A lil' something for myself

PIKOM PC Fair was where I went today! There were soooooo many people~ Really people mountain, people sea lo! The one I went to was at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, held for 3 days from 4th Dec 09'... Today already got sooooo many people... I think the last day (tomorrow) surely exploding dy la!

Anyways, I went there today with a purpose! Purpose to buy, buy and buy... Hehe... But of course, I planned and survey before one lo... :P I bought two stuffs for myself~ Using my own reserves... XD *pocket painful*

Now, lemme introduce to u guys and gals what I bought! *excited*
First item is 1 Tb external hard drive... It's from Seagate... Costed RM 299, which is about NZD 123.45 (didn't expect such a nice number wor)... The rate was NZD 1 to RM 2.42213... The RRP (recommended retail price) in Low Yatt (a famous IT place in Kuala Lumpur) for this brand is RM 330 and the cheapest was a Bufallo one at RM 315... Over there at the PC fair, the Buffalo one was sold at RM 299 too... SO, I guess this Seagate one would be better cuz I earn more!! Muahahaha...
Next item!! The one I've been waiting for soooo long... A brand new camera! A super-zoom camera.... Canon Powershot SX20IS... I also got a tripod... The camera itself costed RM 1,699 and the tripod costed RM 40... When I bought the camera at that price, there were free gifts such as a 4 Gb SDHC memory card, a camera bag, a set of 4 AA Alkaline rechargeables and a screen protector... Quite a gud deal eh? Cuz originally, the memory card provided by the stall was only 2 Gb! As for the tripod, I was told the original price is RM 80 la... But they quoted me RM 50... Then I asked for a lower price and got RM 40 at last... Hehehe... So, all together, I spent RM 1,739 for this set of camera...
Now, let's take a look at the design... The SX20IS looks like a DSLR... That's one factor why I like it so much... The zoom and manual capabilities are just few of the other reasons why I like it too though it had bad reviews lo... Aiks~ Well, actually I wanted to get Panasonic Lumix FZ 35 but it was out of stock liao! Cuz it's a vy close competitor and in fact, it had better reviews!
Front view of the camera... Another thing that's good bout this camera is it can shoot movies in high definition lei! No kiddin~~ And the recordings are in stereo as well... Plus, it can play slideshows on high definition TVs...
Backside view... The layout really is like a DSLR lo... Dun u think so? One thing bad bout this camera is that its dial to adjust the settings such as aperture, shutter speed etc. is not very sensitive to changes... But I can overlook that one la... Hehe...
Another good thing bout this camera is that it has an articulated screen! This means I am able to take photos at odd angles and can self potrait, sure kena (sure on target) one!!
Top view... SOme of the things that came with the camera include a lens hood, which will prevent lens glares and also a lens cover, which obviously protects the lens frm scratches or damage....
This is the camera's top view at full zoom! Living up to its name, the SX20IS has a 20x optical zoom... The lens is a 28-156 mm one... 20 freaking times, man!! No kiddin~~ Besides that, an external flash gun or receiver can be mounted on the top of the camera cuz there's a hotshoe... Convenient eh? :)
Side view number 1... The viewfinder, though electronic, it's still kinda big (probably around 0.44 inches)... I havent really tried it la... But I guess it should be not that bad gua~ Can train for my future DSLR! Hehehe...
Second side view... Here, we got all the ports for memory card la, HDMI slot la, power adapter la etc... One thing bout the SX20IS is that it's powered by 4 AA batteries... To some, it's convenient cuz almost anywhr oso can get the battery mar... Even in kedai runcit (sundry shops)!! To some, it's heavy and they dun like it... Talkin bout heavy, this camera weighs bout 600 g...

Well, I guess that's all I wanna share today... I should go to bed le! Late liao... Haha... C ya guys and gals nex time yea!! Hav a great time~

My Office Space

1st of December (yesterday), I started my first day as an intern engineer at Dynasynergy... It deals with power generators for mobile signal towers along the highways in Malaysia... On my first day to work, I took a wrong turn and nearly went to Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) -_-|| Thank gudness I found my way back and was 5 minutes late! Thank gudness again, my boss not around... Haha! And after I reached my workplace, I received my first task! Guess what? I had to go find a TM Point (Telecom Malaysia) to pay the overdue bill... The rest of the day? Play some games, browsing through some pics and nearly doze off, I guess... XD

On my second day, I decided I shud not be like that! Hehehe... So, I started the day off by taking some pics to intro my room! And they actually gave me a room... How cool's that?!
Ta daa~~ My own desk and chairs, in case anyone wanna come and see me (kononnya... which means "yeah, right!")... Actually that room isn't practically mine la... Hehe... It's the conference room... Situated right beside my boss' room...
In "my room", I even have my own telephone, which I never use... But sadly, no internet yet!! Life's like that..... Need to wait boss come back then get internet frm him! Hehehe...
One thing gud bout this room is I got an air cond... There are two cabinets and in one, there are lotsa files and reports... And this one's got medals! But they are all not mine...
In my room also, there's a very nice view out there... Can see trees, mountains, the sky and clouds, buildings and cars... Can even hear the air cond turbine from my room! Haha... The turbine is right outside only actually (as shown above)...
Earlier, I said I found smthg to do... Yups! I borrowed a file to read... It's actually a manual on the power generators my company's using...
And that manual is freaking thick! As wide as the HTC Diamond... XD
After flipping thru a few pages, I noticed the manual has not been opened for quite some time... Look, even the graph is printed on the other side dy... Haha...
After flipping through a few pages, I got quite sleepy... Hehe... The words seemed to become more and more blur... My eyes getting heavier and heavier....... Guess what happened next? Hehe...

Well, basically that's all for today... Need to go to bed earlier to get ready for tmrw! Another day in the office... Looking at buildings and mountains in a distance!! Gdnite, ppl~ C ya soon...

Taking nite pics in Melbourne (Day 4)

As the title mentioned, I went out at night to take pics cuz it was not raining le!! Yay! Haha... It was still raining in the morning and the bottom of my jeans actually got wet... Made me felt so uncomfortable... But towards the mid-aftrn, the rain stopped! Good news to me cuz I have been wanting to go out at nite to take pics...
In the morning, Andrew brought me to Queen Victoria Market and both us had American doughnuts... It's kinda special as there is no hole in the middle and it has fillings wor! I think it's strawberry jam... Reminded me of Auckland's mini donuts...
Queen Victoria Market (QVM) actually looks kinda like Malaysian's Petaling Street eh? Only over there in QVM, got no "branded" stuffs, the walking space is bigger and got no one asking "ham pin, ham pin?" (porn, porn?)... -_-||

They actually sell lotsa stuffs in QVM ranging from souvenirs to clothings to accessories and even foodstuffs... They sell it really cheap too...
While it was still raining, I took the tourist bus (free service) to the Melbourne museum... I slept in the bus cuz was really tired and the weather was soooo nice... Hehe... The museum is located opposite the Royal Exhibition Building (REB), shown above... My friends studying in the Melbourne Uni all took their exams in this building... The building is really huge too! Made me look like an ant standing beside it...
I made my way into the museum... Flashing my student card, I got a concession (free entry)... In the above is Australia's first computer, CSIRAC... And guess what, a 2004 laptop can easily beat it flat! I read the description and this thing weighs roughly 2.5 tons and all of its capabilities (or even better) can be fitted into a 2.5 kg laptop... The world has changed a lot in the last 3 decades eh?
Melbourne museum is really unique... Why? Cuz they actually have a jungle inside it! A real one... Real trees, real birds, real insects, snakes and even fishes... Thank gudness no flies... Haha!
After bout 2 or 3 hours in the museum, I came out and to my surprise, it stopped raining! I was so happy.. Haha... So, I went passed the REB and into Carlton Gardens (above) and towards the city...
Walked and walked, I reached Chinatown (the other side)...
Seems like the Chinese migrants there are quite patriotic too eh? Haha...
Soon after, it started to rain AGAIN!! T.T It was so disheartening.... Smore so heavily... But I still managed to took this pic... Chinatown's arc...
After a while, I thought that it was already late and I headed back to Andrew's palce... Apparently, that nite, they had planned to celebrate Rachel's belated birthday... Hehe... 11 of us attended but the cake was pretty small... Hehe... I guess the cakes there shud b quite expensive gua.....
Group photo!! Without me.... Haha... I dun like the photo that the waiter took for us.. So, I put this up instead... Standing, from left, Charlene, Kar Mun, Sasi, Shin Hoon, Andrew, Sze Kee and Irene while sitting from left, Hui Qing, Rachel and Kia Xin... They consist of vets, doctors and engineers-to-be...
When I went home after my walk before the party, the rain stopped and I was kinda happy with that cuz it means at nite I got the chance to go out take some nite shots! So, I juz nid to hope it doesn't rain til I finished taking those shots la... Haha...
These are juz some of the shots that I took... Wanna see more? Click here
As I had said before, Melbourne is full of strange shop names la... -_-|| Although the real name doesn't mean what I was thinking *hehehe* but it still sounds dodgy la.... Man Mo as in slowly touch... XD
And continue with my nite shots... This is the Yarra river...
I've always wanted to take nice panoramic shots... I cant blieve I actually did it!! Click to enlarge...
After walking so much, from south to north to west to east, I actually rested a bit... Legs all gonna break dy... Haha!
Around 10 plus, I headed back... Thanks to Charlene and Kia Xin who brought me around that nite... If not, I wouldn't have been able to go to so many places to take the nite shots...

The next day, Shin Hoon and Brian sent me off to the bus stand where I took the Skybus to the airport... Took off at bout 1005 am towards Malaysia! Frankly speaking, it was really a nice trip in Melbourne with all those friends bringin me around or meeting me up though they're busy with their own stuffs... I'll blog till here la... :) Gotta rest early tonite to prepare for tmrw!! I'll be working starting tmrw for two months! Excited and nervous at the same time... Hehe.. Gdnite, ppl! C ya~

I brought NZ's weather to Melbourne? (Day 3)

They say I brought NZ's weather to Melby wor... Haha.. It rained continuously (I think la...) for two days... And the rain was also like those start then stop then start again one la... So sien, can't go walk walk take pics... But one thg gud is that the weather cooled down le...
Brian gave me a wake up call on my 3rd day... He went "KS!! Cook...." and there I was cooking... Haha...
It was actually a surprise b'day picnic for Irene... In this photo, she still dunno bout the celebration... From left, Teo (juz got to know him), Hui Qing, Charlene and Irene... The legs belong to Brian... Haha...
In this photo, we have, from left, Andrew, Kar Mun, Sze Kee and Shin Hoon...
After waiting for everyone to arrive, Brian went back to get the cake... Irene was surprised when she saw the cake! Brian baked the cake with his friend... Hehe... U muz b wondering what are they doing in the pic above eh? They're actually blocking the wind... Trying to light up the sparkling sticks on Irene's bday cake.....
Irene's b'day cake!
During the party, it didn't rain (thank gudness...) but ahortly after, it started to rain and the rain's kinda like the one in Auckland... Start then stop then start again... Vy sien lo liddat... Haha... But it didn't stop me frm goin ard the city! Went to take more photos at this place (I think it's called Southbank)...

The pic above shows the famous Eureka tower, which is the tallest residential apartment in the southern hemisphere and also contains the tallest viewing deck in the southern hemisphere on the 88th floor... Too bad I didn't have the time to go up... Besides, the weather was bad too la... So, no point goin up 88 floors to see clouds only...
After a while, the weather got pretty bad and we walked into the Crown building which houses a casino, hotel and also many shops from restaurants, bars and bistros to clothings and designer brands... I tried some slot machine and lost like a few bucks la... Now then I know actually slot machines are there to cheat old ppl's money!! So bad one.... I think they earn those uncle auntie's money in slot machines to cover up what they lost in the tables lo... Ish...

After the casino, we went out and I found the view vy nice across the river... This is actually across the Yarra river... It was stil raining but it definitely didn't stop me!
After walking for a while more, we decided to go have dinner... I suggested Indian food and here we have it! 3 curries and rice... All served in a metal plate which is really very Indian la... Haha...
After dinner, we walked home... It was still raining and I was drenched... Thank gudness didn't get sick... Hehe... Pic above is dedicated to all dick heads... XD

Ok la... I think I wont be updating on the last day... Too late and I'm feelin tired... But I have photos to share... Click here to go see my Facebook album... It's all on my trip to Melbourne from the first day till the last... C ya and gdnite yea!! :)

Melbourne started to rain! (Day 2)

In the morning, it was really really stuffy... It's like an oven! Towards the afternoon, it started to rain... So, didn't really take lotsa pics... Anyway, I spent my second day walking the University of Melbourne and took a tram to St Kilda's beach... In the night, met up with some friends to have dinner... That's all gua... Was quite tired at the end of the day...
One thing bout Melbourne uni is they dun have a stone plaque! So, this would be the sign everyone will wanna have a picture with la... Hehe...
These are some of the pics of parts of Melbourne uni... Dun reli rmb the names of the buildings but this one shud be the old law building...
This one I know... The old physics building...
Old law hallway... Juz like in Harry Potter according to some of my friends...
I like to look at the clear blue skies with a few puffy white clouds... It makes me feel so calm and can forget bout my troubles and worries... But of course, if got birds flying then I rather not look up... Haha...
Smthg that nearly made me cried... Spicy~~ And since it's expensive, I had to force myslf to finish it.... It was a long, loooong 15 minutes!
Really teh botol and teh kotak, literally! XD Fyi, teh botol is bottled tea and teh kotak is boxed tea...
Soon after lunch, I met up with Kia Xin and Charlene... Took a "free" tram to St Kilda's beach...
Who knows the flies followed us there...... Annoying!!! But as I said in my previous post, Charlene actually found a way to ward off the flies... Temporarily... XD
Ta daa!!! A packet of mothballs is the answer!! She managed to repel the flies... but unfortunately, somehow the flies grew fonder towards Charlene... XD After she kept the packet of mothballs, all the flies flew and circled her head!! Muahahaha~~ So funny.... Oops~ Hehe...
I saw some children at the beach... Kinda made me think of the innocent type of love between young siblings... And the uncle behind vy jor deng (extra and distracting) lo!!
After leaving the beach, we went to the shops area to walk... It was already raining that time... Saw this unique van, which probably juz landed on Earth... Haha! I dunno I got think too much anot but it kinda circled the place... It went to and then came back the same route and repeated... Seems like the "aliens" eat till full and got nothing to do (a hokkien saying)...
Other than those strange stuffs, I noticed this cute lil' doggie.... It was looking away and I juz go "tsk tsk tsk" and it turned to look at me! I took its photo aftr that...
After walking for a while, we went back to the city by the "free" tram... Met up with Jeremy, Brian, Shin Hoon and Kar Mun... Went to have dinner together at Chinatown... Not in this restaurant of course!! I scared I enter this restaurant then no nid come out dy... -_-||
One of the special things I had in Melbourne is this... Deep-fried ice-cream... And to have it in a Chinese restaurant is pretty unique too!
So, after a long day's walk, the day is finally over... Reached Andrew's place and rested, showered and took a look at the photos I captured that day... Of course, I did some thinking and missing too... :)

Well, since now stil got some time, I'll juz do the third day la... If got time, I'll juz do the fourth and last day as well... Finish evrythg earlier better la... Hehe... So, c ya ppl!! Hope u enjoyed reading...