Thoughts of children

I was going through my photos when I saw these. I wonder what happened to them. I do not know them... they are just children that I met on the way to somewhere...

Anyway, I was thinking, it must be good being children, where you can live in fantasies, believe that everything is possible. Not have to be worried about how others think of you or be wary of people's intentions when they are friendly. Hell, I am wary about being friendly to people, especially girls cause I am worried that they will be wary of my intentions, which in most cases, there are none. Sigh.....

I can't help but to notice that this age of innocence is getting shorter with each generation. I was alone waiting for a friend in Ang Mo Kio MacDonald one day and this group of primary school students (estimated age is 9 or 10) walked in. I overheard their conversation (non-intentional) and I was quite affected by it. It went something like:

Child 1: "My dad is picking me up later."
Child 2: "What car does your father drive?"
Child 1: "Umm... I think it's a Honda..."
Child 2: "So lousy! (laughs) My dad owns a BMW..."

and child 2 went on to describe how good the car is while the rest all listened in awe, using terms that I am sure I did not know when I was his age.

These children even talked about diamond rings and their prices. God! They are like walking catalogues for Soo Kee, Lee Hwa and such. They were trying to outdo each other by saying what type of diamonds rings they will get for their weddings. I am sure they will make very good promoters in any one of such retail shops.

I am disturbed by their conversation. At their age, they are already so into the materialistic mentality of our modern society. I wonder how they will grow up to be. I wonder what they talk about at home with their parents. I wonder if they are representative of the rest of their generation.

I hope not. Children should enjoy their childhood. Our educational system has reduced most children's childhood by a fair bit, the situation would be worse if they start comparing material stuff. Don't get me wrong, having dreams are good, but it worries me when dreams of our future generations are based on material gains. If this phenomenon continues, I wonder if the children in the future are capable of smiling like this....

Torchlight play

Hi there again, since I was feeling bored, I decided to just come up here and try to add a photo or two to see how the blog will turn out with them.

Anyway, the photos here are from an experimentation of long exposure shots. The setup is very simple: a bed, a torchlight and a room in darkness. Zooming is used here to create the effects that u see. Rest assured that other than cropping, there is no other editing done to the photos. I do not really support the idea of editing of photos using digital software... hehe...

The photo that you see above is one of my personal favourites. I do not wish to bore you with the technical aspects of the taking. I just hope that it is pleasing to your eyes.

The shot above is another one of my favourites. It looks to me as though it is some bridge that is hanging in mid-air. Hmm... I hope that you like this one too.

Well, that's enough for this post. See you again... I hope soon...

My very first rant on the net

hehe... I used to be against the idea of blogging. I mean... why write about your personal life on line and let the whole world know about your life? So, people who know me well will be surprised that i have this little piece of myself on the net now.

Anyway, the same people will be disappointed to know that I will not be revealing much of myself here though. There will be some highlights from my life and there will be infomation that only my net personality will let out. But this place is meant more as an outlet for frustrations and serves more like an escape from reality. (As though it is really possible to escape...)

This blog will also serve as a stage for my photos. (No, i'm not a vain pot!!!!) Not my photos as in photos with my face, but rather, photos that i've taken. I do not profess to be a good photographer but I do experiment a lot, especially in long exposures...

I hope that these photos that i post will be appreciated by at least one single soul out there. :P

I guess that's all I have to say... Be warned... I am a boring person, so dun expect much here.

Bye for now... my friends