Here are reflections of my year 2014....
There are 2 items that I wanted to do in 2014 since Jas is in NS and does not need our attention so much.
1) To get serious with my Photography hobby taking up some classes and go in depth into it.
I joined the Photographic Society of Singapore last Dec and attended the basic modules on how to use a DSLR digital camera. I am happy with my knowledge gained and I am using my Canon DSLR to take better photos.
It has broaden my knowledge and I am now pondering whether I should go deeper into DSLR category or remain as a pure hobbist and stay in the prosumer arena ( eg. buy a prosumer digital camera and used it for daily and travel purposes ) as the investment in the DSLR equipment and accessories ( eg. time to upgrade my DSLR camera body and buy more lenses and filters,etc.... ) and is huge and I must make good use of them. Also, while equipment is important, it is still the man behind the camera once the techniques have been mastered.
I will make that decision in early 2015.
In 2015, I like to spend more time mastering the techniques in using Photoshop CS5 and maybe explore Lightroom 5 too.
2) We wanted to travel overseas twice a year, excluding my frequent trips back to Penang to visit my parents and sister.
We visited Melbourne in Australia in July and realized that as we have aged, the cold weather is not for us anymore.... at least not winter... ha... ha.... !!!
We also visited Sichuan in China and saw the UNESCO Heritage sites - Juizhaiguo and Huanglong, not forgetting Mt Emei and the Panda Sanctuary too in October.
In 2015, we planned to visit Hokkaido and one more place to be determined in coming months.... maybe Vancouver + Alaska cruise or Santorini...?
Jas turned 21 and my niece, Amy Cosby, got married this year .... !!!
We did some upgrades to our home; namely, replaced the old fluorescent tubes with LED tubes and there has been significant savings in our electricity bill since then, replaced our main wooden door and downstairs toilet door, replaced the curtains in the upstairs rooms, bought new mattresses for our bedrooms, a ergonomic chair, robot vacuum, electric sewing machine and washing machine.
I started my Apsotheraphy treatment in late Feb and was able to walk without my bulky knee brace in May. I was so happy with the progress BUT unfortunately, I hurt my left knee again while alighting from the bus in Dec and I am now back to square one with the treatment..... sigh
Luckily, it happened after my trip to China. I am working towards recovery by end 1Q 2015.
It was a bad last quarter though as my mother fell and had to replace her left hip ball bone, followed by my father's fall and needed 5 stitches to the back of his head.
2014 has not been too bad though could have been better.......!
So let's look forward to a better new year in 2005, wishing all of you out there
A Very Happy New Year and Best Wishes too.....!!!
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