My last blog post in Melb

doing sth cherie tagged me. i'm bored. where shall i go today....

Layer 1: On the Outside
Name: Clement Ong Eng Leng
Birth Date: 24/5/86
Current Status: -
Eye Color: black
Hair Color: black

Layer 2: On the Inside
My Heritage: chinese
My Fears: being in d dark alone after watching a horror movie
My Weaknesses: i'm lazy
My Perfect Pizza: 10 types of cheeses mix together with pepperoni

Layer 3: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
My first thoughts waking up: what am i going to have for breakfast?
My bedtime: 12am
My Most Missed Memory: i'm going to miss being away from all of you very soon

Layer 4: My Pick
Pepsi or Coke: pepsi
McDonald's or Burger King:Burger King (Cherie: Hungry Jacks got no Swiss Mushroom, easily the best burger ever)
Single or Group Dates: singlesinglesinglesingle
Adidas or Nike: both
Tea or Nestea: teh c peng
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla
Cappucino or Coffee: coffee

Layer 5: Do You...
Smoke: nope.
Curse: I'm trying to cut down
Take a Shower: yep. i shower and go public baths with other naked men
Have a Crush: i'm not very sure
Go to School: jpa pay for me to go where?
Want to Get Married: eventually
Believe in Yourself: not sure
Think You're a Health Freak: i'm 21 and my blood pressure is slightly high, so u think?

Layer 6: In the Past
Gone to the Mall: who hasnt?
Been on Stage: yup
Eaten Sushi: yup. the best sushi is prolly torched unagi(eel) until the edges are so crisp while the overall is so soft it melts in your mouth with special sweet sauce. 2 for RM10 at nigiri no tsukimi
Dyed Your Hair: nope..maybe

Layer 7: Have You Ever...
Played a Stripping Game: nope
Changed Who You Were to Fit In: maybe

Layer 8: Age You're Hoping to...
Get Married: if i think i'll eventually get married...

Layer 9: In a Guy<---Girl
Best Eye Color:Any
Best Hair Color: Something natural and suits the person
Short or Long Hair: depending on the person

Layer 10: What You Were Doing
A Minute Ago: talking to pong
An Hour Ago: watching van persie score a superb goal against inter
Four and a Half Hours ago: sleeping...
A Month Ago: in class panicking about my compressor
A Year Ago: climbing mount fuji? maybe.. or somewhere ard japan doing touristy stuff

Layer 11: Finish The Sentences
I love: everyone?
I feel: sad
I hate: tht this is gonna end
I hide: things
I miss: you n him n her
I need: to catch a plane to sydney

Layer 12: Tag 7 People
jane
kelly
mayc
yon
calvin
joann
voon?hahaha

u know you shouldn't but u want it nonetheless...

Half Way Through

i'm about halfway through my trip and i have one big big very big regret. why didn't i listen and get a 10-20??? haiz...

In Melbourne

I dunno what to do. Really.

Logging in from Cairns

i'm finally in aus! transit sucks though... 8 hours, i'm bored. 5 aus dollars for 30 mins of int. i paid it. shit exp.. blah.. hehe, dun wanna waste credit on blogging, ttyl!

bbq,fireworks and 1 more day!!!

yest was the annual bbq with the japanese host family. this year was definitely better than last. fireworks and maybe a younger crowd(that talks alot)

we were picked up from our hostel at about 4pm and we went to tomidaya for food. stuff at tomidaya is bloody cheap..10 eggs for 80 yen??! half price offer. sadly its a 30min bicycle ride so hardly go there. we bought the usual. beef pork prawns noodles and hottate(some kinda shell)

the family's daughter and her husband joined us this year. being radio announcers they sure talk alot which made things fun. anyways here's some pics

during summer, japanese love fireworks from the very small to the very huge.small would b like this pic while big will be during festivals where sometimes 100k+ shots are fired!i like this pic(mainly becoz i took it =P) btw,all shots from kien's t10

my magical wand! she's rie btw,the family's daughter (to be honest i dunno the family's name so it shall be referred as the family)
more bright lights!
group photo.the guy at the back right is rie's husband,gen. he produces some shows as well, just maybe i might appear later on radio..not exactly a good thing though...

me cooking??

yaki soba.. first time i hear ppl putting beer with soba. pretty good though. another technique learned =)
rie

i'll be leaving tomorrow for melb! i dont know, the excitement just hasnt kicked in yet. i'm sure i"ll have a good time though and hopefully, just hopefully, steffi will remember to pick me up tomorrow.if she doesn't i"m gonna throw her yukata awayyy!

Umno man: ‘Birth of a Nation’ is wrong

took the title from The Star, article can be found here.

Article's like this,

IPOH: The phrase “The Birth of a Nation” is misleading and gives the impression that Malaysia was only born 50 years ago, said Tambun Umno Youth division chief Nasir Ismail.

He said this was an insult to the country as it portrayed the Malays as a race without a nation of their own.

“Malaysia has taken concrete steps to break the shackles of the imperialists' economic marginalisation,” he said during the divisional meeting here yesterday.

He explained that the Tourism Ministry had been using that phrase to promote the country in its advertisements abroad.

first thing that popped out of my mind while reading this, is Malaysia a Malay country? Malacca wasn't a country? obviously it seemed to him that the Kingdom of Malacca and that of Kedah on others aren't a country because Malaysia is the only country Malays have been in. seriously, wtf???

again, while the top guns in BN keep shouting for racial tolerance(i do praise Abdullah in PM issue in Penang) but it's always the little puppies that keep yapping about ketuanan melayu, or crap like this!

If you want to be detailed, the Federation of Malaysia is not 50 years old but 44 to be exact. Malaya as a country with Singapore gained it's independance in 1957 but Malaysia was only formed with Sarawak,Sabah and Brunei in 1963. so yes, since Malaya was not a country(according to the UMNO man), the malay's were 'countriless' so why the hell did the chinese and indians gave up so much for nationality and political 'power' ???

君のかえる場所(Kimi no Kaeru Basho)

This is the song by Tokito Saburo when he sang in Hanayome to Papa. very nice song. will try to translate it if i have time. thanks jay_han !

one more week!!!!!!!!!!

It was nice

It was nice talking to you, been a while eh? i know you're gonna have fun without me :)

more pics!

raw processed pics of the church. no.3 is my pick. :)




just about a week!

HDR

High Dynamic Range. when shooting against direct sunlight, notice that either your subject is dark or the sky is just blown away. there are a few ways to overcome this. one is by using a nd grad filter, photomerging in photoshop. lately, the 'in' technique would be HDR or High Dynamic Range. taking multiple shots in different exposures , then combining it in photoshop to get all the details at every exposure level. it creates somewhat of a 3d image.

here are some shots using this technique. doesn't have the 3d look cause the sun wasn't behind the subject.still the sky has plenty of detail, which is pretty cool. the pics are of oogaki's new church.it's now a 30 mins walk from the station but at least now it has somewhat a resemblance of a church. more of it next post!

Back Log

i have a bunch of photos yet to be processed...busy weekend. reports are keeping me away from photoshop! anyways, here's a few shots from sat's college track n field meet. i mostly concentrated on the triple jump event as i couldn't get any other good shots from my position.


diving???they do dive in triple jump!
dash! panning is just so funn
@calvin, i would say that this pic has feelings. the look on his face is unique, disappointment.
flying high!
maybe i'll post more from the meet if i have time to process it. another event is getting my priority at the moment =P

2 more weeks babeh!

My favourite love song =P

was reading thru a forum about fav j-love songs and i guess utada's cover of ozaki yutaka's i love you probably ranks on top ( yes, it's better than first love)incidentally, this song is also oricon's (japan's billboard eq) top 100 no.1 love song.

the lyric's

Romaji

I love you ima dake ha kanashii uta kikitakunai yo
I love you nogare nogare tadoritsuita kono heya
nanimokamo yurusareta koi jyanai kara
futari ha maru de suteneko mitai
kono heya ha ochiba ni umoreta akibako mitai
dakara omae ha koneko no you na nakigoe de
kishimu beddo ue de yasashisa wo mochi yori
kitsuku karada dakishimeaeba
sore kara mata futari ha me wo tojiru yo
kanashii uta ni ai ga shirakete shimanu you ni

I love you wakasugiru futari ai ni ha furarenu himitsu ga aru
I love you ima no kurahsi no naka de ha tadoritsukenai
hitotsu ni kasanari ikiteyuku koi wo
yume mite kizutsuku dake no futari da yo
nando mo aishiteru tte kiku omae ha
kono ai nashi de ha ikite sae yukenai to
kishimu beddo no ue de yasashisa wo mochi yori
kitsuku karada dakishimeaeba
sore kara mata futari ha me wo tojiru yo
kanashii uta ni ai ga shirakete shimanu you ni

sore kara mata futari ha me wo tojiru yo
kanashii uta ni ai ga shirakete shimanu you ni

translated

I LOVE YOU
Please, I don't wanna hear a sad song right now
I LOVE YOU
Run away, Run away, it's this room I found myself in
Our love had its limitations
so we're like abandoned stray cats * 1
this room is like our empty box, buried in fallen leaves
that's why you cry out like a kitten
we bring naivety to the creaky bed,
when we hold each other tightly,
then we'll close our eyes again,
and hope that our love doesn't lose its passion in a sad song.

I LOVE YOU
there's a secret which our love, too young, can't reach.
I LOVE YOU
living the way we do now, we'll never get there
We just hurt each other,
dreaming of a love living as one
You've heard 'I love you' so many times,
you can't live without this love.
we bring naivety to the creaky bed,
when we hold each other tightly,
then we'll close our eyes again,
and hope that our love doesn't lose its passion in a sad song.

then we'll close our eyes again,
and hope that our love doesn't lose its passion in a sad song.

he was talking about himself and his girl in this song, about how their options are being restricted in a conservative society..

rest of the pics from bon odori.. needa finish it or they'll be a massive jam!

another 1st yr student
look at what this guy's wearing! his geta(traditional slippers) have only a stilt..

odo-chan!
dancing dancing!

i'm tired... 2 days of non-stop photos and i met teck soon yesterday.congrats on winning triple jump and good luck on your long jump today!