Graduation!

Hey guys!!!

So yea! Its official! I'm an ITE graduate! Yesterday was my graduation ceremony. I met Rizal in the morning for breakfast before going back to school. Met Madinah, Naaz and J before walking to school. We arrived slightly late, but it didn't officially start till like 10 plus. And everything was off schedule.

We had to sing the national anthem, say the pledge and sing the ITE song, which we never learnt. Then there was a performance. Then its the cert presentation ceremony. The funny thing is, I never knew till I experienced it myself. The file they gave is empty! So yea... I had an empty file and had to collect it after the entire thing was over. We had our photo taken as well, the photography set up 2 monoblocs and yet there were still shadows. Oh well...

After the ceremony, Rizal and I went to get out photos and then our certs. We saw a photobooth set up and it says "$10 for photo" and I was laughing with Rizal all the way to the cert collection area. Why? I could take my own photo with Rizal and Madinah and Naaz for free! Hahaha! Yea.... I know... Lame....

So yea... Tuesday was a pretty quiet day. Today Thursday, I went to Tampines. I woke up early only to discover that Ikea opens only at 10. So I played Spider-man Web Of Shadows before leaving for Tampines.

I admire small sized people for being small in cases like this morning. There were a lot of small places where they could ease themselves into whereas... A guy my size... Had to wait for the next train. So yea... Arrived at Tampines and well... Kinda got lost, had to depend a lot on the GPS and Google maps in my phone. Eventually I found the bus stop and the bus to Ikea.

Sadly... I got off one stop too early thanks to my GPS and I had to walk in the rain. Here's the dumb part, my GPS was accurate, just that apparently, it didn't register another bus stop that had a bridge to cross to Ikea. So yea... I covered my bag, dumped everything but my phone into it, covered it in its "rain coat" and covered myself with my Timberland jacket and walked to Ikea. Soaked... I went searching for the stuff needed.

I looked kinda dumb... A guy, soaked almost to the bone, pushing a trolly with 10 table stops, 2 U shaped legs, 36 individual legs and a book shelf. So yea... Soon enough, my boss came, we paid and left. That was pretty much the highlight of my day.

Tomorrow will be the final day of the week... Rest and relax over the weekend, Monday work and Tuesday will be Vesak day! Then Wednesday will be the first day of work for my bud Malathi! And the furniture will be delivered to the new office by Ikea and I will have to assemble it...

so yea... Pretty much all for now... Countdown to next Thursday! Coming of my D3!!! I'm so excited! Before I go. I tested my Nikkor 50mm f1.4D on my boss's Nikon D200 and one thing I have to say. THE FREAKING AF IS SUPER NOISY! Made me decided to go for the Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8G rather than the Nikkor 28-70mm f2.8D. So yea... The 50mm will be my "walkabout" lens while the rest will all be G lenses. Don't think I would want the pin spinning fast and making noise during a wedding vow "speech"? If that's whats called? The part where the bride and groom are saying their vows. Or some other sensitive moment. I might just sell the 50mm eventually and just stick with all G lenses.

Just to share this cool thing I saw. Its a film canister USB!!! So cool! I feel like buying one. Best part? Its random! I could get a Kodak or a Fujifilm. Sensia, Provia, Tri X whatever! They're actual film canisters! Ah... The good ole days of film... I may get a Nikon F4 to use if they work with the G lenses. Then yea... I'll have my first SLR, Canon EOS 66, my trusty "mechanical" Olympus OM2n SLR. And if I do get the F4, modern professional SLR Nikon F4!

That's all for today! Can't wait for the D3! Will scan and upload my cert tomorrow! Good night world!