a weekend off

last weekend i met up with the "sifu's" of clicky-clicky and went for a sharing (more of an edu) session...the usual suspects below:

sifu 1.... who also doubled up as the lightman, deflector man, etc.

sifu 2 .... sifu with the "biggest" cannon


sifu 3.... model!!

(BIG BIG TQ to FY cos without model, no shoot!)

drive back last week

was coming home last mid-week and due to the holiday situation, i got into a few crawls over the span of 3-4 days. so was hoping for a smooth drive back when 15 minutes onto the highway, i heard a traffic announcement about an overturned trailer blocking the highway about 9 km ahead.... lo and withhold the traffic started to snarl up just ahead of me....

as i was preparing myself for the next minutes, or hours ahead i suddenly realized i had my camera with me... so to pass the kilometers and minutes away.... click! click!... experimenting etc...

and was please with some cool shots... the one below is of my fellow passenger for this ride....


some of the others i posted to my flickr

published!!

yeay! today we got confirmation my babes masters project paper is finally published in an online science journal.. Science Direct to be exact.... woo hoo ... international beb!!

far far away

last saturday my babes took a long flight to start a new part of her life adventure, which i always kid her to be part of 'my' retirement plan... well this leg is a long one, 3 years minimum actually.
here's to wishing you all the best for ur work from here on, jaan.

so of course she's left to start her research, and i'll now start my search to be able to join her.. all in due time if course. i miss her of course, but due to technology, i AM glad that i'm able to see her and speak to her each day. i miss her of course, but at the same time it's bachelor time again ;p

hopefully time flies by fast, cos i got my MAS tickets at a rate cheaper then AirAsiaX (thanks Vicknaes for the heads up!!) due to a special promotional rate they were having just last weekend, so i'll be flying in to see ma babes on January end!

most of the titles we won't see here

read an article today for the International Film Festival held in Toronto lately... very nice read.. but while going thru some of the reviews, i realise that most of em ain't gonna see the light of day in Bolehland..

excerpt from the article:

It’s where George Clooney (here with “Up in the Air” and “The Men Who Stare at Goats”) and Oprah Winfrey (fronting for the Sundance hit “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”) sell the celebrity goods, giving journalists 10 minutes of face time and sidelined fans high-wattage smiles. It’s also where Werner Herzog unveiled one of the best movies of his career (“Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans”) and one of the worst (“My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?”).

makes u wonder how far our so called society has progressed socially and artistically. I always snicker at the anti-piracy ad in local cinemas, u know which one i'm talking about. It's got the tagline "malaysia produces great movies...." while burning a poster of .. wait for it... Cicakman....

need i say more.

so anyway, go ahead, take a read of the full article and if even half of the movies in that festival make it here, i'll put my movie downloads on hold for 2 days. heck, i may even go internet-less for a whole day ..... any takers?

special day

we don't normally do cakes, nor are we big on flowers, choco's or parties. So sometimes we try to surprise each other with simple means to usher in special occasions.

so tonight my jaan wanted to grab some desert on the way home, but missed the turning and gave up on the idea. and voila! inspired, i rushed out after she dozed off, and returned in time to wake her up with with this>


I love you jaan. here's to spending another adventurous, joyful year ahead with you. MUAH!!