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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Something to share about Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium

KUALA TERENGGANU: Billed as the pride of the state, the RM300mil Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium in Gong Badak suffered a major blow when its roof collapsed – just a year after it was opened. It was not because of dodgy Malaysian construction standards or even using cheap materials because somebody pocketed the money, our government would deny deny deny, so the official reason is ………….



Monday, June 29, 2009

What's in my brain now.

There are just multiple things in my brain now, and i find all these quotes that i am going to put below is related to my thoughts now...

"In the night I hear 'em talk, The coldest story ever told, Somewhere far along this road He lost his soul, To a woman so heartless"

"Don't trust a ho. Never trust a ho. Won't trust a ho. 'Cause a ho don't trust me."

"Two boxes of detergent and a paintgun And a emergency squirtgun to spray everyone"

"Ain't no rhyme or reason No complicated meaning Ain't no need to over think it Let go, laughing Life don't go quite like you planned it We try so hard to understand it The irrefutable, indisputable fact is Pshhhhh, it happens."

"Will you think that you’re all alone
When no one’s there to hold your hand?
When all you know seems so far away and everything is temporary, rest your head
I’m permanent"

"And their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression
No expression "


"Walk my shoes, just to see,
what it's like, to be me
I'll be you, let's trade shoes,
just to see what it'd be like to
feel your pain, you feel mine,
go inside each other's minds
Just to see, what we find,
look at shit through each other's eyes"

"Matter fact make me a birthday cake
With a saw blade in it to make my jail break "

"Pop it, lock it, polka dot it
Country fivin', hip hop hip
Put your arms in the sky, move side to side
Jump to the left, stick it, glide

Zig zag 'cross the floor
Shuffle in diagonal
When the drum hits, hands on your hips
One-footed 180 twist

And then a zig zag, step, slide
Lean in left, clap three times
Shake it out, head to toe
Throw it all together, that's how we roll"

"Somebody’s heart is broken
And it becomes your favorite song "

"The way your mouth feels in a lovers kiss
Like a pretty bird on a breeze or water to a fish
A bomb blast brings a building crashing to the floor
Hear the laughter while the children play war"

"A boy chase a bird
So close but every time
He never catch her but he can’t stop trying"

"But it broke his heart
So he stuck his middle finger
To the world"

"You use to shine so bright
But I watched all of it fade"


"All I wanna do is (BANG BANG BANG BANG!)
And (KKKAAAA CHING!)
And take your money"

"Doesn’t matter anyway
Words could never make me stay
Words will never take my place
When you know I’m leaving"


"Saw a kid last winter only twenty years old
Being laid to rest while his mom stood by his side
Sure was hard to watch those tears roll down her face
Made me think how we all just have our time"






When im gone

There is a sick human factor which bothers me is that, they will never learn, they will never learn how to appreciate till it's gone. I'm feelin a lil sick today so, i won't be writin much until im back from Cat City. Hope you all learn something from the clip i attached below.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

His Death


I'm pretty sure, there's lotsa things out there which has to do with Michael Jackson now, from radios to facebook shoutouts and even video stores!The 2 pics i posted in this post, shows the unreasonable crowds in front of the videos who they never gave a damn before he is gone :p


Below would be how his hardcore fans is supposed to act after his death, enjoy



Saturday, June 27, 2009

3 Days before heading to Cat City

Pic above: How i will look when im back from cat city

Backpack's checked:

*Sufficient clothes & Underwear.

*Camera, Tripod,Charger

*Portable Hard disk(Expecting to take more than my camera's memory capacity)

*Sanitizer & Eye Mo (duno why, juz dump em in)


Pic above: The only available public transport there

That was all i planned to bring, tell me if i left anything out.(expecting someone to say "you've forgotten to bring me!") Did research, and things which i am looking forward in Cat City:

PLACES

1.Tua Pek Kong Temple ( Oldest Chinese Temple there 1843)

2.Meow Civic Centre (best place to get a 360° aerial view of Cat City)

3.Meow City Mosque (design featuring a combination of Mid-western and Italian architecture)


4.Meow Waterfront (Any visit to Kuching is incomplete without taking a brisk walk at the RM1 milion per 10m strip of Meow Waterfront)


5.Sunday Market@Satok(Rumours:The market is so huge that it might break your legs to walk to every corner of this market)

6.The Astana ( It was built in 1870 by Charles Brooke as a bridal gift to his wife Margaret.)


7.Friendship Garden(The garden is developed to mark the symbol of friendship between China and Malaysia)


8.Meow Museum(Duh!museum,do you need any reason for that?)

9.Chinese History Museum :)


10.Fort Margherita 1879 (cannons, cannon balls, guns, pistols, swords and other vestiges of its artillery)


11.The Cat Museum. (This is a large collection of cat memorabilia lolx)
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12.Sarawak Timber Museum & Textile Museum (please inform me if i left out any places)
I didn't list any shopping malls here, and you should know why :)

Pic above: The ruler at that city

FOOD
These are the best i could list, if there is any, please just inform me aite? XD


1.Sarawak Laksa.@Chong Choon, Jln. Abell (opposite Maybank) & Choon Hui, Jln. Ban Hock (near Grand Continental Hotel)

2.Kolo Mee+Pork 'Spare-part' soup+Teh-C Peng Special.@Bishopsgate Coffeeshop, Carpenter Street

3. Manok Pansoh.

4.Umai.

5.Midin.

6.Mi Jawa.

7.Mi Hong Kong

8.fish-ball soup and Pork satay @Lau Ya Keng Food Court, Carpenter Street

9.Kolo Mee again @KY Cafe, Sekama Road

10.Rojak Kuchei Batu Lintang. This place served the best rojak India and chicken rojak in the town.

As a typical MALAYSIAN and FOOD LOVER, damn, im hungry now..
Pic above: This is how the girls there are like.(dream on)

Friday, June 26, 2009

Escaped death ver 2.0

Pic above:Proper layout design for a Primary 5

My day was filled today.Woke up at 8 today, went to Jusco Maluri and finally finished my book entitled 'No Religion'. Later at lunch i was treated at O'Briens by a Standard 5 Prefect named Weigin. Weigin has a form5 friend named Xinyi and lookin at the way they communicate to each other, and the way they compromise when voicing opinions, it just shows me how beautiful a friendship can be, in thier way:). Did something stupid today while helping the primary kids, which is: doing a lot of photoshop work, and accidentally off it without saving.Re-do everything in peace,and the results aren't that bad.Took a long ride on some friggin long highway to avoid the jam and decades later, i finally reached sunway.

The big news for today will be :

I nearly got hit my a cement truck today as i slowed down and stopped by a red light today.5 seconds after i stopped, i heard a big honk and a surround sound effect of a truck getting really near, without lookin back i tilt my bike on the left corner, and FROM THAT ONE INCH I SAW THE LORRY DROVE PASSED ME IN HIGH SPEED!THAT SON OF A BITCH.Thanks to Buddha,Allah,God ,Jesus,Guru Nanak,Najib,Obama and Michael Jackson that my life was spared from being like the picture below.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Banana


This post is to be viewed with an open mind, stating a point not as an argument but to share views to humanity, not a personal attack to any particular groups or people.:)

This terminology was used against those who were not able to study mandarin when he\she was young, indiscriminately by multiple occurrence like, parents choice, unavailability within region and so on. That term has been circulated in the Chinese community for some time, and i would like to put it into a deep analysis for today.

The utilization of this term 'banana' was created by the Chinese who have their mandarin education to diss the chinese people who never had the chance to learn mandarin or who were unable to speak mandarin. In short, it is created by the Chinese race to diss the Chinese race, how united. To put this term in a conceptual test, this term is best used against the breed of chinese who are over-indulged in the "external" culture, forgetting their roots, or worst, dissing back their own culture.The skin of a banana is yellow while the insides are white, i guess most of yall would know what that means, the heart which differs from their natural appearance.

Those who has love for their own culture and wanted to learn more was victimized in this process as well.It is because of the stereotype of typical Chinese who condemn rather than helping, therefore it has really set apart the unity within their own race.

Here are a few points to ponder.


1. A 'banana' talks bad about the Chinese culture, and tells how much he hates Chinese songs, movies and etc.

Typical chinese reaction :Shut up la banana!don't talk bad about MY people ok?

Salvatore:MY? so there IS a race called Banana Republic all along?The repulsive act of screwing back the ignorant lad above to defend your pride would only be temporary, as he would come back for more attacks and this war would never end.Why not transfer the effort which you put into this war, to make the ignorant bastard learn about what the culture really is? To find thier sense of belonging to thier race? To be dissed within your own race, most probably would make the person repels even more, and of course the alternatives for them is to blend into cultures which accepts them.Out of egoism, most chinese would say words like "we don't need this kind of people in our race", its not a need, they ARE a part of ur race whether u like it or not.

2.A 'banana' is trying to learn how to speak in mandarin, has a certain wierd accent.

Egoistic bastards:HAHAAHAHA, hey u know how to speak onot wan?if duno dont speak la BANANA!! hahahaha

Salvatore: I know that u've tried to speak languages out of your region and got dissed by certain ways, but how can a person improve when all they hear is people laughing at thier effort? Not everyone has a strong mentality and with the amount of people like you guys who goes on dissing others when they try to speak, how would this language grow? Why are you stopping the growth of your own mother tongue? Are you afraid of competition? Cowards?


3.Banana says, err, hehe sorry i can't really understand mandarin.

Typical chinese: OH SO URE A BANANA LA!!~~

Salvatore: Exageration of speech tone and reactions is one of the best clique in asia.Being loud in public is a norm and during introduction of yourself, one of your friends might come in and add on, ohya he/she's a banana. There are a certain group of people who accepted the fate to be called as such, or some just do not care anymore. But come to think about it, let's say there is a tiny lil spark of interest in a chinese cultural act by one of these people, and the existence of these party who likes to involve such entitlement to discourage them, how many sparks of flame would they blow away? and again, how would the culture grow? how does it benefit you, your society and your race?


Conclusion: Using terminologies against people without awareness would lead to a lot of unforeseen circumstances.The last question to you guys is, the term "banana" is basically applied on those who does not love their own race deep inside, but to apply it on Chinese culture lovers who lacks the knowledge about the language, where is this leading to?

Reflect & Think again.

For the shallow minded only: The heart to learn or the fluency in the language matters?? Without the heart to learn how to reach the stage of being fluent? With the existence of the egoistic party who stops this struggling pack who wants to learn, how would they ever be communicating with you on par?

Another Surprise from Tarun

Ma boy Tarun, had surprised me once with his martial arts passion and today he came back telling me that he is going to climb the Everest in year 2011. This shit is real, he is not kidding about it, in fact he is working on it.I have total believe in this boy, and when he reached the topp,ima call him da man.This is a funny convo that we had today on msn, click on it for a better reso.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Impactful Footprints

Found out that i am going to have a long day today, so i'm going to make a "post of appreciation" to the people in my life. I'm going to expect a few people going like, hey why isin't my name mentioned or, hey i din know that is what you think about me!What i can say is, i don't have a good memory and therefore, what you gotta do is just tell me to include ur name, and ill gladly put you in, everyone of you does have an impact in my life,i don't want any emotional drama involving me not remembering you or hiding by the dark corner emoing about it, i don't entertain these kind of things,sorry.

Alright, randomly,

Andrew Ewe aka Reggae dude
God, i really miss this fella. It's been ages since ive talked to this guy,people always says that feelings fade when the distance sets you and your friend apart, that, is an unecessary thought.Thinking back the days i hang out with this guy around the temple when i was young, the way he jokes and make fun in silly ways was one of a kind.An inspiration of humour and being chill to anything that comes to you.My man,with your confidence and humour, it will promise you a happy life in the days to come :)


Andy Leang aka My Revit Guru
My Revit master. He actually taught me more than revit, he taught me about how humans really are in the business world, and he has showed me how distinctive he is in differentiating what is business and what is friends. He was a very serious businessman, counting every cents that is supposed to be paid by the companies he dealt with. On the contrary, he taught me Revit skills for free, and arranged me to earn from companies but never benefit a single cent from me.His modesty as a human being is beyond my scope of existence.He opened my eyes,and inspired me to be a great educator like him, not only skills, but humanity.


Alexandre T aka One&Only Brother
My brother from the same blood, has gone thru my life with me since i was 4. We basically did everything together, from fighting to painting to singing the whole day away. I still remember sparring with ma bro when young (before we go for taekwondo) and one of us will always end up with a body slam right on the floor, our remedy was always "go drink hot water & don't tell mum", it works perfectly well :). He was a man of bad temper and the aggresiveness shown from his actions usually contradicts the decent face that he has. He is now a boy turning into a man, has his own insecurities and confusion at times, but still he always managed to figure things out by himself. Despite the vulgarities that comes out from his speech, he has the most decent and unpolluted mind i've ever encountered.Definitely a trustworthy friend where you can count on for the rest of your life.


Calvinz Ser aka Close Rival
Childhood friend of mine, good at kicking legs when he was young, one of the best fighter in primary school haha. This dude has been with me a lot , going everywhere we want, doing anythin we want, boy of less words when he was young, and grew up a man with lotsa crap talking. Growing up with him was enjoyable, developed our passion in arts when young, sketching dragonball characters on Puan Lim's tution books, and sprayed LP's graffiti on the school chair.(p:s there was a war between gangsters in the school for that chair after we were gone) Our unfinished grafitti mural on the school wall, our craze about Linkin Park raps,all the shits we do, it worth it.




Carmen Yap aka Summer
Considered a childhood friend as well, during the 12's where we used to hang out behind the pagoda, sometimes with Andrew, talking our day off. A friend who was there everytime i have problems in relationship and a friend i always there for when she is having hers.We hang out so much in temple that people thought that we were together.But the fact that, the love that we promised each other, is not the type of love that a person needs to be in a relationship, we both know it well, and thus till now, we are close friends no matter how far away she may be. I still remember the label we gave each other when we were young, she is Summer and i'll be the Winter, most probably because she is always cheerful,and cheer things up for me, whereas me, the emo one who would cool her down in bad times. Miss you ol-friend.


Chelsey Chee aka Chex
Know this cutey within this year, it started off with her being very silent and slowly broaden up her mind to talk to me. A girl who has a great sense of humour, she is almost a spark in terms of randomness, her answers are usually out of this world, in a cute way. Because of her understanding and awareness about certain things, it is easy to communicate and share opinions with her.She can get over-excited about something today but on the next day she totally cooled down like nothing happened yesterday.Full of surprises that is.


Master Lee aka Master of Perseverance & Morality.

My passion, my skills and understanding in martial arts is developed by this master of mine. He wasn't hard on us, and the martial arts style he teached us is always morphing according to situation. From the ways he teached me, i somehow developed a lot of life philosophies for myself. He was another kind man, who offer me free training while i helped him guide the younger ones, thru this process, i was inspired to guide the younger generation about what taekwondo really is, about thier awareness of what life is to them. It's funny to reminisce about, his in speech,and the honesty and sincerity he had for us.They were priceless. I was treated, not just as a student, but a friend who is able to share things which he thinks he might not know.A humble master.


Saw Yung aka SawYungPark(Fake Korean)
This nickname that we cracked on you has been carried thruout the whole course at Saito, you denied it strongly, but happen to accept it when time goes on XD.What i can say about this guy is, i missed the days where we rush our assignments together in high speed,and bully computer player in Red Alert together in your overheated room,Our talks over 2 SI MUT Milk Tea at Old Town,and of course our series of singing in Green Box.I enjoyed singing with you the most, just the two of us, is that why we were labelled as Scandalz by David & Maxx?


Kerlie aka Curl Jie
Can you believe me, this girl who looks much more younger than me is actually an elder sis of mine lolx. A friend of mine who is true to herself in things that she does, the first time we met, we started talking the day off, it was all natural. We got to know each other for quite some time, almost more than 4 years, that's for sure.It was the communication that brought us together real close.Met her during her bad times, and she managed to get out of it alongside with me XD. She's now a stewardess with a hardworking and creative boyfriend(sorry guys). Hope i can meet her on my flight to kuching this 1st of july lolxxx.


Hvey Jci aka Ultimate Caring Friend
There is too much to say about this friend of mine, but the care she has for me is beyond what i can expect from a friend. We were friends since young, but never really talk much to each other. Years passed by and we've grown up, she is still as caring as she is last time, being a companion who would listen to anything i want to pour,be it, my theories,philosophies or craps.A perfect definition of Kalyana Mitra. A friend who is definitely worth more than ferraris and lambos :p


Nazzeh aka my conceptual wife
We got to know each other when we were quite young, and she had her bad times, but we went over it,and we lost contact for a very long time, until, last year, when i was suffering a terrible heart-break, she appeared, and was also in a very heart breaking situation. We then started to talk to each other everyday, and the love she shown was, so overwhelming that, i felt so lucky that she was mine. Don't get this wrong, we are not couples. I am hers and she is mine.That simple.



David Lim aka wierd ass dude (Right-Green shirt)
That is what he is to the common eye, a wierd ass dude, but actually there is sth more than that, he is in fact out of this world! From his hairstyle and the way he dresses and his self created phobia of even numbers and his effort to go against the norm he is one of the most unique being ive ever met. He does overdo things and go off track at times, but that is just the way he is, he is original.
Jeff Lim aka smart ass dude (middle)
A contrast of his bro, he does things in style and from the benefit of hanging out with us, he is now a top scorer in what he is doin.


Maxx aka Man of Will
The enemy+friend of david, and a part which forms the BrainDamaging Trio in my Saito times.He was a master in sarcasm, and his cynical mind is what makes the Trio so fun to be with.That element of his was just on the surface, something which people can detect on the first time of speech.What's within him has yet to be discovered(discover it urself gals :p) Maxx & David has this thing about being predictable & having clashes in clothes with others, its almost like meeting death XD.



Jon aka Mr Pure.
Hearty laughs and more laughs is what you can expect from this guy. He is a man of laughter, anything can make him laugh. The first time i hang out with him, i was filled with positivity, and to know that there is much more to laugh about than just being the pessimistic me. He was also a man of pure heart, true to himself, and honestly is somehow his best policy. Because of my trust on this guy, i poured out 5% of my philosphy to this guy on the first time we chat, and he woke up with a migraine next day.


Yeow Long aka Mr Vile.
Just to place a contradiction to Jon's nickname, he is not Vile, but somehow is aware of certain things, and is philosphical in his own way, and i was told that he is a Chinese version of me. As i know him for a longer period of time, i started to find the differences in us.He has is originiality in the mindset he puts in, but somehow the similiarity would be the liberation of our thoughts."spourge bourge"(sponge bob),Santa cloth (santa clause) are word that can be generated, based on his level of silliness.He is the type that can neglect what he is doing just to help other, a breed which has already extinct long ago.


Sara Kok aka Miss Funner
A rose, with extra sharp thorns, that's what this girl is to me.She greeted me with a smile for the first time,and a "hi". To get to know her, i found out how hilarious she is, about how innocent she is about certain things, and she never failed to act bimboish, in fact if you don't know her, you would really think she is one. Now to the rose part, whenever you talk to her and get closer to her, you get cut. I've been really sweet and caring to her, but what she did is cut me deeper and deeper. So today i'm goin to return her back the favor!!!DIE SARA!!


Xinyi aka Smiley
This girl would be one of the most recent person i know to be in this post.She has this smile which shines for the kids and everyone thruout the camp.There is something which shines in her, that would attract a lot of attention, which would also be a point for certain people to get jealous and hate her. Shes hard worker and quite a smart girl and definitely obedient to her parents lolx..An interesting person who i would like to knnow more about, but too bad she is moving off to another continent very soon :\


Vin Ho aka My American Gangsta
Punkish Mohawk, Wide Upper body, Samurai Eyes, this guy looks like he is gonna kill you for staring at him, but no, he won't.Lolx. He might appear to look like a gangsta but he is definitely something more than that. A fun loving dude who cares a lot about protecting his family and the people he loves. He once told me "Dude, if i saw you on the streets, i wouldnt dare to mess with you" -_-


Xiao Thoong aka Childhood Lover
Her cute personality and charming smiles really got me head over heels when we were young.That's why i gathered the courage to actually asked her to be mine for the first time. Making a boy learnt how to believe in himself, and how to appreciate the memories he once had and not to ruin everything just because of a small bad ending.We were young by then, but we grew up being friends till now. Eventhough we seldom contact each other, but things will never change :)


Tarun aka my kid
A kid who was amazed by my spinning kicks on air has came back to to amaze me back with his passion for wushu and martial arts.A kid who was once thinking about life while his friends are still busy playing PS1 and pokemon cards.This dude impressed me in many ways, he has grown up to be a man of discipline, training himself every single day early in the morning without fail.He still owes me nachos which he promised, eversince he migrated to Australia.lolx


Shiela aka Lala
She gave me a nickname of Fong fong and therefore i return her with a favor of callin her Lala. She came quite late during our secondary years but we bonded quite well, as we are the source of entertainment for each other. We have quite a deal of memories in Starbucks as well, whenever i walked pass one, i wud think of her.We used to compare our heights a lot, like, if i were to touch the ceiling on the shaded walkways she would definitely touch the floor and tell me that she can reach that easier than me.and the fight continues.Love you lala.


Jia Zhang aka Big Bro
Another fella who looked like he is out from the underground, this big mafia boss look-a-like is actually a very caring and hiliarious dude. Spent most of our "glorious" times during children's camp, enjoying all the things we did for the kids, using our kids to bombard each other with our cheers,doing crazy stuffs which only me you and hock how can do. Times has passed, and you've been busy, in a year, we might even get to meet just once, but bro, what we had before this, can only be felt between the 3 of us inside.


Joelyn aka the girl who turned me into a man.
This girl brought me into a new world, a world which i couldn't get out of until now.She has been a fun lover, very entertaining person to live with.However, we were young by then and our breakup was harsh.She is mad at me till this very day, i will never know what she has went thru along that period of time, but all i can say is, it was my mistake to cause suffering to a person i once loved so dearly, not to ask for forgiveness, but I'm sorry.Hope that you meet a person who is able to give you sufficient hapiness to forget about my existence.


Rebecca aka the girl who got me really deep into love.
From rivals, to silly arguments, people never thought that we would be together, just like how people never thought how is it possible for us to break apart. The memories that you left for me within that 3 years, was incomparable with what was written in love novels.I've learnt a lot about believing in myself, and show me how to really love a person from deep inside. I've tried my best, and i apologize for things that i was not able to give you.May what you have a bright future with what you have between you and god.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Impressed by Agent F

Being impressed is one of the things which i am lack of, thus leading my days to be pretty dull at times. It is not about me thinking that i am all great or something, but it's more about the level that i seek in things, the insight, i might appreciate lots of things, but to be impressed, its quite a phenomenon.


Met a friend last year during the Nikko Hotel competition, she was a person who is humble to any comments and critics that is coming. With a person of her level, she still accepts things that other taught to her, even though basic, she is treating herself like a person who knows nothing, and therefore listens to whatever you say.

I've been talking to her for some time, and felt that i can learn a lot from her, but i didn't know that what she has hidden from me, what far more of what i had expected,thus the term "impressed" was used.I browsed around facebook for everyone's blog address yesterday and i happen to find her old gallery of pictures in devianart. Looking at the shot she has gotten last time, it was like a blast to my face, telling me that, Mike, i know you are always looking for advancement, but u should really buck up for now.

Shall i say, let the pictures do the talking this time,these are the chosen example of her photography work, ready to be blown away :)

We the Weed
"...as we in the post-modern era tend to inject meaning into the meaningless, this piece in particular highlights how concrete has become the weed in this world, invading every empty space left on the face of earth."
A High of Vitamin C
I say:I was wondering where is this, until i was told that its The Curve -_-
Colour of the Institution
"When our surroundings are shaped by the capitalist institution through relentless marketing drivel, individuality has to succumb."
Dear Departed
"It's a very neglected graveyard, seeing how people only return once a year from outstation to a far out place. But i'd like to think we still keep the memories of our departed ones close to our hearts."
Frozen Streaks
Pulau Redang, East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
"Went there with a group of friends there for a short vacation. somehow the malaysian coastals that i go to are more overcast than the advertised blue skies, or at least the last few that i've been to.this was taken on the final morning, its a break in a great swath of cloud that morning."
Petronas Twin Towers"took this at a golf course. clear and beautiful sky out. the bucket of (presumably) sand is for people to spell out in a safe and clean way, apart from its prize money, how unexciting golf is."

MERDEKA?
I say:The Malaysian Flag
Learning Curve II
A lil comments about this pic to share.This is another reason why i felt that there is a lot to learn from this friend of mine.

Visitor:I think it looks great. Now that you've mentioned it, I believe I can spot some areas where you did some of the dodging and burning, but it's only because I was looking for it and knew it had been done. Without thinking about it, I think it's very well hidden- it hadn't even occurred to me that some of those highlights would normally be lost in the dark shadow from the left side.

Agent F:im trying hard to go against purist tendencies to work on the photo. retouched photos couldn't ever be part of daily reality. it saddens me that raw beauty are touched up. just like humans in magazines.
this is just a fraction of the bigger happenings in photography.

Visitor:I love your insights and thoughtfulness towards the subject :) it's inspiring and exciting!


And the last pic of the day~
Unchained Melody
"touched by the indescribably sentimental tune of unchained melody, by righteous brothers."




Credits of all pics in this post goes to ~idyllis of devianart...(found out that this is a must nowadays)