Bukit Batok Town Park

I had driving lesson at BBDC at 7.30 am on a Sunday morning. It was only 9.10 am after my lesson, so after a quick breakfast, I headed for Bukit Batok Town Park for a visit after many years. I can't even recall the exact year I last visited this place but I know that I visited this place with my parents & sis.

161 of Project 365: Lippies

Another obsession of mine is lippies. Actually, wearing lip balm or lipstick is more of a necessity than vanity because I have dry lips which need constant moisturising.

The MAC Disney Villains collection is my latest purchase, and I've been using MAC products since it reached our shore back in my Uni days.

My colleague always complain when she saw me buying another lipstick because I buy them so frequently.

I suspect that most of the stuff on my lips eventually ended up in my stomach. When I commented that when I'm dead & the doc open up my stomach, I wonder what they would find there, my colleague actually said "crayon". Well, I thought that's really funny & it might be true.

ISO: 400

Exposure: 0.3sec

Aperture: 5.6

Focal Length: 45mm

Flash Used: No

160 of Project 365: Perfume

I still remember that my dad bought me my first perfume when I was in Primary 6.

We were doing our weekend shopping at NTUC FairPrice and I was looking at a row of Enchanteur perfume, powder & lotion. Suddenly, my dad came up to me & asked me to picked one. Frankly, I'm quite surprised by my dad's gesture, which I gladly obliged. And I've been hooked since that first bottle of perfume.

Nowadays, I never leave home without a spritz of my favourite scent. I'll feel uneasy & weird if I'm not wearing any perfume. So I make sure that I have a small vial which I carry around for occasions when I forgot to wear my perfume before leaving the house. Of course, there were still a couple of times when I have to live through the day "scentless" and I must say the experience was really tortuous.

Some of my favourites include Lanvin, Chloe, Chanel & Sarah Jessica Parker.

Exposure: 1/40sec

Aperture: 5.6

Focal Length: 45mm

Flash Used: No

159 of Project 365: Sun Yat Sen

According to my mom, dad was an admirer of Sun Yat Sen.

ISO: 250

Exposure: 1/60sec

Aperture: 5.0

Focal Length: 26mm

Flash Used: No

Rubber Tapping

Rubber tapping tools on display at the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall.

Mom excitedly asked if I've taken a picture of the rubber tapping tools & started to tell me interesting facts about rubber tapping which I never knew. Invaluable lesson which I believe many might not know too.

妈妈: (非常兴奋的问我) 有没有把这个拍下来?

我: 哦，还没。(喀嚓，拍了一张，就是所见上图)

妈妈: 以前我们去割橡胶的时候就是戴酱的灯在头上。

我: 哇，酱high tech 啊！为什么要戴盏灯割橡胶?

妈妈: 因为割橡胶要早上两，三点，天还没亮的时候就起来割，所以要戴盏灯才看得到。

我: 为什么要七早八早，天还没亮的时候去割橡胶? (本人非常反对任何干扰正常睡眠的非自然活动)

妈妈: 因为天亮了，橡胶树被太阳晒了，就不会流出来。只有到了晚上，橡胶才会流出来。

我: 哦，原来如此。(上了一堂课)

妈妈: (指着右下方的一堆种子) 这些就是橡胶的种子。

我: 这个我以前有看过。(因为曾经有人把在地上磨过的橡胶种子烫我，所以印象深刻)

妈妈: (指着橙色的物体) 这就是处理过的橡胶。

我: 很像石头叻！

完毕！

晚晴园 (Wan Qing Yuan)

Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall

158 of Project 365: Broken Wrist

Sprained my wrist more than two months ago before I finally decided to go to Eu Yan Sang to get it checked. The doctor said there's a mild infection of the vein near the joints at the wrist hence I'll feel discomfort whenever I move my thumb. Besides being "bundled" up, I was also being prescribed with 7 days' worth of medicine (shudders). I was told that this is a common problem faced by mothers who have to carry/lift their kids. Of course, I don't have to carry any kid but I think my huge carry-all bag is no laughing matter. Well, I can still live life as per normal but I have to refrain from carrying heavy stuff. I wonder how is that possible?

I took this picture with my left hand holding the camera upside down. The final picture has been rotated twice to get it in the right position. Today, I took all the pictures using "Shutter Priority" mode instead of the usual "Manual" mode and I must say that the picture turned out pretty well. After adjusting the aperture & ISO the brightness of the picture came out exactly like I see it. Another milestone in my photography journey.

ISO: 200

Exposure: 1/8sec

Aperture: 5.0

Focal Length: 21mm

Flash Used: No