Photolog:St Thomas's Pesta Ria

Most of you know by now that when I say photolog on this blog I mean a visual essay. This one is no different: I spent much of Saturday walking around with Stefan's DSLR, shooting left right and centre.

Stefan is one hell of a photographer. The dude got a Nikon D40x right after his SPM and started hanging out with a bunch of camera nuts (read: old men), and they go out for shooting trips every once in awhile. His photos are brilliant. His teaching skills are even better - within a few seconds he covered the basics of aperture, shutter speed and then sent me off to shoot whatever I wanted.

I mean, how cool is that?

An overhead shot of the Pesta Ria from the school hall. Notice the huge space in the middle - runners gathered there earlier for the annual joggerthon.
The clown was a big hit. Pn Eng tells us he's a student in Lower 6 who part-times as a clown. Gotta admire his guts
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My generation of Thomians.

Fiona and guava. Go figure.

Aidan back from France. He looked at the D40x in my hands and said: "I'm picking up my D60 tonight." Damn.
U6S4's stall.

Some big assed Datuk came, along with a whole host of policemen.

Joanne and hat. David found her cute.

Ball magic.

Ball fiasco.

Ho John giving free rides. He likes attention.

David

Fiona is playing with David, Cikgu Orlnda's and (Uncle?) Andee's son. She says: Teacher David is going to be very handsome when he grows up.

Me: Yeah he's going to be a real heartbreaker.

Cikgu Orlnda: Heh. You remember the Marian demo debate? The girls were taking photos of him and he was like ... no photos no photos! And I'm like ... where did you get that from?

You have my permission to squeal.