Sunday, January 30, 2011

The arrival

Just arrived in Penang after a very long journey-6hours by train. reached Butterworth at 9.30pm and it took 1 hour for us to reach hotel. we stayed at Grand Continental hotel. quite near to Komtar, 1st Avenue and Perangin Mall. cant wait for tomorrow. our real holiday will start tomorrow :)

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Suicide note

This one week holiday i may not be able to text you like always. i'm sorry if i dont reply your text. but it's only for one week. it's not a long period. i'll be back soon. u can still catch me on facebook coz i'm gonna update mine once a while :) wait for me yeah XD i'm not running away from you. hiding from you could be interesting though.

*remember, you are always in my head.




Up Up here we go!

In LCCT now. waiting for my dad, mom and sister to come. their flight is at 3pm from Sibu. and maybe they will arrive at around 5pm. i've another 5 hours before they arrive. we'll spending our holiday together in KL and Penang. will be going to Penang either tomorrow or Monday. wee. cant wait to feel the Penang breeze.

Dunstan just entered the departure hall leaving me alone here. bon voyage! have a safe trip to sibu and send my regard to the swans. i've no idea what to do now. maybe just sit back and wait for my laptop to die. RIP. or maybe it's better for me to walk around and took some pictures. oh, i've loaded B&W film. cant wait to finish em and see the result.

stay tuned

*i've see this in some of my friends' facebook. it looks cute right? :)

Friday, January 28, 2011

Holiday mood

KTT is getting quite now. what can i say is, it is human-less. only a few students who stay in the apartment are available. no difference between KTT now and ghost town. no activities are going on outside. no people go jogging, futsal court is empty, no shouts from badminton court, bicycles are left untouched at the guard house. luckily it's still in the evening. i bet it will be very creepy and eerie at night. hmm. it's my turn to stay at apartment alone. i hope nothing bad will happen. or if worse come to worst, maybe i'll go to Dunstan's apartment or he'll come down to mine for sleepover. Am left yesterday evening to sabah while Zainal and Muadz left this morning.

After all of them left, i tried to take several shot with my Fed 5C. i've to learn lots more coz it's not like my previous toycam. it has to be set manually according to light condition and etc. besides, i just stayed in my room with my laptop. thanks to akif coz he lends me his broadband. tired of going online, i watch movie while eating keropok lekor. then, like my everyday routine, i took short nap. yeah, today i made it really short. Dunstan texted me and asked me to have our dinner outside. at least i'm not stranded here until tomorrow.

My family will come tomorrow. cant wait to see them though i might feel a lil bit awkward because of my result and what i've done back then. We're going to Penang either this sunday or monday for vacation. i hope this vacation will be great for us to spend time together.

To all my chinese friends, i wish u all happy Chinese New Year. i miss to go visiting with you all like last year

*this holiday will be more meaningful if i have a chance to go back to my hometown, spend quality time with family and friends. i wish i could taste kampua and kolok mee this holiday. not to forget to hang out with my best-est cousin and show off my new girlfriend. LOL. i miss my room's atmosphere. :(

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Finally..

i've been waiting for her since early this week. i cant sleep well for a few nights and it was because of her and my AS result too. it will be more meaningful if i am able to get good result for AS or just pass the cut off point-12points. and still, 1 point make a huge different. haihh. T.T

i've been eyeing on her for weeks. get to know her closer just last week. cant wait to put my hand on her. XD


Inside the box


There she is


half naked


Totally naked 0.o

upper view


bottom

Rear

p/s : she's my num 2

thanks to Afiqah Alysia and Les Deux Clothing :)

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

turn over a new leaf

i've been mourning since monday because of my poor AS result. i keep on blaming myself but i deserve it. i was not serious at all during my AS. Playing around, sleep all the time, have fun and neglect my study. hmm. past is past and ive to move on. i've to struggle hard for my A2.
*1 point make a huge different. either u float or u sink. and i'm not only sank. i've drowned :(

when i called my mom, i cried. there's thousands of hopes on me. as her only son and the eldest in my family, i should have shown good example to my sister. it's my biggest failure in my life so far. last time, when i was in standard 2, i got 8+ for my math and i hid the exam paper from my mom. but now, i wish i can do the same. but it's not. i'm sorry mom. i keep on thinking whether i deserve those good results before, upsr, pmr and spm. and i'm not a good role model too.

sometimes, i think it's too late for me to regret. the journey is still so far away and i should not just give up like this. there are lots of reasons for this. it's not the end of the world. i must change. hmm. *every cloud has its silver lining*

to both of my parents, i'm sorry. i've done lots of bad things. and maybe this is the amount that i've to pay. i'll make sure that i wont disappoint u both.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Lomography in local newspaper

Oleh AHMED SYAHRIL ZULKEPLY
rekreasi@utusan.com.my
Gambar NOORADZRENE MOHD. NOOR

Setiap kamera lomo menghasilkan kesan khas yang berlainan dan mampu memberikan kepuasan yang tinggi kepada penggemar fotografi.

KAMERA 'Lomo' mungkin dianggap sebagai gajet ketinggalan zaman oleh sesetengah orang memandangkan ia masih menggunakan filem.

Biarpun rupa kamera itu kelihatan seperti barang mainan dan tidak secanggih kamera digital masa kini, hasilnya yang dipanggil sebagai seni lomografi mampu memukau setiap yang memandang apatah lagi jika ia disusun memenuhi segenap ruang.

Ia merupakan suatu cabang seni fotografi yang menitik beratkan penggunaan kamera berbeza-beza untuk mendapatkan kesan khas yang berlainan.

Keunikan seni lomografi itu juga mampu dihasilkan tanpa sebarang bantuan perisian suntingan foto yang kebiasaannya digunakan oleh para pemilik kamera digital DSLR.

Apa yang menarik mengenainya, setiap foto yang diambil menerusi kanta lomo mampu menghasilkan kualiti yang setanding dengan kamera digital terkini dan hasilnya setelah diproses secara analog kelihatan seolah-olah telah diubah menggunakan perisian suntingan foto.

Itulah antara kelebihan yang terdapat pada seni lomografi yang berteraskan kepada prinsip bebas dalam merakamkan setiap gambar berbeza dengan seni fotografi yang lebih menekankan kepada aspek teknik dan teknikal yang perlu dipelajari terlebih dahulu.

Sehubung itu, fotografi digital boleh disifatkan tidak asli berbanding hasil seni lomografi yang memerlukan pengguna kamera lomo melakukan pelbagai eksperimen terlebih dahulu.

Sebaliknya fotografi digital lebih bergantung kepada perisian komputer untuk mencantikkan gambar yang telah dirakam.

Hasil seni yang tidak dapat dijangka

Berlandaskan peraturan utama iaitu 'jangan fikir, hanya petik' (don't think, just shoot), hasil seni lomografi tidak dapat dijangka namun ia mampu memberikan kepuasan yang tinggi kepada penggemar fotografi.

Baru-baru ini, penulis berpeluang untuk bertemu dengan komuniti penggemar lomografi tempatan yang dikenali dengan nama Lomokids.

Sejak ditubuhkan pada Jun 2006, melalui laman web jaringan sosial, Myspace.com sehingga ke Facebook, nama Lomokids semakin dikenali ramai.

Malah komuniti itu juga kini berjaya menarik penyertaan lebih 6,000 orang ahli dan semakin popular sehingga dikenali di kalangan penggemar lomografi dari Singapura, Thailand, Indonesia dan Filipina.

Pengasas kepada komuniti tersebut, Mukhriz Abdul Latif, 28, berkata, pada mulanya, seni lomografi diperkenalkan oleh adiknya, Mohd. Idzwan.

Setelah melihat hasil yang diperoleh, dia mula tertarik dengan kesan dan keaslian gambar yang dihasilkan kamera lomo.

Beliau berkata, walaupun zaman ini boleh dikatakan sebagai era DSLR, beliau masih berbangga untuk menggunakan filem dan kamera lomo biarpun ia kelihatan agak pelik.

"Keunikan kamera lomografi selalu menjadi perhatian mereka yang tidak mengenali atau tidak pernah melihatnya kerana reka bentuknya yang kelihatan seperti barang mainan.

"Selain itu, keseronokan yang timbul apabila gambar yang dirakamkan menghasilkan foto yang tidak dijangka turut membuatkan saya teruja apabila melihatkan hasil yang diperoleh," katanya.

Menurut Mohd. Idzwan, 26, pula, sepanjang bergiat aktif dengan lomografi, beliau dapat rasakan bidang itu mampu membuatkan seseorang itu lebih kreatif dan berinovasi.

"Selain dapat meningkatkan kemahiran menggunakan pelbagai jenis kamera lomo, saya rasakan yang bidang ini juga banyak membantu saya dari segi kreativiti dan teknik fotografi yang lebih mendalam.

"Bidang ini memerlukan kesabaran yang tinggi selain minat yang mendalam untuk mendapatkan gambar yang cantik, bukan semudah menekan butang kamera saja," ujarnya.

Seorang lagi ahli Lomokids, Faizal Rahim, 26, berkata, setiap kamera lomo menghasilkan kesan khas yang berbeza-beza mengikut jenis kamera yang digunakan.

"Sebagai contoh, kamera lomo jenis Super Sampler yang memiliki empat kanta mampu merakamkan empat pergerakan dalam satu masa.

"Kesan khas ini juga terdapat pada kamera lomo jenis Fish Eye yang memberikan kesan khas yang berlainan manakala Frog Eye pula mampu merakam gambar di dalam air tanpa bantuan sebarang pelindung tambahan," jelasnya.

Rakannya, Azizah Abdul Latif, 29, pula berkata, bagi mendapatkan hasil yang lebih menarik, penggunaan filem lama mampu memberikan kesan yang lebih mengagumkan.

"Kebiasaannya penggunaan negatif filem lama yang disimpan mampu memberikan kesan khas yang lebih menarik lebih-lebih lagi jika ia ditambah dengan teknik lomografi seperti double exposure (kesan khas dua gambar disatukan) dan lain-lain.

"Walaupun filem itu boleh dikategorikan sebagai filem yang telah luput, ia masih boleh digunakan untuk meningkatkan lagi kesan khas dan bagi mendapatkan hasil yang terbaik sekurang-kurangnya paling lama filem itu perlu disimpan selama empat tahun," katanya.

Mohd. Faisal Aziz, 23, berkata, bagi mendapatkan kesan warna yang lebih menarik, cross process digunapakai untuk mencuci filem yang telah digunakan.

"Cross process menggunakan bahan kimia negatif mampu menaikkan lagi tona warna setiap gambar yang telah diproses dan hasilnya gambar tersebut lebih berkualiti," ujarnya.

Untuk maklumat lanjut mengenai seni lomografi sila layari laman web www.lomokids.com.

from : utusanonline