Phew,

Never in my life that I pump so many steroid caffeine to my blood in one night, and now I pumping another one...
ZOMG, sure got extra pimples, I will definitely get scolding from my mom when she see my face....


If there are people who work well under stress,  I am definitely not in that list,

Now, I am resting for the next Big assignment,
I want to do it at home, but too bad, this assignment must use Mac computer to do........so I wait untill ....730 and depart to uni ....
wish me luck.... I really need it today ......

How Long I have been Sleepless : approaching 30 hours..... I think ....

Boon
It quarter after one, and I am all alone thinking about assignments......lol...

Stressed

Never in my life I am facing with such tremendous stress,

Two major assignment, only one night left to finish ,

Looks like there is no excuse for not buying Mac computer...

Wish me luck ,

Boonboon2k2
I am so stressed out that I am lazy to centralize my words....

Butter Fu lai .....

I had an outing on June 12 to Butterfly Farm , KL 

Actually  I lazy to upload those pics to flickr, 

so I use the one i uploaded in FB 

Paiseh ar ....

The blog has changed it's purpose already...

it meant for those who want updates about my life o , 

^^ 

so those who are not interested in knowing who I am , 

you can leave now ....

The FB  album is here

if you want to see more 

but

These are the pictures  

Light in the dark 

Butterfree

Sunshine

Of coz , this is my most meaningful shot..

. cycle of life ,

 

Although all these shots is not up to my own liking, 

but I am glad that I am improving with my members , 

I shall intro one by one in the future....

I felt inferior at times when i see their pictures....

hope they din see this....

Boonboon2k2

never once I regretted being president for photography club

Adversity

I owe two post here, 

PD experience and also 

Lighting shots, haha....

But this is the thing that currently bother me so much 

that I couldnt help it but to express my opinion here.

I would like to talk about adversity in this case,

The reason why I post this up is because 

this is the time where my peers is currently facing it,

exams, assignments, tragedies, etc ...

However, they all have similiar response, 

which is normal , 

and I always do that to ...

either they will complain 

or whine about it, 

or the worst case scenario, depression kicks in. 

Again , I would like to emphasize that 

there is nothing wrong with it, 

I just wanted to point out  

 that

Life, is a path full of adversities, 

Even before we exist, we are already facing it, 

We have to swim through obstacles and not dying, 

 

Even after our existence is secured, 

we still need to face many adversities, 

Like learning how to walk , 

learning how to socialize, 

cope with stress...and so on, 

Let get to the point, 

We grow stronger after we overcome adversities, 

 

Take math for example, 

we start by

learning how to do simple adding and subtractions, 

then , we need to learn algebra, 

after that , we need to learn logarithm , 

then , quadratics, 

then , calculus, 

then , trigonometry,

the list can go on and on ....

If we refuse to overcome the hurdle and stick with the basic, 

our level of mathematics will only remain the same, 

some will satisfied knowing only adding and subtractions,

But that is their choice , 

However, for those went through  all the trouble to 

memorize the trigonometry formula, 

practice all the quadratic equations, 

and become competent in solving these mathemathical problem, 

They grown and they possessed a unique skill in relative to the former, 

What I am trying to say, 

IF you refuse to face reality and 

overcome your obstacles, 

you will never grow stronger and better, 

Uni life sucks, I know

Life sucks, I know 

but face it, 

life still goes on whether you like it or not.

boonboon2k2

I do whine and complain, 

but I will work my way out....

OFF to PD.....^^

Dear everyone , 

I am off to PD for two days, 

expect nice pic from me ya. ..

boonboon2k2

I & Yoona going together...

^^

Yoona

Introducing my beloved YOONA , 

Wait, not this YOONA 

but this YOONA 

  I dont have my previous 50mm F1.8 Prime ,

so I have to put my kit lens to the fullest usage. 

So introducing my artwork....

The photo quality is not as nice because I have compressed it.

This is done by "zoom in while snapping" techniques.

In laymen term, when I taking shot with an SLR, I just zoom in the subject

while letting my camera absorbing the light. 

I am aware of the white balance is off, 

i just like the color for some reason. ...

I love watermelon....

I eat it while I doing assignments, 

boonboon2k2

I am going to take more photos,

Hp pic of the day...

Since I saw somebody mention me in his blog, 

His blog is regarding about taking picture with SLR,

and recently I got too many people boasting with SLR in my life, 

and their photo sucks.....

so this is payback.....

So , since I got no SLR , 

I use handphone instead. 

I got no setting to play with, 

so have to rely on the stupidity of a phone cam

and composition to make it nice

And this is two head and a hand...dun think too much....

 

cant even control focus in handphone...sad..

but i like this...^^ 

Thanks yu for inspire me to make a post...

boonboon2k2

I still can win other SLR user without using SLR

Adam lambert ,song direct translated to cantonese....

I found out that direct translate a song can be fun too , 

So take this song for example , 

Hey, slow it down
Whataya want from me
Whataya want from me
Yeah, I'm afraid
Whataya want from me
Whataya want from me

by adam lambert, 

Let turn it into cantonese version,

hey , 慢慢来，

你究竟想我dim , 你究竟想我dim

是 , 我好惊, 你究竟想我dim , 你究竟想我dim , 

.... by 阿丹 林伯

boonboon2k2

I know is lame, 

but is fun ....

Necklace

With my own studio, 

I managed to get this shot , 

 (though I borrow some lightings)

at least it look like what a professional photo...

haha...

Pai seh, 

now I shiok sendiri.....

anyone interested in hiring me ?

boonboon2k2

Chivalry

Chivalry

A word to describe knighthood in the past

The word is derived from the French word "chevalerie", itself derived from "chevalier", which means knight, derived from "cheval", horse (indicating one who rides a horse).(wikipedia) 

but Today, the terms chivalry and chivalrous are often used to describe courteous behavior, especially that of men towards women. (also from Wiki)

but I'm going to blog about the modern chivalry, 

which in Malaysian terms is known as "gentlemen"

etc, open door for ladies

However, chivalry is the Grey area between feminism 

and old fashion gestures  (strictly my opinion)

I myself not really fond of the idea of feminism,

I support the foundation of feminism as it provide equal opportunity,

but, the only thing that bothers me, is that

they also wan the benefits of the old time gestures,

and they dont really fight for feminist right to the end 

(I still don't see feminist fight for the right to gain equal jail time with men)...

so they have equal opportunity, and the old time right to demand chivalry from men

now back to chivalry

Take this opening door for ladies for example , 

you see, ladies can open their door themselves,

so if we as male open the door for them, 

are we declining modern feminism ..

or .... well, just being gentlemen...?

Now who you wan to be ?

or

there is a price for equal rights ...

kill chivalry...

boonboon2k2

I admit i not much of a cheval myself,

I'm not a horse/knight...

Katsaridaphobia

Katsaridaphobia

This is the name NatGeo gave to fear of cockroaches, 

but why katsarida ?

according to babelfish ,κατσαρίδα (katsarida) is the Greek word for cockroach.

well, the reason why I start blogging about this 

is because the incident started with cockroach encounter, 

This particular cockroach,

scared the shit out of me, literally

it makes me lost my feel to do my nature calls,

and bath too, 

from there onwards , I start change my bathing habit from night to morning

and this is why I hate night , 

boonboon2k2

I hate Katsarida....

My maiden voyage....

I wanted to Lomo this,

but I felt it is better left untouched,

since it looks nice without anything ....

hm, I was offered to help a person to take crystals shot for his company,

it's making an online catalog for him...

If this goes well,

I have extra thousands crystal for me to take o...haha....

and most important ...income ...

However, In order for me to convince more people to coorperate with me,

I need a good statistics, and I hope you can help me with that,

 I need to show people that I could bring up a good offer in using my service,

so , if you readers are free,

please share some of my blog post

in facebook and gain some traffic for me ...

This is a positive cycle,

with more traffic, i can get more subject to take

with that ,higher standard pics will come ,

and ...make the blog more enjoyable...

..so is a win win situation for us right ?

although i'm satisfied with  30 reader per day,

but I do hope I can gain more traffic

so I can convince a bigger business partner to coorperate with me...

a sneak peak for this crystals , 

boonboon2k2

Look like i cant go kl so early liao... 

Lomography

If anyone may wonder,

What is Lomography ?

Well, it is a style only a camera

"Lomo LC-A" can archieve,

Initially this Russian made camera,

is regarded as poorly made and bad picture taker too,

However, in early 1990,

2 students in Vienna started a new style of photography with

their creative approach,

and soon,

you guess it, it became a style,

There are two main attribute in Lomo,

1. there is a vignette surrouding the pic ,

a vignette is the black /darken area around the corner of the pic,

2. the saturation and colour contrast .

This is due to the technique called cross-processing in dark room.

To really understand what is cross processing is,

Let me explain,

Typically , it happens when you develop film in a chemical other then it was made for.

A standard 35mm (our normal analog camera) film use  C41 chemical to process the photos,

However, a Lomo colour slide film is usually process by E6 chemical,

Dont ask me what is C41 and E6, I dont know,

I know is something to process the photos though,

Ok, now the magic of Lomography lies here,

A Lomo will use a colour slide film and process it in C41 chemical and this results

in super weird combination and photos,

In order to archieve that result on my SLR,

I had to photoshop it to mimic that effect ,

Here is the link for the photoshop tutorial, 

So, with a powerful format like RAW, it gives more freedom for me

to further made my photos into nicer pics...

this is the original pic,

This is the LOMO-fied pic...

boonboon2k2,

I knew the existence of Lomo from Brendan 

but Christina remind me of this technique...

thanks ....

Ideas

Recently I ran out of ideas , 

not on blog topic, 

but rather on what photo to take 

on entering that muar yuan cheng xiang competition, 

another backlight theme photos, 

and a theme for next week, 

arrrrrrr.....

how to take a group shot with ba kuah in it ????

boonboon2k2

arrrrrrr

A bug's life

To tell the truth, one day a shot is quite hectic to me ....

 However, If i can produce good shot everyday ,

I dont mind,

But too bad, my best shot for the day really is flawed in many ways.

Just like out of focus like yesterdays dog pictures,

and the unexpected blockage from the ant antenna.

 But , I hope you can see the anxiety of that ant though...

And I saw few photography contest around the corner,

Suprisingly ,

the winner of this contest is determine by how many "like" in Facebook,

quoting the website 

"Winners are determined through the number of “Likes” the photo receives."

And since the theme is 

“family reunion, gathering or valentine”  

Anyone have any ideas ? 

This company is a food company 

call Muar Yuan Chen Siang , 

so mostly i need a food / family shots...

but i out of creativity for this purpose..

 group shots will be boring for this contest ...since 

every submission is groups shots...

boonboon2k2

I wan to win that camera...

执子之手,与子偕老

No doubt, shooting in RAW can be fun,

but if this continues, I had to buy a new hardisk,

only for storing my photos....

this not my best shot as it is out of focus,

(i intended to focus the eye but the camera went for the nose)

but I felt wasted to discard it ...

I love the emotion he gave back then

When I saw a dog, I cant help but to think about

how dog be so loyal in loving his master,

but how fragile we are in loving someone,

and there was a saying by  my chinese teacher,

which the only deep impression i had on him is that he is cool,

nevertheless there is a saying i learn from him is ..

执子之手,与子偕老

which basically ,

Hold your hands, and live till we grow olds,

althought it is part of a poem , but it give a simple yet powerful meaning,

and i think it is nice to share the whole poem out right here,

执子之手,与子共著；

执子之手,与子同眠；

执子之手,与子偕老；

执子之手,夫复何求?

Which means

Hold your hands, pass through difficulty with you,

Hold your hands, and sleep through the night with you,

Hold your hands, and grow old with you,

Hold your hands, what else I can wish for ?

correct me if I'm wrong with the translation,

(counting on ah yu for that )

because I translate through my understanding of the poem, 

boonboon2k2

It may sound simple, but it really express everything I wish for in a relationship

Origin of 下一站天后,

When I travel in HK using their MTR(Mass Transit Railway),

which is equivalent to our LRT,

except the subway map is bigger,

for clearer look , click here

and the train is superly long and big,

However, I noticed one thing ,

IF your next stop is MONG KOK ,

the PA will announce ( annoys you ) that

The PA will tell you that  (in order)
"NEXT STATION MONG KOK"
下一站 旺角 （奥语）


And how does that relate to this song ?



well, if you look carefully,

there is a Station in MTR is call TIN HAO (天后）

so if anyone who pass by TIN HAU station
will hear the sentence
NEXT STATION TIN HAU
下一站 天后

If you still think I'm crapping,
even the song lyrics also indicate that tian hou is a place,
quoting the lyrics...

"站在大丸前　細心看看　我的路

再下個車站　到天后　當然最好"

boonboon2k2
I believe this is 伍乐城 (lyrician) found his ilham

I so sorry

 I'm so sorry,

I dont know why,

I had this feeling that we are heading to sunsets

to our journey ,

if parting is the ending of everything,

then before i reach the ending,

I hope I can treat you better ,

but of course, I dont wish to have any ending

in the first place..

The only ending I want is an happy ending just like fairy tales,

the prince may kiss the bride, and live "happily ever after"

I am so sorry that my love reach you later than it should,

I am so sorry , that I hurt you more than I should,

I am so sorry about the fact that I realize I need you when it is too late...

boonboon2k2

I think this is consequences of me being  犯贱

I'm sorry,

My first RAW pic /project 365

This year, I wish to put my photography skill into another level, 

By shooting in RAW format,

If anyone wonder what is RAW, and what is the difference between RAW and JPEG

Let me explain, 

A RAW file,in short 

is uncompressed, complete data from camera sensor, 

so basically, if you got 12 MegaPixel Camera, 

you will get a 12MB worth of data in your RAW pic, 

this is a significant boost to your picture quality as 

A 12 MegaPixel could only take at most 3MB picture in JPEG, 

But JPEG is the standard format for any photos, 

just like FB can accept JPEG format for uploading , but not RAW ....

But higher quality comes with more post editing trouble, 

In JPEG, you can just take the photo and upload it in FB,

but in RAW

you have to view it in another software (Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0) and save it in jpeg,

Well, why I would wan to shoot in RAW since it bring more trouble to me ? 

First of all, RAW is a means for me to produce higher quality picture, 

and 

I wan to change my habit to take photos in quality instead of quantity, 

anyway, 

here is the first shot of my RAW ,

It took me two hour to take this 

but another 2 days to figure out how to save in JPEG ,

but it is worth it though....

boonboon2k2

i feel so proud now

yo yo ,

my  dear blog,

i haven forget you one ,

 I took a long break jo ,

so now I must start my project 365 la

this project 365 is my new year resolution o ,

everyday i will take photos of a theme la,

 to further enhance my photography skills,

including scenery and potraits,

i found few ppl willing to be my model le ,

haha,

this will be a busy year ....

work + study + travel journalism....

 note : this is the first step on engine combustion