Yay you are back!!

After several of heavy usage on my laptop, the cpu fan start to surrender. It took me some times to search for spare parts in malaysia and finally i import it from hong kong. Saved me around RM100 too and its brand new. Since then i bought another pair of hinge too since i had broken it for sometime.

In order to fix the fan, i have to dissemble everything as below.


this is the small tiny fan that i want to change


the mainboard. most heavy part of the laptop.


the hinge that i boken.



modified it to works. as you can see i had cut it with iron saw.

old and new.

luckily i did not left any screw as i always left few after assembe. :P

i took the chance to clean the screen too. its mirror clean now.

Its easy as 123 to repair a laptop. no point leave it to other which charge you a bomb and time consuming. let me know if you need help. thanks

Pesta Tanglung 2009

Happy mooncake festival!!! 1st time in UMS we having a mooncake festival. well it seems to be a digi fest where there is tons of constraint from digi. right, as usual, i was asked for photography service. however, i only promise to cover the makeup and hair do part for SNIPS.

haha, glad to see there is more photographer around. are the youngster more and more richer? here comes a joke, yesterday there was one guy with full nikon gear. a nice bag, i think that 1 should be a d90 with a kit lens, and a very obvious big sb900. so, he were standing there showing te interest to take photo infront the stage. well i walked up and say " just go have fun ", he then reply " duwan lah " "why?" " i scare scold by them"..... I was thinking that with all your equiptment, who dare to question you? haha

Happy birthday qian!! we had a small party for our classmate. after that i was sperated by the downpour...:(






Hair do and makup by SNIPS. Looking at his work, i feel the pain of my friend. wont it spoil the hair? i miss my 17-50, i miss my 70-200..... : (


Everyone has her own sets. not cheap though


haha. just some simple shot after the makeup.


They were discussing wether linda taller than me or not. here is the proof of me and this 177cm girl. :)


Protocol team.


This is the spot where we took the most photo. build with a small soccer goal.


ops why you jump out from the frame?


hey its 中秋节！！not helloween...


at least i have one shot for memory. somehow i feel shy during that moment. nope, not camera shy.


happy birthday qian (2nd from left front). with our 牵 pose.









luckily the rain did not spoil my camera, i am not really worried though thanks for the weather sealing. :P

thanks for viewing END

One Light workshop gAm3 Over!

Thank you everyone who attend that day. Hope we did had a nice session.
Perhaps we can have an outing. Some one plan it then.... :P

Some photos to reflash back your memory. Do remember the tips ya.





Key word for one light portrait - power. Remember the custom white balance?


one of our participant. wonder what he is looking. is it the moment talking to me? hmm



One behalf example of light source other than small flash. I had one example using only available ceiling light.

heres the environment. just ignore the fighting scene...


see? the question how can you sense the light. hope this can assist you.


thanks for the drinks. Its nice right? do visit them on 29.9.2009 at PPIB expo booth 23. you will probably find me there. then we have a photography session. want?


the crowd. thanks christine to setup the hall in circle.




Wish to see you guys soon. keep in touch.
oh do contact me if who ever plan to buy any photography equitment. i plan to do a group purchase in a short while.

Borneo Tropical Rain Forest - http://www.borneorainforestresort.com/

Borneo Tropical Rain Forest!! Another unforgettable spot for me. This is the place we play snooker, wet post men, jungle tracking, swimming etc..
Oh before that let me show you the place we stay. I will be back one day. Seems like I am fed up with city life. Hehe :P









From Bekenu to Borneo Tropical Rain Forest takes us around 45minutes. Do you notice the sign board? The old three behind is form by three trees hugging each other. We visited their orchard, breeding farm and their pond is full of fishes. I give two thumbs to the scenery.




This is their chalet. Nice looking but not cheap though. The cheapest is RM300 per room.


We enjoyed a lot here but mostly playing with games. So hardly have things to share out unless you experience it. RM50 for buffet lunch and all in activities is worth. This is also the final spot before we back to UMS. Ya! I really feel touch when going back. Looking back the joy the fun we share among each other for 4 days. I will never forget the journey. We are planning another trip to mulu cave. I am sure we will find something interesting there! I am sure….

My miri and Gua Niah

Been one week time. Really busy week for completing two proposal, one quiz and two assignments. Atlast i have some rest time now..

kay back to the trip. I fall in love with the “dry mee” there. It’s so tasteful without the smell of soya sauce. Perhaps I have boring with the smell? Ya its white in colour. We went to 2020 for breakfast before explore the whole city. Few days back I saw a 2020 café in KK too.:)


This is what we have in the morning.
Driving experience in miri was scary but fun. If you notice their local newspaper, the main page will be who die in an accident, how many cars bang together… etc. seems like the trademark of city of sea horse. I find interesting with their taman awam. Is a nice place to walk and relax. Their public toilet even more high tech. The worker is provided with a laptop. Quite some shots there too. Very enjoyable. Miss that spot……



Miss you guys..
I notice that most of the place name is in English such as fan city, x planet, marina bay, Canadian hill etc… Something u cannot miss in Canadian hill is the earthquake car. Its simulate the whole scene with a kelisa. I even have a photo with the the first “Grand Lady” in Miri. On the same day, I notice that my 550ex consume a lot of power. Other than that it’s a great flash. You rock my world!!



Gua Niah is a must visit tourist spot if you go to miri. From there I salute that how they manage to survive in this ancient cave. No water supply and not even a proper path to travel out from drawing cave to trader cave. how they make it? hmm...


These are the food we bring to the cave. Scary right? Haha Just a tips from me if you going to Gua Niah. Prepare a bottle of water and some refreshment. A torchlight is a must because it is complete darkness inside. Never wear a Japanese slipper as it is slippery along the journey. Enjoy the mother of nature so you won’t get bored plus you will notice funny insects. Many colourful snail though. I met a weird situation inside the cave. I was so excited when we notice scorpion and some weird looking grasshopper (why there is grasshopper inside a dark cave?) . As a result I took out my camera and start snapping. I admit I did abuse the flash as you know 40d use multiple preflash to assist AF. So after few shot, the shutter button become not functioning. Everything work fine except trigger the shutter. I thought my shutter assembly gives me problem. But once I reach outside the cave, its start to works as usual. Do you believe there is some kind of spiritual thingy inside the cave? Really scare me out. So guys, don’t simply take any photos inside the cave. It’s scary but it’s real.



From what I know, inside the bags is bat’s shit. They sell it as organic fertilizer.



A very special coconut bread. Its wrapped with coconut floss. I have a great impression with the bakery in miri.
Kylle’s occurrence make our journey more meaningful. He came from Michigan and Yong Liang bring him along with us. From my point of view, nothing different between Malaysian and American as they are as friendly as us, as playful as us. Thanks buddy for the opinion on my idea. Hopefully I can win the Mobile Content Challenge 2009. :P

Last jump before we back home.
Let’s continue Tropical Rain Forest on the next post. Or else they photos loading will slow up your reading experience.