by FH2o on August 6, 2008
At first it was upsetting with the abrupt withdrawal of certain privileges to those not of a certain position but the all important memo directing this could not be opened. Some people would have gotten the sack or promptly demoted for such laxity in the handling of as sensitive and important matter as this.
Anyway after this was pointed out, a viewable memo was re-sent the following day and the obfuscations in it with words such as “data cleaning” and spelling errors confusing “corporation” for “cooperation” is not only embarrassing but perhaps a clear reflection and indictment of mismanagement murkiness.
Enjoy these abstract close ups reflections snaps of Sungai Stutong, Kuching with no obscurations or obfuscations whatsoever. Whatever.
by FH2o on July 31, 2008
Grab shot at traffic lights stop of Yellow wheel of John Deere Excavator. Kuching. Canon G9 1/1000 @ F4.0 ISO 80. 31 July 2008
It’s kind of expected from this despicable person but still upsetting to find out how low this snaky person would stoop to back-stab you at a meeting when you’re not in attendance.
I suppose it’s the only thing he could do since he does not have the balls much less the brains to directly confront me with any issues pertaining to the matters at hand lest it revealed even more about his lack of competence, qualifications/knowledge and experience. With this sort of person leading the team, it’s an inevitable disaster in the making. It’s just a matter of “when”. *sigh*
Deliberately under-exposed dark cloudy afternoon sky for moody effect. Canon G9 1/1250 F4.5 ISO 80. 31 July 2008.
by FH2o on July 29, 2008
Red Tree @ Jalan Bukitan. Canon G9 Shutter speed 1/30 @ F3.5 ISO 100
I usually have a positive outlook in whatever happens at work(and lately lots of upsetting things had been happening) but I felt more than a tinge of disappointment to learn that one of our projects in which I had a major design input and had put my heart and soul in; would in most likelihood not go through. This is not the first time but it still hurts, every time.
It was a most beautiful wooded site on undulating grounds and the proposal was for guarded and gated community of sensitively designed townhouses that would sit gently on and hug the existing contours disturbing the terrains and the existing mature trees as little as possible. It had been more than 14 months in the dreaming.
With thoughts of this project weighing heavy on my mind the entire day, I impulsively made a detour on the way home from work to seek comfort and dream in my mind’s eyes on what could have been. I pulled my car on the empty path and as the low remaining light of the day broke through in certain places illuminating the trees in their luxurious warmth and colours, my spirits was lifted as I fumbled with the manual exposure on my newly acquired and unfamiliar Canon G9, managing to capture a few shots before the lights faded completely away. Take a look, trees don’t lie.
Sunset trees @ Jalan Bukitan. 29 July 2008. Shutter speed 1/30 @ F3.5 ISO 80
by FH2o on July 21, 2008
Canon EOS Experience Seminar @ Merdeka Palace, Kuching. 20 July 2008
I spent my Sunday at Meredeka Palace (a local hotel located across the road from Central Padang - I guess that’s why they named it “Merdeka”?) attending the Canon EOS Experience Seminar. It was a full day event with a free lunch thrown in which could probably explained why the 150 available seats were taken up rather quickly! Anyway there were two speakers - Kaz Chua and Teoh Peng Kee who wowed the audience with their amazingly sharp and mouth watering high resolutions photos (care to count the fine hairs on a caterpillar?). Equally if not more mouth watering was the lovely model who was there for the live studio shoot demo. There were displays of all the EOS DSLR cameras and EF lens and I was never more tempted in my life.
Ian Chung holding a larger than life poster-size printout of pinup girl and then later snuggling up to her posing with her in the flesh. Yeah Ian has a GREAT Sunday. Beats mountain biking right Ian?
It was a good seminar (marred slightly by the inconsiderate noisy and rude people on the upper gallery) presented by 2 pros who knows their stuff and by the end of the day the sight of the model, the lovely body of the latest EOS-1 Ds Mark III (with a whopping 21.1 Megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor) and talks about RGB, CMYK, AWB, RAW, MTF Curves, Gamut Mapping, etc as more than I could take and so armed with my friend’s compact IXUS 960IS (I do not own a Canon camera - yet) I had to step outside to catch some air. One can easily get carried away with the technical aspects of photography especially all the newest gear cramped with the latest technology; and forget that photography is an art and a feeling for the creative which can ultimately be captured with one’s instinct rather than fancy equipment. It’s more so the photographer not his camera that makes a good picture. But then again the affordable (Pro entry level DSLR) new 12.2 Megapixel Canon EOS 450D DSLR would not hurt either! *wink*
I was thinking that the above shots would make for a glorious poster had they be taken with a DSLR and shot in RAW rather than JPEG on the humble IXUS 960IS. *sigh*
by FH2o on July 12, 2008
Bev had an appendectomy (appendix removed) about 2 weeks ago and as we had been running flat out since last week, her help this morning with the kayaking trip is greatly appreciated by Azmi and Max. The World Rainforest Music Festival annually brings in an influx of visitors at this time of the year and as more people get to know of our kayaking trips through the rainforests; they jumped at the opportunity to do so when they are in Kuching.
Anyway Bev was at my place before sunrise to await Bakrie, former seaman and now our van driver, to pick some guests from Damai Puri Resort and as we chatted, a beautiful sunrise unfolds and I ran inside the house to get my camera.
I think I do have a knack for capturing beautiful skies and those who disagree are obviously jaded or just plain jealous! Bakrie our driver was late not jealous and to spoil my mood further who when introduced to Bev remarked to me,
“Your son kah?”
Bev had a bellyache which probably does her post-appendectomy recovery no good. *sigh*
Beautiful morning skies as a brilliant new day unfolds in Kuching. 12 July 2008
