Back to KL

Hmm, I haven’t gotten enough of the small city of Kuching just yet and I have to return to KL already. I haven’t gotten enough of this:

It’s hard to find good places to relax in KL. It’s sucha hectic and busy place to live in. It seems as if my whole life evolves around my work when I am in KL. Hence, I appreciate my return back to Kuching. It lets me enjoy the simple life that I need very much.

The city of Kuching itself is not too busy and I like it. Look at the picture above, isn’t it just lovely? Oh well, just a week or so and I am now back to the city of KL.

Now, I am back to seeing the buildings that I am so used to. Everywhere you go in KL, buildings are all that you see. I am still not in the mood to work. Feels like as if I am still on vacation. Literally, I still am, but I was forced to come back earlier.

Oh well, that’s life, work work work and work. No work no money, and I NEED money!!! Hmmm…

Kuching Today

I am having a great time in Kuching but they say, all good things must come to an end. Yes, a part of it has ended today. My dear had just departed from Kuching not too long ago, back to where ever she should be going. I hate it whenever this happens. I have never liked the feeling of separation and never will.

I always get this nostalgic feeling whenever someone I love leaves me, be it my family member or anyone else dear to me. This one was especially hard because we spent quality time together and went to places together. Thinking of it now makes me feel blue. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed my time with her, it’s just that I now miss the time we spent together. Thanks to my work nature, I was also literally cursing everyday, since day one she was here.

I get nostalgic even before the day of departure. The day of departure itself is hard. I have not much of a mood left in me to enjoy myself. The thought of having to be separated in a matter of hours just gets to me. The airport itself looks nice and enticing if I am just there for the fun of it or if I know I am on my way for a vacation. When it comes to sending people off, the view of the airport itself is just depressing.

As I carried her luggage to the check in counter, all I could think of was to get her checked in first, since it was running a lil late. Thank god, the process was a breeze. Oh, and the airport smelt of salted fish. Now, which smart alec brought salted fish to the airport or was someone smelling like salted fish? HMMMM…

Not wanting anymore of that smell, we proceeded to Eraman for some fresh perfume smell. Yeap, definitely smelt better. She wanted to check on the Ralph Lauren perfume and the sales lady was a bitch.

“Come come, I’ll do it for you, you’ll spoil the spray nozzle later…”

Bitch, I have been using perfume all my life and the nozzles are all the same. You don’t tell me I’ll spoil the nozzle. I’ll slap the living daylight out of you if I could. For the sake of courtesy, I shall not curse in this post but that bitch is really getting on my nerves. The moment she said that, I left the shop immediately.

We lingered around the airport a little, quite reluctant to be separated. I had a lot of things to tell her, but I just couldn’t find words for them. I was practically quiet the few minutes we were lingering at the airport. All I could do was look at her and said how fast time passed and how everything had come to an end so fast.

The I saw the aircraft landing and it was a sign that she should be boarding. Still reluctant to be separated, we sticked around a while longer until the aircraft was parked at the tarmac. After that, as reluctant as I was, I told her it was time to board as I didn’t want her to miss her flight.

I walked her to the departure hall and I gave her a long, tight hug. I was beginning to feel really emotional. I bid her Bon Voyage. I saw her eyes getting teary and my heart was starting to cry as well. I felt very heavy hearted as I looked into her eyes. Trying to remain calm and macho, I refrained from dropping even a single drop of tears. I waved her good bye as she went through the security check and disappeared into the hall. I won’t deny the fact that I felt very emotional the moment she left me, because that would be a complete lie.

I went outside the terminal and watched her queue for boarding, still reluctant to leave the airport. As the plane left the terminal after all passengers boarded and took onto the skies, I walked to my car, still not used to the fact that I am all alone. As I looked at the airport one last time, I drove off with the nostalgic feeling. I now know how it feels when people lose someone they love, forever. It’s a really sad feeling and it is at times like this, I wish I had all the money in the world and almost everything would be virtually possible.

As I am writing this now, I am still feeling really blue and this is the only place I can voice it out. Alas, I am going to retire from the online world for now and get some fresh air to make myself feel better. Take care peepz! Till then, cheers!

Busy

Phheewww… have been extremely busy lately. No time and motivation to update my blog. So just for the sake of updating, YES!!! I’ll be heading back to Kuching this Saturday, you read me people?!?! Yours truly is heading back to Kuching this Saturday! It definitely feels nice to finally be able to return home for a short vacation after quite sometime in the busy city of Kuala Lumpur.

So what do I plan to do when I am back in Kuching? Hmmm… come to think of it, there isn’t much to be done in Kuching. So I’ll have to say, I’d basically be eating to my heart’s content. Ya, I am fat but so what? It’s not like I get to enjoy Kuching delicacies everyday and I am seriously quite sick of mamak food already.

Then, I think I’ll be travelling around places just to get the feel of the small city of Kuching once more. God speed, I hope I really can travel around and PLEASE PLEASE, Murphy’s Law, please stay far far away from me! I can use some peace when I am back in Kuching. As I am writing this, I am praying really hard to god to make sure I have a peaceful vacation back in my hometown.

I think I’ll also be spending quality time with my dear, time permitting. I kinda like it when none Kuchingites visit Kuching. You get to bring them around and probably enjoy places and things you would seldom do. It kinda gets me out of my mundane life.

Now, that was the good part, the bad part is that I just had news that I would probably have to cut short my trip back to Kuching for some working reason. ARRGGHH, why does this always have to happen to me when I am supposed to be having a great time? I have been looking forward to this day and and nearing it, I get news that I would have to cut short my vacation. DAMN IT!

Yes, I can push the remaining vacation to a later time, but I seriously doubt I can take that long a vacation in the future. 3 weeks consecutively? I can go on dreaming! Opppzz, another bla bla bla post from me. Anyway, I am off now and take care peepz! Cheers!

dSLR

I haven’t been inspired to blog lately. It seems like as if I have run out of ideas to blog or rather I have been quite lazy of late. Any how, to make up for the lack of posts, I’m going to post some pictures taken with my newly bought dSLR.

Yes, in case you might still be wondering, yes, I did get myself a dSLR baby. It’s a beginner’s Canon EOS 400D. Of course I didn’t opt for the extra lens package, you know, being broke and all. So it came with the standard 18-55mm lens kit.

Anyway, having the itch to play around with my latest baby, I brought it around taking random shots of anything interesting or not interesting along the way. Don’t mind my lousy shots. I am still poor at taking photos and I am poor at framing my shots. I am a noob after all, so pardon me if they suck.

First, I took a shot of this mini fountain in the middle of the building I work at:

The slower shutter speed was intentional to make for the water movement.

I then walked around and I was just so bored, not knowing what to take around my work area that I took this:

I tell you, I am just so obsessed with the camera, I literally bring it everywhere I go. Come night time, I thought this neon lighted sign was kinda nice, so I took it anyway.

It’s kinda amazing how I can take night shots pretty easily now. With my previous camera, I had to be really steady else I’d be taking blurred night pictures. For some reason, this dSLR does a pretty decent job in getting nice night shots without the need for an IS (Image Stabilizer) lens.

I have pictures taken at night at ISO1600 which are kinda overexposed. The surrounding wasn’t exactly bright and this was what I got, without flash:

Pardon the blurness as I was shaking a little while taking this picture (This is where an IS lens would have helped). This was taken at midnight when no one was around. Trust me, the surrounding wasn’t even half as bright as what you’re seeing, but I love the brightness.

This picture of The Place was also taken with ISO1600:

Again, this is an overexposed picture but the effect is just superb. The only downside when using the ISO1600 sensitivity is that noises start creeping in and it’s pretty visible when printed large, but for the sake of blogging, it’s just fine.

At another time, I brought my camera to The Curve, hoping to take some beautiful night scenes. True enough, I took quite a few:

This picture is slightly blurred because I wasn’t exactly still, but it shows you just how nice The Curve is at night.

This was also taken at The Curve. Not something unusual but I find it kinda nice. The effect of the lighting and the water flowing is just nice.

This is another waterfall picture taken at The Curve.

I have no idea what to take so I took a night shot of Ikano Power Centre. Somehow, I just like night shots because the lightings just make everything look different. Pardon the noises in the image as it was taken with ISO1600, if I am not mistaken.

Oh well, another shot of the Ikano Power Centre. Isn’t the lighting just fantastic?

Last but not least, I particularly love this shot:

I simply love the dark effect against the Canon word. The light and the darkness simply blends. I love it, but that is just me, so it’s my personal liking.

OK, seems to me like this is a post just showing pictures with no particular purpose. Oh well, I guess that’s the point of this post, so enjoy! Do leave comments on the pictures so that I can improve. I know there are still lots of room for improvements, because I am a noob afterall.

Huh?

Seems to me, I have been receiving quite a number of hate comments of late. Wassup with that people? First I wrote a post on 10 things I hate about Friendster. Some people gave me this:

“and who are u to say that?! people has its own choice on whatever they want to post and anytime they want to update (cute pictures, unupdated blogs)! and even if they say they’re fat or ugly but still posted their pictures.. well, it’s none of your bussiness >_”

Right, first of all, you’re not so anonymous. A check on Friendster revealed you and for the sake of your privacy, I shall not reveal your identity. Thanks for dropping by and dropping me a comment, albeit not a very nice one. Yes, people have their own choices and that is why I do not go around people’s blogs or Friendster account and start shooting them for whatever they do. The most I did was click on the ‘X’ or Back button when I reach these pages.

Yes I am aware my blog isn’t interesting as well but then again, it’s my blog and the 10 things I hate about Friendster are just merely my opinion and also to tell people what I dislike about Friendster. It’s just me. Some people might like what I dislike, after all, they say, beauty is in the beholder of the eyes. It all boils down to personal preferences, but I am sure you would have to agree to almost half the things I wrote, no? OK, if the answer was a no, then I am sorry. Then again, my point is that, it’s a personal opinion of mine, and the fact that I don’t go about condemning people in their blogs for whatever they wrote indicates my respect for whatever they do and that what I have written on my blog was just my personal opinion in general and not meant to shoot anyone specifically.

Then, I had someone leaving me a message on my chat box asking me this:

“Are you ever satisfied with ANYTHING?”

Well, the answer to this is, YES, I am satisfied with almost anything. The fact that most people cannot compromise and be content with what they have is what is making me dissatisfied. You want examples? I can already think of a few. Tell me, how is it that I am supposed to be satisfied with my work when work means dealing with a bunch of idiots on a daily basis? Tell me, how am I supposed to be satisfied when I am supposed to be happy with my life and making lots of friends when someone starts stabbing me from my back? Tell me, how am I supposed to be satisfied when I want to open a bank account and people tell me I couldn’t and I should literally die of poorness? Tell me, how am I supposed to be satisfied when I am supposed to be enjoying broadband which turns out to be more of a narrowband? Last, but not least, tell me, how am I supposed to be satisfied when someone just swerved into my lane while driving and almost caused me my life and my car?

These are just a few examples to quote for. If there wasn’t anything for me to grumble on, I wouldn’t be grumbling, would I? I am sorry if these grumbles made you felt as if I am not satisfied with anything at all. Probably you’re right, I shouldn’t be grumbling a lot because lets face it, the world is what it is and my grumble alone wouldn’t change it in years to come, let alone overnight. Then again, this is my blog and I treat it as a place where I can talk just about almost anything under the sun. When there is something exciting, I talk about it. If there are any happy occasions, I talk about it as well and of course, if there are any rants, I’ll talk about it as well. I don’t get to rant often in the public so I won’t hesitate ranting here once in a while.

I’ll stop here now as this is just a post to clarify my point of view. Before anyone of you start shooting me, I reiterate that this post was meant to generally point out my stand in the matter and was not meant as a personal attack on anyone of you out there. I apologize if anyone of you felt my posts were too harsh, but sarcasm and annoyance with stupid things and people are just in me. It’s just the way I write and express myself. Some like it and some don’t. I am who I am and that fact won’t change overnight. Read my posts with a slight sense of humour and don’t take them too seriously. Ponder on my points, if any, and if you disagree with them, leave me a comment, debate the points with me. You are most welcomed to do that. Constructive criticism is what I am looking for. All that being said, I am off for now, and remember, read with a slight sense of humour and not take things too seriously. Cheers people!