panning!Yokkaichi!Triple jump!!!!

i went all the way to yokkaichi today just to see an hours worth of triple jump. teck soon was participating. met kelly at the station, tht girl never tell me she was using JR o kintetsu... anyways, more photos here.. 1st shot's at oogaki station. while waiting for the train to nagoya, this train came zooooming past.. low shutter, tripod needed.big dof.


this was at nagoya, nagoya central towers,i did try taking pics from the 15th floor, but din came out good. it goes all the way to the 52nd floor but the only way up there is to book an appointment with the saloon there!!!!

the jist of the day, sports photography, trying with panning shots, i.e to make moving objects sharp with the bg becomes blur. to do that u'd hafta use a pretty slow shutter, abt 1/60 and move your cam the same speed as the object's moving.. i'd call this pic ' jumpin to victory?'

funniest running pose of mr.wong tech soon. funny but effective, really effective.

so he thinks he's won it???but sigh, such false hopes..

the winner goes to wong teck soon as he dashes for the finish line!(do take note that this is a triple jump event and u dont normally 'dash')could have done better with the compositionof this shot.. kinda bad huh..

on,my way back.. the train was so empty.. kinda freaked me out a lil.. somemore i thought i overshot on the stations:P but luckily i didnt or u wouldnt be reading this now
the only other person in my compartment... she's looking bored..




next edition!kobe kobe akashi akashi himeji himeji!!

Return to mY r00ts

i've gotta thank the world cup for these shots. the best time to take outdoor flower shots is during dawn but since the sun rises here so early,aka 3-4am, i'm not that enthusiastic to wake up at that time, except now i have 2 excuses, footie too!here are some shots i take of flowers around my school.

i absolutely love this pic, i think the best i took so far!a small aperture setting to give a big depth of field.all my pics had my cam mounted on a tripod. this shot specifically required one cos of the shutter speed was around 1/20 i think
my 1st shot of the day. there were actually tonnes of shots on this flower but only two were usable. the rest remained slightly out of focus. this was however taken with a small depth of field to give the nice blurry effect.
this flower is well,a flower. the front view from the 1st pic flower. instead of always taking centre shots, i decided to try from different angles.got this tip from a user in low yat. ended up with a pretty nice result.i guess the rule of thirds works on alot of subjects.
there're actually cobwebs on the flower. just that the pics too small until it can't be seen! wanted to call it 'dusty flower' but now it's just 'flower'
a combo 3 pieces of flowers. i used a small aperture. partly why the grass has more details than other pics.having maxed it out to 70mm, this was the biggest dof there is. tripod def essential.

that's all from me for now. i particularly like this post. not editing, all from my cam! if i'm brave n lucky, and if the pics are good u might get to see bon odori pics later. hopefully alot of them will be wearing yukatas!i just can't wait. portrait shooting!!!!

480 yen makeover

I realized my nds was full of scrathes and it's unrepairable. so i decided to cover it. i saw this in eiden on sunday. besides having mario kart, skins for nintendogs, pokemon and animal crossing are also available. but i love mkds.. i miss the days in msia when i could go for meet ups and play 8 player multiplayer. mayhem and havoc..
front view of it.. its not some cheap sticker. water proof ones tht u can peel off easily without leaving any marks.

another view of it.. kinda cool eh?
side view and the inside.. donkey kong while the other side is luigi.

all in all, i guess it's worth it. only 480 yen(15-20ringgit) to cover those hideous scratches! a better solution would be to buy a NDSL but i'm just broke:P

photogrpahy wise, i got my tripod today. i like it.. kinda good for the price:P i can take up to 1 sec shutter speed without any shake. love it.

no @lterations!

subject theme this time is still ogaki city. surprisingly, they're many things to shoot here. i've got more shots on film . i cycled there on saturday! one hour!beat that!maybe next week, i'll take some more.

the 1st picture is funny. 1/2 cube of lumps of sugar?! what the hell is that supposed to mean?

it's a river in the city! look at how clean it is. the river actuall runs through the city. they're even big big fishes swimming in it. ducks too. it's a city! not a kampung.. really. crazy eh?

another temple. the old man walking towards it to pray. very small temple..

offerings to the bull god?'ve really got no idea. but the temple seems to place importance on water..
see my point?the water's clean, drinkable but not necessarily taste. Fuji( photography member) called it tasteless.:P
this is the well. i saw people bring big bottles here to be filled. i like this pic.. nice water flow.. doest actually flows that fast but i used a really low shutter speed to achieve this.

now who's this? my roommate called piah. funny guy.

all this pics were unedited. i only resized them. if not, i'll be dead before the pics finishes uploading. my next subject theme:480yen upgrade! :Pwaiting for my tripod to come before i start on my next project.

cyas..

TaggED!!my god, i'm so screwed...

I've been tagged.
-The tagged victim has to come up with 8 different points about his/her perfect lover.
- Have to mention the gender of his/her perfect lover.
- Tag eight other victims to join this game and leave a comment on their blog.
- If you are tagged the second time.There is NO need to do this again.
- Lastly, most importantly, HAVE FUN DOING IT.

1.i must say, trust is the most essential thing. i want someone i can trust no matter where she
is. this is also the most difficult criteria. i find it hard to trust people, especially those close to
me cos u're the most vulnerable to them. That said i am a paranoid,pessimistic ass.this actually
means being honest, don't lie and all that stuff..

2.personality, humourous,quirky, witty, i wouldnt even mind sarcastic. i guess she would hafta
be unique.

3. independant. they must have their own opinions and arguments. in other words, not a barbie
doll.she must be able to giv me freedom as well..

4.From 3, looks does matter. hard to say what my taste is but it all depends.

5,6,7,8... not needed.. being filthy rich is an added bonus.

i'm not gonna tag 8 people for this as well.. i dont c the point:P

*photogrpahy outing at oogaki this sat. theme:water. anyone care to join?*

Subject theme:Statues.

pics are taken oogaki. that's where i go to church every weekend. just a small city 19 mins train ride away. but it's blardy expensive though. 370 yen a way .. 5 stops only. killer eh? i don't know who the samurai is, probably has something to do with oogaki castle which is just behind him. nothing much to see at the castle though, small and empty...the 2nd pic would be a temple or jinjya o whatever it is. plain, simple but tranquil.. could have done better with the shot but i'm gonnna blame d weather. was starting to rain .. wasn't sunny enough:P

i don't know who's the city's planner but the hafta do something about their beautification. it's just too much. call it art, call it whatever u want to but a little naked kid is just pure obscene. summore he looks like he's taking a piss and being proud of it. maybe his first time eh? worse off is the kid beside him who seems to be enjoying the view..

this statue was behind the temple and i was looking at it's back.from that position, imagined where i thought the water came from..call me an obscene perverted freak o whatever but it's the truth. and oh, btw she's not nude, no nipples to show. but enough of that. the only reason i took it is cause i wanted to try water flowing shots

anyways, there wasnt much to take here besides statues o maybe i din just have enough time to explore cos of the rain. hopefully i'll be able to go gifu castle and park soon though. heard it rocks big time there. the castle's on top of a mountain! and it's white. and the citizens is proud that the mountain is purely natural, no replanting o whatsoever:P until then, jyane!

i'm weird, he's an idiot. this whole thing's annoying

wanna ask whether any of u while sleeping, you move around and wake up next morning to find your blanket on the floor? is it such a weird thing? everyone get nightmares a fiddles around no? o the heat o cold makes u restless. there's so many unexplained reasons right? so why issit so fucking weird?!

next, to d stupidity part. issit normal for someone to place a heater in between two beds with tonnes of combustible crap around it? the guy told me when u sleep, it feels hot n nice. tht's why he does it. might be nice but hasnt he thought its just plain DANGEROUS.

i'm irritated at the moment. its about the 'burningg' incident. its like he's putting all the blame on me for it. which is worse? a guy's futon accidentally drop o the guy who places the heater in such an exposed area while sleeping?!

next off, just a reminder to me msn buddies. stop over using your emotions?! u dont hafta put it in every sentence! it's hard to read, it lags,its annoying, overkill man. so be moderate and dont be an addict.

Subject theme: Flowered NwA-608

my exams are over!!! so i'm doing a new series of photos. still my 2nd session only, exams being the obstacle! hope u enjoy. anyways, i'm thinking of making this site more of a photo blog as i got another place to talk cock d:P



i do realize i needa get a tripod. i can't shoot at low shutter speeds without shaking .That sucks!
i got not enough cash to burn until my next allowance sigh... belows my mp3 player. i love it though. can't live without it. i wonder what i'm gonna shoot next. maybe when i go to church this week, i'll find a nice subject. i just can't be always taking pics inside my room. for your info, the background is my t-shirt! clean eh? proves that i'm actually washing me clothes! again, the flower is a contribution from the school garden. i hardly had to go sneaking around today, the school was almost empty cos exam's over!

tell me again why am i blogging now?

let's see, my exam is a mere 15 hours away and yet i'm writing here.why??why?? why???! i'll tell you why.. no, it's not cause i'm over confident nor do i think that it's gonna be easy. actually, on 2nd thought, i dont think i can answer my own question. i dunno blardy why!! i've been surfing whole day reading up on stupid stuff ( what formations countries are going to employ this world cup?) to playin new super mario bro.s( have i mentioned that it's a wonderful game, such a classic and nostalgic feel) to blogging now. Seems like i just can't bring myself to study.

so, i guess i better stop this blabbering if i wanna at least pass...

p.s: Good luck to those having their exams now. i know they're a big bunch of you!

Shoes?Shoes?more Shoes!!

i've been here for urm, 2 months? yet, i think i've bought more shoes in this short period of time than compared with my last 5 years! to be exact, 5 pairs! this brings me to a total of 7 pairs at d moment. i got running shoes, formal shoes, urm, futsal, football, one for p.e, and one for my casual wear. The last is my favourite though.It's for my workshop. heavy as it is, i's supposed to be able to withstand a 1ton impact! how cool can it be? and for only urm 100 bucks? 1 ton man. i tried to hit it, n i found my hand hurting instead...

below are some pics that were taken during the week. 1st of is sashimi! probably d best i ever had. maguro and ika(tuna and squid) my 日本事情先生、砂糖先生(sato sensei) wanted us to know the real meaning of japanese food and he definitely got his point through to me at least. It's not just about taste or quantity but when having a real japanese meal, you can sense what season you're in. Everything used is fresh and in season. the taste is unique and blends in with nature. it was just d best. luckily he treated us cos the bill was well urm..


then , birthday bash pics. mongol guy n mine. i'm 364 days younger than him. how cool can tht be?hehe.. had fun goin out with them. enjoy d pics.

p.s: pics obviously not taken by me.










from left to right:
nia(viet kong); nuwan( sri lankan tiger guerillas); me( chin peng?); odo( gengkhis khan);pong( who's famous in laos?)

fl0wer p0wer!

my new toy. my self bought early birthday present which made me broke. 4.2k!! i'm crazy ain't i. but my new baby. nikon D70s is worth almost every penny.my only complain is d software which was for xp japan.i cant use it properly.good riddance as well. dled photoshop.problem fixed!look at the pics below on my 1st try.it's of course edited:P my skills r still pretty shitty.hopefully it'll improve in due time! in time for my great summer trip at least. at least now i'm equipped with a kick ass weapon. Shoot to kill!! so how do u like d pics? flower stolen from d school garden. Felt like a thief cuttig it off. the background's my t-shirt!!hehe..all artificial light:P anyways, exams start next week! wish me d best of luck, tho how many of u read this? kelly? mayching?:P

@ll 0ver

its over. not happy not sad. i dont know. no regrets either. but i wonder what went wrong????

my hand at haiku,

葉が落ちて、もみじは血の赤、失恋の心。

ピンクに満開、さくらのように、青春の人生。

haha, sucks badly but wad d heck.

long overdued

so, i haven't wrote anything since d fire but there seem to be just that wherever i go lately. was at the mall yesterday and outside, a street lamp caught on fire. i actually think i might be afraid of it one day....

been one month in japan. not that i'm too busy to write here. somehow, just lazy. well, for guy readers.. girls here r overrated. i mean cute r cute but sigh.. i just dunno. n my class doesnt have any girls, so i got no chance to interact with them at all.

how do i feel after one month? not much. still tryin to mix in with the japs. i'm not gonna be like d iranian girl that's finding problem to mix in. she's right though. mixing in is not about language. her's a awesome btw. it's mentality and interests. i can speak horrible jap n yet i think i'm doing better than her. i have a handy ds to make friends. cheating? guys r guys anywhere in the world. interests dont change much wherever you go. this is inside a guy's mind: games,cars,chicks,tv, electronics and comp stuff. sports too. i'm not sayin i'm buddy buddy with them yet but hopefully in due time.

studies are well studies. i think too mch about d future. 3 yrs from now, wat am i gonna do???? wad?? no idea.

i can't seem to let go of the past. i should move on. but somehow i can't. people do say ' hold on to what's good' dont they? but the more i try the more it seems to slip further away. a clean slate here? i realized moving to no matter where is the same. some things just dont run away... friends especially. i cant really let go of old ones to make new ones. blah, talking gibberish.

my minds all blurry n messy. don't mind me. i'm not a miserable guy here. i'll let pics do d talking instead.

A fiery experience

my room's all black no joke. death would have been likely but i came out of it just dirty and unscathed. thank God for that. my senior left the heater on on my 1st night and while sleeping my futon dropped on it and the rest was history. school has yet to start and i've created the biggest incident in the school's 40 years of dull history. i got pics but don think i'm gonna post it up. u can check newspapers though. don believe me? u can always ask for proof

i'm here!!

i've reached japan after my 2 nights worth of drinking in kl. Somehow but unsurprisingly i didnt cry at the airport. i'm just not that sorta person. We boarded a Boeing-777-200. Nice plane and pretty decent food. I like the touch of them actually serving japanese food like soba. A nice touch really. After flying 6 hours we landed at tokyo narita . I would think that they're more efficient than KLIA. We got our bags quickly and everything. What i really liked about the airport though is the parcel services that they provide. This means they'll send your luggage to anyway in japan for a fee. Now i know you're gonna think it's pricey but it's almost dirt cheap. For my 1 piece luggage to my college it was 1600 yen. convert that and you'll definitely be amazed.(It reached my college the next day by the way.)

the bus travel was tedious though. i'm just not used to buses driving so slow. Those in malaysia would be speeding on an empty road!We reached Toko Hotel in a smaller district of tokyo at about 9pm. The room was pretty small but they made up with exemplary services like pyjamas , nice toilet and a dish washer? Near the hotel, they had sakuras blooming!! aint the park with sakuras everywhere but it was nice.Then we went to a pachinko place! No, we didn't play but curiousity got the better of us. The next thing i was amazed and pretty happy about was 24 hrs game shops!i got my ouendan that i've been longing for a year! We did all this plus drink Kirin beer that night!:P

next morning,we had to wake up early.real early.after breakfast we proceeded to the train station and to off in different ways. i was with khalid and nizam and took a bullet train to nagoya. the ride was awesome. definitely a must do thing. i then interchanged at nagoya and as a first timer it:s pretty daunting. finally reached my kousen at 1025am

TBC on the next chapter:A fiery experience.

old buggers

my uncle while under the influence of alcohol told a joke:

One day ,they were two priests. They went to bath together. One asked the other if he had soap. Since neither had, and the monastery was empty, one rushed back naked to get soap. One the way back, two nuns appeared. Not to embarrased himself, the priest posed like a statue. The two nuns was amazed at seeing something of this beauty. One stroked it n the priest dropped the soap. 'A soap dispenser', they said. Amazed,the other stroked it a few more times and out came shower gel.
THE END

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my last blog in kl!!! msia!! i'm leavin tom! scared? abit. excited? definitely. i'll be off to japan in 16 hours! wish me the best of luck!

Not a H0lid@y

20 years i've been living here n i've yet to see a rafflesia. call myself a malaysian.. However, i finally got my chance to see it yesterday at Gunung Gading National Park at Lundu. Apparently, to find a blooming flower wasn't as easy as i expected. It only blooms for aound5 days after 9 months of growth before it withers and dies. My friends how came from d west at the beginning of the month didn't get an opportunity to see this. My cousins from melbourne also were luckless. On the day, they left, it bloomed! Tough luck but that's reality.

Was it worth it?the journey there was a pain staking 2 hours! i almost finished a novel on the way up.When we reached there n about at 15 min hike, i finally saw it! 1st impressions was that it was kind of small but according to the guide, this species doesnt grow up to a metre so i guess 50 cm in diameter should be alright.and it didn't stink!





It was already the 3-4 day of the bloom so it's not as red as it should be. Still it's a sight to see.















The clearest river water i've seen. nice for a swim:P






What d hell's this? The guide says it's a flower, d tallest flower o sth but look at it! It's funny..
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I was supposed to write this yesterday but my internet connection was nothing short of horrendous. So it's now less than a week. 5 days 18 hours to go. I'm almost done packing. Got my dental today. Done most of my objectives d. only a bit to brush up on. One thing i did realize about this holidays though is that it ain't much of a holiday. It's like a preparation period. Beside the physical aspects like luggage and so on, there's d mental one. Day after day i've been preparing myself that i'm going to be separated from my friends and famil, that i'm going to be all alone. It takes more work than i had actually imagined. So i can't be calling this a holiday. It's work. Really tough work.

Cheers.

trusT

how issit to trust someone? Everytime i try, paranoia creeps in from d least possible way. It's a tiring battle but hopefully it'll be worth it. I know there's nothing wrong going on. It's just paranoia shaking my belief. i dunno..argh..sigh.. this is frustrating...blah..

p.s: pls ignore this post

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Things i've got to do before i leave for japan:

1. Eat as much laksa as possible! That's cos there's nothing similar at all over there. Tomorrow will be the 3rd consecutive breakfast i'm having laksa. Call me crazy but i'll definitely miss this dish...sigh..
2. Gu Bak Mee(Beef noodles). Somewhat local beef noodles different from the taiwanese versions. I tried the one at Green Hill just now. Was awesome. Much better than the one at open air. (This task is therefore completed)
3. Excercise. I told myself i would lose some weight this trip back. So far, I've done an okay job but my food intake has increased dramatically as well.. so another..sigh.. needa up my gym and maybe badminton.
4. shopping! for essentials i mean. dunno what i'll need there but food is definitely the main consideration here. Those instant pre-mix tht u pop in with meat n whatever else and poof! edible food. how are students to live without that?
5. learn to cook. laugh all u want but it's been an interest of mine. so far only got one lesson from my mom. Fried rice! ahaha.. edible enough. So now i know how to cook 2 things ( instant noodles and fried eggs aside).
6. Fried rice n sushi...It's gonna be very very sad.. sigh...Family and Friends. I've realised i shouldn't be online as much as i am now. Should spend more time with those that are here, my parents and a couple of friends. so dina, ben n chieh ping are like my best buddies now! my laksa comrades.. haha.. i'll drag them:P

I guess that's about all to do besides packing n bla bla bla:P Estimated departure time: 12 days 11hours and counting!

Prologue-Back from Hols （もう休んだ）

My 1st post in ages. I'm bored now and thats why i'm probably writin now:P It now has a new look. Gonna do some more touching up in d near future. Hope u enjoy.

I'm currently on hols, slacking at home watchin 24 almost every other day. Only on season 4 though but i'm catchin up pretty fast. I'm only 2 weeks into my break( was in a prep course in K.L for 1.5 yrs. just finished recently) but i feel like my jap is degenerating at an alarming rate. Don't think i'll be able to remember my 漢字 (kanji) anymore. That's really freaking me out at the moment cos i'm suposed to be studying everythin there in jap! i'm so gonna be blur when i go there. So much for a prep course huh?

Other than that, i'm pretty exited i guess. New culture n lifestyle. But i do worry whether i'll be able to make new friends o not. Japanese are kind and friendly but to be close to them is another thing altogether. i guess i don't have much to write for now cos i'm not there yet.

So i'll sign off here with a pic of my future school i pulled off their website. Cheers!

i'm goin on hols

too lzy to write.. will be inactive for time to come:) cheers