Our own pinhole camera + free camera workshops

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Daddy loves to take our photos, and we do not mind posing, with all the silly expressions πŸ™‚

But when Daddy told us we can understand more about photography, and even build our own camera, we were sceptical. Can we really build a Nikon, Canon….

Enter nPower Education, they are an education center that seeks to provide primary and secondary school students with learning techniques that lead to more efficient learning. During school holidays, nPower conducts pinhole camera classes.

Our friendly Teacher cool Khoo shows us what is inside a pinhole camera. No battery !

Handicraft time, the red boxes will be our “camera”. We have to poke and cut our own pinhole and camera shutter respectively.

There are 7 kids in our class, and all of them were busy constructing and decorating their cameras. Kids are very excited about their project, judging from the laughter and “posings”. Everyone wants to PEEP through their own camera πŸ™‚

Pinhole Fun, brought to you by nPower πŸ™‚
Did you know we even had our own “dark” room to process our special film?

nPower’s camera workshop is suitable for kids aged 6 to 12. Besides building our own cameras, students will also learn about the science behind photography.

What do we do with our new toy? Pose, Experiment.

Oh, we were told to stay still for 30 seconds just to get our own “exposure”. Have Fun standing still ! Everyone were giggling away πŸ™‚

After we got our own film, we have to get it developed in the dark room (with a Red neon light).

Kids might not understand that they are going to develope their own negatives, but they were very curious about the next steps. As we rinse the special-film over the chemicals, we can see our own photos slowly appear.

Why is image inverted? Why is it Black and White? Why some photos are so blur, or bright? So many questions for our teacher.

This is Daddy’s first visit to a dark room too πŸ™‚ Our own mini gallery.

We have built our own pinhole camera, understand a little more about shutter and exposing, we can now understand more about pinhole camera’s history.

We can bring back our projects and memories πŸ™‚

We would like to thanks the teachers at nPower for inviting us to this Fun class.
You can view more snapshots on our Fanpage album, and nPower’s album.
If you are interested, more info about pinhole can be found here.

More about nPower Education :

Address : Blk 157 Ang Mo Kio Ave 4 #01-578 Singapore 560157
Contact : 64591868/ 90285699
Email : admin@npowereducation.com.sg
Website : http://npowereducation.com.sg
Fanpage : nPower Education

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Now, if your kids are curious and might be interested in photography, nPower is sponsoring two free camera workshops worth $45 for SengkangBabies’ fans πŸ™‚

1) Simply like our Fanpages SengkangBabies and nPower Education
2) Leave your name on our Fanpage, and message us your email-address
3) Two winners will be randomly selected on 13Mar 11pm.

In addition,
a) 20% discount for Build a Camera workshop when you quote discount code “SKbabies20”.

What is Bone Marrow transplant? BMDP

This story will share my bone marrow donor experience through BMDP.

If you browse through the obituaries, you will quickly realised that people who have passed on, are not necessary Old folks. When we are young and healthy, we tend not to think about illness, suffering or death.

Unfortunately, Cancer and diseases do not discriminate between young and old, the rich or poor. As a parent, we do not wish to see any child sick.

You might have spotted us on Straits Time and θ”εˆζ—©ζŠ₯ Wednesday (27Feb2013). Daddy was helping BMDP (Bone Marrow Donor Programme) to spread awareness about Bone Marrow transplant (ιͺ¨ι«“移怍).

Ten years ago (before SengkangBabies arrive), Daddy faced a lot of questions and uncertainties. With Mummy’s support, and a wish to do good (做ε₯½δΊΊ), Daddy went ahead to donate his Bone Marrow.

** What Daddy can do today is to share his experience, spread more awareness and encourage more to be donors or volunteers.

The Questions

BMDP’s FAQ page will answer some of our doubts or even clear some myths.
1. What is Bone Marrow?
2. Why do we need to talk about Bone Marrow Transplant?
3. Is it safe to donate your Bone Marrow? Any side effects?
4. How is Bone Marrow extracted ?
5. How long does it take to recover?

More processes can be found at BMDP website. For example :
– what happens after you register?
– how is a Donor selected and how are the tissues matched ?
– how does Transplant requests reach BMDP?

Some traditional folks believe vitality might diminished after Bone marrow extraction.
Daddy went on to have four healthy kids after his donation πŸ™‚

Video : BMDP is giving Hope, creating Miracles

The Numbers

Every day – 6 patients are diagnosed with blood-related diseases
Every Month – 30 requests to find matching Donors
Every Year – 50 Bone Marrow related operations in Singapore

Odds of being the chosen donor – 1 in 20,000
Within the family – 1 in 4

With a larger donor base, the probability of finding a match is higher.
BMDP is targeting 20,000 more donors over next three years.

It costs $150 to tissue-match each new donor.
How much do we need to register 20,000 new donors !

Save life, give Hope, giving back to society, do Good.
Whatever the reasons, all of us have the capacity to HELP.

How can we Help?

Be a Donor, or help as a volunteer during recruitment drives.
Your monetary donations will help to fund new donor’s tissue matching expenses.

BMDP’s contacts :
Email – admin@bmdp.org
Web – http://www.bmdp.org
Fanpage – http://www.facebook.com/bmdp.sg?fref=ts
Phone – 6327 1344


With Jane Prior, BMDP’s president. To quote Jane “BMDP is in the business of Miracles”.

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Through his actions, Daddy hopes to inspire the kids to do Good and contribute back to society too. Help SengkangBabies spread Bone marrow transplant (ιͺ¨ι«“移怍) awareness. Bring more HOPE to someone today.

a) You can read about Daddy’s 2002 experience here.

b) For those interested, do a image.google.com (search Bone Marrow) and you will have an idea of how Bone Marrow can be extracted. The pictures might make some uncomfortable, and please ignore the soup-tulong images :p

c) Did you know that a newborn’s umbilical cord contains rich Stem cells? If you are not banking the baby’s stem cells with a private institution, do consider
Singapore Cord Blood Bank (Public Cord Blood bank).