you want but yet cannot reach it? Love and relationships was one such moment i faced this impediment before... but its more "pek chek" when its something I enjoy and love to do... Photography... true enough, with studies always clumped up in some part of my head, I feel so cornered when I see no progress in my hobby of photography... Even after lugging tonnes of camera gear across kilometres of greenery, i had none i would see and say "YESHH!!!"... that was what kept me going since i first got my Canon 450D.. and thats starting to dissappear... I know what i want in my photography, my works... That is the capture of life... For them to tell each and every Raison D'etre in them... For happy moments to be capture becoz thats my Raison D'etre... For beautiful things, because that will make other people happy... seems so broad.. thats why it make me all the fed up when I achieve non of that..I initially thought i could learn on the job as i build up my portfolio doing small jobs and shoots for my friends... but neither interested parties came forward... so i guess im back at square one...

havent been blogging recently coz i also have alot of other things building up on my 'pek chek' meter... knowing things i want and knowing what to do yet not doing it... Standard Chartereed... Final Exams... plus so many irritating things happening around me... Economic Recession... Irritating People... felt so fed up that i totally skipped tuesday's lectures entirely to cool off all the angst before i went on a rampage... 4 weeks to finals! argh... PULL MY FUCKING SOCKS UP DEMING!!! argh!

dEminG
Fed Up

My mind's unweaving/ 9:47 PM

Sunday, October 05, 2008

Heyas earthlings! wow... time flies... its another week! the next thing i know, its christmas, and I'll see this in my sockling:

oh my tian!! Full Frame successor to the immensely popular 5D, the lightest and smallest Full Frame DSLR in the market - EOS 5D Mk II! And guess what, it has HD Video Recording Capabilities with ISO sensitivity up to 256000 (thats like 1600-3200-6400-128000-256000 4 STOPS more light sensitivity than mine!) hahaa ok ok shall stop fantacising... but it aint really as expensive as i expected of a full frame camera (estimated cost about $4k?) hmmm i hope Santa noticed how nice I've been this year~ hehz

So what actually killed my week? you guessed it~ MID TERM EXAMINATIONS... somehow compared to year 1 modules, its like year 2 modules are all examined in the MPSH where theres always this looming sense of doom hanging over it...I should do a photoshoot of that place one day~ you'll know what i mean~ =D i had LSM2104 mid term on monday which i studied ALOT but did terribly due to countless careless mistakes.. that sparked off a type of frenzy that got me mugging late nights, sleeping at like 4am with my bloodsteam strife of BOSS Coffee (from Jam and Hop) and Red Bull Classic... Boy i never felt so dead before... not just that, i had 3 mid term examinations on friday, 3rd October 2008.. YES 3...

10-12noon was mad hard and content heavy LSM2103 Cell Biology (Trick - Blended into Noteshake with Pearls)... 4.15-5.15pm was the Open-book (THANK GOD) ST2238 Introductory Biostatistics Formosa (Trick - Was hard understanding at first, but when you know when to use what, its a piece of cake) and lastly was 8-9om GEK1542 Forensic Science Tomato Juice (Trick - Don't mug the notes past midnight~ All the gory scenes will give you sleepless nights)... although I can't say i did as well as i had prepared for it, but i was nonetheless super HAIR-PEE that it was over on friday that i spent my saturday sleeping away after the Alumni Meeting until the end of the day (sleep debt from the entire week)

today i went to ECP early in the morning to run the annual Run For Hope 2008 Singapore... Like what my friend said, there was a distinct difference in crowd compared to Nike+ Run, whereas Run For Hope had alot of families and children, Nike+ Run had alot of "chais".. Apparently chais are more concerned about brand image than running for a good cause... (though Nike+ was a charity run.. but COME ON! Its a sports apparel~ you think they won't make profits from you meh?) so i ran along with justin and his 2 friends.. to be more exact, we lost the 2 gals after 100m and justin went ahead after like 4km when i was dying... in fact throughout the whole run, the only thing that went through my mind was "Don't Die.. Don't Die".. SERIOUS... i had not trained for more than a month and after all those nights with vileful substances to keep me awake, i knew my health was in a bad condition.. so i ended up not pushing too hard and completing the 10km run in 1hour 4minutes.. later on justin kindly gave me a ride home and i spent the rest of the day sleeping as i thanked god that i was still alive...

Run Completed!!

Look who we met! =D

I also just found out today was the last day for the 20% discount off Asics Products when presenting the Run For Hope receipt so i rushed down to paragon to try out the DS Trainer 13 and Gel Kayano 14 and felt alot more support on Gel Kayano 14, knowing that i had to run Standard Chartered this year, i opt to buy the more expensive but solid feeling Gel Kayano 14 with about $50 discount off.. Its my 3rd asics shoe and i'm still loving it.. had to part with my first unwillingly after AHM as it was like running naked (worn out sole) and now as my DS Trainer 10 is starting to feel airy too, i decided to buy my 3rd shoe in preparation for the race of my life end of this year~ So now that i've finally got the momentum going, i'm going to push hard and train well for the coming 42km Singapore Marathon.. Not for timing or ego, but to have that sense of achievement that "I CAN DO IT"... Deming, Lets go!!

dEminG
I RAN FOR HOPE

My mind's unweaving/ 10:54 PM