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High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:27:00 +0000

High Dynamic Range (HDR) images allows one to create much wider tone detail in a single picture as compared to a normal image. By combining 3 sets of same images with different exposure, a more dramatic image can be created.

Here are my first trial with this HDR photography. Enjoy :)

Canon Photomarathon 2009

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:18:00 +0000

10 October 2009

1st attempt on photography event

Canon EOS 500D

f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens

Duit Raya !!

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:59:00 +0000

Who knew, at the age of 25 Im still getting duit raya. Haha!

The timing of my 'report for duty' is just awesome, shortly after raya (Yeah, I'll be working my socks off starting this coming Monday). I had a whole Ramadhan and did a major overhaul of myself, I enjoyed raya for the first time without any pressure of exam or work, and I had the chance to sapu duit raya for the last time! So I would say its a damn good timing!

I felt much relieve that I finally have the answer to everybody's question, "bile masuk kerja?"

But I can feel the next question is coming thick and fast. "Bila nak kahwin?"

Haha. Well, I think I should be able to answer that in not too distance future, insyAllah.

In the mean time, I think I should enjoy my last duit raya! Er maybe a new Denso Iridium Spark Plugs with R3 cable? ekeke

Raya!

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:04:00 +0000

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

Maaf Zahir dan Batin

Wasn't Me

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:48:00 +0000

Well, I did something with last weekend's SPOC berbuka puasa event pictures. Just to kill the boredome really. Btw, the main character is Pezal @ Ensemboi. Well u may not find this funny, but for SPOC guys, it is. :P

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That trademark Pezal's pose of confuse+blur+cheeky just kills me. Just make u wanna laugh soo hard. wahahaha.

Yeah, he is my main 'bahan' apart from Izza. hehe. Btw Izza, do u like me to post your own 'mini series'? may I? please?

New Honda City

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:17:00 +0000

Here's a peek of the new Honda City, launched recently in Thailand. The design has much improve from its previous predecessors. The new City is no longer use the Jazz platform. No more awkward disproportionate Jazz-with-a-bonnet look or some would say the 'dolphine' look.

In fact, the roof height dropped 25mm lower from the last model, while its slightly longer by 5mm and wider by 5 mm. So yeah, Honda has rectified the awkwardness of City! yeay!

At least Honda is listening to the market. Lets hope Toyota would do the same in future. Please, remove all the Vios-Dugong from the streets! Its just hideous to see!

I will seriously consider this car in future. But lets wait until my Darknight starts to buat perangai first lah. Alhamdulillah so far, no major problem yet. In fact with a some modifications, she handles like a dream now. hehe. Goodbye for now, Honda City. Till we meet again.

Check out when it matches with Modulo kits. Its HOT !! Definitely I dont mind getting this.Check out http://paultan.org/ and for more info.

Horoscope

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:28:00 +0000

"The time has come to let go of certain elements of the past. At the moment, this may seem like a defeat. But first you must relinquish what's no longer of use, clearing the way for the new. And that promises to be as rewarding as it s unexpected."

I never bother to look at horoscope. They all just lies and just a waste of time. In fact, I think its pathetic those who are fanatic about it. I mean com'on, you dont need a piece of crap to tell you what to do in your life. Thats what I thought all these while.

One blue day however, I accidentally come across and I read mine. My frowning face slowly turns into a grin, then a laughter. Haha. Somehow the horoscope reads something that I really needed to hear at that particular moment. What a coincidence, what an irony.

I haven't let go of certain thing that holding me back, and that horoscope put a sense of clarity back to me. So it did help me at that particular time.

Anyway, thats the first and the last horoscope for me. I mean yeah, if it make sense and its logical to applied to your problem, why not take it as just a guidance. Becareful not to really believe it 100% and put faith in it as that will be a Syirik, and no we don't want that, now we?

Flaming!

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:22:00 +0000

Flaming steamboat buffet!

nyum nyum nyum~

:D

Transformers Again!

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:33:00 +0000

Trying to mimic the pose above. Well if you notice, the scale is a bit off. Starscream should be much bigger, and Jazz should be smaller. Optimus should also be slightly bigger, but thats because I bought the Voyager class, not the Leader class, which I think would be perfect scale to others.

Selamat Hari Merdeka, Menyambut Ramadhan

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:51:00 +0000

3, 2, 1. Merdeka! Boom! Boom! The fireworks from my balcony. As a sign of my patriotism for Malaysia, I present you my Merdeka collection! Taaadaaa~

To all Malaysian, Selamat Hari Merdeka!
To all Muslims, Happy Ramadhan!

Sick

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:46:00 +0000

Just when I thought when I was getting better on Monday, Tuesday it get worse. Again, I thought I was getting better on Wednesday, today it got worse.

Dammit.. Im running out of Paracetamol!

Oh well, sakit itu penghapus dosa. Thats the bright side of it!

Angin...How To Get Rid

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:26:00 +0000

I guess having spent the day under the hot sunny day on Amri & Ain's wedding left me deeply dehydrated. Having played football on the evening and futsal at night, and having eaten only just half plate of dinner coupled with late night sleep on the same day finally had taken its toll. Whole body ache, fever coupled with angin that makes me nauseated and dizziness really put me off for 2 days. Well, its a high time to get some rest.

So for anyone experiencing headache, dizziness, bloated, nauseated cause by angin or excess gas in the tummy, heres several option for you.

1. Simethicone
This is actually a mixture of poludimethylsiloxane and silica gel. Its an oral anti-foaming agent that used for bloating and pain cause by excess gas in the tummy. Like any other anti-foaming agent, it causes the air bubbles surface tension to reduce, thus making them easier to merge with other small air bubbles to become a larger bubbles. This larger air bubbles can be expelled easier by burping action.

Theres several brands in the market, the most Ive seen in local pharmacy is Maalox Max. Nrmally it is combined with other antacid medication to produce a general medication for gastric discomfort like Actal.

2. Activated Charcoal
Activated charcoal has great deal of adsorption power. Adsorption and not absorption. Adsorption means a process when a solute accumulates on the surface of the adsorbent and absorption means substance diffuses into a liquid or solid to form a solution. In this case, activated charcoal is an adsorbent. Its basically a charcoal or arang. It gets treated to become activated and once its activated, it has a very high adsorbing power. Due to this properties, it has many application. Its used in water filter, its used as deodorizer and in medicine, its used as toxin and gas adsorbent.

In this case, it works by adsorbing gasses in ur tummy. Just like when you are having diarrhea, it adsorps all those toxins that irritate your tummy. Several brands in the market, the most famous is UltraCarbon.

3. Garlic
For me, this is the best of all. Its cheap, its readily available in your mom's kitchen and its effective! Its a trully nature's wonder, this garlic is. Although it is more well known for its anti-bacterial activity, good for heart disease patient (Atherosclerosis, hypertension, dyslipidemia) and even cancer, I feel that garlic for removing excess gas is underrated. Its trully effective for me! So next time if you experiencing the same problem as I have, why not go to your kitchen and search for it.

Wedding of The Year

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:47:00 +0000

It has been a busy yet a worthwhile week. To spend straight 7 days with 2 of my good friends that I rarely see (once a year, once in 2 years) is great, but to be involve in the wedding preparation is even better.

Congratulations to both Amri and Ain. It was THE wedding of the year! It was a garden/lakeside wedding. The venue, the people, the bride and groom, and the ceromony were excellent! Its just a beautiful perfect wedding. Alhamdulillah.

Let these pictures do the talking. (Click on the picture for larger viewing)

The venue
The sceneryThe ceremony. Yes. They came by boat from Masjid Putrajaya to Taman Botani. How cool was that?
The bride and groom

The flower throwing. Zainal cought it. And he is already married. Perhaps another wife? hahaThe beautiful Subang people

Lightning BOLT!!

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:43:00 +0000

This is what Olympic is all about!! (or at least, for me)

100m men events rocks the roof out of the bird's nest stadium! Even before the final, the hype was not dissapointing. 7 of 8 finalist qualify with below 10 seconds!! and the odd one out qualify at 10.00 seconds! which is also quite impressive.

The final was electrifying, thanks to the Lightning Bolt. Even the mighty 3 time world record holder, Asafa Powell cant match the lightning pace of Usain Bolt. His blistering pace gave him the world new record time at 9.69 seconds!! And not only that. He literally cruised towards the end of the 100m sprint!! how cool was that?

Ahh.. the Olympics. Lets hope Chong Wei can give Malaysia its first gold medal! :D

Transformers!

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:41:00 +0000

I absolutely love Transformers. Be it the cartoon, the movie or the action figure. I dont have to tell you how cool they are right? Great looking car/jets/trucks? check. Awesome looking robots? check. Fantastic engineering feat in transforming? check.

Ive started my action figure fetish when I was in primary school. I had Optimus Prime, Sideswipes, Jazz, and all 6 Constructicons which can combine to form 1 big robot, Devastator. I remember playing them with Azry and sometimes exchange robots for weeks.

I thought playing with those robots is just a phase in my childhood life, like any other child.
Turned out I was wrong. The recent Transformers movie has bring out the inner child of me. Hasbro played a big part too. Their latest robots are soo beautiful yet soo complicated. I was amazed on the the mechanics and the engineering aspects of the robots transforming into their vehicle mode. At first, my intention was only to get Bumblebee, but one thing lead to another, I ended up with Bumblebee plus Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Brawl, Barricade, Blackout and Megatron. haha. They are seductive!

And so this is what I did with my excess free time today. Enjoy.

p/s: click on the images for larger picture.

ANC, the one that got away

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:56:00 +0000

Last Wednesday was the last Majlis Anugerah Dekan for me. Finally the thought of my student life is over starts to kick in. I never thought the day would come. 7 long years it has been.

Majlis Anugerah Dekan reminds me of my tale of near miss. Back in Diploma days, I missed my Anugerah Naib Cansellor (ANC) by only 0.01 GPA, back in the 4th semester. ANC are awarded to those who scored 3.5 GPA on ALL SEMESTER throughout your diploma or degree program. Oh it would have been sweet in my resume if I did. That was the only award that we targeted as there were no such things as first class or second class upper for Diploma. Well, it was like a splinter in my flesh because Diploma provides the most realistic chance of getting it.

Degree, as expected was much harder to achieve ANC. In fact, no one has been able to make the cut. I missed out on 2 occasions out of the 8 semester. sigh.

I managed to get cGPA of 3.62 for both Diploma and Degree. And for the overall count, I managed to score above 3.5 GPA on 10 occasions out of 13. Though my dream of having to wear the ANC thingie on my convocation will always be a splinter in my flesh, it will be forgotten when this time around, I could enjoy the moment of having be on the first class honours list! and even sweeter, I can escape my RM28k loan repayment to PTPTN!! woohooooo!! SWEET!

What? Viagra For Females??

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:50:00 +0000

Who knew Viagra now can be used by females for sexual dysfunction!

Well to be more specific, female on antidepressant medication. Sexual dysfunction is a common antidepressant adverse effect, occur about 30-70% of major depression patients. This leads to non-compliance problem.

Antidepressant medication needs a long period of time before it could exert its full effect. Imagine this scenario. A major depression patient just started to take the antidepressant medication. At the initial stage (1-2 weeks), she still feeling depressed as the full effect of the medication is delayed. However at the same time, she develops sexual dysfunction such as orgasm delay, decreased libido (sexual drive), difficulty with arousal and anorgasmia (no orgasm) because of that medication that she took. As a result, she feels depress even more. And being a typical patient, she stops or skips in taking the antidepressant because of that sexual dysfunction effect. This will further delay the already long period to achieve the peak effect of antidepressant medication. This will result in much longer time frame to treat her major depression.

But dont worry, theres hope. In recent case reports and small studies, its shows that women taking Sildenafil (Viagra) group appeared to suffer sexual dysfunction less than the placebo group! Well, a further large, randomise control studies need to be done before this indication could be approved. But it will definitely help to bring down the anti-depressant non-compliance problems.

Whatever it is, the idea of the little blue pills for females just tickles me. haha.

The Study Highlight

Inclusion criteria were ages 18 to 50 years, major depressive disorder in remission, taking SRIs for at least 8 weeks, persistent sexual dysfunction for at least 4 weeks, and regular sexual activity (at least twice a month).
Exclusion criteria were other sexual disorder, sexual dysfunction before use of SRIs, genital anatomic abnormality, hysterectomy with or without ovariectomy, substance abuse, major relationship change, partner with sexual dysfunction, use of hormonal therapy, and psychiatric and serious medical disorders.
Major depressive disorder in remission and sexual dysfunction (impaired desire, arousal, and orgasm and sexual pain) were diagnosed according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, criteria.
Women were recruited via outpatient and media advertising.
Women received a physical examination including the Papanicolaou test and blood tests at baseline.
The primary outcome was difference in score for the Clinical Global Impression scale adapted for sexual function.
Secondary outcomes were differences in scores for the Sexual Function Questionnaire, the Arizona Sexual Experience scale-female version, and the University of New Mexico Sexual Function Inventory-female version.
The 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating scale was administered at baseline and at weeks 2, 4, and 8 to monitor depression.
Patient-recorded event logs were reviewed for frequency and percentage of successful intercourse attempts and number of satisfactory attempts at orgasm.
98 women met inclusion criteria and were randomly assigned to sildenafil (n = 49) or placebo (n = 49).
Women were instructed to take 1 to 2 tablets 1 to 2 hours before anticipated intercourse (not more than once daily).
Mean age was 36.7 years, and they had been taking antidepressants for a mean of 27.7 months.
83% to 93% of women had a partner, fewer than 20% smoked, more than 80% drank alcohol, and 78% to 90% were premenopausal.
77.6% completed the study (75.5% in the placebo group and 79.6% in the sildenafil group).
The prevalence of sexual problems was high at baseline: mean number of problems was 3.0 for the sildenafil group and 2.8 for the placebo group, and 95.8% of women complained of more than 1 problem.
The difference from baseline to endpoint in the mean change in Clinical Global Impression scale improvement in sexual function was 0.8 (P = .001), with a difference of 1.91 for the sildenafil group vs 1.10 for the placebo group.
Women in the sildenafil group had a higher mean improvement in sexual function vs women on placebo for all domains except pain on the Sexual Function Questionnaire.
In the Arizona and University of New Mexico questionnaires, the ability to reach orgasm and experience orgasm satisfaction was significantly better for those in the sildenafil group.
The mean differences from baseline between the 2 groups were 0.5 (P = .01) for the Arizona questionnaire and 0.7 (P = .01) for the New Mexico questionnaire.
At baseline, the 2 groups had similar Hamilton depression scores.
Scores remained similar at the end of the study.
No recurrence or relapse of major depression occurred in any of the women.
Women whose sexual function improved had a higher mean baseline level of testosterone.
The most common adverse event was headache reported by 43% in the sildenafil group and 27% in the placebo group (P = .09), followed by flushing (24% vs 0%; P < .001), dyspepsia (12% vs 0%; P = .01), nasal congestion (37% vs 6%; P < .001), and transient visual disturbance (14% vs 2%; P = .03).
No serious adverse effects were reported.

Source: Medscape Pharmacist

Aston Martin Vanquish

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:42:00 +0000

Ok lets cuci mata~

Road Trip

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:25:00 +0000

Ok thats quite enough D.I.Y post for the moment. Im running out of ideas anyway on my next D.I.Y project.

Im running out of time actually to complete my Malaysian Road Trip before my Hospital posting. The UIA guys has recieved their offer letter and will be reporting in on 1st of August. It means that ours is not too far away.

So far, Ive already covered Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Johor and Pahang. InsyAllah in 11 days time, i will cover Perak and Kelantan as well. Im trying to squeeze in Terengganu and Kedah in between, but it doesnt look that good at the moment: no buddy to go with and of course money is a big factor as well. (being a penganggur for 3 months has finally taken its toll)

Oh well, theres always next time.

[D.I.Y] Soundproofing Your Ride

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:14:00 +0000

Have you ever wish your car cabin room is as quiet as those luxurious car? Well, in this D.I.Y, though it wont be as quiet as you desire, but it is able to tone down the decibles.

What do u need?

1. 4x 50x50cm soundproofing materials

2. 1x ready made/cut soundproofing material

3. some of ur time & patients

First, get yourself soundproofing materials. Theres many types, but I chose this one. Got mine at Brothers, KJ for RM12.50 for each.

Next, you need to cut them accordingly because there is a safety bar inside your inner panel that prevent u from sticking the whole piece. The dimension is mentioned in the following pictures. [read: this is only true for Proton Satria model. Other cars, you need to inspect for yourself and determine the dimension]

Then, you need to open your door panel.

Next, peel the adhesive part to reveal the sticky part

then stick it according to the 3rd picture and walla, you are done with the panels.

Next part, soundproofing ur engine bay. U need a ready made/cut soundproofing material. Bought mine for RM38 at Brothers. If u want to save even more, u can buy another 2 50x50cm materials instead and cut it yourself. You need to trace it first to make a template. This is too time consuming and hassle for me and not worth my RM13.

Next is to figure out which match with which section. Its like playing jigsaw puzzle! When u have idenfify them, peel the adhesive and stick it! its really FUN!

and WALLA, you are done! Your car will feel more comfortable to your ears and feel more luxurious. Just dont expect a total silence as sound will still enter the car via other body part and windows, and also do remember, those luxurious car uses very expensive tyres, which is very quiet as compared to our normal cheap tyres. (like my Silverstone tyres, its the cheapest around, but the loudest too)

[D.I.Y] Door Visor Spray

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:23:00 +0000

What do you need?
1. Sand paper grade 1000-2000
2. Spray cans - color of choice + Clear coat
3. Some of your time

I believe there are quite a number of people out there experiencing the same problem with their door visor as me - ugly purpulish discoloration. This is common aging process for low quality door visor. Unfortunately for me, the discoloration happens only to one side.

If it discolored evenly, I wont be bothersome so much. But this is just an eyesore! It must be rectify!! Buy a new set? Hell no, this one alone had cost me RM 88. So a quick, simple, yet brilliant solution? D.I.Y spray paint!!
Ok just like any other paintwork, the first step is sanding. In previous D.I.Y post, sanding is to smoothen up the uneven surface thus a coarser sand paper grade was use. In this D.I.Y however, the plastic surface is soo smooth that the paint won't stick if we spray directly. So the sanding purpose is to make the surface slightly rough for the paint to cling on to. For that purpose, you only need a fine grade of sand paper, like grade 1000-2000.

If you are allergic to dust or asthma, you can do wet sanding procedure. This will eliminate the dusting problem. Just open the tap water, let the water flow through the visor while you sand it.

After sanding, wash or rinse the visor to remove all the remaining loose dust and particle. Then let it dry. After that, apply a thin layer of undercoat. I choose silver because it was readily available at my house. [read: cilok Mak punyer]

After the undercoat layer is well dried, apply your color of choice. Again, Ive chosen flat black. As explained in previous D.I.Y post, apply multiple thin layer of paint with 10-15 minutes of interval for drying.

Then lastly, apply clear coat to make it shiny!
and walla!! there you go. A brand new visor! :)

Anniversary

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:18:00 +0000

3 and half years and counting!

:)

Top 11 Reasons To Date a Pharmacist

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:12:00 +0000

Top 10 reasons as taken from Facebook. I've added no 11 :)

1-Very clean life style and bed style too.

2-We are well trained to listen.

3-Drug Dealers….with a license! Hell yea..

4-Free drugs, condoms, and birth control pills…We play safe!

5-When it comes to measures we are precise, gentle, and got a whole bunch of leaks before reaching the end point! lol,don’t u just love Titration?!

6-We know quite enough anatomy, to know what works and where.

7-We own a variety of lotions, creams and gels, and aren't afraid to use them.

8-We do it over the counter, in the car, and on hospital beds all day long.

9-We never miss a target

10-Love is all about chemistry, right?…Well so is Pharmacy !

11-We've mastered in sustained release formulations, providing relieve and pleasure that last all day

[D.I.Y] Simple Touch-Up

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:11:00 +0000

What do you need?

1. Sand paper
2. Spray paint - color of choice + clear coat
3. newspaper
4. some tapes

Assess the damage

a motorcycle clipped my cannard. haih.
I guess I parked toooo close with the roadside curb

First of all, you need to remove all those easily peeled paint by hand. Just peel it. Then by using coarser sand paper, start grinding. Switch to a finer sand paper when the surface is reasonably smooth after applying the coarser one. Continue doing it until you are satisfied with the smoothness. The more smooth you go, the more you'll like the finish.

Then its time cover up. Cover up all neighbouring parts that you wish not to respray. Tapes and newspaper are the way to go. They are cheap and readily available in most home. Start spraying. I used the same color as the undercoat because I'm too lazy+stingy to buy another spray can. Spray it layer by layer, preferably multiple thin layer seperated by about 5-10 minutes of drying. This will produce better result as compared to 1 thick layer of paint.
Normally you need a clearcoat to protect the paint and make the appearance more appeal, or shiny. However in my case, I didn'y apply any clear coat as I wanted a flat black finnish. So here's my results:

Car Detailing @ Posh Car Car

noreply@blogger.com (wickiwild) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:38:00 +0000

After almost 4 years of self polish-waxed, its time to get real professional touch using Meguiar's.

Posh Car Care, located at the heart of the newest shoplost in Sec 7 Shah Alam offered a very generous promotion. 3 step polish & wax using top brand, Meguiar's only cost me for RM 68. The offer stands until 15 July 2008, but it may be further up to end of the month.

Check out them here. http://www.poshcarcare.com/ for more details.

Call Mr Edwin Lee at 016 3229153 for reservations.

Washing
Cover up
Polishing

Waxingand the results.. Zero swirl marks!