Food is a four-letter word

Let's face it. Living in Singapore, a gastronomical paradise, how can you not enjoy finding and eating good food as a past time?

Ever since I've been economically independent (read: having a part-time job), I have been more willing to spend some extra bucks on food. Hence, I've decided to document my food adventures in photos, and compile them into a post. However, not all my food adventures are captured here as sometimes spontaneity calls and I go on a food search without my camera, and the cafe/eatery doesn't have decent lighting for me to take a photo with my phone.

All right. Without further ado, let's dive straight into the (photos of) food!

Angus Burger from Café Etc. It came with some fries, as well as some pickles. I opted for al fresco dining just to get the good old natural light, and clearly Zhang Min wasn't amused at the heat. /inserts laugh cry emoji/

East Coast Lagoon Food Village
Lunch was Braised Duck, while we had Satay, Sambal Stingray and BBQ Chicken Wings for dinner.

Can't remember the name of this place! But this was at a Korean fast food restaurant at Waterway Point. The brown sauce was teriyaki sauce, while the other one was spicy (in fact way too spicy for my liking)

Visited Lowercase on a lazy Saturday afternoon. Really like how it isn't crowded (was totally expecting a noisy weekend crowd but nah) Not the best Eggs Benedict I've eaten, but will definitely go back just for the ambiance.

Glass Noodles with Beef at So Pho! Ordered this instead of the usual Pho cuz I was eyeing the Honey Lemon "Tea" (inverted commas cuz I thought it didn't really have any taste of tea), which was great to combat the ridiculous afternoon heat.

Platypus Kitchen at Bugis Junction. Love the interior of the place, and the lunch set meal was decent too. The salad was fresh, and the cabonara had a legit (albeit really garlic-y) sauce.

And that's the end of this post. I realise I have been terrible at updating my blog, and I will try to keep it more active /inserts the sheepish laugh emoji/

Till the next time,

Elsa

First roll of film!

Hey guys!

I am sooo excited to be finally able to share this very first roll of film I've taken! I started this roll last July, and since there are only 36 shots (edit: there are actually only 35 shots...someone enlightens me on why), and every shot is precious, I only finished it in February this year. I took so long to finish the roll to the point that I couldn't even remember what I've taken on it HAHAHA.

The photos are mainly landscape and cityscape shots, since I'm surrounded by skyscrapers and stuff. I am so in love with the richness of colours. And I love how every photo has it's own unique tones and colours. Especially with the light leaks, spots and grains, they further give every photo its unique "identity", in a way.

The photos below are shot on a Fuji Superia 200. Seeing how interesting the photos turned out, I'll definitely be shooting more film in the future. Hopefully on a film SLR though!

And, here are some things I've learnt from shooting this roll:

• Point-and-shoot film cameras don't work well in backlight conditions. The photos just turned out really dark. Hence, rely on your DSLR if you're looking for some photo with a dramatic lighting or some yummy lens flare.
• There will be distortion, especially if you're taking photos of buildings with horizontal lines.
• Also, the shop which processes your film will actually twitch the exposure, contrast and colour of your photos when they print them out. Hence, always remember to ask for the unedited versions! (Thanks Juliana for telling me this. Now you know why the colours of the photos you send for printing always turn out slightly different from your digital copies :P)

Anyway. Here are the photos! Some are terribly underexposed or overexposed, while there are a few shots which are quite similar. Also, pardon the quality of these photos, as I scanned them using my own scanner and painstakingly cropped each and every one of them.

And here's the end of this post. Now I shall go back to the long and tedious university applications and stuff.

Till the next time,

Elsa