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It’s been more than two months since my last update. What’s with the newborn, the new home, children’s schoolwork, and having to ‘entertain’ the helper’s antics, no doubt my maternity leave has never been busier. No chance to ‘action tai-tai‘ walk around Orchard Road shopping with baby on weekdays like I used to during my last maternity leave.
‘Action tai-tai’ two years ago when Anaqi was just a little baby.
So what happened during my absence from blogville?
Friends came to visit.
05th and 6th Mar 2011 – I was still putting up at my parents’ when a couple of my old friends and BFFs came to visit, and showered baby Aqeil with gifts. Thank you lovely aunties and uncles for your generosity.
(More photos are up on Flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aprima/sets/72157626584375615/)
New ‘toys’ to play with.
10th Mar 2011 - It was the first day of IT Show 2011, P and I headed down to Suntec Convention Centre where we had plans to recce camera lenses, but were saddened when told that Canon lenses were not available for sale during the show. We then made a quick pitstop to Nubox to check on a few Apple products and in less than an hour, we were proud owners of this – an iMac! (Buh-bye Windows XP!). It comes with a 27″ LED-backlit display, 2.8GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB memory and 1TB of disk space! (yes, very tech stuff, I know)
Our purchase from the IT Show 2011.
12th Mar 2011 – After my disappointment of not getting the-badly-most-wanted-camera-lens at the IT Show, P and I decided to make a trip down to Cathay Photo at Peninsula Plaza to check out a few. I heard this place sells a huge range of camera lenses at reasonable prices and they’ve got excellent sales staff. Anyway, I tried out a couple of lenses on my own Canon EOS 40D and finally decided to get…
Sigma 18-250mm DC OS HSM
… and on top of that, I added an external flash to my checkout basket.
Canon Speedlite 430EX II Flash
Guess what (or who) are the first subjects to model their first tryout?
Chak!
Such are the things that excite me! (Dresses, bags and shoes, you say? Not quite as much.)
Sister’s Engagement & Birthday!
26th Mar 2011 – Yes, my little sister Dhiah is all so grown up now. On this day, she turned 25 years of age and got engaged! (Hey, wasn’t it only yesterday she woke up for kindergarten?). Anyway, she’s engaged to a Mohd Sadiq, who seems like a nice guy. I’ve seen him twice or thrice, but I haven’t spoken to him before. But I’m so happy for them both. Insyallah, semoga pertunangan mereka kekal hingga ke jinjang pelamin. Amin.
More photos on Flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aprima/sets/72157626585172549/
Stay tune for April happenings and Housewarming entries in my upcoming posts soon.
forget my fried pc for the moment. this has been what i’ve been waiting for for months.
Ever since I handed down my Canon Powershot A80 to my brother, I’ve always wanted to get a new digital camera but couldn’t decide whether to go for a compact one or a DSLR. Well, obviously the DSLR would cost more, but it would be a good buy if I were to have full manual control and most importantly, wide dynamic range of sharp photos. But the shortcoming is that DSLR cameras are bulky and heavy.
Of late, I have been visiting dpreview.com and photo.net and was inspired by the review photos that were put up. I am so inclined to get either one of these.
Canon EOS 40D
Canon Digital Rebel XTi (400D)
Nikon D80
But which one? Hmm.
Ladies and gentlemen,
You are now looking at the proud owner of….
*squeels in delight*
A few things I wanted to say since the last time I posted but didn’t have the chance to.
1) The pictures on my LJ are gone. My webhost kinda screw things up and together with a very-confused me, the pictures are now non-accessible to everyone even though I can upload them to my webspace. Strange.
2) I had misplaced my camera. I know it must be somewhere in my home because I don’t remember bringing it out of the house since my aunt’s wedding. Or did I? Anyway, must remind self to look for it later today.
3) On Friday, my collegues and I went to Moghul Mahal at Clarke Quay for lunch – some mini post-implementation party. They serve absolutely delicious Indian food there. You should try them.
Oh, and later on, my wallet slipped from my lap without me realising until after I had reached the office 15 minutes later. I called the restaurant and they said they’ve seen it and my boss was kind enough to drive me back there for me to collect it. [Don't know what is wrong with me this week - keep misplacing things!]
4) I was right about sh*t piling up on me at work of late. But, no, it has got nothing to do with football. I need to find a way to relieve this “stress”. Suggestions are very much welcome.
