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Artistic Nude

, , Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3 comments

Here I manage to release some images from my previous model shoot here in Manchester.


Image is blurred cause it's Not Safe For Work (NSFW)

Hit it when you're out of office..


gotcha!
He called the duck 'Weck!' due to DIGI advertisement.


White bathroom bounce all the light everywhere


Candid


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All the best and Good Luck

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 1 comments

Semoga Allah merahmati dan memberkati usaha kalian sekelian yang nak ambik exam.
Good luck Ibu!

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University of Manchester & the City itself

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No, that's not my pic in the booklet. I've studied some pics from printout of student guidebook, orientation guides etc. I bet my wife here not familiar w some of the pic :). One day I'm going to complete this series and try to capture the scene at different perspective. Sometimes I need to learn how other see the scene from their viewfinder.


I don't think I can get this shot. It's high above but...who knows.

Go ahead to run the slide show to run 25 pics all together. I believe whitwoth building is the most saught after pic. It symbolize the University and the city itself.




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Roti Canai Unplugged

Friday, January 23, 2009 13 comments

Dah dua kali buat roti canai. Dua-dua tak jadi & tak tau apa la silapnya. Dia tak liat untuk ditebar dan tak boleh tarik sampai nipis-nipis. Habis idea nak figure out apa yang silapnya. Hehe..kalau ada sesapa nak tolong sila la kasi comment ok?

Resepi sempoi je, ambik dari internet. Tepung gandum,susu segar, air, butter (margerin takde), minyak. Uli-uli sampai liat (buat sekejap je ni),biar 30 mins. Lepas tu kita buat dough kecik dan biar dalam peti sejuk semalaman.Giannya!



Adakah salah tepung...atau butter.

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Snowyyy

, , Tuesday, January 20, 2009 4 comments

Hari sebelumnya pun turun snow, tapi agak ciput. On the way nak ke kedai, snap gambar ni. Ada bulan di siang hari dan langit sgt cerah dan biru. Selalunya kelam dan kelabu masa musim sejuk ni..Rupa-rupanya kat depan ni ada cubaan mencabul wanita Mat Salleh oleh seseorang yg tak dikenali. Orang cakap dia naik basikal yang sangat kuning. Fuh!..Negara maju lagi tinggi risiko jenayahnya.




Pagi esoknya, lepas subuh, memang tak sangka snow turun. Tak kira!..jakun pun jakunlah..haha.


Yang ni masih baru lagi, belum ada kesan orang pijak-pijak dan belum cair lagi


Macam dalam cerita fairy tale. Misteri, suci dan tenang.


Cool

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Percaya pada diri sendiri

, Sunday, January 18, 2009 2 comments

Pernahkah anda rasa anda boleh melakukan sesuatu yang mustahil dan tak pernah anda buat tetapi anda teruskan juga tanpa BANYAK berpikir panjang. Ya, dulu saya ada banyak semangat macam ni. Saya cuma perlu satu suara hitam/negatif yang perlu untuk mematahkan semangat dan membuat saya berfikir semula. Selalunya orang-orang di sekeliling anda yang memberi sokongan dan galakan walaupun di belakang kita, mereka gelakkan kita. Itulah pentingnya org-org di sekeliling anda untuk memberi anjakan dan harapan.

Saya tak pernah main skate tapi semangat nak try dan belasah aje mengatasi segala-galanya. Kawan-kawan pun ada join membakar semangat untuk praktis selalu. Luka-luka dan seliuh tak usah cerita. Hasilnya, dengan selamba pergi kelas sejauh 2 km pakai inline skate. Terkenang zaman dulu...Semuanya bermula dengan angan-angan nak main extreme game.



Seronok dapat main skate balik..ice skating tak banyak beza. Nasib baik skill ada lagi walaupun dah 10 tahun tinggalkannya. Kena cari balik semangat yang macam dulu-dulu. Mungkin agaknya sekarang kurang berangan, byk masa berdepan dengan realiti. Tetapi, kalau bersungguh2 dan selalu praktis, angan2 akan jadi realiti.

pic coutesy kuireena.blogspot.com


Type rest of the post here

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Against the sun

, Thursday, January 15, 2009 2 comments

Kalau pakai kamera point n shoot dulu memang cuba nak ambik gambar melawan matahari, tapi apakan daya, flash dan control ada limitation. Tapi gambar ni agak kurang umph berbanding gambar kalau pakai off lighting. Kat sini pakai flash TTL dgn difffuser dome. Straight atas kamera. Kita akan cuba lagi nanti untuk lebih dramatik.



Haha..sut ni bawak dari Malaysia, Wan dia bagi. Agak lawak pada mulanya, tapi dia punya panas bila pakainya. Fuh! sgt la best time sejuk macam ni. Made in china beb!


Portait Thaqif, backlit, flash tembak straight.


Salah satu fav photo saya


Thaqif pelik nengok ais kepul.

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The Night before 2009

, , , Tuesday, January 13, 2009 0 comments

Jadi, nak sambung balik cerita tahun baru hari tu..

Tengok review dari internet especially di London, pengunjung yg nak tengok bunga api dinasihatkan datang awal seelok-eloknya jam 8 lapan untuk mengelakkan kesesakan dan berebut..katanya. Ditambah lagi, kalau dah masuk dalam crowd tu, elok duduk kat situ aje dan jgn nak menggatal keluar sebab mungkin anda tak jumpa keluarga/kawan-kawan bila anda patah balik. Uh! mesti jam pack malam ni..aku berkata. Jadi kitorang pun segera membungkus diri dgn pakaian yg tebal sebab memang sejuk gila malam tu. Tapi hampas! Pukul 10 lengang macam ni kat Manchester.



Argh! Dahla sejuk gile, kedai pun habis tutup dan takde tempat nak lepak memanaskan badan. Kitorang pegi jalan-jalan tengok mana org Manchester ni pegi.

Kitorang sampai kat Hard Rock Cafe. Dulu memang wajib masuk dalam HRC ni sebab nak angkat baju edition city dia. For now dah tak rasa excited macam dulu dah. Ada banyak lagi yg menarik...atau umur dah meningkat kot..haha.



Hmph! Kat sini rupanya diorang. Beratur panjang untuk memanaskan badan. Kalau orang kita yang jadi penggemar minuman dan aktiviti macam ni agaknya menangis kegembiraan kat Manchester ni.



Selamba aje kat 2 degree C macam ni. Kitorang dah nak beku jari, korang rilek je..



Nasib baik Burger King bukak sampai pukul 11. Kitorang lepak di burger king sambil makan fries dan minum kopi sikit.11.15, barulah org keluar depan Arndale nak tengok bunga api dan menyanyi-nyanyi. Ada jugak guard yg dengki kat situ bagitau kitorang takde bunga api malam ni. Takde apa, korang balik jelah....

Eye of manchester sebelum bunga api start. Gila slow benda tu berpusing.



Tapi kalau bagi exposure dalam 9 saat, nampak macam nak tercabut roda ni.



Kitorang cepat blah sebelum kena kejar dgn org mabuk.



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Support to Palestine

, Saturday, January 10, 2009 3 comments

The pledge is everywhere in Manchester. InsyaAllah.

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2008 Web Log Award - Check out the Malaysian

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 0 comments

A stumbled upon this link while browsing strobist.
I have voted my favorite blog in photo here and the online communityhere.

Here's the long list for all the nominated blog. The list that'll make u do nothing else but browsing.. haha. Especially the celebrity gossips.

I'm proud that we have Malaysian in the list too. Here's the link to vote for this Malaysian teenage online community for Best education blog. Come on! support them to inspire our children.

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Chinatown, Manchester

, Monday, January 5, 2009 4 comments

We started our journey with casual portrait as usual, just to warm up the cameralah. One day I may want to get some portrait from the local people here. Look that very distinguish it is.

Available light...not that dramatic but it's hard to get him smiling like that. 1/10 shots.



Yeah, he's planning up to something..


Better let him warm that legs up!


Okay, off we go..view from inside the double decker. Empty!


Here's the famous Chinatown. I'm looking for dry anchovies and mortar & pastelpestle (lesung). I found one with 'Jamie Oliver' brand from the local supermarket. I thought maybe I can find it cheaper here.


Strange to see these shops got stairs at the entrance. It's troublesome to climb up the stair with the stroller. One of us got to stay outside with Thaqif. Yeah! we found what we need.


Found sardine chap Ayam as well. 1 pound lebih..erk!..My wife told me that Oliver Twist punya lesung much cheaper than the one that I bought.Oh well..Here she is with Lempok Durian..I'm still okay with that but I really miss TEH TARIK!!


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Happy New year 2009!!

, , Friday, January 2, 2009 0 comments

We came early that night hoping to avoid the jammed packed crowd. Unfortunately, there is nothing to worry coz the people dont want to wait for hours in the freezing cold. No shop open that night except the happening bars & night clubs.At 11.15 the place in front Arndale where the big wheel is started to filled up with the local people. 10 minutes with the spectacular fireworks.

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Behind the scene - Old Trafford Stadium Tour

, Thursday, January 1, 2009 0 comments

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Slideshow after the jump with caption


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