So yea... I'm tying this entry in the dark with limited power to my laptop. I actually typed out a chunk and I accidentally hit the refresh key in the dark! So now its all gone because there wasn't any draft saved!
Anyway... Thursday I worked so nothing special.
On Friday, I met my friend inn the morning for breakfast before we went to MDIS as she wanted to enroll into that school but end up didn't enrolling as she still hasn't made up her mind.
So I went home after that, packed and left for Queenstown Library to return books and paid the fine before going back to Queensway Secondary for speech day. In 9 years of being with Queensway, I've never see it rain on speech day before. So the parade was canceled. Overall... It ended early... I was kinda ticked as the principal asked the school photogs and myself not to block the way for the guest of honor. I've done my fair share of events to know how to move after shooting. So all but the official hired photographer was allowed to wonder. I even heard that the principal expects photos from the school photogs, but in chasing us away, you can't expect much or anything right? Besides... The guest of honor didn't walked to the meeting room for reception immediately. He came, signed the guest book (at least I think its a guest book), was saluted and then walked in. Plus... From what I heard, the guests were not really supposed to be standing but they had to stand, reducing the number of spaces us as photographers who are meant to be "invisible" to stand.
It was quite a boring affair and somewhat more crowded than I remember... Didn't get much good shots nor much shots actually. I did have 200 plus, but was reduced to 70 plus as most of them weren't good and I didn't shoot much different shots, most are repeated cause it was unglam, plus there wasn't much to shoot since the parade was canceled.
Also! I was ticked off by the reply from Singapore poly. Apparently that when they said that my "GPA was beyond the cut off point", they meant that my GPA is lower than the cut off point, I've asked people with english from A2 to D7, being a B3 myself, my understanding isn't much different from everyone except the only person who got D7 who argues that beyond can also mean bad, which after a while of reflecting, it is true, but not in most cases. One such example I can think of is "you're beyond hope" meaning you're hopeless, however... Based on context, it doesn't seem to be the case. Even people with A2 down to C6 think the same as me...
Honestly... If they had no space, just tell me straight like Ngee Ann did, I'll accept that fact. I heard 2 different cases that one got 2.9 got into some IT course in SP. Another person whom I used as an example in my e-mail to SP, got a place in Republic Poly doing common engineering but was later offered a place in IT in SP. The problem? That person who got a place in RP, like me, is an ex poly student, who has GPA 3.2. I have 3.3! Seriously, what is wrong. SP asked me who that person was, I said I don't know his name but frankly... Even if I did, I wouldn't tell them for fear that they will create trouble for him.
Decided to apply for Ngee Ann Poly next year. Really really ticked off with SP... So yea... Saturday morning my package came from Adorama! It contains my Flashpoint snoot and my "The Language Of Light DVD"! I was excited! I watched the first DVD for about 58 minutes before I left my house to meet a guy as I'm selling my Olympus stuff (more about it in a minute). So I met the guy at Jurong East MRT and then went home after completing the transaction. I went back to watch the remaining of disc one and then proceeded to watching disc 2. It wasn't really education as I knew most of the things, but it was interesting to see the set up and everything.
So yea... I'm selling all my Olympus stuff except my FL-36R, FL-50R, 14-54mm, E-1 and my Olympus E-P1 with the pancake lens and of course my MMF1 adapter. I was talking to my mentor about being left on the shelf if Olympus quits the DSLR race and concentrates solely on PEN and being left with a bunch of gear which if any break down, could affect me badly. So he agreed that I should change to Nikon D300 or D700.
So I've decided to go with Nikon D3 first and probably after getting the needed lenses, I'd get a D700 or D800 with grip as a backup. I'm so excited and hope I can sell off all my Olympus gear. I'll miss them as they helped me learn a lot as well as they delivered great images, but at the end of the day, I'll have to move on... Even though I tell people that its often the photographer that makes the picture rather than the camera, fact is, if I want to turn pro, I cannot afford to depend on a company that is 50/50 kind of future.
Nice eh?
Today Sunday... I didn't do much, I took a nap and woke up and saw the light. Went out with my E-1 and 14-54 mounted on tripod and did another HDR panoramic image. Nothing special though...
Also... I wrapped my 14-54 focusing ring with gaffer tape as the rubber is deteriorating. I also watched "The Suite Life Movie"! It wasn't fantastic, but it wasn't bad either seriously. Now its officially Monday and quite a number of people I know are starting school. I miss school... That's all for today! Good night world!
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