Good Books
Sunday, November 8, 2009 / 8:26 PM
DRAWING ON THE POWERS OF HEAVEN
I've never touched this book nor read it, even though it has been in the possession of my family for a long time. Well, I only say that because the page that preceeds the title page reads in blue ink, "Elder Terence Lim Chen Wee". As my mum tells me what this book means to her, I thumb through the pages briefly and couldn't help but notice the several highlights, underlines and notes written in small font by the margin. "This is going to be a good one," I tell myself.
I spent the day watching videos on the Mormon Messages Channel on Youtube and it was most inspiring and uplifting. Very rewarding indeed.
Life is not always easy; it was not meant to be so. It's a time of testing and proving.
We learn to handle disappointment and sorrow, which in turn builds character and increases our compassion for others.
I love being LDS. I really do (:
Wrap Up
Saturday, October 31, 2009 / 3:25 AM
Finally, the week comes to an end. I've been dying for some real sleep, which explains my waking up at 11am today. (Yes that's very abnormal for me) A pity that I'd wasted so many hours but I reasoned that it was necessary. At least I managed to get my body clock adjusted somewhat.
Anyway, this is my last picture from my zoo series.
Sometimes, good things must come to an end.
Say that again.
Sometimes, good things must come to an end. Unfortunately.
Occasionally I find myself lacking wise judgement and not focusing on the eternal perspective, having a mind set of an adolescent.
Mianehyo.
But it's not like I'm gonna drown myself in a pathetic puddle of misery.
I guess it's all good for now.
괜찮아요, life goes on!
Spaced Out
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 / 6:29 AM
UHH.. WHUT? Kandace has been feeling a little aloof recently.
Maybe something's bugging her, but for sure, school work is piling up.
AND GOSH, I forgot there was photography committee meeting today!!
tsk tsk tsk.. kandace limmmmm. you ahhh (said in the most Singlish way possible)
oh well. I'm trying to get my life back in order.
why do I have this feeling that.. hmm. oh well
it's not really cool when your subconscious mind is going crazy and school work's chasing you and there's a club to take care of.
Prioritize, plan and execute, I shall.
Prioritize, plan and execute, I shall.
Right. There's this song by Carrie Underwood called "Just A Dream".
It's such a nice song! Sad but.. nah. I'll call it "moving". (country songs being country songs!)
Actually yes it's sad. Sad but meaningful though.
The story line is quite something.
Check it out if you have not!
The story line is quite something.
Check it out if you have not!
Part 2
/ 4:54 AM
(missed this one out. this is alia's graceful hand haha. really awesome picture!)
Fragile Forest
Sunday, October 25, 2009 / 4:01 AM
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HANGING ON
Matter of fact: I scheduled the following quote for today, last week.
Awesome-ly amazing fact: It is very apt for Ms Kandace Lim as of today.
Conclusion: impeccable timing.
"The best antidote I know for worry is work.
The best medicine for despair is service.
The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired."
- (None other than the one and only) Pres Gordon B. Hinckley
- (None other than the one and only) Pres Gordon B. Hinckley
She is extremely grateful.
EXTREMELY.
Had an eventful day. Yup. Eventful it was. I finally got to open up the family's copy of "Preach My Gospel".. Procrastination has a way of getting to you.
Had an eventful day. Yup. Eventful it was. I finally got to open up the family's copy of "Preach My Gospel".. Procrastination has a way of getting to you.
Covered page 29-33, feeling really accomplished. My mind isn't perfectly clear but it's definitely much better than before!
Those pictures were shot at Singapore Zoo's Fragile forest. Pretty amazing place. The Ring-tailed Lemurs were practically fearless. To the point that I was starting to believe it was a domestic cat disguised as a lemur.
The butterfly pictures are actually one of my most.. wait.. they ARE my best shots of butterflies to date. Very photogenic creatures. Lovely.
Anyway, this will just be a tiny little post. I'm not even half way through editing the rest of my zoo pictures cause school work's been kinda.. yeah. Mad. Hope ya'll are doing well though. I'll be able to post around mid-week if all goes well? See how it goes!
Those pictures were shot at Singapore Zoo's Fragile forest. Pretty amazing place. The Ring-tailed Lemurs were practically fearless. To the point that I was starting to believe it was a domestic cat disguised as a lemur.
The butterfly pictures are actually one of my most.. wait.. they ARE my best shots of butterflies to date. Very photogenic creatures. Lovely.
Anyway, this will just be a tiny little post. I'm not even half way through editing the rest of my zoo pictures cause school work's been kinda.. yeah. Mad. Hope ya'll are doing well though. I'll be able to post around mid-week if all goes well? See how it goes!
Singapore Zoo
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 / 12:09 AM
HELLO BABOONS. (i was referring to the picture, not you duh!)
My dear friend Alia and I went to the Zoo on monday cause we didn't have any lectures. It was mad fun! After the 7 hours spent in the zoo, we sat down, dead tired. She turned to me and said," Hey Kandace I just realized that we didn't take a picture together."
I just stared at her and laughed. Both of us were too dead to take any more pictures- heading home was the only thing we had energy to do. Big bummer. Then again, there's always another time!
Total captures for the day was 1142. Too many! First filter got me to about 900. Second filter trimmed it down to 839. I don't know if i should carry out one last filter or just start my post processing. I only edit my favourites.. but that's still a whole lot to edit.
Priorities. Hmm.
I stumbled on this interesting quote by Pres. Hinckley today though:
"Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds"
I can't agree more, it's so true!
*To all the studying machines (haha), keep it up!
Goodbye Changi
Sunday, October 18, 2009 / 6:11 AM
BROWN TWINE AND EVERYTHING FINEThis past friday was my last day of the 7-week internship. The feeling is beyond awesome. Indescribably awesome. I got to say hi to my lovely camera once again, played around with the ever so amazing 50mm and got a picture of this ball of twine.
My friend and I were just talking about how cool twine was. I can imagine a Christmas present wrapped in brown paper with twine going around the sides like they always do and a pink card with like an embossed name in silver wordings. That'll be so cute.
Speaking of which, I've begun to appreciate simple things in life. Not that I've never, or hardly, but more so in the past few days. Simple things like rain, my cube, having a pen just when you really needed one, post-it pads and paper clips, as well as lovely green grass. Sometimes I like to stare at grass and think. (I'm not watching grass grow by the way) Or I might find myself arguing with my other self on whether grass has feelings. It's during these quiet times where my weirdly eccentric alter ego would surface, haha.
And yes, I am very aware that I shouldn't have said that, but in the name of Johari's Window I will not backspace that. Kandace 101. Welcome (:
School's starting for me this coming week, I might not have as much time to update as would like to but for the fun of it and my own sanity, it should be less frequent than weekly.
Till then. Take care, study hard (:
