My summer vacation has official started. All will end on the 30th of August, so I have around three and a half month’s time to do whatever I want. Of course, I will be picking up design jobs (and perhaps some writing as well, given that I write on a whim) along the way and [...]
Just in case you’re unclear of what everyone is screaming on Twitter, Plurkm blogs, comments and etc, TGIF simply means Thank God It’s Friday. The phrase represents the optimism one will have as he looks forward to a weekend spent doing the things he likes (for most people, that is). Before I start the post, [...]
Posted in Photography \ Tagged Font, HDR, Linking, Moon, NTU, Photography, Singapore, TGIF, Typeface, Typography, University \
With the Environmental Awareness Campaign drawing ever closer (it’s less than two weeks away now), and with me being in charge with the Palm Message, where people will pledge to support our environmental cause and leave a handprint, I set off for Bugis today to get some materials ready first. Vincent was also heading there [...]
I’ve made a trip to my aunt’s little paradise! Her home is a 20-minute drive away from mine and is located in a quaint, picturesque gated community :) very lovely! My grandma was visiting and she wanted to stay over at my aunt’s house (which she shares with my grandaunt), and I immediately jumped on [...]
Posted in Photography, Reaching Out \ Tagged Decoration, Garden, Green Thumb, HDR, High Dynamic Range, Home, Interior Design, Panorama, Paradise, Photography, Photos, Pool \
Before I start: The first thing for a WordPress user (no matter you are using self-hosted WordPress or have a blog on WordPress.com) to do today is to vote for WordPress at Webware 100 Awards 2008! Being a blogger for almost 4 years (the exact 4 years is another 4 months away), WordPress is so [...]
Posted in Photography, Reaching Out \ Tagged HDR, High Dynamic Range, Lake, Panorama, Park, Photos, Pseudo HDR, Voting, Webware, Wordpress \
Before we start, here are some software pre-requisites – you’ll need Adobe Photoshop and Photomatix to create your own HDR. One thing to note though – the free trial version of Photomatix will embed a watermark in your resultant HDR if your image is larger than 640*480. One workaround is to have your images smaller [...]
I’m finally back from Penang after a two-week stay. It’s quite an enriching journey for me, especially the last day of the week when my aunt passed me a 50 dollar note for helping her at her grocery store :razz: I was so elated – it was my first paycheck! The monetary gain doesn’t really [...]