He Creates, I Shoot

The Wedding of Daniel & Suleen

2011-01-10T10:51:00.001+08:00

My first coverage of a wedding! :)
Contacted Suleen (the bride) and she was kind enough to allow me as the back-up photographer of this memorable event! Met great people and had a lot of fun as we witnessed the wedding of the lovely couple. Thank God for a beautiful day and may the couple enjoy the rest of their lives together in perfect love for each other. :)

For more pictures…

Daniel, the groom, arriving at the bride’s place to 接新娘.

The “sisters” dominating the gate to the bride’s fortress, requesting for a toll fee.

The lovely bride awaiting the arrival of her sweet heart.

The customary “breakfast” of sweet noodles and a whole boiled egg. I don’t know the significance of the meal though, maybe for the couple to be 永远甜甜蜜蜜?

I witnessed the fantastic friendship between the “brothers” and the “sisters”, a heartwarming showcase of friends sharing the joy of a marriage! :D

Tea-ceremony. Daniel’s “ah kong” presenting a gold ring to his beloved grand-son!

The couple presenting their love gifts to their grand parents.

Daniel’s elated “ah kong” once again in the picture, but in the background. He was capturing the entire ceremony on his own camera.

A couple of the couple’s (right….-.-) photographs together….

The warm hug between Suleen and her daddy after the tea ceremony at her place.

Also a witness to the joyous event, Suleen’s cute white doggy! :)

Congratulations Daniel and Suleen!

whooppeeee!

2011-01-09T22:41:00.001+08:00

i have decided to revive my blog!!!!

let me start things off which a short lil note i penned down upon reaching down on the last day of my reservist!

i love the weather,
it did not drench me with rain

i love booking out,
can’t wait to see my family

i love my scooter,
the fact that i can squeeze my field pack on its foot board

I love wearing my long 4. with the brown tee underneath,
i keeps me warm while riding

i love the clear and dry roads,
for a safe and speedy ride home

i love my eczema patches not flaring up,
they can really drive me crazy!

i love the “bamboo charcoal mochi” from lavender bakery in JB,
i’m sure i’ll not be the other one loving it

i love today, the day which the Lord, my God has made.

forgive my grammar and command of english, just want to express my thankgivings for the beautiful days God provided me with! :)

Today was another great day! i love it when i fulfil my entire “to-do” list for the day…

His Pictures For Us is shifting!! :)

2010-07-19T22:46:00.001+08:00

Hey everyone, i’ve decided to try photoblogging on TUMBLR and this site is going to be inactive from now on! :)

New URL:

http://wxsour.tumblr.com

Do take a look there from now on alright? :) Thank You! :)

Dinner with DS

2010-07-14T13:36:00.001+08:00

Last Sunday, Ds Lim came over for a nice dinner with our family, prepared by mommy! :) Had a wonderful time of just catching up and sharing how (naughty) we were when we’re small little boys.

Thank God for the blessed time spent with eachother!

The End.

Youth Day 2010 – Remembering the times when we were young

2010-07-08T12:25:00.001+08:00

4 July 2010
Nope, not celebrating Independence Day here at Plaza Singapura Cafe Cartel, but we’re all just chomping down on our (not so healthy) dinner trying not to miss our movie at 1910hrs: Toy Story 3! Yup, so all of us can’t wait to watch the highly anticipated movie and thank God we made it into the cinema on time for a Pixar “pre-movie treat”! Forgot what it was called, i think “Day and Night”. Really cute! just like before they' screened UP!, they screened a short film about a cloud too! :)

Toy Story 3 was fantastic! Those who’ve yet to watch it, GO WATCH IT! A really sweet (and simple) storyline with enough action scenes and LOADS of comedy! :) 5 thumbs up! (or stars)

Can’t wait for the full toy story boxset to be out!
and TOTORO WAS SO CUTE!!!!!!!!! :)

Craving for a sausage:(

Be One, Be Blessed Day 2 (Good Morning COGS! )

2010-07-02T16:52:00.007+08:00

This is the following installment of the Church Camp (yes, finally). We get to day two and same thing, i’ll be breaking up each day into smaller bite-sized chunks so it’ll be easier for the loading of my webpage! :) This post will consist of shots from breakfast and before the community praise session in the other ball room! :)

So just click on “read more” for the rest of this post and pictures! :)

So yea, this is the ball room where we had all our meals! :) and this is breakfast! :) After breakfast was the first community praise and camp theme reflection session! :) and below we see the team getting ready again! :)

Ok, the girl in black(not sure if you can see her), right in the centre of the frame is actually Yan Leen preparing the raw materials for the “tree” to be used later in the session! :)

Setting up the multimedia!

And the crowd enters the ballroom, preparing ourselves for a jam packed day! :)

Stay tuned for the next installment! :)

A sneak peek behind the scenes of GO!

2010-07-02T09:45:00.001+08:00

Alright, so finally i am allowed to put up the photos of the preparations and efforts that goes into planning for GO!, the june outreach! :)

The following are from the trial run conducted one of the saturdays before the race and there’s Michelle starting her brief for the “dummy” racers. :)

At Alvin’s “airport” station! :)

The station behind Queenstown Secondary, struggling with the mental puzzles! :)

Here’s L.I.F.E. cell busy with their prop preparations at church, the week before the race!

Shopping for groceries for the ration packs! :)

Thank God for the dedicated cell and for the effort and time put into this! :) Great job L.I.F.E.!

Dear Papa, Happy Birthday to you!

2010-07-01T15:27:00.001+08:00

July 1. Today is my father’s birthday! Had a short celebration with a small cake and a little present to thank my papa for his years of had work pulling the family together and at times, pulling us apart whenever needed!

Papa,
Thank you for EVERYthing that you’ve ever said to me.
Thank you for your God-given temper that is so effective towards someone like me.
Thank you for always being able to tolerate my nonsense ever since i was just a small little boy.
Thank you for never allowing how you’re feeling after your day’s work to affect the way you speak to all of us at home.
Thank you for your kind little notes of “tidy up the room xuan”.
Thank you for the times of discipline.
Thank you for the times you lavished gifts upon me.
Thank you for giving me everything i have in the family.
I thank God for you.

I’m sorry for the times i’ve let you down.
I will never let you feel the sadness i’ve caused you ever again.

Thank you for loving mommy so much.
Thank you for loving theng so much.
Thank you for loving en so much.
Thank you for loving me so much.

I love you with all my heart, pa. :)

Happy Birthday Pa. :)

GO! The Race is On.

2010-07-01T11:25:00.006+08:00

The Synthesis had our June Outreach last Saturday, 26062010, planned by L.I.F.E. Cell, headed by Alvin and Michelle. It was a extensive race all over the area of queenstown, filled with sun, sweat and the excitement of various turn of events! :)

The 5 hour long race lasted the whole of Saturday, and ended off with a scrumptious dinner of a Japanese Bento set with a generous portion of Shepherd’s Pie!

Kudos to the planning committee for a job very well done,
To God be the Glory!

Well let’s start off with some high dynamic range (HDR) pictures! :) Did them in a program called Photomatix, Thanks Ryan for spending a whole evening teaching me! :) Yup, they’re meant to look surreal and please don’t hestitate to click on the pictures to view the larger version! :)

Two pictures of Wensley’s van!! I should realy do one for my bike!

The next two HDRs are taken from the top floor of one of the blocks at Forfar Heights! :) look carefully and maybe, just maybe you can spot Alvin and some of the racers at the rooftop garden of the car carpark! :)

The rest of the blog post will be the rest of the photos i posted up in Facebook! :) Read on to take a look at them! :)

Project Make. Believe.

2010-06-25T15:35:00.001+08:00

Ok, our course isn’t really Project Make. Believe. or else Sony would be suing us for using their “catch phrase”..

But well, we had a short basic film making course held in church and i was only able to turn up for half out of three full day sessions! :( stupid flu….

But yea, Ryan turned up that day with a huge shoulder mount video camera which was really rather cool! hahah.

Tried spooking Ps Wong which failed! hahha

Yup, nothing much! :)

Go FLY KITE lah you… :)

2010-06-25T14:13:00.001+08:00

Yup, so was at the Marina Barrage one night with my family and i brought my camera and its 50/1.4 along. Really really hard to shoot at such low light (near no) light conditions… :(

But well, these are a few pics, sorry for the grainy and noisy pictures.. Flash wasn’t really ideal and hence all i could do is ramp up the ISO..

So there was this group of kite flyers there and they were flying this huge huge kite! :) Really nice with led lights in the night sky! :)

the kite went up really easily! he just let it go and it flew alllll the way up! :) no more running and jumping with kites anymore people.. this is how the pros do it! :)

Up it goes… really pretty! :)

Well then the three gaints in the distance started some light sabre fighting thingy..

Another cool dude with a huge kite! :)

The lighting arrangement of the towers changes once in a awhile! :)

This is one kite being reeled in for the night!

I’m quite sure in the near future, someone is going to sneak into the towers and put up a giant bat stencil on the spotlights! Perhaps batman will appear then and save us from all our troubles!

Well, thats all, enjoy! :)

Be One, Be Blessed Day 1 (when the fun’s over)

2010-06-21T17:34:00.001+08:00

Alright, so this is the final installment of the first day of our church camp! :) And here we have the community praise team rehearsal for the next day’s leading:)

Just having fun with the wide angle:) My Favourite picture of the first day! :) Team team team team!

With Lindy’s suggestion, my cousin and i had a little 50/1.4 shoot out and here’s my cousin’s wing chun shooting posture! :D

Debrief by Ivan, our camp commandant at the end of the day :) Here he is.. And Edmund, our outstanding Logistic IC! :D

Day two coming up! :) click on the pictures for a bigger view! :)

Be One, Be Blessed Day 1 (opening ceremony/service)

2010-06-19T10:44:00.001+08:00

So now we’re about to kick off our very first program for the camp! :) The opening ceremony and night service! :) Loving my ultra wide angle! :D Ian with his video camera! really really cool shots! :) Our emcees anchoring the night..

Ryan and his think tank belt! :)

Entrance of the Camp Rally Song team! :) and thats lindy! :) All having fun with the rally song! :) and the clappers!

Almost to the end of the first day! :)

Be One, Be Blessed Day 1 (b4 opening ceremony)

2010-06-18T23:09:00.001+08:00

Realised my cousin ryan fine tuned the colours of my camera so well that i don’t even need to put the pictures through gimp! :) Straight from the camera! :D thanks Da!

And… i did mentioned “bite-sized” portions and here we go! We just arrived at Klana Resort and we’re preparing for the night service and opening ceremony of the camp! :)

The band rehearsing for community praise later..

Awaiting checking! :)

The main leaders of the camp rally song! Wonderful bunch! Dinner was served! :) Mrs Joyce Ewing-Chow posing for the shot! :D

Shaunald preparing for his emcee role later on! :)

Alright! On to the night service and opening ceremony! :)

Be One, Be Blessed Day 1 (on the way to Seremban)

2010-06-18T22:45:00.001+08:00

Took too many photos i really do not know how to sort them out! :( so for my blog i intend to break up the whole reportage of the camp into many many “bite sized'” chunks… hahah :) So this is the first, our journey from church to Seremban, Malaysia..

Filling up the white cards while waiting in church! :) Boarding.. nice smile josh..

We stopped by Yong Peng for lunch! Quite a wide and scrumptious spread of Chinese food! :) Nice!

Loving my new Tammy 17-35 all the way! :) Enjoy..

Behind the scenes of the fellowship night!

2010-06-18T10:40:00.001+08:00

To God be the Glory! :) the church camp just ended and well, the following are during the dry run held in church days before we left for the camp! :)

We managed to configure our church printer to not only print, but also FOLD and STAPLE the camp booklets! :) cool huh? hahah:) Apples side by side! Our dear emcees rehearsing for the nights performances! Our boss! Melvin who help it all together! :) The youth’s performance-the munchkins dance!

Well, thats all! :) will upload pictures for the camp itself soon! :)

Fishies of Joshua

2010-06-17T22:56:00.001+08:00

Was at Joshua’s house someday for some meeting and these are some of the shots of his beloved fishies of his! :)His younger and smaller arowana :)

His bigger one! “Silvey” (its name) i think…homing in on the prey! :) My favourite.. a cute indonesian tiger barb! really cute and harmless looking, though josh claims other wise! :) The fellow CCK-ers… Wens and CX.. wens just came back from his india mission trip.. think he misses josh alot! :) the live of the party.. CX.. my motherload buddy! hahahha..

Enjoy! :)

my new toy-the D700+50/1.4

2010-06-17T21:47:00.001+08:00

Hey all, sorry for the delay in announcing this purchase. Well, recently got a second hand D700 for a clubsnap forumer at quite a “cheap” price. I don’t intend to sound haughty by saying the word cheap but just that relatively for a full frame camera, the price was quite a bargain. And i wasnt picky on both the cosmetic cond of the camera and its shutter life. Got it when the shutter count was about 50+k, very well used by a professional. Nonetheless, i’m enjoying every bit of it! :) got a second nikkor Af 50/1.4 as my first lens! :)

so the following shots were during the time i went to get my cf card from simlim! bumped into my cousins and grandma there. :)

caught this candid moment… should have used the live view :/

Pictures of our princess LeShane (yup, hope i spelt it correctly! )

Such a beauty.. yea so will continue uploading more pictures from my new camera.. quite behind time now.. :/

Enjoy! :)

A walk around the neighbourhood

2010-06-11T16:02:00.001+08:00

Well the hawker centre around my home is closed. :( Sad. All the yummy food, gone!

Then Wei En pointed at the ground and the cat on it..
Cute footprints!

Bye bye cat.. I’ll miss you.

Enjoy! :)

Pictures from a/an 老(OLD) HERO

2010-06-09T15:16:00.001+08:00

Basically the phone which i am using now is an old HTC Hero, passd down from my dad! :) So today’s entry is all on the pictures taken by my (new) phone :) Found that the available photography apps are rather cool.. alot of “lomo” effects! hahaha cheap cheap lomo!

Lets start off with some portraits! :)

Shots at home :) Nice (random) effects!

Following are shot when i was walking around City Hall! :) Found that the random effects by the application gives the photos quite a nice feel actually! :) This below photo is my favourite! Shot at Funan! :)

At night… Walking back home! :)The next series of shots are all on the last sunday of May! Ds was to preach at both Chapel of the Holy Spirit and St James Chi Cong. Joshua and i were tasked to be the musicians for her song:)

Inside Queenstown Lutheran Church, current location where St James’ church services are held:)

Finally, Sunshine and Sky! Again! :) Yea i know..

Enjoy anyway! btw, i got myself a new toy! :) will upload pictures soon! :)

Colours with (very) little memory..

2010-05-19T13:58:00.001+08:00

Such a pity these are all obsolete now..

Why don’t every good things last?

2010-05-13T11:38:00.002+08:00

Left house for work one day and saw the petals of the roses in the soil of the bigger outdoor plants. Felt so sad…

Why don’t good things ever last? Yes sure, there’s the ultimate love of God Himself, and His promised presence, but everything else under the sun, they fade.

But that isn’t exactly a bad thing right? that means the bad things won’t last, but also it means that all good things (under the sun again i must stress) will come to an end.

Just a fact of life i must learn to live with. but may i find the eternal Goodness in the God i’ve dedicated my life to, and not lose focus on the fickle nature of the world.:) Ds lim cooking up one of the last meals in COGS. :((((

Aunty Siew Chien i’ll miss you soooooooooo much, I’m sure i'll not be the only one saying this..

Happy Mommies’ Day

2010-05-12T12:10:00.003+08:00

Flowers to my mommy! A scrumptious spread of prawns, fish and others! It can only be my beloved mommy to good up such good food! :) Well, she’s my mom after all, the strongest, most loving, and most capable woman i’ve ever knew, and most probably i’ll ever will.

In appreciation, I had the honour to get the cakes for the dinner, (requested by mommy) and i decided to throw in a few flowers to the mix. Hectic day of running and scurrying around various parts of the island getting the cake and flowers.

The flowers i got are very very pretty i must say, chosen by good-looking, for good-looking. Thank God for His creation, and for all my loved ones.

Mommy, I love you! (doubt she’ll read this anyway) :)

Lé Pasta Dé Joshua

2010-05-05T19:13:00.002+08:00

Joshua: Ok i shall cook for you all tml!
Me: ok…what can you cook?
Joshua: Pasta!! baked pasta…
Lydia and i: (look of sceptism)

a fine job indeed by Joshua, but honestly i was so very touched looking at him running upstairs to his “slow cooker of pasta sauce” and then back down to office for his potatoes, pasta and mushroom. to and fro like some weird training exercise in the army.

Was laying out the chairs along with Lydia and, really super strangely, i jus cant wait for his masterpiece to be completed. Its not just the hunger, but i found myself really anticipating, really sure that his effort Will pay off.

And as expected, the photos tell the story of 3 foil pans filled with baked pasta, topped with melt cheese and bacon bits. Only a certain someone requested for zero mixed veggies and zero bacon bits-.-

before i knew it, i began snapping pictures of the cute dinner i’m abt to have, proud to display it to the entire world! :) and i finished my portion with a slight selfishness to horde every bit of flavour for myself. my bad.

A friend loves at all times,and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17

the (not-so) Dark Night

2010-05-04T14:01:00.001+08:00

Enjoy! :)

And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.
And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,
to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:16-18(emphasis added)

STREETS OF GOLD

2010-04-30T16:07:00.001+08:00

Yesterday evening:) Josh, Lydia and i were on our way to city hall for our course:) when we walked out of church, this was what we saw.

Josh: Aye Xuan look! Streets of Gold!
Me: 0.0 wow……

and hence starts my frantic grabbing for my camera in my bag as he runs back into office to share this great God-given beauty..

Well, thank God for this wonderful sight.. (the yellow was caused by flower petals from the trees above.. and the petals were still falling like rain! but a pity my camera cant capture it! :( )

Enjoy! :)

Well, on the way to church this morning, i passed the same road! :) still golden..:) So since i wasnt rushing for time, i stopped to take a few more pictures to capture the moment:)

Indeed His pictures for us:) Thank You God..

O Happy Day

2010-04-13T07:49:00.001+08:00

Sometime last week, my hard disk crashed again!! –.- with all of my data (mainly photos)! but THANKS be to GOD, lindy suggested me to let her dad to take a look at it.. and, well, he fixed it! :) This is mainly the reason why i’m uploading everything all at once.. haha

So yea, i think this is the day i collected the HDD from her, thus while waiting at Queenstown Mrt, jus took a few pictures.

And… it rained that day! Pretty heavily i think.. :)

But i dunno why, the flowers at church always look SUPER healthy after a heavy downpour :) Thank God for His providence! :)

His creations are indeed beautiful huh:)

Sunshine and Sky Photoshoot

2010-04-12T20:40:00.001+08:00

Well, i realised that i took lots of pictures of sunshine and sky.. haha.. so i better compile them here.. That one on top of the other’s back is their signature pose in the afternoon..-.- :)

Hard at Work :)

2010-04-10T23:15:00.001+08:00

To those who are strongly against the over editing of photos, i apologise for the highly and over saturated look of all the photos you’re about to see. I guess i am really really in the mood of sharp and distinct colours nowadays. Just wanna emphasize the colours of everyday life.

Amos and Jordan hard at work! :)

Sunshine and Sky (yup, the names of the office’s terrapins) having fun.. on eachother… ya..

Joshua doin what he does best, working on guitars! :)

Out for lunch, seeing the daily sights with oversaturation :)

Back in Church sweet Church :)

Ah colours.. wonderful colours… Thanks be to God that He created colours:)

SERVE 2010 - GodSpeed

2010-04-10T23:01:00.001+08:00

Pictures of GodSpeed @ ECP! Enjoy guys...Miss those days :/

Serve GodSpeed at Orchard… Went up to the roof top of Orchard Central… Seems like Calvin likes it there… hmmmm :) Give thanks to the Lord, for He is Good!! :)

COGS – A beautiful place to be :)

2010-04-09T21:47:00.001+08:00

Yup as simple as that… Shots taken in and around church:)

XMAS caroling at Dialysis Centre

2010-04-09T21:41:00.001+08:00

last christmas, yes, its that outdated-.- The senior citizens of our church went over to a dialysis centre to share the message through songs and a harmonica performance (their speciality) :)

Erm… Merry Christmas! :D

Family Chalet at Aloha Changi (forgot when)

2010-04-09T21:34:00.001+08:00

(My brother who is sitting next to me, has issued me a challenge to type this in proper English. I shall give it a try.)

It is indeed a pity that I no longer remember when these shots were taken. However, one thing is sure, they are taken during our family chalet at Aloha Changi. I remember that it was the first time i rode my bike, and now i remember, it was before the new year. I was also involved in making Ps Fuman’s thanksgiving gift, a customised drumskin. :)

Proper English. Sheesh, a chore… Thanks for the challenge anyway Di

Palau Ubin – on two wheels

2010-04-09T21:12:00.001+08:00

Alright, so Ryan (dada) and his brother was kind enough to invite me along for mountain biking at Palau Ubin… haha. remembered that we were planning to meet early in the morning but we ended up reaching ubin in the afternoon or sth like that…-.- (doing what we do best… oversleep…)

Day Out @ City Hall

2010-04-09T21:06:00.001+08:00

ok.. finally decided to upload really outdated shots from my last two rolls of film which i just developed :) So all, please bear with me as the photos are really outdated.. Film.. thats why:) (have to finish the whole roll before i can send for developing)

A meal at a HK Cafe, with a couple good buddies:) Think the cafe is at Ion Orchard if i’m not wrong:)

So probably(i cant really remember), i met up with my cousin, ryan, to jus take a walk around the city hall area… :)

Enjoy…

Thanks for viewing:) (yes, i’m doing all my film shots first before even thinking abt uploading my Cambodia Mission Trip pictures) :)

God the Artist :)

2010-04-09T20:58:00.001+08:00

050410- Caught sight of the sky in the evening i saw the above sight:) Pardon me for the photoshop work, wanted to emphasize the colours and the rays of light that evening! :) Thank God for the stunning image… :)

LAMININ-whats that? watch and find out!

2010-03-04T20:53:00.001+08:00

Alright guys, i’ve just returned from Cambodia and well, do stay tuned for the pictures! anyway, this was a video i came across online.. and my bro, Ben Siow, this one is especially for you! :)

120mm slides! from Turkey!! :)

2010-01-22T16:05:00.001+08:00

Alright, here are my 120mm slides! :) however pretty they are, decided to slice up the film to share with my friends last christmas! :) Enjoy!!

LOMOGRAPHY (turkey!)

2010-01-19T22:15:00.001+08:00

Ok guys.. now this is the LOMO edition of turkey.. all taken with my Diana+ and 35mm film (hence the sprockets) well, i’m also using the super cheap lucky colour 200 film! :) Enjoy..

Tats all folks..

TURKEY TRIP (DAY ELEVEN)

2010-01-14T18:45:00.001+08:00

Bittersweet as i’ld remember… Mr Ali… our friendly neighbourhood tour guide.. :) handsome right… hahah

spent the morning around the grand bazaar.. we had to reach the airport by abt late morning… this faded out look are all by my new wai wai cos its film is expired..

Taken with our bus driver! :) Wonderful guy!

Back on the plane… byebye turkey, hello singapore!

TURKEY TRIP (DAY TEN)

2010-01-14T18:41:00.001+08:00

Day ten… we crossed from the european side of Turkey back to the asia side… :)

Istanbul…

A lovely roadside hotel/inn thats totally pink! haha

We decided to take a walk and explore the city square after leaving all our luggages at the hotel… :) its like… haji lane! haha

Yea.. the name of OUR hotel is hotel cartoon.. –.-

The queue at the local mall for movie tickets.. =.=

End of Day ten…

TURKEY TRIP (DAY NINE)

2010-01-14T18:35:00.001+08:00

Day nine! happy day! My wai wai found its long lost friend! We saw two konica wai wais sitting in the display cabinet of our hotel’s souvenir shop! the last two! but the whole day ytd the shop wasnt open due to a festival.. and the festival lasts 3days! and we’re only staying at the hotel for 2nights.. hahaha.. but Thank God! the owner came in and we ran to the shop! getting our beloved cameras! :)

So well, the start of day nine:)

We left the hotel, and saw the day’s balloon trips lifting off! :)

Visited this pottery making place.. so obvious that its only meant for tourists…-.-

the potter with his manual pottery wheel… he has to kick it himself..pro..

water jars…of the past.. I got one.. love its rawness.. may just turn it to a piece of art! :)

Next Stop: The masoluem of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkish Republic..It houses the tomb/grave of the turkish founder..like a memorial

Soldiers all over the place… A hand on his rifle, Another on his bayonet..

Wall relief

The flag pole there is uber tall! abt 33m! weighing i think close to 5000kg! haha

Then we headed to the Anatolian Civilisation Museum. No pictures inside… so… this is the ONLY pic of the outside! hahaha sorry..-.-

Dinner time.. ryan gets drunk on Turkish beer! haha

Handsome to the max.

Tried shooting some long exposure shots from my room…

TURKEY TRIP (DAY EIGHT)

2010-01-14T18:22:00.001+08:00

After our first night in Cappadocia, we woke up super early for our hot air balloon ride..:)

and the temperature outside is a bitter –5dgrees celcius!

we den headed down to our “runway”… and there were all the balloons.. all getting filled with hot air.. :)

Our ugly balloon… the UGLIEST of the lots.. “its ok lah.. at least we get to take pictures of the nicer ballons :)”

and we have a lift-off!

the view of our hotel…from above..

The ballon “pilot” landed the entire basket of us on a trailer! and den we had to help fold the gigantic balloon.. and we popped champange to celebrate… that we’re still alive??

We then headed back to hotel from breakfast and headed out after breakfast… we visited a place called Goreme. where old christians of the days lived in the rocks (which explains all the window-like holes in the mountains rocks during the hot-air ballon ride) to escape persecution…

We den had lunch in a restarant in a cave… and this man is the entertainer..

Rocks shaped like a camel…

and we visited a carpet shop.. and they were selling hand woven carpets… the first one the showed us costs over 100000USD!

Sorry for the under exposed pictures…

Silkworm cacoons…

We den headed off to an underground city! a fully equipped underground city… with stables and kitchens! :)

But unable to capture them on my cameras.. i din haven flash on my Nikkormat.. just on my wai wai..

Out of the city jus in time to see the sunset yet again… :) Hallelujah!

Day eight ends :)

TURKEY TRIP (DAY SEVEN)

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Day seven :exciting cos we’re gg “deeper into” turkey into Cappadocia and we know its gg get colder! haha

First thing in the morning our coach had to visit the petrol kiosk for its breakfast.. and it drank about 360litres of petrol.. costing our driver 846Turkish Lira.. and the exchange rate.. its about 1:1.. SO THATS ABT 846SGD of petrol!!! wth.. close to 1k spent in one morning…=.=

Sony a850… “full-frame goodness”

First stop: Mevlana Museum
It houses the tombs of some of islam greatest leaders i think.. really nice place.. but no photography inside..

I tink these are graves of the followers..

Back on the road..:) Deeper and deeper into turkey..

Our next stop for a drink… it was super cold alr! :)

Grass in shade – Frozen
Grass in light – Warmed by the sun (not frozen)
Moral of story? Stand in the light
His love is warmer than the warmest sunshine,
softer than a sigh…:)

Fish in water – water not frozen

Still water – ice
we tried throwing rocks to break the ice and succeeded in the end..:)

Had lunch at this old restaurent in a old building… (ancient in fact)

They used a traditional oven to bake our bread..

Insides of the restaurant..

Last stop for the day. we stopped at a ancient holding place for caravans, like a caravan boarding house.. :) with stables and rooms

Back in the hotel… Ryan flaunts his KERMIT THE FROG boxers.. –.-

Preparing for the bitter cold! :)

Thats all for day seven.

TURKEY TRIP (DAY SIX)

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We spent the morning walking about in a beautiful town which was once an ancient castle.. That explains the fusion of old and new buildings:)

Beautiful place!

After the walk, we proceeded on to the downtown of the area..

They had very nice docks for small fish boats there! :) and the waters are super clear!

A local fisherman de-boneing a small shark:)

The place where we stopped for lunch.. next to a small brook..

We then headed of to Aspendos to see the best preserved theatre in Turkey!

Aquaducts.. which is what ancient ppl used to transport water.. like pipes from the top of the mountain to the bottom.. :)

The theatre… It’s huge! and the acoustics are superb!

LAst stop, we headed to find a waterfall in the middle of high-rise housing..=.= we were all like WHAAT!

Then we came to this park-like place.. :)

and there it is!! the waterfall!!!

Pretty pretty.. :)

Thats all for Day Six! :)

TURKEY TRIP (DAY FIVE)

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Our first destination of the day was the Church of Santa Claus(St Nicholas) and this is the first time i heard that Santa Claus was inspired by St Nicholas…
apparently everyone alr knew!! sheesh..-.-

Arriving at the destination to makan first.. and i saw this two kids playing with the ATM.. after this picture, the blue kid showed me the middle finger..=.=

A lazy outside the entrance of the church.. dun understand how it can slp in the sun..

Entering the Church of St Nicholas… very low light.. pardon my pictures..

After which we went ahead on our way and stopped for coffee/tea next to the Mediterranean Sea..

The Mediterranean Sea!

People actually canoe in the sea!

On our way again!!

And we’re off for a boat ride to see the sunken city of.. i dunno what..=.=

My first time on a glass-bottomed boat!haha we got to see the sunken pottery and articles of the city..

Ok.. the city is partially submerged.. rather.. i think its still sinking..

Back on dry land.. Ryan and his bro where like this cat magnet.. haha..

and the feline tried to paw my Yashica!

Giant Pomegranates..

Ended the day with a sunset over the Mediterranean Sea :)