work work .

cmon agent ,
call me back just once .

and tell me i got the job .

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just came back from a run .

havent exercised for like ,
hmm , since the preparation for the A's ?

i can barely move now .
i have to keep this up .

or not i really really will turn short and stout .

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agent offered me some kind of Pharmacy job
at Singapore general hospital .

stock checking , cashier-ing , counter retail job .

hmm sounds good actually .

i should try around the field abit ,
see what's comfortable for me .

well i took it up .
but the bad news is im now on the waiting list ,
for the interview .

2 weeks .
urgh , i should apply for more jobs meanwhile .

thanks to Li Rong for all the job advices :D
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our brilliant sun ,
literally , brilliant .

that is only 1/1000th of ONE % of the Sun's light ,
thats 0.001% of the Sun's light .

finally the weather is clear enough for me to try my
custom made solar filter .

other than the unusually high amount
of curious onlookers in the day ,

viewing the Sun is an absolutely
wonderful experience .

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im missing the school days ,
ironically .

at LEAST we had something to look forward to .

maybe im still lost in this carefree-ness .

or maybe i just need a job .

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dinner time .

i'll update soon .

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catcha' all real soon .

time : 1943
activity : chattin .
music : not listening to anything currently .
mood : drained .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

i am scared of me .

i got really hammered yesterday .

really 

hammered .

not something i am really proud of .

and neither was anything i did yesterday .

i'll like to apologise to anyone and everyone

i offended , and my state of frenzy .

seriously 

im really sorry .

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well about the oath to quit drinking ?

it was utterly shattered yesterday .

no wonder grandpa said i should never drink .

grandpa really knows .

i am really really scared of myself .

and i definitely wouldn't want it to affect any of my friends .

im going to quit drinking NOW ,

with no conditions tied .

no excuses of self proclaimed necessity for drinking .

no self proclaimed occasional and situational drinking .

i shall never drink ever . EVER

its now on the same line as my vegetarianism .

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class barbecue was enjoyable ,

and yeah , im glad alot of people turned up .

for the moments i was sober i actually had fun .

and i believe everyone else did .

pictures takes painfully long to upload here ,

so its going up to flickr , for quality and maneuverability .

not ALL pictures taken are up there .

if you want the other pictures ,

or if you want the originals to the pictures you see ,

just pop me a message on msn or sms .

heres the link :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesterwong/sets

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i should sober up before handling

anything sensitive .

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catcha' all real soon .

time : 0838
activity : music
music : Thor Arise - Amon Amarth
mood : nevermind .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [   

groans .

back .

ought to really really really

keep up with updating .

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just returned from Astrogazer event .

turn out was actually ,

surprisingly decent .

we had a good spread of children , young adults and parents

attending the observation .

and the weather , was superb .

clear skies throughout .

and thanks to SHAAAAA for coming down and helping out (:

random shots when we were waiting for the people to come :

Outfield

my primary observing scope now , switched for mobility

and quality .

the peeps who helped out through the entire event . thanks a ton !

(as usual , you have to click on the following pictures for the best effects)

shot i took yesterday when the night was clear . 

close up of the Orion Constellation . 20sec exposure .

shot i took after the event . Wide view of Orion , Taurus , and Pleiades .

15secs exposure .

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still no answer from recruit express .

which means no job .

sigh .

im calling up another agent , heard its much more efficient .

if this goes on ,

i'll probably volunteer at the Zoo or SPCA or something .

its not about the money really ,

its about finding something purposeful to do .

and of course ,

who minds a little cash incentive ? 

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past few weeks been pretty emotional ,

ups and downs , actually just downs .

tough ride .

and i prefer to keep it undisclosed , and shoved-under-the-carpet .

its true when people say : "Move on , it'll get better . "

but one thing ,

moving on actually requires something to move on to .

move on .

but i cant .

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keep myself busy and distracted .

at least thats the best i can do for now .

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gonna sleep .

gotta wake real early .

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catcha' all real soon .

time : 0046
activity : editing some pics .
music : Digital Bath - Deftones
mood : nevermind .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [   

what's it like ?

sorry i havent been updating for awhile .

been pretty tight on things to do recently .

but im finally , untied .

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competition's over , pretty glad it is .

i didnt get into the finals ,
but all i know is that i played to my own satisfaction .

i did panicked a bit when i played my first note in the hall ,
becuase ive never heard my notes with such clarity before for a long time .

though anyway , it wasnt really my intention
to join the competition anyway .

but still
it was one heck of a learning journey for me .

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for now ,

till my enlistment in april at least ,

im pretty much unbounded by anything .

what's it like to be free ?
i really have no idea .

i havent actually been this free
ever since i was a kid-playing-toys-and-wondering-whats-for-lunch .

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went out with my secondary school mates yesterday .

played some pool and did alot of talking .

really good to catch up with em finally .

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post processed , and de-noised .

made ALOT of difference .

its noticeably nicer now , i cant wait to get my Photoshop CS3 .

now framing it up makes it looks even better ( to me ) .

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i dont know what i can blog about
for the days ahead .

as most days are now spent , doing nothing at home
other than finding something to do
on the computer .

i need to find a job .

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catcha' all real soon .

time : 1435
activity : playing EVE , photo editing .
music : Korea - Deftones
mood : bored i guess .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

urgh .

competition round the corner .
less than a week away .

i want to go out .
not that i cant ,
but i wanna go out without this competition thing
in my mind .

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gatherings .
phototaking trips .
just-lie-back-and-watch-the-stars night .
visiting people at work .
maybe even looking for work myself .

hey wait a minute .

this feels familiar .

this feels just like how it was BEFORE
the A's , where i was all looking forward to
AFTER the A's .

yet another repeat ?

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i have to advertise for my flickr hehs .



http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesterwong/

use the album sets at the right to navigate the categories .



http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesterwong/show

if you prefer gallery or slideshow view .

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feeling slightly teeny weeny bit better now .

lots of things dwelling up under the bridge in my mind .

LOTS .

but nevermind ,
i'll get better .

or i'll try to at least .



"To deny our impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human." -Mouse



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catcha' all real soon .

time : 1033
activity : practicing .
music : currently not listening to anything .
mood : hmmms .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

why ?

this sucks .

'nuff said .

"like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad" -Morpheus

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i have to move on .

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catcha' all real soon .

time : 1405
activity : practicing .
music : currently not listening to anything .
mood : numb , numb , numb .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

busy , again ?

competition
competition
gatherings
outings
class chalet
photography
new gadgets
competition
competition

thats my burger ( or at least i tried to make it a burger )
of activities for Post A's levels .

seems like it is just as event as it is before the exams ,
than it is after .

sandwich-ing everything , is the competition , clearly .
another , "exam" .

exams after exams .
getting pretty used to it already anyway .

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i set up a flickr.com account ,
for gallery view of my pictures .

i do have limitations posting too many pics here anyway .
so i'll only post a pic or two here ,
and the rest ( and as nice ones )
will be on my flickr ,
which is at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesterwong/show/

so yeahs .
pop by if wanna see more .

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(you HAVE to click on this one to see much more)

my second night out to capture wide-field nightsky .
after the lessons learned from the not-so-rewarding first night out .

Pleiades's , Taurus Open Star Cluster , Orion Constellation
(in order from left to right)

see if you can spot em :D

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just got a new phone ,
about time to change .

not that i cant use my previous phone already ,
its just , REALLY old .
yeah , its just old , for real .
i kinda like my older phone though .

but still ,

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went out with my bunks yesterday .

had a really good chat over a really filling sushi eat-all-you-can .

and i watched quantum of solace
no idea why it got so many bad reviews .

maybe im just an action junkie .

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gotta go get lunch .

and then practice more and more
and more .

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catcha' all real soon .

time : 1217
activity : practicing .
music : currently not listening to myself .
mood : numb .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

first light .

class outing tomorrow .

or not .

hmms .
is it that hard to organize a class outing ?

or is it just particularly hard for our class ?

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anyway .

i got my EOS 40D yesterday .

this little beast here is amazingly complicated to tame .

learning curve learning curve .
i must climb this .

here are the "first light" from the camera
( sorry i couldnt resist taking only my scope ,
its sitting right in front of me :D )


phew , just look at the details .

this is some gooooood advertisement for celestron man .
haahs .

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second part of my camera tryouts .

i woke up at 6 in the morning , to chase the sunrise .

and heres what i got
( click on em if you want some full-screen frenzy)

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waiting for a clear night .

for now , taking anything seems to be fun and rewarding
with the new cam .

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need to get lunch ,
stomach's grumbling .

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catcha' all real soon .

time : 1305
activity : hmms . nothing much , giving my arms a rest .
music : currently not listening to anything .
mood : don't think theres a word to describe my mood now , none that i know of .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

ouch .

i pulled my forearm muscles .

and it hurts reeaaaaaaal bad , among other things that hurts .

but this pain is pretty overwhelmingly insane .

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tried out with my ccd imager yesterday morning ,
had to wake up 2 hours early to catch it by my window .

this was what i got
thats 14 individual pictures ,
jigsawed into 1 big mosaic .

and this is barely even 1/3 of the moon .

it was taken in bright daylight ,
had to render it B/W due to contrast differences .

i have another 32 frames moon picture
which is a pain to frame it up into 1 mosaic .

but up till now ,
im still pretty satisfied with what my new imager
is churning out .

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and hahahh ,
ive been getting alot of
seriously ?!
what !
omg !

yeah im done drinking .
SERIOUSLY lol .

lets just say ,

its personal .

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other than that ,
these days at home waiting for the lit paper

is rather eventless .

spending alot of time staring into thin air ,
stoning .

or well , staring into the computer screen but .
it still gets boring after a while .

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im going to get lunch

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catcha' all real soon .

time : 2158
activity : pretty much doing nothing .
music : currently not listening to anything .
mood : somewhat cranky , and a familiar swell of emotions .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

i announce that ..

i officially quit drinking .

i mean yeah , for sure .
for those who know me how much i loved to drink

for real .

i heard that my grandpa
said , when i was really young , that i shouldnt drink next time .

im respecting that .

i shall thus announce that
i will not abuse my free authority to drink anytime i want ,
and will only drink on occasions which i deem ,
drinking is necessary .

seriously .

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i dont know , just felt like saying that out loud .

hah .

its seriously getting rottingly bored at home .

the fact that , LIT on friday , is something
you cant really study too much for ,
and something
you cant really study too early for .

is annoying .

its like one part of me screaming
"ey , STUDY . LAST PAPER"

and the other part screaming (obviously louder)
"HAHAH still got so long , and you cant really study lit !"

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recent days of slight freedom ,
got me thinking .

about older stuff , things .

i dont want to dwell on it but
when something with such massive stop-thinking-about-anything-else power ,
namely the major exam , is now mostly over .

somehow it just naturally swells back into my mind .
like it finally reached the front line of thinking ,
after queuing up for so long ever since
i decided to dump it to the back of my mind .

make a conclusion ?
perhaps im just afraid .

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gonna camp out the evening for something in the sky
thats worth taking by my window

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catcha' all real soon .

time : 2158
activity : pretty much doing nothing .
music : currently not listening to anything .
mood : somewhat cranky , and a familiar swell of emotions .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [

back on course .

friday .
i couldnt wait to fix my scope .

i daringly asked my mum to allow me to use my own cash

yes my own , those i earned last year slogging off as a teacher .

after a heated debate with her ,
i was finally granted access to my bank account .

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slinging my scope on my shoulders ,
i headed down to science center to get my scope fixed .

but first things first , cash .

i wandered into Jurong POSB bank and for the first time ,
queued up in a bank .

security guard kept staring at me .
clearly my scope in my black Nike bag fitted into the grid of
"suspicious object"

i applied for a few cards , updated a some details left
unscathed ever since the creation of my account ,
and THAT was really long ago .

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i purchased a few vital accessories to further
my journey in astrophotography .

a 32mm eyepiece .

to add to my collection of
a 40mm eyepiece .

along with a set of
three vibration suppression pads to
reduce mount vibration for precise photography .

and finally
a CCD solar system imager

thats equipped with
a painfully sensitive CCD chip .

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phew , that was a long photojournal of my purchases .

here are the results of today's session ,
armed with new eyepieces and V. suppression pads .


im back .

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cant wait to use the ccd imager ,
i need the moon by my window , cus it needs to be hooked up
to my PC .

for now ,
im off to sleep .

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catcha' all real soon .

time : 0356
activity : yawning .
music : currently not listening to anything .
mood : tired , stomach's feeling weird .

bang the drums . hit the tyres . light the fire . boost the bass . spin the discs . turn the tables .
mix the jelly
and
FLIP THE WORLD

] DJ LT [