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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Giant Ferris Wheel

Mom was given a pair of free tickets to take a ride on the Singapore Flyer, and just before the tickets expired, we decided to make use of this freebie.

Looking at the sky while walking towards the Flyer, I asked if mom wanted to have a snack before we headed up, as well as waste some time so that we could possibly get on the ride as the sun was setting. After getting the proper tickets, and letting mom have her first taste of Popeye's, we were off for our slow ride on the giant ferris wheel.

As you will see from the next few pictures, you get to see quite a bit beyond Singapore's shores, as well as get a great view of the skyline that's currently changing. The ride itself was slow and smooth, which was good for taking photos, but after a while, the ride got a bit boring.

Marina Barrage

Helloooo Up There!

As You Can See Mom Was Getting Bored

Something Above The Carpark Changing Colours

Future Skyline

I'd say it's a nice ride to go one once in a lifetime, best when there is some big event happening, and do take a ride if you get the tickets free or on discount.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Another Year Has Passed

Dawn Ling

Another year older & (hopefully) another year wiser.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Whack Whack Whack

After asking me to join him for golf for quite some time, Syndyk finally got a day off and took the opportunity to introduce me to a game I find really boring. Picking someplace close to both of us, we ended up going to the driving range in Bukit Batok.

Even Little Kids Come To Play

Choosing a spot to let out our frustrations, Syndyk went to get the some card that stored the allotment of golf balls you paid for. After a little warm-up, he was ready to go. Whacking balls to the right of the range for some odd reason, with a few straight through the middle with a good distance, and some failures that fell a bit too close for someone who plays golf.

Ah Pek Back From Changing Into His Golfing Outfit

Twist Twist Shake Shake..

After a while, the lot next to us was taken by a really irritating show-off. So we weren't exactly pros there with a big bag of clubs, but not everyone who had a rane of clubs to choose from used their biggest and noisiest one of all (don't ask me which one it was cos I still don't know the difference). The club did give you a bit more on the ball's travel distance, but it was one big distraction, and irritation to the ears, when it made contact with the ball. The reason it got me irritated was because every time he hit, it made me cringe... and it was right at the time where I was having fun whacking some golf balls. Somehow I wished the one I had slipped out and knocked him on his shin or something.

I'm Sooooo Not A Golfer

Show-Off

Even mom was irritated with him, but kept her cool the whole time.. enjoying what she loves while she watched the 2 of us clowns whack whack whack away...

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Blogging As A Form Of Therapy

As noted by Warren* (2000, pp. 4 -5), “integration of artistic processes within a social context can help promote the growth of a healthy individual and a healthy society”, and is “essential not only to an individual’s but also to a society’s well-being”.

From what I've always told Amy, and quit a few other people, blogging is a good form of therapy. It lets you express yourself through a medium which lets you decide the level of privacy you'll be comfortable with. If you don't want anyone to know it's you, you can always blog without telling the world who you are, or even if you do, you can always make up some random persona that's floating in your head. You can also be brave and let the whole world know it's you and publish your blog address to the whole world. Or keep it right in the middle, with only a few trusted people to know about you and your blog.

With the amount of information and resources available over the internet, it's not surprising to see that many have introduced videos and photos, even news articles, to their blogs. 'Citing resources' for whatever has peaked their interest or irritated them for that portion of their lives.

Personally, it's been a great source to vent out frustration, especially for times when I've had to keep my tongue in check at work. There are times when I may be frustrated about something or someone, start a post, and end up not being able to finish it the way I thought it would because I've actually calmed down enough to let the issue go. Strange as it seems, blogging does seem to help cool the nerves, and the results after reading the old posts, after some time, can be rather amusing.

*Warren B. (Ed.). (2000) Using the Creative Arts in Therapy: A Practical Introduction 2nd Ed. New York, USA: Routledge.