Sashimi

Gosh i'm kinda hungry now but am currently sitting glumly on the 858 and thinking of the scrumptous meal we had a ikoi two sunday's ago. Ikoi at the Miramar Hotel is quite well known among us foodies in Singapore. It's an inexpensive japanese buffet ala carte and it offers a selection of sashimi, tempura and various other types of japanese cuisine that are popular in Singapore. It's perhaps not the best quality but for if i remember correctly the price tag is only sgd33 (need to check). That's a really good price for the quality and variety that they offer. It's lots better that horrid Sakura buffet and also better than Kushinbo which is also better than horrid Sakura. :-) One of my friends who moved to the States with her husband was back for a visit. So a bunch of us when to ikoi to celebrate her birthday and most importantly, stuff our faces. :-) k. That's it from me, if i talk anymore about food, i might just faint. :-) ja atode.

Hey you...

Hey hey sunsetrose... as promised... just for you... :-) erica and i are cheering for you. :-)

Eastern Europe - a tease

Okay, I know I said I wanted to complete the mobile blog section of my E.Eur trip but unfortunately, I got caught up with a ton of things and work hasn't really let up either.

I begin new Japanese classes this week =) and I'm also back to playing games on my NDS again. This time it is Professor Layton who's been sucking up my sleep time on the bus to work. =) Final Fantasy Tactics A2 also got released this week, so I think that may begin to consume some of my time. Although, I may not get it and get hooked on Apollo Justice (thank you again for the gift S) or Touch Detective 2 1/2 which I have but haven't had time to play. And apart from all that and trying to have a life, I'm back to watching TVB again... arrrrggghhh... need fewer obsessions. =)

Anyway, here is a photo from the top of the Astronomical Clock in Prague, Czech Republic. It's one of those panoramic shots which were stitched together in Photoshop CS3. I've several more and would like to put them on the blog too when I get a chance.

This little tease is for those of you who have been bugging me about those photos. =)

enjoy

Southern Ridges - panorama

Recently I bought a new DSLR. Yes, another camera to my collection. =) This time I picked up the Olympus E-510. It's the Great Singapore Sale right now and the camera came at a very good price. The camera, including 2 kit lens, cost me SGD1098 (or there abouts) which is a really good deal and it is one of the biggest reasons why I bought it. There are other reasons, of course, but I won't go into them now.

I took this camera to test and to try and familiarize myself with it during my recent trip to the Southern Ridges Park Connector. I'm still horribly unfamiliar with all the functions and will definitely have to take it out more often.

Anyway, last year, because of work, I plunked down a fair bit of money to buy the Adobe CS3 Production Suite and one of the pieces of software that come with the bundle is Adobe Photoshop CS3. I've only really used it for relatively simple stuff and only just discovered this really cool feature. Photoshop CS3 has a fantastic photo stitching function. It's the best I've ever used to date. Very quick, rather accurate and quite, quite seamless.

I didn't shoot too many images for the expressed purpose of making panoramas as I was too busy trying to figure out the camera but I did shoot a series of shots to try and capture the view of Singapore from Mount Faber Loop, just before you get to the entry into Henderson Wave.

Hope you like the view. =)

Lower Seletar Reservoir

It's yet another lovely day to be out and about on the bicycle. This time my mum and I took a ride to the Lower Seletar Reservoir which is on the outskirts of Yishun New Town. The reservoir runs parallel to the very busy Yishun Ave 1 and at it's farthest corner, opposite the end where the Orchid Country Club is, is the very busy intersection of Yishun Ave 1 and Lentor Ave. It's not exactly the kind of place you'll expect to find next to such busy streets, but there it lies, small but pretty and surprisingly serene. I've not come here for a while now and hence, miss it somewhat. Will have to come here again, with a better camera and some eats so that we can kick back a little and enjoy what God has created in this world. :-)

Back to earth...

After our long walk through the Malang Trail, Henderson Wave, Forest Trail to the Anderson Arch, we returned to one of my favourite shopping malls in Singapore, Vivocity. After the walk, we had lunch at one of my favourite restaurants, Shin Kushiya. We originally intended to watch a movie, The Happenings, but there was a lot of kids at the theatre so we decided to do some shoppin and have coffee then return home to rest. :-) i really enjoyed the walk. Will definitely return to complete it.

Up among the trees...

Today i took a day off work to spend some time with my parents. We planned to check out the new pathways the National Parks has constructed through Mount Faber all the way to the West Coast. This is a shot of the Canopy Walk. Not the best but will do for now. Will put up more when i get a chance. :-)