Took on a Monday road trip around home with Faidhi since he has gotten access to his family car. Settled for a really simple lunch at Five & Dime because the place we wanted to head to initially was closed. Then it was impromptu driving around Singapore and it was fun getting lost looking through the GPS and going in rounds.

Unspoken closeness in friends are such blessings. Thank you Faidhi.

Works from learning how to use Yashica the rangefinder. I am actually loving this poor man’s Leica, and looking forward to getting better pictures from film. ✌

A hearty post-work dinner supper with the colleagues at Barossa. x

The night before our meet up, Estella and I had trouble thinking of where to meet/dine at with a few different choices we had in mind and thank God Estella reminded me of visiting Toby’s Estate. It was in my to-eat list, hidden somewhere at the back of my mind, which I obviously had forgotten about. It was definitely worth the trip trying to find this little gem hidden in a quiet corner of a populated central Singapore.

Toby’s Estate served food that made me feel satisfied and healthy, despite the portion looking small. Toby’s granola was absolutely appetizing and filling, along with a influx of anti-oxidants. Estella’s croissant was really crispy on the exterior and soft on the inside. The place was just absolutely perfect if you’re in for a lazy day, just like what we did. We spent hours there talking, and the staff actually invited us over to watch their coffee artist work their magic. Friendly staff and service over good food. Not forgetting that the weather was absolutely breezy that very day too.

Mondays make lazy days so perfect. x

The day I ventured out with only my Yashica. Down side of a film camera is that I can’t have the ISO adjusted higher when needed in a dark place like this, hence the lack of food pictures.

Expired Ektachrome 160F | Velvia 100F

Met up with Faidhi after a really long time, and the very kind soul in him (despite me being honestly mean hahaha) gave me three rolls of film he had gotten for me to try. We roamed around the city snapping away on our rangefinders, and him being the more experienced rangefinder user told me that the Yashica I had gotten actually had a few problems while the exterior of the camera looked perfectly good. Now I’ve sent it to the Camera Hospital to have it fixed, which will obviously incur additional cost. That means that I didn’t really get the Yashica at a steal after all. ☹

That aside, it was a great day catching up with Faidhi on what has been going on in each other’s lives while our usual routines kept us busy.

(P.S: In case you were expecting photos taken with a Canon 5D based on the title, I’m sorry to disappoint. 5D is Faidhi’s nickname heh. Oh yes, pun intended.)

{ LC-A+ }

{ EMILY’S }

Relatively impromptu date with Emily to laze our sunday away over food, constant chatting and movie – and one of the days when I decided to chuck aside my digital cameras and go film. Brought out my newly acquired Yashica Electro 35 GSN along with my LC-A+ out for a spin. Our adventure along Duxton hill involved lunch at Group Therapy and some warm coffee to avoid the rain at The Pigeon Hole, where we caught up and laze around even more before our impromptu decision on heading over to the cinemas for a movie.

Thank you for your spontaneity through days like this Emily. Brings so much serenity and peace to my weary soul. Friends like these definitely make a tough life a little more bearable. x

Photo excursion with Evil Estella x Talent cafe with Ashlyn x Optique Zone Queensway Crew x Little J falling asleep beside me

and a few random day-to-day moments when I had my LC-A+ with me.

From Estella’s

Impromtu date with Estella on Monday saw us walking through the allies and rooftops and doing silly acts hoping no one will catch us in act.  Thank goodness the weather was being really kind because the clouds were gloomy the entire time, but it didn’t rain in wherever we were at. Estella’s spontaneity made the whole day extremely fun yet exhausting at the very same time, my leg couldn’t stop aching when I got back home that night. All in the name of Fun.

P.S: ET, thank you for getting yourself out of your comfort zone that day by lugging your huge camera out with me heehee. ♥

Of rain & sunshine x Other words, random days

Bangkok, Thailand 2012

Analogue photography can be so beautiful, despite the fact that I still have got at least 50% of my photos out of focus due to my terrible distance judgement. Light leaks, surprises, and the fact that it refreshes memory of places/moments that I don’t remember experiencing. And I never noticed that light leaks can be this beautiful too. ☺ Finding all the movtivation to stock up more films and have the LC-A+ has a default camera in my bag to snap down random moments, because developing the negatives few months later always, always brings me surprises.

Let’s just hope that my skills in analogue cameras improves over time. (Still terribly upset that quite a fair bit of photos are actually out of focus. ☹) *cross fingers*

Patpong Night Market – probably the worst place to visit in Bangkok with fakes, pornography and rude sales people everywhere. Left the place in less than half an hour. x  Night market outside Central World x Faux bubble bath x Breakfast at Renaissance x Lunch at The Pizza Company x  Suvarnabhumi Airport x Home sweet home – Singapore Changi Airport

Mish mash of Bangkok in Black & White

DAY FOUR x Shopping at Siam Square x Virgin manicure & pedicure spa for only SGD40, which didn’t last because I am too much of a klutz x Dinner at Som Tam Nua which apparently has won quite a lot of awards. Best of all, it’s cheap. x DAY FIVE x Start of the Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Institute training (who sponsored my trip to Bangkok for work purposes) x Stayed at Renaissance Hotel x  Night out with Junwen – Dinner at Taling Pling, Oh Nut Night Market, desserts at Häagen-Dazs x DAY SIX x J&J TVCI day two x Dinner at Supatra River House

Second half of my trip revolved around work – attending seminars/classes like I was back being a student all over again. But it was fun because there wasn’t a single time that made me feel like I was bored to death. Everything that was said made me really engrossed and interested somehow. Work aside, Junwen and I managed to squeeze out some time to visit Oh Nut Night Market which Esther & I accidentally chanced upon on the first few days of our trip. A really small scaled local night market, and I bought quite a few items there leaving the place a happy girl. ☺ The train ride from one station to the other was so fast, so we decided to walk from one station to the other. Which turned out to be quite a bad decision to make because, firstly it wasn’t short and secondly, the further we went the quieter the place became it got pretty scary which involved us walking through little slum areas that were really dark.

Thank God we made it to the destination safely. ✌

DAY ONE x Lunch at Erawan Tea House x Visted the Four Faced Buddha at Erawan Shrine x Shopping at Siam Square x Chanced upon Oh Nut Night Market when we met up with Esther’s Dad to head for dinner at Tawadang German Microbrewery x DAY TWO x Shopping at Chatuchak - it has got to be the best place ever despite the heat and the crowd. You can find almost everything there. Puppies included. *awww so cute* x Extremely delicious Vietnamese noodles by a secluded corner of Chatuchak that only cost <SGD$2. x MBK to help some friends buy their items, but honestly is the most boring place to shop in Bangkok. x Dinner at Fuji Japanese Restaurant x DAY THREE x Shopping at Platinum Mall x Massage at Pyroma Health & Spa x Dinner at this really quaint and cosy cafe called My Corner with a live band playing melodious music in the background

If you haven’t already know, I just got back from my one week trip to Bangkok – partial shopping and partial work trip. But it was definitely a good getaway from Singapore. And retail therapy definitely is the best therapy, because I bought so much and it just never seems enough. Good and cheap shopping with quality clothes – that just sounds like the kind of thing that I’d totally go for. ☺ Chatuchak has got to be my favourite destination followed by Siam Square. Esther and I traveled around Bangkok mainly through the BTS (trains) and taxi which are so freaking cheap it just doesn’t make sense not to take them.

I’m already missing Bangkok, and I’m looking forward to planning on a trip there again. Hopefully it’ll be some time next year. ✘