National Day 2014

Brunei National day: 23rd February 2014

I know. I know. I'm extremely late.

I think it's one of the most tiring shoots I've ever done. So I had a closing shift at work that day, which means that I leave my work place at 2.30 a.m, reach home at around 3 a.m-ish... did some laundry and stuff and finish at 4, confirming plans with my partner and everything is settled at 4.30... and I had to wake up at 5 in order to be able to catch a bus from PTET (my former school) to the national stadium.... So I barely slept... and I also skipped my breakfast, somehow. I almost fainted towards the end, half because of the lack of rest.. and the other was excitement... and the other was the crazy 30 something degree Celsius weather.

But enough complaining, it was, in my opinion, one of the most YOLO shoots I've ever done as well. Aside from all the complications, we actually managed to enter the stadium without a ticket... and access all the "press only" area. HAHAHAHAHA we almost got kicked off, but thank god we were fast runners. See, being photographers comes with the perks of having strong arms and good stamina. LOL

Anyway, this year's national day is themed "Generasi berwawasan", or in English... "visionary generation". It was wonderful, the patriotism bounces off every single surface of the stadium, from top to bottom. It was an amazing feeling.

So, here are some pictures. :)

the youngest patriot in the house!

Look at these sea of people!

The royals

Ridiculously photogenic people EVERYWHERE

More pictures in part 2, stay tuned!

Missing pictures :(

As you may have noticed, some pictures, including the background of this blog, is not showing up anymore. either because the link is broken.. or blogspot hates me.

I'm looking into fixing this issue soon. Thanks to the people who noticed and notified me.I'll come back soon.

Habits die hard.. "so.. yeah!"

In the last few post, I reflected on my good habits. On this post, I'll reflect on the opposite.

But first, a little background: I can speak, very well, in fact. But, when I have to speak in front of a lot of people, and the conversation is very impromptu, my brain goes haywire. And I can only speak in tiny bits and tiny pieces that makes no sense... and a habit I picked up from everyone in my final high school year, is to say "so... yeah..!" afterwards.

It's not a good thing, I admit. I regret it on so many levels, on how in every conversation.... my proper response would only come afterwards. I regret the fact that I'm awkward. I regret the fact that I couldn't do many things impromptu, either because I'm too OCD about it or I need more specific questions.. I have no idea why my brain works like that, maybe it's because I'm an overthinker.

To some, I may be a lady with little words. To some, I put my heart in my words. But to me, I'm just stupid.

I feel bad, and sad that it's really hard for me to say exactly what I wanted unless I have visuals. gah. my head is like a road network. Or maybe a computer, where things are all sorted out into tiny little folders that takes a heck lot of time to load.

and what's even more interesting? I'm posting more reflections on this blog now rather than pictures. oops!