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Canon Photomarathon 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 11:59 AM
for the first time i woke up in the wee hours
not to catch a flight or car/taxi overseas but to go to work o.O
slept at 1030pm and woke up at 320am :x
out of house by 4+am to hitch sean's cab
thanks baby for staying up until i left and made breakfast for me :)

picked up dennis at redhill and off to suntec convention hall
total damage of $27.90 o.O
luckily can claim cab fare :)
walked around the wrong side of the building while finding the entrance
and got to walk back after giving zann a call

first time i see suntec so damn empty
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went all the way up to Hall 603
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and inside the hall:
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changed into the shirts provided :)
i opted for M but it was huge >.<

luckily theres a XS which is an extra piece :D
got 3 different types
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zann doing the briefing
the event is by her company and its candee's event :)
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the setup on the front counters
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and we started preparing the lanyards
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camwhore first :p
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Photobucket ready! :D and we wait for the people to stream in...

the queue started forming at:
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and we were kept busy all the way to the announcement of the first theme
there are 3 themes for this contest announced throughout the day
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once the first theme was announced
most of us shut down our IBM Thinkpad and theres a change frenzy for the Toshiba ones
which were to be used for the uploading of photos
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chose the chio white one :D
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what we were supposed to do is rather simple
to upload the photos from the participants into the laptop
i was thinking why my one min seem so slow
then i realise i set it at 60min instead =.=
zzzz
blur me!
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setting up and waiting for the participants to come back from taking photos
dennis and mike went into work mode since they are in the IT industry
and were trying to make their laptops more efficient
while people like jonathon slept :p
hahahahs
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then people started coming back soon after
and we got busy again :x
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i nearly vomitted blood using that toshiba laptop
damn lag la!!
zzzz
the OS is vista and the laptop is not good enough to run it properly =.=
but heck care la
not my fault if the queue was held for too long
all the toshiba laptops gave the same problem =.=

then theme 2 was announced at 1230pm
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and we went for lunch break! :D
finally!
i was looking forward to it since 9+am! :(
damn hungry lo!
hahahs
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damn good already for an event's part timer food :)
normally we get chicken rice only
and they are damn generous with the rice which i didnt eat finish as much as i want to
got to curb myself, i dont need so much carbo! ;p

the next wave came at around 1+pm
and we were kepy busy until nearing 4pm
when at 4pm they will announce theme 3
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participants waiting for the 3rd theme
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and finally its out
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were feeling damn cold by this time :x
the aircon is super strong lo
got to walked around to make ourselves warmer
and pictures time! :)
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and not long after
mike fell asleep
hahahahs
so did alot of the part timers
but we got nothing to do while waiting for people to come back anyways
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the participants came streaming back at around 5+pm
so we work as we rotate for dinner
i is cant wait already :p

so dinner was
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good enough :D
rice is alot too! hahahas

and finally the crowd died down nearing 7pm
random shots
kas came by and brought candee a thick jacket
is saviour for her lo! but i dont have :x
hahhahas
she look like those traffic police though :p
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and finally at 7+pm
most of us packed up and shut down our laptops :D
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wee~~~
is finally lo!!
hahahahs
15 hours of work o.O

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write our timesheets and could have went off after that
but dennis me and sean accompany zann they all for a while then make our way back
was feeling tired le but still wide awake
hahahahs

went to meet baby and xinming
and we went to bugis
they want to go arcade
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and i watched them play then fell asleep on the chair beside them :p
after that they wanna Left4Dead
so we think and think and finally decide to go bukit timah plaza
trained to JE then cabbed
reach at 12am but the lan shop close at 1am =.=
hahahs
but since there le jiu play lo
that 1 hour was argh
lols
cause i played so lousily =.=
either too tired or too long nv play
and the keyboard sucks :x
hahahahs
cabbed home after that
eyes were feeling duper tired and dry
bathed and fell asleep promptly
xoxo, Amber ♥
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