Photo of the moment
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 20:17


Planned to study earlier today but I had to wake up because it was raining. Saw something interesting out the window, took out my 500d and *snap*! Took another one right after sunset. Did a little photo editing before I continued studying.

Photo of the moment:





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Canon EOS FACEbulous Photography Contest
Saturday, January 23, 2010 23:20


Hey peeps! I was on Facebook yesterday, in fact I am always on Facebook. Anyway, I found out that Canon Malaysia organized a photography contest. It's called the EOS FACEbulous Photography Contest.

Details of the contest are shown below:


As you can see, the first top-rated photo from each theme or category will get a Crumpler bag for free! How cool is that?! And out of 20 categories, the first highest rated photo will get a Digital Ixus 100 IS!

Each contestant is entitled to one photo submission only and let me put it this way, I've uploaded the wrong photo. Basically I chose the wrong photo out of more better looking photos. So, I got a little help from Sue Quin and Xi Kae.

Out of 20 categories, I have submitted three photos in two different categories. First one is under my name, under the theme "Expressions". Basically, I've chosen this photo because I love the expressions on their faces but as I've said, wrong photo! The photo is kinda underexposed as it did not undergo any PP.


Next, I have another shot uploaded under Xi Kae's name, particularly because she was the model in the photo. It was also submitted under the theme "Expressions". Alright, this photo stands a higher chance of winning. It has the highest votes under its category currently.


I have the third photo uploaded under Sue Quin's name under the theme "Colours". It's a bokeh photo taken in Moven Peak few weeks back. This photo has the highest votes under its category and it is the second highest voted photo among 20 categories!


Basically, I need your help voting due to the appearance of more contestants. You guys could vote for both Xi Kae's and Sue Quin's photo. The one under my name can be ignored because it's under the same category as Xi Kae's. I really need your help in getting the highest number of votes. So keep your votes coming, people!

Now, how to vote? The instructions is kinda long and troublesome actually but I guarantee you could settle this within 5 minutes.

1. Go to http://apps.facebook.com/canon_eos_contest/
2. Click on "Allow application"
3. Click on "Become a Fan"
4. Click on "Join Contest Here"
5. Click on "VOTE FOR YOUR PHOTO"
6. Under "Theme: Expressions", look for "Wong Xi Kae"
8. And under "Theme: Colours", look for "Kee Sue Quin"
9. Under "Theme: Love", look for Ng Kok Hui

Thanks for your support! And do help me publicize a little aight? Tcare :)


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Welcoming Freshmen Concert 2010!
Thursday, January 21, 2010 11:47


Alright peeps, this is going to be a long post. Am still wondering if I should divide this post to two separate posts. Hmmm. Anyway, remember what I said on my previous post? Welcoming Freshmen Concert 2010 was AWESOME!

Was in campus way before noon, the event was at 12pm by the way. Since I was there early, I managed to get a few shots with my "baby":

Was helping my boss out with the balloons



Wanna see how I looked like with the balloons? Credits to Sze Yun and Cassie for the photo :)



Zact was with this dance crew called the Hazardous Engineers. They were cool, wait till you see them perform!



Had lunch after that and it was time for the opening ceremony.



Oh before I forget, let me introduce you to Boo, my new friend. Awesome guy with a 450d and he was our emcee.



First it was the dance performance by the Hazardous Engineers. Love the part where they danced "Sorry, sorry" by Super Junior and "Sexy Bitch" by David Guetta feat. Akon. Together with the lighting and sound effects, WOW!







Here are a few individual shots with their stunning moves:







Next, there was a singing performance by this guy and he sings really well! Really well as in he sounded exactly like the original singer. Here he is, singing "Sing Along Song by 方大同". And yeah, I can't write or speak in Mandarin. I just got the title and the artist's name from some friend of mine.





Headed to the back of the lecture hall because I felt like screaming and supporting for the next performance. Managed to get a shot of my "kakis". Thanks for the support, guys!



Next, there was a pianist and this guy is really good. I told John that I couldn't play a single musical instrument but this pianist played at top speed and he managed to get all the codes right. Imagine playing O2 Jam at the highest level and speed. LOL! Look, even our emcee was shocked! Haha.



Remember I mentioned that I was at the back of the hall to support the next performance? Yeah, I knew this new friend during the event itself. His name is Jordi and we're in the same English lecture now. Awesome guy and he's super funny!

He was a comedian during the concert and I remember shouting "Awesome!" when he said he couldn't sit down because he had a pimple on his arse. LOL!





After Jordi was a Chinese orchestra performance. The emcee was talking bout a musical instrument called a "wooden fish".



The guy with the flute had another solo performance after the Chinese orchestra.



There was a magic show by a professional magician by the name of Eugene and he was cool as well. Sorry that there are no photos for that particular show because my flashgun ran out of battery.

Next was a singing performance by another UTARian. He is a broadcasting student from PJ by the name of Kelvin if I'm not mistaken. This guy can really sing and he sang "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga and "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis.



And here's his guitarist



Alright, then it was a performance by one of our very own WFC committee member. Wei Han together with two of his juniors are professionals! Check this out:





Then there was another dance performance. No, not the Hazardous Engineers but they're from another crew. Anyway, we call them "Alvin and the Chipmunks". Why? You'll see why...



This guy here calls himself Theodore. You know that cute fat little chipmunk that you see in cinemas? This Theodore here can POP!



Those above were all the performances during event together with a few more. That's about it. Then there was a lucky draw and this winner is about to gain a few calories.



And here's the winner and luckily he's not my size =P



A simple souvenir for the VVIP



and that's the end of the Welcoming Freshmen Concer 2010. Wanted to have a pic with my new kaki, Jordi then the people started coming into the photo. So here you are, the committee together with the performers.



Before they dancers left, here's a cool shot of the Hazardous Engineers with Jordi



Remember there was a magician during the concert? He made a pigeon disappeared so I went hunting for the Eugene, the magician and his pigeon.

Ah, found him! And he looks like my older brother man.



Here's the pigeon and it's a real poser. Everytime I took out my 500d, it started posing. Haha.



John with the magician's pigeon



There was a post mortem meeting after the concert but before that, camwhore la dulu!























'Kau tim', photo sessions are all over. Time for serious business, clean up people! First, we gotta pop all them balloons!



Carried on with the post mortem meeting after that. With that, the Welcoming Freshmen Concert 2010 Committee would like to thank every single one of you for your support!



I'll end this post with my boss's trademark - "3, 2, 1, ACTION!". By the way, her video has 200++ comments on Facebook in less than a week! She's like some Asia celebrity la.


Once again, all the photos are uploaded on Facebook and credits to Daniel Lee for most of the photos because I was using Boo's camera throughout the event. Till the next update, take care and God bless!

Do leave a comment in the chatbox for now as I'm still working with the 'comment' link after every post for now. Thanks for your support, people!



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Ice Breaking 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:50


Hi folks! Finally got the time to update my blog on the Ice Breaking 2010 for freshmen. Before that, yesterday was the first day of the semester and it was awesome! Keep Soil Mechanics aside, my English lecturer rocks! Students call him the "living GPS" because he seems to know every single place in Malaysia. He is a really funny guy, can't wait to attend his next lecture!

So, Ice Breaking 2010 was cool. I really enjoyed the water games although I am not part of them. Really love all the water splashing action! So let's begin shall we?

Photos taken during Ice Breaking 2010:


Alright, there were quite a number of freshmen but I only managed to get a photo with just a few guys in it.


The warm up game was called "Chicken Goggles" if I am not mistaken, awesome game.


Here's my boss and she is always the active one. Say "Hello!" to Cassie, me boss.


Then it was station games and here's the big boss, Kerry. He looks like he's saying "Me..." in the photo. Yeah Kerry, you're the boss!


And here are the instructions:


Station 1 : Sour Plum! Woot!


After eating so many "plums", you need some water right? Here you are, Spritzer's new model! LOL!


Alright, time for water games! AWESOME! There was this game where you were supposed to play "rock, paper and scissors" and if you lose, you get splashed. Simple isn't it?

If you still did not get what I meant, here's a demo:


Ah.... looks really simple right? You lose, you get splashed. That is all! But, things got more intense after that!



There were more stations but I guess I'll stop here. More photos are available on Facebook! In the end of the day, all the freshmen say...


Next post would be on our very own Welcoming Freshmen Concert 2010! Stay tuned!


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First week of January
Saturday, January 9, 2010 22:24


Wow, busy week! Drove down to Sitiawan on Monday morning and spent a few hours there. You guys gotta try Sitiawan's laksa and prawn mee. Yummy!


Reached Ipoh by dinner time and Ipoh Parade was destination number one. Basically, we planned to walk around before having dinner. Photos taken in Ipoh Parade:




Headed to Soon Fatt Restaurant after that for dinner. The food there is so yummy! Photos taken in Soon Fatt Restaurant:



'Yum Cha Session' was at Friends Cafe with a guy named Ben. Didn't know he was Mun Sun's brother until he told me he's doing robotics in MMU. Sounds cool eh? Photos taken at Friends Cafe:







We continued my "food photography marathon" once again on Tuesday. Kinda unlucky that Foh San Dim Sum Restaurant was closed on that day. In fact, most of the places were closed on Tuesday which include Funny Mountain 'tau fu fa' and Medan Selera Stadium's 'ais kacang'!

Headed to Jusco in the evening to watch 'Alvin and the chipmunks - The Squekquel'. The movie was okay with the additional "Chipettes" and their adorable voices. Rate it 8/10. Love the part where they sang "Right Round" and "Single Ladies".


Met up with Sue Quin after the movie and we had dinner together at Sri Maju for their famous 'hakka mee':



Met up with one of my mom's friend at Moven Peak after that. This is where the bokeh photos come alive! This was also the place where Sue Quin had her first photography lessons. LOL! Proceeded to Station One after that for another 'yum cha session'. Photos taken at Moven Peak and Station One:






Met up with Anna's friend, Adrian for breakfast on Wednesday. Also met up with Kay Yen and Jiangmay for another 'yum cha session'. Had dinner together at Moven Peak again and remember that I mentioned that here's the place where bokeh comes to live?

I have created a new photo album on Facebook which contains all those 'bokeh' photos. I'll upload a few of them here but do support the "bokeh" album on my Facebook profile yea? Thanks!





Drove down to Kampar on Thursday together with Aunty Cathy and Carmen. UTAR is like AWESOME! Can't imagine that UTAR 'grew' so much since we left last year. Anyway, it has been an hour or so since I started updating this post. Think I gotta rest soon so take care, peeps! God Bless!

Ohya, do drop by more often guys. My blog needs your support! You guys could leave your comments at the chatbox on the top left corner of the page. Your comments and support are the reason why this blog is still alive. Thanks people!


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Happy New Year!
Friday, January 1, 2010 19:38


Happy New Year peeps! May 2010 be a great one for each and every one of you! First off, photos from yesterday's 'yum cha' session and the fireworks display from Jaya Jusco's rooftop:

Photos taken at OldTown Kopitiam:




Headed to JJ's rooftop when it was around 10.30pm. Photos taken on JJ's rooftop:




Woke up for breakfast this morning and it was another opportunity to continue my "marathon". Check the previous post if you do not get what I mean. Had breakfast at Golden Point Food Court in First Garden:

#1 Fish fillet noodles


#2 Dry curry mee with chicken and roasted pork


#3 Penang Char Koay Teow




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"Ipoh Food Photography Marathon"
00:47


12.47am and I just got home. Went out for another 'yum cha' session with Jiangmay, Kay Yen and Puinyinn. Anyway, Happy New Year people!

What happened yesterday was I planned to have this 'Ipoh food photography marathon' together with Jiangmay and Kay Yen but later on it was just me and my mom. Am a little bit interested in food photography thou and yesterday was my first attempt!

First up, breakfast at Foh San Dim Sum Restaurant:










Next was Nam Chow's Dry Curry Mee:


Then we headed to the old town for Funny Mountain's tau fu fah:


The last stop was at 'Medan Selera Stadium':



Since it was my first attempt, I guess the WB is a little bit off according to some sifus. More changes will be made during PP and uploaded to Facebook.

Photos taken during New Year's Eve 'yum cha session' and more will be uploaded on the next post. Take care and Happy New Year once again! God Bless!


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