Lincoln's 5th Birthday

Today is Lincoln's 5th birthday.  We woke him up at 8:30 for his surprise - his birth time happens to be 8:30 too...

Main cake + cupcakes - Cars theme

My wife arranged for his cakes and party at school, from setting up the theme, doing the goodie bag and souvenirs.  At 8 am we got the delivery from the lovely baker and her husband, and we couldn't be happier with the result.

No entry for a while

Been so busy lately - sick, going to immigration, etc, etc.  But what's really annoying is that I haven't been well myself for the most of this month.  Perhaps its due to the weather which suddenly turned sweltering hot.  I experience frequent bouts of sore throat with fever.  

I got a new lens XF16mmF1.4 R WR for my X-T1 and its such a pleasure to use.  Here are some photos taken with that amazing lens.

This has got to be my best shot of Gardens by The Bay

Batam Life - Part 5

Part 5 will be the last entry of my Batam Life series, this post consists of random shots of Batam.

Harbour bay during sunset - Samsung Galaxy S4

The Batam Life - Part 4

Part 4 will be about the famous Barelang bridge in Batam.  Barelang bridge is actually a series of bridges that connect Batam to the small neighbouring islands of Galang and Rempang.  The name "Barelang" is a short form of "Batam", "Galang" and "Rempang".  In total there are 5 bridges (If I remember correctly) with the first one being the grandest and main tourism icon of Batam.

Full view of the bridge, taken from outside a nearby seafood restaurant

The Batam Life - Part 3

Another exciting part of moving to Batam was to see Lincoln started going to child care.  He was just 1 1/2 years old then.  We decided to start him on half day so that he can get accustomed to school life later on. 

First day of school for Lincoln - 7 February 2012

The Batam Life - Part 2

While part 1 was about shopping in the wet market, part 2 will be about some of our favourite food in Batam.  

Some of our favourite food haunts in Batam

The Batam Life - Part 1

Life in Batam is very different from Singapore.  Its amazing how these 2 places are just slightly more than 20 km away from each other and yet worlds apart, although some of the people are pretty much the same in terms of behaviour in both islands.

At first it was quite hard for me to adjust to the new house, new place and new life in Batam.  Fortunately we met a good friend of my wife's brother whom I'm really grateful for, he helped us so much to adjust to life in Batam.

One big change is shopping in the wet market in Batam.

Avava Fresh Market - nearest market to our house in Bukit Mas Nagoya

5 Days Black & White Challenge

Here's my first entry for the month of June.  A short one, but hopefully interesting, as it is about the 5 days black & white challenge.

When the B&W challenge hit, I was voted by my good friend (Richard J.O. - another "arek suroboyo") to get involved.  The challenge had been around for quite a while but I didn't really get into it as I was not so into B&W photos.  I still don't have the eye yet for B&W photos, but it was fun to experiment and see what I could get.

View of PSA container yard and berth from Office - by LG G3