So, I guess if you can tell by the title of this post, these sets of photographs are dedicated to my best friend who has recently departed to Japan to study. 5,246 kilometres is the distance apart from Singapore to Japan. This was the first time I took pictures using my Canon AE-1 program and I feel that my aperture was too small, creating a way too shallow depth of field. I have so much to learn and quite stoked that despite being second hand, the quality was still really good. One or two of these pictures, in my opinion, turned out well, the rest not so much. Anyways, I'll leave you to be the judge of these photographs which I took over the thirty first of December twenty fifteen to the forth of January twenty sixteen. For personal and private reasons, I have left out some. All photos were taken by me, with the exception of one, and the film used was Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400.

Forlorn and lost, I like the dreamy effect of it

A pity that this had to be blur

Taken by Alina, the best friend whom is leaving

Glad I went back to take this shot, a pity that the man is not in focus

Step

Recommended by Alina to take this shot

I have no idea why but this shot is pretty, Alina and her paintbrushes

"Look at the dog's eyes." – Alina

I wanted the husky in focus, but I guess the shoes look kind of nice

My aunt's pointer – I love this shot

Since twenty fifteen was about a day ago and today is the start of twenty sixteen, here's a little note to myself about seven goals I wish to achieve in this year. I honestly find myself committing to about 4.2% more to something if I write them out and about 5.8% more if I broadcast them (to about three fans). Altogether, I guess this will make me achieve them 10% more if I write them here.

2015 to me, honestly, was a bust, with my IGCSE exams, I felt I procrastinated way too much and I didn't put in as much as effort as I would have liked and I could have done. Thus, I guess as of now, the thing I dread the most this year is getting back the results. However, I guess the good thing about now being that is that now I have the drive to improve and kick the IB program's butt. I believe that if I put in enough hard work and manage my time well, I will be able to achieve my full potential. With that in mind, I'm honestly very eager to begin twenty sixteen. Okay, I should stop rambling and actually write my resolutions now!

Psych101 and Magnus Chase. The former was lent to me by a friend.

Fjallraven Kanken, iPhone 5 and Van Gogh Museum cap

In twenty fifteen, another one of the ways I procrastinated a lot was by constantly using my phone. Part of me blames this for the reason why I think I was very distracted during the IGCSE period. Texts constantly poured in with questions from physics formulas to the historical context of the Victorian era and I kept checking my phone after each buzz. Not only that, I prolonged the time I spent on the phone by checking out Instagram and watching YouTube clips. It wasn't until I had a few exams that I downloaded a self help app to keep me from getting sidetracked. I regret doing this now and I wish I had got it at the start of twenty fifteen. The app is called Forest (you can check their site here) and it plants a tree within the time you set it and if you use your phone during the time, the tree is being planted, it will be killed. (*sigh* I bet this makes zero sense). As you can see above I had been planting a tree (and it is currently the cute Christmas edition). Another thing I lacked a lot in twenty fifteen was the fact that I was very unobservant, very inert because I constantly used my phone. This year in twenty sixteen, I also want to observe more. I want to observe more in the sense that I want to notice things. In some ways, I want it to be like an adventure to explore, hence, the cap and the fjallraven kanken. I want to invest in a journal to sketch, to write, to doodle so as to destress from the heavy taxing IB course. This will also encourage me to find new hobbies, which I'm currently lacking.