From My Point of View

Europe July '08 Part 9.2/12 - Florence

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:44:00 +0000

Just wrapping up the set before the month is over.

No trip to Italy is ever complete without a picture of a local beauty, of course

That concludes the Florence set. Venice is next. Soon.

Europe July '08 Part 9.1/12 - Florence

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:44:00 +0000

A quick post. Gotta run, so won't type much.

Medusa gets her head sliced off by Perseus

Europe July '08 Part 8/12 - Pisa

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:43:00 +0000

On leave this week, so just thought I'd post a quick one. We're now at Pisa, home of the Leaning Tower of Pisa (duh). Short stop once again, so not too many pics taken here.

You do not need me to tell you what this is

Last 4 sets remaining are Florence, Venice, Burano and Rome. Still on track to put it all up by 2009 heh.

Europe June '08 Part 7/12 - Monaco

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:09:00 +0000

My my it's June already. Time really flies around here :O

Here's the much delayed Monaco pictures. It was only a short day stop so didn't take too many pics here.

We all live in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine, yellow submarine~

Spot the F1 track :D

Not much to be said in this set. Up next is Pisa. Stay tuned :)

Europe June '08 Part 6.2/12 - Nice

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:49:00 +0000

Had a bit of extra time today so I managed to edit and post up some pictures. This is the 2nd and final part for the Nice set.

Do you see what I see?

This 360 was actually something like a taxi. You pay X amount of Euros (depending on which route you take, the nicer route being the more expensive one) and the guy takes you for a ride in the 360. I was very tempted but it was simply too expensive :(. So I took pictures of it lol

The Côte d'Azur, looking bland and lethargic after a long day's work

The bent-ness of this picture annoys the OCDism in me :(

With this, we conclude the Nice set. Next up will be Monaco. I hope to get it up by *fingers crossed* the end of April. That's all for now folks!

Europe June '08 Part 6.1/12 - Nice

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:13:00 +0000

Sorry for the super long hiatus! Time was not on my side at all. Only managed to post this up because I took the day off today hehe.

There are still 10 pictures to go for this set, hoping to get that up by the end of this week or next, depending on workload and life. (not that my time projections work - I just realised in my last post, I said next update may be in January :P)

The Massena Museum

Sorry for the lack of captions. It's partly due to me forgetting what is what, where is where, and also because I feel that I should let the pictures speak for themselves.

Stay tuned for 6.2! My updates will hit you when you least expect them to hehe.

Europe June '08 Part 5/12 - Cannes

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:15:00 +0000

Just a short stop at Cannes, en route to Nice. Only spent a couple of hours here so not too many shots were taken.

The quiet side of the beach..

..and the not-so-quiet side of the beach

The very very lovely Audi RS4, together with its overly outrageous wheel arches

Pink Panther's paw on show at Cannes!

The street with a million (well almost) traffic lights. I don't want to imagine how traffic will be at peak hours when none of the lights are green

I've finally decided that there will be 12 parts for the entire Europe set. Next in line shall be Nice.

Also, wishing all readers a happy new year, wherever you'll be spending it at, and whoever you'll be spending it with! Next set of updates will be in January, hopefully.

Europe June '08 Part 4/12 - Montreux

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:49:00 +0000

Beautiful beautiful Montreux. I was absolutely awestruck by it. I particularly loved the blue surroundings here (which explains why most of the pictures in this set are all dominated by the colour blue).

Viva la Freddie

Go on, take a dive. You know you want to

"When I grow up, I'm gonna be just like Freddie!"

The Château de Chillon

This here is a shithole. A very very deep shithole

Not too many captions in this set because I believe the pictures speak for themselves.
Next in line - Cannes, Nice and Monaco, as we travel along the French Riviera.

A day in the life of a trainee banker

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:52:00 +0000

Been pretty caught up with work of late so I've been finding it difficult to post any new stuff. I actually took these pictures some time ago but never got around to putting it up due to time constraints (assignments and tests grr). But since this is my first commitment-free Sunday in a long long time, I figured I'd at least put this set up.

The shots to come is a summary of a typical day at work. They were all taken with my phone's camera so the quality is abysmally terrible, but do bear with me (sidenote: taking donations for a new sony camera phone).

The day starts at 6:30am (even earlier now that I've been rotated to Research)

After showering and breakfasting, it's off I go. Smart tunnel for Smart people.

One of the better views on the way to work. I do not normally drive this dangerously btw :P

Inside the horribly bumpy Smart tunnel.

Out of the tunnel, into the jam along one end of Jalan Sultan Ismail. Fortunately the wait is only 5 minutes tops

Daylight robbery QQ (it's RM9 btw)

On the lift in Wisma Genting. Level 3 is where I hop off (Level 2 starting Monday!)

Morning meetings at 8. Yours truly will be having a hand at preparing the stuff to be said at such meetings

That's my desk at L3. It's not even 8:30am so I am still entitled to surf unrelated sites I believe :P

That's what a typical classroom session looks like. Classes ended last Friday

Zipping forward in time (and cutting out all the boring regulatory talk), it's 5:30pm. Punctuality at its finest, and it's off I go

Smart-ing home again

@*&*$!@()*)(%*(^&*@&(!*&

Post-dinner, shower and checking mails/replying messages, 10:30pm means it's time to go to bed. Sleep, wake up the next day, and the grind repeats itself

So that's how a typical day goes. Some of these will probably change as I rotate across different departments but I suppose it'll still be as grindful as ever.

The Montreux shots.. next week maybe? :P

Wrongful categorization

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:30:00 +0000

It would appear that I organized some pictures wrongly.
The last 3 pictures of Part 2 (Beaune) actually belongs to Geneva.
Sekian.

Europe June '08 Part 3/12 - Geneva

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:02:00 +0000

Sorry for the long hiatus. It's hard enough to fit in time to meet up for some tea, let alone upload pictures to the blog.

Elderly men playing with huge blocks of chess

Here's a picture of some significant part of Geneva's history. Pity I couldn't remember which one though :P

A giant clock made out of flowers!

Memory fails me again, oh dear

Lake Geneva (Euro 2008 fever still on, hence the giant football on the right)

The Jet d'Eau. Didn't get to see it at night due to summer's massively long daylight hours

The Swiss Alps, ever prominent in every part of Geneva

Some of the houses overlooking Lake Geneva

Mr. Bee working hard in summer

Geneva is a really nice place (except for how French is the main language there). I'm sure it'll look even more gorgeous in winter, when the mountain peaks are covered with snow. Who knows, maybe I'll go there again sometime in the near future, but this time not following a tour group. It's somewhat potong stim as a photographer because you'd have to abide by all their (usually unforgiving) time schedules.

But in any case, next set will be of Montreux, on another side of Lake Geneva.

Before and After

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:56:00 +0000

Recently busy punya hal, I've not been able to find the time to photoshop my yet-to-be-posted pictures and I do apologize. Neither do I have any idea as to when I can find the time to sit down and work on it. But in place of that, I'll give a little update on the current state of things.

'nuff said.

Diana Krall - A Case of You

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:55:00 +0000

Europe June '08 Part 2/12 - Beaune

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:39:00 +0000

Beaune, France. We stopped here just for a short while enroute to Geneva so not an awful lot was done here.

Euro 2008 fever still in full swing when this picture was taken

St. Pierre's Cathedral in Geneva

Front entrance of St. Pierre's

Not too many captions because I forgot what the places names' are already :P
Part 3 will be Geneva/Montreux shots!

Edit - Last 3 pictures are actually taken in Geneva, not Beaune

Europe June '08 Part 1.3/12 - Paris

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:43:00 +0000

This is the last part for Paris.

Taken from inside the Louvre

Still inside the Louvre

Out of the Louvre, into the Notre Dame

One of the stained glasses inside the Notre Dame

This must be where the Headless MRT Ghost story originated from

One of the Notre Dame pillars

Seven floors of pure shopping heaven? I think not

The Champs-Elysees, with the ever-present Arc at the end of it

That's Paris done, about 11 more main parts to go. This will take awhile.

Europe June '08 Part 1.2/12 - Paris

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:48:00 +0000

Continued.

More shots from Level 2

Still on Level 2..

The Arc de Triomphe, standing tall among all the other buildings

No prizes for guessing where this shot was taken

Taken at the Louvre

Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you

And Napolean ninjas the Pope's epic hat

Short on time at the moment so 1.3 will have to wait.

Europe June '08 Part 1.1/12 - Paris

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:57:00 +0000

Sorry for the delay! I just got Photoshop yesterday and set to work earlier today. Can't say for sure how many parts in total this set will have because I took loads of pictures. Broke each main city into a few smaller subsets to make uploading easier.

At the moment, I've only done the edits for Paris, which will be split into 3 smaller parts. So here goes!

The Arc de Triomphe, pictured with the Roundabout of Heroes (makes our SS15 roundabout look like a joke)

Notre Dame de Paris

The other side of the Notre Dame

Eiffel Tower pictured from the River Seine.

Eiffel Tower at night. The tiny specks of white light on the Tower are actually flickering

Lastly, Eiffel Tower pictured from ground level in broad daylight

Pictured from Level 2 of the Eiffel Tower. Level 2 is a bloody misnomer!

More to come over the next few days!

Just so you know

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:12:00 +0000

I'm still very much alive.

P/s - due to certain geographical relocations, this blog has been aptly renamed.

Ayambak

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:55:00 +0000

Finally got home after a short 2 week holiday. Covered some parts of France, Switzerland and Italy during that time (Paris-Geneva-Nice-Venice-Rome). Had to endure some gruelling bus rides along the way but I guess it was well worth it in the end.

Here's a before and after shot of my arm.

Looks much more pronounced IRL. The flash made it seem less dark than it actually is.

I took about 700 shots within the 2 weeks so it'll probably take me quite awhile to review all the shots, let alone decide which ones to put up. Stick around over the next 2 months or so I guess :P

Bristol Zoo Part 3/3 - Dan Lain-lain

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:25:00 +0000

Part 3 will be for everything else which I'm too lazy to categorize

Itsy bitsy spider has legs far hairier than mine

Sup yo

Lonely monkey one,

meet lonely monkey two.

Cehh macam gaya only

One hell of a poser, this meerkat is. Speaking of which, I missed a really heartwarming picture of a meerkat family huddled close together just because my camera died early :(

And I shall end this set with a picture of a butt, a gorilla's one no less

So that concludes the Bristol Zoo set and clears up my backlog (for now). Will be leaving for a short vacation in a bit and will deffo take lots of pictures while I'm away. Due to the impending busy-ness, I can only hope to be able to post those pictures up around August/September. Might be able to sneak a part or two in July but that's about it.

Hope you enjoyed everything so far. Gonna sign off now. Ta!

P/s I'm just starting to get to grips with Photoshop over the last 2 sets so my photoediting might still be crap at best, but do bear with me!

One Hundred and Four

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:40:00 +0000

I think this is as far as I can/will go, as far as Expert is concerned. Never really bothered with Beginner or Intermediate :P

Bristol Zoo Part 2/3 - Under the Sea

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:40:00 +0000

Voila - part 2!

Sooo dark and gloomy down there...

The obligatory Nemo picture. They weren't very friendly and refused to pose for a nice picture though

Lonely lonely lonely, eating all alone :(

Whaaa...morning already..?

This is the penguin enclosure

Another shot of the penguins' home. The tube in the middle of the pool is actually an underwater walkway. Sadly, the penguins were all on a swimming strike and hence I saw nothing interesting down there

Enjoying a nap under the sun after a long day's swim

Cheeky little fella. It's almost as if he knew I was standing there with a camera and just dived right in front of me

Fingers crossed, I hope I can get Part 3 up before I leave for vacation tomorrow.

Bristol Zoo Part 1/3 - Reptiles & Insects

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:39:00 +0000

So I finally paid a (long overdue) visit to the Zoo a few days ago. Low light conditions and glass enclosures (meaning no flash and nasty reflections from ambient lighting) made some shots hell to take. I had 3 choices - underexpose my pictures, use a higher ISO (which also means more noise) or somehow remain totally still while the picture was being taken. Ultimately, only the first 2 options were viable so I had to play around with the settings and reach a reasonable compromise. Some shots though were just simply unshootable so I left it at that.

I wouldn't say the shots were fantastic, but it definitely was something different compared to what I've been shooting all along. Sadly, my camera died early in this trip. I do not know if it's a fault with the camera itself or the batteries, but I ran through 2 pairs of batteries shooting only less than 200 pictures/2 hours. As a result, I missed some rather interesting shots :(

Anywho, on to the pictures.

Omg whodunit!?

I wonder what he's grinning at...

I have to say, I really liked the skin 's level of detail in this picture

His facial expression reminds me of a certain, oft-used MSN smiley. Agree?

It's a leaf! It's an insect! No - it's a leaf insect!

Can be really hard to tell which is leaf and which is insect at first glance

Not so clever now eh?

Here, have a random beetle

That's it for Part 1. Can't promise when I can get the remaining 2 parts up but I'll do what I can.

Sunday Morning Part 2/2

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:57:00 +0000

Part 2 will be Harbourside shots. Enjoy!

Symmetry is a wonderful thing

Rainbow mysteriously appeared out of nowhere, so I tried to follow it...

...and found out that it ends there, far behind the row of houses. So much for my pot of gold :(

I feel that this looks more like a painting than a photograph when viewed in small-medium size

That is all for this set. The pictures of Brandon Hill were somewhat disappointing imo but at least some of the Harbourside ones came out nice.

The next set will be pictures of Bristol Zoo. However, that will take a few days at the very least as I juggle between packing, finding out my results and editing the pictures. The zoo outing was quite a challenging one as I found myself in unfamiliar (and naturally, unfavourable) shooting conditions. But sadly, that will be a story for another day.

Sooo.... signing out for now. Be back in a couple of days! (...hopefully)

Sunday Morning Part 1/2

noreply@blogger.com (Moe) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Woke up early one Sunday morning to try and get a glimpse of sunrise. Sadly, it was nothing too magnificent. The peaceful morning was also marred by some drunk buggers who insisted on shouting all over the place for absolutely no reason whatsoever.

Part 1 will be around Brandon Hill and Part 2 the Harbourside.

Last picture ever of Wills' Memorial Building, I promise!

UFO spotted

Peacefullll. Doesn't this picture just make you wanna lie down on the grass and forget about all your worries?

The tower is closed for repairs. Couldn't climb up there and take zomgbbq pictures :(

Part 2 should be up before the end of the day. Stay tuned!