Singapore

Wow. The last 13 days have been insane. As I mentioned, with Zach being here, a bit of travel has been done. When we stumbled through the door this morning at 2.03am I was very happy to be home. I love travelling, and its a privilege, but there is not place like home.

Singapore was great. Nate has a hilarious post that he is working on! So I won't share too much about the weekend when both Zach and him were there.

I stayed an extra three days to spend time with Verne, Rach and Timi, who live in Singapore. It just so happened that the Jann twins were visiting, so it was the perfect time to hop over the boarder and have a catchup.

The Jann family are our (The Birds) oldest friends. The 6 Jann kids and the 4 Bird kids are practically siblings. They live in Switzerland now, so its rare that we get to catch up. Rach is married with the cutest little boy and another one on the way - so it was so wonderful to get to know Timi and of course the great man she is married to, Verne.

The twins, well they have not changed a bit. My time in Singapore was hanging out with them. It was such an awesome time and I am so lucky to have such old friends in my life. I love that they know me, they know my family, how we all work - even though we don't see each other much, when we do, its like picking up where we left off. Its so so good.

Benji was there from Friday to Monday and then Luki was there from Monday to Friday, so I got to spend time with them individually and have one precious day of them together. We shopped, ate, visited the zoo, played board games, chatted, laughed... it was such a great time.

As an aside, the Singapore Zoo is the freaking bomb diggi. I usually hate zoo's because of the manki enclosures... this place. You wouldn't know you are in one.

Rach is SO preggers - we had to get her a wheel chair (she hated it)

iPhone 4 vs SRL

We use our iPhones to take photos A LOT. For me, its because I am still not 100% sure how our SLR works! With the iPhone there are great apps to disguise just how bad the photo is - its great.

In KL, the advise has been to keep your handbag close to your body, preferably with the strap across your body... bag snatchers are on the prowl for oblivious victims. I already have one hand back to worry about, why the heck do I want another bag (SLR camera bag) to protect too? I dislike how heavy it is, and I dislike having to clutch onto two things... its just means I have another thing to loose or leave behind at a store.

I hauled our SLR camera out last night, blew the dust off the case and turned it on for the first time in ages. I started looked through the photos we have taken over the past few months. There is just something about a the photos, even though they are by know means professional, that I like. The clarity, the light?, the sharpness. Dont get my wrong, iPhone cameras are the bomb-diggi, but there is just something about the SLR. I have decided to do a course. I haven't actually found one yet, I will. I would like to know how to use this thing to its full potential. I would like to buy better lenses and really get into it. Still have the extra bag problem though... maybe if I got one of these... it would inspire me to take it out!

Here are some photos from the last few months:

Pink Ribbon High Tea - C3 Church Crawley

Phil Pringle Gallery Opening

Phill Pringle Gallery Opening

Victoria

Victoria

Victoria

Victoria

YA Retreat

John and Danielle Pearce

Christmas Dinner at Stock Road

Christmas Dinner at Stock Road

Yallingup

Yallingup

Yallingup

The goal is to use the SLR more. And do the course. And get lenses. And maybe that cool bag [will have to see what the minister of war and finance says first though]!