a photo session with Mr Tharman at Taman Jurong CC

Last week , I managed to go to the nearby CC for a photgraph taking session with my present MP( SM Tharman). The presidency election would be here in the coming months and Mr tharman has indicted his intention of running for the top office , and he would have to quit all his duty in PAP in order to be eligible for the top post. Since this would be the last time he would be meeting the residents as a mp, there would be a photo taking session held to Taman jurong CC on to give a warm farewell to the MP

I reached the CC with my mum at around 6 pm. There was a huge crowd of people waiting to take pictures with Mr Tharman and his wife , and we were sitted down and waited for 40 minutes for our turn to take pictures . during the process , we met another MP shawn ( likely to be the caretaker MP for the rest of this term) doing his round of making himself known to the resident . Finally, its our turn to take photo with Mr Tharman. He look visibly tired after such a long day taking photo, I didn’t managed to talk to him , just a photo , and we left . after that , we took some dessert on the ground floor , and there is also some performance there too .

Looking backwards , Mr Tharman is indeed a good mp of taman jurong. Even I am not exactly a PAP supporter , but I would say that Mr Tharman service as a MP from 2001 to 2023 is significant and benefical to the residents in taman jurong

Looking forward, talking about the president election that was due to be held in September , I guess he would certainly be the future president-elect due to his popularity and experience. Whether or not would there be competitors coming forward would not likely diminish his chance of becoming president ( this is what I guess ). After all, what can the president do for the people ( in layman words ) is something I really do not know.

For the coming national day , I should spare some time to visit the istana open house , and maybe if Im lucky enough , I might see President Halimah for the last time at the Istana . I see if any of my friends would join me for the visit. If not , Im ok visiting alone.

I should stop here for you , 一个人也可以很开心

GOD bless all the time , 慧台

摄影课的下半场

今天又回到了原来的学堂，上摄影的下半段的课程。今天主要是学习软件。editing software， 自己在电脑和手机都有下载了CAP CUT的软件。早上大半在讲解网上一些不同的软件，和它们的优缺点，以免费软件来说，还是CAPCUT 比较好，但不久的将来，还是有可能被AI 所取代。

之后，大家下载了上个礼拜拍的短视频，开始剪接成为一分钟的短视频。感觉基本功不难上手，但里面还是有很多，自己不熟的功能。只能不断的练习才学的会

中午午餐，还是回到原来的素食馆吃饭. 这次叫了一个炒饭，又贵又少菜，也不是很好吃。同学当中也有一个是吃素的 （ francis ）（发一组）,有交换联络方式，希望未来有机会可以出来喝茶

下午回到课堂，学习很多不同的editing 的技巧，对自己受益还是很多的，学到了很多技术如加速，放慢，加影响等等。这些技能还是要多多练习，才会上手。最后完成了一分钟的视频给老师看。节目到了1725就结束了。之前有一起拍了合照，放在老师的手机里。课程后，想在WHatsapp msg 联系老师，但一点回应都没有。（大概身为网红的他，没有时间回应吧！）。之后自己也在网上买了一个自拍器，能够提升一下拍摄的技巧。

讲到旅游方面的东西，去美国的行程大概已经确定下来了。从10月7号开始，先去夏威夷，呆4天，然后，再坐晚上的班机到洛杉矶。在那里呆4 天，第五天，才飞到温哥华，在温哥华呆到21 号 （4天）。整个行程不是普通的贵，花费最少要6千五以上，如果没意外，下个月或许就可以订飞机票了。和自己说。未来的事情有很多不确定性，但总要以一个了个乐观的心态去面对。和朋友出国是不可能的，自己一个人学会一个人的开心。

GOD bless all the time , 慧台

a friday nite watching Transformer

It has been a very long while since I ever stepped into a cinema to watch a movie. The last time I ever watched a movie was 2019 where I watched the spiderman Movie also with my colleagues. Guess what, if not for the company effort , I probably will not be stepping into the cinema for a very long time.

This time , the company had chosen another similar movie ( transformer )。Recently, the relationship between me and my colleagues wouldn’t be very good , I ponder quite a while if it would necessary to go for such outing. But finally , I decided to say yes . After all , the movie outing would be the only show I ever watched in the year 2023

On the Friday, I worked until 530 , where I visited a new vegetarian stall at the former big box. The stall was pretty quiet at 6 pm . I wonder how long the vegetarian stall can last . Afterwards , I took a rest at the library before heading to jem for the transformer movie at 8 pm

Since I had started to learn videograhy , I should take some short clip to be posted on the tiktok and Ig. I took some video but most of them were pretty bur due to lack of lighting . I reached the cinema hall at 1950 hours . The company had actually booked the whole cinema hall solely for our company . Half of the colleagues managed to bring their family along . Since I still single , I can only bring myself . The movie was pretty interesting with an predictable ending.

Looking forward , I guess this should be the last movie I could ever watch with the company. If there are any more future welfare activities for this year, I should politely reject them so that I could spent more time on holy shrine activities. Job finding hasn’t been easy, but I would try to speed up the process

写到这里，一个人也可以很开心

GOD bless all the time , 慧台

学习摄影的日子-2023（一）

自从好几年前，和毅辉买到了比较便宜的相机到现在，都没有真正的上课来学用买到的东西。之前有上YOUTUBE看了一些视频，但也是一知半解，要等朋友有空来教自己，真的是等久都没有。同样的问题，上一次去到北海道旅行的时候，相机很多时候，因为很蒙，拍出来的效果很差。总以为是相机出毛病了，之后有拿去修理中学看了一下，才发现是自己在设定方面的问题，只要调一下就可以了。想想如果之前有朋友能多给意见，就不会BLUR 到家。说回来，现在的我，身边没有真正可以聊到一起的朋友。或许这也是命，但也不好过多的埋怨，一个人也是可以的 （ 只不过学习路上都会比较辛苦吧）

五月3号

四月尾上网签了两天的 videography course, 因为可以扣政府skill future 的 钱，就自己去上一下吧。为了要多熟悉自己用的相机，之前的一天，我还特别勉强自己到植物园去走一下，拿相机拍一下，希望在技术方面有些进步。早上730起床，天气还蛮好的。坐巴士到植物园，大概用了40分钟。植物园相当大一下，感觉走半天，不一定走的完。和自己说，不用特意去拍“人” 的照片，多学会欣赏风景，花花或草草，最少在拍风景照时，风景是不会投诉的。园里没有免费的WIFI，打游戏只能用自己的网路。里面走了两个小时，拍了一些照片，但好不好也只能凭感觉，要把放上电脑，才会体会到那些需要改进的。到了1100左右，才有BUGIS 吃饭，结束半天的植物园旅行。

五月4号

早上0700分起床，吃了早餐就坐地铁到tanjong pagar 站　(international plaza , ispizone pte ltd ) 去上两天的课程。和我一起上课的还有三位男士　（另外三位男士临时退课了），感觉少了女生的课室，有些小小的失望。老师 (Adrian Lee) 开始先自我介绍，原来他也是IG 和TIKtOK 的其中一个网红。早上比较多在讲不同的社交网站的一些不同 （ FB、 IG 和TIKtok ），自己因此也下载了TIKTOK。早上也有学到拍摄一些简短的视频。

中午1230 ，三位同学很快就走出去了，只能自己吃饭。上HappY COW ， 有看到TANJONG PAGAR Food center 有素食，外面下着大雨，走过去也很不容易。到了那里，才发现两间斋店都没有开。自能去到比较贵的环球素食吃午餐，那里的食物还是不错的，或许下个礼拜也会过去。

下午回到课室上课。下午的时段，老师比较多讲到拍摄的效果和技术 和灯光的重要 ，虽然都只是是简单入门，但也获益良多。未来的科技有很大可能被AI 取代 ，以后很多工作不用人力去拍，只要输入想要的程序，AI 就可以模拟到更好的短视频。这到底是个好消息还是恐怖的事情，只有时间才能证明了。讲到相机，老师又说现在的科技，用DSLR 来拍Video 是不太行的（ 都用Mirrorless Technique），自己的D700 也已经是落后的科技的，想想是否该买新的相机呢？只能看一步走一步了.

老师教到五点半就准时放学，和其他三位同学没有什么机会聊到一起。或许大家来学的目的都不太一样，所以没有可以聊的话题。想想也就算了，因为不是女生，有时也少了要和他们搭讪的动力，多在自己的学习发面下功夫，下个礼拜还会学用editing software.

第一天的学习课程暂时写到这里，和自己说，不会谈恋爱的，一个人也可以很开心。

GOD bless all the time , 慧台