Haze is Killing me softly!!!

It has gotten worse today! The Indonesians are making me f*cking pissed now! No, I'm not in the right mood to be "understanding" and "considerate". Even my whole office smells like we're in an incinerator. All the Indonesian minister can say is "I am sorry"? Oh yeah? Why don't you come over here and breathe the air along together with us? You dumbass minister! Don't just sit there and apologize you dumbass! Just clear this bloody catastrophe!


The haze is killing me!


Look how Bad it is - to our HEALTH!

I have Indonesian friends as well and I don't blame Indonesians as a whole... but the culprits are ruthless murderers for claiming the forest as well as the health of thousands and thousands of people. I despise you and I hope you burn to death in the own fire you set out.

Konfabulator - Widgets for the PC!

What is a Konfabulator you may ask. I discovered it recently. It is similar to what you would find in the latest MAC OS - widgets. These widgets are somewhat informative desktop tools / gadgets that can range from date/time to weather report to currency converter and even to stock quotes. You can place them anywhere on the desktop.


Look at my desktop!!! =D

The Konfabulator has recently been acquired by Yahoo and is offered as a free product. It was previously priced at USD8o! It's good we have huge portals like Google and Yahoo offering "Useful" and "Free" products!

If you are interested, you may head on to http://www.konfabulator.com/ to download the software and widgets. Both Windows and MAC version is available.

Photog Entry: Portrait Capture 2

Here are some experimental portraiture photos that I took a few days ago. There are no impressive gadgets, no specialized lightings, no make up artist, no complicated lens, no impressive backdrops and certainly no studio. Only the photographer, the model, his D70 and a 50mm f/1.8D. The Nikkor 50mm is indeed a very sharp lens and works well in low light.

D70: 50mm, f/1.8, 1/45s

In room lighting.

D70: 50mm, f/1.8, 1/30s

I always try to get the eyes to be in focus...

D70: 50mm, f/1.8, 1/30s

"In deep thoughts"

Hope you enjoy these!

I hate Haze Day!

Darn! The haze is back once again. This is how bad it is from my apartment. I seriously hate the haze. I take a shower, go out and have my dinner and came back smelling like I had just smoked 2 packs of cigarattes! Why does it happen so frequently over here?!! This is becoming a common phenomenon here and it is just pissing me off!

Today, in the news, they mentioned that air quality around Klang Valley is "Unhealthy" and they urge the public to complaint to the Department of Environment (DOE) if people are found to practice open burning. My girlfriend's father has been complaining to the DOE until he is sick and tired of it! No action has been taken! So, what kind of bullshit is the DOE telling us?! I'm sick and tired of their complacency. I AM SO PISSED!!!

Her Convocation Day in UPM

My girl has officially graduated on the 30th of July 2005. That's the date for her convocation in UPM. Her family and her uncle's family was there to witness the occasion. If you read the earlier post, you'd realize that I missed my convocation as I was in Poland that time. Read on and find out how I finally had my convocation as well.. =D


San San and Family celebrating the joyous occasion


With her small and cute cousin sisters. These 2 young girls are gearing up to be a University student one day! One of them asked me what "Buku" is. I said it is Book in English. She said... "No! Buku means Belajar Untuk Ke University" (Study to enter University)... I am litterally Stunned! =D


"We're so proud of you!" Awww... this is so touching!


A candid shot!


With a group of friends. Darn! This is what I have been missing out! =( Loads and loads of flowers, hugs and kisses...


As usual... AIESEC Friends will always be there. It's nice to see a whole bunch of them there.


Raja, like me, did not attend any convocation. He is seen here acting very "strangely" after wearing the robe he borrowed from Chee How! =D


And so, they decided to "dress" me up for the occasion as well... Okay... I look silly... say it! SAY IT! =D


Woohoo!!! I also graduate on this day!!! =D Isn't this truly a wonderful occasion?


No, Raja is NOT kissing me! =D It was so "Emotional"... (haha...) that I hugged everyone and thank them for coming to my convocation day!!!!!

Lots of thanks and gratitude goes out to Han who helped me capture some of the wonderful moments during this event!

Photog Entry: Palm Springs by Night

With nothing much to do after work, I decided to take my D70 on a stroll around my condo. The architecture is nothing to shout about but the atmosphere there is pretty cosy and cooling at night. It is also surprisingly very breezy.

D70: 18mm, F/8, 1.5s

Palm Springs has 6 Blocks and 2180 units!! To date, only 400 units have been occupied :(

D70: 18mm, F/8, 4s

The Clubhouse on the left of the picture houses the gym, sauna, badminton courts as well as the main swimming pool...

D70: 18mm, F/8, 6s

One of the 7 swimming pools in Palm Springs... to cater to the 2180 units in this high-density residential area.

D70: 18mm, F/3.5, 1.5s

This is the pool at Block B - my block. The pool water is over exposed.. :(

Plan Your Trip with ITIS

As I was writing the earlier post about Google Map, I remember seeing signboards along some roads in KL mentioning something about ITIS. I guessed it must have something to do with the traffic but I didn't know what. So, a moment ago, I went to check out their website. ITIS stands for "Integrated Transport Information System" and it is developed by City Hall KL as a tool for city drivers to plan their route and to avoid jam whenever possible.


You can basically zoom in and pan to check out the routes to see the condition of the traffic in colour form. The map is surprisingly quite detail with all the main landmarks in place.

While, what you should be looking for is traffic situation, you can also use this as a map. I think this is a good effort by the city council but I think this project should be spread to other states such as Penang and Johore which is also famous for their bad traffic condition during peak hours.

If you are interested, do drop by at http://www.itis.com.my

Google Map is AMAZING!

Okay... I admit it. Lately, I haven't been in tune with the latest technology online. I knew the existence of Google Map but I didn't really bother to try it out - till a few minutes ago. The satellite imagery is sharp and clear although for some region (including Malaysia), there's a limit to the zoom level. Honestly, I wouldn't know what I'd do with the map... It's not like I could zoom in, say to my office and see myself walking out of it, but the coolness factor alone, literally, blows me away...! I'm BLOWN away! Way to go Google! =D


Malezia as how they say it in Polish...


This is one of the maps available for the US. You can basically locate hotels, pizza stores and basically anything you want using Google Map. How cool is that? They even include the directions in the form of red arrows. I wonder how long will it take before we can have something like this locally.

For those of you who have heard of Google Map but have yet to see it, go try it out at http://maps.google.com

My Home

Alas... everything is pretty much in place now... Although still lacking of furnitures, I can finally call my house, HOME!! =D


The Aircond is still not fixed up yet... but it isn't necessary as it is already quite cooling at night