It’s been a couple of weeks wearing my new Apple Watch Series 5 and I have some thoughts about it. Performance First off, the performance on this watch is a pretty big upgrade from the series 3. While there was nothing to complain about in terms of overall performance, the series 5 is a much... Continue Reading →
2019: A year of gratitude
2019 has been a pretty good year for me. January First, I am grateful to have finally completed my studies in NUS. I enrolled in a part-time Masters course in Science Communication. The Masters degree is a joint Masters degree with The Australian National University (ANU). After two years of slugging it out, studying and... Continue Reading →
I bought the Apple Watch Series 5
So today on Christmas, I decided to walk into the Apple store at Orchard Road and came out with a brand new Apple Watch series 5. It was a spur of the moment thing. Previously when the series 5 watch was released in September, I actually pre-ordered it. But at the very last minute, I... Continue Reading →
Moroccan Adventure Part X: Going home
Marrakesh was our final stop before taking the train back to Casablanca to catch our flight back home. It was hot. It was the first time since we arrived in morocco that the weather was swelteringly hot. While we were in the desert, it was cool, cold even sometimes especially before dawn. The sudden change... Continue Reading →
Moroccan Adventure Part IX: Desert tour days 2, 3 and 4
By dawn the next day, we had breakfast buffet at the common tent. It was time to say goodbye to the Sahara desert. The camel rides, sunset by the sand dunes and the bonfire that kept us warm at night in the desert were cherished memories that I definitely brought home with me. A jeep... Continue Reading →
Moroccan Adventure Part VIII: Desert tour day 1.
It was time to say goodbye to our rental car. Good riddance! While I enjoyed driving for the most parts in Morocco, it was especially stressful when approaching a major city. The chaos, the hustle and bustle, the honking, coupled with the fact that I needed to drive a manual car, all added up to... Continue Reading →
Moroccan Adventure Part VII: Fes
If someone were to ask me where the cultural and spiritual capital of Morocco would be, it would be Fez. The city of Fez is old. It is steeped in Moroccan culture and tradition. It’s Médina has a long and rich history and is doing a pretty good job in resisting the march of modernity.... Continue Reading →
Moroccan Adventure Part VI: Chefchaouen
The drive to Chefchaouen from Tangier was the a journey I was most looking forward to. It was the first time where we were no longer following the coast up north, but instead, we were driving east and south to the country’s interior. We now had the chance to admire the beautiful landscape of what... Continue Reading →
Moroccan Adventure Part V: Tangier
Me at the rooftop of our Airbnb, overlooking the Medina. We arrived Tangier sometime in the evening. We had great difficulty reaching our Airbnb accommodation. It’s located in the Medina, particular on top of the hill. Traffic was atrocious. Of all the cities that I have visited by car, Tangier was probably the worst. The... Continue Reading →
Moroccan Adventure Part IV: Onward to Tangier
Our next destination was Tangier. From Rabat, it was a 3 hours leisurely drive. Along the way, we made a stop to the Lixus ruins. Lixus was once an ancient roman city that sits atop of the hill, overlooking a town called Larache. I remembered having lunch in Larache. If I was not mistaken we... Continue Reading →
Moroccan Adventure Part III: In and Around Rabat
We had a couple of days in Rabat. After driving from Casablanca, we arrived in Rabat sometime in the mid-afternoon. Our riad was in the medina. We had two problems. First, was to find a suitable parking lot to park our rented car that was not too far off from our accommodation. This is because... Continue Reading →
X-Pro 3 first impressions!
On the 28th of November, during lunchtime, I received a call from my local camera store. He was calling to inform me that the Fujifilm’s latest camera, the X-Pro 3 has finally arrived. I was super excited. I headed down to the store after work, and collected my camera. What a beauty! I got the... Continue Reading →
Moroccan Adventure Part II: Onward to Rabat
Our next destination was Rabat, about 90km north of Casablanca. We rented a car but as soon as I got into the car, I immediately regretted my decision to drive in Morocco. The traffic was devilishly chaotic. It seemed that no one was following traffic rules in this country. Only those with the heart of... Continue Reading →
Moroccan Adventure Part I: Casablanca
About year and a half ago, my colleagues and I started planning our grand Moroccan adventure. It all started over our usual lunch conversations during work, casually asking each other what our own holiday plans were going to be like in 2019. Then all of a sudden, we started throwing ideas for a holiday together.... Continue Reading →
I am getting the Fujifilm X-Pro 3 after all.
Two weeks ago, I made the plunge. I paid the deposit and pre-ordered the X-Pro 3. Such a big purchase was not done lightly. As always, I imposed a two-week cooling off period, where I will not think, read or watch anything related to the X-Pro 3 and only revisit that thought after the cooling... Continue Reading →
What I remembered of Tunisia.
About seven years ago I did the unthinkable. I travelled to Tunisia for a 6-week volunteer program. It was 2012 and Tunisia was part of the whole Arab Spring uprising that happened a couple of years before I made my trip there. The country was largely spared from the violence of overthrowing the regime and... Continue Reading →
What happened to my Canon 550D?
Sometime in 2010, I bought my first DSLR, the Canon 550D. I was 23 and in the University at that time. I loved the camera. I had it for 3 or so years before I stopped mentioning about it in my blog. So what happened? My first ever DSLR, the Canon 550D Well, long story... Continue Reading →
Smartphone pictures deserve some Lightroom treatment too
I was browsing through my trove of photos I have accumulated in my iPhone and I realised that there were pictures from two recent vacations that I didn’t really find the time to review them and select the best for further editing. I did edit some of them for Instagram and Facebook, but a vast... Continue Reading →
Changi Jewel at night
When I first laid my eyes on the world's tallest man-made waterfall at the new extension of the multiple award winning airport, Changi Airport, I was blown away. The greenery all around the majestic waterfall was truly a sight to behold. This nature theme retail space that connects to the major terminals of Changi Airport... Continue Reading →
New domain, new address
I have been blogging for many years now and it wasn’t always on the WordPress platform. I can no longer remember the platform that I was using when I first started blogging. But I remember LiveJournal and Blogspot to be one of the few blogging platforms that I tried. A few years ago, I consolidated... Continue Reading →
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