One STEP closer to calling this place HOME!!

IT was close to 12am....the phone rang, "hi! i'm on the bus now, just left the airport and am on the way to your place", says Jean O.0

My elder sis and I got all excited after that haha, and minutes later, she arrived at UCLA area, and we went to pick her up. That makes the 3 of us in the family, 2 more "on the way". And now, we are one step closer to calling this place our Home!


Baby Jean is in the house people!!!!


My oh my were we surprise!! We were actually expecting her in a weeks time and suddenly she called! Haha, so.....would i be going back this summer? OR would i just not leave this part of the world? Hhmm......surprises anyone?

Fear Death.....

Recent events has left me with this crazy thought....
Do you fear death?

Was admitted to the E.R a week ago (hence the patient tag and medication).....and I've been watching shows that somehow had this particular topic included in all of them, the uncountable amount of deaths after the massive quake in China, the destruction that left so many homeless, suffering, and dead in Myanmar all had this in common - people dying.

My mind, manage to manipulate those situation with me in it, rather scary i must say, being the fact that earth quake does struck Los Angeles from time to time....I remember my FIRST encounter with earth quake her in LA. Anyway, "The Bucket List", two elderly gentlemen knowing they had not much time to live, took off and live life to the fullest and died happily after fulfilling the list that they came up with when they first met each other in the same hospital room. Seeing what they have to go through in the hospital, treatments after treatments....the pain, the suffering, it just doesn't help me cope with the fear i have for life. I certainly hope i wouldn't end up like that or any of my loved ones.....I think i would prefer something else!

Being in the ER was kinda scary, reminds me of the days where i went to various hospitals to visit my grandparents...i was still a kid then. The waiting....I was seated on one of the beds, waiting for the doctor to come, i was expecting the worst, the sound of someone badly injured, the screams and all, it wasn't that bright as well, my mind started going crazy! phewww...........i'm going to stop right here - MOST important is, im not in any serious"trouble", health trouble, thank goodness for the pills.

I need to let go such fear for the time being - FINALS COMING, should be preparing for that.

Should not have fear!

Which ONE?!

I've been having this itch for new lens hehe, it's hard for most of you guys to understand unless you're reeeeeeally into photography ( no offends guys =p )

Been looking back and forth between two different lenses by Canon.

Lens #1 - Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6L IS USM

It's a perfect for everyday use! it SHALL replace two of my current lenses, the 28-135mm and the 73-300mm zoom lens.....This lens will be perfect when shooting events, like those rally i've been attending, or maybe some wedding events? The wide (28mm) is wide enough for any normal shots, and the zoom(300mm) is good for far away shots, lets say you want to shoot pictures of birdies flying? or even zoom in at individual at an event to capture their natural facial expression without them noticing the camera, hence the Natural expression....It would be perfect for traveling, no need to change the lens on the camera so often, who knows hehe. Current market price is close to ****USD Almost the price of my EOS 5D camera body itself, but heck, good investment don't you think?

But...its kind of a huge lens for many to look at, in The States, people might think that you're some sicko paparazzi of some sort - that's why when i take my big camera around, i tend to dress well beyond them paparazzi, just to be on the safe side haha. Back in Msia, or any part of Asia, it "might" get me to places easily =p but then again, the feeling of having the public's attention on you.....*palm sweating* PROS & CONS





Lens #2 - Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L Series USM

Well well well, this is a rather wide lens, if compare any standard lens.
The wider the lens, the more area i can cover when photographing an area, meaning to say, when i take picture of a whole building, i don't have to stand so far back in order to capture the whole building, i might not have room to stand further away. Unlike a standard lens, i would need to move away so i can include the whole building in my frame, make sense?

Ok...i know i have a Fisheye lens that's given me much opportunity to come out with crazy funky pictures unlike what you see everyday....the thing with fisheye 15mm is that the picture will surely turn out round, circular looking image. With this particular lens, i WILL sill be able to take picture without moving like so far away, AND, my pictures won't turn out rounded / distorted. Yet, one can tell that the picture is taken using a very wide lens.

The price tag on this baby is half of ****USD hehe, VERY TEMPTING

So people, which one should i pick? Would you like to help me? L o L
Lets see what develops.......




*Photos courtesy of Canon USA Inc.

Rebtel - Making intenational call easier!

Rebtel - International calls without them pin numbers! L o L

I've actually tried this company, made several calls to a few different countries and guess what, it's GREAT!!

The thing i like about this company is that, they will give you a local number for every contact you give them, that way, you can actually dial that local number and still reach you contact right away, hence the PINLESS IDD calls! Eg.i provide them my home number, then they provide me a local number (starting with a Los Angeles area code), then i dial that number and suddenly my dad picked up! WOAH!!! As for the minutes included in my local service provider, they will just debit my minutes as a local phone call. But heck, i get free weekends so i can make calls to anyone anywhere for almost free - 1USD per hour calling back to a Msia land line.

Some may question the quality of the line - A OK!
It's really like calling someone on your phone/cellphone, the line is good if compared to Skype (well, it's free so....can't really compare) But yes, the quality is good, it's easy to use, and they even have a "history" of all the calls you've made, providing the cost of each call too!

However, it's always cheaper to call a land line in contrast to a mobile line, but when it's an emergency, just dial the given contact number and viola! The good thing about this is, you can even call certain countries for free....sad to say, Msia is not in the list yet or else.....*evil laugh*

This system is not that 100% free (that is if you want to compare to skype) But, it does provide you better service, easier calling experience and they have this offer now - top up 10USD and they will include another 10USD, that makes 20USD! They even allow you a good 20minutes call when even when you don't join, that's how good they are in promoting their good service. Moreover, when you refer friends to join under you, you'll get 10 minutes from each referrals, lil by lil it adds up.

So....sounds pretty good isn't it? It's has one of the cheapest calling rates i've seen so far. I don't know about you guys in the UK, AUS and the rest. I hope this will help some of you out there save a lil on phonecalls to you loved ones.

Enjoy!!

THREE !!!!!!

ok so FedEx knock on the door when i was taking my nap (only slept 2 hours the previous night), and delivered my Project Tabblo!!!

THREE of them HAHAHA!
THREE individual boxes!
THREE different sets!


I'm pretty satisfied with them, got so exited that i had them with me when i went back to school for my Marine Bio Lab test review, thats right, 2 major test from that class next Tue!

I'll re examine those THREE projects and see if anything is needed to make them better!

Stalked?

Moments ago, i went to drop my extra credit essay at my professor's place, the date line is 11.59pm May 8 2008. MY marine bio professor had given us his home address so we could stalk him....i mean, hand in our paper at the very last minute.

So, as usual, i got my paper done at the very last few hours, input the address into my GPS and took my own sweet time to drive to his place, enjoy the night view of the streets, the quietness of the road and chit chat with my fellow riders until i got to his place. So i arrived a lil over 11.30pm =p....felt a lil nervous while i was walking up towards his mailbox...double check the address and quietly place my papers into the box AND THE DARN MAILBOX SQUEAKED!!! Looked into his house to see if there's anyone around haha, then walked back to the car and suddenly a car drove pass and made a U turn...so we tried to catch a glimpse of the drive, turns out, he was from my class to, he too, slowly walk up to the mailbox and place his papers there. MY initial plan was to go there, hang around in the car till the very last minute, and watch my teacher walk out of the house to check his mail, then see who else decided to make the last minute drop off haha! But heck, it was late, i had some company to send to the bus stop and i had a long day....so fingers cross hoping to get full credit =p....would that be considered as stalking?

The paper requires us to visit any museum or any marine center and find something interesting to write about, like a process of documentation and also include proof of visit. So i did yesterday, the day before the paper was due, went to the Museum of Natural History, then head on down to the beach from there, to the pier to visit a lil marine center.

Got it done!
WOHOOO!!!

Project updates

Project Tabblo status : SHIPPED


In a few days time, i shall be receiving my Project Tabblo via FedEx Express!
Boy O boy can i wait! *Imagining packages at my doorstep as i come home!

Surprise surpriSe!!

Updates

So, for those who haven't check you mail, or those who didn't get any thing from me lately, two weeks ago actually....I've sent out loads of invites to view my Tabblo, the reason why i choose to go through all this and send invites is because i didn't open those Tabblo for public viewing, that's how i am in case you don't know me. So, check check check, view view view, and feel free to leave me comments, bad and good!

The next two weeks, more will be "open" to you guys...and for those who are curious, look out for my nick name in any of those pages and click on it, you will be directed to my main page where you can view my other Tabblos, i know some of you view my page to relax your selfs? hehe, thats cool to know.

If you're reading this and you didn't get anything? Check your SPAM, or maybe i just didn't send it to you, so let me know, and i shall invite YOU to view my pictures. However, i do realize that it looks like i'm "bombing" your email account with all the invites, for that i apologize.



For those who have visited, THANK YOUSSSSS and do come back, i hope you've enjoyed it! Cheersssmateeeeeee

Project Tabblo - continued.....

So, here i am again, totally forgotten about this post after that night haha...

Em, so, this Project was separated into 3 sets of project using services provided by Tabblo...i was in a rush as i had a dateline to meet, not forgetting the amount of time that is needed for post production, and the allowance for shipping. So as i've mentioned, had to pick the best amount the few thousand pictures that i've narrow down from 50K pictures? Choose, pile and compose into a portfolio like, and in NEAR FUTURE, you guys would be able to see it, if lucky, you guys even get to FEEL it L o L, it doesn't really make sense =)

I've told you guys all that i can mentioned, for those who have known me long enough, this is how i am, haha, always having something hidden somewhere somehow until it becomes a surprise! SO watch out, i WILL have a follow-up post on this Project....


to LB, lu tunggu lagi ya!!