Well, it turns out that the Java design assignment was a dud. The purpose of the assignment was just to get us started on the assignment according to the lecturer. Meh.
Went to have a site visit of the venues that are going to be used for Fernando and Onna's wedding on St. Kilda and in Docklands. It was a beautiful day with a freakishly warm (for most, hot) weather compared to the days before and after with a top of 29 degrees. So for the first time in several months, I broke out into shorts, shirt and sandals. That Saturday was an eventful day. Site visit at The Willows for the cocktail reception and then at Gold Leaf Restaurant in Docklands. Soon after, a second screening of Pixar's Up with a big bunch of friends and then an economical pool session with a few of them, Korean dinner and then gelati in the park at night. Wonderful day indeed.
However, there were a few things that were bugging me (and as well as a few more friends) that day. I've always had something that was poking me about this one person but never really enough for me to criticize about it. Until that day. While I know that this person can have a (very) competitive spirit, sometimes I feel that it crosses the line a bit. Now we all know that trash talking in any sport is part-and-parcel of any sport but only if done appropriately. The occasional line here and there is ok, if you know that person can take a few more you can push a few more. But not all the time with relatively strong tone. While I sorta know the person's personality after some observations, this is a bit much. Also, while everyone agrees on the rules of the game of pool and certain usages of equipment, like the bridge, it is a bit much to call everyone who uses the bridge cheaters. The reasoning was ok but please don't go around calling people cheaters when they use the bridge especially when the rules say that it is ok to use it. It is funny that at an unrelated event, this person claimed and I quote "...am a multi-cultural person. So I accept everything you do..." Now I find this rather hypocritical for the person to say this. Which suggest that if no one sees the view or opinion of this person, it is highly recommended, if not, strongly "forces" you to take that view. This is bad on any account. When we were having gelati, the group that went for dinner started sharing stories or talk about stuff as inevitably any group of friends would do. One section went into the history of this person before coming to Melbourne and went into great details of the wild days of high school. You know the lot; alcohol, halucinogens, smoking, racing. I, certainly the rest of us, don't judge anyone by their past especially one from such a wild history. But we were certainly uncomfortable about it due to one reason. Again, after reading this person's personality, this is one that has the mottos "Live for the now" and "Try everything at least once". That's not the reason, but given all this new information about the wild past, it has been said that this person wouldn't mind trying again some of the things that have happened and would recommend us to try as well. This is where we OCFers have a problem. There is no remorseful tone at all about what had happened in the past despite this person saying that is a Christian. This person feels very strongly about the opinions and suggestions given which I foresee that is going to be very difficult to talk the person out of such things.
This is tough. It is not easy to break stuff up like that and even more pressing, the person has very limited time before going back home. While I am glad that this person is coming to OCF, church and our usual sports sessions, but if this person is to live a life a Christian is supposed to live, this strong-headed person doesn't seem interested or does not understand the meaning of living a Christian life. How now?
Anyway, on a more lighter tone, had a meeting for Fernando and Onna's wedding on what is going to happen on that day and room for scrutinizing and suggestions. Frankly speaking, I was kinda lost most of the time but I think I roughly know what is going on. While I do realize that I am sort of the third wheel as far as photography department goes in this event, I don't quite care. Even though I know I have to be extra observant and extra fast to capture pictures, I know this is something for me to greatly improve my photographic skills. Theoretically, of course. To make it even more challenging, I'm mostly going to shoot with primes since that is pretty much what I have at the moment. So, the current lineup, given the site visit on Saturday, would be my manual 24mm f2.8, FA 50mm f1.4 and my DFA 100mm f2.8. If I had my way, I would have liked to replace the 100mm with Khai's FA 77mm f1.8. I think the 100mm is a bit on the long side. To make things even more complex, for the dinner I will be playing around with my flash unit which has been collecting dust for a long time now. Not only that, I'm also going to use bounce cards which currently I have zero experience using it. So for the next 2 weeks, the flash unit is going to be my best friend. I wish, though, that I can learn using flash and Java and C at the same time. Meh.
And now, the news of the week:
I thought Melvin and Swee Yue were the only ones doing such things. Guess I was wrong. Great idea though.
Another aspect of the breakdown in marriages.
The Japanese can turn any subject into a manga or anime series. Here is one Australian wine maker that has greatly benefited by the Japanese's (sometimes bizarre and over-the-top) creativity.
Is it simply a case of kiasu-ism plus better-equipment-will-make-your-craft-better? Whatever it is, no wonder there are sooo many wedding photography companies out there back home but only an astronomically small number of them have substance. Kudos to Brandon for the link.
Homing pigeon delivered data faster than the broadband available. Talk about pwnage.
So sad. Now the drummer behind the gorilla drummer in the Cadbury ad can't play any more. =(
To those who have opposite sex siblings, how true are these things?
I want a Class 1 sky now!! Wonder if there is any (accessible) place in Australia that has one. But I also want to go to the States. Maybe the Arizona desert.
Seriously, why? And it is a valid question, what happens to his wife's name if he marries?
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