Photography

I love taking pictures the moment I came to college...
And I am happy to say that college life inspired me to made photography as another hobby of mine...
Macro shots on flowers, trees, or something had to do with nature and scenery would be my favorite type of photography, models as well...But, taking models needs loads of skills, this is where I need to improve...
Friends of mine gave me short tutorials on photo shooting : Lynn and Simon, including David Khor...
One of my lecturer: Ms Chu, without her teaching me on the focus and some techniques, I might lost as well, credits to you Ms Chu...
What makes photography so special to me ??
I love natural shots, with the poses of the most natural of human faces...
The moment I turn around with a camera on hand, friends will pose automatically, and this was what I'm looking for, natural smile and poses...Often I asked / request people to pose, but, still natural though, because it was their lovely smiles and expressions...
I was surrounded with people with classic poses and they were good at it...
Credits for my friend that always borrow me their cameras for shooting...
My skills had loads of place for improvement...And photography is an art....and professions as well...
One of the worst I had on hand is my writing skills, I can't do good description writings like how my classmates did...How I wish I could be like them...If only, I would be more better in writing....
I enjoy reading photo captions as well, too bad I can do only simple captions...
There was once I visited an exhibition in college, it was all about arts...I was fond to one of the pictures, it's about the water drops...
I like sentimental and inspirational captions, it touches me most of the time, and motivated me to move on to take more pictures and improve myself in the future...
Inspiration not just only comes from articles and stuffs, but a simple picture can deliver a good message behind...
Photography to me, is the moment of capturing happiness and keeping memories in safe, even though it would be blur for times, but, it was one of your happy moments....

One of the Greatest Gift

I wrote about it before..And I only show it to 1 person...
I participated a public speaking competition during my certificate time, and the title was "The Greatest Gift"...I wrote about 2 lecturers that I met, but, there are many more surprise gift from life, and I strongly believe in that...
And it was, life gave another extraordinary gift to me : DJR (Diploma in Journalism), batch 2010/2011...
I "chipped" into this family during 2010 semester 2, where I just finish my certificate...
I was totally new to this course, especially the people, I am the only one from my past course to join this, and this major was only with 20 ++ people in it, and I really never assume that...
It was kind of struggling from the beginning, when I start to having class with them...
Even dare of asking myself whether I had made the right choice or not...And to be honest, I joined certificate, and, to be frank again, certain students look down on us, because we are certificate students, the level had created the barrier between both of it...
And, I had one of the greatest surprise I had : they were friendly...
I can't really recall back who I talk to at the very 1st moment in class, I was so nervous, and if I'm not mistaken it was Sukh, and the 2nd will be Tricia or Amanda (if the order was correct)...
I get barred that semester, loads of stuffs happening on me (lost my wallet, leg get cemented), I don't blame on it, kind of angry to myself why I just can't handle my life well (out of topic a bit, so sorry)...
Okay...Back to the gifts, I was amazed with their talents, and their sense of humor...I learnt how to being modest and humble (still learning), learn how to control my emotions (still learning)...
Now, comes to list of the classmates, this style of listing ; I got it from one of my classmates, not copying (I'm copying), but thanks for giving me the idea, and here goes:
Sukh -  A girl that really loves Twilight...nice to have you as a friend...
Amanda - Tall and cool...you are caring, and responsible; good in the way you are...
Tricia - Active and out-spoken...you are one of the talented emcee I had ever met...Salute to you...
Asha  / Sandra - Cool and wise...you are humor sometimes...and makes me feel warm all the time...
Boon Mun - One of the most "yeng" girl I have ever met...independent, nice to have a friend that has cheer leading experiences, which was awesome...
Prem - Tall and mature...experiences from what I heard is what made you like a big brother for me as a role model in class...
Khavita - Quiet and chill...a sweet girl in the class, and wish I can as chill as you, as in the meaning of chill for you is stable...
Khana - Quiet also, and sweet...Receiving your sweet sms was loving and happy, which made my day goes on...
Shi Yan - Princess type and likes Korean pop culture, humor also...love to listen to your humors, and your cute actions, made me laugh until I can't really resists...
May May - Also princess type, clings to Korean culture as well...standing on your own opinion and go for it is what I really amazed on you...
Lan Lan - Responsible and efficient as a printing manager...And you were fast in distributing the notes, and I was always happy to receive...
Ee Li - Strong and tough...You represent Johor for SUKMA, and I amazed with a your karate level you achieved,  Karate girl...
Sze Ying - Expert in drawings = artistic...I like the class t-shirt you design, even though it was simple, but, you can draw words in an artistic way, and I really amazed...
Shook Ying - Knowledgeable and mature...I know a lot of news and stories when I had conversation to you, and really, wish to team up with you again in badminton in the future...
Wai Yoke - Sincere and kind-hearted...Which you are true in the way you are...Even though didn't really had much talking with you, but, I can feel your sincere of you to your friends...
Lai Yee - Simple...Simple as in a way that you're not materialize, and you will always work your way through to what you want, which you gave me a lesson in being less desire...
Sin Mun - Cool...Living in the same block with me, I don't know that you really like to play mini games, and you really stand strong on your own opinion, firm in your own decision...which I need to learn from you...
Yishu - Funny and a good photographer...I like your pictures you took during our picnic, and you are funny in the way you comments on our DJR groups...
Chien Fei - Knowing you for just in this semester, but finding you a chill and stable student in our class, like Khavita, nice working with you in assignment even though it was just only a few times...
Andrew Stephen - Independent and good looking...And even though never really talk to you in class, but you were chill and cool in the way you are, working your own way out for your own education...
Tommy Tham - Helpful...Never really talk to you also in the class, but, seeing you helping out in driving us here and there, and 2 times being your passengers, love the songs in your car...
Kenneth Tee - Loves football and quiet...Same as other guys, never really talk to you also..Hanging out with the class (including you), laughters are there, and pro in CS...
Raja Danial - The money collector and cool...Can't really believe that you are a mix of Malay and Chinese, it was lucky to had a Malay friend that speak Chinese; you had a good sense in humor writing, I salute that...
Pang Hee - Japanese culture oriented....You reminded me one of my previous certificate classmate...your language skills inspired me during English assignment, and I'm happy to work with you in future again...
Andrew Ong - Can't forget him...Weird when I 1st know him...Uncle looking student, but, without him, our class couldn't have so much laughter...Good to have you Andrew...
Hope I didn't miss anyone out of it...
There were more to write about all of you...Old times, I blame myself why I never study well in SPM, so I would have further myself to Diploma instead of certificate...After studying certificate, thoughts change, and I was lucky that my SPM that drags me towards certificate, and certificate drags me towards all of you...And I am grateful for fate that brings me to all of you...Even though I stand on my own beliefs that I create my own destiny; but, without you all joining this remarkable journey of mine with me, things would be different...
And I truly grateful to SPM, that brings me to a wonderful certificate life; and yet, draw me to a magnificent diploma life...
I believe also we had loads of unknown surprise waiting for us, and I can assure we can go through each 1 by 1...Even though we were "out-numbered", filled with what we had, as a group of 26 people...
This was a random topic, and I improvised from what I had written previously...
Once, I would end it like this:
It was one of the greatest gift to have you all in my life, and I was grateful to certificate, that draws me to a superb life in DJR, and that tick I made in the form of choosing the course was right; because I had you all together with me...Thank you, once again...DJR...

Factory

Chilhood memories are fill with happy and sad, which with only this 2...
I came back to the place where my childhood memory lays upon (part of it): The Factory..
Odd or what so ever, it really is where I play and learn...
All the raw woods, machines, transportations (lorry, container and forklift), processing furnitures are actually memories, and the odour of the paints for the furnitures seems already immune to me...
The factory had a 27 years of history, named Yeu Hong, which grew up together with me for 20 years (my current age is 20)...
As I step in to the office, strange feelings come in, as in this place was familiar with me for once, now it became strange, maybe the duration of my visits were lesser comparing to the old times, where me and my cousins use to take place and play with all the people inside while their working (not a good thing to do)....TO BE HONEST,  I was failed once again, which I can't really recall the true story behind this factory, as in all I know it was just doing businesses all the time, exporting and manufacturing was what it's majoring all the while...
I love this place, even though it was quite a time since my visit...
My parents been working inside here for 20 years...which how old I am = how long they work...
The colleagues are also the greatest memories, working together with this factory for more than 6 years...Having all the great times with them, so as my parents...Marketing, Purchasing, HR, Production, from the front line to the production line, together, the factory survives until now...
My playground at the factory was on the furnitures, the staircases, and the forklift, where I like to climb on it and take a look from the above, it gives me the sense being on the top, but dangerous, you might fell from it anytime...This was why I am being pride on myself easily, it had something to do with it...
My dad works around all the time (production), hardly see him stand still or sit still on a spot, in case anything...My mum works behind, something to do with logistic, store, purchasing raw wood materials and other stuffs (if I'm not mistaken)...
I love being here, even though it was just only for half a day or the whole day...
Listening to the machines, the driving, the smells, and the people around here, I just can't believe, this factory has been here for more than 20 years...And it was still good looking in it's own way....
The office going through 2 times of fire emergency before, but still survives, it undergo the economic crisis (less of orders) before, still survive, until now, it still operates as usual...And I miss the good old days running here and there talking with my parents colleagues (please don't follow, you're bothering their work progress)...
Now, I get to meet them once a year consistently in the yearly exhibition in PWTC (KL), because I am at KL, and the place was damn near to my college, travelling to there was super damn easy...
This already a culture to visit them during the exhibition, before that it was in the The MINES...The faces of the marketing departments are still the same, which my uncle will be there..Just a simple drop by and dinner with all of them, already a must for every year...
I love this factory a lot...As today, walking in to the show room, looking at all the dining sets, and bed sets, this factory will be going as usual, and I hope that it will keep maintaining it's productivity all the time and success in the future...
I never thought of working inside, as Iim not good in businesses anyway, leave it to the professionals as it always, but, this was still the place that cultivated me as what I am today...
I wish to know more about this factory, and I do believe that I can...

Laputa In The Sky : Secrets Revelation

I fell deeply in love with this animation...
It was made by a very famous Japanese animator...The theme song was as nice as the story...Here it goes...
It all started with a girl, felling down from the sky, with a necklace, which glows and help her to float, a boy happen to pass by, and saw this girl which was floating all the way down...It was the stone around the neck that had this awesome power to help people float...
The boy held the girl in his arms, and put her on the floor...The scene was charming...The boy helped the girl to escape from the pirates that wanted the floating stone, and the authorities were looking for the stone also...Which the girl noticed that the stone may actually pointing the direction to the castle in the sky, which is Laputa, a legendary story that tells that this city is actually floating and flying, but, the residents from that city had long lost from the sky to be seen, and they were scattered around on Earth...
The couple's becoming friends with the pirates, and finally, they founded Laputa...And the girl which is actually the royal descendant from the Laputa kingdom, and she was the one to inherit the throne, which it was suppose to be...The girl was been held as hostage by one of the authority guy (also a descendant of Laputa), he planned to use Laputa for world domination (as all villains wanted), failed also in the end, due the boy's courage and the girl's willingness to destroy her own kingdom...Finally, they got out from the castle, and they saw Laputa (what is left of it), floating and floating, disappear within the clouds and from the eyes of the people...
 As the story ends, it wasn't too late to realize, certain secrets, it will be always forever safe, as time goes by, when the secret never been discovered by humans, the world might be safe from another disaster...As what I learn, certain secrets are better if you never ever discovered...People said that my mouth would always be the most tightest, no matter how I will never ever reveal your secret...And only dead people can keep secrets, because they were dead...
Not to say that I agree with the point of view that by only killing people, secrets will be kept forever, but, to urge for those people that keeping secrets, if you do not want others to make full use of your secret, don't bother to tell them, and who cares ???
Keeping secrets is like you are hiding tons of stone inside your heart, you can look for someone you trust to tell, or other ways that you favor to release...
For me, secrets are killing, and if I had a chance to know, or if I accidentally know it, that might be something interesting, as in, I wouldn't really care about it, even though curiosity drives me, but, to be honest and frank, I will try my best to stay myself out of it...Secret kills, and it creates conflict...Which I would try my best to minimize it even though it can't be escaped...

Inspired

Loads of inspiration happening around me lately...Bare in mind all are the good ones...
I like to read, both in Chinese and English...Lately, I'm into one of my friend's blog...She gave me what was the precious most : Inspiration....Time by time reading her blog, it gives me a new page of ideas to write on...
Her latest title was on her exams and stuffs, but, what I amazed and attracted was not just about language, it was her message, and the title already giving me a lesson...
DON'T BOTHER...Yes, most of the time, I like to sulk over what was already spilled, it was a past, why look back when it was not suppose to be ?
Moments past..And I would try my best to capture and treasure it, while I can and while I;m able to do so...
In a way that I love happy memories and who doesn't ?
This friend of mine was a Christian, following the God's will...And I am a Buddhist, following on what I believe and taught...
No offence, and I found something interesting...I need to start learning not bothering about exams that long...
I love to do that and I enjoy it sometimes, and I found it difficult to walk out from the darkness of making myself sad when doing exam...
My style exam goes like this : I will never ever read the moment I start my journey to exam venues, and that is a tradition of mine, but I broke that today, and I read it when I was heading for it...For the very first time, I study very last minute (please do not follow)...And I am so worry about it...
When I walk in, I look at the clock hanging on the wall, and mine was slow...The moment the invigilator said you may answer, and I answer with what I have inside my brain...
And I know what I can do, even though I know I would loss marks..WHY care??
I was suppose to let go, right ? In a way that I need to let go...I did my best, and I believe everyone did the same thing in exams....I try not to look back, and I did look back the answers, but, the feeling of blaming myself for what I am seems to fly away, and I didn't even noticed...
I finish reading her blog just know, which gave me an idea on to write about Inspiration, with her blog title that was catchy...I am grateful to had wonderful blogs to read on, and serve as an improvement as well...
DON'T BOTHER...Its a good title, and a good practice, as in where I really need not bother about it while I can, I did what I can to save it, to reverse it, to keep it and to maintain it...I believe for who I am and what I can do, this is not ego nor pride, this is self confidence, as in where I am grateful for who I am, and what I can do, to preserve...And I am grateful to have inspirational friends, that would always help me in a way that I can...
Either it is directly or indirectly, friends are there for each other even though it was just as simple as sitting beside you...Dedicated to her, and the rest of my friends that gave me an opportunity to know myself better...
Inspiration does not only comes randomly, but randomly with what is worth to be inspired, even though it was just a simple action or words to express...
Thank you for the inspiration....

Act-Smart-ism

Acting and pretending to be smart was kinda obvious to me all the time...
Today, I seriously learned a lesson...
I don't mind learning new lessons everyday, but not in the finals...
This is going screw up my life definitely...
I had my first paper today, and I am definitely not happy with it (after I realize something)...
The invigilator had a voice sounds like "nightingale"...High pitched than anyone else...
During the exam, I was copying/rewrite the answers to the booklet...
Due to my egoism and act-smart-ism, I cross the answers and rewrite a brand new one...
And I don't understand why I had such a confident that the answer will be correct...
After a short discussion (after the exam of course), realizing that my act-smart-ism went wrong...
THE ANSWER WAS WRONG !!!!!
I know I shouldn't sulking over it...But, I can't help it as usual...
There is nothing that I can do to change the past, and I lost 13 marks for that question, which is an unquestionable fact...
I consider my exam today zombie (half dead half alive), with no expectations that I'm going to get A or what so ever, due to my act-smart-ism....
I wanted to share this feeling with everyone: do not ever act smart, although you can act it the way you want, the consequence will be very stupid, and ended up putting yourself in a situation that you can't get through, which is still angry for yourself...
There is a Hokkien saying that: You can be smart, but don't act smart...
I wouldn't want this to happen again tomorrow (hope so), can't guarantee that I won't repeat the same mistake...I seriously hope so...
To overcome, only thing is to prepare well before exam (obvious)...The paper tomorrow is going to be tough and challenging...I wanted to conquer, but, see how, it's not the Alps or Everest...
NO MORE ACT-SMART-ISM...
You will ended up committing suicide mentally, as in sitting there alone and looking at the correct answer...
Confident is good, but it kills sometimes...All the best for tomorrow...everyone...

Late/Morning = Exam & Studying Last Minute

This is not the first time to stay up so late...

Technically it's not late, it's already morning 6.00 and the cocks are doing their job...

My job haven done, or to say it should be done by now...

I was suppose to studying, ended up playing what I had in my computer/hard disk..

I was suppose to do my revision on the exam later, but, ended up doing other stuffs...

I see myself as a............definite confident, but, also egoism, as in where I really confident in what I am, but, the emptiness within causes me to still read the notes...And I should be doing it right now...

Notes need to be read, so as stop playing on CS's during the exam time, which this can't really help on it...The game was truly addicting and seducing, and I should be resisting the temptation of playing it...

It was still in the dark although it was already morning, I can get some sleep if I wanted, but, I will ended up late to the exam...

Alarm works on me, because it will be beside me the whole time...

Looking at the notes, I feel confident...On the second thought...

I should be really start to do revision right now, or else I will be doing revision during the next semester and I swear I will sulking myself up for a long time if that really happens and that is a IF...

Sleepy, but need to be awake, because I will be having my first paper later, dictionary was allowed which it was the first time I was allowed...

Seriously need to start now, either I die in the exam or I die in resiting the paper...That's it...

Magic Wand = Yourself

If I had a magic wand, I would like to wipe out all the sad memeories I had, and fill it up with all the happiest moments...
If I had a magic wand, I would like to foresee the future, and make things to become the way I wanted to be...
Everything sounds so on my own way, because I control my own life, and I made my own way out of it...And everytime it failed to do so...
How I wish I could really work it out soon, how to made my life busy and easy, and it will always be a statement, not an action...It will always hanging around there...
It sounds so awesome, when one's life was easy and busy at the same time...Maybe I need to practice to be multi-tasking...
I love my life to be busy, but easy at the time when it's busy...
It was contradicting and I knew it was not going to happen, I know myself well, by the time I was in busy mode, it wouldn't be easy...
Transferring a sentence from a drama:
The taste of original coffee is bitter, but, you can choose to add sugar or milk to make it sweet...
And I prefer coffer in suger or milk or both...
The magic wand thing seems to be a failure when you can add sugar or milk into your coffee/life...
In case, If I had a magic wand, I would really love to add sugar and millk all the time to fill up the empty spaces in my life, substituting it with happiness instead of sadness...
I tried not to look at the past, and the past seems always sadness when I ever try to look at it...
There are happiness too in the past, and it will always pass by just like that...
Woke myslef up from the instance dreaming in the past, everything was just a pile of dust...
It wasn't too late to realize everything was in the past, and past tense always come after present tense although you can choose to write it either in present or past...
Like writing like taking public transport, can life be?
Cool...Since you can choose to write an essay in past tense, you can choose write in present tense...
You can choose to stop or board in any train station/bus station you want, doesn't that the same thing in life??
And that's your choice, the magic wand is your yourself...

Digimon

I wanted to wrote about it for quite time...Now I can...I love Digimon, the way how it involves...
I love the team spirit carried out in each episode, it was awesome !!!
I love the songs, it was so Digimon...
I love the characters and the Mons inside, it was fantastic !!!
What else I love about ?
It was actually what they told me...
I watched since secondary school, but a bit and a bit..
Now, I bought the whle set of it (only season 1 & 2)...Can watch anytime I wanted to...
I only fond to season 1 and 2, just love it with no reasons...
The Mons inside were handsome in a way when they involved to the highest level...
2 Mons I love the most: Wargreymon and MetalGarurumon (my profile picture of my blog)...
Each character had their own symbols of charactheristics...I love 2 most: Courage and Friendship...
All the quotes inside: Not giving up easily, We do it as a team...It's educational in a way...
I basically love it no matter how it goes, it won't get bored when I watch it...
The loyalties and supports within friends and a team is what makes them together...
Although in reality, this might or might not happen, but I do believe in teamwork...
Season 1 was about 7 choosen kids sent to the Digital World, and add another 1 at the middle behind of the episodes...
Season 2 continue Season 1, just that kids in Season 1 became more good looking and pretty...Season 2 characters are also cool and gaya in a way, the Mons are getting more sophisticated, including the props and pc's...Stories are getting more exciting, but, the situation are easier compared to Season 1..
Kids in Season 1 needs to worry for food, shelter, and energy to defend and evolution most of the time, and they got seperated in between the journey...It was challenging...
Kids in Season 2 are travelling everyday between Digital world and Reality World (Earth), they can recharge everyday..Hardly found any difficult circumstances for them to solve...
No doubts, all the Mons in Season 1 and 2 are the most gaya's...
My loyalty still goes to Season 1 and Season 2..The following seasons, I wasn't really following it...
I love the ending of the 2 seasons, where it tells me the importance of dream and belief, and confidence...Do your best to accomplish it, it's your dream and hope...
Digimon...

Bye Bye

My sister, leave Malaysia behind...
She had choose Australia - Perth as her place to further her tertiary education...
It was cool that finally she made up her choice to go there...
I happy for her, congratulated her that she finally found her way...
Curtin University, I just googled it...She will be majoring herself in Health Science aka Psychology..
Foundation and English course will come first before she majored herself in what she wanted...
She never really leave the family for such a time...
Today at the airport, I never really talk to her much...
But, I had loads of things to tell her...Just I do not know how...
I gave her the family picture where I kept in the room for 2 years...
It was long time ago though, the members still look the same...
Luckily, she was going together with her friends, got company, it wouldn't be that much afraid...
She was taller than me, I guess...
Start to miss her (she just fly off not more than 3 hours....)
Let go would be the best..Somehow, certain experience must be experienced by oneself to grow...
Still, I am going to miss her...Since world was without borders....
Skype and Facebook works well and can talk to each other...
Her boyfriend was in the same college with me, but different school, can take care of each other....
Now, going home without seeing her face, things will somehow be different...
And I....I, will always miss the time with her...(oh my gosh, she's gonna come back, why so emotional?)
Come on, it's my sister, no matter how long, I will always miss her...
In my heart, bye bye seems to be the hardest word for that moment, still, she has to go...
We are going to say it anyway: Bye Bye!!!
Study hard and smart, we will waiting for you here at Malaysia...
Bon Voyage, dear sis...