My BF and I

It must have been too long since I spent one whole day with my bestie.
Albeit the lack of time spent together, this one day only made it clearer that she is my one true good friend.

Venue: Sungai Wang

I admire her lead in life. Her character shines in ways that I could or have not achieve.
Perhaps that is what makes the two of us, yet... we can understand, respect, and love our differences combined.

We argue... a lot because our opinions, I would say at most times, cannot come to a mutual conclusion. However, that is not important.

It is how we get over ourselves and our own issue of being stubborn and accept the bloody fact that we will sometimes, NEVER come to "a" conclusion.

With love,
Elaine

Panning : Little Girl

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Apart from my HDR shots, I also practised my panning shots.

I chose this because it's actually focused.

Venue: Royal Adelaide Showground, Wayville

Model: Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL

Shutter Speed: 1/25 second

F Number: F/6.3

Focal Length: 18 mm

ISO Speed: 200

Date Picture Taken: Sep 12, 2008, 4:17:55 PM

HDR : Royal Adelaide Show Ferris Wheel

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My first attempt to a HDR (High Dynamic Range) photo.



I present to you, Colourful Ten Ferris Wheel :) Although it may not be too great a HDR photo, it's different for me and I'm proud of it!

Listening to Teresa Teng makes me want to dress in Qi Pao (cheongsam) in a cabaret and sing to you... One of my near future dreams. Will keep you in the loop!

Some amazing HDR photos which inspired me here.

Venue: Royal Adelaide Showground, Wayville.

Model: Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL

Focal Length: 18 mm

ISO Speed: 200

Date Picture Taken: Sep 12, 2008, 5:12:00 PM

Mothdust Gig (post 2)

Mothdust's Last Ever Gig!



Lead Singer / Vocalist of Mothdust, Hank.



Bass Guitarist Lachlan [Mothdust]



Guitarist, Doug Hardy.



Hank.



Venue: Crown Anchor, Adelaide

Mother's Day

The Mikado
(Syngonanthus chrysanthus) [Info]

There is a really pretty way of planting this plant. I walked by a florist and saw this outstanding plant. It was a small pot of Mikado, inside a cylindrical glass vase, decorated with small pretty pebbles around it.


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or this way



Macro shots of Daisies.







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Cat's Birthday

Cat's Birthday



I love these crackers!


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Her Family. I particularly like this wall.

Rock Climbing

These pictures were taken at an indoor rock climbing gym.



Someone wanted his picture to be taken but his friend was holding on to the other side of the rope. It's HERE! (sorry it's not as clear! I'm still an amateur with my camera)

VickyVacko's Big Mac Chant

If this video makes you smile/laugh/cheered you up...



Cast him a VOTE! Me and my brother, Victor, will love you loooooooooooooooooooooooooong time!

Took me less than 8 seconds to register and vote!

Scroll down for MORE until you see vickyvacko!


Vote for this MONKEY!

This is my funny brother whom I'm proud of for he banish all the subconscious barriers... just to put a smile on your face.

.Victor.

Exotic Pets Exhibition in One Utama NOW!

I brought Cheron to face her fears...her response was:

her response was...

"That was a hell of a good 2 hours spent although I fear reptiles and lizards. It is so nice to have seen him kissing the King Cobra, I've never seen it so up close and personal! It's really really good lor, so adventurous... No one would bring me there except you, and I'm very happy lor!"

Exotic Pets Exhibition
-------------Date: until 31st March
Venue: One Utama Rainforest Ground Floor
Time: As long as One Utama is open =P which means from 10am to prolly 11pm!


This is your chance to see the exotic animals come upclose and personal. There is no reason why you would want to miss out these animals when you're in One Utama! Get your bum off the chair and get going! It's worth your time with the Live Shows and be in touch with nature. My way of putting it?

"An exhibition of world's nature in One PLACE, One Utama."

More Photos, Here!

Malaysia K9 Day

Malaysia K9 Day


J-mie has always been the naughtiest puppy in the house.. that's also my bad, because I didn't spend enough time guiding her while she was going through her childhood times. Yet, she has grown up to be a beautiful lady with her very own elegant personality which amazes me.



20th January 2008, Sunday 11am

On this very day, she was at her best behaviour. Such a timid little baby, J-mie was almost bullied by every toy breed puppies :) It's not a character of a Husky, or is it something you'd expect from a fierce looking wolf-dog, but my J-mie is super loving with all animals. As you can see, she drinks from the same bowl of water with Duchess, my cat. [Link]

...more pictures HERE!

Back in Malaysia

I miss my computer. vickyvacko (my brother) is kind enough to be asleep right now so I could use his pc. It's so true that Malaysia never sleeps. Neither do I. Not proud on my side, though.

Keiro's Day Out. He went out like a sheep and came home like a lamb. I had his hair shaved bald, so now he looks like a chinese crested dog.

Reason: Knots.

Before.

After.

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I have never seen Ayers Rock, nor did I know anything about it. I know it's must be some special rock. Just after hearing "We Can Be Heroes", I came across one of Australia's 'must-see' places - Ayer's Rock. Some rock it was. I didn't exactly had my foot on the special rock...but this view ain't all that bad.

The captain informed us inside the aeroplane.

Note: Pictures were all taken by Nokia N73

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Both Shirley and Joey, my two little cousins, are currently being fostered by my kind mother. It's great to see my mom busy once again, since she's lonely at home with me and Victor all too old for her to torture. Haha :) It's wonderful because I was too young to remember how my mom tortured me. Now it seems these two girls are loving it :) My mom reads to them almost every night. I bring them out :)

This little boy is Wesley :)

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It's been a while since I saw J-mie. The last time I saw her, I could still carry her with one arm. Look at her now! Grown up to be such a beautiful lady. She's almost one year old now, but not fully grown. Amazing baby girl of mine. I sincerely hope to come home for good just to be with her. She is currently very well taken care of by my Kakak. Behind J-mie is my best buddy, Kit.

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My silly attempt at Web Design!

I am always fascinated by art. Never knew how people do it. I went through Deviant Art and found cool artsy stuffs I could use for an easy kick start of web design. Didn't turn out too bad for a beginner I guess. Simple and nice... Some people like it!

Tis my LoLaRtz!

Header for reverendtimothy

I did these and a few more out of curiosity hoping it'll look good and people will appreciate it.
If you like some, do let me know. Don't steal these... I'll make another one for you, k? This is specially made for others...and you would like me to specially make one for you!

I'll be most glad to design some for you!
Will make time out of my full-of-hobby time :)
*wInk!*

Blog background for Victor (my brother)

Astrophotography of the Moon at Perigee

Moon at Perigee (closest to earth) was on the 27th September 2007

For you who missed the Moon...this was a picture I manage to take through my telescope with wide angel (25) eyepiece.

I only managed to get 5 shots of the Moon due to a big patch of clouds CURRENTLY (while I'm posting this) blocking my perfect moon.
*whIne*

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If I have a wish, I will wish to know if there's life outside of milky way.

To those who doesn't know, the Universe is what we know as the biggest atmosphere. Within the Universe, there are god knows how many galaxies. Milky way is our galaxy. Earth is accompanied by other planets such as Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and I will still include Pluto.

Zillions of money spent on sending Spaceships and Voyagers to our neighbouring planets.
So far, technology brought humans to the Moon, ...that's all I know of. Venus is too hot thus a ship was sent and only survived for two hours in the lava. Even with our currently technology on the speed of spaceships, it takes 3-6 months to travel just to the Mars. Mars is closest to earth at 35 million miles and furthest at 250 million miles away.

Let me introduce the Astronomical Units
1 Astronomical Unit = 149 598 000 kilometers
The distance for Mars (from Earth) is currently at 1.005 AU. Neptune...is now 29.288 AU from Earth. You can do the calculations by google-ing 29.288AU.
Voyager 2 took 12 years to reach Neptune.


Now let me introduce to you LIGHT YEARs
1 light year = 9.4605284 × 10¹⁵ meters
Note...STARS that we see are FURTHER than our PLANETS. Antares was known as the biggest star visible to the naked eye. It is 1,108,430,000 km away.

What is bigger than Antares? You shall find out later at the end of the post. All of these planets, these stars and wonders are WITHIN our galaxy (Milky waay).

HOW WILL WE EVER KNOW IF THERE IS LIFE IN ANOTHER GALAXY!?
Let me see...nearest galaxy is Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy at 25,000 light years away. It is a natural satellite of Milky Way. In this case, satellite means it orbits the Milky way (ie: The moon is a natural satellite of Earth).

This is making me crazy. If there are any species coming to earth from the outerspace out of our milky way, who are we to call them aliens.....? If they can come to earth from so goddamn far away, I will follow them. If they exist, they are the smart ones. I'm the alien.

To those who thinks they are enjoying life to the fullest, this may not help. So, this is what I see tonight. Pretty damn small, eh? I feel like crying.


What is bigger than Antares? by samtsai.com

I love how the Universe is killing me softly.

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Surface of the Moon

Evening Moon

Surface of our Moon

54% of Full - Waxing Gibbous

:) I'm a happy girl!! Full moon on the 27th! Can't wait!

Farm Life

Air Rifle & Shotgun

Shooting a gun was one of my "future plan" and I finally did it under the supervision of Scout and Andrew who both have full firearm license. Air rifle was really quiet considering most people who have not much clue about guns will assume guns without silencer are usually loud.
The shotgun however... *shOck*! Ears buzzed, adrenaline rushed and pride (because I got the target!) The can was absolutely smashed! I was also told that there will be a strong kick back. It actually sorta cured my sore shoulder.

Andrew & Kylie's hobby farm

A farm 30 minutes away from town. Cows, chickens, birds, dogs, cats, lambs, horses, sheep, alpacas, and a variety of poo all over the 20 acre meadow. A mountain-like backyard that overlooks Birdwood.
2 storey high bonfire.

Do you prefer city life or farm life?

MiccObaYb's Amateur Stargazing

I did my small research on what and how to look for planets and galaxies in the milky way. So far, I saw Planet Venus at 5.30am and apparently the picture I posted recently is planet Jupiter. Didn't bring my camera out when I saw Venus...but I will see Venus again, so stay tuned.
I am not as skillful, and yet to know how to use the telescope, pictures do not turn out as sophisticated. Just being able to see clusters of stars that you can't see with naked eye is absolutely fulfilling.

I have decided to learn more about Astrophotography.
Here are some absolutely amazing astrophotography taken by Humayun Qureshi.

Anzac Day!

Spent my entire morning til noon just taking pictures of the march on North Terrace of Adelaide! So colorful...but the fact that Anzac Day is "commemorated by Australia and New Zealand on 25 April every year to remember members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who landed at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I.", I took pictures in classic colours, to make it more memorable. Autumn-ish since it is Autumn ^^!

It is also Tuxedo's 3rd day out! He behaved so well... ^^.

From Wikipedia : ANZAC DAY

Every weekend is someone's Birthday!

Back in Malaysia, Dad's always telling me, "Why you have so many birthdays to go to, arh? Everyday is my birthday! You better stay at home!

Gallery!