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My First Nuffnang Cheque

noreply@blogger.com (JChong) — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:29:00 +0800

After serving Nuffnang ads in my blog for about 2 years. I has made my cash out request even the amount is not a big one, just wanted to assure that such advertising community is trust-able. And finally, the long awaited first cheque from Nuffnang has arrived.

This is my first ever payment received from Nuffnang.

It took me almost 2 years to get this small amount. Of course many blogs out there made lots of money through Nuffnang ads but my earnings is just a tiny amount due to my blog traffic is low. But... better than nothing! haha! For those who had visited my blog, thank you so much for your support!

My First DSLR Camera

noreply@blogger.com (JChong) — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:00:00 +0800

Its more than 4 months since I last wrote an entry. One of the reason besides busy is laziness. lolx After working countless hours in front of computers daily, I have reward myself with a Nikon D90 kit. Finally, I got my first Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) camera! I am new to photography, It’s an expensive hobby though, a lens cause over 1k and sometimes more expensive then the camera itself. = =" This kit comes with a 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF-S VR DX Nikkor Zoom Lens, which is pretty good for a first time DSLR user.

Front View

Back View

Top View

This is the first Digital SLR camera that shoots video. First let’s look at the specs:

12.3-megapixel DX-format CMOS imaging sensor
Continuous shooting as fast as 4.5 frames-per-second
D-Movie Mode—Cinematic 24fps HD with sound: (Record cinematic-quality movie clips at up to 720p HD (1280 x 720 pixels) in Motion JPEG format. Max per movie clip is 5 mins. At lower resolutions, max is 20 mins per movie clip.)
Low noise ISO sensitivity from 200 to 3200
3-inch super-density 920,000-dot color LCD monitor
Built-in image sensor cleaning
11-point AF system with Face Priority

Below are some photos taken by Panasonic DMC FX33 Digital Camera:

Now, wanna start saving some money to buy me a flashgun, tripod and another bazooka type telephoto lens that would be awesome. haha...

Macau & Hong Kong - Day 8

noreply@blogger.com (JChong) — Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:54:00 +0800

Day 8, Our last day in Macau. Reached Macau international airport around 9am. Arrived Penang International Airport around 1pm. Super tiring day. Overall I found Macau & HK trip is rather enjoyable. The trip was definitely worth it, I will miss Macau & Hong Kong so much. Bye-bye Macau & HK.

The End!

Macau & Hong Kong - Day 7

noreply@blogger.com (JChong) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:54:00 +0800

Day 7, Macau. We ventured off to the ruins of St. Paul’s cathedral. There are numerous souvenir shops selling many interesting trinkets and food along the way. We took a lot of photo, eat some Macau famous Egg Tart, buy some biscuit for friends back in Malaysia, enjoy some refreshment of Mango frozen and continue walk under hot sun.

At night, we visited to few casino. There’s so many casinos, every 5 minutes of walk around the Macau Peninsula, you will bump into another entrance of casino. Macau's Nightlife is famous for its variety, its frantic pace and constant change. This is a city that never sleeps, with plenty of bars, shops and restaurants, as well as casinos, open all night long.

Wynn Performance Lake

Casino!!!

To Be Continue...

Macau & Hong Kong - Day 6

noreply@blogger.com (JChong) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:54:00 +0800

Day 6, Madame Tussauds wax museum. We bought a combo ticket for Peak Tram and Madame Tussauds. The famous attraction features incredible wax likenesses of stars, world leaders and sports heroes. The place where you can take a lot of photography with "celebrities". LOL A fun and nice visiting I would say. Some of the wax figure really look realistic.

Evening we went to the top of the peak to have a nice view of the whole HK. It is absolutely incredible! Looking down from The Peak will be amazed by the spectacular view of the surrounding night city skyline view. Wanted to take photo but overcrowded people until cannot find a space for me to shot. After that, we have our dinner at Yung Kee Restaurant.

Obama

Twins

Anita Mui

Hong Kong spectacular night view!

Yung Kee Restaurant

Famous century eggs at Yung Kee Restaurant

They are famous for their roast goose.

To Be Continue...

Macau & Hong Kong - Day 5

noreply@blogger.com (JChong) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:54:00 +0800

Day 5, Ocean Park. Ocean Park is the most famous theme park in Hong Kong. It’s located in the Southern District of Hong Kong Island. Public can reach there by taxi or city bus. The Park opens at 10am and close at 6pm. I think it is enough with my short brief about Ocean Park. My conclusion, this is one of the places you can consider to pay a visit when you had a trip to Hong Kong. Check it out some photo sharing on Day 5...

You can find many petrol station under the building

Panda playing with hot air balloon

Cute!! Thinking to bring it home but it's too expensive.
Lastly, just bought a key chain. LOL

Dinner @ 香港仔鱼蛋粉

To Be Continue...

Macau & Hong Kong - Day 4

noreply@blogger.com (JChong) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:37:00 +0800

Day 4, Wong Tai Sin Temple and Temple Street. Hong Kong another must go place is Wong Tai Sin Temple. If you are a Buddhist, just go there do some prayers, even if you are not, you also can go to have a look. We took the subway to Wong Tai Sin, it’s a few stops from Yau Ma Tei.

In the evening, we walk along Temple Street, and Fa Yuen Street which is also known as Ladies Street. It’s a place where you can find all those imitation goods. I bought some Hong Kong t-shirt and few souvenirs for friends and family over there.

Royal Plaza Hotel Interior

Royal Plaza hotel outlook

My breakfast!

On the way back to Royal Plaza Hotel

Wong Tai Sin Temple

Dessert @ Hui Lau Shan

Night view... beautiful huh?

To Be Continue...

Macau & Hong Kong - Day 3

noreply@blogger.com (JChong) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:37:00 +0800

Day 3 of my Hong Kong trip was basically spent on Disneyland for whole day. We started our journey at 10am and left Disneyland around 8pm. To get to Disneyland, we took the train to Lai King Station and changed train to Sunny Bay Station. From there, you can take the train to Disneyland Hong Kong using the Disneyland Resort Line. After seeing the fireworks show at Disneyland, we headed to City Gate Outlet Mall to take our dinner and do some shopping.

To Be Continue...

Macau & Hong Kong - Day 2

noreply@blogger.com (JChong) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:32:00 +0800

Nissin noodle with luncheon & egg + Polo Bun

Again, baked pork bun!!!

Surf net while waiting for ferry to Hong Kong

Panda hotel just 30 minutes away from Hong Kong

International Airport & Ferry Terminal

Panda Hotel Lobby

Random Shot

Visited to Hong Kong Space Museum

Dinner @ Hang Heung's Kitchen

Braised Noodles with Honey BBQ Pork

Braised noodles with Wonton & Spicy
Shredded Pork

Hong Kong's mini statue of liberty stands
guard at the entrance to the avenue

Kung-Fu Action Star, Bruce Lee statue

Seafront view from Avenue of Stars

The Symphony of Lights is presented every night at 8:00 p.m

known as World's largest permanent light and sound show

Hand prints of celebrities

Supper @ 7-Eleven, Curry Fish Ball

To Be Continued...

Macau & Hong Kong - Day 1

noreply@blogger.com (JChong) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:22:00 +0800

Sorry for leaving the blog un-updated for so long. My trip to Macau and Hong Kong via AirAsia booked 8 months ago which seems like a long-awaited event, finally just flew passed. Sharing some photo taken on day one. Not gonna write much. Here are the photos. Enjoy...

Took McD as my breakfast while waiting for my flight to
departure

Finally, it's boarding time AK 5072 Macau

Penang International Airport Terminal

View from the plane

First thing I ate when arrived at Macau was the Protuguese
Egg Tart at Koi Kei Bakery

Gelatina Mak Yi Kei, a corner shop at the end of Rua Do
Cunha is famous for their durian ice cream and sawdust
pudding

Deep-fried fish balls

Deep Fried Squid served with black vinegar. It was lightly
battered, deep fried and tossed with garlic and sliced chillies.
Crunchy on the outside soft and chewy on the inside.
Slightly salty.

Water Crab Porridge, not cheap but it was totally worth it.
The silky smooth porridge was rich in flavor with the
original sweet taste of the fresh crabs

The Taipa houses Museum

Random shot

Best Western Hotel Taipa, Macau

Freshly baked pork bun available every day at 3pm

Famous curry fishballs

The Venetian

Feeling of being in Europe...

Went outside to take some cool breeze and take some shots

World's Biggest Casino

Prawn Roe Noodles, The springy bamboo noodles was mixed
with soy sauce and topped with prawn roe.

very nice!!! yummy~

Fried Wantan with the crispy wantan skin, the filling was
very little.

It was a very enjoyable bowl of porridge.

To Be Continued...

Penang Floral Festival 2009

noreply@blogger.com (JChong) — Sun, 7 Jun 2009 20:28:00 +0800

A visit to Penang Floral Festival at Botanic Garden yesterday. The flowers are beautiful!!! Sharing here with some of the photos that i took during my visit.

Penang Butterfly Farm

noreply@blogger.com (JChong) — Sun, 3 May 2009 00:48:00 +0800

I visited to Penang Butterfly Farm (PBF) which located at Teluk Bahang last weekend. PBF is the homes and sanctuary for over 120 species of rare and exotic tropical butterflies. The farm is complete with a hatchery and a "Preserved Butterflies of the World" museum. This was my second visit to this farm; the first was many years ago.

I am very impressed with this place as it is really beautiful, with plenty of butterflies flying around you. Here's my sharing with you some photos of butterflies that I have taken during my visit.

If you yet visit this place, it is highly recommended for a trip.

Visiting Hours
Monday - Friday 9.00AM - 5.30PM (Last Entry at 5:00PM)
Weekend & Public Holidays 9.00AM - 6.00PM (Last Entry at 5:30PM)
* Open 365 days all year round except half-day on Chinese New Year Eve.

Admission
Adult RM20.00
Children (4 - 12 years old) RM10.00
(50% discount for MYKAD holder)

* Video / Digital Video Camera: RM5.00 per pc.
* Discounts are available to school bookings and other large groups. Please contact us for prior bookings and other services such as educational program which can be conducted with groups and more information to enjoy special rates.

Contact Information:
Butterfly House (Pg) Sdn. Bhd. (173035 – T)
Butterfly House Consultancy Sdn. Bhd. (767382 – T)
Arts of Asia Sdn. Bhd. (157147 – U)

No. 830, Jalan Teluk Bahang,
11050 Penang, Malaysia.
Tel: 60-4-8851253
Fax: 60-4-885174 (Gen)/ 60-4-8852011 (A/C) / 60-4-8906885 (Online)
Web: www.butterfly-insect.com
Email: info@butterfly-insect.com

Happy With Fujifilm F100fd

noreply@blogger.com (JChong) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:07:00 +0800

For those looking for a Fujifilm F100fd that want sample photos, or those just interested in seeing my progress these past few weeks, here is my sample photos i've taken with my 23-day old F100fd. I've uploaded to my Flickr photo sharing account.

F3.3 1/25s ISO100 +2/3EV

F3.3 1/75s ISO100 +2/3EV

F3.3 1/120s ISO400 +2/3EV

F3.3 1/85s ISO100 +2/3EV

F3.3 1/58s ISO400 +2/3EV

F3.3 1/90s ISO100 +2/3EV

F3.3 1/420s ISO100 +2/3EV

F3.3 1/160s ISO100 +2/3EV

F3.3 1/180s ISO400 0EV

Fujifilm F100fd

noreply@blogger.com (JChong) — Sun, 8 Mar 2009 00:10:00 +0800

Finally, I got myself a Fujifilm F100fd after doing some research and have been poisoned by it superb image quality. Yeah!!! I just bought it last weekend, still can't find a slot for out shooting. In the next couple weeks I will try to post some sample up.

Fujifilm F100fd visual tour: (Photos of the camera taken with the Sony Ericsson K800i)

Fujifilm F100dx + Case + Mini Tripod + 8GB Memory Card

Front view - camera off

Back - 2.7" screen, FinePix menu, Face detection, 4-way controller / scroll wheel, with middle Menu / OK button, display and play buttons.

Top view - camera off

Front view - camera off

Top: infra-red, power, shutter release, zoom, side, AV / USB, strap loop.

Front view - camera on, flash, LED illuminator, lens

The camera is quite weighty (no doubt in part due to the larger lens). However, the controls are fairly simple and the overall design feels intuitive and uncluttered.

The Image quality is very good with good colour, good skin tones, good detail and generally low noise. Red eye in photos was well detected and removed and focusing in low light was not a problem.

Its ISO-400 mode is functionally similar to the ISO-50 sensitivities on other cameras, and noise isn’t a problem until ISO-1600. Stick to ISO 800 or below if you want to avoid noise. That said, the F100fd makes a cleaner fist of it than most, its performance at ISO 1600 equivalent to some rivals at ISO 800, and ISO 3200 comparable to ISO 1600.

Continuous shooting is particularly impressive on the Fujifilm F100fd. There are 3-shot and 12-shot burst modes, each of which can either retain the final images in the series or have the user select which to keep, and there’s a slower continuous mode that retains all of the images in the batch.

I think overall this is one of the better compact digital cameras (that is pocket able) in its class. It will fit into a pocket and it takes a good photo in most situations. Color and exposure were both good, and helpful automatic tools like Face Detection, Dynamic Range, and the preset Scene modes proved useful and responsive to a variety of situations.

What I like:

Good image quality
Wide angle 5x optical zoom lens
Rapid focus in low light
Large high quality 2.7 inch screen.
12 megapixels at ISO 100 shows potential
Includes face detection and anti-shake technologies
Low noise compared to the competition
Compact metal body
Good value for money

What I don't like:

High ISO modes of limited usefulness
Average battery life (less flash, around 200pcs)
Lacks manual aperture / shutter settings

The Fuji Finepix F100fd's major features include:

12 Megapixels SuperCCD SR sensor.
5X wide-angle optical zoom, equivalent to 28-140 in 35mm terms.
CCD-shift image stabilization.
ISO 100 to 3200 at full-resolution.
ISO 6400 and 12800 at 3 megapixels.
Auto ISO with maximum of 400, 800 or 1600.
Automatic, 100%, 200% and 400% dynamic range modes.
1/1500-8s Shutter-speed range.
Fully automatic exposure.
Multi-segment, average and spot-metering.
Exposure compensation -2..+2 stops in 1/3 EV increments.
Automatic white-balance, preset white-balance and custom white-balance.
Normal, vivid and B&W color mode.
2 FPS continuous shooting at 12 megapixels, keeps first or last 3 images.
5 FPS continuous shooting at 3 megapixels, keeps first or last 12 images.
Unlimited 1 FPS continuous shooting at maximum resolution.
2s or 10s self-timer.
640x480 30 FPS movie-mode, up to 2 GB.
Built-in flash with auto, forced-on, forced-off, red-eye and slow-synchro modes.
2.7” LCD 230K Pixels.
Lithium-ion battery operated.
Support for xD and SD-HC cards in single combined slot.

"Invalid Update Control CTF File" Errors on AVG

noreply@blogger.com (JChong) — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:09:00 +0800

For the past two days my Anti-Virus has not been downloading its definations updates. Instead it's been prompt me that i have an "Invalid Update Control CTF File". I finally dug around and found the solution to the problem. Actually, this error could be easily fixed by rename or remove the CTF temp files.

Delete the .CTF files from the following folder

Windows XP, go to:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Avg8\update\download

Windwos Vista, go to:
C:\ProgramData\avg8\update\download

There were two .CTF files (avginfoavi.ctf and avginfowin.ctf) in that folder, deleting them to fixed the problem indeed. After that, re-run the update. Don't delete all the .bin files in there unless you want to re-run all updates since your original installation (reinstallation seems to cause a problem in IEs Link Scanner which causes IE to Crash).

Note:
The Application Data folder is hidden by default. You need to enable Windows Explorer to show hidden files in order to view the Application Data folder. Alternately, type the above folder path in the Start > Run dialog and press ENTER to launch the folder.

Google Image Trick

noreply@blogger.com (JChong) — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:17:00 +0800

Here's a cool trick you can do to Google Images search.

Go to http://www.google.com/
Click on "Images"
Type any keyword to begin a Google image search.
When you're on the image result page, paste below code on the address bar.

javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI=document.getElementsByTagName('img'); DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i-DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style; DIS.position='absolute'; DIS.left=(Math.sin(R*x1+i*x2+x3)*x4+x5)+'px'; DIS.top=(Math.cos(R*y1+i*y2+y3)*y4+y5)+'px'}R++}setInterval('A()',5); void(0);

Google image trick

Bowling Buddies - Secret Technique To Get Prefect Achievement

noreply@blogger.com (JChong) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:12:00 +0800

For those who have added this (Facebook) application. Here i would like to share some little secret on how i got prefect achievement (300 points) without using any kind of cheat, bot, hack, software. Just "special" tricks that utilize mouse wheel to score 12 strikes in a roll.

All you need to do is just to follow these simple steps.

1) Of course you must have a mouse with wheel. ha ha! Just Kidding (Page Up and Page Down will do)

2) Scroll your screen down.

3) Place the ball in a perfect location (aim for pin 1 and 2 or pin 1 and 3)

4) Use your mouse wheel to scroll up; by this way you will find the ball let go by itself. (For Firefox users, Page Up and Page Down do not work therefore you could only use mouse wheel to scroll. But for Internet Explorer users, you could actually use Page Up and Page Down to roll the ball)

5) Hold your mouse until the ball strike the pins.

Scroll down the screen

12 strikes in a roll. he he...

By using above steps, you can't really go below 200 points. Keep practice over and over again, repeat the steps once you get the comfortable with the ball location that you always get strike. That's it. Score 300 points, piece of cake! LOL

* If you encounter some problem like unable to scroll down or after scroll up the ball unable to let go itself and etc. Please check your display resolution. This is because your screen resolution is too large therefore you could not scroll enough to let the ball go.

Harry's B1 Korean BBQ @ Auto City

noreply@blogger.com (JChong) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:47:00 +0800

Here's my second post - Harry's B1 Korean BBQ. ha ha... disappointing? Last weekend we went to Harry's B1 Restaurant to celebrate my birthday via a simple dinner. The menu is very extensive with various types of meat available like pork, chicken, lamb, beef, seafood and etc.

This is the first time we were there, we ordered BBQ set for 2 person costs RM76++. A set inclusive of a few dishes and is much cheaper compare to ordering the dishes individually. The set contained 4 type different taste of meat (port and chicken), ban-chan, kimchi, and Korea tea.

Salad, it taste a bit sour and sweet...extremely appetizing.

Many type of side dishes start floating in...

Mix platter~ barbecuing the meat by ourselves. Damn delicious!

When the meat was ready, what we did is wrapped with the vegetables and eat.

Yummy, it tasted good~ I personally like the stone pot rice very much

Lastly, dessert was serve a small slice of papaya. (Forgot to have a snapshot on it)

deng~ deng~ guess what?

My birthday gift! haha!

I got a wonderful birthday, thank you very much!

What Am I Thinking

noreply@blogger.com (JChong) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:32:00 +0800

Oh well, i got my own blog like most of my friends do. So... now what? I got no idea where should i begin and what the hell am i thinking starting this blog. Totally running out of idea what to blog, but promise there are a lot of stories, activities, thought, ideas, and everything that happened around me will keep you posted as soon as i can. Yawn... It's time to bed.