here's the macro photo i took at sungei buloh reserve park which is the start of my getting lost in the park..


of course, i stopped along the way for some other shots, such as the one above..

of weights and bad luck

finally bought my first pair of dumbells on saturday after thinking about it for some 6 months.. since i don't really have the time to frequent the gym regularly, why not invest in some weights so i can pump some iron whenever i could before i go work or before i sleep.. my colleagues had suggested me to put them in the office so we could do it before lunches.. haha.. not a bad suggestion i thought.. the next thing to get would be the bench so that i could do exercises focusing on the chest muscles..

sunday for me was rather unlucky.. and as words had it that they normally come in pairs.. well, mine do..
forgot to bring out my ez-link card, and only realize it when i was at the train station. but it was too late to go back and get it because i would be rather late.. was to meet richie, caroll, amanda, ryan, roger and celine for a morning "stroll" in sungei buloh wetland reserve.. i always have to tendacy to forget to bring out stuffs when i go out.. ez-link card or wallet.. had enough of that and i have made numerous mental reminders on that matter, but it still happened.. what the fish man..

the sungei buloh reserve "stroll" was rather pleasant: sky was overcast, so it was not hot; humid with mild wind.. but there was really nothing much to see apart from some migratory birds from a distant.. the aerie was another little disappointment because it is not very high so you can't really see much of the whole reserve.. probably if they build it any higher, nobody would climb that high up.. we singaporeans are simply too pampered and loo lazy to make the effort.. so sue me if i'm wrong.. i don't care..
notice the "stroll" was parathesed. not without reason. it was meant to be a gentle stroll. meant. time for us to head back to the car because they have booked to play badminton in half an hour's time. i saw some butterflies and would like to take some macro pictures of them so i asked them to go first. after satisfying myself with two of them, i started walking back. somehow in one way or another, i missed the right turn to the visitor centre and walked straight.. i finally realised something's amiss after i hit the signboard that says "visitor centre: 800m".. i was like, no way.. yes way, said the sign.. impossible, i thought.. possible, the sign replied.. then richie called me, asking me to hurry up.. i said i'm making my way back.. after walking for 800 metres, i did not reach the centre but another observatory hide and another sign which said "visitor centre: 1600 metres." i went "what?!?".. "you are lost" laughed the sign.. i start to fasten my pace as time wasn't on my side, nor on richie's side.. i started to run when i he called me again, and before he called.. with my slippers and camera and all.. and i passed a group of people making a shoot twice, they must have thought i'm crazy or something.. haha..
was panting like hell when i finally reach back to the visitor centre.. and sweating like a pig.. so the stroll became a 1.6km run that left me so tired and dehyrated for the rest of the day..
moral of the story : bad luck travels in pairs.. believe that.. haha.. nah just one of those days.. but anyway, tomorrow is payday so , who cares!! time to contribute to singapore's economy.. ciao
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last sunday, attended a gathering of my secondary school's gymnasts alumni.. well, sort of because only a close knit of them gathered, basically just the seniors until my batch.. and only me from my batch.. jonathan was too indulged in his hang-over state to come.. haha..
we gathered at the place of our former teacher-in-charge, ms lin. even though i have not seen her before, there's not sense of distance between us.. it's as if she already knew me as one of her students long time ago.. i liked the gathering, get to meet those seniors i have not meet for at least 10 years.. like juwanda, ren jun, li si, lina and raymond.. all those memories just flow back like tap water, all those hell-trainings by them, and of course the after-training outings, meals.. now, all the ladies who came, save lina, are already married with kids.. time really flies..
all was fine till we watched some self-made videos taken by them during one of their trainings, when one segment showed one of our friend who have since left us all.. everyone turned rather quiet, as if choked by something everyone of us felt but dared not speak out.. a moment which seemed eternal..
what i enjoyed most about this gathering was, which was also well-said by richie, the kind of relationship which does not contain any motives nor agenda, pure and almost child-like.. i certainly hope that all or most relationships are like that.. wholeheartedly and sincerely..
cheers..
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i don't like telling bad news, or things that would hurt them..
but sometimes i had to do it.. much to my displeasure..
my nature is that no matter how i dislike a person or how i don't agree with the things to do,
i would try my best to give advice or say something encouraging,
because i don't like to feeling of other people feeling bad by what i say or do..
perhaps i may seemed naive or too impractical to be so nice to people, maybe because of my librian traits, always trying the create a balance in everything..
i broke a news to someone i respect, although in some way i don't agree his ways of managing something. to him, i felt it's an unpleasant news but i had to tell him, eventually..
he replied rather simply, which seemed to me, the more simply, the more pain he felt inside..
i'm rather saddened, but i've to learn to deal with matters like that..
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