From Rob

I also swap Polaroids with Rob (also known as jaqian in Flickr)

Cool ! I love signboards. Thanks Rob !

From Lisa

I swapped Polaroid with Lisa and here’s what I got in return for mine (I forgot what I have sent already) :

It’s from her backyard in Oakland. It’s gorgeous, the sky is blue and all. Thanks Lisa !

My fiance’s secret affair

My fiance had an affair with a green horned bacteria once. Don’t believe ? Here’s the proof :

But he dumped her because she couldn’t stop waving her fingers in the air like that.

IKEA Cafe

Everytime we go to IKEA, we will NOT forget to go to its cafe because we loooove the meatballs with the lingonberry sauce and the salmon.

Teppanyaki

I wanted to take a photo of the teppanyaki chef but was too shy to get in front of him so I get the shot of his butt and only some portion of him cooking teppanyaki.

Lesson of this shot : If you ever want to be a great photographer, don’t ever be shy ! Bulldoze your way for a great shot !

Pet shop

I bought my two girl hammies, Waffles and Mumble at the pet shop at Ikano, Damansara so I often go there to get their food supplies, toys etc.

This is perhaps the only day I ever took my camera to the mall, so we decided to take pitchas.

I finally made my way to a Swedish village !

As if. If it wasn’t for the lines on the wall, I would look like I was in some Swedish village.

And I look fat. Notice the word ‘look’. I’m not actually fat. The jacket makes me look fat. Honestly.

The orange look is because I put up some glossy orange transparent paper over the flash to act like a filter.

Me and the ducks

Have I told you that my fiance is not a good photographer ? Like any other people, he’s just the “point-and-shoot” type. The honest type. The straight type.

Take a look at this shot :

I told him I just want to take the picture of the ducks, but no sir, he said, “It’s expensive, one of us must be in the shot.” And because he decided it was too girlie to include him in the picture with the ducks, I *had* to be in it. The result ? Dark, long shot with the ducks. You couldn’t even see the ducks ! He always takes long shots ! Argh !

And what’s with my face ? I think I knew it was not going to turn up good hence my grumpy face. Haih.

The problem with huge hands

My fiance has a pair of huge hands (you should take a look at them). If he was to grab my whole face with one hand if I were laughing at him at any spontaneous funny accidents we had, he could. But the problem with huge hands is they’re too strong if they hold a camera, it would be shaky. Which is why I seldom trust him with my delicate OneStep. For example, this shot :

I have planned the composition perfectly in my head then he volunteered to take it. Of course I couldn’t say no or he’d go sulk. And so we have, ladies and gentleman, the horriby, shaky, true-to-the-heart blurry shot.

My stripey red + black socks !

To be honest, I have never put on these pair of socks on any outing. They were long so my legs would be sweaty if I put these on on longer basis. I bought them simply because they looked cute to me. How silly is that ?

And to think that the rubber carpet flooring on my bedroom looks quite cool now. Don’t you think ?