im back.its been awhile cos i've been rather these couple of days.
so yea.anyways.im back with a couple of posts to do.
firstly, the countdown to 2009!
it was the same tradition for erm.i duno how many years.3 or 4?
yea.we've been to esplanade for countdowns for abt 3-4 years already.
time passed by real quickly eh?
anyways, met up with ronald n gavin at suntec at supposedly 3.30pm.
then was pushed back to 4pm.smhow they only ended up coming at 4.30pm -_-
so i had to walk ard abit n waited for awhile for them to come from ECP after their DDR.lol.
yea.we met up, then went to carrefour to get our drinks and some chips.
we bought our stuff then we hurried down to esplanade, fearing tat we couldnt get a good seat.
when i grow up, i...
haha.we are typical singaporeans wat.
wat u expect?lol.
we set up our mini picnic and we decided to seat down n wait.
the sun was pretty strong at tat point of time.
and the weather was abit hot too.
the place was still rather empty at tat point of time.
camwhoring in those makeshift toilets.LOL
after the toilet,
i decided to walk over to the merlion park since its still early n i've got nthing to do.
countdown 2009.
the sky was awfully black after awhile
so might as well make the pics all black!
i tink it looks better huh?
a pinch of emo ness.
the merlion park seems to be a great place to take pictures.
with the fireworks appearing in the fore front, and the esplanade in the background.
so by the time i went back to the esplanade, it was already sunset.
and the performances have already started.
and of cos, more people are flowing in.
the famous sight.
our dinner.
or lua and hokkien mee.
night time.
the moon, the victoria concert hall,
and the yellowish skys.
and now, alot of people are here already.
purple coloured balls.
blue coloured balls.
and so after a much long wait.abt 6-7 hours.
the countdown began.
this year, they actually had a proper countdown.
much to my disappointment, my position was too near to the fireworks.
my kit lense was not wide enough.
so yea.damnit.the fireworks all turned out rather crappy.
tat was like the 1st disappointment of the year i guess?LOL
anyways.enjoy.
the typical "starters"
the rather traditional ones.
gold - a touch of class.
half-height fireworks.
the gold ones were pretty bright.
resulting in the over exposure.
these pretty much looked like grass chearleading pompom.
(NOTE:EDITED!cos smone said grass sounds weird)
this one could have been a beauty if there were 2-3 more of those purple ones.
lol as u can see, im too near to the fireworks.
i can only capture half of those low ones ):
this one didnt turn out too bad too.
same reason.too near and tat the lense wasnt wide enough.
those are the beauties.
definitely looks better if i took it lower.
flare of orangey golden fireworks.
the climax, the finale.
over exposure.nonetheless.
lesson learnt:
-dun open ur exposure time to more than 5seconds.
-dun stand too near to the fireworks unless u have a very wide angle lense.
-get a tall tripod so u can stand further, getting a better picture.
-to try using the black paper to cover the lense when the fireworks are not in full bloom.
the SFF (singapore fireworks festival) are gonna be my experimental trips i guess?
lol or rather i get chances before tat so i can capture those really nice ones from the SFF.
anyways, we hanged out at the long flight of stairs outside marina after tat.
some beer, jackandjills, peanuts, apple aloe vera juice and some skittles.
we decided to go back to esplanade after tat cos we were getting kinda bored.
we roamed ard in the esplanade.
trying to get to the rooftop, but unforunately they already locked the gates.
then we decided to walk over to the singapore flyer.
theres this mini platform thingy for ppl to board those river boats.
smhow the platform wasnt well fenced up to prevent ppl from getting onto it.
hahaha!being curious,
me n ronald decided to get down to the platform while gavin was waiting for his uncle at the top.
man, it was really cool, sitting on the platform and chatting with ur friends!
the view was SUPERB when u lie down on the wooden platform,
with the singapore flyer right in front of ur face.
the weather was cooling also.
so it was so damn cool man!
but i guess the authority is gonna fence it up soon.
the flyer when its not moving.
i know the angle is not really nice.
but oh well.lol its still a sight to behold.
one more.
after that, his uncle came n fetch us.
he brought us to little india for some prata.
somehow the ah neh there was either being very guai lan or tat he wanted to TORK(qiao za) us.
we all wanted to order plain pratas.
then the ah neh replied "sorry only got EGG"
wtf la.lol.the egg pratas come from where sia. -_-
anyways, we all went home to grab some sleep,
then we had to wake up at some 9+ am to go for kbox at 11am.
smhow it all screwed up.7 supposed to go, in the end left me ronald n gavin.
we almost spend 24 hours together.lol.
oh and i bought a red tee from zara.
it was on discount.if not i wont even touch it i guess.LOL.
alrite.tats all for now i guess?i will be back for the np dinner on 2nd jan (:
ciao!
