Archive for July, 2009
If you’ve noticed, photos posted by moi has been either from my mobile phone or my Nikon D40 which I rarely use these days. Cause its acting cranky! Sadly no one bought me the Canon 500D for my birthday. My Canon IXUS was sold as it was under used and I don’t want it to end up like my Fuji Z3 which I can’t recall where I kept it. But I know its still somewhere around my room. So anyway, to replace and fill my need to take photos wherever I go, I’m using the LG Viewty Smart GC900 which I was seeded before CommnicAsia. Untill today, I’ve never used it as a phone since I’ve got the N97 which matches my needs more than the LG Viewty Smart.
Since I can’t use two phones at the same time, the LG Viewty Smart ended up being my stand-by digital camera. Just because I love the Art Shot and Beauty Shot feature. And to be fair, it takes pretty decent photos too. As compared to my old Samsung Innov8, this phone takes clean and clear shots in the day too and the night shot on low ISO is pretty neat also. Will have samples as I share my experience with the LG Viewty Smart in this post. (Keep scrolling!)
To show you the features and how the LG Viewty Smart camera works, I’ve done a quick demo video of it. In HD somemore! This video should give you a good idea of why I am using it as my temp digital camera.
Demo of LG Viewty Smart
And while you’re still ogling over the camera features and UI, go check out what Tetanus did to his LG Viewty Smart! Damn hardcore I tell you!
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If you’re looking for a replacement to your digital camera, the LG Viewty Smart might be the one for you. Can go explore and try it out more when its out in store. But personally, I cannot tolerate the slowness of the phone and the tendency to lag whenever I use it. I’ve seen Diana used it all these while, and seems like she’s enjoying it. Different users have different preference and tolerance level, so you got to go try it out yourself.
Now let me share some shots I took with the camera over the weekend…
Taken with LG Viewty Smart Art Shot (Cold)
Photo montage created using Picasa NOT a feature of the phone!
Very emo feel right? <3 it!
As you can see, I really love the cold effect from the camera! Makes me feel very “Lomo” whenever I see a shot. But sadly, special effect shots can only take at 1MP (1280 x 960) instead of the usual 8M.
Also tested taking with night shot mode and these are what I got…
Waiting for fireworks at Marina Square
And here’s a video taken over the weekend of the Fireworks at NDP09 NEshow 3 from outside Marina Square recorded with LG Viewty Smart…
Fireworks Display Outside Marina Square
Finally, a comparison of the ISO settings for a night shot. First shot taken at ISO 400, second at ISO 200 and the last one taken at ISO 100.
ISO test at 400, 200 and 100
What do you think of the 8MB camera on the LG Viewty Smart phone? Not bad huh? Yap, that’s the beauty of this phone. Nuff’ said.
Come Together NDP09 Roadshow
I’m sure many of you don’t know about this! And me too just got reminded by @ndpeeps tweet about it! Good thing is its NOT too late to go check out these roadshows!
Over the past few weeks, the NDP09 crew has been going around various heartland to spread the celebration and joy for Singapore’s 44th Birthday. If I’m not wrong, there are performances, games and fun packs giveaways at these roadshows! I wonder if they’re giving away NDP tickets too! I will check it out and let you all know. So this post will be updated soon!
Anyway, here’s what you missed from the roadshows at Toa Payoh HDB Hub and Jurong Point!
Cheerleading at HDB Hub
Besides all the rara you also missed meeting Mr Brown in person! He was spotted at the HDB Hub roadshow held on the 18 and 19 July 2009.
Mr Brown at Roadshow!
You can also leave your pledge and messages for Singapore at the NDP09 roadshows.
B: Mummy what should I write? M: Come I help you!
These are just some of the photos I coped from NDPeeps flickr album of the HDB Hub roadshow. Think the Jurong Point one should be up soon too. Here’s the video from the Jurong roadshow…
There are three more roadshows leading towards NDP09. All will be on from 10am to 8pm on the following dates and locations:
- Tampines 1 on 1 and 2 Aug
- Republic Polytechnic on 5 and 6 Aug
- Marina Square on 8 and 9 Aug
This week, I am going to get my ass to Tampines 1 this weekend. I should be going on Saturday. Anyone want to go with me?
More about NDP09 can be found at the following websites:
From 6pm on 17 July to 6pm on 18 July 2009, 10 bloggers lived 24hrs of their lives inside TANGS display windows for a blogging challenge. I was one of the 10 bloggers who were selected for this campaign. It took me more than a week to recover from the lack of sleep and up till today, my clock is still struggling to get back to the usual settings.
Why did we do it?
It was an opportunity to for the sponsors to showcase firstly, the Intel ultra-low voltage processors in a lifestyle setting and educate about the technology behind the Lenovo IdeaPad U350 laptop. And to excite the audience to enable them to see that technology can become a fashion accessory too. Especially with the Lenovo IdeaPad U350 for the “ultramobile road warriors” out there. And for Tangs, its to launch their revamped website and to direct traffic amongst the bloggers and passerbys to enter Tangs.
Personally, I’m doing this because of several reasons, and no, winning the challenge is NOT one of them! Firstly, because I know all the three sponsors personally and I want to support their campaign. Secondly, this was like a survivor challenge inside Tangs, when will anyone get to do such crazy things again? And thirdly, I wanted to experience how it would be like looking out from inside the display windows for 24hr. I was expecting to see crazy things in the middle of the night along Orchard Road, but sadly, nothing happened. It was all peaceful and quiet on the Friday night.
Getting Ready
Preparing for the 24hr away from home, as usual I over packed my stuff. This is very common for me! I always bring more than I should when I travel or go for stayovers. I’m the kind of person who needs everything around me *just in case* I need them. So for the neither long nor short 24hr, these were what I packed…
Barang Barang I brought to #bthon
Inside my big Simpsons bag, I have a smaller black bag which I call my “Run to toilet” bag. As we’re only given 10-mins of toilet break every 2hr, I want to make sure I have all the things I need at the toilet within reach when my toilet break comes. Inside holds three smaller pouches which holds:
- wet wipes, facial tissues and body powdersheet.
- body mist, perfume, hand lotion, Kiehl’s multi purpose balm and evian mineral water spray
- basic makeup stuff which I didn’t use
Then I also have three mobile phones and their respective charger with me, my DSlite and charger, Sony Walkman, multi-plug, usb hub, Nikon D40 and tripod. Out of this list, I only used the Nikon D40 for less than 3 hours and the DSlite for 15mins! The heaviest bulk in my bag and I never even used more than half of them! FAIL!
And the other stuff you can see from the above photos. All also not used except for the whiteboard and stuff.
My Outfit (Sponsored by Tangs)
For all 10 bloggers, we were given S$500 each to shop for a set of outfit that we have to wear throughout the 24hr. Its all about being comfortable and cosy for me. So I picked my usual choice of outfit. Total price was pretty close to the S$500 limit.
What I wore at #bthon
- Tokidoki T-shirt from the Spring 2009 collection
- Tokidoki Women Geo Half Sleeves Storm Hoody
- Living Doll black pants
- Fred Perry Sunpower Gingham in Black/White
Beside the outfit sponsored by Tangs, all of us also got our choice of products from Kiehl’s worth up to S$200. I will share more about them in my next post. More thoughts and photos will be coming up soon!
Taking small steps to improve and change the directions of this website. I don’t think I’m calling it a blog anymore since I’m using lesser these days to log my daily encounters. For that I’ve got my other blog and my twitter. So I am changing the kind of content and purpose here at Claudia.sg.
New Blog. New Theme. New Direction.
My first step to it is to change the look and feel. Going back to the magazine style which I did once. Now what I need is a logo that represents my purpose. Will be running a mini contest to call for logo submission soon. Do keep a look out for it.
And with new directions, I am looking out for passionate writers who would like to contribute to this site. Drop me a message here and let’s have a chat.
After a week from blogathon, I’m still not fully adjusted with my inner clock. Two nights within this week of insomnia and the hectic working hours are adding more stress. I need to find time for myself. If only I could stop thinking and doing work after working hours. If only I could take few days leave to give myself the “ME” time. None of that happening anytime soon.
Till I have more ME time, this blog will probably be in hiatus. When I do return, it should hopefully be with a new skin for my blog too.
Have switched my host to Vodien after THC died on me at the most critical timing! But since its a lifetime hosting plan, I’ll have to find purposeful use for it soon. Anyone needs a testing ground?
Hope Vodien will not fail on me. If it can holds Lester’s site well so far, I’m sure mine wouldn’t be of any problem.
Till the day I return… find me on Twitter still.
If you were to stay awake for 24hours, what would you do? This weekend, ten of us would be put to the test of surviving a 24hr Blogathon inside TANGS display windows! Theoretically speaking, we will be living on more than 24hr without sleep from Friday to Saturday! Simple math…
Working backwards:
- Sat 8pm: Reach home, shower and KO (hopefully!)
- Sat 7pm: Dinner (if there’s still energy left)
- Sat 6pm: End of Blogathon (#bthon)
- Fri 6pm: Start of Blogathon
- Fri 5pm: Reporting time to change and setup
- Fri 4pm: (For myself) Meet Cheryl at Tangs to try the pair of shoes I selected
- Fri 3pm: Leave home for Orchard
- Fri 2pm: Shower and get ready for 24hr w/o showering!
- Fri 1pm: Get some work done and assigned.
- Fri 12pm: If I can make myself sleep till 12pm that’ll be best! If I jump out of bed before 12pm than also no choice lah!
So you see! Base on my calculation, I will have to be awake from 12pm Fri to about 9pm on Sat. I hope I can survive that!
To prep myself for this ultimate challenge, I’m going to start listing down the things that I’ll have to bring to keep me occupied for the 24hr and some tips on how I am going to stay awake.
Claudia’s packing list for #bthon
The tech stuff:
- DSLR camera
- Tripod for DSLR camera
- Mobile PhoneS + charger(Yes! More than one)
- Sony Walkman + USB cable
- Nitendo DSlite + charger
- Multi-plug adapter
- USB Hub
- Remembering all my passwords!
Non-tech stuff:
- Face towel to freshen up
- Wet facial tissue + Wet Wipes + Kao Biore Body Powdersheet
- Tissue paper
- Fluffy pillow to hug and support my chin when my head feels heavy (To buy one on Fri!)
- Sour and mint candies
- Whiteboard + markers + duster
- Muji notebook + pens for doodling
- Vicks inhaler + Vicks rub + Kiehl’s multi purpose balm aka Superbly Restorative Skin Slave
- Body mists + perfume
Toothpicks- Listerine mouth wash
- Hair clips
- Sunglasses + Cap (I’ve got hootie!) for the morning and noon sunlight
- Sweater for the night coldness
- list to be continued… what else will I need?
Claudia’s tips for surviving #bthon
- Watch movies/ drama online (suggested by molemole)
- Revamp my blog theme (again)
- Play games online or on DSlite
- Eat sour candies/ sweet
- Chat with fellow bloggers in other windows, at home or wherever they may be via MSN/ Twitter
- Plan for my new project idea
- Catch up on my blog posts (many many outstanding!)
- anymore suggestions?
The 10 bloggers in blogathon are:
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