high tech low tact

homeless
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day 6. akihabara was super high tech. great!

keio ticketing officer was very low tact when dealing with 2 non japanese speaking tourist trying to get bus tickets to go to mount fuji. not great at all!

day out with best pals. superb!

day 5

raw horse meat
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its been a shop-walk-eat routine these past few days. ernie's been wanting to go to mount fuji and so he and i might try to catch a bus up that mountain to station 5 and hike the remainding way tonight. the prize of the trip- the sunrise view of the city from the summit. of course there is no gurantee that we can even make it near that place. its worth a try at least. at least after all this exotic food we have been eating.

a moment lost in translation

randy
Originally uploaded by elisabeth montgomery.

lost in translation was one of my favourite movie for a while. it made me want to visit japan, particularly tokyo. so here i am in tokyo, ate, drank and am merry. lots of beers, all you can drink in that one hour spent in the karaoke. its time again to get some Zz. more walking tomorrow...

day 3

fireworks 6
Originally uploaded by elisabeth montgomery.

the psychic i never met predicted it was going to rain today. she was wrong. the day ended with big bangs- the highlight of the day was a firework display. if i could add up all the firework displays i have ever seen in singapore, it would still have been lesser than i saw tonight. over 90 minutes of psychedelic firepower.

yes, i am too tired to do anymore talking again.

where we went today

1. sushi lunch at shinjuku
2. window shopping at ikebukuro
3. fireworks at takasa

day 2

PSP
Originally uploaded by elisabeth montgomery.

the sun came back today. its been a really long day. i shall not attempt to write about it- think its best viewed

zzz

things done today

1. Good Design Presentation at tokyo big sight
2. Onsen

land of the raising sun no more

toy2
Originally uploaded by elisabeth montgomery.

it rained all day in shinjuku.
its the typhoon apparently.
my first meal in japan turn out to be some western food. the subway was really busy.
a tour in the "red light district" turn out to be disappointing.
sleepy now. can't think straight. more updates soon.

Konnichiwa!

blood
Originally uploaded by elisabeth montgomery.

with less than 5 hours to my flight to tokyo, i am all packed and ready to go. so excited i got a cut while shaking. sayonara singapura

Attack of the kan cheong spider

I'm sitting in the cab searching through my bag hoping to find my mp3 player. Can't find it. Of course its not there, the headphones are on me. This will be my first mobile phone blog entry. Mobile telecommunications has made blogging while rolling over the sheares bridge at 100km/h possible. Perhap doing one thing at a time will help me concentrate and not forget where i put my things. Shucks! Its pouring in the west. Guess the shoot at the zoo will have to be postpone.

1206hrs

i am really tired. i am here. not MIB(Missing In Blog)

no. i haven't wash my body with shampoo again. just as tired but not that blur this time.

i always have this feeling that time is running out for me just before i leave the country. be it for work or for play, i am always swamped with work right before i make my getaway. so the next 48 hours is just going to be packed. i love jack bauer in 24. i am not about to be the new character in 48.

TUESDAY

morning
red dot shoot

afternoon
tea with ah meng and other lovable characters at the zoo.

evening
dancer to be shot leaping into an "X" with CBD in the back
then tuesday group.

WEDNESDAY

morning
mitsubishi electric. hope they won't make me shoot the boss in the fridge.
then
shoot chinese, malay, indian, angmo kids pretending to be reading ABCs in class, smiling

afternoon
teachers. pictures might be blown up to live size.
my contribution to help students honour their teachers on teachers' day

evening
pack my bags.

i hope i haven't miss anything out.
then to be really forgetful these days.



guess this beats sitting in the office all day.

interesting things i've learned over the weekend.

i did not look bigger on tv. therefore, i conclude that i am really big

i have friends who watch chinese channel documentaries on sunday nights

video girl aspires to be a mother since being a ninja is just not really practical

mojo jojo cannot be found

stacey kent does a cute little dance on stage.
she can look like a wax figurine like those from Madame Tussaud's
when people try to take pictures with her when she isn't looking.

Madame Tussaud's
Originally uploaded by elisabeth montgomery.

(this couple look really loser)

a foetus in a mother's womb gets really excited when it hears fast music.

i didn't quite fancy the youth service in city harvest church. everything was just
done so quickly it made me feel i am either getting old or i am just too slow.

GOD's grace is still the way to go.

grace tan is doing very well designing clothes

and grace lee is going to get married really soon.

the singapore prime minister made a great national day rally speech

and he teared.

singapore will be a great place to live in 10 years time- a vibrant city, full of life, new developments
and striving to get better with its service.

and they will most likely to continue the chewing gum ban

i like to make a short film about how unique singapore is.

i should go get myself a driver's license.

move somewhere which is cable tv ready.

many boys wanted to be pilots when they grow up.

i haven't read up about tokyo much.

and its 3 days before i might get a culture shock there.

i like to expand my business in asia.

i could do 5 chin ups and i need to work harder.

only need to lather once

shampoo
Originally uploaded by elisabeth montgomery.

5 jobs, a gathering and a couple of drinks after, this friday finally came to an end. the thought of going to shower is just great. i know i am really tired when i used the shampoo as shower foam. yes. i shall finish up this sentence and get some rest.

MIA

mojojojo+buttercup
Originally uploaded by elisabeth montgomery.

MIA

i haven't miss blogging cos i was living in the adventures of photo boy and video girl. i was actually really busy rolling in the money, chasing clients for payment, starting new projects. that is just the consequence of not being inspired enough to get the work done on schedule, struggling to put things in place before i leave for tokyo. that was why i was Missing In Action on dear-diary-how-are-you-land. i have always intended this blog to be an online diary, not knowing what that might bring with people reading it. well, i found out that people can complain that i have gone MIB- Missing In Blog.

i am back for now.

so here goes-

dear blog,

i am happy today. not cos ida bachtiar suspects that i am gay but cos i have reconciled with an old friend. the friendship soured awhile back. i basically did not want to have any association with this guy. well, i was wrong. something happened earlier this week. i had a thought- life is so short. and so i thought- why not lose a foe and regain a friend. so the chance came today for me to send him a bottle of wine and flowers for his exhibition opening. well, that wasn't an excuse for my absence at the event. i was actually laughing my head off listening to a visiting pastor from norway on his take on the new convenant and the church around the world now. he was really funny.

i just thank GOD for his insight. the pastor's.

i also thank GOD for bringing two friends together again.


so what is this talk about the adventures of photo boy and video girl?
perhaps i will find time to tell you more tomorrow blog.

so the two friends live happily ever after...

what you do when you are sick playing tennis

arrgghh
Originally uploaded by elisabeth montgomery.

1. you could pretend to be boogey man.

2. you could think about what you like to have for dinner.

3. then you could think of where you could go to get that really nice dinner.

4. you could think of your girl.

5. you could try juggling for a bit.

6. you could think of what you like to do when you are in japan.

7. or about the dive trip after that.

8. or about the rest of the year.

9. even ponder about life- what is my long term plan coming up...

10. or simply stare into blank... ... ...

what a great way to fly

a great way to fly
Originally uploaded by elisabeth montgomery.

i never understood what they meant when they say- singapore girl, a great way to fly...







what a mimi and momo campaign.

what lies beneath?

duckies
Originally uploaded by elisabeth montgomery.

funny enough, i am going to be using water in my work again. i shot rain in '03, got my phone drown 3 days ago and now i am going to work with water again.

its been a very dry year. all work and no play. of course i have been resting, its just no play as in no fun doing work. i just haven't been actively doing my arts. perhaps i really did too many last year. well, it looks like its time for me to do some art again.

the intentions of having an underwater show staged popped up in '98. i think it should be materialised very soon. and what better way to do it then to go back to diving.

what happen to dive and drive 2002? got into diving and still i haven't booked the advance theory test since i thought about it last week.

resolutions are beginning to resurface again. life just can't get more interesting.

the unthinkable happenings

k750i
Originally uploaded by elisabeth montgomery.

sony ericsson has produced a winner. the results were unthinkable, superb. 2.0 megapixel camera in the phone, who would have thought of that 2.0 years ago? it unthinkable that i have own one now. it was even more unthinkable that i bought it because my bag decided to feed water to my nokia 6230 killing it instantly. it was of course also unthinkable that all my contacts were in it. yes, there was no backup, how unthinkable could it have gotten?

3 am. i saw the website and realised that martin parr is the k750i poster boy. perhaps that was why i decided to get a unit at 11.00am. unthinkable.

it was also unthinkable when i hear that the ex has been taking photography lessons of late.

it was unthinkable that j__e's number got drown with my phone too.

unthinkable that i have been working on an assignment since april. that was when i decided to break the corporate photography routine a little to check out the editorial scene.

$100 for 3 pix the editor confessed upfront.

unthinkable!

the remuneration after from the wining and dining industry could be unthinkable too.

everything could just be so unthinkable!!!

i am just glad i am a feeler and much less a thinker.

tired

K.O II
Originally uploaded by elisabeth montgomery.

this was how i felt today.

forgotten

i forgotten how rejection feels like. its terrible.

aqua lungs

mistral
Originally uploaded by elisabeth montgomery.

Mistral
The new Mistral is a modern version of the original double hose regulator invented by Aqua Lung founder Jacques Cousteau and Emille Gagnan in 1943.

Modern single hose regulators release exhalation bubbles directly from the mouthpiece in front of the diver. These bubbles can obstruct the diver's view and have long been a complaint with underwater photographers. Double hose regulators have the unique advantage of releasing the diver's exhaust bubbles behind the diver's head and not obstructing the field of vision. Double hose regulators also perform very well in icy waters where single hose designs could freeze up and quit working. This is because the diver's humid exhalation doesn't pass over the moving parts of the regulator, which could cause ice crystals to form.


i haven't dive in a while. to be precise, i haven't dive in 2 years. reading this got me all excited. yes, fishy here i come.

A day of ABCs

"dude, you got to do it. its now or never."

the boys were urging me to ask J___ out. we met nearly a week ago and i told her i would ask her out for a drink sometime. news came from amie that J just ended a relationship. i just don't think it wise to make a move now.

and then m sent " hey your _X is taking a basic photography course here with D_____."

i was upset. i was sick. then i thought for a moment and i decided that it wasn't her i was angry with. "why didn't she ask me a single question about photography when we were together?"

B____ was not feeling too well. She spoke to A___.

C___ ___ was furious, he probably didn't get my joke and decided that S____ might have been cheating on him.

what a day indeed.