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Let’s Celebrate Singapore’s 57th Birthday!
An exhibit of selected class projects by workshop participants to celebrate Singapore’s 57th birthday.
Read MoreCelebrating Singapore’s 56th Birthday
Introduction Both my parents had passed away, and I missed them. I love to browse through the physical photo albums, reminiscing fondly about our lives, our memories, and our time together. Looking through the precious black-and-white family album taken at the Esplanade, brought back beautiful moments. The Singapore River has witnessed the history of the…
Read MoreReflection – Tell Your Stories Workshop Series
Join us for the Tell Your Stories Workshop Series!
Read MoreCreative Grandparenting to Connecting Generations
Background Grandparents have a special role to play. Their experience can provide trusted guidance and help their grandchildren feel a broader sense of safety and stability in today’s lives. Introduction What do grandparents want to share? They like to leave something that the grandchildren can remember them by (see blog Legacy of Life Stories –…
Read MoreGreen Hybrid Chinese New Year Card Idea
In last year’s blog titled ‘Three Electronic Scrapbook Ideas for Chinese New Year’, I mentioned that one can create a personalised new year card by converting it digitally and augmenting it with a handwritten message to make it more personalised. Now let me elaborate on the possibilities of this approach. For example, let’s start with…
Read MoreiOuting @ Telok Ayer Art Trail
How did our first iOuting Workshop go? It is with much excitement that I created a short video to document it. As mentioned in a previous blog, Kowling and I selected Telok Ayer because it is such a charming place. There were altogether 3 sessions for the workshop. In the first session, it was important…
Read MoreiOuting Workshop – Capture your Outing Experience
Kowling and I found that there are many interesting places in Singapore which are best kept secret to Singaporeans and tourists. How about coming close and personal and document our experience through photos, drawings and video slideshow? With the advancement in mobile technology, we can stitch the digital media content into a personalised video…
Read MoreParent-Child Bonding over Electronic Collage Class
I conducted one course in end-Nov in one of the People’s Association Community Clubs. It was a crash course as within 1.5 hours I introduced cyber wellness, mobile photography 101, and electronic collage-making and gave a glimpse of how to make a video slideshow. Luckily, the learners were very open, enthusiastic and receptive. In this…
Read MoreJourney of Learn, Live and Share
To many baby boomers in Singapore, we have the experience of growing up in a third-world country and retiring in a first-world country. We had few photos when we were young, and we over-compensated that by having a lot of pictures of our children and vacation. These are common phenomena for us who enjoy photography…
Read MoreBuilding the Album of Your Life
A visiting professor of philosophy was invited to the university to give a talk. A student raised his hand and asked, “Professor, what is the meaning of Life?” Then there were moments of silence followed by giggles and murmur. How would you answer this question to the young students who had not seen much of…
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