Got the chance to try out the Canon EOS-1D today. This camera's shutter speed can go up to 1/16000 second with continuous fire of 8 frames per second ! Anyone with any ideas of getting this monster, its costs just over 2k for a 2nd hand :P It used to cost 10, so be thankful that it is 1/5 of the price now.

Anyways, had planned to do some of the projects WHICH just don't seem to stop coming ...... but ended up relaxing one corner and later going out for photo shoot at kallang ! In the end, we did not do much shooting either.... hahas.. today was spent messing around with the 1D and goign around the various 2nd hand shops around peninsular plaza to scoop out prices for my plan to get a PB-E2 power drive for my 35mm EOS-1. (lucky I had not gotten one for the F65 .....)Also, got the chance to visit the old site of Cypress Cafe, which is now some tourist agency ... Im guessing that power drive cum battery pack would set me back another S$150 .... so ..... BIG BIG decision and consideration to make first, before getting it. Not to say, the camera alone is already freaking heavy WITHOUT the lens ... (800+gms) easily a kilo + with the lens. Add in the PB-E2 with additional AA batteries, and Im looking at lugging 2kgs around. So PRICE and maybe weight would be a consideration for now, plus I already spent some on a new lens this month....

Anyways, we celebrated Mummy's day today, had a family dinner together, mum prepared mee hoon kuay, and we all sat together just like old times, eating mee hoon kuay. Couldn't be more better, except this time, sis was not with us ...

After dinner, we went down to the new hagen daz at centre point. The place was like super chui lar... quality was like shit too, and given that it was close to closing time, lots of ingredients were not available... The new menu also saw some costs cutting.... fresh fruits were no longer availabe for the "Create your own Sundae" selection ... and the scoops of ice cream was just an utter insult to me ... I mean, I understand that costs are rising and shit, but they shouldn't really cut down till so much lar... one things for sure, we won't be visitng hagen as often as we used to for now... Then when my moms order came, they even left out the whipped cream and tried to pass it off as a complete dish.... dad called out the manager and gave him what for. Haha, could see the manager's expression when my dad was like telling him how he worked for an american company with 400+ outlets in asia etc. etc. :P Seriously lar ... the 3 scoops of ice cream was a disgrace.. . the whole dish looked like something my maid put together... 3 scoops, sprinkle nuts, pour chocolate over and add a wedge of store bought biscuit .... for S$14.90 ... this was more or less the biggest rip off of my week..... (not including the measely 10mark Market research project which I just submitted on wednesday, which was the hardest 10 mark I ever tried to earn in my entire NP career....)

After that, we dropped mom off and headed for our usual dose of mmid night movie . Todays movie was 28 Weeks Later ! Overall, I would say that it is good in the action and all, though the first like 20mins or so of the movie was pretty boring. The director also conveniently left an opening for perhaps part 3 of the series. The key I would say, of the virus's success is human compassion. It is clearly shown, in the beginning, the dad made the decision to leave his wife, and he survived. The wife decided to go all "hero" to save a boy which wasn't even hers and she eventually got infected... then theres the old couple who decided to stay behind and "block" the door. Their sacrifice was duely noted with a bite to the neck and face. .. . Then at the end, when the sister let the boy follow her though she knew that he was infected, she got the heli pilot and herself killed .... (supposedly) ... lesson learnt - though its a hard choice to make, when the person is infected, no mater who she/he means to you, you've just got to let go. So ya, that was the movie and highlight of the day !