Monday, September 19, 2011
Kit flying , whos in it ?
Anyone into kite flying ?
I went to marina barrage last month with Midori , Cliff and SJ. We were there taking photographs and then i saw this lovely kite. It was huge and it was really beautiful in the sky. I was hoping to put one of this kite up myself . I went over to speak with the owner of the kite and he mentioned that it cost 200 dollars for a lifter . I then found out that that rainbow colored kit is a lifter to put other small kites to it and create lift.
I need some advise to get a kite. Anyone ?
Posted by dear benji at 1:25 PM
Colour my Bike - YELLOW!!!
Work has been great , nothing much to rant about cept for my bicycle. I wanna give it a new coat of color and the only place i can do that is at Rebound centre. Quite expensive if you were to ask me . The last Lionel Ho did, it costed him $500 dollars. That is a pretty huge sum just for a color change if you ask me.Well, i saw azhar at rodalink yesterday and he mentioned that i could get it done at malaysia for half the price. 500 RM !! The finish will be spray painted instead of the usually powder coating. I am still considering this, malaysia's side does not strip my bike down.
I sent the bike out to Kenny Foo last week for servicing , he did a great job on the fork, i really love the feel of it now.. its very sensitive to bumps now. Hopefully when i go Ketam , i can now complete the huge rock where i last fell down and scratch my knees.
Tml is the day i am looking forward to , i am going on an excursion with Adrian and see how he sets up his gears for a photoshoot with bikes. I heard Audrey is going to be the model. The name Audrey holds a dear place in my heart. I miss her. ):
Posted by dear benji at 1:11 PM
Saturday, July 30, 2011
I woke up feeling rather wasted. i did not go and drink. I am not the sort that enjoys the company of alcohols , i simply love to use it instead. ahhem. Anyway, read in between the lines and you'd understand .Truth is , i went fishing with ah lai's cousin, he is a nice chap. I like talking to him, but like some other people i know, he always like to have the winning end in terms of argument or point of view. I dont find that irritating , just amusing why some people are so adamant about views.
yesterday is really zero fighter man, no bite cept for catfishes. I dont take catfish as a real fish. I dont like it at all. Many people say that once a cat fish bites your hook/bait, you gotta change the rig because catfish has a certan slim and other fishes wont like it. how true that is , i wonder.
Anyway , back to my first comment on me feeling wasted.. I fished the entire night , and into the morning and i didnt get anything, on top of that , i wasted time , and energy . I also have to take into consideration about transport in the morning for sometimes when i cant take it , i take a cab back home from Bedok and the trip itself will cost about $22 dollars.
Let me do some calculations:
Live prawns: 12
Dead Prawns: 3
Water : 1.15
Food : 6.50
If Edwin (lai's cousin) didnt give me a ride down : Taxi 22
Taxi back home : 22
Rough total spent for a 1 day fishing expedition : $66.65
And totals hours spent : 7 hours.
Tell me am i wasting my time or should i plan it in such a way where i go when the tide is upcoming and leave when the tide is gone ?
When i was younger i am sure i wouldnt have gone into fishing , it is clearly a money sucking sport/game what ever u call it. I was so much more objective driven when i was in poly days . What happened to that me ? ):
Remember abt me wanting to get the bike license ? Till now i've only went for 1 lesson . And the CAAS paper ? I failed the first one and i didnt dare to retake . Also the bomb stand for GSE, i also was so enthu in the first place and now, it is nowhere . I need to put my life in place and put things right.
First thing i can do is to pack . Start packing my stuff - fishing, biking, archery. I have so many archery stuff which i dont even do it now. Its been left in a corner to collect dust. I feel so sad to see it there. Time to give/sell it away. Looking at how much i've spent into the sport, i feel a little heartache parting with it. sigh... but what have to go has to.
Posted by dear benji at 9:45 PM
Friday, July 01, 2011
reinventing the blog skin.Posted by dear benji at 2:18 AM
My mouth still hurts ): i wanna get well soon and i want so much for that hole to heal up. I cant eat anything hard still ): darn, it made me realised how important is eating and having a healthy set of teeth.
It was my first time at 1 Aviation Drive. I keep spelling 'Aviation' wrongly as a result i was almost late for the exam because the taxi driver couldnt find the place where i wanted to go. It was quite AFTC, where they have computer booths and you sit in them taking ur exams. Between u and the other people, its a layer of translucent plastic. You cant quite make up how the person look, or how the screen look . Air-conditioned place and it is very comfortable.
Results for M08 were out and it was posted that i failed. I remembered clearly that it was a 75% pass. There was 20 qns and i had 4 wrong. Do the maths - how can i be lower then your 75% mark ? ): I emailed them, cant wait for their replies.
This is an overdue picture which i was supposed to post up a few weeks back. i went to hunt some good lens with Wymen and he got the Tamron 2.8 18-50mm. It was a good lens, he managed to get a 2nd one.
Did some test shots on his Nikon D7000 and it was pretty good. I love the quite shutter sound. makes me a lot more stealthier. I like Nikon's built in HDR. ): It is a function that i would really like to have.
Posted by dear benji at 12:44 AM
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Things that i need to get done:1.20k deed has to be signed - has dad's details. Need 1 more.
2.CAAS Papers -3 of them
3.Remember to apply for UNI SIM - Aug/Sept
4.48mth PP Slides
Posted by dear benji at 10:56 PM
This is a typical afternoon from the view of the window right next to my room.I miss blogging very much.
Recently i've done a few clean ups .
1.Installed Windows 7 on my PC
2.Installed 800hz Clocking speed 2gb RAM on my PC
3.Changed a newer and faster performing 1TB Hard disk
4.Installed Lightroom 3.0
5.Installed Windows Office 2010
That should be what my computer needs right now. I need to get some SATA Cables to link up my old 500gb HDD and the 80gb HDD from poly.
Its interesting. I went from Archery, Mountain Biking,Fishing and now Photography. I wonder if these interest will ever end. I hope it ends , because i've been spending alot. I need to save money for Education and future. I have decided to go for UniSim's Aerospace System after talking to Amos and Wai Mun, they've been of great help . I am so glad they are willing to share with me , because most of the time i get the feeling that people in airforce have the "each their own" kind of moto. It reminds me of my batch mate too, he who shall not be named actually took the CAAS paper and didnt tell us. As in chose not to tell us. Its very sad, i thought we were all in this together.
Uncle is on Overseas leave, its a good thing. I wonder what will he say when he comes back and found out that i was on MC for 9 days. Because the last time, i too had about 9 days of MC. That should be last year for my ingrown toe nail. I am having the ingrown toe nail again, its because of my shoes perhaps ? I have no idea why my right foot keeps getting it, it hurts a little.
Posted by dear benji at 10:41 PM
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
My First Offshore Trip
Hi everyone, i was told my Alywin to put up an introductory post in hopes of "poisoning" people to try offshore. So here goes; I went to an offshore trip about 7weeks days ago and it was awesome. It was my first time, i didnt know what to bring , what to do. Luckily, MR Win loaned me his super old school fibreglass rod. Dont get me wrong, i meant it in a good way.
The rod although old, was as good as any other rods except for its cosmetic looks . Old rugged , seemed like it went through good times with MR WIN. It felt like it was PE5 rod or something, i was quite taken aback when he passed me that rod. I thought to myself : "Singapore local offshore need PE5 rod meh?" . You see, there are many people whom have many fishing opinions and i was influenced by people whom use PE3 Rods on local shores saying that there are no biggies here. Along with my super old reel, the SHV500 Grand Wave 40lbs braided, i paired it up with the trusty old rod. It looks like it made a super hardcore combination.
My trip to offshore was with this boatman by the name of MR Ching . (not sure if it was spelt that way.) But he was quite a fussy old man, whom declares nothing but heavy duty fishing equipment on his boat. I have to admit i was quite skeptical when i heard about his declaration. "Nevermind"; i thought to myself, just go with it since i am the newbie here.
We went to the areas of Tuas to get Sotong first, the way to catch sotong looked easy. Just hang the lights over to the side of the boat and wait for the sotong to float up and use the net to scoop it up. It wasnt until i had the taste of scooping those sotong up myself, they were very fast and u have to aim at their heads because of the way they propel -Explaining how the sotong moves . We had about 50 plus sotong before heading out to the main fishing spots; Ammo lock and loaded.
I wasnt sure where they went because it was all dark and all i could see was the industrial area. I would think it was around south side of singapore. I noticed the familiar surroundings of St John and sister island. That was the spot where we were at. I was told to use a size 4 - 5 hook and double hook the sotong . I have never used such a huge hook before, was shocked too. I didnt prepare big weights, so i tied 2 sized 6 down. It sure took a long time before it hit the bottom, hahaha, was surprised at that too.
Waited for about 15mins , and suddenly a strong and firm pull and it was hooked ! I didnt know what it was , but it felt the best . The fight was strong and good, i didnt know what to do. *mind blanks off for a moment* then i keep setting hook for 2 times before i confirm know i sure eat (bao jia) . I tried to thumb the spool but line was still peeling very fast, then i increased the drag. The line was still peeling, it was then time to start pumping and reeling the fish in before it goes too far away. The process of pumping and reeling was fun and hilarious, i could hear many background voices telling me to do what and not too. Seriously, all that didnt get into me, i was in a world of my own, i could feel the endorphins kicking in and all i could think of was getting the fish up. The fight lasted about 12mins, i was so worried the line would snap or hook will give way. The tension on the 40lbs braided line was an eye opening , i never knew that my line could be pulled to that extreme. I did the same thing, pumping and reeling , the fish gave the last pull with all its might for a moment i thought i was gonna lose it . The fish finally gave in and i pull it up. It looked like a huge plastic bag when it hit the surface, i couldnt make up what it was . A closer look, it was a huge stingray !! i was delighted and darn , that was my first offshore trip and my first stingray hook up. It certainly was a memorable one.
When i reach back shore, first thing was to sms MR Win and get him to sell me the rod. But damn, he dont want. Saying it was made in Japan and got sentimental values. Ughhh.. damn... Now i am saving up for a PE3 offshore rod, something to go hand in hand with my 2020 Ryoga.
Benjamin Chua (:
Posted by dear benji at 7:33 PM
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Fishing.
Recently, i took up another hobby under my belt. FISHING!!! its an amazing sport and i really enjoyed. My catch rate is not that good yet , but some day i am gonna be godly at this.
Archery, Mountain Biking now fishing. I hope this is the last hobby that i'd ever indulge myself in. HOBBIES are expensive. I got this Ryoga- Baitcasting style but its so hard to use compare to a spinning , i might get myself another set of spinning set .
AE diagnostics course is here, its gonna be in a span of 2 weeks. I pray that i dont fall aslp at lesson. I'm always having problems with keeping awake in lecture moments.