Journey

New Blog

2010-01-15T06:52:00.001+08:00

People! i have now move to another blog. Kindly visit me at http://www.joelkhaw.tumblr.com Sorry!! :)

St Ives

2009-04-10T03:35:00.013+08:00

Hey there. I know im supposed to update on my St Ives trip days ago but due to some technical problem, its been delayed. Haha Long story short, my mac broke down. haha Anyway its now fixed and im going to write about the St Ives trip. St Ives is located at the south west of UK. Its at the bottom end. Its a small town with beautiful beaches. Spent 4 days there enjoying the beautiful view and relaxing. Oh, did i mentioned that the food is awesome?! Yummy. Anyway here are some of the photos.

St Ives

2009-04-03T06:24:00.004+08:00

Hello everyone! Just so you know, im now in St Ives. Its located at the south west of UK. Will update more about it soon.

London!

2009-04-01T21:48:00.029+08:00

Started off my holiday with a trip to LONDON! Took the 4am coach and reached London at around 9.20am. Walked around, went to places such as oxford circus, Big Ben tower and the London eye on the first day. I was so surprised to bum into Laura at the London Eye. Never thought i would see her again after she left the other day. Anyway, the view from the top of London eye is totally breathtaking. Went to the Buckingham Palace and the Tower bridge on the next day. The weather on the 2nd day was too cloudy. Went in to the tower bridge and took photos from the top of the bridge. Went walking around London and waited until the night to shoot the Tower Bridge. Anyway, really enjoyed the trip. I will be back, London! Hehe. Here are some of the photos taken throughout the trip. Cheers.

Good Bye!

2009-03-28T03:01:00.003+08:00

Sent Hyejin(Granny) to the airport at 2pm. Hopefully we will meet again next time. Good Bye granny!

Happy Easter Holiday!

2009-03-26T20:13:00.006+08:00

Happy Easter holiday mates! Will see you guys after the holiday. Hope that you guys will have a great holiday back home or traveling around. Will miss you guys! Cheers!

New Layout!

2009-03-26T03:19:00.003+08:00

Hello everyone! If you're wondering, I'm doing great here in Exeter. Sorry for not updating my blog regularly, im just too "busy" with my studies. HAHA Im just too lazy to update everything because theres too many things to post but i dont know where to start. Anyway the easter holiday is approaching soon! Im not really looking forward to it as most of my friends are going back to their own country whilst im stuck here in England. Pftt. However, im planning to go around England to take photos and to relax. Going to London, Cornwall and maybe Birmingham too. Hopefully my holiday wont be as boring as i've expected. Perhaps, i could spend some time studying :D Nonetheless, this is my new blog layout. Hope you'll like it :D CHEERS!

Dedicated to Hye Jin, Laura and Elena.

2009-03-23T06:54:00.002+08:00

This post is dedicated to Hye Jin, Laura and Elena. Thanks for being such a great friend this past 3 months. Its really great meeting you girls. In a blink of an eye 3 months have passed. I can still remember the first party we had- the sushi party. Ahh It was so great. Anyway hope that we will meet up again someday. All the best in whatever you are persuing in the future. Will miss you 3 dearly! Ahhhhh. Cheers to our friendship! Til we meet again. A video specially for you 3 girl

Trip to Bath

2009-02-16T23:26:00.004+08:00

Hey there everyone. Went for a one day trip to Bath on Sunday. Gathered at Old Library at 8.30 in the morning. Journey started at 9am. The whole journey was kinda long, far longer than I've expected. Anyway, we reached there at around 12pm. Walked around looking for food as everyone is getting hungry. Saw a funny performer performed on the street. Went to a Hong Kong restaurant for lunch. The food was nice but still not as good as Penang food. Haha. Walked around the city taking photos. Gathered back at the bus station at 4pm and headed home. The End. :)

Random Post.

2009-02-09T02:07:00.003+08:00

2nd day of snow!

2009-02-04T02:27:00.001+08:00

University of Exeter

Aaron from Malaysia.

Its Snowing!

2009-02-03T05:20:00.006+08:00

ITS SNOWING! Yes, it is now snowing in Exeter. The weather forecast was accurate. The snow starts pouring down at around 1.00pm today. Everyone gets so excited, having snow fights! Ahh! It's my first time experiencing snow! It was so beautiful! It is one of the best day in my life! Although it was really cold, everyone enjoyed themselves. Here are some of the photos:

Louie and Mehdi

Mehdi, Louie and Jimmy

Granny making a snow man! :D

Jimmy acting innocent. HAHA

Miranda from TianJin near Beijing from China! HAHA

Mr. Acchaya from Nepal

Bunch of great people.

Me, Laura and Okky!

Mehdi fooling around with the snow.

Mao KaiXuan from China（主席）

Alex from Russia. The snow man will die faster than him because of the second hand smoke. Haha

Lafrowda block Q! The best accomodation!

More photos.

2009-01-12T08:02:00.010+08:00

Here are more photos.

Greetings from Exeter!

2009-01-11T02:33:00.005+08:00

Hello everyone! As you all know, i'm already here in Exeter for a week. Sorry for the late post and everything. Just so you know, I'm doing great here! Lots of new friends. It's a totally different experience for me. Getting to know people from all over the world, cooking dinners together and just having fun. It's such a great week for me. Ahh I guess i've made the right choice to come here. The people here are just so friendly. I really had a good time here and i know i'll have a great year here in Exeter. I'm actually missing Penang and i bet Penang misses me too. Haha :P Seriously i'm missing everyone of you in Penang. Anyway this week is all about orientation, getting to know the place, getting to know more people and basically just chill and have fun. Class starting next week and i have to work really really hard this year. Ahhh it's so cold here *shivering* Anyway here are some of the photos taken here.

Sushi

Some of my new friends

A bottle of milk after morning jog

Perodua KELISA in UK!!

Happy Family

2009-01-01T22:58:00.008+08:00

Happy New Year!

2009-01-01T11:25:00.002+08:00

Happy New Year guys! This will be my first post of the year. Woohoo! Aren't you guys excited!? Oh well so how's your day so far? Great? Anyway I'm really looking forward for this exciting journey ahead. I guess some of you might have a whole list of new year's resolution. Some might be brought forward from last year's. Haha Oh well don't be disappointed if you didn't manage to achieve it but at least try hard k. Well for me i know i always never manage to accomplish everything i plan to do. Nevertheless i will try my best this time alright? Well my main goal this year is to complete my foundation course and get good results to continue a scholarship for my degree. May be a few more like be a better son,study hard,play hard,watch a Manchester United game LIVE and visit Hillsong London. Well not that long i guess. But yeah, it's always good to set target for yourself. Bahh whatever. Im just gonna stop here for now. Feeling very very lazy to write more. Ahhh! Anyway, Joel Khaw wishes everyone out there a Happy New Year and a blessed one too!

With Love,

Joel Khaw

What a wonderful year.

2008-12-30T19:00:00.012+08:00

Ahh. 2008 is coming to an end. Well every year this time i will just sit down and reflect back everything about this year. The ups and the downs, yet this year has been an extraordinary year for me. This year is a very blessed year for me. God has been so faithful throughout the year. Really, sometimes i feel i don't deserve all this but my God is a merciful God and He loves me so so much! Things that i wish for all these years came through in just one year. Got a new laptop, a new dslr camera, a trip to China and a lifetime opportunity to study in UK! well not to forget a scholarship! Its just so wonderful that words just couldn't express how grateful i am. Although i didn't thought that it would be so well at the start of the year but God just show me how wonderful he was in providing all my needs! Don't forget he can do the same for you too! Ah, what a wonderful year.

Well i will be leaving in less than a week time, this Saturday to be exact. If you guys want to send me off at the airport, you could just leave me a message. Ahh i really miss everything here. All the friends that i've got to know throughout all these years. You guys are just so great and i really want to thank you all for being part of my journey here in Penang. Without you all, my journey wouldn't be so interesting and joyful. You guys never fail to cheer me up when i'm down. I really really appreciate every single moment with you guys. Though some of you might be just a tiny little character in my life story but you guys have made my story more complete and interesting. If i have ever mistreated any of you guys out there, i would like to take this opportunity to apologise and say sorry for it. Hope that you will forgive me. To those that have always been there for me, i really wanna say a Big thank you to all of you. All the wonderful moments will always be remembered deep in my heart. Well there's nothing much i can do to repay you all, just a little prayer to bless all of you.

" Dear Lord, thank you for blessing me with so many great friends all these years. I pray that you will bless each and everyone of them in a special way. I pray that they will experience your greatest love and blessing in their life the whole of 2009 and also the years to come. For those who are still studying, Lord i pray that you will bless them in their studies. Give them wisdom to excel in their studies. To those who are working, Lord i pray that they will prosper in whatever they do. Give them strength in their everyday life to cope with the stress they faced. O Lord i pray for each and every of my friends, close friends, best friends or even just friends, i pray that you will give them good health and protect them wherever they go. Guide them and provide for their needs. In Jesus name i ask and i pray, Amen. "

With Love,

Joel Khaw

Updates.

2008-12-28T17:07:00.005+08:00

Christmas is just over. An update about the week. This year's Christmas eve was unlike previous years. Well i thought that i've gotten sick of Gurney and all the noises and parties. So this year i spend my eve with siu keung and Moy boy. Our initial plan was to hang out at Starbucks and just relax. Well ended up in the car going round Penang island. Haha Anyway it's still better than getting wild in Gurney. I thought it was pretty fun. Then came home and sat into Praggy's new wife! His new Nissan Sentra! Ask him about it and he will tell you how much God has blessed him.Wonderful testimony. However i still kinda miss those previous Christmas eve. :)

So it was Christmas day! Went church in the morning. Had gift exchange after service. Thanks people for all the wonderful gifts! Then went gurney for lunch at Breeks after service with Termin, Niwen, Samuel Ong, Kelvin, Wihandro and his friend. Walk around and went home. It was a peaceful Christmas. Just relax and do nothing. Haha

Went movie in the afternoon with Jonathan, Chun Yang, Ben Joon and some other people. Watched Bedtime Story. It was a nice movie seriously! I didn't expect it would turn out that nice.You guys really have to watch it. As usual a movie from Adam Sandler is of course hilarious.Haha. Had BBQ at my house at night. It was a appreciation dinner for the leaders. Had a great time. And they throw a farewell for me. Haha. They dress me up like an old lady and make up for me. It was totally embarrassing. Nonetheless it was a great party. Some of my relatives came too. Took a family photo. It was altogether a great week.

Family Photo

Cousins

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-25T08:27:00.005+08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Wishing all my fellow readers a Joyous Christmas and a Blessed new year ahead! May all your dreams come true! Ahh. Isn't it great whenever it's Christmas? Just feel so happy and relaxing. Well hope you guys have a great day today alright? God Bless!

Christmas Celebration at Vistana Hotel

2008-12-22T00:27:00.012+08:00

I'm back blogging again! It's been a long time since my last post. I promised that i would update real soon and here's the update! This post is about my church, EPCC christmas celebration at Vistana Hotel today. Was excited to take some shots at this event. Went breakfast with Termin at Kayu before the service. The service started with a dance performance by the youths. It was pretty nice. Ps Bernard with the band led the congregation of about say 700 into praise and worship. The performance by the CATs(creative art troopers) amazed everyone. It was totally mind-blowing! one of the most creative performance i've seen i would say. Words just couldn't describe how fantastic their performance is. The so called "three wise men", Ps Bernard, Terry and Roland performed a song. Ps Sam preached. 2 soul was save if not mistaken. Totally awesome service. Looking forward to CHRISTMAS!!! WOoohooo! Arent you guys excited!? Here's some photos of the day, I realise the photos i take per event is getting lesser. Argh!

Youth dance performance

Worship Team

The Band

Roland,Ps Bernard,Terry's Performance

Pr Sam preaching

Starbucks(RED)

2008-12-16T15:05:00.004+08:00

This video is totally awesome. Guess what! Your favourite coffee is going RED too! Oh ya! sorry for not blogging lately, was out of idea what to write!. Heh! Anyway will update real soon k. Promise :D

Updates

2008-12-10T00:12:00.003+08:00

Met up with KaySen, Jonathan and Chun Yang yesterday night at Queensbay and went mcdonald for dinner. Well everyone look quite the same after not seeing each other for so long. Talk talk and talk about almost everything. It was fun catching up with each other.

Went to the cinema today with Jonathan and his friend and watched Transporter 3. Since i enjoyed the previous transporter movie, i totally enjoyed the whole show. The whole show mainly is about some guy kidnapped the Ukraine government official's daughter, Valentina and Frank Martin( Jason Statham) was pressured to deliver her from Marseilles through Stuttgart and Budapest until he ends up in Odessa on the Black Sea. At the end Frank falls for Valentina. Just a brief info about the movie, go watch it yourself. I really enjoy the action and everything. I give Transporter 3 a 7 out of 10 rating.

William Moy's Wedding

2008-12-07T16:24:00.030+08:00

Had a privilege to take some shots for William Moy (Moy Wei Sern's bro) and Sharon Khoo's wedding. It's my first ever wedding shoot. It's really an honor to shoot this couple's big event. The day went well, had some difficulties here and there mainly because the ballroom was really dark. Had to boost my camera iso up to 1600. Here are some photos of the day, enjoy.

Words

2008-12-07T10:03:00.003+08:00

How powerful is our words? Does what we speak changes life? changes situation? Does our words make thing better or worst? Our does it just words that mean nothing? Had a privilege to listen to Pr Paul Ang speak last Saturday and he speaks about words. In the bible it says that life and death lies in the tongue. This means what you speak can bring life or can even bring death. In college, i had a lecturer that always tell us that what we speak is powerful. He gave us an example if you have two apple, you speak good things to one of the apple everyday while the other you condemn it. He says the apple which you condemn will rot faster. How true is it i do not know but according to the bible it reaffirms what my lecturer says. If you speak goodness into your future, then for sure you will reap a harvest of goodness in your future. I had so many experience when i claim something over and over again it actually happens. For example, i always want to experience life and study overseas, well that came to past, i'm leaving for UK next month! Haha. Whoever claims something and do not have doubt in it will truly have what he wishes for. Parents should be aware what they say to the kids because what they say can actually affect what the children turns out to be. Whatever you say could make a situation better or make a situation worst. Many events we can see where just because of one word a person said actually get the whole nation raging. Whatever you say will really affect someone, so becareful what you says. Be wise in choosing your words!

New template!

2008-12-06T16:10:00.002+08:00

As you can see, I've finally done editing my blog's new template! Hope you will like it and visit my blog more often! :D That's it for now, will update my post soon! Feel free to leave a comment, appreciate it.

University of Exeter

2008-12-04T15:56:00.011+08:00

Time passes so fast, in one month time my journey in Malaysia is coming to an end. I will be leaving to the UK to further my studies this January. A whole new journey in a foreign land. I'm feeling excited yet sad because I've to leave all my beloved friends. Well this whole long journey in Malaysia had been a great and blessed one. Really thanking God everyday for all the blessings he has poured in my life and all the great friends i've get to know through this journey. It is my honor getting to all of you, my friends! All the joy and laughter we spend will always be remembered deep in my heart. School years are the best years in my life, so to all students out there please cherish every moment in school. Well i will be studying in University of Exeter starting January 5th. Well most of you never heard of this university before, thus i would like to give a brief introduction.

University of Exeter is located south-west of UK. The university is ranked the top 15 university in the uk. Ranked 13 in the uk according to the Times league table. It was the 2007/08 Times Higher Education University of the Year. University of Exeter has been shortlisted for the Sunday Times University of the Year Award more times than any other university and has won three Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for its research. It is ranked fourth in the UK for student satisfaction in the latest National Student Survey amongst full service universities.

Ten Good reasons to choose Exeter

Consistently in the Top 20 in all major UK league tables. Ranked 13th out of 113 UK Universities in the Times Good University Guide 2009 (*published June 2008) and named University of the Year 07-08 (Times Higher Education Supplement).
In the top 10 for student satisfaction for the last four years. Nineteen of our subjects are in the top 10 nationally with Management, Finance, Accounting, Drama, Human Geography and Sports Science rated no. 1 in the UK and English, Economics, Business, Archaeology, Geology, Classics, Theology, Physics and Medical Technology in the top 5.*
( *National Student Survey 2008, based on the average of positive responses across all survey categories for full service universities (i.e. excluding specialist colleges).
Nineteen subjects rated internationally recognised for research (2001 Research Assessment Exercise).
A campus University providing a safe and convenient study environment http://www.exeter.ac.uk/virtualtours/
An on-campus part time employment service "The Works" gives information on term time work, skills and training opportunities provided by the Careers and Employment Service.
Guaranteed accommodation for unaccompanied international students for at least the first year of their studies (providing they apply by the deadline).
A survey in Spring 2006 of over 18,400 international students at 27 UK universities rated Exeter the ‘best place to be’. The city of Exeter which is located 2.5 hours from London offers the best of both worlds: an economically prosperous regional capital with good transport links and the quality of life one would expect of an historic cathedral city.
With just over 14,000 students including 3,500 postgraduates the University is large enough to offer all the facilities one would expect but small enough to retain a personal and friendly atmosphere. There are more than 100 societies, a student-run newspaper, tv and radio station and 50 sports clubs (hyperlink to: http://www.guild.exeter.ac.uk/ ) ensuring you will always have something to do.
The University is ranked in the top 10 nationally for learning resources. Academic facilities include libraries, 24-hour access computer rooms and free IT and study support services. In-sessional English Language tuition is available free of charge to all international students.
Reasonable tuition fees and a variety of scholarships (hyper link to: http://www.admin.ex.ac.uk/academic/scholarships/ )

"Exeter is very easy to fall in love with. It has one of the most beautiful campuses in the country, in one of the most beautiful counties in Britain."
Virgin Alternative Guide to British Universities, 2008

Great day

2008-12-02T21:38:00.021+08:00

Had a great day two days in a row. Well a brief update about yesterday. Went gym at gurney in the afternoon. After gym was walking around looking for food then bum into Tania and Lee Yip. It's been like so long since the last time i met them and seems like forever since the last time we actually hang out. So we went dinner at Nandos. Thigh and Thai sounds very much alike k Tania! Damn stupid. Hahaha Walked around gurney, chill at Starbucks and that's about the whole day.

Today was a great day too because it's photoshoot day. Haha. Went to Kee Sitt house at 4pm, he was not at home. Waited for him to come back. Went into his house and look through some magazine. We couldn't decide what to shoot today! So we sat there and think. After almost half an hour we decide to shoot somewhere near by. Actually the main reason that we couldn't decide where to shoot is because we don't have a subject to shoot. Haha. So we went somewhere behind his house. Kee Sitt thought us to use a flash! It was my first time shooting with a flash. Very interesting and fun though it's kinda confusing to get the right settings to get a great result. Well since there's nobody else to shoot, Siu Keung is the last resort. Hahah Took a lot of shots, well most didn't turn up really well cause of the settings. It was altogether a great day. Anyway here is some of the shots for today. Enjoy! Big thanks to Kee Sitt from Wedding Story for joining us once again!

Thoughts

2008-11-30T12:17:00.002+08:00

Did you know that our eyes are the best quality most high definition camera or video cam that has ever been invented!? Even in low light, there is no noise or whatsoever. And all the image is stored in the largest hard disk in the world, our brain. What a marvelous invention by the genius, God. Too bad we just can't print it out. Haha

Updates updates!

2008-11-28T15:04:00.009+08:00

Haih, another week is almost over again. Well a little bit update on what i've been doing. The whole week is kinda boring. The fact that i'm stuck at home most of the time is killing me slowly. Haha. Well I will skip Monday as i've post it in my last post. So it was Tuesday, went CG outing at the new Aeon Mall in Seberang Jaya with Praggy, WeiSern, Kathleen, Qing Ling, Amanda and Dominic. Stuck in jam for the 1st hour of the journey. Reached the mall. The mall is as huge as Queensbay Mall, well may be even bigger. Had a great time walking and eating there. However, Queensbay is still the best! :D

Went to Gurney on Wednesday, to the gym to be exact. Saw Hui Ling, Alissa, Sherwynd and his Emily in gurney. Thursday was a pathetic day for me, stucked at home doing nothing. Oh ya, our dear Mr.Praggy is in China now! He will be there to minister to the young people and i believe God is going to use him to do mighty things! I bet he'll be the only indian when he reach the airport! HAHA That'll be so akward :P Anyway Enjoy your trip Praggy and bring back China Mei Mei!! Alright so it's Friday again, suddenly thought of opening my photo albums, saw some nice photos i didn't post up. Well basically it's photos taken during my china trip. So here are the photos. Hope you will like it! :D

Relaxing Monday

2008-11-24T15:58:00.005+08:00

It's Monday again, i just realise how fast time passes by. It's almost December already that means the year is coming to an end. Haih. Well today was a relaxing day for me. Woke up early, then sleep again. Haha Went lunch with Praggy, Moy, Kathleen and Debbie at Pulau Tikus. Then drop the girls back to their college then off we go to the money changer in town. Praggy went to change some money into China Yen for his China trip this Thursday. After that we went for Chendol! The famous Penang Road chendol. So many people was there for chendol, so crowded. After that, Praggy went to buy some keychains as souvenir for the china people. Then headed home.

All The Way To Russia

2008-11-24T09:48:00.008+08:00

It was Saturday night, my cousin all the way from Russia messaged me and asked me for a favor. Guess what? He asked me to design a poster for him -.- So normally when i receive such job offer, I won't immediately get in to Photoshop. It might take me a day or so just to get inspiration on what to design. However it's urgent, so I got no choice but to get it done yesterday. The poster is about the Christmas Charity Ball they're organizing in Russia to raise fund for orphans of Children's Hope, Russia. So here's the design I sent all the way to Russia. Hope they will like it :)

From Journey

Yes for David Cook, No for David Archuletta

2008-11-23T13:51:00.007+08:00

This is the album I've been listening these few days. I think David Cook did a great job with his debut album. Like many other people out there, I've been waiting for this album for quite some time. Well this album didn't disappoint me. In fact I think David Cook's debut album is far better than David Archuleta's album which released a week earlier. "Lie" is one of my favourite among all the great songs, great ballads. In fact i feel that every single song has it's own meaning to it and every song is unique in it's own ways. Great lyrics and great voice from this Idol winner. I've always like his rocker voice , he is my favourite idol contestant that actually win it. Well the other rocker, Daughtry unfortunately didn't win it. Nonetheless both of them are the best idol ever with great debut albums. But is Cook up there with Daughtry?He can be, eventually. Cook’s self-titled debut is a solid work. This album shows that Cook deserves to win American Idol. This album runs the gamut from bright anthem like "Declaration", to ballads like "Avalanche", to swaggering southern-rock like "Bar-ba-sol". In fact the whole album is great. Go check it out! I would rate this album a strong 4 / 5 rating.

Arsenal Sucks! :)

2008-11-23T12:16:00.004+08:00

The title says it all.Hahaha! Watched football last night. Well, the top 3 teams in the premier league didn't performed well last night. Chelsea,Liverpool and Manchester United all ended up with a goalless game. Chelsea drew against Newcastle which fought a good fight to prevent Chelsea from getting 3 points or in other words to at least get a point. Liverpool drew against Fulham. Robbie Keane with a great chance didn't convert it into a goal. Nonetheless, Fulham did really well i guess. Manchester United didn't perform well last night as well, they drew against Aston Villa. However Edwin Van Der Sar really did a great job in preventing goals from the opponent, absolutely remarkable performance by the Dutchman. Well, another favourite, Arsenal performed poorly, getting their ass kicked by Manchester City. Robinho scored a phenomenal goal at the 57th minute, he made that goal looks so easy with a lob pass the goal keeper, world class goal. Substitute Daniel Sturridge completed a miserable day for Arsenal by scoring from the penalty spot in stoppage time. 3-0 is the final score. Middlesbrough was defeated by Bolton (1-3). Stoke beat West Brom 1-0 after getting their ass whooped by Manchester United last weekend and Portsmouth drew with Hull 2-2. So Chelsea still lead the top of the table with 33points followed by Liverpool with the same point only lose by goal difference. Manchester United sits at 3rd place while Aston Villa is slowly climbing up the table at 4th place. Arsenal fell one place to 5th place now. It's still to early to predict who will win the premier league but Chelsea, Liverpool and ManchesterUnited are definitely among the favourite and will definitely fight hard to win it. Ole!

Outing

2008-11-19T18:49:00.007+08:00

Today was a great day, went photo shoot again. This time Kee Sitt followed us. Being a professional videographer, he teaches us everything about photography. We went to youth park in the morning. He go through the notes he gave with us and gave us an assignment to shoot. It's a great outing, had lots of fun. Though I feel my pics are getting too common, well i guess i just need more time to gain more experience in this area. Went around and shoot then it rains, so we went off to had lunch at some shop along gurney. Ate mee goreng and pasembur. Then we went to some fishing village near jetty. It's so cloudy today, it rains again. So we went home. Well, I've learnt a lot of stuffs today from Kee Sitt. Thank you Kee Sitt! It's indeed a great day. Oh ya, if any of you readers are getting married or have relatives or friends that are getting married and wants to have their own custom made video that is totally priceless, Kee Sitt will get the job done for you in style! Kindly visit Wedding Story.

LOL!

2008-11-18T14:48:00.002+08:00

Today was a pretty boring day, well mainly because i'm freaking stuck at home again. So i thought well may be I could search youtube for some clips that might entertain me. I thought may be i could look for something funny, so i search and i search. Guess what i found!? Russel Peters! Hahah! I've watched his clips like a thousand times but his jokes never fail to make me laugh! Here it is, enjoy laughing!

Ideas Worth Spreading

2008-11-18T13:05:00.002+08:00

Hahah! This is a very cool clip, watch it! :D

I LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT!

2008-11-17T23:29:00.011+08:00

I LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT! He likes to move it move it! She likes to move it move it! We like to?? MOVE IT!! HAHAH!! This freaking song is stucked in my head now. Yes, I went to watch Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa just now with Praggy, Moy boy, Moy Qing Ling and Kathleen! It's like the funniest animation ever! Totally hilarious! For those who love the previous Madagascar, you should go watch this sequel to the first one! Madagascar 2 is more like an encore than a sequel. This show is really an enjoyable movie for kids and for grown up like us! Well this animation actually shows that we don't have to be like everyone else out there, the fighting lion; we should be different, a dancing lion! This show teaches that everyone is unique in their own ways, never try to be someone you're not. If you're a dancing lion, don't try to be a fighting lion,just be yourself! Well a dancing lion is pretty cool. Haha We like to? MOVE IT! Oh ya, as we all know, this is Bernie Mac's last animation. “Soul Men” and “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa,” are the first two films to feature Mac since his death. Well he's gone but will never be forgotten. He did a great job in this show featuring as the voice of Zuba, Alex's dad. This movie is dedicated to him. I would rate this movie a strong 8 out of 10.
Here's the trailer and some pictures.

Trailer:

Pictures:

Updates

2008-11-16T20:56:00.007+08:00

Hello! Sorry folks that I didn't post anything these few days. Well basically it's because I didn't know what to post as i've been sleeping at home and doing nothing the past few days. Hahah. So forget about thursday and friday, let's talk about saturday and today. So yesterday was kinda bored at first, went church for SNL, had a great time there. Pr Sam is finally back! He has been away for weeks, kinda miss him and his message. So he preached about believing and belonging. Well it's really true what he preached instead of just believing something, we have to belong to it. So after service we went to e-gate as usual for supper. Went to our favourite shop, Noodle Station. Well actually it's Kelvin's favourite shop. Hahaha. The supervisor(a guy) actually likes Kelvin. Haahah! Damn funny. Hahah. Then went home and watched football! I miss watching football la, so long didn't watch already. Haha. Watched Manchester United's game against Stoke. Guess what! ManUtd trashed Stoke 5-o! WooHoo! The better news is Arsenal actually lost to Aston Villa 2-0! WoooHOoo! Great goals from Ronaldo, his freekick is just unstoppable! He scored 2 goals while Carrick, Berbatov and Welbeck each scoring a goal. Impressive goal by the England U-19 forward Danny Welbeck on his debut. ManUtd is currently in 3rd position just behind 1st place Chelsea and Liverpool. Go ManUtd!!

So it's Sunday again! Went lunch with Termin at Sunshine's food court, it's been ages since the last time I ate here. After that I thought of going gym, so went gurney. Reached there and I couldn't find a place to park. Seems like everyone on this island is there to check out the new wing. The car park was like full and I have to wait there for almost an hour to get a place to park my car. Even the rooftop is full k! So finally found a place to park, then went straight to gym. After work out, I walked around and went to the new wing! A lot of new shops and some are still renovating. Actually i didn't like the new wing that much. The architecture of the building is not that impressive and the shops are just average only. It's more or less like queensbay now, the shops that is. Walked around and went in to Switch! Saw the new MacBook! Man, i should have waited for few months for this new macbook! Totally love the design of it! Alright let's talk about the macbook.

At first glance, the new MacBook looks really thin yet feels very solid. With a silver aluminium unibody enclosure, it's totally different than the previous MacBook with white finishing. The new macbook looks polished and refined. Well you'll realise that the keyboard is black in colour and the new trackpad doubles as a button. Just press anywhere on the trackpad and considered it clicked. Totally cool. You'll realise that the 13.3-inch display of the new macbook is totally different.The beautifully seamless, remarkably thin design isn’t the only gleaming quality of the LED-backlit display. Open your MacBook and you’re instantly greeted by glorious full screen brightness. The aluminium enclosure is perfectly integrated with a glass overlay that stretches to the edge of the notebook, providing a completely unobstructed picture. Anything you view, including the glossy widescreen display itself, is a spectacular experience. The LED-backlit display is more power efficient. And it’s mercury- and arsenic-free, so it’s greener than ever! The NVDIA GeForce 9400M delivers up to 5x faster graphics performance. That means you can get faster, smoother and more responsive gameplay! Too bad there aren't much games you can get in Malaysia. Haha. The price of new MacBook starts at RM4799.00 that is with a 2.0Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, a 2GB DDR3 memory and a 160GB Hard disk. For RM5899.00 you'll get a 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and a 250GB Harddisk. I've been using a Macbook for almost 10 years now and the macbook never fails me. Seriously if you are looking for a new notebook, I would highly recommend you to get this new MacBook. It's worth every single bucks! And did i tell you that my old macbook is 8 years old now? Yes it is and it's still working right now! Never infected by any virus before and it is very healthy! Well if you would to get a windows notebook I believe you will face viruses all the time. Not a problem for my macbook!. Well i get a 2.4Ghz White MacBook just 2 months ago and i totally love it! But still i regret not waiting for this new MacBook!!! Hahaha. Oh ya this new macbook is said to be the Greenest MacBook ever!!.I would give this new MacBook a 10 out of 10 rating! For more info, kindly visit http://www.apple.com/my/

So after that went for dinner at chopper board. Bought donuts from Big Apple Donuts before heading home. Nice donuts! Stuck in the traffic for awhile then reached home after almost an hour. Then now, here am I writing this post :)

Wednesday

2008-11-13T12:34:00.000+08:00

This is all about Wednesday. I spent almost 10 hours in the bus traveling. Took a bus in the morning all the way down to KL to do my UK Visa. Well I heard Malaysians do not need a visa to enter UK last time. I guess people abuse the rights and go there to "jump aeroplane" in hokkien. Hahaha. So the UK gov is very strict right now. Reached there about 12pm then went for lunch at Nandos. Then headed straight to the UK ambassee at Wisma MCA. Went through some security checks and submit all my documents compiled by ASA (Advance Studies Advisors). Then they took my fingerprints. Well, normally people just take thumb print only right? But this they took all my 10 finger prints k. Haha. So altogether it took me approx 15 minutes to complete my visa, though i have to collect my passports 20 days later. Then took a bus all the way back to Penang. Crazy trip.

Reached Penang at 9pm. The bus is really slow seriously. Then went to Pelita to had some food. Kelvin called when I'm eating, asked me to go watch movie with them. Saw the twins, Joel and Johann there too. Well as we were talking, he told me that his Sis was robbed yesterday. Apparently the robber broke her glass while she was sitting in her car and snatched her hand bags. Please be careful my fellow readers, it's really not safe here in Malaysia anytime anywhere. People are just so heartless nowadays. Recently i've heard like about 5 similiar cases, some even worst, they rob and even killed the person. So be extra careful anywhere you go, it's best to go out in a group. Haih. So Kelvin and Sern came, the we went to QBay to watch 007 Quantum Of Solace. Well Kelvin and Sern sneak in 2 burgers, they were like so scared the workers will check their bags. Hahah. The show starts. I actualy didn't watch the Casino Royale, so I was quite lost. Hahah.

The show is a direct sequel of the 2006 film Casino Royale. Directed by Marc Forster and features Daniel Craig's second performance as James Bond. Well the whole story is mainly about Bond battles Dominic Greene who intends to stage a coup d'état in Bolivia to take control of its water supply. Bond seeks revenge for the death of Vesper Lynd. It's a nice movie really although some say it doesn't make sense or is not connected with casino royale. Daniel Craig did a great job acting as Bond. Did I mention I love the Aston Martin DBS! It's totally beautiful. I would give this show a 7.5 out of 10 rating.

Here We Go Again!

2008-11-12T00:50:00.000+08:00

It's Tuesday again! which means is photo shoot day! Haha. Well we chose Tuesday because it's the only day my partner in crime is free. So here we go again, we went around Penang again. Haih I'm starting to get sick of it d, Hahaha. Siu Keung took a map of the heritage trial. So we walked around the town area. Went to little india. Well, I bought a curry puff there by the road side and it taste like heaven! seriously its very nice. Hahah. Here are some of the photos:

Monday

2008-11-10T18:34:00.000+08:00

Today was a boring day. Woke up at 12pm then ate lunch, then went back to sleep. Hahaha. I just love sleeping! Are there any sleeping competitions out there?..hahaha So wake up at 3pm then tried some new stuffs on my photos with my photoshop cs3, can't wait to try on the new cs4. So after that did some t-shirt designing for Kenny. IGT IGT! It's been quite some time I havn't tried designing t-shirts or basically anything to do with designs. Hahah Thus I did a simple one as requested. Just couldn't thought of any fresh ideas, urghhh. Here is my 1st design:

Oh ya! To all my friends that is sitting for their SPM examinations tmr, I wishes you guys all the best! I can still remember how nervous I was this time last year. Well to those that work hard for it ,all the best! And to those who didn't work hard, you still got few more hours left! Hahaha. Well some say this examination determines how your future will be like, which Uni will you go to and which course you will be taking. To me, it's just another exam we had in high schools, nothing to be scared of yet can't be taken too lightly. Well, try your best and God will do the rest!

Saturday

2008-11-09T13:22:00.000+08:00

Hello there! Its been a few days since my last post, so sorry folks. I'm a lazy blogger i know. Haha. I'm gonna write about yesterday (saturday). Here it goes, went queensbay at around 3 for lunch then meet up with Kok Yang. He got lots of movies in his new Macbook, so i stole some.Heh After that, met up with Nicky! He was having lunch there too, so we walked around and then we left and headed to church for some International Children's Day celebration. So arrived there a bit late, it was almost half way through already I guess, didn't manage to capture the front part of the celebration. So took up my camera and take some shots. It was kind of tough capturing photos of kids, they are just too hyper-active, just couldnt stay still. Hahaha. Well i guess that's how kid's behave, it actually reminded me about those celebrations I attended when I was a kid back then. Those childhood days, running around and acting like a fool. Haha. Those joyous moments will always be in my mind for the rest of my life. Ahh, good time just passes too fast. Had a great time shooting kids, they are just so happy all the time. So here are some of the photos i've taken, enjoy! :)

After the event, we clean up the place and arrange the chairs back. Then we had our prayer followed by SNL! Since Ps Sam was not around, Ps Jonathan was here to preach. He shared a simple yet interesting sermon: Jesus's Saliva. Hahah what a title for a sermon. It was really great the sermon. Here's a pic of Nicky acting as a blind man, haha!

Had supper after service at Old Town E-Gate. Had a good time there with bunch of crazy "kids". We are obviously the loudest there, we made so much noise until the manager had to ask us to soften down, thanks to kelvin and sern. It was indeed a great weekend. Here are some pics of ahemretardpeopleahem :D

Boring Day

2008-11-06T15:04:00.000+08:00

Hello my fellow readers! Sorry I didn't post anything yesterday, was busy sleeping the whole day. HAHAH. Well, my cousin stayed over yesterday night. She wanted me to teach her some maths. So alright i looked at the questions, totally don't know what it is. Well not that i'm stupid but i have totally forgotten every single thing i've learnt in high school! Damn! i need to do some revisions now. hahahah

Nothing special today though, it was quite boring. My brother called this morning (skype) all the way from UNITED STATES, my mum was talking to him the whole time. It's good to hear from him, kinda miss him too. Well, those days where we used to quarrel just for the sake of making some noise. Hahaha. Mum was so happy.

After that, opened my photo library, look through all the pictures and deleted some. Hmm. Surfed the net, was looking at Nikon D700 and Canon 5D MKII. Damn these cameras is totally amazing at high iso, even at iso 6400 it was pretty clean. I shall get one of these next year when the price drop slightly. Well you know, humans just can never be satisfied. Not that I have betrayed pentax for going for these brands, the fact is pentax didn't come out with any full frame camera yet. Well we'll see if the new pentax dslr will feature a full frame camera with high iso performance next year. Until then, Canon 5D MKII and Nikon D700 still stay on top of my wishlist for year 2009! Haha.

Crazy Day

2008-11-04T20:50:00.000+08:00

Just thought of doing some crazy stuffs yesterday night. Asked my "partner in crime" (Mr. D90) if he would want to do it. So alright, it was 5am in the morning! Got my ass out of the bed, packed my equipments. So we left at 5.30am. Reached Penang hill at 6am and it was dark! Just realize i forgot to take my tripod. Haha. Took some photos. Waited and waited and waited! FINALLY! After waiting so long the SUN finally got out of his bed. Lazy sun. HAHA. It's really crazy. We're like the only person in penang hill.

After that, we went for breakfast at Pulau Tikus there. Then we don't know where else to go to. Haha. Siu keung said he want to go to his college (TARC) to do some stuffs. He has to filled in some forms to resit his exams. What la siu keung! FFFCF eh? HAHAHA. Next, we went my college (KDU). Just thought of saying hi to my lecturers. They're the best lecturer ever man! seriously! Totally cool lecturers.

Went Gurney to have lunch and went to the camera shop to try on some lens (pentax 50mm macro, pentax 40mm limited) Didn't buy it though. Heh. Then we went to some place to take some photos. I tell you it's like freaking burning hot! Global Warming! Hahaha No, may be because it's 12 in the afternoon! hahahah.

Went to padang kota there to take some pic. Unfortunately, Mr D90 was bitten by some little monster and he turns into spider-man. Haha kidding! But he was really bitten by some insects and starts itching. So our journey ends here.

Here are some of the photos taken. Enjoy :)

Snatch Thieves

2008-11-02T19:01:00.001+08:00

I bet you have heard someone told about snatch thieves happening or seen newspaper about news regarding snatch thieves lately. I have heard a lot about snatch thieves happening around too, but i just never believe it would happen to me..until TODAY! Damn, it was my "lucky" day. Went for lunch at new world park and as usual i carry my camera stuffs with me. So after lunch i thought well may be i could walk around and take some photos (loves the buildings). That's what i did and while i'm taking a shot, a black dude (i'm not sure it's malay or indian but i'm damn sure is either of them) on a motorbike drove pass and tried to snatch my camera away. Thank God he didn't manage to pull it off my hands, it's because my strap was tied on my hand. However, my specs and camera did drop on the floor because i let go of my hands.Hahah luckily my lens hood was on! so no damage to my camera or whatsoever, just a lil scratch on the lens hood. After that incidence, I didn't let it hold me back from taking more shots. Haha.

I'm very disappointed on this country man, seriously. Well, I don't blame that guy for doing this, I blame the educational system, I blame his parents for didn't discipline him well. What the hack is wrong with this world man. Well i guess his parents probably didn't taught him that stealing is a crime and being a snatch thieve could mess up his whole damn life. Well, may be his parents did told him once before like when he was 6. I guess in school his teacher didn't educate him on that matter as well. The teacher is too busy teaching those smart and good kids and well might neglected him because he was too naughty and lazy. Well, may be now he realize it was a crime but he just couldn't stop doing it because it has became a habit to him since 8 years old. I really wish that guy all the best man, hope that one day he'll realize that he don't need to steal to live. Malaysia Boleh? hah. think twice. *sigh

An important note to all photographers: Always put your strap on either on your neck or tied it on your hands. A snatch thieve could easily snatch away your camera if you don't. Always put on your lens hood for protection. In case your camera drops, the lens hood will protect your lens and also in another way it could help block sun light if you're shooting outdoors.

Anyway here are some of the photos taken:
(the first photo which is the photo taken when the incident happened)

Interesting Shot

2008-11-02T13:49:00.000+08:00

Oh ya, i tried some fun stuffs yesterday night with my lamp and some stuffs. Took some pictures and it turns out quite interesting. Well, thought I would share with you guys, here it is:

Awesome morning.

2008-11-02T13:18:00.000+08:00

Woke up today at 7am. It's been a long time since I woke up this early. Well, couldn't sleep so i thought well may be i cud go to somewhere nearby to take some photos, since i've been wanting to take some morning shots. So off i go to the jetty nearby. Kinda disappointed though at first, it was so hazy. However after taking some photos, I though well it's not a bad thing after all. It gave my photos a blurry effect which is kinda cool. Managed to capture some interesting photos.

Went to Pantai Jerejak for breakfast after taking those photos. Ate roti canai and teh tarik. Gosh i miss those foods. Penang food is always the best. Imagine I survived 3 weeks in China without those foods! It was hard time for me though. Haha. Advise to everyone, the worst food in Penang tastes better than the best food elsewhere, so appreciate it! :D Seriously.

Went back home and fetch Praggy to the bus station. Mr Praggy.k is going to Singapore for 1 week. He is going for the HMI conference. Dude, hope that u have a good time there man! Enjoy! :D

Well, thats about my whole awesome morning.

Here are some of the photos i took. Enjoy :)
(click on image to enlarge)

Updates

2008-11-01T00:00:00.000+08:00

Alright, now im gonna blog about the week after i return from China.

Monday:
Woke up at 1pm in the afternoon,was too tired i guess. Realized that I have missed praggy's deepavali open house, CRAP! Urghhh. Went to Qbay to say hi to me fellow ex-colleague and went for lunch with Benny(Samsonite's in-charge leh, hahah). It was another ordinary day.

Tuesday:
Packed up my camera gears. Went lunch with Siu Keung(Mr. D90) at Gurney Plaza. Met up with kelvin. Siu Keung and kelvin had some meeting after lunch, so well I thought of going gym to do some work out since i havnt been to the gym for months now. But then, I felt lazy. HAHA. So i walked around the mall looking for my camera's vertical grip. Too bad it was out of stock. Urghh! Tried on the pentax 40mm prime lens! Its really small the lens, very nice!

We left gurney. Went komtar, thought that we can look for some 2nd hand camera stuffs. Didn't found anything we want though. Took out my camera and had some shots. (click on image to enlarge)

Siu keung suggested that we shall go to some beaches to take some photos. So, off we go to parkroyal hotel! Its a nice beach. We were surprised to see so many black people there! It's like the whole beach is filled with indians! *faints* I have nothing against indians though. Hahaha. We had some fun time taking photos along the beach. Here are some of the photos. Enjoy! (click on image to enlarge)

Wednesday:
Well, did some editing on some of the photos and organised it the whole morning. Went for lunch and well drove around to take some more photos, hahaha. Went Pasar Malam at night to take some night shots. Here are some of the photos.

Night Shots

Thursday:
Finally decided to create my own blog. Tadaa!

Friday:
Updated my blog and uploaded some photos. Went to church for FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE at night. Had some CG photo shoot before the service. Well it's great to see how people overcome difficulties in their live. Good job Moy Wei Sern, glad to see you grow so much spiritually. Yet another great service.

China Trip (continued)

2008-10-31T13:31:00.000+08:00

Here are some of the photos i took in china, enjoy.
(click on the picture to enlarge it)

China Trip

2008-10-31T02:24:00.000+08:00

Hey There! This is my first post! I've always wanted to create a blog but just too lazy to do it. Since I'm currently too free and got nothing better to do now ( for 2 months!, wheee!! ), so well i guess i'll just spend some time blogging.

Just got back from China last sunday. It was a great experience for me and I did enjoyed myself there. Although i didn't enjoy the food ( it sucks :P ) and the POLLUTED air but a least I get to enjoy my last few months with my parents. Sad that I wont be able to see them after i leave for UK next January for who knows how long. Heh. It's been more than 10 years since the last time i stepped into china, time passes by really fast. I mean really really really really fast. Hah! Stayed in Shanghai for the whole 3 weeks there in China.

Below are some of the photos i took around my apartment. It's really a nice place to stay. Check out that security guard, hahahaha.