what should I get?

my bday is coming next week. just wonder what should I get for myself. hmm..
I have been waiting for canon 60D for 2 years and it is a big let down for me. :(

it is still using digic 4, the body is smaller and not metal body like 50D, they remove the back joystick! that is a big no no for me. 'cos I use that to choose which focus point fastter than using a dail! now they remove it will be a big slow down for me.

then it is the memory card. they change to SD card! damn.. now I need to buy SD card if I want to upgrade. :( and battery also change! now they change to using same batt as 7D and 5DmII. meaning I need to buy new batt!!! :(

next in line is 7D or 5DmII. 7D is good but the IQ is the same as 50D and it is just 1.6k diff from 5DmII. might as well go for 5DmII right? but.. 5DmII focusing is slower then my 50D and I see more and more ppl moving to D700 'cos of that.

ah... help!!

ps: post using iPod. hmm or I should get a ipad? haha

200+ photographer; 22 girls

first time shooting in Miss Chinese Cosmos Pageant,2010. because of Beh and Joel wanted to go. so i tag along haha. :P

end up Beh didn't turn up. i think he kena block in custom. LOL. anyway, some of the pics; not related to the 22 girls haha.

i think she is last year winner. still looks great in pic. :)top photographer from PG8, Chuan. you can almost see him in any event. :)
and not to forget, Joel Chu.

see how he beat the uncle compact camera. haha.
and Joel Chu friend. :P
and the last one.

"see pek tua liap eh uncle!" our fellow "photographer" haiz...........
normally i dont really like to shoot this type of free event. too many people and too hot... i mean the weather. haha :P

i m back!

after last month. my 50D die on my half way shooting Sharon and Kev. lucky there is a work around for changing the setting using different dial if your main dail fail.

yes my 50D main dail die. i can only increase but i cannot decrease my shutter speed. so in-order to change shutter speed or aperture. i need to use GUI method to change the setting each time i change a location.lucky i remember there is still such function! sorry i didn't bring my 2nd body that day. 'cos i didn't expect it to die on me! sorry sorry! sorry for the 10 minutes delay! i hope the set of pictures make up for the 10 minutes!

anyway, this is how my camera return. warp in a plastic bag -.-"
the total damage of the repair is RM280. to me, i can say is cheap. why?

they don't just change the main dail. seems like the whole thing come in one set. so inorder to change that. the LCD, function dail, the 4 button on top and the back two button also replace together!
see see the pic so clear now! last time mine i think got scratch and the dail abit dusty, but now all looks like new!
new LCD also? i don't know. but FY said is not. but y they put on the protection? to avoid scratches? hmm..
anyway, i m happy with the repair. now it looks like new and i got extra 3 months warranty back! wohoo! now is time for some field hard core test again! :D

if you guys hoping me to change 5DMarkII.. hmm not yet. although the price drop around 1K but for me is still too much. but never know right? hehe. sumore 60D coming soon. :D might have new Digic too! :P

canon fair

drop by gurney yesterday. tot want to check out new price for 5DMarkII or 7D. manatau they dont have the price there.

then tot want to check out a few lens price but not much to choose from. :( compare with nikon in bripex. they got like huge collections to choose from. :(

anyway, a big disappointment for already own a DSLR user like me. but for those who want to start DSLR, the fair is good for you 'cos they selling 400D with kits only RM999. and sold out.. -.-"

maxim ice cream

normally i go there for donuts, but not this week. Joel decided to pay his gf a visit so we drop by for some ice cream for our labor day celebration :P

if you go now is RM5.60 for two scoop 'cos now got 20% off.
for ferrero rocher ice cream just add another RM0.50 on top of it.
do drop by for some ice cream guys when you free. i just had mine whisky ice cream.
thanks Chu~!

KFC

this is what happen when wife not at home. lunch i had peanuts drinks and 600cc beef noodle. yummy!

dinner, i tot don't want to spend so much on my own meal so i decided to use one of my RM60 voucher and eat KFC!yum yum so nice.. after today i cannot eat again haha.

so lucky i got a wife who know how to take good care of me. :D

xian ding wei taiwanese tea room

drop by this new shop for dinner that day. Xian Ding Wei Taiwanese tea room at Queensbay.

the place so crowded so i thought the food must be very nice. but end up very disappointed. this is what i order:
this is the set meal that come with braised prok rice, soup and 3 side dish. it is a pork chop "red" wine set. but the pork just taste like normal pork chop and is super dry and "old".

and for the 3 side dish:
one ikan bilis and 3 nuts and you consider this as one side dish? oO" and the honey dew pearl milk tea. is nothing so great either. you can just get it from the road side and it taste the same.

other then that, the yam cake and bamboo pumpkin bun is nothing so great also. both of it is too oily and the mulberry milk pudding is very artificial.

this place is a big no no for me jor. so, is there anything you guys tested and is nice?

2010 = 2010 unit only

will you buy a SLR that is almost double the price 'cos it is limited edition?

my 2nd award

a few months back. if you follow my tweets, then you know i submitted my photos for competition and last month i got email from them saying i won the wildlife category. from thousand plus entry i won. :D

and the pic already hang on the wall as deco now.
i so love the large print, maybe i should get one printed out also.
anyway, below is the winning shots. i call it the "moody day"
for this, i have to thanks Deepak and Joel Chu for driving me to the zoo on an early Monday morning and took this shots. i will share the award with them................. once i got it. -.-"

aiks

someone took Piercy pic.. haha.

Cheng Beng

every year on Cheng Beng day i need to go back hometown and pay my respect to my great grandpa and both my grandparents. this year is the 2nd year FY follow my parents for prayers. thanks FY! *mucks*

the reason why i thank her is, she need to wakeup like 3:30am and follow us drive down to Ayer Tawar for about 2 and a half hours. walk into the woods when the sun is not yet shine.
walking in the mud, clean up the place, and countless mosquitoes bite. And she need to do that twice in one morning! then drive back on the same day. she must be really really tired and my parents too. must really really thanks them. :D

but the prayers back there is different from what we do in Penang. there we get to throw this "paper strips" in the end of burning. something everyone enjoy throwing it.
while you throwing it, you shout "HUAT AH!", so the higher it goes the more HUAT you are this year. And this is how high it go this year...
i think.... someone in the family is going to very HUAT jor. heheh.

special delivery

i guess someone is trying to help Man Utd debt hahah..

creative edge

it's been a while since i last use this technique on any photos i took. so i though of giving a try tonight and this is the outcome..

you guys like it? i find that it works better for structures or vehicle. it doesn't really looks good on portraiture. :S

another got block

more and more blogs is blocki wonder why.. must be some scripts they use for their website. i hope it doesn't block mine one day. haha.

malaysia ONS fan page

while waiting for MU match. i saw this fan page on Facebook.all i see is mostly guys and i m surprise to see him response to that:
STEVE what happen to you~~~~? :P

time to change again

before i came up with this. i already scrap like 6 to 7 designs. finally i think that this is one of the best , but end up alot ppl dont like about it.so is time to change... again. one sad news after another. haiz.. :(