Sunday, November 30, 2008

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 [

Thursday, November 27, 2008

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 [


Wednesday, November 26, 2008

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 [







Saturday, November 22, 2008

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 [

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

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 [

Sunday, November 16, 2008

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 [


Thursday, November 13, 2008

ahead

everyone's rejoicing .
today marked either the last paper ,
or second last paper for many .

clearly i am the unfortunate latter ,
who have to wait 8 more days to declare absolute freedom .

lit urgh .

8 days a lil too long to study lit anyway .

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at least we have the class outing and class chalet to look forward too .

and my numerous photo outings when im geared up .

and my trip to most possibly new zealand .

my long break before national service .

re-pick up air-rifling .

pick up e-guitar .

finally practice/make
music
without
worries .

liberty , freedom .

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notice i didnt mention gaming .

somehow gaming's getting a lil too overshadowed by all
these things i wanna do above .

but be sure i will game , and i do hope those promises by peeps
to join me in game will be kept .

but heck .

planting my butt in front of the computer and game
isnt the way to spend 5 months .

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400 hundred years after Galileo pointed his
handmade telescope in the skies

finally , astronomy is gaining some international recognition .

International Year of Astronomy 2009

YEAR .
not day , week , or month .

http://www.astronomy2009.org/

its for real , and im looking forward to it totally .


the official trailer for IYA2009
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finally a breather ,
im going to try finish that book that's lying on my bedside for weeks .

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

kinda hard to understand , but a rather intriguing read .

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catcha' all real soon .
time : 1109
activity : surfing the web .
music : Beachball - Nalin & Kane
mood : wonky still .

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 [

Sunday, November 9, 2008

LIT .

been mugging lit for the day .

not doing me much good
since theres so much to remember .
to learn .
to absorb .
to comprehend .
to understand .

and its turning me slightly wonky too .

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four papers left ,

Lit , CSE , International History , Lit .

realise that its ALL writing subjects .
if i count , thats 13 essays more .

THIRTEEN .
thats more then 10,000 words .

phew .

and i thought i survived alot .

this week's gonna be packed and tough .

prepare for more wonkiness from my side .

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somehow this A's doesnt feel a wee bit long .
i cleared 5 papers , 4 more to go .

ive been through more than half of it , and through my
most hated subjects .

i ought to buck up , this massive week
will pass quick .

and somehow the three hours per paper
doesn't feel as long as the prelims or any other exams .
maybe its because we are all writing for a better sake ,
and squeezing everything possible we learned in two years
on that piece of paper .

im contradicting myself .
1st sign of wonkiness .

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back to lit .

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catcha' all real soon .
time : 2125
activity : lit lit lit lit lit .
music : not listening to anything currently .
mood : wonky and grumpy .

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 [

Saturday, November 8, 2008

dazed .

had my maths statistics paper yesterday .

and i just learned statistics 1 day before the paper .


yes , the ENTIRE statistics syllabus ,

thanks to Ms Seah .


it was actually pretty decent , the statistics part .

i could actually DO statistics with confidence for the first time .


and as usual ,
he first section was a turnoff .


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i got extremely fortunate and lucky yesterday night (or today morning) ,

my half-hopeful trip downstairs
turned out to be
the most rewarding session .

i caught NEBULAS .

you heard me , yes , nebulas .


but clearly i did not have the equipments ( and skills ) to capture

similarly beautiful images on the books .


but dang , i caught nebulas .


first up , the Pleiades Star Cluster .

here it goes ( im will accompany a untagged photo with a tagged one from now on ,
just for a clearer view without lines and arrows obstructing ) :
click on them for a much clearer view .

Pleiades Star Cluster


Pleiades Star Cluster Closeup

Pleiades Star Cluster, perhaps the most famous nebula in the sky , is also one of the most distinguishable . Also known as the Seven Sisters (Greek mythology), and Subaru to the Japanese (uhmm yes , Subaru car company actually adopted the Pleiades as its car logo)

(thanks to Zane for pointing out its not a nebula , and a star cluster instead)

hmms ,

it may look like just a patch of stars in these pictures (even a patch of stars are amazing) ,
in actual fact , with the equipments and skills , it'll look like this : thats a comet on the right , and Pleiades on the left .

Up next :


Orion Nebula

Orion Nebula in the Orion Hunter Constellation .
the brightest and most identifiable nebula in the sky .
nuff' said .

upclose (credits to Remus from Singastro):
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phew , im still dazed from yesterday's expedidtion .
i saw too many things , though my scope is uncollimated .

jawdropping .

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Lit on monday .
i better start hitting the books .

and for real , Lit needs ALOT of brushing up .
which means hitting LOTS of books .

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catcha' all real soon .
time : 1246
activity : lit lit lit lit lit .
music : Nalin & Kane - Beachball (Myon & Shane 54 Dub Mix)
mood : tired .

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 [




Tuesday, November 4, 2008

urgh .

sigh .

maths wasnt good .

i heard a few "i lost alot of marks !" , "this sucks" , "GG" .

and a handful of "okay luhs" .

for me it didnt went that well ,

but i can say i did and tried my best as promised ,

squeezing and lemonading every braincell i could onto the maths script .


lets see how it goes .


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heard H1 was terrible too .


makes me wonder ,

(along with the complaints from GP , unexpected History questions)


WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS YEAR'S A'S ?


hmms .


and i thought our batch's the
surprisingly good one .
with previous benchmark breakers at the PSLE and O's .


but hey .

maybe im wrong , maybe im just stuck in this little space with a few others .
others might be doing
WELL .


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finally ,
after considering that my maths starts at 2pm today ,
i took a breather and took a trip not far downstairs to take a few pics .

no zooming , no nothing , just with a plain camera ,
with my scope as a mount .
(clearly because my scope is baaaaaaaadly out of alignment)

i finally learnt how to take longer exposures of 8 seconds !
NIGHT MODE

dumb enough .

anyway here it goes :

Part of the famous Constellation Sagittarius in the sky ,
undetectable with naked eyes under the pollution and terrible moonshine .
only visible after exposure shots :D
(click on it to see individual stars and names)


Jupiter , Moon , Venus lined up . (top to bottom)
very clear night yesterday .
(that thing on the left's the head of my scope)

tonight's skies kinda suck though .

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time passes pretty fast with the
exams going on .

good thing .

stomach's grinding again ,
need to head to the toilet .

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catcha' all real soon .
time : 2047
activity : photo editing
music : currently not listening to anything .
mood : still grumpy .

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 [



Monday, November 3, 2008

GP .

GP was gross .

gross .


eww .


but hmms .


i tried my best , i did myself justice .


wasnt THAT bad ,
i made a decent effort ,
but its just gross .

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im not going to expect too much
from maths tomorrow ,
just going to go in
and try my best , do my best .


dont wanna let anyone down , 'specially ms seah .


and myself .


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2 days of exams down ,

6 more to go .

heys it isnt that bad .

its going by pretty quick .


its good when you have the post-exams madness to look forward to .


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im feeling sick already though .


cough , throat , flu .
common illnesses .
just feel slightly drowsy .

PLUS
the painful tooth .

bad deal ,

bad timing .


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looks familiar ?
perhaps like the Moon ?

nahhhhhh .

thats Mercury , the closest planet to the Sun .
(certainly not taken by me . Credits to MESSENGER Spacecraft)

amazingly its not the hottest planet in the System .
Venus win's hands down on this one , winning a whopping 66 °C at 466 °C .
despite being twice as far to the Sun as Mercury .

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im starting to drill maths .

will update soon .

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catcha' all real soon .
time : 1936
activity : maths maths maths .
music : not listening to anything .
mood : grumpy . drowsy .

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 [

Sunday, November 2, 2008

exclusive .

exclusive interruption
to my daily blogging schedule .

gp paper tomorrow ,
doubt i'll blog again later in the day .

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Moon and Venus's meeting .

you can even trace out the unlit side of the moon , and even the details on the dark side ,
too dim for naked eyes to see .

rare opportunity .
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argh .

GP tomorrow .

argh .

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maths after GP .

argh .

argh .

argh .
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gonna mug .

JIAYOUS EVERYONE
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catcha' all real soon .
time : 1122
activity : reading GP essays .
music : not listening to anything .
mood : grumpy .

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 [






Saturday, November 1, 2008

ouch ,

my wisdom tooth is giving me problems again .

intolerable pain .

painkillers arent helping much .
it did , but not now .

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GP on monday .
followed by maths .
then maths again .

thats for the coming week .

i have no idea how to approach
studying GP .

reading essays ,
focusing on particular topics .
praying that the question comes out .

but its just so hard to concentrate

with this pain .

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my mum asked me ,
if i would like to spend
a relatively long period of time in New Zealand after my exams .

3 months she said .
THREE MONTHS .

thats the length of the entire VISA permit .

say , if i spend 3 months there .
i'll practically return as a new zealander .

i told her .
"nahh , i'll go , but not THAT long"

come to think of it ,

NZ is photography's heaven .

*grins*

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The Witch's Broom Nebula .

elegance , beauty , magnificent .

nuff' said .

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study study study
study study study

sighs .

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catcha' all very soon .
time : 1858
activity : in pain . hmms , is this an activity ?
music : Head Throbbing - Lester's Head
mood : im in pain by hey , mood's still decent .

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 [