The Synapse: March 2007

My True Age.. So accurate

Posted by Way Siong | | Posted On Wednesday 21 March 2007 at 9:12 pm

***You Are 20 Years Old***
Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have
an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.
13-19: You are
a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your
place in this world.
20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel
excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.
30-39: You
are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but
you want more!
40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the
ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.
What Age Do
You Act?http://www.blogthings.com/whatagequiz/

Roar, i'm not that old yet.. :P

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Was getting bored with study, so i decided to fiddle with my camera and take some pictures of what i can find on my table.. :P Of all the functions my camera offers, I like the macro function the best. It's able to give a fairly good macro shot although it's not a very powerful camera. The macro is only 5cm or something..

This is a picture of my new 2Gb Kingston DataTraveler thumb drive. I got it as a birthday present from my baby.. :P Hehe! I don't like the way the string casts distorted shadows though, it's there because i used two lights on the subject. What i like about this picture is the way the words on the sides look. Feels like one of those 'Gundam' decals.. haha!

This picture is an origami that i folded back at warrane. Again, i have nothing better to do so i was playing with the macro function. I tried several angles and lightings but i guess this looks the best. I like the grainy texture of the surface, which is my laptop and the soft shadows casted at the bottom of the object.

That's all for now, i have some usual macro flower pics, but they are boring i guess.. :P Hope i can improve taking macro shots, need a sifu.. haha!

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Frames and Lenses

Posted by Way Siong | | Posted On Saturday 10 March 2007 at 12:50 am

Only just recently, Hau Cher invited me to begin a group photo blog, where a few of us would contribute to make a collection of pictures and photos documenting what our camera's see. The link is at the right panel, do take a look!

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Hectic

Posted by Way Siong | | Posted On at 12:21 am

Feeling like there's too many to do and no time to do it.. Preparations for End of Phase exam is underway, but time is running short and there's still much to be done.. Been studying nearly every day for now, but it's a little bit difficult to balance between studying for this block and studying every other blocks.. Time's running out as i'm sorting this out.. Group project basically stalled and I've just started individual.. wah.. can die man.. :P

Meanwhile, i've settled down in International House. Gotten used to the routine, including the usual chores.. The people here are friendly, much friendlier than those in Warrane and the food is pretty decent. Today we had Bak Kut Teh for dinner, that day got Hainan Chicken Rice.. hehe! It's something you won't get in Warrane. Plus, people here use fork and spoon to eat rice.. :P

Took some pictures of KLCC the last time i visited. It's pretty nice, although if you look properly you'll be able to see the car window coz it's shot from within the car.. :P

The other day we saw this cool shop. Bamboo or wooden chicks, which one you prefer? :P

That's it for today, must go back to study.. wasting time.. :P

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Eye on Malaysia

Posted by Way Siong | | Posted On Sunday 4 March 2007 at 8:26 pm

Earlier this year, in conjunction with Visit Malaysia Year 2007, the 'Eye on Malaysia' Ferris wheel was unveiled. It has a height of 60metres and contains 60 gondolas fully air-conditioned. One of which is the VIP gondola with a price tag of RM300 i think..

An exclusive VIP gondola has also been outfitted to include plush leather
seats fit for a king, a mini fridge, a DVD player, a plasma TV and a mobile
telephone.

DVD player? plasma TV? who in the sane mind would even think about trying it? Come to think about it, watching movie while sitting in the gondola may be quite some fun.. but why not just watch it at home ar?

Located in Lake titiwangsa, it is supposed to provide a nice view on the whole Kuala Lumpur City. Like any curious couples, we decided to pay a visit to it. Surely, it provides a good avenue for good photography, just wish i had a tripod with me..

Luckilly for us, the we got into the gondola after just about 10 minutes of wait. The horror stories of 2 hour waits luckilly did not came true.. at least on that day.. Anyway, in the picture, the barge in the middle is actually a site for fireworks launching at night. Also, laser shows are supposed to be on as well. We didn't see those as it was quite early when we got there..

Here's how the gondola look like, fitting about 6 ppl it's pretty crampy.. Not to mention it is pretty spooky when it sways at the top.. Our ride costed Rm20 each.. felt like got chopped in the head after that.. :P There was a little baby in our gondola, he was crying non-stop throughout the ride.. lol!

The view from the top was a little dissapointing though.. Apart from the KLCC, there really isn't much to see. I guess the best view is actually the lake itself, which surprisingly looked cool with the water fountains and stuff..

All in all, it isn't a bad idea really.. other than the illogically expensive ride and the lack of parking facilities, the eye on malaysia ride is quite a good venture. It'll only be here this year, go see it if you can!

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Aquaria KLCC

Posted by Way Siong | | Posted On Saturday 3 March 2007 at 3:00 am

Went to Aquaria KLCC during the holidays, got some pics so i decided to try it out.. It was a pretty hectic day.. Woke up at 7.45 in the morning compared to my usual 12 pm, hehe! We went to a place to eat dim sum for breakfast with SooChing and her friends, Alan and Yin Ling. That meal was extremely filling.. It's so surprising a little this and a little that can fill me up so badly.. Haha! Then we drove all the way to KLCC. On the way, I saw a few pretty interesting things. I saw a construction worker carrying one of those road dividers that the construction people use to wall the roads. The weird thing is, she carried it on her head, without arm support. I tried to take out my camera in time but I can't.. Might win Rm50 from theStar if I could..
haha!
We passed an airfield as well.. Interestingly, I eyed on a bunch of pretty old aircrafts. One of them of which is a seaplane, probably decommissioned or something. Unsurprisingly I was the only one excited about the find.. :P Then there was this cool looking helicopter landing, haha! I have something for planes since I was young..

If you can tell, there's a spot of dirt on my
camera when this picture was taken on the bottom.. sigh..

In KLCC we went to Aquaria. Aquaria is an aquatic exhibition build very recently, I think it was only opened not more than 3 months ago. The journey to the actual place itself from KLCC was terrible.. We had to walk a good 10 minutes through a boring looking tunnel to reach the
place. We could only think of a reason for this.. "Aiyah, already walk so far d.. Might as well go in lar.." haha! The price was a hefty RM20 for students.. I had to fork out RM25 coz my uni is overseas.. Unfair lar.. I student also mar..

Inside, we were first greeted with a little pond where we could touch the specimens.. There were fishes and starfishes and stuff.. Looks pretty geli actually.. When I asked the attendant whether they
will bite, they said they can; but would not.. Lol! What kind of answer is that? Can say can lar, kenot say kenot lar.. :P I won't sue you one..
There were many cute and weird looking fishes in boring looking aquariums. The coolest one though, has to be this puffer fish.. It's a square looking fish, and it spits water out of its mouth! Pretty Cute.

Submarine! Check out the 'windows' at the side of the fish!

Then we enter the main 'attraction', the underwater tunnel thingy.. (I forgot to note what it's called.. Silly me.. ). It's actually cool.. Not cool cool cool.. but cool.. So cool we went through the tunnel twice.. Too bad we din get through it three times.. More value for the RM25..
Sigh.. Inside though, there are cool and big and scary looking sharks.. Then there's this big and cool looking sting ray.. Seriously massive.. And there's this 'faceless void' character.. Spooky..
The eyes are actually on top of the fish.. The 'face' is actually it's mouth and water intakes. It was difficult to get a clear picture though, as the subject was moving in dark lighting.

I guess the best attraction in the whole place is the underwater tunnel, typical of all underwater parks. Apart from the usual sharks and divers, the cool thing is the conveyor belt everyone stands on. Feels like a baggage in KLIA.. haha!
That's pretty much Aquaria KLCC.. Finished it in less than 2 hours.. That's rm12.5 per hour.. It's not really worth the money nor effort.. Langkawi Underwaterworld is much better in my opinion.. Oh well.. :P