30th Aug 2010 - Posted in Uncategorized
Been going out past midnight to capture these little fuckers that have been constantly eating my plants (and flowers). I got five of them the first night, three more the next night. I think I’ve got them all but there may be unhatched eggs around that will eventually turn into adults. I will perhaps check again next week to make sure none of them left…even though I’m sure they will be back. =(
On another note, went to the Halo Reach launch event in downtown last Sat. Major disappointment. 2.5 hrs of lining up despite having a “VIP” line bypass access. Didn’t get a UNSC t-shirt since they only had 300 of them and they were all given away to people who were in front of us. Well we got to play a laser tag game where we shot Convenent/alien forces, kind of fun I guess. I still can’t get over the fact that random people got the t-shirt but Andrew and I and our group didn’t get shit. Sigh.
27th Aug 2010 - Posted in Uncategorized
Just sold all the shares on my first ever stock trade! - it was a little scary. I bought NVDA(nVidia) at 8.92 and sold at 10.10, a 13% increase, not too bad for a first-timer I guess. I’ve been reading a book called “The Neatest Little Guide To Stock Market Investing”, it seems to be quite good and helpful so far, with very straight forward examples to follow and also a detailed collection of thoughts from a few of the world’s best investors. It’s easy to read but I have a feeling that in order to put the concepts into use it’ll probably take me a long time - consider that my budget is so limited. The technical terms are kind of confusing, even though I think I may get a better understanding in the coming days. The internet also seem to have unlimited amount of resources about trading. One I found useful today was www.investopedia.com, I have yet to spare time to read it though. Don’t think I’ll be buying another stock anytime soon without attempting to do some actual analysis on them while referencing the book. This is going to be fun, I think.
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19th Aug 2010 - Posted in Photography
Finally got this lens. $900USD from ebay. Made in Japan. Been wanting this lens for the past 1.5 years but couldn’t justify the price. Well I wasn’t really that much into “bokeh” and fixed primes, not until lately I started to care more about image qualities. Does every photographer eventually ditches their zooms and opt for the primes? I [...] Continue Reading…
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12th Aug 2010 - Posted in Uncategorized
Today I had my first dance lesson in life, with Wendy. It was a small class with 9 people I think, and we had a chance to learn “cha cha”. I think the underlying routine isn’t that difficult when you see someone doing it but when you actually do it yourself you know how hard it really is. But [...] Continue Reading…
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08th Aug 2010 - Posted in Uncategorized
Have been a long while since I wanted to sell my photographers on stock image sites but I never had a chance to do it. Today I got a chance to clear up one item on my to-do list that is to sign up for these sites. Most of them requires an annoying registration process which includes uploading copy [...] Continue Reading…
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07th Aug 2010 - Posted in music
Miyavi, “Guitar God” in Japan. I’ve heard of him years ago but somehow I rejected him and his songs since he looked slutry and so on. I somehow came across images of his wife - Melody - and somehow I stumbled upon a link to his video “Selfish Love”. I admit that I was speechless seeing his guitar performance [...] Continue Reading…
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Been going out past midnight to capture these little fuckers that have been constantly eating my plants (and flowers). I got five of them the first night, three more the next night. I think I’ve got them all but there may be unhatched eggs around that will eventually turn into adults. I will perhaps check again next week to make sure none of them left…even though I’m sure they will be back. =(
