Random Shots in Orchard

I never knew taking pictures of an animal can be challenging. Constant movements... This is the lovely pigeon lingering around Takashimaya. People just love these birds and would offer them bits of their finger food. Pigeons can be pretty if you know how to appreciate their beauty.

Yummy Muffins

Blueberry Muffins, Walnut Muffins, Strawberry Muffins

Chocolate chip Muffins, Banana Muffins, Oat Muffins

Delicious when it is warm. Hard like a rock when it is cold. Haha... I just love muffins. These muffins are soft, so it is quite nice to eat. Some muffins can be so hard like a solid rock.

Durian, King of Fruits

I remember when I was young, my mom would use to buy gunny sacks after gunny sacks of durians for me and my brothers. We would have durians for breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner, supper. You can say that when it is durian season, we will be eating alot. Mom and my brothers will be the one opening the durians for me. Yea.. I am just so afraid of their torns.

I have not been eating durians for years already. The last time I ate durian was back in Kuching in 2003. Ever since then, I have never touched durians because I find the smell is pungent. You smell of fermented durian when you burp, fart, pee and even shit (if ate too much). This king of fruit is quite heaty but older generations believes that if you drink salt water from the skin, it will help to get rid of the heatiness in the body to counter the effect of eating durian.

Well, I have been in Singapore for 1.5 years already and everytime I pass the stalls selling durian, I will have a smirk remark in my heart.. "Dang.. bloody expensive!". Do you know how much it costs for a packet of durian with 5 pieces in SG? Stinking SGD10 at least. The least is SGD8 but the size is so small. Imagine paying RM8 for a durian back home? I think I can have 2 durians. Tastes so original also...

Recently I have been craving for durian... (aiya... don't think nonsense lar.. not preggie lar!!). I am just having cravings and durian came into my mind. So I actually lined up for 30 minutes just to purchase this durian pancake for SGD1.50 per piece. In SG, the famous stalls are "Four Season Durian". It is a trademark brand in SG.

Yummy... I burped durian. Muahahaha... so you can imagine how my room will smell now. Haha....

New Toy To Play With

Last Saturday was the day that I finally spent a lum sum of money on a new toy which I have been waiting for a long time. I got this....

Macro Lens EF100mm F2.8. Not cheap but it is worth buying after testing out many shots. Very satisfying but I can assure you that this lens is not a common lens because it is very good for macro. It is good for potrait too, surprisingly. Tried that.. dang.. even my pores are so damn visible (sorry, no posting of my picture here.. haha). The sharpness is superb. I am happy with the buy. The reason why I bought this macro lens is because I love to take closeup shots. It does look nice. You can actually use this lens as a normal lens but the trick is that you don't stand too near to the object if you want to capture the whole object. If you want part of it, you can go as close as about 15cm away from the object. This is where the macro works. Every single lining or markings are very visible (like my pores.. haha).

Coach tag ... See how clear the leather marking (dots)... This is what macro is all about, clarity.

My ring.. haha.. looks so big here but in actual fact it is not that big lor..

I love this blue... power button of a Toshiba notebook.

My i-pod shuffle... look how small it is on my notebook...

(Under expose but I want to show the macro POV)

This the baby that keeps me company during my journeys & jogs... yay...

See the clarity of the flower? Even the threading can be seen so clearly...

Lights on the notebook.... awesome...

Jurong Bird Park cum Children's Day

First of all, I know I have slagged on updating my blog. This is because I have not been well the pass few days and I am too tired to sit in front of the computer to wait and upload these pictures. We went to Jurong Bird Park on 1-October-2008. Coincidentally, it is Children's Day and also my bro's & SIL's birthday. Haha... but anyways.. The ticket for admission is SGD18 per pax (adult). Word of advise in SG, never go to public places on a public holiday because the queues are very long for everything. I actually queued for 1 hour just to buy the admission tickets. But... it is all worth it when I reviewed back these pictures.

Courtesy of TKY, he took all these pictures. I didn't have the mood to shoot for any.

Hawk

Toucan

Dragon fly on wafter lily

Pelican

Eagle

(2 pictures above. I cannot remember the name)

Flamingo (white)


Flamingo (pink)


Parrots

Toucan from the show. Very smart Toucan.

I love the show at 3pm. It is called Birds and Buddies Show at Pools Amphitheatre. The birds are very smart. Well trained. The trainers are always rewarding the birds after they did their tasks. At the end of the show, I got a gift from the parrots. The trainer did warned us not to leave our mouth open while we are look up. Haha... Lucky I got a little of it. I pity the guy sitting behind me that he got most of the shit. Hehe... Sorry, no pictures taken of my gift.