Adventure @ Christ Church

We had a fun filled and adventurous day at Christ Church Sec School, which was also the Centre of Excellence for Outdoor Education.


Reminded me of the days when I was in secondary school and poly, when we organised such activities like Orientation Camps, Camping Trips, etc.


This event was organised by Cheers Connect International, which specialises in "organising fun and creative programmes to foster leadership, discipline and the importance of accountability among individuals".


We were broken into 3 teams and there were quite a number of 'stations' we had to go through. And each station required lots of teamwork, and some stations required more than that.


Read on....


Firstly, we all had to learn how to belay.


So, they're teaching us how to wayang (put up a show)?


I see you, you see them....


This is when trusting your team becomes important.


Ok, now for the real thing. Let's do some warm-up first.


...you tip toe across, then you jump over that log, afterwhich you do a triple reverse somersault...

"What took you so long? I just finished my coffee."


He scored a 8.57 for his triple reverse somersault.


She scored a 9.95 for doing everything with her eyes closed.


No time for coffee.


Leap of faith.


I can do it..... I can do it.....


I think I can do it..... I think I can do it.....


I want to go home..... I want to go hhhoooommmmeeeeeeeeeee......


JUMP !!!!


PHEW !!!!


Gulp ! I'm next.....


This...guy....is....heavy.....man....!


Weeeeeeeeeee!!!


Praying for 4D?


Er....no comments.


Another one praying for 4D.


Where???

Everyone showing their thumbs of approval !!

Republic Day Golf & Dinner

The Republic Day of India (Hindi: गणतंत्र दिवस Gantantra Divas) is a national holiday of India to mark the transition of India from a British Dominion to a republic on January 26, 1950 and the adoption of the Constitution of India. It is one of the three national holidays in India.


Golf Parivaar held a Golf & Dinner to celebrate the event. A total of 6 flights teed off at Warren Golf and Country Club this morning.


The organisers - Golf Parivaar


The 1st flight.


Second flight.


Third flight.


Fourth flight.


Fifth flight.


And last but not least, the sixth flight.




Some of the golfers in action.


Really liked this gentleman's pose. Very cool.


As Parivaar also meant Family in Hindi, Golf Parivaar believes that there are no golf widows or orphans and everyone's part of the celebration. The highlight of the event was the Dinner & Dance held at the Singapore Cricket Club's the Gilmour Room where everyone partied under the clear blue skies, with the mgnificent and grand Supreme Court as the background.



The children waiting eagerly and patiently for their custom made balloons.


The guest getting into the mood of the evening - 70s Retro.



There was Gerald Rodriguez who hails from Canada, providing great live music,


which got everybody in the mood for dancing under the stars.



Even the kids couldn't resist getting into the groove.


Not forgetting the good food and great wine and beer !


For more information about Golf Parivaar and their activities, click here.

Lightened up !

新加坡佛牙寺龙华院

Took this photo of the Buddha Tooth Relic temple (新加坡佛牙寺龙华院) with my Sony Ericsson K810i using the Twlight Lanscape mode.

If you're using SLR cameras, you would probably have your camera on a tripod since your shutter speed would probable be around 1-2 seconds.

There would usually be a lot of people around such tourist attractions. If you want to depict movement of these people (through blurry human movements), leave the aperture as big as possible, so that the shutter speed would be just long enough to capture these movements.

However, if you want to minimise such movement appearing in your photo, choose the smallest aperture (f22 or f32). Your shutter speed would then probably be more than 10 seconds. Unless the person is walking very slowly, or was standing absolutely still for 10 seconds, they won't show up in your photo.

If you're not using a tripod, then you would need to find something where you could support your camera with. Luckily, there was a streetlamp riser (the ones you see along the road). I rested my handphone/camera on top and took the photo.

Alternatively, you can try leaning on the lamp post. Press your shutter release while breathing out and holding your breath. You might need to practise this. At least it will reduce movement of your hands.

High on Hot Chocolate

Brought the kids to Vivocity last saturday for some window shopping. Wanted to see what the hype regarding the Sky park was all about. Turned out that most of the water features were under maintenance and only 1 was opened to the public.I saw almost 20-30 kids playing water in the wading pool.


Anyway, was walking around and saw that there was a playground 1 level down, so brought the kids there. Not really your typical playground as there were no slides or structures for kids to climb.






The kids ended up playing a what-you-might-call-it. Where you can sit/lie/hang onto a tilted ring and someone comes along and spins everybody around.


Justin trying his best to make the ring move. Not very successful. Think you can see why.



The kids taking a break after a hard day's work.


Justin didn't know that you could also get high on hot chocolate.

HDB Long Jump

Witness the record breaking feat for the Girls' HDB Long Jump event.



Witness the record breaking feat for the Boys' HDB Long Jump event.

The Look

Is anybody looking for a child model with 'The Look' ?