So my friend was having time of life in Singapore. Sentosa it is.

Things happened in the past half week - thanks to my beloved C901.


One of the nights' dinner


Sunset when I was reaching home


Old building


Cloud that looks like cyclone


'Avatar plant', my dad said that.


First bite by the leech for this year. More to come, this coming Mulu trip


Tutti Fruitti yogurt. Delicious but f***ing expensive


FRIM again, never cease to love those naturally patterned trees.

More than a century old, no joke

When a snowflake melted, that design was forever lost
~Wilson A Bentley

100+ year-old snow crystals photo to be sold in US.

Via BBC

22/12/2009 - Wonder if it's illegal to take photo while driving?

Saw this great sunshine this morning.

It'll be a good morning I'm sure ;)

On 25/10/2009, I was tasked to be a photographer, last minute.

I was like - "WHAT? What do you expect from a person who does random phototaking and with a small camera?"

Well, here are some selected photographs.

Before the departure (to bridge's house) (and yah, both zodiacs are Boar, if not mistaken)


I drove as a 'heng dai' and I took photo while driving.


I acted as 'heng dai', helped to open the door (the blue colour shirt one is me), and took the photo.


Was simple but still meaningful (of course)


Unknown object (at that moment, and the objects inside were creating a lot of noises)


Seeing my dad taking photo with SLR reminds me of the days in 80's & 90's - when he used to own an SLR.


It's the birds


Mission accomplished, as heng dai cum photographer - the time showed that it's almost 11AM (took the photo while driving, again)

I shouldn't take photo while driving, I know.

Only for this time :P

KL Tower - Reflection Edition (20/11/09)

Last month Francesco posted a photo entry called "Reflection".

I guess I should post mine, too.

Not exactly mine cos the idea was mine, but thanks to Colleen for taking the photo.

Took this on the way to work, near my house (to the uncle behind my car: yah, you must have felt strange why I slowed down my car, and if you read my blog, this is the reason)

From near to far: Under construction, Old construction, Newly constructed... and (beautiful but gloomy) sky.

Again, isn't that summary of life?

(Hahaha enough of sentimental post already!! Proper post next :P)

I took this photo yesterday night above a smelly river, near Tun Sambanthan monorail station.

Yes, smelly but pretty night scene. (With Twin Towers from far)

I guess the same applicable for life.

It really depends on how you look at it.

And yes, I love my Sony Ericsson C901 ;)

26/11/09, Puchong

Yah, if there's a "Like" button in this blog, I would have clicked it too :P

There's another road in the sky.

My dad took the photo - I did the interpretation

Everybody has different childhood memory - I hope it's a good one for this girl - she seems lonely and isolated.

I thought it's interesting to share this.

Click here to see the people from old Japan (circa early 20th century)

Some... even looked scary!

It has just got better ;)

It is now available @ http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/download/LX3/index.html

This update is highly recommended to all the LX3 users.

It will also fix an issue that's found in the previous major upgrade firmware 2.0

With the new preset "High Dynamic" in the SCN mode, I quickly tried yesterday:

It comes with three modes as well: (Photo tuned with Picasa's "I'm Feeling Lucky" function)


Standard Mode


Artistic Mode (more saturated feel, and made it looks like a painting or something)


B&W mode


Artistic Mode (this had made the photo looks like a faded colour photo)


B&W mode

Overall, this means I've another thing to play around with LX3 again!!!!

This is a great surprise from Panasonic, 1 year after they release this camera.

With such an added feature (and with others, too, check out my previous post here) that makes me a real proud owner of LX3!

I strongly recommend all the users of LX3 to upgrade to this latest firmware!

Visit their official website to know how to download & upgrade

Four months after the last firmware update, there's an update for my beloved Panasonic DMC-LX3.

This time, it's version 2.0 - a major upgrade.

And if you look at the updated items - it really is a major update:

1. Improved auto white balance performance.
2. Auto Focus speed-up.
3. Recording function with an aspect ratio of 1:1 has been added.
4. A white balance (WB) bracket function has been added.
5. [HIGH DYNAMIC] has been added to scene mode.
6. [LENS RESUME] has been added to the [SETUP] menu.
7. [MENU RESUME] has been added to the [SETUP] menu.
8. The exposure compensation and the auto bracket compensation can now be set up to ±3EV.
9. Position of the guide line can now be set.
10. It is now possible to display the highlights in playback mode.
11. It is now possible to record the user’s name in the picture.
12. Digital red-eye removal has been modified.
13. Items saved in the custom set have changed.

You may wanna read the details of it in this pdf file.

Take note of Item#5 - a HDR scene mode!!!

So what are you waiting for? Click this link to go to the website and download!!!

Let's take ourselves 20 years back:

My father had photography as his hobby, in the late 80's he somehow won the lottery and bought a Nikon SLR for RM2k.

Back then, RM2k is a big thing and SLR is of course a luxury item. He enjoys the photography and the camera only fails him only after 10 years.

Compared to the electronics nowadays, it gets outdated fast and has shorter life span.

People no longer cares if it's reliable enough cos it's always easy to change to a new one.

That makes the people less appreciative nowadays, isn't it?

Lately I notice that there are more and more people owning a dSLR camera.

While this reminds me of a trend happened around 10 years ago - where everybody was chasing after the latest, greatest handphone (polyphonic ringtone -> colour screen -> TFT screen etc) like no tomorrow, now, the trend belongs to dSLR.

Of course, with the help of Facebook, people tend to get to share the photo easily.

This is the part where it went wrong - some of the people 'like' or commented on the photo that has good effect, sharp human shot, instead of good content. (composition etc)

(This point was supported by my dad, which he said nowadays those photos in the facebook are majority about human shots.)

Yes, it could be the person's preference, but that's not what photography all about.

Then, the photo uploader sort of enjoys being praised (who doesn't like to be?), and that's how the bad cycle begins -

1) Owning a dSLR that can take good quality shot
2) Waiting for the next paycheck to get new lens
3) Seeing another fella getting even more fun with newer model of dSLR
4) Wanting to own a newer dSLR......

Rat race will never end.

While you can see it as a good sign for the country's economy (the people is willing to spend) but electronic item is, in most case, a depreciated asset.

Of course, if you can afford, it's of course good that you can jump start with dSLR. (Something like an express course and that's what most people doing?)

But to me, if you are serious in learning photography, you can always start with a cheap point-and-shoot or even prosumer, learn the basic skill then only jump to the latest model of dSLR

(e.g. I could have started with a cheap point-and-shoot camera three years ago, instead of a Nikon D80, and as my skill improved, I can buy Nikon D90 with even better functions and capability with the same amount of money)

Nowadays photography has become more and more commercialised - it's no longer an art. I wonder how would those pro photographers think.

To summarise this long article: Good photo doesn't necessary mean good effect nor it can only be captured with dSLR. When an art has become commercialised, people won't appreciate it as it should have been.

I've been taking quite a number of photos using C901.

While I'm not a pro photographer, nor I'm equipped with pro camera, I can only try my luck to capture good photo.

That's when I started to take random photos - after being lazy to learn on how to take photo properly.

When I got my C901 in July, it did help a lot - I started to take photo more often cos it's easy to carry around (rather than carrying my Panasonic LX3)

So, probably after practicing more often, my sister said that I know how to take the angle better - which to us, is a random stuff and not quite teachable.

So, there you have it. I love my phone and although it doesn't have wifi and two way 3G call - it's a phone that I need ;)

This morning I saw the KL Tower was surrounded by fog.

When I reached my office, I wanted to take the cool view, but instead, I got this.

Well, it's considered another good catch too ;)

Last Saturday evening was a busy evening - I took the photo before I left the office.


On the way back at Jalan Kuching, stuck in traffic jam because the Muslims & non-Muslims were coming out to buy foods @ Pasar Ramadan.


At the 'airport road' near my house. Come and visit me and you'll understand why it's called 'airport road'


After settling my laptop, I went out for my haircut.

Taken with my dear C901 ;)