Litter Filler

Uh, the photo below, was, uh, taken during a, uh, recent trip to, uh, Setiu, Terengganu.
















Currently, uh, sorting through my, uh, photo "archives". Lots of, uh, stuff to do there. Uh, yeah.

New (Last) Year's Resolution: Organize Photo Folder

...the 6-month[!] overdue (update);

Here is the update:

I'm currently studying my Master in Tourism Planning.

That's all, folks!

(Don't touch that dial, the next update will come within the next seven months or so!)

Oh look, an idiot!

Quote:

'He claimed that because of the failure of the police to prevent the demonstration, he suffered a "loss of reputation as a father" in failing to fulfil his promise to take his children out shopping in Sogo that day.'

Source: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/109993

So, urm.. that's more important than our civil rights, eh?

My (lazy) attempt at photographing models.

Just one.

Introducing...

The Repetitively Infinite Adventures of Luke-o Skywalker-o!

INT Death-o Star-o.

(Intro. Uplifting theme music plays.)

Enter Luke-o.

(Heavy breathing ala pervert on phone)

Luke-o: Wait, that's not me, you idiot! My voice is high-pitched and annoyingly whiny! I'm outta here. (inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale)

Exit Luke-o. Enter DARTH-O VADER-O

(High-pitched whining)

DARTH-O VADER-O: I THINK THIS SCRIPTWRITER IS A WONKY RETARD. HE MUST DIE. FORCE-O CHOKE-O!

(Whooshing sound [supposedly] like the Force-o being used on someone. Cartoon bouncing sound effect [boing!])

DARTH-O VADER-O: THERE IS NO FOURTH WALL, THERE IS NO FOURTH WALL, THERE IS NO FOURTH WALL, THERE IS NO FOURTH WALL, THERE IS NO FOURTH WALL, THERE IS NO FOURTH WALL...

Scriptwriter: Metsu.. Hadouken!

(DARTH-O VADER-O flies out of the window.)

(Credits roll. Uplifting theme music plays.)

END.

Those annoying Facebook..

..quizzes.

Facebook Quiz: Noun. Applications which ask a series of irrelevant questions so that the user would discover information about him/herself which s/he (probably) already knew. Among some of the more popular quizzes on Facebook (slowly degrading to Farcebook - ed) are:
1. How good you are in bed.
2. What your best position is in bed.
3. How many partners you would have in bed.
4. What type of bed best suits you.
5. Where would said bed be placed.
6. Do you even need a bloody bed?
7. No bed? Try...
8. Are you spending too much time on Facebook quizzes?
note: bed = sleep.

Author's commentary:
(a) Fa(r)cebook quizzes could be fun, if there were like, two of them.
(b) Fa(r)cebook quizzes are a compilation of ancient internet quizzes and random 4chan jpegs. The author left F(r)iendster when excessively colourful (and annoying) animated gifs invaded the testimonies and profile pages.
(c) The author join Fa(r)cebook for a reason: it's clean, minimalist look. Now it's a becoming a wretched hive of scum and villiany.
(d) Which reminds the author of Star Wars.. specifically, Jabba teh Hutt.
(e) The author can't sleep. That's why he's bashing social networks.

p/s. Oh, oh, look! Move the (r) from Friendster to Facebook and you get Fiendster and Farcebook. <-- Lame Joke. Please read note (e) above.

I like flashing.

(Finally) got my strobe, a Sony HVL F58.

Now, to find the time to practice and play around with it.. :-p

Quickie.

Been busy these past few days.. will do a full post sometime :-)

Hoping to get a strobe soon! HVL42, or HVL58? Hmm...

(plus) One!

Second item on my "wishlist*":













SAL 70-200mm f 2.8 G!

*Wonder if I should rename this "list" into "dreams and fantasies" instead..

-Untitled-

This is one of my favourite shots taken during the trip to Yunnan. If I remember correctly, this was taken with the camera hanging down my neck at chest level, in continous burst fire mode. This boy was a student in a private school that we went to "teach". The students there are mostly children of migrant parents from other provinces in China. They are charged exorbitant fees for attending public schools, and many cannot afford it. Therefore, private schools of this kind are set up. These "charitable" schools usually charge lower tuition fees* and are set up to cater to the needs of these families. However, with no source of funding other than through donations and school fees, private schools resort to taking-in as many students as they could possibly squeeze into a room**.

*In Malaysia (and most other countries, I believe), private schools are usually for the "rich" and "famous" and charge extremely excessive rates for tuition.

** Based on my ever unfounded, biased, and frankly, quite silly opinions :-D

You're No Fun Anymore...

...but that's my only line!






















This boy was one of the pupils in the aforementioned school. He's fondly remembered for walking around the assembly area during breaks eating stuff with his bare hands.. which I suspect were never washed. The water taps there only had c-c-c-cold water. The school children do not wash themselves up let alone bathe during the five, six days in school. (The children would go home on weekends)

Then again, that was during winter.

Possibly related note to self: I find it very hard to write when I'm not thinking up stupid/lame/offensive/snide comments. It's like, "you're no fun anymore", that sort of thing.