New Companion

So, my blog once again grow spider web. Geez hate myself for not able to blog when I am stress over my job. Mind just completely focused on works and laziness to blog born. So how's my life? Nothing much to shout. Still handling client project which the events gonna take place on next Thursday. Due to this, I don't have chance to go Thailand to accompanied my gf where she will return next Friday. Oh well, good luck to myself! This week is a critical week for the project and I afraid I don't have much time to blog :(

Nevertheless, I bought something for myself yesterday. Felt like I spend alot money since the beginning of the months till now piff.. So yea it is Olympus 45mm f1.8 lens! Like finally I invest on another prime lens. Felt very lucky to be able to get cheap deal as used unit. I almost go to buy a new unit because I know it is hard to get second hand for 45mm. However I told myself be patient and keep calm. Jeng! I guess it is sorta God bless for me to be able found nice deal. Alright, gotta shoot more with 45mm now and get familiarize with the lens. Next step, Olympus OM-D E-M1! Opss actually there is another thing coming soon all the way from Thailand ;)

Was supposingly start my training at one of the 3D studio today but got some unfortunate news that training won't be start anytime soon as long as the fund wasn't get approval. FML! Waited for a month for the fund approval and yet no sound at all from the party. I already gave up waiting for this job and immediately sent my resume to Nuffnang. Fuh feel like challenging on job that I had zero experience. Well that's it if I am call for interview and got the job :/ or else I need to re-look it again..uh I has been jobless for three months...

Masjid Jamek Explorer

* Old cinema *

It feel so good that today is public holiday! It has been time! Oh waittt I thought I am on holiday since.. few months back? Beat me I am still unemployed and walking to the unknown path of future.. piff Nevertheless, manage to woke up early today to had some shooting session with friends. Of course, all are Olympus micro four third user like me :P Suddenly feel proud for knowing so many hardcore Olympus supporter.

* Look up? *

* Bored *

Recently, there are few friends came and ask me about which camera they should get. To be honest, I am not a correct guy to ask and I tend to be bias, you know I will ask you choose Olympus in the end! For me, once I decided to go into interchangeable lens, there are few things I always consider - camera AF speed, camera buttons layout, lens choices and image quality. No, I don't give a damn on flip screen, WiFi or NFC though it wouldn't hurt to have. I always advices my friends that it doesn't matter, most cameras in market nowdays are great camera. In the end it is always about yourself which camera you're comfortable and happy with.

Looks like I derailed from the topic... Opss!

* Testing the Olympus 45mm f1.8 sharpness with Carmen as subject *

* My first close up approached on stranger! *

Anyway since all are micro four third user, it would be handy to share lens around. I brought my Olympus OM 50mm f1.4 and also 12mm f2 for this session and 14-54mm f2.8-3.5 II for food later. As some of you might know that I am preparing to jump to OM-D E-M1 once I got the money from my plantation farm and also invest on one of the Olympus prime lens. Was considering Olympus 75mm f1.8 at the beginning however after tested the Olympus 45mm f1.8 from Alex, I completely change my mind. It is a focal length that I shoot comfortability on street! Just like when I am using the OM 50mm f1.4! As Robin keep convince me, the 45mm is really a good buy. It is cheap, fast and also versatile. Thanks to Alex, I mount the 45mm on my camera most of the time for the shooting.

* Smoking *

* Phone *

* Stoning *

* Trying to play with the line as composition but guess it failed *

So yea, back to the main topic. It was my first time explored Masjid Jamek and I had no idea it has all the bazaar around. It was public holiday, hence less crowds around. Robin provide pretty good advice to me during the shooting as well as tips on how to approach stranger for a shot. I guess I shall practise more on this. You know one of my dream is to have a blog that full with human close up portrait that has their smile :D I hope I manage to make it happen..

* Capturing Robin when he is capturing me *

* Alex, Robin & Carmen *

Nevertheless, it was a great morning session with the group. I can't wait myself getting the 45mm f1.8 before harvest money for OM-D E-M1! Let's hope I could get it by end of the year :)

* Pork chop from Yut Kee. My first time *

A Journey to Hong Kong Day 4 : Fisherman Village at Tai-O (大澳)

Click in if you haven't read my Journey to Hong Kong Day 4 Part 1.

So it is already day 4 in Hong Kong. Time flies! I have mix feeling at the beginning whether to visit Ngong Ping 360 and Tai-O or not because I knew it gonna takes one day tour to there and also it is far from the city. In the end we still decided to go. Grab a quick breakie from 7-11 which I seriously love their food so much LOL

Anyway, to accessed to Tai-O, firstly need to go through Ngong Ping. We took MTR to Tung Chung station, then walk abit to the cable car. At the cable car counter, you'll see difference packages available for both Ngong Ping and also Tai-O. We choose the cheapest package as we could since we did not came to travel luxuriously.. Well to be honest the price for foods here is over my estimation hence limit myself on spending luxuriously :(

So yea, we took the cable car! I don't recall when was my last time taking a cable car. It is freaking high! Not to mentioned it is hazy thanks to the rain. We are same cabin with a father and daughter who just around 5-7 years old. From their conversation, really can feel the love from a dad to his daughter. He took the effort and patient to answer all his daughter curiosity question during the journey. I am regret now that I did not take initiative to offer a photo for them. I can imagine their happy face :)

So yea back to the trip, we reach ngong ping after 30 min ride of cable car I think? Or less. I dont recall but mehh.. Ok it is Ngong Ping! But we are not visiting this place yet since we actually rushing to go Tai-O first due to the bus schedule. Clearly seen it is still raining heavily. Now I wish I have Olympus OM-D E-M5 pair with couple of weather sealed lens... LOL Anyway we took the bus near the Ngong Ping entrance and to Tai-O, which take around 20 minute driving.

So here we are! Tai-O! A fisherman village! A place where I first time witnessed real fisherman house that build on top of the sea! It really feel great and refreshing. The village itself not really big and easily explored. Man, I really wish I could come back and do a series of photography fisherman catching fish! It would be epic documentary :D For that I need Olympus OM-D E-M1 + weather sealed lens! Another excuses to upgrade my camera LOLL :P

We had our lunch in one of the restaurant before decided to take the boat and tour around the island and also see dolphin. I think the lunch cost around $310.. sigh this is what exactly I am talking about food price in HK...

So yea it is island tour time with the motor boat! Unfortunately my camera is not fast enough to captured them but my eye did witnessed them for real! We saw pink color dolphin too!

Don't ask me the how does the General Rock look like a human shaped General. I hardly visualize it until today.

Overall, it is a very satisfying trip to Tai-O. It is very beautiful village with friendly people around. Really wish I could spend more time here and do street shooting.

Anyway, we head back to Ngong Ping next and meet the buddha!

More photo in my Jackie A Journey Called Jloi Facebook Page :)

A Journey to Hong Kong Day 3 : Wai Kee Noodle Café (維記咖啡粉麵) & Lau Sum Kee Noodle (劉森記麵家) @ Sham Shui Po

Click in if you haven't read my Journey to Hong Kong Day 3 Part 2.

p/s I just change new phone recently and all food notes I saved in my old phone gone coz I simply forget about it. FML!! Hence I am writing this based on my memory.. sorry if there is some inaccuracy :(

So after playing with rain on afternoon, we went back to our guest house to rest. We are suppose to take a walk and do some night street shooting at Sham Shui Po but apparently YY is too lazy to move. So, here come my mission.. tapao dinner for both of us D: But you know.. Hong Kong is full of chinese word that not a single words I know how to read. Ok la I can read 一 二 三 only lol... After some research on internet, finally I decided to tapao at Wai Kee Noodle Café (維記咖啡粉麵) & Lau Sum Kee Noodle (劉森記麵家) that located at Sham Shui Po.

Sham Shui Po can be easily reached by MTR. Well all the surrounding look exactly same with Tsim Sha Tsui lol..There was night market happening too. I decided to walk around before buying dinner. I shall classified Sham Shui Po as electronic heaven street! The street is full with electronic shop especially mobile phones. Was trying for vintage camera shop but failed.

Finally, time for my mission, looking for the shop to tapao dinner. For this mission, I heavily depended on offline navigation using Google Map since I don't have data. Well you know it is never accurate and most of the time it point me wrong place or just simply go wrong. The next thing I did was looking at the shop signboard and compare the chinese character with the one I found in internet. YES I COMPARE ONE BY ONE! 一 BY 一! LOL

ok after confirm is the shop I just went in and ask the shop owner is it the shop name. What's make me frustrated is the pronunciation. You know it is call Wai Kee but in cantonese it might call Wai Kei or Wai Kay or whatever it is. Hence, I pronounced wrongly and leave a question mark to the shop owner. Later, I just show him the chinese character and ask it is this shop LOL.. Ok mission successed! I am such a genius!

維記咖啡粉麵 Wai Kee Noodle Café
G/F, 62 & 67 Fuk Wing Street / Shop D, G/F, 165-167 Pei Ho Street , Sham Shui Po
深水埗福榮街62號及66號地下及北河街165-167號地下D號

劉森記麵家 Lau Sum Kee Noodle
G/F, 48 Kweilin Street, Sham Shui Po (exit c2)
深水埗桂林街48號地下

So ya I tapao pork liver’s nissin noodles from Wai Kee Noodle Café, har zhi meen (dried shrimp noodle) and Sui Kow (dumpling) from Lau Sum Kee Noodle and also some fish ball from the night market. You know I am always curious those fish ball taste since always seen in HK drama or movie.

* Pork Liver's Nissin Noodles *

I guess the noodle is becoming soft due to deep into the soup too long after a long trip back to guest house. The livers is good but abit too heavy tasted. It is chewy too! Not to mention the amounts of pork liver given is alot!

* Dried Shrimp Noodle *

Don't really like the dried shrimp noodle. It is dry and doesn't taste good.

* Dumplings *

On the other hand, the dumpling is pretty good. It packed full of ground meat and shrimp! Yummy

* Fish Ball *

Nothing much to shout on the fish ball. Maybe I should order the spicy one instead :/

There goes my last part of day 3. Gosh never expect time move so fast. Already 3 days in Hong Kong but still doesn't explore enough especially on foods. Nevertheless, next post is about we go fishing and also meet the buddha! :D

Dogathon 2013 @ Bukit Ekspo, UPM Serdang

It is Dogathon!! One of the biggest annual event gathering for all dogs lover! It is my first time attended actually since I have no idea such event existed. The most I attended last time is always at One Utama Central park.

Of course, it has alot activities and events going on and specially designed for the dogs and owner as well. It is free to join :D

It is heaven for me too as a dogs lover and photographer. I enjoy shooting pets. Their innocent, curiosity and also happiness are the sources of my photograph session on that day.

Wish I could join more such events in future and bring my dog as well. Well if only my dogs are obedient lol