Within Symmetry

Les Amis

One thing I’m definitely thankful for are friends that believe in me and are ready to stand up and testify for our friendship. Am really glad we stuck around together this long. 

                                      Love you guys (;

Seiko Black Monster

This is my Seiko Black Monster, and I love it.

I bought this as my Christmas present last year (2011), so that means it’s been a good 3 months since I’ve precured this watch. If I could sum this watch up simply, I’d say it’s ‘insanely amazing’.

Let’s start.

This watch has a faithful following since its introduction into the market and from my voyages across the internet, I have since found many lovers and collectors of this magnificent watch along with its brother the ‘Orange Monster’.

Prior to obtaining this watch, I have wondered time and again how anyone could love something so hideous.But the more I gazed into its simple dial, large hour markers and unique casing; the more I fell for this beautiful beast. I simply had to have it…

And so, 3 months has passed and it is really quite easy to tell why this watch is so well loved by watch and Seiko enthusiasts around the globe..

The Movement:

This watch employs Seiko’s 7S26 movement which is a self wound movement which unfortunately does not hack nor wind. It does however, feature a day and date function. As with all Seiko’s automatic movements, the one on this watch is insanely accurate and very reliable. Of course this watch was targeted at divers, but I am assured that this watch goes along well for individuals with active lifestyles.

The downside with this movement however is the dismal power reserve. I speculate that Seiko did not bother increasing the power reserve on this movement as they implemented this movement on watches which would be worn everyday. And by golly they’re right. This watch has seen so much wrist time that I I’ve neglected my other watches.

Overall, this movement is better than a work horse of a movement.  I do not really bother about the accuracy of automatic watches but the accuracy on this watch far exceeds my expectations. I would have bought a quartz watch if I were more anal about accuracy.

The Case:

It’s probably 45mm in diameter but I could be wrong. The watch is built with to a 200m water resistance rating. Not that it really matters because honestly, I won’t be diving that deep anytime soon. But it is certainly comforting to know that if I ever fell off a boat and drowned, that my watch will still be ticking away 200m below the surface as my body disintegrates slowly.

This watch is unique in a way because unlike normal dive watches where the bezel sits on the case, the bezel on the Black Monster is part of the case. You’ll see my point if you look closely at my poorly taken photographs. And that’s why this watch has garnered mixed responses due the uniqueness of its case. It’s as they say ‘acquired taste’.

The Build Quality:

The build quality of this watch is astonishingly superb. It’s hard to comprehend how well built it is for the price that i purchased it for. The watch doesn’t feel flimsy nor weak, and is definitely built like a tank.

The chain on the Black monster is amongst the most comfortable ones I’ve tried so far, furthermore, the design is not like the generic chains one sees on a regular diver’s watch. No, this one is different. It’s bulky yet comfortable, thick yet conforms nicely to the shape of one’s wrist.

The tsunami themed caseback found on majority of Seiko divers watches

The Lume:

The Seiko Monsters are well known for their Lume. It’s brilliantly bright once charged and carries on being so for a long time afterwards. I haven’t actually done a real expirements but the lume on this watch is just brilliant.

I’m a lume junky, I love walking from the sunlight and into a shaded area just to see the lume on this watch strut it’s stuff. I simply love it.

So there we have it, I’ve touchedon all the points I wanted to about this watch.

It’s affordable, it’s well built, it’s automatic, it has great lume and a unique case.
I could go into more detail but well that would just be boring now wouldn’t it?

But at the end of the day, this watch will certainly please you if you could look past it’s initial impression it had on you like it did on me. This watch is just a pleasure to look at and a joy to wear.

Almost Over

I don’t know what to make of it, this feeling inside. I’ve been putting it at the back of my head, doing my best not to think too much about it.
It’s probably because I’ve never thought that I would have grown so attached to this class, including those 3 idiots.

All I can do now is remember the good times because I can never get them back.
It’s going to be painful to leave probably the best 3 years of my life so far.
So to the three guys who has given me hell, but has made me stronger; this post is dedicated for you.

Without their constant antics and bursts of insanity, I probably would be a lot unhappier than I am right now. But everyday I am in school, the effort they put into disturbing me and eventually making me laugh… that’s something isn’t it?

At the end of the day, all I can say is I’m beyond happy to have befriended all of you.

Everyone you meet along the way is of some importance. Some more so than others, and those are your friends.

Cheers you guys!

In less than 2 weeks, all my classes would have ceased. It’s amazing how time flies. It’s almost as if it was just a few months back that I was in the Lecture Theatre sitting next to Tatcha for the freshman briefing.

Well, we all have to close one chapter of our lives right?

cheers~

~

In that awesome moment when someone has more belief and faith in you than you have in yourself.

I’m a wreck these past few days. I really have been.
My pathetic attempts at appearing strong on the outside to cover up for the real mess that exists on the inside.
Ah well.

Enough of this for now.
Realised I don’t have that flair for blogging. Neither am I all that great at journalling my emotions as most times I find that I’m just contradicting myself.

Headed to Malacca tomorrow afternoon/evening for a few days. Excited to review the Tamron 17-50mm f/2,8 lens Vijay lent me.

Au Revoir for now~

1 Janvier 2012

Initially my plan for Polytechnic was to get through it as fast as possible. By myself if possible; reason being is that my experience during my secondary education was far from happy and i was deeply afraid that this would repeat itself in Polytechnic.

However, I met people who became my classmates. Who soon became friends, and eventually became close friends. Friends who have not only help me get through school but through life. Whom were there to hear me out during my lowest, to give me advice, to make an effort to understand me.

I never planned to forge such close friendships in school. But as i have learnt so far, some things in life are not optional and most times the outcome of such events are usually for one’s best.

Furthermore, for very briefly i thought i found love. To have someone so close to you, understand you in your deepest most basic level. Then to have to disengage yourself from that person because you know what is happening is wrong. I stand by what i did. I needed to stop it because i knew it wasn’t a healthy relationship. She was seeing someone else.

This experience though not totally related to academics taught me to be a stronger person. It taught me that not all that we want in life we get. Sometimes we lose people in our lives in order for us to learn a lesson. That doing what feels right and doing what is right is not necessarily the same thing.

Overall, i feel that my time in Temasek Polytechnic was well spent. I might even say it was the best times of my life. To have friends that share the passion to succeed. To share dreams and aspirations. To have people from different walks of life come together because we are friends. It taught me above all else the importance to live life. Its uncanny ability to bring you down to your lowest so that you can see what needs to be done to shine again. That at the end of the day, you are never really alone. That there will always be people and friends to cheer you on.

a short section from my journal the school demanded from us graduating students.

Happy New Year everyone.
Cheers~

Dakota

I wonder if we’ll meet again
And talk about life since then
Talk about why did it end

You made me feel like the one
The one

Dakota
-Stereophonics

Loving this song so much.

forever alone guy