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A Week in Singapore 3

Duck rice with Char Siew at my nearby coffee shop S$4. This round of the weekly series comprises of many food I had taken. If you have not eaten, it will make you very hungry! 😛

Having Erdinger Dunkel at home. Still prefer the Erdinger Weissbier though. Plus on the tap!

One of the weekday evenings, we went to East Coast Park to have Chilli Crab & seafood at Jumbo Seafood. I haven’t been here for a while so it’s pretty refreshing, especially when you can have meals next to the sea, while enjoying the breeze. Downside is probably food gets cold pretty fast.

Sambal Kangkong at Jumbo Seafood.

Herbal Druken Prawns at Jumbo Seafood. We also had Chilli Crab with deep-fried mantou but was too excited to eat it until I forgot to take a photos of it. Wahaha!

Night view of Jumbo Seafood. The place was still quite packed when we left around 8.30pm. 🙂

At the road side waiting for cab to meet up with friends for drinks. AMK Hub, a neighborhood shopping center in Ang Mo Kio, which is only about 5mins away from my house. This weekly series post is actually taking some photos from previous week

53A (guitarist Alvin Khoo and singer Sara Wee), performing at Timbre @ The Substation.

Wonder Girls “Nobody” by 53A (Timbre @ The Substation). Cute!

Something big on-going at my apartment block below, there was even barriers setup to block off the area. Must be some important folks coming but I didn’t stay at home long enough to find out more.

Indonesian styled grilled chicken rice.

Astro Boy (Official website & trailer here) will be showing in Singapore on 5 November 2009. Will you be watching this show? I know I will be. 😛

MediaCorp‘s Joanne Peh (Blog) at event “POSSE: A Night Of Celebration With Friends”.

Having tea at the coffee connoisseur (tcc). It was some tea mixed with peppermint and lemon grass. Very nice!

After our tea session, passed by “POSSE” event again. This time Superband 1 Champion Mi Lu Bing (with their fans) on the stage.

Duck rice for lunch S$3.50. Yummy and portions are reasonable!

Clam Chowder Soup at Cafe Cartel.

Grilled Chicken at Cafe Cartel S$16.40++. Prices are inclusive of soup of the day, a drink and free flow of bread.

Free Flow of bread at Cafe Cartel.

St.Louis Pork Ribs at Cafe Cartel S$17.70++. Prices are inclusive of soup of the day, a drink and free flow of bread.

Passing by Orchard Central again. These days I always seem to be around here but it always never cross my mind to go have food at Ootoya or Nolboo Hangari Galbi. Sigh!

First time trying out lunch at Mondo Mio Restaurant at Robertson Quay. First up – Minestrone Soup.

Minestone Soup comes with bread too!

Mondo Mio Restaurant – Penne Arrabbiata S$12 set lunch with minestone soup, bread, gelato and coffee. Very worth it!

Fusilli with Artichokes in cream. This dish was delivered wrongly but I wasn’t aware so I poke it with my fork. I didn’t noticed until the chef brought along another plate (correct order) and mentioned that he had delivered the wrong order but I could still continue having it. He he!

Mondo Mio Restaurant – Spaghetti Aglio Olio with Tuna. S$12 set lunch with minestone soup, bread, gelato and coffee. Value for money!

Gelato and Coffee.

Head-off to check out Suntec City area for 2009 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix as I didn’t managed to get the tickets that I wanted. So maybe, just join in the atmosphere from nearby! Haha!

Went to get our dinner at Suntec City Food Court – Pork Chop Fried Rice at S$3.80. It was virtually empty at that time!

One of my favorite beers – Kronenbourg 1664. Having this at Balaclava, 1-for-1 (pint) promotion at S$19.

The view from out seats at Balaclava. You can hear the F1 cars whizzing by!

This is how it sounds like! 😛

Bought J.CO Donuts from Raffles City on our way home. S$7 for a dozen – Coco Loco, Cofa Banana, Miss Green T, Jacky Chunk, Lady Thai Tea and Mr Green T. 🙂

Having donuts while reading a book which I purchased previously for S$27.23 (after 30% discount) – The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition). Wanted to learn more into investment stuffs.

Takeaway dinner for me – Grilled Pork Chop with Mushroom Sauce S$6.80.

Takeaway dinner for my partner – Grilled Chicken Chop with Black Pepper Sauce S$5.50.

Life in Singapore

A Week in Singapore 2

This week post was rather late as I was really caught up with work. This is my take-away lunch where I normally consume on my work desk – mixed vegetables rice that consist of 2 vegetables and 1 meat (chicken) S$2.80.

Also whenever I have some spare time, I will try to listen to some music on my home theater system. Currently listening to Enigma: A Posteriori and Rua: Whisper. Nice!

From Orchard Central, this is a shot of The CentrePoint which I believe the facade was newly renovated. If I am wrong, that means I haven’t been wandering around Orchard Road for some time already. Haha!

From the same location that I took the shot of The CentrePoint, you can see the long flight of escalator (up going only). Also another group of folks setting up their DSLR camera and tripod nearby, possibly also trying to capture The CentrePoint too!

Took the lift up to the 8th floor, love the ambiance which greeted my eyes. 🙂

Trying to find a restaurant for dinner, Nolboo Hangari Galbi is a Korean restaurant which I believe is very popular in Korea (due to the articles that was shown from Korean newspapers). The queue was pretty long so we decided to skip it and scan through others.

Ootoya is also fully packed and tons of people waiting for their turn. This is the first Ootoya opening in Singapore and I very much wanted to try it as I didn’t get to eat it during my trip to Japan during May 09. Sigh…will have to come again on another day. Next time will try to check whether I can make reservations!

At the ground floor of Orchard Central, I noticed that the facade lighting of The CentrePoint do change colour. Recently, there are many malls (Orchard Central, ION Orchard, Illuma, etc) with various lighting effects at their facade. Is it the trend now?

One of my favorite food! Prawn Dumpling Kway Teow cooked by my mother-in-law. She used to own a stall selling Wonton noodle and Prawn dumpling noodle in Redhill Market and was popular too! But she retired already so only we get to eat it now. Ha ha!

Went to SHH Tyres (Toh Guan Road) to change my car tyres which is overused and long overdue to change. I thought I could still exploit it a little more until I drifted during a turn while in a carpark. It was raining so the car and floor was wet. Haha! Decided to go for Hankook after reading some test reports and recommendations.

Car up on the jack and the old shoes are removed. Service was pretty fast as they had a few mechanics around.

The tyres which was going to be fitted on my car – 205/55ZR16 Hankook Ventus V12 Evo. 4pcs at S$572 (after 20% discount).

My Mazda 3 with the new shoes (Hankook Ventus V12 Evo) on. I was advised to run-in for 500km before I try any high speed sprint or wild cornering. 😛

Going to Sim Lim Square (SLS) again to check out some stuffs. I seem to be going to SLS pretty often, right? I can imagine that if I were to stay in Tokyo (Japan), maybe I’ll make Akihabara my home? Wahaha!

At some of the traffic crossing, you might be able to see red-light cameras around. The camera will take a photo of your car’s bum (with the license plate number) if you beat the red light. By the way, you will need to be captured by the 2 cameras in order to get yourself 12 demerits points and a traffic summon. 😛

ERP – “Electronic Road Pricing” or in local context “Every Road Pay”. Wahaha! This ERP gantry is situated at various areas around Singapore to curb congestion and whenever a vehicle pass through it during a stipulated timing, you will have to pay for it. E.g. the above shows that if a private car pass through from 2pm to 530pm, there will be S$1 charge. At different timings, the rates differ too!

H-TWO-O Isotonic drink to quench my thirst on a hot sunny day. Bought the drink at a shop in Sim Lim Square for S$1.50.

Orient Photo at level 6 of Sim Lim Square to check out some camera stuffs. How is Kata bags?

Sim Lim Square interior. I always have something to buy when I come here but have to exercise self-control. Ha ha!

Passing by OG Albert and noticed a really huge crowd. Being a busy body, I just gotten check it out – it was actually an uncle and auntie performing a duet. Haha!

Ice cream zone? At least 3 portable stalls around here (at OG Albert).

Other makeshift stalls selling various stuffs are available too. Seems to be a crowded area too!

Passing by Fu Lu Shou Complex.

Came across a local singer Chen Wei Lian performing some of his songs inside Bugis Street. Oh yeah, I was surround by many teens. Ha ha!

Bugis Street. I should probably cover it solely on a single blog post as there are many items to show. Will do it when I do come by this area again.

Bee Cheng Hiang – Selling Bak Kwa (barbeque meat) and other food products.

Snack time at Takopachi – 3 Octupus ball for S$2.30.

A beauty and wellness event going on at Bugis Junction (fountain area) – My TLB (My The Luxury Booklet).

An interview with 2 SYT. 🙂

Makeup artist Andy Lee doing his magic on a model. 🙂

After the make-up, the model posed for a photo shoot. Kawaii?

East Coast Lagoon Food Village – one of my favorite food haunt. There are many good food here and is extremely popular with locals as well. Be prepared to wait for available tables if you happen to reach during the peak dinner timing.

East Coast Lagoon Food Village – It’s already quite packed at 6.30pm on a Saturday. Better get a table fast before I have to wait. Hehe!

Heading off to queue at Lagoon Leng Kee Beef Kway Teow stall. Look at the long queue! It may take a while but is well worth it!

This is what I get after 15min of queuing patiently. Lagoon Leng Kee Beef Kway Teow at S$4. Fantastic! My mouth was salivating as I was typing this post. Slurp!!!

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3

Post author By Ronald Tan
Post date August 29, 2009
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Just gotten myself a replacement camera not long ago. Although it packed inside an Olympus paperback but it’s definitely not an Olympus. It’s actually a high-end compact prosumer camera – Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3!

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 costs me S$698 and it comes with the following freebies – 8GB SD Card, mini tripod, cleaning kit, screen protector and a third-party extra battery. For review and specs for LX3, please see here (dpreview.com).

Unboxing the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 – comes with all the usual stuffs like battery charger, power cables, mini USB cables, manuals, etc.

The LCD screen is fitted with the screen protector already. I have asked the folks from the camera store to fix it up to me as I remembered that my clumsy hands did a bad job of putting on Invisible Shield on my HTC Touch Diamond. Haha!

The new versus the old – Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX8. The FX8 have served me well over the years and it was about time to upgrade it for my street photography use. If you want to know more about FX8, please see here. I would also like to lay my hands on the rumored new Micro Four Thirds Panasonic GF1 too but it’s still a rumor until officially announced. Right? 😛

At the side lens barrel of LX3, you can easily change between Autofocus, Macro and Manual Focus. This gives the more experienced folks a bit more control.

The LX3 screen is amazing. In fact, it’s too good that you might have mistaken that you have taken a great shot! 😛

Changing aspect ratio is so easy on the LX3 as it’s on the lens barrel. There is no need to go several layers deep into the software menu just to make a change.

Without going through the manual, I straight away took the new LX3 out for a test shoot (no settings done too!) – the photos as follows are either taken in intelligent auto (to test capturing of inpromptu situations) or manual mode. This evening shot of Capitol Building was taken around 7:15pm.

St Andrew’s Cathedral.

My dinner at Subway – Roast Beef Sandwich at S$6.90. Add another S$2.30 for 1 packet of chips and 1 regular size drink.

Close-up of Roast Beef Sandwich (wheat bread) with mayonnaise, chipotle southwest sauce and black pepper. Yummy!!!!

Funan DigitaLife Mall at about 8:17pm. A couple was smooching when I took this shot and I didn’t even notice until I was going through the photos. You’ll never know what you will capture when you have a camera by your side! LOL!

Basement 3 car park at Raffles City Shopping Centre.

Bought Erdinger Special Pack at Jasons Market Place at Raffles City Shopping Centre at S$27.95 as I wanted the tall Erdinger Pint glass. He he! The pack comes with 2 bottles of Erdinger Weissbier, 2 bottles of Erdinger Dunkel, 2 Erdinger wheat glass and 6 Erdinger coasters. And I will definitely attend Erdinger Oktoberfest in Singapore too!

Fountain of Wealth at Suntec City.

Was at Sim Lim Square shopping around for a camera case to hold my LX3.

Orchard Central – a newly opened shopping mall located opposite The Centrepoint.

An event at my housing estate – Come Together@ Teck Ghee (Ang Mo Kio Group Representation Constituency). This is to promote “National Day” spirit amongst Teck Ghee residents and the guest-of-honour is Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Experience Go-Kart racing in the heartlands of Ang Mo Kio!

I can see that the children are having a lot of fun in the carnival.

An air-filled children playground.

A stall selling some quick snacks.

More food for the hungry folks – Nasi Lemak, Mee Siam and Curry Puff.

Games for the children and family to have fun! I believe that you have to buy coupons in order to play the games.

On the stage, a saxophone performance by a talented artist while balancing on unicycle.

The sky have turned dark. Time for me to go home before it’s start to rain and soak my new LX3. LOL!

May Phua (local TV actor) is the emcee for the event.

So after viewing all the test shoot photoes, what is your view on LX3? I though it was great and I had a fun-filled time with it. I guess it’s also time for me to go through the manual, menu, controls to squeeze more out of the LX3. Happy shooting then!

不久前我刚更换了相机. 虽然是装在 Olympus纸袋里但绝对不是Olympus. 它实际上是一个高级小型专业相机- Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3!

这架Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3相机价值S$698而且附带以下赠品- 8GB的SD卡，迷你三脚架，清洁工具包，屏幕保护和备用电池。审查和LX3, 请到这里（dpreview.com）。

拆开盒子-配备了所有类似电池充电器，电源线，迷你USB电缆，手册等。

液晶屏幕配备的屏幕保护。我已要求照相机商店的帮我弄好，记得我拙劣的双手把我的HTC Touch Diamond的屏幕保护弄坏。哈哈！

新与旧的对比- Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3和Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX8. 我用了FX8还多年了是时候为了街头摄影把它给换了。如果你想知道多些关于FX8，请看这里。我也想用有新的谣言Micro Four Thirds Panasonic GF1，但它仍是一个谣言。对吗？:P

在LX3方镜筒旁边，可以轻松地更改自动对焦，微距拍摄和手动对焦。这给有经验的摄影人多一点控制。

LX3屏幕真是惊人。事实上，这不太好，你可能会误以为你已经拍了漂亮的照片！ 😛

改变aspect ratio对LX3说是很容易的，因为就在镜筒。无需进入好几层的软件就为了做出改变。

没有看通过手册我就拿了新的 LX3试拍（没有调设置！）-以下的照片是利用自动式拍的（以测试没有准备的情况下拍的）或手动模式。这Capitol Building的夜景是在7点15分左右拍的。

圣安德烈教堂。

我在Subway的晚餐 – 烤牛肉三明治S$6.90。添加S$2.30就能得到一包薯片和1个普通饮料。

特写烤牛肉三明治（小麦面包）家蛋黄酱，Chipotle西南酱和黑胡椒。美味！！

晚上8点17分在Funan DigitaLife Mall (福南数码活力广场)。当我在拍照时一对夫妇正在清热，我并没有察觉，直到我再看到照片。你永远不会知道当你拍照时会捕捉到什么！LOL!

莱佛士城购物中心的下室三楼停车场。

在莱佛士城购物中心的Jason Market Place 买了Erdinger Special Pack S$27.95 因为我想买它的Erdinger Pint glass 。哈哈！附赠的2瓶Erdinger Weissbier啤酒，2瓶Erdinger wheat glass，2瓶Erdinger Dunkel和6 Erdinger coasters 。我一定会出席在新加坡Erdinger Oktoberfest (慕尼黑啤酒节)！

新达城的财富之泉。

在森林广场为了我的LX3购物照相机盒。

Orchard Central – 新开张的商场就在The Centrepoint对面。

一个在宏茂桥集选区的聚会-Come Together @德义。这是为了促进德义之间的居民的“国庆”的精神，和的来宾名誉总理a href=”http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E6%98%BE%E9%BE%99″ target=”_blank”>李显龙。

Experience Go-Kart racing in the heartlands of Ang Mo Kio!

体验在宏茂桥的中心地带赛车！

我看到孩子们在聚会玩得很开心。

用空气填满的儿童游乐场。

卖小吃的摊位。

还有更多食物- 耶浆饭，Mee Siam和Curry Puff.。

儿童和家庭运动会的乐趣！我相信，你必须购买优惠券才可以玩游戏。

舞台上，一个有才华的艺术家在吹萨克斯管，同时在单轮车上平衡。

天空已开始黑了。事实后回家了，免得大雨浸略我的LX3。LOL！

May Phua （新加坡艺人）是主持人。

所以，看了所有测试拍摄的照片，你对有什么关于看法？我觉得它是不错的。我想也是时候看看手册，控制，以了解更多LX3的用途。