My First Week in Malaysia

Personally, I don't really like to blog about what I did. But I'll make an exception this time, not that I've never done that before. Well for the sake of posting a few pics...

Monday. Bah Kut Teh with the Teddies. Everyone was there.



Tuesday.Went for lunch with Sean and Yung Fei. Then watched Wanted. Then had J.Co. No pictures. Too bad.

Wednesday. Went to KL with Qi Hong, Jun Sheng and Sue Anne. First went to Low Yat, got my EF 50mm f/1.8. Then went to Pavillion for Nasi Lemak and J.Co (again?)




Thursday.Went to Mid Valley for Chilli's with Sean, Yung Fei and Julian. The waitress or whatever her position was pretty attractive. Lolz... Sean was like drooling all over her. Went for bowling after that, and then met up with Zachary and Shong Jiew. Forgive me if I spelt your name wrongly Shong Jiew. I can't remember how to spell it. Anyways it was nice seeing all the old faces...









Friday. Went to Sunway with the Teddies minus Kai for "Sou Lan"/ Hancock. Then went for cell later. Cell has really grown, and it's nice to feel like I'm not the youngest one anymore. Hahaha




Saturday. Went for Prefect Reunion even though I wasn't one. Felt inferior to the people with external flash. They and their flashes. Jun Sheng's homemade flash attachement works just as well though.














Sunday. Went to church. Went for lunch after that. Then went for dinner with the Kangs and the Lees and Wen Meng Kor Kor and Ah Si Che Che, and their children Vanessa and Valerie. ( Feels kinda weird calling them kor kor and che che since I don't exactly know them personally.)





Ok that's my first week there for you. I'll post the 2nd week soon, as soon as I find the camera cable. If you like any pic you see and would like a larger version, do let me know and I'll send it to you via MSN or some similiar means. If you don't like your picture being on here, do let me know as well and I'll remove it. If you find the pictures of a quality that is unacceptable, I'm sorry. I tried my very best to salvage and edit most of them.

PS. Esther or Jason or Pei Si. If you ever read this, I've got quite a few pics of Vanessa that Ah Si Che Che might want. Let me know if they do.

Blog Maintenance. We're not closed!

I've got connection!

Will post photos when I get back to Australia.

2 weeks went by too fast. I really don't want to go back there. Sigh. Yeah I know my family is there and all, but I really don't feel that Australia is for me. I can't wait to finish my studies and get back to here. ISghasfklabsfagd!

I guess this is the end. I'll blog again when I get to Sydney.

Semester is over. Exams have ended. Will be in KL in a few days. Ahhhh...

I'm thinking now, what am I gonna do in when I get to Malaysia? Any suggestions?

"That's a lot of meat."

I think the exams have really taken a toll on my sanity. Just went out today and bought what you see above. Half a duck, half a kilo of Char Siew and half a kilo of Siew Yoke. Cost me a whoppin' $41. $41!!!!!OMG WTH? Hahahaha seems like I'll be eating roast duck, char siew and siew yoke for a few days straight. GG!

I have a new photoblog!
I spent the day fixing it up. Ignore the lame domain name. Beggars can't be choosers... I probably should have spent more time on my revision. Actually I did spend a lot of time on revision. Haha...
Can't get the templates to work though...

I think my brain has turned to mush over the past 1 and a half years.

EXAM BREAK!

Magmachilli's taking a break. Exams in less than 2 weeks, so won't be posting anything until the end of the exam period. I MIGHT post in between the exam period, but I wouldn't keep your hopes up if I were you. Anyway it's no big deal anyway cos this blog is a piece of crap. Well exams end on the 23rd of June if you want to know...

To those who are having exams, let's all do our best!

Regards,
Josh

Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver

Finally. No photos...

This song is a cover of Dio's Holy Diver done by Killswitch Engage! The Caparisons in this video are just awesome. Can't wait for the day I own one... Anyway listen! Please? If you don't my efforts are all in vain...

I really hate myself for missing their concert when they were here in Canberra. It's like a once in a lifetime opportunity and i missed it! Argghhh I think I can never forgive myself...

If you're from Killswitch Engage or Roadrunner Records and wish that this video be taken off the site, do contact me. Don't sue me. I'm just a student sharing the greatness that is Killswitch Engage.

Oh shit!

Oh shit oh shit oh shit! Hope she didn't read this.
I only noticed today that I spelled her name wrongly. Haha my bad...

Concert Practice

The School Of Music. Looks Communist?

Steinway & Sons

Steinway & Sons again

Cool lights!

My friend Francis.
Check out the 'stache! Awesome!

No, thank you for your wonderful performance Mr 'Stache!

Don't run away so fast!

Went for a Concert Practice today. Classical music. Just to support my friend (and try to get a few cool shots) . All in all a good experience. I liked the piano piece done by my friend as well as the voice and guitar performance. Can't remember the names of the pieces of the top of my head. Anyways was pretty hard to get shots, seeing it's a concert and my camera makes that shutter sound when a shot is taken. I only took shots at the end, except for one. The one cropped above. His expressions are really hard to resist taking... Well I took it only because I was quite sure his voice would be louder than my shutter, which I later found out is a false statement. Haha oh well. Shots taken with ISO 1000, f/8, shutter speed 1/10. Should have gone with f/5.6. Sigh...

The actual concert is 2 weeks from now. Wonder how will I take shots then. Must improve! Don't like the shots I took today. I guess I don't have an eye for photography?

Trees

Taken quite a while back, on the way to the embassy. Originally taken in colour, but decided to edit it...

I have to stop lying to myself. You can't listen to music while studying.

I probably shouldn't update so often eh?

You can't get good Malaysian food in Australia, only decent ones...

Fuyoh. Disco in the tunnel?


It was only the Ambulance. I find it weird though. Pink and purple lights? Do they bring the ambulances to parties?

Marsha took this. She's better than me...

She took this too...

And this one too... I like this one the most...

Sorry uncle. Haha!

Ais Kacang in Australia. Won't get this here 10 years ago...


Sorry again. Haha! Hope you enjoyed your cendol.

Taken at SinMa at Kingsford. Supposedly has good Malaysian food. My verdict? Okay lar... The closest you can get in Australia. The chai tau kueh was pretty good. But others were not to my liking... Hokkien mee had a bit of the lard-ish thing. But still it didn't meet my expectation... Oh well... Again, hope you enjoy the pics. Nothing much to look at I know, but I'm learning... And in my defence, indoor lighting wasn't THAT good... Excuses haha!

Today's sermon

Went to church today, it being Sunday and all. Hey wait... I don't go to church BECAUSE it's Sunday. I go to church on Sunday because they have services on Sunday. There's a difference. Anyway... Pastor Jerry Sevelle (I googled and it's Savelle. Hillsong screwed up? But he's suppose to be a regular visitor. Hmmm) was at Hillsong today and he preached about barriers that we have set for ourselves and how we should try to overcome them. So I was thinking... Hmmm... Maybe I should get rid of that barrier that I have set for myself, and go after the girl that I like. *few seconds later* Hmmm maybe I'll wait for a few more years... *runs away*

Current mood: Bored.

Oh I so hate to brief the world on what I did. That's not the way I want this blog to be like. But I've got to tell this. I went to see a small production of Annie at the Blue Mountains yesterday night. And I lugged my DSLR to the show only for them to announce before the show that photography is not allowed. I wouldn't have got nice shots from my seat, but boy I was a little annoyed still. I was so tempted to use my phone to take shots at the end just because I could. But haha the show was reasonably entertaining, though I wouldn't say it's of professional standard, but hey it cost only $30, so I thought I should at least give them some respect and abide their rules. Hahahaha

Back to work.

初恋限定 (Hatsukoi Limited)

Sigh... It seems that Hatsukoi Limited has come to an end, and only after 32 chapters. I guess I'll miss the series.

If you're interested, you can get it here.

Strong Impressions

Have you felt like the world doesn't need you
It feels like no one cares if you live or die

I probably am nothing to you
Never was and never will be
I guess I've never made a strong impression
So that is why I'm invisible, no one sees me

So let's change that all right now
Let's make you remember me
I'll kill myself right in front of you
Scarring you, never to forget me

I jest I jest I kid I kid
I would never do that to you
I can never let myself harm you
Or inflict pain or scar you

Help me find my place in the world
Will you take me in?
What does it take for you to stretch
Your hand to rescue me
All I need is you to be in my life
To walk by my side

Hmmm conclusion of this post: Joshua can't write songs...

Sandboarding

Taken from the bottom of the dune.

Wooo can see the sand fly mid air!
I must say, Caucasian people are more photogenic compared to Asians.
I take that back. Just kidding. Fuyoh look at the sand fly! Kite flying?

Old photos taken during the holidays. That's like a month ago, maybe more? Anyways nothing special. Just posting for the sake of posting something... Hmmm it seems like this blog is getting more and more boring...

Sexy...

Mr Ang: Oik! Baju kurung kamu terlalu sexy! Demerit 10 point!
Seriously? WTF? ROFL LOL... But that's what they say...
If in Malaysia the girls wear the sailor suits like in Japan then yeah I agree.But seriously... Baju kurung and the pinafore? The baju kurung is like wearing an oversized shirt and the pinafore just doesn't do wonders to the curves. OK fine, she was talking about the blouse being transparent. Well it would be if and only if you wear the same blouse everyday for 5 years. Maybe that's a little extreme but seriously, I think the way she thinks is so goddamn ridiculous. I think Munirah must have been looking at Chinese School boys with their shorts and she mumbled under her breath: "Sexy..." and so happen someone heard her and so he has to cover up. Haha...

C3P0

Bored. Better get back to stochastic.

Had exam today. Microeconomics. How did I fare? Well it was harder this time, both the paper and the topics that were covered in the exam. So I think I'll be redeeming this paper... Anyway today I also meddled around with this program called Photoscape. It's free. Try it if you want.

Mantis found in a bunch of fan shue yip that was given by some aunty. Forgot her name. Damn hard to get the thing to focus...

Random shots taken in black and white. If your eyes are sharp enough, you'd notice on the bottom left, I've got Wang Wang biscuit and Tau Sar Peng... Haha

An edit of one of the previous shots...

Way back to Canberra

One Hokkien Mee coming right up!

This was all taken on my way back to Canberra. As usual, I had to wait at the station for approx 40 minutes, doing nothing most of the time. But at least this time, there was some entertainment. Haha. Well I don't know what's the name of that instrument, but I'm guessing it's similar to the pot pan thingy that I've seen on TV that originates from Jamaica or one of those African countries. Well maybe I'll google that later. And it was her first time busking, EVER! Well that's what the paper says. From the time I was standing there waiting for the bus, quite a few people talked to her and haha the baldy was hitting on her. Lol JKJK... Well the shots are very unprofessional, and I wouldn't say that their good in quality. But what to do, I like walked and shot the pics. Walk, then stop very quickly, shoot, then move on... Maybe when I stop, I still got momentum, so it turned out blurry. Lolz...



Last two shots taken from the bus. Probably could have gone with a higher shutter speed. But then again my hands are tad bit shaky so maybe it'll still be blur. I dunno. I'm a noob. This was taken when the bus was going towards Chinatown area from the train station. In front on the left is Paddy's Market, and on the right where the neon red light is, there's like a arch or gateway of some sort. Probably the start of Chinatown or something. I'm not sure.

Hope I've managed to share a little of Sydney with you readers. Sorry for low quality pics, but regardless I hope you enjoyed it.

I'm an arrogant cocky b*tch! LOL

I've been told that people (or a person rather...) think that I'm dao, which means cocky and arrogant in some chinese dialect. Now I find that rather amusing as it is shocking. I wonder if people really think of me like that?

Sure I don't have many friends, but you think I want that meh? People don't want to be my friends mar... I'm not popular or good looking so they don't want to friend me lar... So because they don't want to make the effort to know me, I should make the effort to know them instead is it? Is that what you're saying? Hmm? So I have to try to make them like me or something? That's kinda sad in my opinion. I guess in that sense, I'm proud. But why do you want me to stoop that low?

You're probably thinking, what does being dao and having no friends have in common? What's the link between them, why one minute I'm talking about being dao, the other minute I'm talking about having no friends. Don't ask me. I dunno.

Sigh... Whatever lar...

PS. I'm not posting this so that you all can console me and what not. However I would like to know what you think.

Hahaha quite dumb eh, this post...

Fa Mi Re Do

In descending order... So cute...
From holiday at Port Stephens 3 weeks back. Got lots more cool shots, but lazy to post up lah...

Train Floor Grafitti

On the way back to Cherrybrook

Camera shy?

Apart from the looming exams, what serves as a deterrent for me from leaving the comforts of my room and take photos with my trusty Canon is the fact that people might smash the lens of the camera into the lens of my glasses... What am I talking about? Well if curious read here.
I guess we live in times where we must be more conscious and suspicious. It's a jungle out there... And I guess I can relate as to why people are so hostile.
Sigh... I just want to get a few nice shots, that's all...