Monday, October 11, 2010
Dear Diary....
Okay, so I guess this is going to be my first blog.
Blogs are very peculiar in a way. I guess I lot of people use them to describe their days, their emotions and other random stuff. A lot of people blog about their interests which may include fashion, music, literature, theater - all that stuff. What am I going to blog about, and what defines my main purpose? Well, I suppose my main motive in blogging will be photography and the how my photos relate to my life, what make them special and all that sort of crap.
I bought in May a Canon Eos 40d and a Sigma DC f/2.8 17-75mm lens which totalled to around ~$800 but I had no purpose with it. I mean, sure it could take pictures, but after around a month, my neighbourhood got a bit non-photogenic, which kind of resulted in an entire waste of money. So after sharing some of my photos with Victoria, I came around to the conclusion that perhaps I could make a blog focusing around my photos. Not only would this give me an opportunity to expand my photographic horizons, but it would give me a chance to improve my writing skills (which fail epically at the moment) and an incentive to use my camera every few days XD.
So now I have my whole purpose of blogging out of the way, I guess I should blog about my day.
So....
It falls out of the sky from a never ending bucket.
Pit pat pit pat.
I am procrastinating and out of ideas for this blog already, because of the rain. I guess listening to some good music helps, but it doesn't help much.
Rain pretty much defined my day. I woke up to rain, I went to school in a bus enveloped in rain. I walked to school in rain, almost got swamped by rainwater by passing cars. I walked to L block admist the little rainwater creeks rushing towards rainwater drain that carried other putrid rainwater streams to the ocean. I even listened to the rain during assembly, since it was the only remotely interesting thing to listen to... (goddamn Mr. M and his forever lasting billet speeches)
Even in Biology we were dealing with rain problems, for example the problem of dryland salinity when land is cleared and there are no plants to absorb the rainwater, hence raising the water table and dissolved salts.
So yeah, I attempted to take pictures, but rain enveloped my camera. Oh God Damn The Rain.
That pretty much summarises my beautiful day.
Anyways, before I release you from my clutches of boredom, I just noticed something extremely wierd. Some of you may know, I am at the moment obsessed with Evanescence, which is a GREAT band by the way. I simply adore Amy Lee; she is so beautiful and has a hauntingly mesmerising voice. But, as I was listening to one of their songs, I noticed several subliminal messages.... like "I want to die..." A bit creepy I might imagine, but I guess the song was good so all forgiven XD
OK. So before I finish, I'll recommend to you some awesome stuff that I've experienced recently
Within Temptation: A dutch band but with a really really good lead singer. Like, super soprano. And their music is very very meaningful and beautiful. Give it a listen on youtube or itunes if you care to.
The Infernal Devices: The Prequel to the City Of Bones trilogy by Cassandra Clare, this book literally got me hooked from the first page. The hot characters still have me enthralled, not to mention the dreadful cliffhanger. If you haven't read the City of Bones, I highly recommend that too.
Lion of Senet, from The Second Suns Trilogy by Jennifer Fallon: Another book from a trilogy, this book I have just started, but already it seems enthralling. I don't exactly know what it is about, but all Jennifer Fallon stuff is great. It all has romance, scandal and good political wars. The brilliant Tide Lord series is available at the school library.
and finally, I just had to put this one on
The ASX: I don't know why, but this thing is even more addicting than the Sims 3. If you did economics, you'd understand.
So, sorry about the super long post, but I guess I had something to say after all.
You Know You Love Me
S
Blogs are very peculiar in a way. I guess I lot of people use them to describe their days, their emotions and other random stuff. A lot of people blog about their interests which may include fashion, music, literature, theater - all that stuff. What am I going to blog about, and what defines my main purpose? Well, I suppose my main motive in blogging will be photography and the how my photos relate to my life, what make them special and all that sort of crap.
I bought in May a Canon Eos 40d and a Sigma DC f/2.8 17-75mm lens which totalled to around ~$800 but I had no purpose with it. I mean, sure it could take pictures, but after around a month, my neighbourhood got a bit non-photogenic, which kind of resulted in an entire waste of money. So after sharing some of my photos with Victoria, I came around to the conclusion that perhaps I could make a blog focusing around my photos. Not only would this give me an opportunity to expand my photographic horizons, but it would give me a chance to improve my writing skills (which fail epically at the moment) and an incentive to use my camera every few days XD.
So now I have my whole purpose of blogging out of the way, I guess I should blog about my day.
So....
Rain.
It falls out of the sky from a never ending bucket.
Pit pat pit pat.
I am procrastinating and out of ideas for this blog already, because of the rain. I guess listening to some good music helps, but it doesn't help much.
Rain pretty much defined my day. I woke up to rain, I went to school in a bus enveloped in rain. I walked to school in rain, almost got swamped by rainwater by passing cars. I walked to L block admist the little rainwater creeks rushing towards rainwater drain that carried other putrid rainwater streams to the ocean. I even listened to the rain during assembly, since it was the only remotely interesting thing to listen to... (goddamn Mr. M and his forever lasting billet speeches)
Even in Biology we were dealing with rain problems, for example the problem of dryland salinity when land is cleared and there are no plants to absorb the rainwater, hence raising the water table and dissolved salts.
So yeah, I attempted to take pictures, but rain enveloped my camera. Oh God Damn The Rain.
That pretty much summarises my beautiful day.
Anyways, before I release you from my clutches of boredom, I just noticed something extremely wierd. Some of you may know, I am at the moment obsessed with Evanescence, which is a GREAT band by the way. I simply adore Amy Lee; she is so beautiful and has a hauntingly mesmerising voice. But, as I was listening to one of their songs, I noticed several subliminal messages.... like "I want to die..." A bit creepy I might imagine, but I guess the song was good so all forgiven XD
OK. So before I finish, I'll recommend to you some awesome stuff that I've experienced recently
Within Temptation: A dutch band but with a really really good lead singer. Like, super soprano. And their music is very very meaningful and beautiful. Give it a listen on youtube or itunes if you care to.
The Infernal Devices: The Prequel to the City Of Bones trilogy by Cassandra Clare, this book literally got me hooked from the first page. The hot characters still have me enthralled, not to mention the dreadful cliffhanger. If you haven't read the City of Bones, I highly recommend that too.
Lion of Senet, from The Second Suns Trilogy by Jennifer Fallon: Another book from a trilogy, this book I have just started, but already it seems enthralling. I don't exactly know what it is about, but all Jennifer Fallon stuff is great. It all has romance, scandal and good political wars. The brilliant Tide Lord series is available at the school library.
and finally, I just had to put this one on
The ASX: I don't know why, but this thing is even more addicting than the Sims 3. If you did economics, you'd understand.
So, sorry about the super long post, but I guess I had something to say after all.
You Know You Love Me
S