Post-Presidential Election. It’s a strange Sunday morning to wake up to… with a new President that garnered just 35% of the vote and won only by a crazily small margin of 0.4% ahead of his rival. Or put in another way; our new and seventh President is also, relatively, the most unpopular president ever going by vote share. Ling and I stayed up till 1:30 AM hoping for a conclusion to be reached one way or another, but by that point, a recount had started and Internet rumors were abound that this was in view of the decision seemingly pointing to a particular direction. Got back up at 4:15 AM just in time to receive the final news live.
For me, the election’s two strongest candidates came down to one who had all the stellar credentials and experience but wasn’t universally likable for one reason or another, versus a candidate with a less impressive portfolio but who appealed to many hearts with a simple message of unity.
In any case; more photo opportunities as we went by Nex for brunch. Checked out The Prata Place which dished out yummy super flat and crispy pratas (Matt: take note! =) ). The curry gravy was suitably thick and fragrant too. This was Hannah’s first prata outing, and we are both relieved to report that she lapped all the prata pieces up.=)
A funny incident happened shortly after brunch. We stopped by Kiddy Palace to pick up another baby potty for the nanny’s place. Hannah got so attached to it she insisted we take it out of the carrier after purchase, and walked around the mall looking like this!
Yeah there were a few passer-bys who looked amused.=)
Consider the prata noted! Sounds (and looks) like a fun weekend.
Yep it was bud, though a somewhat depressing one for me about the presidential election results.=(
haha hannah is so cute!
btw, what do u think of E-PL3?
It’s a minor upgrade from E-PL2, Ann. Higher ISO limit, full HD recording (?), and a flip-out screen; but it loses the built-in flash. The most major upgrade over your E-PL1 should be the kit lens AF speed, but that’s a lens rather than a camera upgrade.
If the AF of the 14-42mm for you is too slow, consider either just getting the upgrade 14-42mm lens (lots of people selling it on CS), or buy the Panasonic 20mm f1.7 like me. I’ve not touched the 14-42mm MK II since getting the 20mm.=)
Ah you already potty trained her?
Hi didi,
Our girl has just started to be potty trained. We’re taking it slow, introducing the idea. :)
i have the panasonic pancake 20mm f/1.7 and panasonic 7-14mm f/4. i don’t touch the 14-42mm at all haha. but one thing about the 20mm is that when you want to “zoom” you have to move haha. but i still find the focusing on E-PL1 very slow even with the 20mm.
sam gan tried to tempt me to buy the EP3 (when i asked about E-PL3). the focusing is much faster, with touch-screen focusing somemore haha. chris says nice, like i-phone -.- $1120. wonder how’s the ISO control through. my main complaints about E-PL1 are the slowness in focusing and noise at high ISO.
any idea whether EP3 uses same battery as E-PL1? cos I have a spare batt for E-PL1. so thought if i sell E-PL1, i can keep the spare batt.
It’s using different batteries according to the specifications:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympusep3/page3.asp
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympusepl1/page2.asp