Adventurous Weekend

This picture overlooking the sea, cloudy sky lighted by the rising sun was taken at around 6 30 am (figured is yours truly, Stuart, Tsuey Lin, Alex). We woke up at around 5am on a Saturday morning! to be in time for a glimpse of the sunrise. It is certainly not one of the things I would normally do....in fact hardly. Unfortunately on the day, the sky was so cloudy for any good view but it cleared up eventually later on the day. You can see we were posing nicely for the shot.

By the way, Stuart came up to Aberdeen from Stirling and it was really good to see him after so long. He looks younger than I last saw him 2 yrs ago :)

After the little trip around the sea side, we went home to continue our sweet journey in Slumberland.

Middle Pic: Alex, Stuart, T Lin, Jane and me.

We had dim sum for lunch together. After that, we journeyed on to a place called Forvie, a huge area of sand dunes. Forvie is located twelve miles north of Aberdeen. The drive there was pleasant as the weather was perfect. People on the trip were Alex, Stuart, T Lin, Jane and me.

While there, we were walking through fields and sandy areas. At one point it felt like I was in a desert...it's a whole new experience for me. I probably will try walking along the white sand of Tutong area when I get back to Brunei. Of course I'm only kidding. The heat will probably get to my brain and patience before anything.

The fine weather continued on Sunday. What a beautiful day it was. Seeing this, Stuart recommended going to a place called Torry- located at the south bank of Dee. It's just about 5 minutes drive away from where I stay. From here, you could see a picturesque view of Aberdeen. There is a golf course there called Balnagask Golf Course. Nearby there's a lighthouse which adds to the nice scenery of the place.
We were there for a while before Stuart returned to Stirling.

It was another good weekend!

Sound Of The Waves

It was just a random thought at the time. I called Alex, - what you doing? - Just making some food just now - Up for a ride to the beach for some sunset shots - Btw, does the sun sets that way? - Let me see, west this side, east....oh the sun sets on the other side man..the town side - Oh well, we'll just see what we can get - see u in 15 mins.
We arrived at the beach and it was very cold. There weren't a lot of people at the beach that time. I had brought my tripod along. Being quite a begineer at photography, I didn't know what to expect. Nevertheless, more practice shouldn't do any harm.

The feeling of just walking on the shore, eyeing on things that you think might be an interesting subject is just very challenging. You know there is no right or wrong ways....it's just your way. Throughout, the sound of the waves brought along a sense of calmness. It was freezing however. Although there are no sunset shots available, we did take one or two silhouette pictures at dusk.

Speedy Hobby

My 'Pocket Cube' and 'Standard Cube'

I think most of us know the Rubik's Cube or Magic Cube. It was very popular in the 80's. Nowadays, there are various shapes and sizes of these puzzles available.
I have always been fascinated by people who were able to solve it. Last year, while I was at the office, one of my colleagues had a 3x3x3 cube with her. I borrowed it, searched for the solution and was determined to be able to solve it. While searching for the solution, I came across speedcubing, where it is an activity of solving the cube as fast as possible. Unbelievably the fastest world record for solving the 3x3x3 cube is just under 10 secs!!! I'm proud to tell you all that my personal record is 90 secs...well, it's nothing compared to the world record but still, it was a fun experience and a good achievement.

A Walk In The Town Centre

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I stay just about a kilometer from the town centre in Aberdeen. With the longer daylights during this time of the year, everything else just seem more colourful and cheerful. Yesterday, after a few prior attempts, I finally dragged myself to bring my camera along to the city centre. I had agreed to myself just to take close up shots so I had on only my 70-300mm lens. Boy, photgraphy is something I have yet a lot to learn about.


Anyway, above are some of the pictures I took of parts of the city centre. Aberdeen is a beautiful place! I hope you can see that through my camera lens :)