《我报》御用的摄影记者李欣赏老师出书了！

A journey into any destination heightens our senses as we seek information from all that’s installed by nature and make sense of the artifacts that are juxtaposed amongst them. As a photographer, I relish this opportunity to seek the unchartered, to show the unseen and to tell stories that remain relatively untold. Through the lens, I hope to capture the very essence of life... I urge all to consider the responsibilities that comes attached with the creation of a still image. Without a doubt, my purpose hinges on future generations looking beyond surface beauty and hopefully be immersed into the layers beneath the grains - hopefully evident in the picture and be triggered to journey into a state of reflection on the world at large and our minute being and purpose.

The title ‘curiocity’, created from the word curiosity, is not only a narrative documentation between a husband and wife but a reminder for us to continue the curious probing of humanity’s purpose and the issues attached to all the indifference we face across cities and cultures. And as we live as an ‘I’ giving considerations to a ‘U’ out there... Faith, Peace, Hope and Love prevails.


Title of the book: CurioCity
Cover price: S$38.00
Dimensions of the book: 17.5cm x 24 cm
Pagination: 184
ISBN: 978-981-08-4682-4
Format:Hardback / Hardcover

The posting results are out for SYOG volunteers.
Look forward to August 2010.

"生命的意义在于不断拚搏，因为世界本身就是一个竞技场。"

学期结束，又是时候包扎伤口，自我反思的时候。
第一学期闹出的风波，让我学会保护自己，留意自己说的每一句话，尽量在“人证物证”的庇护下，才好发言，这无非是保全自己的利益，也免得自己又惹来一身的“灾祸”。

而在期间，我为过去我曾被卷入的风波道歉，不论对错，不论由谁引起，我把罪名全扛下。我感激一直相信、支持我的朋友。我欣慰，自己做事光明磊落。我深信，人在做，天在看。

有人问：“你不在意他说你的话吗？”
我搭茬儿：“我在意。”
某人再问：“你不气自己得背负所有的责任，而他可以逍遥过活，做他的”好人“。”
我答：“其实，他没有错。我也没有错。那⋯⋯错的是谁？”

谁的错，真的那么重要吗？人类常常执着于消除心里头的“闷气”，非要揪出谁是某某某件事情的凿事者，或是非得对每一件事情有个“完美”的结局。但，这真的，有意义吗？

我说，人们的内心总有那软弱的一块，夜深人静时，它就会出来活动。当你和它碰面时，是否能保持脸上的笑容？还是得把自己缩进被窝里，一直默念：“没事的，没事的。这只是梦。”

庆幸，自己能大胆地说：“我，不怕你。因为我没有辜负你。”

虽然如此，这个学期的情绪非常的不稳定。原本停止服药有一段时间，但期中还是得重新依赖药物，而且“变本加厉”，从每日10颗增至10几颗。头就像被一个巨石给压抑着，撑得非常辛苦。不过，还是尽力掩饰自己内心的感受，对班上同学所开的笑话用力地笑，上课仍保持最牵强的笑容。我知道这么做，很傻，那也不过在强化我的褦襶。除了这样，我还能做什么？

感激一位我很尊敬的恩师的开导，他要我列下我的处境对于自己以及对他人的影响。很奇妙，对于我的影响共有16项，对于他人的仅3项，而且都是重复的。这才让我领悟到，我的情绪起伏对自己的伤害要比对别人的影响更为庞大。

所以，我想是时候把别人对我的看法放下，到香港透透气，希望回来后，能多爱自己一点，不要再把头猛力地往墙壁和栏杆上撞。希望我可以做到，希望我不再把“我很累”、“我压力好大”、“我想死”老挂在嘴边。

其实我最失望的，还是痛恨自己这个学期在学业上的表现，虽然争取每一分钟提升自己，但还是没有办法达到我给自己设下的目标。辜负了老师的期望，是应当给自己应有的处分。对不起，我真的尽力了，或许我应该更加努力，又或许我根本没有资格进入这个科系。

Without you people, I won't have survive this long. Thank you BFFs, you know who you are.

I just want to tell a friend of mine, sometimes I don't express my thoughts through my words, doesn't mean I don't care. You're an important friend of mine, and I hope you'll be able to see this.

The first two months of 2010 was terrible.
Lots of things happened in school, I really wish I could just escape from the reality.

Group projects was a mess.
Mental and physical health deteriorating.
I don't know how long can I still hold on to.


Nonetheless, I thank those who really care for, and thank everyone who made me smile.
Happy LNY.

I'm stuffing myself with Lecitone Junior (a medicine my psychiatrist has prescribed) to keep myself awake.
I think I just overdose it that I lost count how many capsules did I actually consumed today.

6 hours to complete a summary. That's so not me.
I wish I could have more time to fine tune the summary.

Trazodone doesn't make me sleepy at all, when it is supposed to.. and I'm not a bit happier after eating it. Damn.

Why am I grumbling over things that I shouldn't?
I was given the choice, so yes, I have no reason to complain.
I failed to realize that.

I was so stressed up today that I quit from the Chinese Committee. The committee's great, just that I think the committee doesn't need someone like me, who is so irresponsible and only know how to escape from the reality when he loses control of himself.

Damn those medicines. Making me dizzy and feel so tired.
Just let me off, you pessimistic bug.

I'm so lost now.
I don't know why, but there's an urge in me... that I want to tell the teachers and the comm people, "Please give up on me, I'm a utter failure in life and in school. I don't deserve your attention. I think I know where I should belong to."

I tried, I tried my very very best.
I'm sorry, I failed to meet your expectations. I wish I could have done better. I really wish I could.

Thank you Iris, Serene, Mengkiat, Kenny, Minghan, Jeremy, Winnie, Si Chao, Chengyiin, Xiangqi, Amanda Lim and Joseph for giving me a wonderful birthday celebration. I just want to say to you people, every single of you means a lot to me. Thank you.

Yes, "O" level results has just released a few days ago. I bet many would be caught in a dilemma previously over "Poly or JC".

I'm experiencing a dilemma now too.
It's between NS or School.

School's stressful, not because of the people. But I seriously feel that I need a break. I couldn't concentrate during lessons at all, I'm losing sleep and weight. BTW, I weigh 36kg now, and for that, yes I know, many girls will be throwing rotten eggs at me when they see this.

However... as a responsible Singaporean, and one who loves his country, he has to serve NS at this age. But given my current condition, I think it's nearly impossible for me to do that (I think the rifle weighs heavier than me).

Thus, I had to make a choice whether to continue school or to serve NS now.
Hais.

And... the deferment letter states "defer for a semester".
Life's tough. 2012, please come quick.

Sometimes I really wonder, if the advancement of technology has brought about convenience to our lives, or has it shaped us to be more "technically-stupid".

Recently, I've just submitted an online assignment on SafeAssign (a tool for teachers to track on potential students' plagiarism acts).

This is how the software works.
It will cross-refer to the online essays available in SafeAssign, afterwhich, moving on to the World Wide Web database.

It's quite usual to see some similar cache words appearing.
However, it really tickles me when the software generates the following statistic report.
Here goes. The only 2% matching words.

Well, you can't expect me to use a different name each time I write a news article, right?
Ha!

佳节来临，粉丝们不忘在庆祝之余，到新动网（心动专区）走一走。感激！

假期值班，除了空荡荡的办公室（食堂也没开），只剩“网友”作伴。说真的，没有你们的留言，上班可就没有如此精彩。

今天发布的一则帖子：“連范XX這些外人都知道范XX最紅，鄭XX憑什么是阿一？

说真的，我真的很佩服现在的粉丝。肯花时间整理资料，做分析，以及给偶像给予他们无限的支持，娱乐圈少了他们，哪行儿？

这位满腹正义感的网友louis为给范阿二“打抱不平”，在论坛上开设了一则新的讨论帖子。最令我感到意外的是，这位网友还针对四大方面：产品代言、电影出 镜机会、两位曾饰演的电视经典人物，以及“其他”，作了详尽的分析。不仅如此，louis还在帖子的最后作了一个“总结”，非常用心。

我个人对阿一阿二没有什么偏好，但是佩服两位能在本地小小的娱乐圈混超过10年来，而且还能“屹立不倒”。对于louis，我欣赏你的直率，毕竟在本地肯站出来说话的人还真的不多。

如果是阿一的粉丝要呛声，还是阿二的粉丝有话说，不妨点击这里和大家一起分享。