Happy Lunar New Year to the folks who celebrate it!
族大家新年快乐！

Been with my Kindle 3 replacement, a Kindle Fire, for over a month.
Was pretty disappointed with the Fire initially but I guess I got used and got around to it’s limitations.

It’s pretty buggy though. Still buggy.
Weird things like my book covers not appearing;
Picture gallery seems to keep refreshing/updating all the time.

Despite all the quirks that this has, it plays video files beautifully and my books are working fine so I’m happy with just that for 199USD! Though I really think Amazon could have been done more with the GUI, which is totally terrible. If I wasn’t so poor, I’d probably buy an iPad in a heartbeat. Though, that’s a discussion for another day.

I’d still go for an e-ink reader for books though. I actually bought my Fire with the cheapest Kindle with a pal of mine. Ironically he ended up liking my Fire at the start and I ended up liking his Kindle.

At the end of the day as long as it displays my books, I’d forget about all the things that bug me. Nothing beats reading on the way to work and from work to home.

Broken Kindle 3 ):

It’s coming to the end of 2011 and it has been raining almost everyday.
Been wanting to go out to take pictures after work since last week, but the rain prevented any shoots from being done.

Managed to take some pics of Beatrice @ Orchard, SG’s shopping district during of of the evenings where it didn’t rain!

Anyway, it’s pretty fun to take nendos again, though it’s leaving the place in a mess ^^;

Come 2012, I’ll be cutting down the rate of posts on this WP blog, opting for the more informal blogging tool, tumblr. I’ll update this place, probably once a week, with consolidated pictures taken throughout the week, but the latest updates will be found mainly on tumblr and facebook!

Thanks everyone for their support, and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

However, the Christmas period is quickly approaching and I hope I have the time to shoot some stuff.

Some pics of the work desk, it’s basically the same, just messier; Slowly becoming like my desk at home, which has a TV now for watching DVDs which I borrow from the library.

These are interactive books for kids, will be bringing them out later in the week to see how interactive it is with children.

I brought most of my unused nendos to my office table. I still have around 6-7 more to bring!

Colorful and pretty, just the way I like it!

Got a buyer for the LX5. I keep it in the office though, just in case I need to take some pictures of the outreach activities. Considering setting up a page/blog with a twitter account for my department next year! Exciting times ahead!

A spare Gumako because I know that the current one will be destroyed in a year with all the travelling she’s doing.

Coasters which I don’t bear to use. I spilled coffee on Mato earlier this year and went    ):

When I was still a student a couple of years back, I wanted to be a teacher. Unfortunately (or should I say fortunately) it did not happen. This job is pretty ideal though!

Drossel with Cute behind. 2 of my favourite figmas.
Cant wait for the figma,  Juno 13 to come out next year. Ordered 3 of the figmas of her just incase!

Cute taiga picture in the background is by chun, can’t remember if it’s last year or the year before that. She sends me really nice cards. She’s one of the few “e-friends” whom I hope to meet one day!

Twin angel mouse pad. It’s a little too small and too smooth for the mouse provided by the office. Gonna bring another mouse pad in sometime next week.

I used to use my cutting board as a mousepad at home before I changed to an oppai one. I probably would do the same here.

I guess one of the most rewarding part of the job, is to work with special needs children.

Working with children is one of my passions; something that takes precedence over what I do here on this blog with Japanese pop-culture.

I smile everyday when I reach my office desk (:

- D90, Tamron 17-50, Nikon 55-200,
– Panasonic LX5.

Interested parties send an email, tweet, FB PM over!

do take note: image above is a D40

Selling off everything I own. Everything Nikon that I have (inclusive of the D90, Tammy 17-50 VC BIM, Nikon 55-200mm) will be yours for a cheap Christmas special price of 1000SGD. That includes all the weird remotes and ding dongs that I have relating to the Nikon system. Maybe I might feel really generous and throw in a few more unexpected stuff!

This set is really really really a good deal, especially if you want to jump into the DSLR world or upgrading (I realised these guys are so ancient that maybe it’s a downgrade). Either way, I took the past 2 years worth of pictures with these set up most of the time, so if figure photography is your deal then this is more than enough to last you until AFA2012 or something beyond that.

Interested parties can email, twit, facebook me to inquire the details of these gear (which you should because these are SEASONED WARRIORS) that have gone through thick and thin with me.

LX5 going off for 300SGD.

For those wondering, selling these guys off because the whole thing is too heavy for me. Can’t expect a 12 yr old to carry such a heavy get up right? How to grow taller if I keep carrying heavy cameras?

Thanks for viewing, Happy holidays!

Gumako is so adorable!

As some of you might know, the lack of updates here is due to the fact, a week after AFA, I started my new job which happens to be almost kind of a “dream job”. I actually would have started almost a month earlier at the end of October, but as I was in charge of the Culture Japan booth at AFA, I decided to start work later.

My job scope is pretty awesome. I get a decent office space too, but I don’t really stay in office most of the time, so it’s something like a dumping ground for my figures which I can’t display at home due to space constraints.

I’ve to use a PC laptop for most of my office stuff like emails and reports. I’ve no issues what so every, however the sad part is that the amount of stuff stuffed into the laptop makes it’s performance really slowwwww.

A pretty wallpaper to stare at while waiting.

I can’t believe that the last month of 2011 is almost here. 2012 is going to just breeze past even quicker!

Empty spot in the middle more more figures. I bring in a few figures daily. ^^

Decided to keep the plushie in the office instead of home since there’s much much much less dust here in the office.

Do you has awesome office space like this?