Traumatized kitten killer

I don't know what happened to me today. Went lunch with my friend at PJnet Food Court. After lunch, we walked to my car. I saw few kittens underneath my car. I asked my friend to shoo the kittens away while I drive the car out from the parking lot. Out of sudden, I saw my friends expression screaming and pointing at my tire. I don't know what happen, thus I continue to move my car slowly. The 2nd time she screamed and guess what - the second kitten down..

Shitty day for me. Sigh

Wedding photography

I'm back in Penang now. I won't come back unless there's a reason for me to do so. This weekend alone already two wedding dinner waiting for me to attend. December is always a poor month for me. Wedding here and there, transportation back to Penang, reunion meeting, ang pow, photography etc.

Lighting diagram

Picture speaks louder than word. Have you ever wonder how do you manage to carry your message across especially a simple message like describing how that guy or girl look like? The best way is still draw or take a photo of that particular person and show it.

Trying to explain how you light a portrait it's like trying to presenting people your idea of getting that particular shot. It takes hell out of time and patient to describe your lighting setup whether verbally or on paper. I found this site particularly useful for those strobist wannabe to present their idea and give other people a better view on their lighting setup.

CLICK HERE for DIYPhotography.com lighting diagram, planning and explaining and Web based SDG Studio Lighting Studio.

Countdown to CLBW99 10th Anniversary Reunion Dinner 2009

The time is ticking non stop. We are getting near to our great 10th Anniversary Reunion Dinner 2009.

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Last month in South City

Yes, I still in South City for the last month. Anyhow I will shift to Kota Damansara. It is far north from South City. End of November, I will be officially out from South City.

There's lots of memory and incident since I stay there 8 years ago. Yes 8 years! That's how long I've been staying there...

There will be a lot of thing I missed during the old days in South City.



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Good bye South City

By end of this month, I am officially out from South City (a.k.a Serdang Perdana (SP)). We decided to go our own way. One of my housemate moving to Puchong, while another one to Damansara.

As for me, I haven't decide where to go. Still looking for room to rent. I calculated, I stayed here for more than 8 years! Yes 8 years! Unbelievable!

Since I move out from UNITEN, I've been staying in South City Block C. Many things had changed in these 8 years. I see the development in Seri Kembangan and Serdang. A lot of restaurant started big and ended close shop. There's even a place which used to be famous place for Hong Kong and Taiwanese stars to promote their latest album ended up being quiet and lots of shop close due to lack of customer.

These are a few that I experience. There's even terrified case like a drug addict fell off from another block onto one of my friend's WIRA but still alive!. I also seen a Malay girl trying to commit suicide by wanted to jump off from 7th floor.

I also become paparazi when gang up with my friend trying to secretly film a couple making up in their room with their windows open (I still have the video with me thou!).

There's a unlimited fun and life going on during my stay in SP.

Till today, we're the only one who still stay in SP. End of this month, we have to move. Move out from the place we grow...

Goodbye SP!

How to access to Malaysia Today via proxy server

The fucking gov. strike again. Now they blocked http://mt.m2day.org.

The easiest way to access Malaysia Today is by using free proxy server. Just follow the simple step below to access Malaysia Today.

1. Point your browser to http://www.freeproxyserver.net/
2. Key in "mt.m2day.org" and then PRESS "GO" button. Viola! There you goes!

Another easier way - CLICK HERE and you will be directed to Malaysia Today website.

Why don't the gov. just ban the internet and get us back to stone age. Ban the concert, ban the internet, I think we should ban BN too.

Malaysia Missing

Got this SMS from my colleague:

Bangla come, Malay girl missing;
China girl come, husband missing;
Politician come, Mongolian girl missing;
Election come, government fund missing;
Election lost, document missing;
Call the police, evidence missing;
Call the witness, whole family missing;
Saiful come, doctor missing;
Anwar come, Dr M missing....
Send this SMS to your friend and you will be MISSING...

What are the next thing?
Pakatan Rakyat form new government, BN and UMNO missing?
Anwar become PM, Pak Lah missing?

Think...

Dead and hot pixel...

On 16th August 2008, it's time for team China to showcase their fireworks in Malaysia International Fireworks Competition in Putrajaya. I went there to brush up my fireworks photography skills. As usual, I carried my 9kg big tripod and all my gear to a nice spot. Set up everything and ready to shoot. The firework performance was impressive. I manage to get a few decent shot.

Reached home about 1am. Tiring and exhausted. I manage to copy all the photo into my 500GB external HDD before I go to bed.

The next day morning, I nicely open up the photo I took last night. I got a shocked. WTF! How come there's so many "colourful pimples" on every photo! I thought I was still dreaming. But then when I look closely on one of the photo taken, gosh! it is DEAD PIXEL! Situation got worst, when I found out that every photo contain dead pixel.

What is dead pixel? Dead pixels are elements on the CCD that do not work at all. This is determined by checking the RGB and luminance value of the pixel. In case of a lens cap shot this should be close to black. If the pixel is instead white or almost white it is a dead pixel.

Damn it! There goes my fireworks photo. I google and find my way through the web. Manage to get some information from Dpreview.com forum on curing dead pixel on Canon EOS 350D. Frankly speaking, it does not help much.

I manage to get some tips and guidance from Photomalaysia.com on how to test your camera for dead pixel accurately using a special software. You can download the software HERE! (by Starzen Technology).

I am a RAW shooter. I am using Canon therefore I use Canon Digital Photo Pro to process all my RAW (.CR2) images.

My step to prepare image from camera:
1. You will need your DSLR, lens (any lens will do, as long as you have lens cap) and of cause the CF card (or SD).
2. Put on the lens cap into your lens.
3. Set your AF mode to MF.
4. Cover your view finder and make sure there's no stray light goes into your viewfinder.
4. Now set your internal camera setting( ISO 400, F16, Shutter speed at 30 second, RAW image quality)
5. Fire the trigger.
6. Wait till the camera ready.

Step to prepare image for Dead Pixel test
1. Copy and save your RAW (.CR2) as TIFF format using Canon DPP (Without any post process)
2. Open Dead Pixel test and plug in your image in TIFF format.
3. Check the result how many DEAD pixel and HOT pixel you have.

What next? Send your camera to service centre for check up and remapping or replace your camera CCD sensor.

Beijing Olympic 2008 logo

08.08.08 mark the greatest day for China. Beijing Olympic 2008 opening ceremony dazzled the whole world by showcasing their ancient culture and civilizations, inventions and fireworks around the city. The performance together with the projection effect is simply WOW!

Have you ever think of who come out the idea of Beijing Olympic 2008 logo? Check out the video below how the idea of logo comes from...

PC Fair II 2008 - My View

PC Fair is Malaysia largest information and technology fair organized by The National ICT Association of Malaysia (PIKOM). PC Fair started off in year 1995 where is was organized in Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) in Kuala Lumpur and The DOME (KOMTAR) in Penang. Today, PC Fair made it step into Malayia Books of Records and it's the largest ICT Fair in Malaysia. PC Fair is held in 13 location around Malaysia.

Well, that's the history and glamour part of Malaysia. Many people think that PC Fair = Cheap / Bargain Stuff. I would say their perception on PC Fair is totally untrue. I been to PC fair since 1995 and never missed any of it. From KOMTAR DOME to PWTC and the latest location in KLCCC (Kuala Lumpur Conference and Exhibition Centre) for more than 12 years. Things were cheap when it was held the first few years. Lately, most of the stuff sell in the fair are low quality China made product. My opinion, PC Fair is like a chance where all the dealer would throw out those low quality China made product at ridiculious low price just to finish off their stock.

My friend has been asking me should they go to PC fair and get their PC or laptop. I don't really like to shop in PC fair. There is a reason behind it:

1. Many offers in PC fair are equally same as normal price item you can get in Low Yat Plaza (LYP). Price the same, just you have a few free gift and extended warranty. Especially for branded laptop like Apple, Toshiba, Fujitsu etc...

2. PC fair is bloody crowded and full of people. To find a parking space in KLCCC will take you at least an hour. Lots of young and old will come to the fair either for shopping or lurking for pretty and sexy ladies. I had seen a good looking Indian guy handing over his card to those sexy ladies on recruitment for "job" that promise high income.

3. Warranty issue. Can you imagine you bought an MP4 player at a dirt cheap price with 24 hours warranty? It is ridiculous isn't it? What if luck is not on your side and the player rip apart after 24 hours? There goes your investment, it's like paying RM50 for a MP4 player that can last for 1 day. PC Fair is a place where most of the dealer will throw away their outdated product for a dirt cheap price but with an extremely short warranty. Some even not warrantied.

4. Where to find the dealer? Yes, I bet some visitor don't even know they bought their product from the company unless it is clearly stated in the receipt. An example case like you bought a product in PC Fair from Dealer A. 2 weeks later, you have some problem with your product. You desperately need to get back to the dealer that you purchase your product from. But you have one problem, there's no dealer's location and detail printed on the receipt. What are you going to do with the product then?

5. Some scumbag and irresponsible dealer. Like I said earlier. Most of the dealer take PC Fair for granted as to dispose their old and outdated stock in a dirt cheap price. On top of that, they might think of just sell and dispose the product. After the product is sell off, they are clean from the product. They don't need to provide warranty on the product itself just in case the product fail after 2 weeks.

In short, PC Fair is good for windows shopping but not if you wanted to shop for your computer product. I rather shop in lowyat than having the hassle from finding parking to joining the crowd in PC FAIR.

Anyhow this is my opinion after I've been visiting PC Fair for the past 12 years.

Share with me your opinion and thought on PC Fair.

CW

Digital control black box

I am RM800 bucks poorer today. Why? Can't imagine I spend RM800 bucks on a 80 litre black box (it's not the black box that used in the aircraft to track the evidence if there is mishap!). What is so special about this box? Purchasing this box is like buying insurance foryour investment. WTH? A box can protect investment? Yes, the investment I refer to is my precious photography equipment.

This is actually a dry box. Dry box are famous in Asian country due to relatively high humidity (>60% RH). High humidity is enemy to the lens. High humidity (>60% RH), with temperature range of 30'C and in enclosed dark area is the best place for fungus growth. Once the fungus grow in your lens, basically you can say bye bye to the lens. Fungus not only eat up your expensive lens coating, but also deteriorate your lens optical quality. There's no 100% assurance that the fungus is completely remove even though you sent your lens for total cleanup. When the fungus is cleaned, this also means your lens coating is cleaned too.

To prevent fungus growth, there's few option. Fungus is growth is heavily depends on the humidity of the environment. Low humidity will prevent growth of fungus (<55% RH).You can either store your lens in direct sunlight and good ventilation area, or store it inside your back but put a lot of silica gel or store it inside the dry box. The first method discussed is the easiest, but not practical. The second solution seems to be good, but only apply when you are traveling and for temporally solution. You don't want to keep on changing the silica gel. The last one is costly but also the easiest way to store your equipment. Drybox are used to control the humidity of the content inside the box. It will automatically adjust the targeted humidity level. You only need to set it once and leave it there, the electronic unit will take care of the humidity. Take your lens when you need to use it and put it back once you had finish using the lens. No worry on changing silica gel, or ventilated area with sunlight.

I made my decision to get this AIPO dry box when I see some of my friend's expensive photographic lens and equipment are damaged by fungus. I bought this AIPO 80Litre drybox for RM800. It's the cheapest digital control dry cabinet available in our local market that comes with 5 years warranty. The service is also easily available once there is a problem with the drybox. This box also utilize TE (Thermoelectric) condensation drying method - a low power, low noise and high efficient dryer.

Selection of dry box depends on the amount of equipment you wanted to store. Even though you have only 1 body and 2 lens for the time being, you might wanna consider getting a bigger one to accomodate additional lenses or equipment you might purchase in the future. Choose wisely depends on the amount of equipment to store. The optimum humidity to store lenses, media, paper and battery are between 45% - 55% RH. Don't be too greedy set the control too low eg. 10%RH you might ended up having a crack rubber door due to too dry environment.

Lastly, investing in a drybox is a step to protect your expensive lenses. IMHO, dry box give you better overall control humidity compared to silica gel etc. Think about this, what going to happened to that expensive lens if there's a fungus grow inside it? Replacing the coating and cleaning definately cost more than the value of a medium sized drybox.

CW.

Between blogger.com and wordpress.com

I am tempting to switch over to wordpress.com because their theme is attractive compared to blogger.com. Well there's pro's and con's between wordpress and blogger. It is quite hard to embed multimedia content into wordpres. Blogger is just piece of cake by copy and paste the script into your post. I doubt I am not that familiar with wordpress.

Other content like image linking in wordpress also takes some time to master. Blogger is ease but they have limitation in their theme selection.

Share your experience with wordpress and blogger here.

CW

10th Anniversary Grand Reunion Dinner

Specially for ex- Chung Ling Butterworth Class of 1999 graduates. Here I would like to present you the greatest event of the year 2009 - 10th Anniversary Grand Reunion dinner for Class of 1999 graduates.

Please follow the link below to the official site for the upcoming reunion dinner:

http://chungling99.wordpress.com


Your participation are most welcomed and appreciated.

Political drama

There's been a lot of hoo-haa in the political arena after Malaysian 2008 GE. Some update on current political situation in Malaysia:

1. Sodomize allegation against PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim.

2. Statutory declaration made by PI Balasubramaniam on the explosive claim link Najib to Altantuya.

3. Other political party issues involve the Pakatan Rakyat and BN..

I expect Malaysian politic to become more dramatic. Everday have different story. We shall see the final episod then..

Upset stomach

Current Status: Upset stomach, on MC yesterday

Source: Lunch at a kopitiam in Paramount

Causes: Thai fried rice

Remedy: Went to see doctor. According to him, there's gas inside my stomach

Result: Doc prescribe me with medicine for gas and stomach pain. Not effective

Last status: still sick...

SuperGT Round 4, Sepang International Circuit

Last weekend was a wonderful and enjoyable weekend for me. I was hanging out in Sepang International Circuit (SIC) since Friday till Sunday. The SuperGT Race was a thrill especially when racing under hot and humid condition in Malaysia. SuperGT race generally divided into two main category - GT500 for 500 HP cars and GT300 for 300HP cars. SuperGT is different compared to Formula 1 in term of the car and rolling start. Production cars are used in SuperGT race. Which also mean, those car you can buy from manufacturer if you have loads of disposable cash to spare such as Nissan Skyline GTR 35, Toyota Soarer SC430, Honda NSX Type R, Ferrari F430, Porsche GT2 etc.

Nissan Skyline GTR dominate the race of GT500 by becoming champion and first runner up for the race where as Subaru Impreza dominate the race for GT300.

Many spectators attended this event, not for the cars but the hot sexy Japanese chicks instead. They average age between 18 - 25 years old. Most of them have their main job as dentist, nurses, engineer etc. They are soft spoken, active and some of them have killer eyes. Most of the guy killed by their eyes added with their cute and sexy act.


Not to my surprise, I took more than 2000 shots in these three days in RAW format. I have hard time trying to select a few best one to put it here.

We did a darn thing when we were there. On the race day, during the Pit Walkabout session, we somehow manage to sneak into the paddock without the knowledge of the security. We sacrifice the pit walk about session. We stays on top of the roof of the paddock until the pit walk session finish. Then we walk behind the paddock and find a few interesting subject to shoot beside the racequeen and the cars. We also manage to get ourself into the starting grid session where we really enjoy the race and the starting grid process.

Once the race started, we headed back to the GT Restaurant. The food was catered by Pan Pacific KLIA and bloody expensive. 1 can of carbonated water cost RM5 and 1 bottle of 500ml mineral water cost RM4. A SuperGT Burger cost RM25 (Not that big and takes half an hour to prepare!).

Again, we back to the track when the race ended. There were tears and joy in the driver face. Some are darn too happy to win the race, some of them fainted and sent to the hospital by ambulance.

Three of us hanging there till 7.30pm before we call it the end of days for SuperGT because this is the last SuperGT in Malaysia. There won't be any SuperGT next year.

We were tired, but experience and exciting day out in SIC.

Let's talk about "PUNCTUALITY" the Malaysian way...

Today, I was helping out a demonstration on choosing and using landscaping and gardening tools at Kepong Metropolitan Park. This demonstration was held specially for DBKL (Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur).

There are two session, morning session from 9am to 12pm and afternoon session from 2pm to 4pm. The morning session are mainly for DBKL contractor and afternoon session for DBKL employee. Both session attendees are 100% Malay.

The morning session was conducted smoothly. I would say most of the contractor came just to show face and get their certification as this is part of the module they require to fulfill as a contractor for DBKL. Most of the time, their hand are fagging and puffing. I don't understand why these bunch of Malay still can smoke while they keep on complaining about the fuel increase but still have money to buy cigarettes even though it is expensive.

In the afternoon session, we waited until 2.30pm for DBKL employee to come. We started the demo even though there is only 6 person of them. One thing I notice, one by one started to appear when the clock pass 3pm. I doubt about their understanding in punctuality or they have some problem understanding their language. I guess when we inform then the demo will start at 2pm, they will only leave their house at 2pm or later.

This is only DBKL, what about other government department?

Petrol and diesel increase...

On last Thusday, our infamous Pak Lah announce increase of fuel price. His brilliant and selfish idea has lead to havoc for Malaysian. That night, once the petrol price increase to Rm2.70 announced, everyone rushed to the petrol station started to fill up their tank and caused major traffic jam in the entire city.

The next day after hike in fuel price, everything increase. Some take chances to increase their profit as well. One thing I don't really understand, Malaysia is a net exporter for crude oil and yet it the oil price is still so high. I have read an article published by our Ex-PM here, and it full of resources. Petronas have been enjoying the profit for more than 3 decade, where is the money goes? Money politics and corruption is not something new in this country. What the politician care not for the people, but for their own advantage.

Imagine the consequences of increase of fuel price and the impact to the society. This will definitely lead to dominoes effect. When fuel price increase, our basic necessities increase. Inflation also increase due to shrinking in our purchasing power. In my opinion, when situation change, the politician should be the first one to change their lifestyle not the people.

Be prepare for the 2nd and 3rd hit wave for fuel price surge in the future. I doubt how's the feeling of the people who voted for BN.

From Jonkoping, Sweden to Helsinge, Denmark

Today is my last day in Jonkoping, Sweden. Later I will depart to Helsinge, Denmark by car for conference. I have been staying in Jonkoping for the last five days. The weather was cool, sunny and nice. Temperature between13'c - 16'C in day time and night time was between 5'c - 9'c.

The distance between Jonkoping and Helsinge approximately 277KM.


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I wasn't driving, therefore I just enjoy the view along the road from Jonkoping to Helsinge, Denmark. We made a visit to a dealer in Laholm before proceed with our journey to Helsinge.

There's two option to drive to Denmark, you either drive down south to Malmo, Sweden and drive across the bridge to Copenhagen, Denmark OR drive to Helsinborg, Sweden then take Scanlines HH Ferry to cross over to Helsingor, Denmark.

Since we visiting a dealer in Laholm and a small town of Lund, we cross over to Denmark via Helsinborg Helsingor HH Ferries. It took us about 3 and half hours to drive from Jonkoping to Helsinborg ferry terminal include visiting dealer and have lunch in the town of Lund.

The scenery along the highway was beautiful. Forest and plantation in Jonkoping is totally different from southern Sweden. The forest around Jonkoping are mainly consist of pine forest compared to southern Sweden like town of Lund and Helsinborg which is more to flat land and farming. You can notice there's quite a number of windmill in the middle of farm.


Due to strong and constant wind all year round, southern Sweden and Denmark take granted of power of wind to generate green power for their daily usage. Swedish policy - green and renewable power for the good of earth. I learn from one of my Swedish colleague that it is quite tough to get a driving license in Sweden because you need to pass the hardest module - Eco Driving. Eco Driving module are exam on the way you drive to reduce emission of harmful exhaust that can do a lot of damage to the environment and earth.

The road to Helsinge, Denmark is scenic. Both side of highway initially covered with pine forest in Jonkoping, slowly changed to farm and windmill as we travel south bound to Helsingborg. The greenery was beautiful. From far you can see several windmill and green and yellow plantation.

Saturday morning in Jonkoping, Sweden

Jonkoping is a little city located on the southern part of largest lake in Sweden - Lake Vattern. The time is 4am in the morning, I can see bright sunlight shining through my room windows. It was normal here in Sweden when summer coming.


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I was in Skelleftea, Sweden on Monday. Skelleftea is the Northern small town in Sweden. According to the people there, if you drive 15 minutes away from the CENTRUM (a.k.a town centre in Swedish), you will be in wilderness. The population in Skelleftea is 30K people the most. Night time in Skelleftea is only 3 hours. Imagine 12am midnight you got a Sun that shines like 11am in the morning.


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The Swedes like to talk about weather. In Skelleftea, the temperature was subzero at night time and hanging around 3'C in the day time. Jonkoping was far more better then Skelleftea, the temperature around 9'C

Addicted to L Lens

Recently got myself a copy of Canon 70 - 200 F2.8 L telephoto lens. I haven't got a chance to test it till recently. Been to birding, test shot of few telephoto end at 200mm. I would like to conclude that the optical quality was superb compared to my other EFS lens.

I did a comparison test between this lens and Tamron 18 - 250mm lens. Both at 200mm, exact exposure setting and mounted on tripod. You can easily differentiate and judge which photo comes from which lens.

I think I addicted to L lens. If the poison goes deeply into my heart, I won't hesitate to replace my 17 -85 IS EFS lens to 17 - 40 F4 L and 24 - 105 F4 L IS lens. It will cost me an arm and leg.

The con's part about these L lens is their optical reach. 17 - 40 is a little short and 24 - 105 is not that wide (Unless I change my DSLR body to EOS 5D).

Sigh, photography cost a lot. There are always a lot of opportunities to spend on gears, but the quality of picture taken so so only....

I need moolah. Moolah moolah come to me.... Lottery lottery strike on me....

*sigh*

Work Work Work

Work is all I have and what I do nonstop and in repetitive way everyday. Time is what I lack off maybe due to my time management. I don't have time for photography but keep on spending big bucks on photography.

I just finish revive the robot today. Next week I going to JB for demonstration of the robot. Week after that I will not be in Malaysia till end of this month. That's how I going to spend half of month of May in oversea WORKING!

Coming June 2008. Time passed by so fast. I can't get hold of time. It just slipped away from my hand. Half of 2008, what I had achieved? I have to admit I still dreaming....

Was Florida, Now Copenhagen, then where?

Busy, that's all I can think about. I smell busy and hard time ahead. It's the 3rd day now since I messed up the robot. Just imagine connecting a 24VDC to a 415VAC supply.....what gonna happene? Kaboom! Spark everywhere! Yeah...I fried the robot brain, now the heart stop and it got a fried brian. These few days we trying to bring the robot back to live. Been trying a lot of emergency rescue, feed him with special medicine called Fuse... 10A, 7.5A .but still in vain. Robot is our business, no robot = no business. What are the next step? Well I try to pump in new heart for the robot, still no respond.. The only thing we can do now is flying the damaged organ directly from Sweden and expert robot surgeon to the rescue. This takes a few week.

Beside the robot, other pieces of shit coming up one by one. Mid of next month, destination Copenhagen, Denmark for 2009 product training. Just came back from Florida, United States. I have to cope with these robotic corpse. Another two weeks time I will be in JB when we successfully bring back the robot to live.

All these are really pain in the arse... Lesson learned - check your circuit before you push the on buttons and don't trust the technician. If they are smarter than you, they already be in your position.

Ranting, yet still have to work...

Bradenton, Florida, United States

Known as sunshine states in the land of free - United States. Weather are all time cool and warm. Lots of nice beaches and bitches. Lots of rich asshole stay here... Stay tunes for photo. P/S Tonight I going to HOOTERS

Some Updates and my gorrilapod

March was a busy month for me and and the end of first quarter for year 2008. Time flies by. There is a lot to do. I was busy preparing my interview for my United States VISA which has been approved. I was lucky to get 10 years multiple entry VISA. Husqvarna Asian Technical Conference was over and it was a great experience to held and organize such a an event in the company I work for. Tired but yet get to eat a lot of superb food.

I expect my friend to bring back my iPhone from U.S. and I have no time to go back Penang to get my new iPhone. Anyhow, 6 pcs of iPhone in my shopping list for my upcoming trip to Bradenton, Florida, United States. I don't know how to bring it back.

Last Sunday, went to Pudu Plaza for Clicque photo fair organized by YL Camera and Futuromic. Mostly Nikon, Tamron, Jenova, Ricoh and Joby product. I am a Canon user. The Joby Gorrilapod caught my attention. This is the tools you need when you travel a lot and bringing tripod (even if it is a carbon fiber) is very very messy. Just imagine you have to gone through immigration checking and check in luggage. I got myself a Gorrilapod SLR Zoom. The biggest brother in it's range. Can support to a maximum of 3kg (A 70-200 F2.8L IS and 1Ds Mark III)and include 3/4 thread to mount tripod head. Damaged cost - RM159. I think it is fairly priced and a very very useful item for traveler.




From my past experience, it like an idiot carrying a Manfrotto 099ProB with K2 Benro Ball head walking around in Europe. The tripod itself with head already near to 5kg! So this is the best tools so far. Easy and fast to set-up anywhere, any surface condition.

Today the first day of April. It is April Fools, but can't fool around. I have list of to-do things before I depart to the states. Still busy as usual.

How nice would it be if there's 48 hours in a day... Are day dreaming again...

A week after Malaysia General Election 2008

A week has passed after Political Tsunami hit Malaysia one week ago. A lot of issue steered up during the announcement of the result for the general election. I don't wanna talk about which party wins, lose or take over which state. The heated topic among Malaysian now.

From my point of view, I agree with a statement commented by our ex-prime minister - Dr M "...UMNO is paralyzed now...". For your info UMNO stands for United Malays Nation Organization. As far as I can see... UMNO are getting more "KIASU" now. (KIASU = scare lose / takut kalah). They are becoming like Singaporeans. Most of them are KIASU. To prove that they are KIASU, they held a demostration in front of KOMTAR building in Penang. You can see it here and here. Bahasa Melayu version here.

When the were in winning side, what they do? They sprayed water cannon and engage tear gas to the demonstrator. But when things turn other way round, they just held the demo without any water cannon or tear gas sprayed at them? What kind of rules is that? UMNO is paralyzed..and I should call them barbarian instead of human. Why? They don't deserve to be called human as simple as that. You can ask any Malaysian, what they think of UMNO? I can be assure that most of Malaysian call the UMNO member barbarian.

The Penang Chief Minister have not make any statement regarding the policy of the new government the UMNO Penang already demonstrated their anger and dissatisfaction in front of KOMTAR. Unless they hired a highly skilled master bomoh to predict what the current CM of Penang going to say or execute.

Check out the UMNO demontration video in Penang below:



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and...more...try to google it.

As a citizen of Malaysia. I can just wish all the people of Malaysia good luck for new government.

Countdown 1 day to Malaysian General Election 2008

Time flies by. Tomorrow is showdown day for all Malaysian - It's Malaysian 2008 General Election. Who will win the majority? The heat is on now. Almost everywhere you can see political leader giving their speech. Are they speaking the truth. You decide who are speaking the truth. Some are nice and some are as bad as bad egg...

The fate and the future of our country Malaysia will be determined by the people tomorrow. Let's see what going to happen after 8th of March 2008..

Will there be changes? Change for good? or change for worst?

Vote wisely! Use your wisdom...

现代名句精华！

轻 松一下。

名句1:

男人难人？
有才华的长的丑，长的帅的挣钱少，
挣钱多的不顾家，顾家的没出息，
有出息的不浪漫，会浪漫的靠不住，
靠的住的又窝囊 .

名句2:

主席-主要工作就是休息，
总裁-总是害人无辜被裁，
老板-老在公司看天花板，
经理-经常骂人不需道理，
主管-主要任务就是不管，
员工-原来只有我在做工。

心情俱乐部

“昨天，我因为要解决在我心里藏了一年的心事就回到了我的家乡。

我约了她晚上七点钟。我因为要更了解她及得到她的答案，就抱着很大的心情及希望，很想去见她。

到底为了什么呢、、、
事情就在两个星期前的一个星期五晚上。我不知为什么鼓起勇气，就发送了一篇短讯给她。向她表白我对她心里的感觉希望她给我们一个机会。我等了两个小时，她才回答我的短讯。那时的心情很轻张，就像在生死的尾端。她既然问我是不是情人节的短讯？我回复她，“是真的，我希望您可以给我和你一个机会、、、”。她说，“看到了你的短讯，很可怕、、、”。我与她，那晚回复了几封短讯后，最后我还是让她时间考虑。

回到昨天，我约她吃晚餐。载了她，就有说有笑。当她一上车，感觉很奇怪，她更我在msn所谈的一切都相反。她给我有一种很保护自己的感觉。以她的身体语言，我猜她应该是在避开我吧！

路途中，我们的话题根本都没有提到感情及msn所谈的一切。我想她应该很害羞或逃避我吧。

她带我到一档很出名的云吞面。吃了晚餐后，她就要回家去了。

在回家的路途中，我在忍不住，就开口问她的感觉如何？她既然跟我说：“感觉像一般朋友一样”。我听了，我的心就向在很高很高的地方，以9.80M/s的速度向下冲，撞到地球表面，啐到向一盘散沙。整个地上都就有我的碎心。

为什么？我自己也不明白。我已经努力和努力的去追，还是不够好。看来我还要在检讨我自己。

我答应她，不论如何我们还是一个很好的知己。我们都明白，如果一切有任何问题，我们还是知己。

我不想给自己任何接口，因为接口只是包庇了我的本性。看来我因该加油向我的事业大发展！

过了，一切都过了，向前走吧。虽然失望，可是终于把我心中的事解决了。我们依然还是知己。所谓：“前事不忘，后事之师”。

这个故事告诉我们做人要脚踏实地，井井有条，前事不忘，后事之师，失败是成功之母。

新浪网篇

ELECTION Bla..Bla..Bla..

Got this from a friend of mine..
Its funny but true...


It's time to vote for change, vote for transparency, vote for fair election, vote for democracy...

Say NO to corruption, Say NO to crony!

8th of March the voting day for all Malaysian. It's time for them to choose their new government. The government should fear of the people and not other way round! If you're a Malaysian, cast your vote!

UNITEN Corporate Anthem....WTH!!?

I can't believe it. My ex University have their very own anthem. Unfortunately I personally still think NegaraKu (Malaysian National Anthem) still the best to listen compared to this... Sigh ... UNITEN produce such a corporate anthem..

I doubt this is another el-cheapo production from the Dean. I wonder whose idea is this to produce such a lousy corporate anthem...

陈冠希艳照事件恶搞影片《兄弟芝娇》《兄弟之交》

This is funny... it's all about Edison Chen

Busy life, busy 2008....

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"All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."

"All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.", still checking the meaning...

Crime in Subang SS14

Got this picture from my friend. It happened one week ago in SS14, Subang Jaya, Sunday night around 12am. My friend parked is beautifully tuned up Honda Fit behind the road near Mobil and BHP petrol station. The second day, his girlfriend call him up and he got a shocked of his life. He was in Butterworth, Penang that time.

Estimated damage:
1. Touch Screen 7inch DVD Player and TV Receiver - RM1800
2. Honda Fit Window Glass with tint - RM200
3. Honda Fit air con Panel - RM500

Total damage estimated: RM2500!

Election is the heated topic now, but the crime rate still increasing. Not even a single politician thinking how to minimize the crime rate in our own country. Yeah, Malaysia Boleh...

One Good Quote...

"God gave you..

Two Legs to Walk

Two Hands to Hold

Two Ears to Hear

Two Eyes to See

But why did he gave you only one Heart?

Because the other one already at yourside......"

from one of my friend...

Quote for Chinese New Year

"success ppl looking for opportunity.... fail ppl waiting opportunity come to them", a quote by one of my friend..

Happy Chinese New Year 2008 - The Year Of Rodent

Today is the first day of Chinese New Year for the year 2008 - The year of Rodent.

Here I wishes all who celebrate or don't even know what kind of festival is this a very happy chinese new year. May luck , prosperity and happiness bless you all in the year 2008 ahead...

猪母酸 - Tu Bor Sui (Octopus + Fish Cake Dish)

Got a call from my old friend to join them for some yum cha session today.Feeling not enough after had a piece of McDonalds Prosperity Beef foldover (I can't imagine I come all the way back to Butterworth to eat McDonalds!), I decided to go for another round of food with them.

We decided to go to the famous Tu Bor Sui stall in Bagan Ajam. The stall is located just beside the newly renovated Rex theatre in Jalan Bagan Ajam.

猪母酸 or Tu Bor Sui (in Hokkien) is a delicious delicacy among the local here. Tu Bor Sui dish contain white small octopus, with some fish cake and garlic oil. The preparation of this dish is simple, the octopus are streamed and soak in garlic oil together with fish cake. Best served with chilli sauce with ground nut.

I had ordered two big plate of Tu Bor Sui. As far as I know,when the dish is served on the table, we finish it in less than 5 minutes. It was so delicious, a little salty and juicy.

A little history on this stall. This stall started the business as early when I was in primary school (maybe earlier, I don't really remember well). This stall not only famous for Tu Bor Sui, but also the Char Koay Teow and Barley ice drink. The business hour for this stall from 9.30pm till sold out. They don't do business in the day time, only in night time. Some people from penang island and as far as Simpang Ampat come all the way here just to have their famous Tu Bor Sui. I don't know if other places do sell this Tu Bor Sui dishes, cause I can't find any of them in the island. Even the islander also don't know this type of dish exist.

Normally we had a plate of Char Koay Teow together with the Tu Bor Sui. We just had our dinner, therefore we only order two big plate of Tu Bor Sui and two plate of Char Koay Teow to share among four of us. Price wise, I can say it's darn cheap imagine 2 big plate of Tu Bor Sui for 5 people serving, 2 plate of Char Koay Teow, 5 barley and 1 Kikapoo drink only cost us Rm35.00.

I highly recommend this stall, if you love to try the dishes. The quality and taste of the food is just superb.

After we finish our Tu Bor Sui dishes, we continue to Salam Mamak for second round of drink...

:-)

Coming soon - Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is around the corner. Less than a week... When I was a little young boy, Chinese New Year celebration is one of the happiest moment I love. It was like my childhood dream for Chinese New Year. I love it not only because I can get fat and big ang pow, but also get to have fun with my cousin fired up the firecrackers...These was my childhood memory...

Today, it is just barely one week before the Chinese New Year. There is no more the 'feel' of Chinese New Year like how it suppose to be in the old days. The decoration in shopping mall were only so so.. Fireworks is strictly banned, thanks to the government. What more left to celebrate?...

I did a big mistake yesterday to get my hair cut. It was bad, very very very bad. Awww... it's freaking fugly. I ain't going back to the salon again. The worst thing is I pay 20 bucks for this bad hair cut. I can get a decent haircut at any express cut salon in the shopping centre and the charges are much more cheaper. Damn it! But, let's see the other side of it, hopefully my bad hair cut will turn good luck and prosperous new year for me.

My secondary school grand reunion dinner going to be held at a famous hotel ballroom on 3rd day of Chinese New Year. There' s a lot need to be prepare. I have tons of slideshow yet to be completed for the reunion dinner. On top of that, I still have a few hundred of RAW photo to be process..

Another part is to arrange a meet up with bunch of old friend and junkies. I can say almost every Chinese New Year holiday, I won't be sitting at home. I will be out in the early morning and come back late at night. Everyday without fail...

Looks like my CNY holiday are busier than my working life....sigh

List of things need to get it done before I balik kampung...
1. Spring cleaning my room(I am expected to clean up 5% of my room)
2. Prepare and pack my gear and stuff to bring back(laptops, cameras, clothes, gadgets.. etc...)
3. Top up my Touch N Go card - I don't wanna stuck in the fucking jam.
4. Shop for my CNY clothes and get some CNY stuff back home.

List of things need to do when I get back home. ( I am lazy to list it out, there's at least more than 100 list of thing need to do).

Last .. wish you all have a wonderful holiday beside Chinese. As for Chinese and who are celebrathing Chinese New Year, Gong Xi Fat Cai and ang pow mali!
;-)

The end of my CompactDrive PD70x Portable Storage Device

Being an idiot again. Forgetful me leave 4 pieces of AA sized Duracell alkaline battery inside my Compact Drive PD70X Portable Storage Device for more than 6 month! Until today, it just come across my mind try to open up the battery bay and check if there is any battery there.

My intuition is true, when I saw the battery inside the battery bay with some slimy and blueish alkaline chemical dripping out. Arggh...immediately I knew that it was the end of day for my PD70x.

Not satisfied, I crack open up my PD70. I found that the alkaline chemical already gone into the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) mainboard of PD70X. The resin on the board started to popped out and peeled off. I can't even clean the board because the alkaline chemical is everywhere. You can see blueish chemical on the board. I can't imagine how can I so forget to remove the battery from the device.

All I can say is SHIT....

Lesson learned:

NEVER EVER LEAVE ANY KIND OF BATTERY INSIDE YOUR ELECTRONIC DEVICES FOR LONG PERIOD OF TIME

Result:

MANAGE TO SALVAGE MY HARD DISK, PRICELESS!

p/s: Time to scout for Epson P3000, there goes my hard earned cash!

The Fart Story

Got this from SMS:

Somebody farted during the Royal Comission Inquiry...

Inquiry office asked Tengku Adnan first: "Did you fart?"
Adnan replied: "You must be mad..."

Office then asked Dr M: "Did you fart?"
Dr M replied: "I don't remember. Anyway it's my prerogative to fart. I don't have to tell anyone.

Officer also ask Eusoff Chin the same question.
He replied: "If someone attribute it to me, I cannot prevent him."

Finally, officer asked V K Lingam:" Did you fart?"
Lingam replied: "Sounds and smells like mine.... but it's not mine!"

Bamboo fun?

My Company I got a bamboo fun on Tuesday. What is Bamboo fun? Nope, it is not a bamboo that give you a lot of pleasure and fun...Actually it is not a bamboo at all, it's a pleasure pressure sensitive tablet from WACOM.

This tablet device can be used to edit and process photo with higher accuracy than using the best laser mouse in the world. Why? 1024dpi pressure sensitive on the tablet itself. Batteryless mouse and pen.

I gain more control and accuracy on using pen than mouse. Unfortunately, I still need to get used to this even thou it is like normal pen writing on the tablet. Trust me, you need some time to get the correct "feel" on this device.

Here's how it looks like ( I knew my writing and drawing sucks!):

And these is the photo edited using Bamboo fun..

Before copying and editing using Bamboo and Photoshop (Sorry have to grab from http://www.viewimages.com/ without permission because this is the best image so far I can get, kudos to the photographer):

After editing using Bamboo fun and photoshop CS2:

PS: Pak Lah please don't sue me. I think he going to ban wacom tablet one day (I will keep on practising untill can draw your face looks 10 years younger)...

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《惜》

收到一个知友的短讯，带有很深的意识：

曾经拥有的不要 《忘记》，
属于自己的不要《放弃》，
辛苦的来得更要《珍惜》，
已经失去的当作《回忆》，
走过的路已成《过去》，
未来的梦想要《争取》，
很多事情原本就不能《顺其自然，随心所欲》。

加油吧！人只有一次的机会！

American are NOT stupid!

Watch this...







What can you conclude after watching this clip?



Conclusion:

American are NOT stupid, some of them are just dumb ass...

My year 2008 wish list for Photography

16 days has passed in year 2008. I got a wish list of photography gear to acquire to fullfill my desire and needs for photography. Of cause in the end of day, it still depends on my budget.

Here's the list:
1. Canon EFS 10 - 20mm F3.5 - F4.5 USM (RM2200) ACQUIRED!
2. Canon EF 70 - 200 F2.8L IS USM (RM6200)
3. Canon CP-E4 Speedlite Battery Pack (RM650) Bought it yesterday (19.01.08) for RM580 from YL Camera Service, Pudu Plaza
4. Canon Speedlite 580EX II (RM1500)
5. Canon EOS 40D / 5D body (RM4200 / RM8900)
6. Macbook (RM5000)
7. 22inch LCD Monitor (RM1100)
8. 2 x 500GB of External Harddisk (WD Book) (RM500 each)

Total estimation cost of ownership for my wish list :-RM21850 (whooooooah!)

Pray pray CNY win gamble or hit lottery!

Best poem of 2006 (nominated by the United Nation)

This poem was nominated by UN as the best poem of 2006, Written by an African Kid

When I born, I black
When I grow up, I black
When I go in Sun, I black
When I scared, I black
When I sick, I black
And when I die, I still black

And you white fellow
When you born, you pink
When you grow up, you white
When you go in sun, you red
When you cold, you blue
When you scared, you yellow
When you sick, you green
And when you die, you gray
And you calling me coloured?

Nissan Skyline GTR R35 Assembly Plant

This japanese supercar create craze around the world. Cost near to the price of Porsche GT3 and a chick magnet. Watch how this monster been manufactured. Amazing isn't it...

I gonna own this one day. Ride down the street of Seri Kembangan with the thundering exhaust sound of this monster... *Day dreaming*


Nissan GTR assembly plant



Nissan GTR engine assembly plant

Can't wait for Super GT 2008 in Sepang Internation Circuit... The new GTR...

What's the name of this song and band?

Anyone know the name of this song?

Tough time never last, tough people do...

Tough time never last, tough people do...

This quote suddently comes into my mind. How true can it be. Living in today's world, I strongly agree with the quote. Why? Something comes into my mind. From the people and today's society. I notice that people often giving up too soon. Yes giving up too soon until you will realize that you youself aren't tough enough for this society.

The decription of "TOUGH" today is different from the old days. Working from 8am to 10pm and hard doesn't mean you're tough. If you're hardworking in today's society, I would say it is not a wise thing to do.

Being "TOUGH" is not only hardworking, street and work smart, but to be able to face the challenges of the society. The society today full of wonderful people, your eyes gotta be sharp. Watch out for those cunning sly fucker trying to ruin your life and put you in deep shit that smells extremely bad. Nowdays, deperate people are willing to do anything to gain their advantage.

So how are you going to be tough? There's a lot of ways of being tough... In the end of days, it is you yourself who determine how tough you are. The tougher you are, the more challenges you can face in boleh-land society.

Unfortunately, I smells tough time coming soon to this boleh-land society. Hang on! Be tough!

Place that I have visited to date

7% of the total countries of the world?.. at least 50% in the future, still have 43% to go...

2008 New Year Fireworks at Midvalley City

2008 New Year Fireworks at Midvalley City, originally uploaded by Chee Wooi.

Goodbye 2007 and welcome 2008. Wish you all have a great year ahead in 2008.

New year new resolution. Great year and great expectation ahead.