So met up with my co-worker and her son at the MRT station but the huge crowd that seemed to be heading towards the direction of the esplanade was "WOAH!". Then again there are close to 4 million people on this tiny island! So after a good 20mins brisk walk, weaving thru the crowd and all, we finally found a spot just before the bridge and literally just plopped down trying to catch our breaths. *L* Least i know my jogging sessions for the past few weeks have been paying off. *smile*
So started setting up my camera and was told by the ladies in the group next to me that that area was for the camera crew. So i figured, oh ok they're reserving that spot for their friends. No worries first come first serve. Fair enough. So i moved towards my left a lil bit more.
(Side note : With this spot that was 'reserved' i have a lil story to tell you a lil later on and the organisers will definitely get an email from me.)
Set up my tripod and started to set up the nicest shot of the fireworks and the city skyline as i possibly can. Ruth came about 1hr later and she proceeded to pull out her dinner from the Carrefour plastic bag and my mouth literally 'salivate' in 1 sec! Assorted sashimi salad, salmon sashimi and sweet mini octopus!! *grin* Yummy! Me and my sis feasted on some of the sashimi and mini octopus. :) *heehee* Yummy!
Then of course will our tummies filled and we're all settling down i went trigger happy again. :) *heehee* What's new eh? *heehee*
My sis and Ruth. *grin* Anyone noticed Ruth's new haircut and hair colour yet? I liked it except i think it's a lil too short for her. :)
This is the best shot for the day. I really like this pic. :) Enough to consider printing it out on photo paper. :P
This group of enthusiast starting setting up their base just behind us and while they were prepping up their cameras i just had to take this shot. *smile* How can i not eh? But they had some really pricy looking equipments!! :)
The above few shots are just some shots i thought were nice to take cos it went from the buidlings without the lights on, to the lights being on, to the sun setting behind and the front of the buildings were shadowed. :)
This was the crowd on my left, as you can see all the photography enthusiasts were out in full force last nite. *grin*
More shots of my sis, Ruth and me. *smile* I took off my glasses when i had those shots taken. I don't really like to have my pic taken with my glasses on. Though Ruth had said that with my glasses on my sis and i resembled each other alot. :P That's no surprise, we are sisters after all. :P *heehee*
Right, this would take us to about 45mins before the start of the fireworks. This is when the excitement really started. Remember the spot that was 'reserved' for the camera people?
Well around 5.30pm this middle-aged guy and his companion came over and started setting up his camera at the spot that was 'reserved' and he had some heavy duty equipment. So i thought, so he is the one they are reserving the spot for. Cool, if he is a professional then by all means take the spot. I have the utmost for people who can take good photographs.
So now it being around 7.45pm or so, this group of video camera weilding group came walking to the group, it was rather packed by now, and started to chase this guy and his friend off from the spot. The reason they gave?
"We're from the media we've reserved this spot already."
Just like that. Excuse me???! Do i see a cordoned off area that says reserved for the press/media??? Do i see a sign being placed here that say "Off limits. Press Box."??? No and No. The middle-aged guy now was up against a group of about 10 people and he was definitely outnumbered. The guy said he won't move cos he has been waiting in this spot for the past two hours no way he is going to give up his spot. Which was understandable. First come first serve. You didn't cordone off the area earlier so get the heck out of here. The arguement escalated to a point where this one old indian man (seemingly from the organising company) threaten the guy by saying "Do you want to call the police?". You know lucky for this indian man, this old chap is not looking for trouble and people at his age are afraid to get the police involved. After a few more minutes of dispute, the guy got to keep his spot and the camera guy and just one other person stayed behind to man the camera.
Man, this got me damn pissed off. I mean now i have to move more to my left, lose my view and pissed off that this group of camera weidling men are a bunch of big bullies. So once again i had to set my camera spot again. When i did that i turned to Ruth and said very loudly "This is fricking unfair, just because you are from the media does not mean you can come barging in 45mins before the show and claim your spot when everyone else around you has been waiting here for an hour or more." I also proceeded to say this incident will be going on my blog and that organisers willget a very harsh email from me.
Also, we figured if they were from the media (you know MediaCorp or Mediaworks) they would have the channel's logo pasted all over the camera. But Ruth and i didn't see any and then Ruth pointed out to me that they were going to shoot the fireworks and do a live feed to the big screen just behind us where there was a stage that was set up for a concert that was going on. This was so the fans and the people in the concert area could view the fireworks. Now that got me even more pissed! I mean as an organiser if you had wanted to do that you fricking well set up the area in the morning and claim your spot and not come 45mins before the show and push everyone away.
So yeah, the organiser is getting an email from me. And i hope those who were sitting around the area where the comotion happened would feedback this to the organiser. The group were lucky it was an old man they were up against. If it were me and that indian man had threatened me with the police i would say BRING IT ON. I was here first, you came late. I didn't see no sign that says i can't set up my equipment here. I would have also asked Ruth to call a friend of ours who writes for one of the papers to come on over and we'll see how much bad press they are going to want for doing something this inconsiderate.
BAD GUYS
Anyways, i was seething mad and guess that affected my mood to take the photos. Cos when the fireworks started i kept getting the timing of the shots wrong. *grumbles* Here are some of the shots i managed to salvage.
Well around 5.30pm this middle-aged guy and his companion came over and started setting up his camera at the spot that was 'reserved' and he had some heavy duty equipment. So i thought, so he is the one they are reserving the spot for. Cool, if he is a professional then by all means take the spot. I have the utmost for people who can take good photographs.
So now it being around 7.45pm or so, this group of video camera weilding group came walking to the group, it was rather packed by now, and started to chase this guy and his friend off from the spot. The reason they gave?
"We're from the media we've reserved this spot already."
Just like that. Excuse me???! Do i see a cordoned off area that says reserved for the press/media??? Do i see a sign being placed here that say "Off limits. Press Box."??? No and No. The middle-aged guy now was up against a group of about 10 people and he was definitely outnumbered. The guy said he won't move cos he has been waiting in this spot for the past two hours no way he is going to give up his spot. Which was understandable. First come first serve. You didn't cordone off the area earlier so get the heck out of here. The arguement escalated to a point where this one old indian man (seemingly from the organising company) threaten the guy by saying "Do you want to call the police?". You know lucky for this indian man, this old chap is not looking for trouble and people at his age are afraid to get the police involved. After a few more minutes of dispute, the guy got to keep his spot and the camera guy and just one other person stayed behind to man the camera.
Man, this got me damn pissed off. I mean now i have to move more to my left, lose my view and pissed off that this group of camera weidling men are a bunch of big bullies. So once again i had to set my camera spot again. When i did that i turned to Ruth and said very loudly "This is fricking unfair, just because you are from the media does not mean you can come barging in 45mins before the show and claim your spot when everyone else around you has been waiting here for an hour or more." I also proceeded to say this incident will be going on my blog and that organisers willget a very harsh email from me.
Also, we figured if they were from the media (you know MediaCorp or Mediaworks) they would have the channel's logo pasted all over the camera. But Ruth and i didn't see any and then Ruth pointed out to me that they were going to shoot the fireworks and do a live feed to the big screen just behind us where there was a stage that was set up for a concert that was going on. This was so the fans and the people in the concert area could view the fireworks. Now that got me even more pissed! I mean as an organiser if you had wanted to do that you fricking well set up the area in the morning and claim your spot and not come 45mins before the show and push everyone away.
So yeah, the organiser is getting an email from me. And i hope those who were sitting around the area where the comotion happened would feedback this to the organiser. The group were lucky it was an old man they were up against. If it were me and that indian man had threatened me with the police i would say BRING IT ON. I was here first, you came late. I didn't see no sign that says i can't set up my equipment here. I would have also asked Ruth to call a friend of ours who writes for one of the papers to come on over and we'll see how much bad press they are going to want for doing something this inconsiderate.
BAD GUYS
Anyways, i was seething mad and guess that affected my mood to take the photos. Cos when the fireworks started i kept getting the timing of the shots wrong. *grumbles* Here are some of the shots i managed to salvage.
Luckily there is one final session of the fireworks next Sunday for me to redeem myself.
Well after the fireworks, there was another incident that got me and Ruth really mad. A policeman actually insulted us and another group of ladies while we were waiting for the bus at the stop outside Esplanade. I was relating this incident to my brother over lunch today and he said we should have gotten down his name and report him to the police. He would have gotten into a lot more trouble. If i had know that i would have noted this uniformed man's name! Will relate this incident in a later entry cos this one is getting way too long.
Well after the fireworks, there was another incident that got me and Ruth really mad. A policeman actually insulted us and another group of ladies while we were waiting for the bus at the stop outside Esplanade. I was relating this incident to my brother over lunch today and he said we should have gotten down his name and report him to the police. He would have gotten into a lot more trouble. If i had know that i would have noted this uniformed man's name! Will relate this incident in a later entry cos this one is getting way too long.
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