Thursday, May 15, 2008

updates...

its been quite a while since i've updated this blog... it has become a space for me to throw all my unhappiness that i couldnt throw anywhere else...

lots had happened lately...

my precious bike was sold, was giving me too much problems that i can handle/afford. every trip to the bike shop costs me 500 - 1500. i had to let it go...

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aiming for my class 2. with high hopes of getting my long waited r6. after much considerations, research & discussions, had made up my mind for cbr6 for it has the top of the line, power performance name it all, the r6 is only better in the looks...

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dad worrying abt my safety, offered to share a vehicle with me, was thinking of the stream 1.8 with cng tank. researched on the stream n the cng. the civic hybrid was in consideration. after comparing the fc and reviews from forums, magazines & feedback from colleagues and friends. dropped the hybrid, aiming for stream. did the math, cng cost & fc wins all...

considering the stream would means goodbye bike... no more motivation to take class2...

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enrolled class3, booked tp, muz wait for 3 mths. went for 1st lesson, driving was a breeze. can juz forget abt balancing, no wonder ppl fall asleep while driving. juz have to worry abt the increase in mass in the vehicle, going at 40km/h can never have an accident. super huge rear view mirror to see the whole world... excited to get the car but disappointed that the bike is gone...

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yim is gone, 2 weeks in Australia. btl handover, supposed to hand the stuffs over since last weds, only managed to pass to bear a few hrs b4 the flight. found no video light, no tripod, thats the least of the issue.

requested for the contact for the data recovery. sent 1, maybe got error, contact with name, without number. msg him to send again, failed. received a call from him b4 the flight, reminded him again, failed.

i called up a toll free number that i got from the web, i was transferred from dept to dept, having no info more then yimxin from btl... finally i got to the right place,

hi this is tanto from ontrack data recovery
hi thanks for calling, is my package ready yet?
yes it's ready, we'll deliver it early next morning is that ok?
ok why did it take so long? i've been waiting for more then a month?!

he carried on explaining the details of how complex a picture file is and how difficult it is to retrieve lost data wateva...

ok fair enough, so u needed a month to do it?
actually we've been waiting for mr yimxin's confirmation before proceeding on with the job.
ok so when did he give u the confirmation?
last friday sir.
"i felt a hit on the chest" WHAT?!
he checked again, yes it was on the 9th of may sir.
so since when were u waiting for his confirmation?
it was quite sometime ago, let me check, 4th of apr sir.
u meant to say he took more then a month to give u a confirmation?!
*u meant to say i've been covering up, holding back the customer cause u didnt call to continue the job?!*
he said he juz came back from overseas when he gave me the confirmation.
pls send me a copy of your email communication to prove it.

despite constant reminder, he ignored me? he told me he called, every week i'd remind him, he would tell me, i called they're not ready yet, will call later, they are not ready what u want me to do? had been trying to explain to the customer, updating him of the status. requested him to call the cust direct, he rejected saying it was i who was liaising with them not him, so i continued to cover this crap. in the end the delay was coz of his negligence? disappointed.

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checked through the hdd for 2 more custs one of which is my cousin's wedding. couldn't find anything. went to his place. found one of the weddings after putting up a long search of the hdds. it appears to be that the most important shot of my cousin's wedding, her family photo of both families together is missing. 1 whole cf card of data is gone, no backup was done on both yim & bear's hdd, cf card was ofcoz cleared thousands of times. called up n explained the situation, offered compensation. also called the above cust to explain the data loss.

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was i expecting too much from my partners? ever since the girls appear, they will put down the stuffs in hand. bear had went missing b4, again and again, late for weddings, no sign of enthuisasim or interest was shown. now still went missing coz of studies? to get grades good enough to go australia? means i'll have 1 man down.

focused everything to 2 man job, bought stuffs, spent money & when i think we can carry on from here... yim goes without proper handover for the 2nd time, 1st was b4 our bdaes. recently oso shows lack of interest on his side, is btl going down? goes off early for weddings while bear comes late? arguement with wt? study, accompany wt. now goes for long holiday...


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maybe we should juz give it up since every1 is so busy with their own stuffs and no 1 is interested. we've gone so far to reach the place we're standing,itz a pity to let it go. encouragement from kel & ben to hold on. bear tells me no to let go, when i asked for his confirmation of going aust, he keeps quiet.


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trying to relief stress by practicing photoshop & photography recently. suddenly yan & i have an arguement. seems like i've been neglecting her? i'm in an arguement where both parties thinks that they are right. who's to judge wats right and wats wrong? why are all the stress coming to me all at once? loss of bike, career & woman all at once? is god punishing me for not going to chruch? or is he planning better stuffs as always?

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i'm tired... not in a mood for anything now...

Monday, February 18, 2008

Polaroid quits instant film business after 60 years


Yim says he found someone selling tons of them... He's gonna get a few more, asking if i want any... Yes i said, wanted to get 1 for yan...

During the batam trip, yan presented a polaroid to me instead...
Yim got for her instead... lol...

The Supercolor, 670AF
Polaroid cams have stopped production for 2 years now..
Luckily "Polaroid instant film will be available in stores through next year, the company said - after which, Mr Lee said, Japan's Fujifilm will be the only major maker of instant film." - February 9, 2008 Saturday, The Straits Times

Hope they'll produce instat film 600, else my new toy will be useless...

Here some highlights of the article...

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Polaroid quits instant film business after 60 years

BOSTON - Polaroid is dropping the technology it pioneered long before digital photography rendered instant film obsolete to all but a few nostalgia buffs.

Polaroid is closing factories in Massachusetts, Mexico and the Netherlands and cutting 450 jobs as the brand synonymous with instant images focuses on ventures such as a portable printer for images from cell phones and Polaroid-branded digital cameras, televisions and DVD players.

This year's closures will leave Polaroid with 150 employees at its Concord headquarters and a site in the nearby Boston suburb of Waltham, down from peak global employment of nearly 21,000 in 1978.

The company stopped making instant cameras over the past two years.

Polaroid got its start making polarised sunglasses in the 1930s, and introduced its first instant camera in 1948. Film packs contained the chemicals for developing images inside the camera, and photos emerged from the camera in less than a minute.

Polaroid's overall revenue from instant cameras, film and other products peaked in 1991 at nearly US$3 billion (S$4.3 billion). The company went into bankruptcy in 2001 and was bought four years later for US$426 million by Minnetonka, Minneapolis-based consumer products company Petters Group Worldwide.

Meanwhile, Polaroid is seeking a partner to acquire licensing rights for its instant film, in hopes that another firm will continue making the film to supply Polaroid enthusiasts.

As it seeks to gain a foothold in digital photography this year, Polaroid plans to sell an 8-ounce photo printer slightly bigger than a deck of cards that requires no ink and prints business card-sized pictures. It uses thermal printing technology from Zink Imaging, founded by private investors who bought technologies from Polaroid as it was coming out of bankruptcy.

Polaroid also has its brand name on foreign-made TVs, DVD players, digital photo frames, cameras and MP3 music players. Those products generated nearly US$1 billion in revenue last year for Polaroid's parent firm, Mr Beaudoin said. --

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Since i'm unable to sleep... Shall bitch abt more stuffs... This blog is a space for me to thrash wateva i wan... Stop reading if u have objections... i dont give a damn... if u didnt pissed me off i wont be bitching abt u...

3 days b4 the batam trip... i woke up 3hrs early, sacrificing sleep, determined to complete a photo montage for my girl... choosing of pictures consumed the most amount of time... Itz was indeed tiring, but i think making your own presents is a 100 times better then buying stuffs...

Only got these few days, previously was CNY... she was with me for 4 days... before that was work again...


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1st day:
slept @ 8am
woke @ 2pm...
selected photos...
finished the photo arrangements in premier
collected flowers from bear, kept it in the fridge + plastic wrap + water.
tired...
5pm...
pretends to be sleeping, when yan calls...
6.30pm
off to work...

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2nd day:
slept @ 8am
woke @ 2pm...

rushing for time... only 30% completed...

Near 5pm... maybe ~4pm... (near 50% completion)
yim called toking abt the sigma 50mm prime i think... praising it to be good in almost everything... not really that interested, as i trust his judgement and after all he is the photographer, he'll know wats best to aid in his photography...

wenting followed closely behind... saying she's buying camera for yim, for v day... -.- last min thing... anyway since she's my buddy's girl the present is for him, ok, i'll help...

wt: i wanna buy lomo
law: er.. wtf is that? (checking the web)
wt: also thinking of holga
law: gimmie a min. (wateva the f is that... hmm... entering lomo webbie... )
law: Wow the range is huge(maybe more then canon)... oh and lomo is the company, holga, is the camera. so wat model are u looking at?
wt: i dunnoe, which is better? or rather which 1 should i buy...
law: zzz... u didnt do research b4 u go there mehz...
wt: i didnt know there was so much cameras! so which 1 should i buy?
law: depending on wat u wanna shoot?
wt: erm, i dunnoe...
law: zzz... -.-"
wt: my phone's low on batt... can u tell me wat to buy and sms/call me back?

great now the responsibility is on me to choose... perfect... yan's calling... i need to put down the phone... hope that yan didnt notice that she was on 2nd line, i jumped back to bed, and pretended to be sleeping again...

time now 5pm... wasted 1 hr... then wt called again...
wt: hey u havent told me wat to buy?
itz like u dont even know wat u wan, and u are asking me to make the decision on the spot for u? while i'm rushing stuffs and also rushing to work? i'll overlook that as she dosent know that i'm in a rush... getting back to the webbie...
wt: the guy show me this cam...
law: ok at least tell me the model u are looking at...
wt: i dunnoe
law: =.=" how many mm at least?
wt: i dunnoe
law: try looking at the lens for some labels.
wt: yim was saying something about fish eye.
law: ah... now we are getting somewhere...
why didnt she said it in the 1st place... zzz... time running short... didnt complete much of the montage today, time running out for bathing + dinner... getting more pissed...
law: found! there's like at least 3 fish eye cams + theres a fish eye attachment...
wt: the attachment is 1k++ i cant afford that...
law: maybe u can try pin hole cameras? (found some forums saying thats itz dirt cheap + of superb quality)
wt: my phone's batt going low... (sounded impatient)
Law: (getting super irritated, wtf, u are there unprepared, asking for help, i'm offering help in the expense of not completing my own gift, + i getting late for work, + i need to skip dinner + i dont have time to bathe & u are now complaining~!?)

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in the end i didnt suggest anything... i rushed to pack my laptop and secertly smuggled it to company... late for work... pay deducted... -.-" nvm... sacrificed break time, having bought something from the canteen, went to office to hurry the montage...


alex: eh wat u doing?
law: paisei busy... v day present for my girl...
alex: wah wat program is this?
law: premier
alex: different from mine lehz:
law: go download lor
alex: can download mehz?
law: can
alex: how u make the pics move?
law: teach u another time...
alex: teach lehz
law: argh... lidat lor...
alex: oooo... then wat are these?
law: keyframes...
alex: why need to pull here pull there? ooo i know liaoz
law: -.-
alex: fast not? smart not? clever not?
law: ya ya ya...

smooth on day 3... completed b4 going work... still i bought the lappie to see if there's anything to touch up on...
1318... (0118 coz i'm on night shift)
Awaken by the teetoo...(1st disturbance
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(Saw phone, yim, ok muz be work...)

Yim: u wanna flim for wt?
Law: Huh? I'm on night shift lehz...
Yim: She rented tripod with wheels, xm2... blah blah...
cannot hear properly as i was 1/2 awake...
dunnoe wat i said somemore...
thinking that he needed help in fliming for his girl, think i agreed ba...
Yim: We'll be fliming in punggol... In NTU now, will call u later...

trying to get back to sleep...

10mins later:
(2nd disturbance)
1331...(0131)
(Wat now?)
WT:Hey law we leaving ntu now. going to madjack for lunch first. Be there in 45mins wanna join us?
(already slightly pissed)
Law:Nope... Night shift... Need sleep... Its now midnight... Call me 15 mins b4 u reach...

trying to get back to sleep again...

12mins later:(3rd disturbance)
(WTF 3rd time!!! This better be good)
1343... (0143)
WT: Lol. Okies. Want us to da bao for u?
lol somemore... not bad... Zzz...
Law: Nope...

unable to get back to sleep... tried, but gave up after almost an hour...
1435...(0235)
Law: Wat time u need help filming?
Yim: You tired then rest la. Just asking if you want to play.
Law: Zzz... tot u need help... its my 1am+ when u called leh...
Yim: Then nvm la. You rest. Sorry ar.

Play in the middle of the night... not bad, idea quite good...
Already lost count of how many ppl calling and disturbing after i started shift work...
Still leaving the phone on for customers or emergencies...
Was thinking of switching off my phone b4 i went to bed, but kept it on thinking that no1 will disturb my rest since every1 close to me already knows i'm on night shift...

Maybe u guys should try... Interested parties, pls register through sms to (1800 - law@work). i will call u at
approximately 0130hrs - 0400hrs. not a hassle to me, coz thats my break time... i'll wake u up at 1am , 2am, 3 am and 4am... and also 7am coz thats when i knock off... will ask u to come out for supper maybe... it'll be fun trust me...

It'll work best if u are working 12hrs shift... Lets say u start work at 8am... u'll wake up at abt 5.30, go to work at abt 6am maybe? start work at 8am & ends at 8pm. not forgeting travelling time... maybe u'll reach home at 9pm... bathe + eat, lets say 10pm... oh u need to wake up at 5.30am remember? thats 7.5 hrs later, better go sleep... Rings!!! u are awaken by the ringing of ya phone, 1am... trying to get back to sleep, 2am it rings again... and again at 3am... then 4am... nice intervals huh?

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Another surprise...







They brought me to bear's place... Presented to me an arai box...
Kel: open it!!!
Law: wtf...
Law: ZZZzzz... (so light..., cannot be a helmet)

the box was wrapped in newpaper... juz like how we wrapped up for bear's subwoofer... layer after layer, finally i saw an arai box in the pile of rubble...

(thinking that it might juz be kel's, wat's those guys laughing at)
(bear n kel in the bkgd take video using their phone,)
(while the snake juz stone at the executive's chair)

it appear to be a real arai helmet... a
miniature one that is. hey wait... it looks like the one from kel's room... the ash-tray look-a-like-thingy...

kel&bear: sorry bro... we couldn't afford a real helmet for u, so we got u this...
law: itz okie bros... appreciate the kind intention in preparing this surprise...

i was already very contented for the tiny little gift... when suddenly... kel snatched it away from me...

law: hey!!
bear: not that... this!
(hands over a RX7 haga edition)
law: (stoned)
law: (smlj... wtf... uh? huh? erm?)
kel n bear: try it try it!
law: (still stoning... speechless)
(touched...)

itz something that i've been wanting to have for almost a year, but juz couldn't bear to part wif the near $900 bucks... this is the most expensive gift i've ever received from any1...


thx bros... thx for being there for me in times on need...
thx for sharing my joy & sorrows...
thx for being my friends...
thx for everything...

thank god for giving me such a wonderful life,
wonderful friends,
wonderful family,
a job, a shelter, a home,
and of course, my missing rib...
it makes me realize how
幸福 i m...
i'll cherish life, cherish my family n friends and wateva i have...
thank u lord...

The Next Day(After the party)

home... tired... need rest...

after the check out... took some pics by the beach n headed to vivo for lunch at carls jr...








i was surprised to receive so many presents this year... an altec lensing speakers from baby, a huge dry box from my brothers, a polo explorer from xiang, levis from alvin & sharon, u2 polo from sharon, a pull & bear shirt from my cousins meng n bez...

piggy gave me a surprised... lured me out of my home for yim to install the speakers in my room... thx to all who helped out... thx for being there...

Bdae Pics...


thx for being there for me when i was down, thx for everything...

Ipod for my precious piggy...


it wasn't actually an enjoyment to me... kinda a chore... was ferrying people in and out of the place... was fun at 1st... but ended up spending so much on the party but didnt get to enjoy much... didnt eat much either... didnt even have a chance to join in the group for any moment of fun... tiring...