Saturday, June 5, 2010

Random shots around Penang Town

Some random point and shoot around town during a boring weekend.







Friday, May 28, 2010

一个人的爱情

最近看了一本书,述说着几个不同个性的人面对这一个人的爱情。 我第一个问号就是这世界上会有称的上一个人的爱情吗? 单相思不是每一个人都希望会发生在自己身上吧。 那一种想要理所当然的霸占另一半, 每天拥有幸福的感觉, 真的这样容易吗? 书里面的恩却不是那么幸运的女生。 从她认识爱情这两个字, 她常常困在自己的幻想世界里, 对爱情的热诚和渴望, 如此的浓烈。 因该是少年时期的活力与冒险, 让她很快就陷入了人生第一次的仰慕错认的是爱情, 对象是身边的同学。学生时代的爱情, 犹如情窦初开,那么的纯真的喜欢。 这一段一个人的爱情, 最终收藏到毕业典礼, 连对方都不知道的ending

三十岁的恩, 回想起这一段故事, 傻傻得笑了。 当时单纯的喜欢,是多么的无忧无虑, 人生还有一大段的前程。 不应该为了他而改变什么, 大家走的路都不一样。 面对着充满希望的世界, 大步大步的走,没有一丝的顾虑。 如果, 这发生在三十岁的时候, 一个人的爱情又会如何呢? 她还会把感情受起来吗?她会选择放弃还是勇敢的追求呢?时间久了, 面对着一段又一段的感情, 恩觉得好累。累得已经把心封闭起来了, 不想再为了爱情搞得泪汪汪, 陷在泥糟里,挣扎着。

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Life Random Pics

It's another Saturday after one week of work. The day was drenched with a heavy rain and it seems to brighten the humid weather in Penang. The sun after the rain is truly a bliss and the below sight tells the story. Playing with HDR and monochrome image.

HDR1


HDR2


Warm Version of the Ori Photo




Monochrome HDR


Black & White

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Creative Artz...

It seems been ages since I updated my blog. :p Personally had been off with some work and not up to push for constant photography creation. Recently became Jenny Sun Photography fan and got informed about a new give away of a Diana Lomo Camera. The assignment was to create a photo with the words "i love lomo" and incorporating lighting (sunlight, candles, fairylights etc.) as a pre-requirement of the competition. The competition is ending today and top 5 best will be selected on Monday for a public voting. The highest vote will win the Lomo. With lots of ideas running wild, I head out to get my crafts supplies on Saturday and went back to work on my ideas.

I started to create a mini studio for the project. The process was tough to get to the studio done and even cut my finger quite deeply, the sight of the blood gushing out and thinking Mama mia!!!. But after seeing the creation completed, it's worth it after all. :p Below are some shots on the 2 creation.

Lighting with mobile phone white light and torch yellow light under dark condition




Direct sunlight


With shadow effect from the sunlight


Glass tint paint with sunlight




Final submission



Sunday, March 28, 2010

Weekend escapade

Weekends always come and go so quickly. In 48 hours always seems to be so precious and they had to be used to max without leaving any regrets. I bet some of you might agree with me. Some prefer to sleep, hang out in malls, catch a movie or have a short trip to places. Mine will be staying home and cook some new recipe or hang out with colleagues/friends. Weekends are great time to sit down and talk through the night discussing every interested topics to get to know each other more.

Last weekend, a few of us went to Sigi's Grill and Bar for a drink. Kai Chieh, Pun Bing, Chee Ang, Stephanie and me sat down at the pool side and start to discuss about stuff. From attitude, surrounding to gossips hehe... It's really relaxing as the whole way we have some cold jokes from Chee Ang and Kai Chieh to heat up the atmosphere before we reach there. Oh boy, the journey was never boring. Hehe... Below are some shots taken in Sigi's. As we reached rather late, only the outdoor bar was opened. Pun Bing ordered the grapefruit juice, I ordered the watermelon juice (no alcohol for me *_-), Kai Chieh ordered the Irish Black Coffee (coffee + whiski + sugar), Chee Ang had a Mocchiato (forgotten the ingredient but lots of mint and lime with some alcohol), Stephanie had the Frozen Black Irish (kahlua + baileys). Top notch for Stephanie's drink as everyone agreed. :)







Today, I prepared my own dinner with some ingredients bought during afternoon trip to the grocery. Wanted to try some new recipe, I picked up some ingredients like capsicum, tuna, ham, butterhead lettuce, canned mushroom, fresh herbs like parsley and rosemary, brought some cream too. I was finding for double cream though but it seems difficult to get any around bayan lepas area and the light cream is not cheap at all. The ingredients is actually up to what you fancy, from sausages, egg, olives or peas and carrots. The outcome was ok but not superb, still need to practice more to get the "Voila" taste.

Steps:
1. Boiled a pot of water and add 2 tea spoon of salt per serving. This is a good tips I learnt through cooking show where the salt will add some flavors to the pasta before you mixed it up with your ingredients and sauce. Cooked till it is around 85% of the time labeled on the pasta pack, as you'll still need to cook the pasta with your ingredients later.
2. In frying pan, put some olive oil and put in your ham and capsicum, fried till your ham is slightly crisp. Add in mushroom and tuna (optional) and fried for a couple of minutes.
3. As the sauce starts to thicken, add in some oregano if you happen to have, as it adds some aroma to your pasta. Next, you can add in your pasta and mixed it till the sauce is clinging to your pasta. Lastly you can add some vegetables like lettuce or peas. Oo.. not forgetting sprinkle some black pepper/salt for flavors if needed.
4. This round I missed to add in some cheese to the sauce though, less cheesy. You can opt to put some Parmesan cheese after dishing up, the cheese will melt due to the heat of your pasta.
5. Pasta done!

A close up shot of the capsicum seed after I cut it

Ingredients




End result


Sunday, March 21, 2010

暧昧- 序

凯杰最新的贴写了以下的感想, 突然我也有一些想法。。。

喜欢有你在身边的感觉。有你在,任何事情都变得有趣。很想知道你是否也有同感?

不管发生任何事,都想与你分享。唯有与你分享的喜悦才算喜悦。很想知道你是否也有同感?

很想了解你的一切。有时候会因为得知了一些关于你的讯息而莫名其妙地感到开心。很想知道你是否也有同感?

有人说,超越友情,却未到爱情,这阶段是爱情里面最美丽的。彼此情投意合,却还未表明心意,唯有互相猜想对方到底对自己是否有意,自己是否在自作多情呢?

偶尔觉得我们很合得来,很有默契,我心里想什么你都能懂,我们的心是如此靠近。

偶尔却觉得我们有距离,冷场出现在我们之间,我不太了解你。

在爱情里,身高不是距离,年龄不是问题,语言不是障碍,是真的吗?

暧昧,是爱情的萌芽,还是寂寞撒的谎?很想知道你对暧昧的见解……


暧昧,可以像是一幅油画, 两个人打情骂俏的过程,让他们即将步入的爱情故事里,增添了不少色彩。暧昧,可以是一个危险游戏,它换来的只是短暂的幸福,过分的寂寞和心痛。


“超越友情,却未到爱情。。。”唯有集起一股勇气, 赌一把吧!爱情是要用心和action争取的。超越友情,却到不了的爱情又怎样呢?该放弃还是继续守着这一段情意?


“在爱情里,身高不是距离,年龄不是问题,语言不是障碍。。。”这一个我到是觉得蛮有道理的,爱情需要的是两个人的共知,感情的呵护才能开出的一朵花。如果没有了感情,身高、年龄又能为这一段情带来什么?物质上的满足不能让人的心继续的感动、感觉到幸福。心动是心意和动作创造出来的梦幻组合。

Thursday, March 18, 2010

1st Magazine Publication

Today in my wildest dreams that I see my own photo inside a magazine. I was so excited that I broke the news to my family and closest friends. Sorry for bragging but I'm ecstatic. This round I didn't expect much to get pick but I guess after a long run of submission finally it breaks through. I'll work harder to improve myself, still thinks I'm a half brainer in the settings or utilizing my camera. Hope there'll be more to come.





Ori Photo

Devotion
This scene was shot during the recent Thaipusam celebrations in Penang. The piercing hooks and small tins hanging off every inch of the skin had given me a memorable experience with respect to the devotion shown by the devotees towards their faith and beliefs.
 

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