The end of year 2008

Again, it's new year eve. Almost every year eve, I blogging about myself. So what's new this year.

Well, first of all, I still fail to marry my girl that I love for 10 years. Please don't ask me why and don't push me. Every beginning of year, I will tell my family, friends or colleague that ask me when I'm going to marry, my standard answer is end of the year. And every new year eve, I will tell everyone sorry I cheat you all again. So, if you ask me when I'm going to marry, then my answer end of next year :)

About work, well finish a huge project this year, but ... Anyway, now busy with two more mega projects at middle east. Very busy.

Last few day, my friend told me he want to get grant from government for his business. I didn't ask much cause my friend always tell me I don't help myself. I think he is right. I always tell the junior that some people work for himself and some people work for the company, it nothing wrong for both of them. Basically, it's something call loyalty. It's either you loyalty to yourself or you loyalty to the company that you work. Either one you will still get the pay and the only different is result of the work.

Anyway, forget about work today and continue talk about myself.

What else... marry... work... ... ok, camera :)

Still need sometime to practice. I try to post a photo for the new year eve later.

What else ... ... ... Nothing special to write already :_( I'm a boring man.

Ok la, just wish you all a very happy new year and may your wish come true next year. And so myself, I wish I can marry a pretty lady next year, win a big sweep, get a nice Camry, get a bungalow, get a pretty mistress hahahaha...

Wish 2009 a good luck year for me :)

Photography

Ok, another poisoning topic to discuss :)

Anyway, not planning to write too long, just want to introduce some web page that me and my wild horse (thanks to Sam for intro these poisoning material to us) think is the best photo from internet. Too bad to tell you that, it's all in Korean. So just try you luck to click here and there to browse it blindly.

1. Healing brush
One of the best and most preferable site. Most of the photo is very well compose. And Sam favorite.

2. Photobee
Lot of nice photos but warning this site contain adult elements.

3. RaySoda
This one also contain some adult elements.

You will spend hours to look at these photos.

I discussed with Sam on what make a photo well compose.

Is it because got pretty girl? I said not 100% but pretty model do make the photo look pretty since the object/focus itself is a pretty girl. Try to imaging ML in the photo :)

Why Korean photographer can compose so nice photo? Is it because the environment is pretty? Basically I agreed that. Malaysia do have some nice place, but don't try to imaging a yellow, purple or pink color leaf dropping down from the tree. It wouldn't happen.

Train ourselves with better skill so when the model and environment is ready, it is time for us to compose the beautify photo.

DSLR part II

Back to few weeks earlier, I posted a blog on DSLR and yesterday finally I get myself one, Canon 450D at PIKOM PC fair 08.

Initially, I want to go there to survey the DSLR market and also help my sister to upgrade her PC and help her to get a printer. But once I enter the hall, the first thing in my eye is the Canon camera booth, and I know I'm dead meat. After thinking and walk around, I finally go back to that booth to get one. What is the offer?

Body and standard kit lens (18-55mm), free a Manfrotto tripod, 4G SDHC, Canon EOS bag and Ximplify web host (anyone interest to buy over from me?) and not forget a painful swap on my credit card for RM2599 (as compare to outside RM2799 and lelong.com RM2400 with shop warranty only, RM2599 is the best price I have). The photo:

My sister playing with the tripod :) thanks her for become my first model

Actually thinking of getting a DSLR for quite sometime, just every time see but never dare to think of buying it. Well, thanks to the colleagues around me poison each other on the photography thingy and after seeing my Lumix camera, I know I can't satisfied with that machine anymore. It doesn't mean I don't like the camera, just sometime it can't perform up to my expectation. Anyway, it's a good camera that with me for so many years.

Back to what urge me for a SLR. Well, portrait. I wish to take some nice photos for my girl since she told me she is ugly every time I try to took her photo. So, I hope my new monster will help me to proof her wrong.

Ok, for my colleagues especially for my wild horse, Mr. Sam, and my lonely friend, Mr. Toh, join me to the darkness wahhahahahaha... and thanks all for poisoning each other and finally "we" won to poison the first victim, the genius (or maybe sohai) :)

Happy photograph!

一样的夏天

一样的夏天 (same summer) by Yanzi, I just like the music and the way she sang, it's just so sweet. Enjoy.

Sick movie

"Thanks" to Mr.Toh for introducing a sick movie, The Other Boleyn Girl. A really sicked movie I ever watch.

1. There are no pretty girl in the movie, at least I personally didn't see any.
2. 50% of the words that they are using is not inside my dictionary.
3. And the worst, SICK story.

Make me feel sick and I can't wait to go Bahrain to kill that loser for asking me to get him this movie.

Ok, if you want to take MC tomorrow, please go watch that movie, or else don't waste your time for that stupid movie.

DSLR

Since last month, my colleague and I try to poison my wild house, Mr. Sam, to get a DSLR since he is only engineer in my office that have artistic sense. We even offer to pay for 10% of the camera price on top of all discount for a camera, anyhow the tactic did not success.

Well, from time to time we still browse through people's photo and discuss.

The first question is that, is a camera that make that photo look pretty and attractive? After do some searching, my answer is no. You can try to see this which is using Canon 5D and this which is taken using Canon 1D Mark III. The second one is surely is a rubbish, wasting time.

Ok, you may say the first one pretty cause got girl which maybe a model. Anyway, my point is without a skill and the tools (camera, lens) and the environment, a Mark III can't even beat my Lumix.

Now, second question, is lens important? The answer is yes, cause that the only way to let the camera to tell you how you (or it) see this world. I like Mr. Bokeh's photo, and he like his 55mm f1.2 lens very much. I think that lens really can let you focus on something. Anyway sometime he is over bokeh his photos. As compare to similar lens by this, for sure I like the first one although the second one is good also.

So my conclusion is, to take a photo, you need a camera; to take a nice and attractive photo, you need a camera (probably a SLR), a lens that can help you focus and emphasis the story that you want to record and tell people how you feel about the scene and the last which is most important, the skill. Without skill, these fantastic tools can't even beat Lumix FX7.

And, it is very personal taste when talking about art. Maybe a photo for you is just a normal photo but for someone else it maybe a good or a rubbish photo. Just like some people like hardrock and some just pissed with that kind of music.

Anyway, photo is the only tool that can stop the time for that moment. Take more picture and tell your grandchildren how is the world look like when you are young.

Footnote: I've end out poisoned myself this time :(

Cyborg She

Ayase Haruka, she just different with her early movie, Crying Out Love in the Center of the World.

Anyway, nice movie.

You idiot!

My sub-cond just informed me that he going to marry next year Feb.
Wahahahahahaha.... how stupid, end the golden bachelor life just like that. Brother, 30's is the golden age of a man, we should not end our life so easy. You must be crazy or drunk. Don't worry, I bring you to Bahrain to runaway from the wedding ceremony. No need to thanks me, brother mah.

Brother, listen to me, don't be so stupid. There are plenty and infinite of girls outside there waiting for us. How can we just end our most precious age because a girl. No way man, it can't be real.

So, listen, stop your stupidity and enjoy the life, we go mabuk this Friday with the unlimited of pretty girl outside there. OK? Deal. Good boy.










I wish I'm the lucky idiot guy that able to end the lonely bachelor tomorrow :_(

The flow of project

When we laugh at this comic strip, we should feel sorry for our stupidity.

Flying with Gulfair guide

First of all, I just want to express my feeling on this airline. Please give me few second.

WHAT THE FUCK YOUR FUCKING COMPANY GIVING THIS FUCKING IDIOT LOUSY AIR SERVICE TO US.

Anyway, because of the price, we still need to use this stupid airline to fly to Bahrain and back to Malaysia. Therefore, here is some guideline for you to make yourself conform.

1. Bring your own earphone.

99% of the earphone supply by the airline is not function. Either totally no sound, or only half got sound, or the earphone only play noise. Just bring your own MP3 player earphone to use in the flight.

2. Fully charge your notebook

There is no such thing as VOD on that flight. So the only way to enjoy the VOD is by using your own notebook. Fully charge your notebook battery can let you enjoy about 4 hours of entertainment.

3. Bring your game console, PSP or DS, if you have.
Get one if possible. To kill the time.

4. Bring sweater when you back from Bahrain airport

Ok, this one really make me frust. They should call it freezer not air-cond, so that the passenger will bring sweater when they enter to the airport. Now I'm damn sick of their stupidity. I wounder which stupid company build this stupid air-cond system.

Ok, that all I can say about the stupid GulfAir, hope this guide can help you to prevent bad time when using this airline.

The idea squirrel

We don't like that but it is always in the corporate.

Bahrain in the morning

Basically it a very nice place and it's getting cold.

孫燕姿 和平

Just don't know why, suddenly I love this song. She sang the song so beautiful.
For all, peace.

Master Ir. Cheong

Just want to say congratulation! Finally you graduated :)

Japan - not me :(

Thought of the day

Last few weeks, just manage to get some time to have dinner with my friend, which is previously my control subcontractor’s, or a better name SI (system integrator), staff. Now he is a manager of a control company, and I’m still an engineer T_T.

Ok, back to today topic.

When we talk about the young engineers, we got same point of view, what are these engineers thinking? Why they are so like tat? If you don’t understand what I’m tried to say, maybe the following example can make it clear.

When I was an young engineer (getting old already T_T), when I see a cable in the panel, I will go to check the drawing, read manual, buy a cutter and screwdriver and connect the cable.

So what young engineer will do it they see the same cable?

They will say “I don’t know. When can you finish the installation?”

So do you know what I’m tried to explain?

First of all, I’m not promoting and hard sell myself through this blog, cause I don’t need to do that. Secondly, don’t read me wrong, I’m not cocky. And if you thinking I’m cocky, then I would like to apology to you for doing that on you, cause I’m pissed sometime.

I would like to emphasize here that I’m graduate from local university not Oxford, I eat mix rice like you all do, I watch pirated movies also, and I also have 24 hours. Then what make us different?

In Taiwan, there is new term used to describe young generation, especially 80’s, which have good external look, but unable to withstand in working environment. They called it 草莓族 (strawberry group). My sister told me that some of her primary school student does not know how to open a door, cause their “kakak” or maid do it for them. I think that the main reason why this group exists.

My SI told me that I must teach my junior in order for them to catch up my job. But I want to tell everyone that, I don’t keep my knowledge to myself and I willing to teach. However, please don’t come and ask me how to count 1+1 or what is a relay. I’m an engineer not a school teacher; I do not know how to continue if your foundation is still at primary school level.

There is a very famous quote from Internet,

If I cook for you, then you only got 1 meal; but if you learn how to cook, you will not be hunger anymore.

But now these youngsters will ask you to feed them to eat after you have cooked the meal. What the fuck! God please help me.

Footnote: to all young engineers, there is no shortcut to make you a genius. Read, think and apply is the only correct way to lead you to the engineering path.

Happy birthday to Maki Horikita

Just don't know what to say after read her latest news. Wish her good luck.

海角七號 Cape No.7

A simple and nice movie. The music is nice and a very romance stories embedded in the movie. Worth to get a look.

YUI 4th Album - My Short Stories

CD + DVD version
CD version

4th album by YUI. Will be released on 12 Nov 08. Waiting...

QR Code

QR code can be consider as 2D bar code, created by Japanese. It has been used to encode URL and let camera photo to decode the URL stored in the 2D bar code.

You can read the following wiki if you want to know more. And if you own Sony Ericsson, Nokia or motorola phone, you may go to Kaywa Reader to see if your phone is supported by this scanner software.

Just try on the following QRCode :)