Thursday, March 25, 2010

Slide of Stone

Playgrounds are fascinating. And it's even more fascinating when you stumble upon a very old, disused one in an old estate.

I learnt about this place at Buona Vista when I joined my university photo club SMUSAIC for a walkabout shoot back in January, which was the first time I used my camera in 2010. We went about in groups, but as it happened, I lost my group and wondered here myself, after getting some directions from a few residents. 

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© Lin Zhaowei, 2010.

On another note, I stumbled upon some photos of abandoned places around the world, when I was looking for story ideas for a trip to Japan. (The trip is now on hold due to work commitments, however) The amusement park series were particularly interesting. Check it out!

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Let's groove!

ave you ever had a song that you have heard maybe just once, or twice, and liked, but do not know the title or the artiste who sang it?

And you never managed to find out what it is, because you only heard it that one time and don't recall the lyrics, or maybe you had an inkling but never got down to checking?

Well just two days ago, I finally got down to seeking out a song that I'd heard on the Nintendo DS music rhythm game Elite Beat Agents about three years ago. It was a friend's game so I didn't know what the title of the song is. I must have heard it elsewhere before. Whatever the case, I knew I like the song and would love to listen to it again. In the Internet age, there's no excuse for not at least trying.

It turned out be September, by the legendary R&B group Earth, Wind and Fire. And through YouTube, I listened to a few of their other hits, like the very groovy (can't think of a better adjective) Let's Groove and Boogie Wonderland, as well as the soothing ballad After the Love is Gone. I'm itching to buy their last compilation album just for these four songs!

For now, here's September. Enjoy! The weekend is here!


Do you remember the 21st night of September?
Love was changing the mind of pretenders
While chasing the clouds away

Our hearts were ringing
In the key that our souls were singing.
As we danced in the night,
Remember - how the stars stole the night away, yeah yeah yeah.

Hey hey hey,
Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in September
Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day

My thoughts are with you
Holding hands with your heart to see you
Only blue talk and love,
Remember - how we knew love was here to stay

Now December found the love that we shared in September.
Only blue talk and love,
Remember - the true love we share today

Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in September
Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day.......there was a
Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in September
Ba de ya - golden dreams were shiny days

Now our bell was ringing, aha
Our souls were singing.
Do you remember every cloudy day - yau !

There was a
Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in September
Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day.......there was a
Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in September
Ba de ya - golden dreams were shiny days

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Going brown-eyed

I don't like Korean dramas. Not only are they overly long, with boring plotlines, they have virtually bumped off all Japan-related programming on the free-to-all channels in Singapore since quite a few years back. And the worse thing is, their popularity don't seem to be on the wane at all! 

By extension, I don't like Korean songs as well. 

But when you give me a chance to attend and photograph a concert by the four hot Korean girls from pop sensation Brown Eyed Girls, how can I say no? Haha. 

The concert was held on Feb 27 (Sat) at Zouk. My only gripe was that it was really quite a short concert, with only eight songs and a couple of boring interludes in the form of a games segment and a guest performance by a Korean guy called Lee An.

Some of the shots I liked: 

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© Lin Zhaowei, 2010.

Many thanks to U-Gene and Deborah for making this possible. It was a fantastic evening. 

Before the concert started, the organisers played some Korean songs to entertain the crowd. Some of the songs were actually quite catchy. 

But I still bear the grudge of losing my Japanese dramas on TV.