Cosplay

:: 11 October 2008

:: Clarke Quay

:: Singapore

I attended a cosplay show at Clarke Quay yesterday, this was my first cosplay event ever. A lot of people and photographers came there with their humangous and very expensive lenses. I envy them. hehe! Some are the pics I took. Visit my multiply account for more. 

Can't Wait

Package : 3 days 2 nights

Hotel : Regency Intl a KL (with daily breakfast)

Transport : 12-seater combi (aircon)

DAY 01 Tour of Malacca / afternoon checkin at KL
DAY 02 Tour of Genting / evening return back to KL
DAY 03 Tour of KL / evening at 6pm return drive to Singapore

"A journey shows us not only the world, but how we fit in it."

The World's First F1 Night Race

 

:: 27 September 2008

:: Marina

:: Singapore

Today, I was at The World's First F1 Night Race, it's like everybody from around the world travelled to notice this first in the world's history, an F1 Race held at night. I am not an F1 Race fanatic, the only F1 race I knew that time was the race game we play on our Nintendos when we were kids and I never won on that game. hehe!

I didn't know that hearing the race cars zooooom in front of me (I can't see them I could just hear them) would give me this thrilling, exciting feeling. The energy of the people ...it's contagious. I never liked crowds but this afternoon I sooo welcome the crowd. I like seeing people so happy by just hearing the zoooom of the race cars. Even children enjoys watching the race. They look so cute with their ear-muffs-sort-of with different colors because the sound of the race cars zooooom is really loud. We tried to avail of the walk-in entry pass to the race but alas! tickets are sold out! It's good that my friend's company have this open house (sort-of) that employees can bring with them their family and friends so we were able to get a view of the race but this view would mean 33-storey above the race track.

I've brought with me my Nikon D90 (yey! I got it just today!) and before the race begins I tried taking pictures of the race cars in practice. Taking picture with a glass in front of me and 33-storeys high from the subject is really a challenge. At first I took shots of the race track and it looks good however for the race cars they are so blurred since they are moving (and they're really fast. of course!), good thing my former team mate whose a photography addict was there and taught me the correct ISO, shutter speed etc to be able to take a picture of the race cars. 

Shown are the pictures before and after my team mate adjusted the setting. I'm a newbie I still don't know the hoops and loops of photography and I've just bought my camera. Haven't really read the manual. Disclaimer!!! hahaha! 

“All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.” - Samuel Johnson

Chinese Garden

:: 20 September 2008

:: Chinese Garden

:: Singapore

Here are some of the pictures from my friends' camera. This was also during the Chinese Garden Hello Kitty Show. 

This weekend is gonna be an eventful day here in Singapore. It's the First F1 Race @ Night. Will be posting some of the pictures that I could take during that event. Hope I could get my DSLR before the event. Can't wait to buy my Nikon D90.

"A traveler without observation is a bird without wings." - Moslih Eddin Saadi

Enchanted

:: 20 September 2008

:: Chinese Garden (The Falls)

:: Singapore

As promised, here is my picture (artistic shot! as if!) taking a picture and the backdraft was a falls. This is also during the Hello Kitty Show. I borrowed my friend's DSLR  just for effects and my other friend took this picture of me. We all got this same scene. I'll post their pictures too but I have to get it from them first because they've only sent me my picture.

"One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things." - Henry Miller

Fireworks

:: 20 September 2008

:: Chinese Garden

:: Singapore

Here is my first attempt on fireworks. This was taken during the Hello Kitty Show at Chinese Garden and so much for expectations we forgot that it's for children. The fireworks show isn't as fabulous as the other fireworks show here in Singapore. I remember hearing from the other filipina watching the show, "Ay yun n yun? Parang bitin!". Yeah! so much for expectations. Anywei the light show compensates for the fireworks show's lack of climax (can't think of an appropriate term. hehe! pun intended!)  

“For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” - Robert Louis Stevenson

Hello Kitty Show

:: 20 September 2008

:: Chinese Garden

:: Singapore

Just yesterday, we went to this Hello Kitty Show at Chinese Garden. At first I feel like not going since its too far from my place. I wanted to go to Suntec and shop but I don't want be alone, so I decided to just tag along with my friends and enjoy Hello Kitty (I'm not really a Hello Kitty fan). Since it's a light show and they said that there will be fireworks, it somehow eases the discomfort of travelling that long (I even get to sleep on the MRT). And my first words uttered upon seeing my friends are: "F*ck*ng sh*t ang layo!". 

Anywei when I got to reach the entrance I was mesmerized by the tall temple and sees it as an opportunity for photo ops. My friends have their DSLRs already so I'm practically their model. haha! It's so good to have friends who loves photography.

We ate our dinner first (that's breakfast, lunch and dinner in my case) then roam around the park to get photos of Hello Kitty and some other cartoon characters. I didn't know that KeroKeroKeroppi is a family of Hello Kitty. I love KeroKeroKeroppi! I remember my notebooks during my early high school days was a Kero. Anywei I had fun and I have to go to the mall right now. 

Photos shown are pictures taken from my camera I'll just update this blog when my friends uploaded their shots online. I had a jump shot and behind me was the chinese light show and an artistic shot on the falls on my friends DSLRs. Can't wait to see it. 

“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” - Jawaharlal Nehru

Extreme Bungy

:: 08 August 2008

:: Clark Quay

:: Singapore

Ever since I arrived here at Singapore I've always wanted to try this extreme bungy situated at Clark Quay (famous gimik place here in SGP) but I can't get someone to join me. Then alas! Gilyn, one of my project mate back in Manila transferred here to work. She also wanted to try it and so I've got someone to join me in this thrilling, extreme, and fun ride. We purchased the package promo, extreme bungy and extreme swing. Here is the photo of the extreme swing and for the extreme bungy we've got the video and it's posted on my multiply account.

See http://ariacileanxenita.multiply.com/video/item/2/The_Ultimate_Bungy

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” - St. Augustine

Sentosa

:: 27 July 2008

:: Sentosa
:: Singapore

Anyone who happens to come and travel to Singapore will surely have Sentosa on their iterinary. I've been to Sentosa twice because whenever there are friends who went here for a visit I tag along. I wanted to go there again and enjoy the Siloso Beach though it doesn't look like one of the beaches we have in the Philippines but nonetheless it has sand. hehe! 

There is this Palawan Beach at Sentosa and we are wondering if the sand came from Palawan, Philippines that's why it's named Palawan. hehe! But there are heresays that it actually came from Palawan. So a taste of home on a different land.

Shown are photos taken during my second visit. The bus that will take you around Sentosa, the famous SILOSO letters and the Siloso sand. Can't wait to feel the sand on my feet again. 

“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” - Robert Louis Stevenson 

 

SGP Toy Convention

:: 28 June 2008

:: Suntec Convention Hall

:: Singapore

When I was a kid I love toys (I even sleep with them specially the new ones). I think it's only when I started high school that I stopped buying toys because I think I'm too old for toys that time. hehe! There is this Toy Convention here in Singapore and my friends, who are toy lovers (even if they're old already for toys), told me to register online for this convention because they are giving away freebies. Since there is no harm in registering and I don't have anything to do on weekends and the freebies is just so tempting, I obliged. We went there at around 9AM and the convention center is really jampacked with people of all ages. I thought we will be the oldest people but I was amazed that there are people older than us that are really toy addicts. We came across an Auntie with her son (whose a little younger than my age) on the queue and waiting in line to get in. She's so young at heart that she even tag along with her already grown up son on a toy con. And what really amazes us is that they're even going to USA for yet another toy con. She said that the freebies there are more extravagant than the ones given here in SGP. I haven't been in a single toy con back in the Philippines but my friend says that back home they only give posters, so sad :( Anywei I enjoyed the Toy Convention because of the Anime people. They dressed like Animes and Star Wars characters. And if I'm not mistaken they are called cosplayer. (Am I right Ken?) Anywei shown are some of the pictures I took during the convention.

“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” - Martin Buber

Wanderlust

Wanderlust is a German loanword that is commonly defined as a strong desire to travel or a strong desire to explore the world.

I came across this word from a book (actually it's a pocketbook from Summit Media Publishing) I've read back when I was in college, by the time I finished that light but very interesting book I wanted to travel and explore the world. Even when I was a kid, I love travelling. I don't get sick riding any kind of transport. I remember my cousins getting nauseated whenever we have to go to Manila for some Christmas Shopping (we don't have malls in Lucena that time). Now that I can (somehow) travel on my own I wanted to make that dream a reality. I'm planning to at least see places and even countries (if my pocket permits. hehe!) every 6 months. Different places would be easier to achieve. Different countries, I'll try my very best. Hehe! In the process of making this dream a reality I wanted to dedicate this blog entirely for my travels and places that I have visited, be it here in Singapore, back home in the Philippines or anywhere in the world that I would happen to travel and explore. 

Warning!!! Disclaimer???

As I am an emotional blogger, this blog might be in some way at sometime not purely focused on my travels. I'll try my very best not to put my other personal stuff (i.e matters of the heart) on it. haha! I have my other blog to vent all my frustrations and hopeless dreams anyway. I hope that you (whoever happens to read this) will enjoy my stories and my pictures of the cities, places, countries (hopefully!) that I will come to see, travel and explore.

P.S.

I'll also include events and any gathering/convention/shows that I enjoyed. Happy Wanderlusting! :)

“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” - Lao Tzu