DKSG

The worst thing that can happen to a blogger is to receive an email from your webhost at 3am in the morning informing you that your site has been disabled due to high server load.

Well, it got to be a mistake. I don’t get a lot of traffic in the middle of the night since most of my blog visitors are from Singapore. And I didn’t write anything controversial lately. The only thing that might cause a spike is the photos of Race Queens and AKB48. But I doubt they will cause high server load in the middle of the night.

Something must be wrong.

So after checking with my webhost, it turns out that my WordPress theme is causing the issue. But I’ve been using the theme for the past 1 1/2 years without issue. It is weird that the issue just suddenly appear. But I’m too lazy to argue with my webhost. Anyway, I’ve been wanting to change my WordPress theme for the longest time. This is actually a good excuse to force the procrastinator in me to do something.

It is never easy choosing a new WordPress theme, at least for me. After searching high and low, I finally found a nice looking theme call Tweaker4 by Arnold Goodway. Spend a few hours customising some of the stuff and there you have it.

It is a very simple theme with a header picture at the top. Kinda like the old theme that I had 1 1/2 years ago. This is just a temporary header picture until I find a nicer one. I love the fact that I can easily change the header picture.

OK, I’ll be tweaking the theme further over the next few weeks. But this will be the general look and feel of my blog for some time. Let me know if you like/dislike it. Now back to blogging…..

Went Gardens By The Bay for a photoshoot with a group of friends. Went Satay By The Bay for dinner and checked out Tree Tunes at Supertree Grove. Decided to call it a day because the sound system at Tree Tunes is pretty bad. So my friends took a ride home while I decided to walk to the MRT station.

That’s when something interesting happen. I’ve been to Gardens By The Bay several times. For some weird reason, I lost my way. But it is not a bad thing because I found this…

Spend almost 1/2 an hour shooting at that spot. And just when I was about to leave, I heard a familiar song in the distance. Johari Window by Plainsunset.

I didn’t know that Plainsunset is performing at Tree Tunes too. So I went back to check out their performance. Hey, it’s Plainsunset. They sound good even with bad sound system.

Oh hey, I’ve been blogging on this domain for 5 years already. Happy 5th Birthday DKSG!

While I was writing this blog entry, I also discovered something. I’ve crossed the 4000th blog entry mark sometime in December 2012. Wow.

Cheers to more good years.

It has become a tradition for me to spend the last day of the year looking back at what I’ve done and blog about my thoughts for the year. And it has been a long year. In fact, 2012 is the longest year we will ever get. We have a leap day on 29 Feb and a leap second on 1 July. That’s 1 day and 1 second longer than an ordinary year. Haha.

But before I blog about my thoughts for the year, let me just say what am I doing now. I’m currently at the new Cineleisure Starbucks. I didn’t expect it to rain. So now I’m stuck at the Starbucks which is outdoor and there is no shelter to Cineleisure. Good job DK! Well, at least I have a cup of Toffeenut Latte and a powerpoint in case my trusty MacBook Pro goes low battery. I think I can even stay here till New Year Countdown. (Oh wait, I can’t. There’s no toilet here!!!)

Anyway, 2012 has been an amazing year at work. The foundation we laid last year helped us a lot in achieving the milestones. I’m glad to be working with a great team in the company. And come to think of it, I’ve achieved all the targets and challenges that I’ve set when I joined the company. But work here is never done and we are now looking at a new set of targets and challenges. The sad thing is that my boss for 2 years went back to the Australia office. I always say that I’m blessed with good bosses throughout my working life. She is the greatest boss I’ve ever met and I’ve learnt a lot from her.

Oh hey, I bought a DSLR this year. Haha. Friends who know me long enough will be surprised that I actually bought a DSLR. I always say that a good camera should be one that you can carry with you everyday. Oh well, things changed. Last year, my surprise tech purchase is a iPad. This year, my surprise purchase is a Canon 60D. I wonder what surprise tech purchase will I make next year.

And speaking of DSLR, I think I might be spending the my evening taking photos of the fireworks at Marina area. Yeap, spending my last few hours of 2012 with my beloved gadgets. Let’s hope the rain stop soon.

Happy 2013 everyone. Enjoy the last few hours of 2012 with your loved ones. Have fun and cheers to a great year.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days of auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne
We’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.

We twa hae run aboot the braes
And pull’d the gowans fine.
But we’ve wandered mony a weary foot,
Since days of auld lang syne.

And we twa hae paid’l'd in the burn,
Frae morning sun till dine,
But seas between us braid hae roared
Since days of auld lang syne.

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne
We’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet,
For days of auld lang syne.

And surely you’ll be your pint stoop,
And surely I’ll be mine;
And we’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.

And ther’s a hand, my trusty fier’,
And gie’s a hand to thine;
And we’ll tak’ a right good willywaught,
For auld lang syne.

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.