Sunday, 26th Sept 2010

It is when we are broken, that God is fixing us.

It is precisely when we feel weak, that God is making us stronger.

" This is not how it should be
This is not how it could be
This is how it is
And our God is in control

This is not how it will be
When we finally will see
We'll see with our own eyes
He was always in control

And we'll sing holy, holy, holy is our God
And we will finally really understand what it means
So we'll sing holy, holy, holy is our God
While we're waiting for that day

This is not where we planned to be
When we started this journey
But this is where we are
And our God is in control

Though this first taste is bitter
There will be sweetness forever
When we finally taste and see
That our God is in control

And we'll sing holy, holy, holy is our God
And we will finally really understand what it means
So we'll sing holy, holy, holy is our God
While we're waiting for that day

We're waiting for that day
We'll keep on waiting for that day
And we will rise
Our God is in control"

- from, Our God is in Control by Steven Curtis Chapman. (go youtube it.)

Whatever you have been going through, consider this, Our God is in Control.

foe-toe.

To view my entire collection of photos go to my flickr!

I've decided....

Westlife is going to sing for my wedding.
I. don't. care.
(hahaha...)

Music that makes you go ahhh........

I love this album. And westlife. It's like the best of both worlds.
Jazz and Westlife. Omg. Amazing...
I am gonna get it.
There's just something about the irish and music that go so well together like toilet and reading, like bread and butter, like black on white.
The irish are perhaps the most soulfully musical.

I slept at 4am yesteday just reading this book.

I am currently reading this book, which i borrowed from the library.
I must say, this is one of the best books i have ever read in my life.

As the review from googlebooks puts it,

"A fresh, compulsively readable narrative of the elusive element behind so many innovative breakthroughs, in fields ranging from physics and marketing to design and popular culture.

What made The Sopranos finale one of the most talked about events in television history?
Why is Sudoku so addictive and the iPhone so darn irresistible?
What do Jackson Pollack and Lance Armstrong have in common with theoretical physicists and Buddhist monks?

Elegance.

In this thought-provoking exploration of why certain events, products, and people capture our imaginations, and loyalty, Matthew May defines elegance as the elusive combination of unusual simplicity and surprising power, and pinpoints the four key elements that characterize it—seduction, subtraction, symmetry, and sustainability. In a story-driven narrative that sheds light on the need for elegance in design, engineering, physics, art, urban planning, sports, work, May offers a surprising array of stories that illustrate why what’s “not there” often matters more than what is."

Of course i am being completely bias here but really.. it's such a good read.

My 2nd ever Roll of Film.

There are more on my flickr but i am so lazy to put em up here. I love Film.
This is Teacher's Day Celebrations 2010, cum post-prelims shots.
Love how the photos came out.

( Description of my shots from Fb: Shot by a Minolta point and shoot film camera using Fujifilm superia 400 film and processed by Kodak on 3R glossy paper. It gives off a Polaroid feel... dont you think? These are not the full 36, just the better ones and the 'okay' ones. I scanned the photos in using my canon printer. But i mu...st say the scanning is pretty close to the real photograph. Unedited of course. These are film photographs.)

Moooon river.......

Oh man... call me an old soul but i just loooove this song.
Especially the original version sung by the Legendary Audrey Hepburn. Such a classic.
I want to watch the whole movie. (Breakfast at Tiffany's.) It's a classic! How can i not watch it.

tuesday.

"....with You I walk through the valleys.."

- Take all of me, Hillsong More than Life album.

52 more days to O Levels.

Did You rise the sun for me?
Or paint a million stars that I might
Know Your majesty

Is Your voice upon the wind?
Is everything I've known marked
With my maker's fingerprints

Breathe on me
Let me see Your face
Ever I will seek You

'Cause all You are, is all I want, always
Draw me close in Your arms
Oh God, I wanna be with You

Can I feel You in the rain?
Abandon all I am to have You
Capture me again

Let the earth resound with praise
Can You hear as all creation lives
To glorify one name

Breathe on me
Let me see Your face
Ever I will seek You

'Cause all You are, is all I want, always
Draw me close in Your arms
Oh God, I wanna be with You

I haven't heard/sung this song in a really long time, but it suddenly just came to me today.
I just love the poetry of this song.
It's so beautiful.

Today, was.... alright last day of school term.
I wanted so much to bring the Nikon to school to shoot, but in the end i just... didn't.
I didnt know why either. Maybe cause a lot of teachers were missing in school today that's why.
Thought it might be a waste.
Anyways, i just realised that today there isn't much time left before O levels.
And so... let the mugging begin.
No more artistic endeavours (photography), no more guilty pleasures (channel 8 shows), no more distractions.
Instead, more focusing, more concentration, more studying.

The time has come.
This is the last 5 laps.
Oh boy, it's gonna be tough.
As it is, i already am so tired.
But like Mrs. Tan said, it's either going to make us or break us.
So... Hang in there.
Perseverance.

Isaiah 40:30 (New International Version)

³⁰ Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
³¹
but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.

My 1st Attempt at Film Photography was 8/36 a success!

Which means 28/36 a failure, which makes it overall a failure.

Here are some of my favourite shots:
But of course you can't really tell whether their good shots here because this aren't the actual photos scanned in, these are pictures of the photos taken using my dad's motorola milestone camera. So obviously, some qualities of the actual photo will be loss along the way, like colour-vibrantness and tone.


I think this is my favourite shot of all that i've taken with this role of film.
You should see the actual photo. The colour is just so...right.
It's sharp, focusing on jocelyn and her priceless smile. Just perfect. A very natural shot.

You can't really see it here. But somehow, the photo blurs at the edges and focuses soley on the subject here. Adelin Ang. (haha!) There also seems to be a serpia tone colour produced (have no idea why) And i managed to capture her natural smile. Beautiful.

Awww.... the sucha sweet photo. Pity Beck's head got cut off by the shadow.
(I WARNED YOU, Becks)

Love the shadows here.

I love the serious-ness of my school's security guard projected here.
The look on his face is so natural.

Love how the photo encapsulates the whole school behind them.
The shadows at the side and the jagged lines on the other.

I like the colour saturation in this photo, which is obviously not accurately protrayed here in this picture of the photo.

And finally.... haha the photographer, me. I like this shot, (not because of the subject)
But because the colours came out very natural, real-to-life kind of feel to it and it was focusing on my face instead of the wall. So yeap, i like it. =)

Although sadly, these are the only photos that turned out nice out of the 36.
The rest are either, shaky, not-enough-light-ish, or the subjects got cut-off.
Yeah... it's quite sad.
Oh well... at least i churned out these 8 winners. =)

Here's What i've learnt from the other 28 photos:
1. sunlight is the best light.
Apparently, the flash on my minolta camera is terrible. Results have shown very obviously that sunlight is the best light to use. Never take indoor shots. period.

2. The viewfinder lies.
A lot of my subjects got cut-off. WHAT.ON.EARTH. Making the picture incomplete and the photographer, inadequate. =(

3. Never develop photos downstairs my house.
I think the shop downstairs doesn't develop nice photos. The printing's pretty bleh. Either that or it's my photo-taking. Next time round, i'll develop it at Westmall & we'll see.

The NASA Scientist hasn't replied yet but a Physics Professor has!

The following is my correspondence with a Physics Professor, Mats A Selen, currently teaching at the University of Illinois.
Check it out.


Hi,

I am Priscilla Lim all the way from Singapore, (aka the Little Red Dot), a student and i got hold of your email from this website: http://van.physics.illinois.edu/website/contact.php
I am not sure if you will get to read this email, but i have a question.
And it is this:
Does a magnet have an effect on ions?
I am sorry but i don't study physics, so.... i am a little bit ignorant in this field. (I study biology and chemistry)

Thanks for your time and i just want to say what a great job you guys are doing, you know the whole "ask-us-a-question" thing.

Cheers,

Priscilla Lim.

Hi Priscilla,

I’m glad to hear all the way from Singapore! The answer to your question is yes – a magnetic field can exert a force on any moving charge, so since an ion is charged a magnetic field can exert a force on a moving ion. The size of the force will depend on how big the magnet is and on the velocity of the ion.

Mats

I replied him of course even though according to their 'rules' i wasn't supposed to. But what can i say! The hunger for Knowledge got the better of me. I am just really surprised and honoured he replied. Oh man... call me a nutcase but this is really exciting!