玩具又少了

话说，前一阵子，本人情绪低落，意志消沉。

很轻易的被欲望前者鼻子走，

到某处撒钱去。

奢侈的买了新玩具。。。。。。。

Panasonic GX1 as I had mentioned in some previous post.

It's not a Single Lens Reflex (SLR), but similar with changable lens. They call it the mirrorless camera, or Micro 4 Thirds for Panasonic and Olympus. Yeah jargons, its everywhere, I hate them (and no, I don't understand why is it call 4/3). The world will be a better place if people didn't invent jargons.

Anyway, it was bought out of pure greed and ambitious, as I thought my Canon sx100 is working fine. So now I can have the best of both worlds.

Gx1 gets me closer to being artistic but I'm limited to the lenses that I can collect, and so there are some functions that cannot be worked on. While sx100 give me the ease of point-and-shoot (it is not compact), 10x zoom and macro shots in just one camera.

I was still loving my sx100, it gives me pretty lot of manual functions to pretend to be artistic, but still laziness made me depend on auto functions more, and so I didn't actually use them.

I did a lot of read up before buying GX1 (I swear it was after my exam), make sure I understand most of the jargons and terms before doing this action, else GX1 will just be a piece of crap, performing worse then compact cameras.

But as usual, this tech slave can't be happy for long. I can never stay in the region where both world overlapse.

Read that I thought?

Yes, sx100 had abadoned me. That GX1 pic was taken by sx100, just, but its strange that it was better.

Can see the problem? Nope its not photo editing effect. THERE ARE STREAKS ON THE PICS SX100 TAKES.

A simple search on Google and came out "shutter jam".

The problem already existed during Jasmine's wedding, or even before. I only start using it at the banquet, and I discover that the photos I took are strangly over-exposed in such lighting. But being to tired to matter with the settings I gave up photographing, because there are so many people taking, I'm sure I can get some from *ahem, Liyan?* or online.

I can't trace back when because I haven't been using it much after Taiwan trip, and all the photos were well, thank god.

I did take it out a few times to play with the settings but never discover the problem, and I had deleted all those test pictures.

MAJOR SAD!

If I have know it I wouldn't have bought GX1 first.

GX1 is pretty manual and depends largly on the lens, and now I'm stranded because the basic lens that came with the bundle HAVE NO ANTI-SHAKE, and no macros, like the unicorn picture, GX1 cannot acheive at all!

I'm now in dilemma. To buy a macro lens? Which cost i think a freaking $400+++++++ or an adapter for $100++++ or a point and shoot camera (which actually is for family usage too, mum and bro)? I'm not going to lend GX1 to inexperience hands! Like I say it will be crap if you don't know how to control.

Haiz, what should I do? Especially when, I have a date with YM on 7/7 for Garden Festival 2012! What is plant photography with no macros?

ps: GX1 I'm not saying you are bad, it is just me not having enough fund to feed you now, don't ever pon me please!

Spell check is not working and I'm not going to check misspelts. Go ahead and judge my English.

Vampire?

Nicolas Cage was being labeled as a vampire after some one found an old photo of "him"

Now there is another one.

Can you guess who?

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The Camera Thing

Before I turn this into some "I hate the world and the moronic things technology brings us and the inhumane world" ranting blog, lets share some, in my opinion, good thing.

You know the thing about camera? Technology just upgrade upgrade and upgrade, but your camera just don't die in time for you to change.

My computer dies like 5 times, disposed off like 3 mp3 players, 2 handphones and a few electronics at home like the DVD player and such. Their remains probably burnt, return to earth and being reproduced already the camera just don't die.

I have like 3 working ones at home, the oldest being the film camera which I suppose is about my age, no zoom at all.

But being a tech slave and self proclaim photography lover can't stop myself from looking for newer better ones when they are still working. Because I have to admit that the 12x optical zoom is actually shit.

No, not into SLR thingy, but I like compact cameras that can do wonders like manual focusing and changing exposure yada yada yada, example like the over publicised Nex5, or Panasonic LX5 or Canon S100. That kind.

I have played with Canon, its... good, but the dials are not that convenient, you probably shift the focus way off before you set to the desired settings.

Anyway, I was Googling for Panasonic GF3 which was like sitting at the counter top at Best Denki with "Special Price" around, it will still burn my bank a/c, and I found this.

http://www.youtube.com/user/DigitalRevCom

He is, I suppose from Hong Kong, and he speaks like the Britain Top Gear host whom my bro likes.

Anyway, he did reviews the way I like, comparing similar camera and their outcome side by side. Fascinating. And I fall in love with his Leica M! But I last checked few hours ago its going at SGD 33000. CRAZY. No typo, its 5digits, no decimals.

So I continue with the other reviews, I was checking the GF3 and OUT, then next was the Canon G1 X which I was attracted my the swirving screen, its totally bimbotic to buy for that screen, OUT.

Then the Panasonic GX1, it is pretty cool! It has manual focus like Iphone which you touch and it focus. Imagine if I'm able to use that for my favourite Chrysanthmums back in Taiwan, I will die with less regret now.

But still I don't have the funds to play with such luxury yet. And there are the Pentax and Nikon I have yet to check out yet. I still can't get over the Leica.....

Addition: http://yowayowacamera.com/

I think this have been circulating since some times ago, but I'm keeping this as a bookmark. Ha.

Alright prepare for bed and dream of owning a Leica.

Man-made Human?

After 2 abduction claims, and a boy being pushed down the escalator :-

A mum, sat on the bench, plays on Draw something, and leaves her two kids with a maid, playing, climbing, running at the bus stop.

Are you not worried? How can a maid handle 2 kids?

When the bus arrived, her son called out, she stood up at an instance shouts to her daughter.

"Mei mei come!"

The kid then came running towards her mum while the bus drive in, so close to the curb!

The mum not worried at all and added on "faster".

Then in the bus, she continues to play with get phone.

Have you still have any motherly instinct?

Mammals are different from other species because they took care of their young while they grow.

And these people now endangered their kids over technology.

Are human still human? It's just so sad watching such things being so common.

How long have you not heard the sound of your surrounding.

Current Music: Mr. Simple on the right and Gee on the left.

Not that I have any special earphone to play 2 tracks at one go, but it came out from the fellow commuters' earphone. It's not hard to make them out, even with the noisy engine of the bus.

Can you imagine the volume they are hearing at their ear?

What is the volume if yours? I will say mine is not soft but I make sure I can hear what's going on in the normal world.

Usually a 3 or 4 bar on the iPhone, sometimes 5 when there are noisy people chatting, I have low tolerance of disturbance.

So you guess from those sound emitting earphones.

What bothers me is when the sense of hearing is being blocked off, they don't make an effort to strengthen the others. Feel? Sight? In nature when one of your senses malfunctioned, the other senses will improve.

A blind will have stronger sense of feel and hear. A crab when lost a pincer will have the other grow bigger to make up the lost.

The point of this entry is, I WAS ALMOST KILLED BY THESE PEOPLE. Not literally. Physically!

Last night after my lesson, I was walking from SMS towards Dohby Ghaut, and have to cross a few roads. At the one crossing to Concorde Hotel,
I crossed half way and was at the "flat island" where everyone will wait.

There was quite a few people there and everyone was waiting at the Island, but this, pardon me, BITCH, push me from behind! While cars are still moving.

Fortunate for me, the cars are at slow moving off speed, and I manage to stopped just taking a step.

I turn back and no surprise at all -- A Smartphone moron. She had earphones plugged in and still had her eyeballs sticked to the screen. Even after everything happened, SHE DID NOT LIFT HER HEAD AT ALL! No apologies of course.

While the tourists and others around me asked if I'm fine and things, she simply walked off! Not aware of the commotion???

You almost kill me and you have no idea at all?! And walked away as if nothing happen. Even if we are not on the road, bumping into my back is still a fault, and you pretend it never happen?

If you have stayed a little longer I would have pulled your earphones and do what ever I can to make sure you throw your damn ass phone into the rubbish bin!

I really have enough of these morons. Get a life will you?!!!

The year starts with uncomfortables

The discomforts I have in the 15 days of new year:

1. The heat generates eczema. Places where I had eczema before acts up. But good thing is, they took turns.

2. Running nose. It's a long friend, especially I had been blowing fan straight at me for nights.

3. Sore throat. Needless to say with the goodies.

4. Back aches! Twice! And I went for needles twice. It recovered the first time, but came back again. It might be the new shoes.

Seems like all my long term friends are visiting for new year

Forgets-them-not.

My month end Handbook

1. Things happens, bear with it. Expect the in expectable. Ridiculous don't exist in the dictionary now.

2. Save all your patience till this period, meaning blow it off at anytime of the month.

3. Plan does not work here, don't plan. Just mark OT on your calendar, push away all invites and dates.

4. Sleep as much as possible on the 3rd week, you need to stay awake.

5. Don't hurt your hands, even when you blow up. Your brains too.

Keep in mind, everyone is right. Except for yourself.

It's scary but I want to know the ending

Some favorite bestest friend of mine sent me this link.

It's a horror.

Really horrible, with sound and moving graphics (3 I heard).

I didn't dare to go on after the 2nd moving picture.

But I want to know the end. Please read and tell me!

It's really scary, you have been warned.

http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/detail.nhn?titleId=350217&no=31&weekday=tu

英雌之战

当貂蝉能够让异性角色决斗时，另三位角儿竟然是，甄姬、孙尚香和华佗。。有史以来最悲的主公。

To blog is harder these days not only because of twitter, it's hard to get a good topic to start with.

It's now only rants, sighs and tiredness in my life these days.

Pray hard it won't be the same after this holiday.

Good things should keep going on

Since the first time I take notice of grooming my eyebrow, I have problem looking for THE colour and tools for them.

We all know sg is slow in everything except for cash. I remember visiting the then most in shops in sg, The Face Shop and Basic Beauty etc to search. But all they imports are colours which are so Caucasian, dark and not yellow skin friendly.

While in Jap, they are in light brows and colours that are for Asians, they are greenish browns and yellow, very hazel types. No choice I have to use the western trend and getting misunderstood for being distant due to those extra dark brows.

My wait finally ended when the personal care stores start to come to their sense and imports Jap brands. I fall in love with Canmake due to their wonderful range of eyebrow tools and colours. It's like a dream come true, those in the magazines I had been browsing in Kinokuniya comes into reality.

My thoughts did not even jump a bit when Majorica sail into this island. It's so expensive and they made you HAVE to buy a set even if you need only the brow pencil. No cheating in buying only the refill.

But good things all come to an end EVERYTIME in sg.

They stop bringing in the color I had been loyally followed for the past years, the best colour of the range.

It's 04. And what I liked about it, other then the colour, is it's flat.

And when just like last year, they finally get the eyebrow colour gels on the rack. When I had been getting my supplies desperately from ppl visiting Taiwan.

But its a disappointment that they still did not get the right colour.

The top 2 are locals and the last one from good lord Taiwan. The top one is too dark, turning me back to the distance, but the center one is way too bright!

When I have my hair dyed, the 3rd one really merge with my hair. So nicely that I think i can appear in mina

Yar yar, very thick skin.

Serious, are there so little souls on this tiny dot who appreciate aesthetic of my clan?

Side note, John Little Stardust doesn't exist in PS anymore.

Let's die ugly in dooms day.

Ps: please please pleeeeaase tell me when you are goin Japan or Taiwan! Get me my stock!

And yeah, I'm so annoyed that I blogged this entry entirely on mobile.