Captain's Log - Chapter 32
Weather - Sunny but cool in the office (yeah in the office on Saturday)
Mood - Off blue
Free Spirited No More?
My girlfriend is one free spirited girl. However, after the purchase of our dream home, we increasingly find ourselves constrained by the need to continue our gainful employment so as to finance the house. This scenario was discussed prior to our purchase, but I guess one thing that we separates us from our less evolved kin is the dreams we have. Dreams pertaining to our self fulfilment, self-development etc. Thus, my girlfirend is kinda down as she feels that her hands are so tightly bound because of our home.
I am helpless in this situation. Giving her comfort and security is what I should be providing, but my hands are tied too. Sigh... I really do hope my girlfriend's 'never say die' spirit is not in any way eroded by this turn of events. If she really think she wants to go into a new field, she has all my support.
What's life without dreams. Afterall, this blog is about my dream. Well, I should say our dream. 'Chuckle'.
Captain's Log - Chapter 31
Weather - Cool
Mood - Drowsy
Lion in Winter
Read this Time article by Simon Elegant on Singapore's future. I am kinda shaken after reading his exceedlingly depressing interpretation of my nation's future. No doubt there are some truth in his write-up, I think he his overwhelming'y negative. But then again, my optimism could spring from the fact that I am a Singaporean and he's not.
Agreed that economic restructuring will play an important role in shaping our economy and employment patterns in the coming years, I do not see it to be all doom and gloom. Guess that being a white-collared worker helps as the job cuts are most likely to come from the blue-collar side. The good thing about this current bloodletting of workers in several companies is that the entire society is all shaken up. Now, everyone is sitting up and working doubly hard to ensure that their firms are profitable and can continue to employ them. I guess this is a good development, but sometimes fate deals us a lousy hand; such as Bali blasts and the dreaded SARS. However, as the saying goes, fate lies in the hands of those who deicde to control it. So, budding entreprenuership is one good thing coming out of all this doom and gloom.
For me, I will just spend less on material goods such as CDs and DVDs. Money is now being saved for the rainy day as well as the house that I have bought recently. While the future may look dark for one Simon, this Simon here says that the Lion will once again roar when the climate turns tropical again.
Watch this space. :)
Captain's Log - Chapter 30
Weather - Cool
Mood - Huh?
Digital vs Film Photography
Had an interesting chat with my colleagues during lunch today about the future of photography. Belonging to the Pro-Digitalisation camp, I was dishing out predictions that film photography will come to an end albeit a belated one in one to two decades time. Haveing been brought up using film cameras, I do feel a pinch of sadness that our trusty old point and shoot autofocus film cameras' days are numbered. Guess my belief is based on my recent conversion to digital photography. It doesn't help that the first photos from my camera came out crisp, clear, sharp and vibrant.
For my detractors, they cling onto the belief - to me hope, that film is here to stay. I agree that professionals will continue to utilise film, but the question is how long more? The pool of film users is rapidly shrinking as the cost of purchasing a digital camera has fallen dramatically over the last 2-3 years. Memory cards are cheap, given the fact that they can be reused again and again. To me, developments in digital photography will go hand in hand with IT developments.
Verdict - Film to be buried in history by 2025.
