i have an urge to spend even though i know i shouldn't. it's not that i don't need but is it a justified purchase. i could let go of one and buy that but then there would gaps in my setup. if i don't buy it, i don't think i can see the big big picture and it would be such a waste on my next trip with what i hope would be abundant with picturistique views. it doesn't cost a bomb but i shouldn't be spending like this. should i give in to temptation?
in a rare post, pics about me! and pics not taken by me! let my junior do all the work. my mongolian fren's birthday is just a day after mine so we decided on a joint celebration. day 1 would be cake,day2 dinner .
day1-cake
special made cake by the chef where i'm working at.it's a fruit cake. you can see strawberries and kiwis but there's bananas and oranges in it too! i'm not a big fan of fruit cakes but this is really good(maybe with all the cream) but freshness of the fruits also had sth to do with it. thanks miwa-san!(chef's name)
my mongol fren, odo-chan and i acting gay....
blowing the cake.
group photo
day2-dinner
we decided on turkish food. food was good but was abit pricey.
the birthday boys!
turkish wine..not that great,not that great..
from the left, shirin from iran, tikki from laos( her name is much much longer than that) and tubshe from mongolia too.
nuwan, the sri lankan dude, gave odo and i one each, a lava lamp! i've always wanted one! its in my room now and i'm like pretty fascinated with it going up and down and up and down and up and down and up and down and up and down......
he might be just a lil drunk..
kien on the left is from kuching as well!
the waiter, akmel, i think. very friendly!
hehe.. photos, so i did post up pics!
i turn 21 today. i'm able to vote and i should make good use for it.. register for the coming elections? maybe...
reflection.. it's been a year..slightly more since i jumped into photography(bought my d70s for myself for my birthday!). i would say i've improved greatly but this is not the end of the road but only the beginning. still got so much to learn. i'm clearly in love with the cash consuming hobby. i'm not sure whether it'll bear any fruit but i'm definitely enjoying it.
on a personal side, i dont think i've changed much. i'm still me and i dont think i'll be any more mature with another year added to my age. not that i care =)
back to studies and what nots...pink roses.i would say i did very well with this 3 pics. absolutely love it!
when i went to bako when i was back in kuching, i went with this guy, dennis lau. i always knew he was a famous photographer.He has had alot of exhibitions locally as well as on the international stage.However, i've never seen any of his photos.
just now while reading Jeff Ooi's Sceenshots, i came across this, a photo by him! a very well composed shot with good contrast(notice how 1 guy is fit,muscular,short while the other is moe slender and tall) and the expression on their face is priceless.eye contact is there as well. it goes to show that good photos don't die with age and to a certain extent camera's don't really matter. i think he was using a manual film nikon back then.
cut outs from Screenshots
There is a photography exhibition at the Central Market Annexe, Kuala Lumpur, from today till June 3, themed Eye Contact:Indigenous People Of Malaysia.The images were contributed by a group of photographers, namely Dennis Lau, Keith Ellenbogan, KLF Project Team, Collin Nicholas, Alan Ng, Reita Rahim, Kamal Solhaimi and Mary Wilson. Artist/Writer Victor Chin, and Cheryl Hoffman from the US Embassy in KL, curate the project besides contributing to the image collection.
for the full article
http://www.jeffooi.com/
i would really attend this exhibition if i was around, check it out if u have time.
needless to say, i learned alot from him during my 2 days with him, not photography skills but photography itself. he's my inspiration and hopefully one day, just one day i might come close to being as good as him =P
yep, more roses in a variety of colors... i know that most of it are closeups but i just cant think of a wide composition for this kinda pics..
1.purple rose.. i love the lighting here.
2.yellow with after rain droplets(or did i spray it myself?...yes, i brought a water spray with me but not my tripod plate!!!)
3.another red rose, i'm really bad with red..
4. yellow pink hybrid. preety cool huh. i think it's called 'peace'
5.another one
update on my life, exams next week! pretty pretty screwed considering i'm still editing my pics.. don't think i'll be going canon this summer :( my teacher said they're reluctant to accept foreigners. heroes is coming to an end! i cant wait :P (another why i'm screwed for my exams..)
more pics again.. pink ones! i think the best of the series!
so i did go to the rose park! after two missed turns reached there at about an hour and 15 mins by bicycle...my first impression was that it was so small! and nothing like the tulip garden i went which was very well landscaped. but the roses are cool! in almost any color u want with funny spieces names from 'peace' to 'christian dior'too bad there wasn't a black rose, was half hoping for one.
anyways, here are a few of the pics. alot to edit and i'm not sure when i'll be done with it...
red..more like scarlet roses.
yellow ones!
a white rose for the poor duckie... on my way there i saw a duck at the side of the road. wanting to avoid me, it starting flying towards the road and a white car came zooming by. i saw and heard a 'BANG' and the duck flew in the air and dropped dead. i don't think it's the drivers fault. nothing could have been done. just a sad incident...sigh..
rest of the pics for the sport's meet.
1.more footie
2.going low
3.from behind!
4.hazard to my cam! wind has been ridiculously strong these past few days topping at about 10m/s... i hope my sensor is alright from all the sand, summore i changed lenses in the pitch!
5.skill?
6.batting
7.batting 1
8.only 1 side is commited...
9.bokeh!!gonna do a post about bokeh later on..
10.posers!
if my body can take it, i'm going to a rose park/garden tomorrow. it's about 30 mins - 1 hour by bicycle. normally, this would be okay but my legs still hurt. the roses will only last till end of the month and after this is exams so its now o never!
stay tuned =)
for the readers in Japan who reads Japan Times here, there was an interesting article sometime last month when the white hair dude was accused of corruption in relations with the timber industry. for those who`s dont, here`s the online article
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20070329a5.html
being the all powerful man he is, he wasnt really happy, some more when utusan and malaysiakini chose to source that article and report it in the local media. his solution? sue thier asses! as reported by Star Online
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/5/16/nation/20070516152748&sec=nation
now,the funny thing is that Japan Times has not been sued yet but Mkini,Utusan n some PKR members are. question is, are these parties wrong for following up an article by another publisher? to me, it seems more like he`s trying to bully them into and apology with his massive resources.
In his personal statement to the assembly on Monday, Taib said legal action would be initiated against Japan Times and other media publications which had published false allegations against him, unless they retract the articles concerned, apologise, pay legal costs and damages. -from Star Online
Such tax irregularities have occurred as the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau determined the companies' remuneration payments to Regent Star, a Hong Kong agent, which has a connection with Chief Minister of Sarawak Taib Mahmud and his family, were rebates, not legitimate expenses, the sources said.Such tax irregularities have occurred as the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau determined the companies' remuneration payments to Regent Star, a Hong Kong agent, which has a connection with Chief Minister of Sarawak Taib Mahmud and his family, were rebates, not legitimate expenses, the sources said.-Japan Times Article.
i don`t think the dudes at tax authorities would have gotten it wrong but knowing how this things run, itll all be swept under the carpet in a few months.....anything is possible in Bolehland
today we had a sport's meet. being like the oldest dude around i am old. it's been years since i played competitively in a basketball match and it was nothing like those swak club games where the pace was much slower. this was nuts. i had 3 sch players on my team and they were like zooming up and down like no tomorrow. we have the tallest centre and it helped us get throught a few games cause my teams were all short. playin for 15 mins a game 3 times took its toll on my poor muscles. on the 3rd game i couldnt jump anymore, barely able to run. we lost that round but there was the 3rd,4th placing and i thought i could somehow play as we lacked players(only 5 for the whole game=no subs) but then my muscle gave way... hurt like shit and i dont think i've ever pulled it this badly.
but of course, pulled muscles still ain't keeping me away from taking pics =P i couldnt get down low though to get some angle shots i wanted too =(
mass skipping. old time japanese favourite.
bball.. the pics are small so there's barely any noticable noise.. enlarge it a lil and it looks bad, real bad...
in the face!
hanging in the air
softball, baseball is just fast paced.but japanese are really good at this sport,lotsa home runs =P
footie.no nakamuras or nakata o INAMOTO
what the hell is the guy doing?
dash!
dash! again..
more jumping!
an article from The Star online: PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Examinations Syndicate (MES) has proposed the abolishment of two major public examinations – the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) in Year Six and the Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) in Form Three. Its director Datuk Dr Adi Badiozaman Tuah said there would be no public examination at the primary and lower secondary levels following the proposed introduction of school-based assessment. “If this is approved, the UPSR will be conducted for the last time in 2012 and the PMR in 2015,” he said.
for the full article
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/5/9/nation/17668399&sec=nation&focus=1
is this for real?! personally i'd think it would be a good either. less pressures on teachers and students to perform and teachers might finally be able to do some teaching!(if teachers are able to run away from the textbook spoon fed teaching style) however, there are some risks involved... lower quality of education(not that it ain't already low enough) but like in japan where almost everything is school based, teachers tend to help alot and in some ways, affects overall quality.
this is a good start to revamping the education system. hopefully they'll implement it right but anything can happen in Bolehland
i'm gonna break open my piggy bank this coming summer!!! for hopefully 2 weeks of frens, fun and of course photography! most of u should know where i'm heading. hopefully nothing goes wrong with the ticketing or anything else or ppl might just kill me.
back to assignments..tonnes to hand up this week, sigh... h0ls is over! golden week i mean and i did absolutely nothing!pretty nice actually.
my last few pics from meiji mura. b&w series. i love the horses, so magnificient!
