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  • Just Bought A Fujifilm Instax Mini 25

    Photography is a hobby of mine. I don’t plan to be a professional photographer, but taking photos is just something really fun to do in life as it captures the best moment of life. I wanted an instant camera for a long time as it’s a very fun camera and I can get my print right away. Unfortunate that Polaroid has discontinued releasing the Polaroid instant camera which was a really good cam.

    Luckily Fujifilm still produce instant camera nowadays, with smaller print size. Recently, I bought myself a Fujifilm Instax Mini 25 camera from a lomography camera shop at Sunway here, the shop name is call Lokomotiv Checkpoint. I found the shop on Facebook and I was quite excited with the price of RM499 include 4 boxes of film.

    I was wanting to buy from a seller at Kajang which is far and that seller is selling at RM415 + RM26/box of film, which are rather expensive. Since Lokomotiv Checkpoint is so near to my place, I went there to buy myself the camera and a total of 80 credit card size film.

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    What’s different between this Instax Mini 25 and the normal and most popular Instax 7S is that this is so much smaller, easy to carry around, auto mode becomes better and more intelligent and beautiful outlook. =D

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    The package include the camera itself, with 2 CR2 battery, close up lens for self-shoot and close up stuff, instruction manuals and straps.

    I like it very much and have so far taken 8 shots which I will share with you guys.

  • I Came Back To Chung Ling High School

    After 1.5 years of high school graduation, I came back to my high school, the Chung Ling High School, number 1 all-boys Chinese school in Penang. HAHAHA. Seriously, I do misses my high school quite a lot because there’s many bit of my happy memories.

    Recent visit was actually to get the official copy of my SPM result certificate (not the copy slip that I’ve got last year), to eat the delicious canteen food and also to meet friends at the Upper Sixth Form.


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    Unfortunately, I did not get the SPM result certificate because that there’s no one in the admin office to attend us. We were there during lunch hour and they were out for lunch break. Too bad, so we just spent time wandering around school, eat and talk.

    I am now in college, and many friends are still in high school doing the Sixth Form (A Level equivalent) and because of that I get to meet them when their classes dismiss. It was really nice to meet back all the high school mates and most of them haven’t change a bit. It brings back the times when we actually spend times every day in school together, doing some useless funny thing.

    High school was fun, real fun. Some say being in an all-boys school will be boring because there’s no chick, but you are wrong, it’s fun as there’s no limitation and hesitation in our acts, doings and talking. We talk whatever we want.

    Some even afraid of boys will turn into gay or afraid of being abused by gay. But I tell you, I found no gay (one or two perhaps) which they are probably embarrassed to approach the straights at that age. And one thing, I have no comment on gay, neither hate or like.


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    Do you know that Chung Ling High School has many powerful alumni? Singapore’s Minister of National Development was a Chung Ling boy. Jiang Haoliang who is the General Manager-Business in Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (factory that makes iPhone) was a Chung Ling boy. More and more.


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    Well, another thing I got to say is that the canteen food is still cheap. Cheapest tid bits starts from RM0.20 for a piece of fried wantan, and normal food like Koay Teow Th’ng starts from RM1.20! Best food are Koay Teow Thng, fried egg, wantan mee and the economy mixed rice. These are awesome!


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    Ai Wu Chung Long 爱吾钟灵, the school motto, I Love My Chung Ling.

  • Walk Around Bukit Bintang and Uniqlo on an Early Friday Morning

    Walk Around Bukit Bintang and Uniqlo on an Early Friday Morning

    Last Friday, I went to town alone early in the morning to send my dropped-super-damaged-Tamron-lens to the service centre (Futoromic) at Berjaya Times Square. I didn’t want to go back to Penang to send back to the original shop that I bought my lens because they will eventually send to KL again. Since I am in KL right now so I might as well send in directly to the service centre.

    So what happened to my lens? I dropped to the ground from my height and cannot focus, cannot turn, and got crack. Haha. They called and the fixing charges is around RM450. Still better than getting a new lens. =) Now is waiting to go collect my lens.

    Haven’t been to Times Square for quite some time. It’s not really a good shopping mall. Selling stuff like Sungei Wang or Prangin Mall in Penang. The indoor theme park is still on, heard a little bit of scream but doesn’t fancy me anymore because I have been in there when it was first opened many years back.

    After sending the stuff to service. It was still early and it’s like only 11 in the morning. I decided not to go back so early but go check out the newly open Uniqlo at Fahrenheit 88. People have been talking about it for the past few weeks. Heard that there were super duper long queue during opening. What for?

    There’s a new broadband/mobile network in town, using the 4G spectrum and it’s YES by YTL. Finally a rival to P1. They have put up a large LED cube at Bukit Bintang, outside Lot10 and I tell it’s really very cool. It’s to promote their broadband. But somehow, IMO, I still prefer a cable/copperline Internet because wireless Internet is never as stable as a cable one. Wireless broadband is only an alternative to those who couldn’t get cable to their home.

    Did you sign up for YES?

    A little bit of walk, from Berjaya Times Square, I reached Uniqlo.

    There’s promotion on jeans and t-shirt. RM50 for jeans and RM30 for t-shirt which are quite cheap. I didn’t want to buy the jeans because I am going for more like Skiny or Slim-cut. It’s more fitting. Though, I bought t-shirts at there! Hehe. Do you know that the Kuala Lumpur’s Uniqlo is the largest currently outside Japan? It has 3 floors. =) From Wikipedia one.

    After shopping, finally willing to go back already. I am having final exam now. Good luck to me and also to all those who are having exam right now, especially my junior who are taking SPM.

  • I am in Taylor’s University College Library 24/7 Study Area

    I am in Taylor’s University College Library 24/7 Study Area

    Hi guys, it had been quite a long break for me for blogging. Frankly, I was lazy on blogging, busy spending the last few weeks of holidays with friends and family in Penang and finally I am back to school. My 7 months long holiday had finally come to an end and it’s time to get my lazy butt off the chair. Less playing around and more work for me.

    It’s not easy for me to get back to school and read because my brain has been suspended for 7 months, had not written much too. But one thing is still very good and that’s my finger and mouth. Everyday type and talk. Haha.

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    At this moment, my current location is in Taylor’s University College, Petaling Jaya, Selangor. I am no longer in Penang because I am now in college, attending Diploma in Interior Design here and at here, it started my new chapter of life, college campus life. Living inside the university is fun but going around the area is not easy because public transport and taxi here sucks to the max.

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    Wondering why I am at the library study area now? My hostel have no Internet access at the moment, it’s super new and no Internet sucks so I had to come here to online. Actually I did sign up a wireless broadband for myself temporary because sometimes I am lazy to go out of the room and want to watch Internet TV. I am here actually to accompany my housemate who don’t have Internet access to go online.

    Internet speed here is pretty fast but sucks that I can’t watch online TV or do some P2P download. Sigh. It’s very crowded right here, very noisy and I believe all of them are craving for the Internet. I have a lot to share but the photos are in my camera. I promise I’ll be updating more and more soon.

    Any Taylorian out there? =)

  • Back To Chung Ling High School on 020710

    Back To Chung Ling High School on 020710

    I went back to my high school last Friday for lunch. Some people thought that it’s kinda weird going back to high school to have meal at there. Tell you what, I miss my high school’s canteen food a lot and ex-Chung Ling students often go back to the canteen for meal too. Same as my dad who have graduated for over 30 years and he still sometimes go back for lunch.

    One is because it’s cheap, two is parking and three is delicious. When I was in high school, the delicious feeling couldn’t be tasted because we were like eating the same thing every day but when we get out, it’s like we couldn’t eat the same thing everyday again and sometimes, crave for it.

    Went there with Chien Chern. After lunch, we walked around the school. This might not be my last time going back to school, but it might be my last time walking around the school. 2 weeks plus and I will be leaving Penang. I course will come back to look for my high school’s canteen food, but don’t know when will be the next time. I will be far away!

    Saw many friends but hard to join in because they are mixing with a new gang right now, new class and new year for them. I am still waiting for college.

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    Then I found my Leo Club’s notice board, it’s so much different from what I did for the board right now. I did contribute to the notice board when I was in the club last year. =D

    Looking at them working out in school, I kinda miss the days back, but I know nothing can turn the clock backwards. I have to move on already. If you are still in high school, do enjoy it to the max, it’s the best part of life. Always have no worries one. I regret why I only enjoyed the last two years and the other 3 years, maybe I was still too naive. Haha.

    Walking around the school was actually not because wanted to walk for fun, it’s too full after the lunch and was trying to digest the food, at the same time, checking out old stuff like classes I studied in.

    When I was in afternoon class that time, during form 1 and form 2, not many great memories though, was still like a kid. But one thing I know, I was a blogger since end of Form 1 and started experiment with photography in Form 2. =D

    Class changed a lot. It was a place I crazied, slept, shouted, screamed in and it’s now my place. If you ask me to be back student for a day, I can’t, because the feeling has gone and it’s a past. No more turning back. Everyone is gone! Look at the table arrangement, it’s all different already.


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    Form 4 and Form 5 were the best year in high school. I am not a bad kid but I have kena disciplined action before because of always bringing stuffs like camera and cellphone and going out of the class. Haha. Don’t think I am bad, I am just playful, I assumed. If I didn’t bring camera, you wouldn’t see so many school life post at here already.


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    Why the school here don’t allow cellphone and camera? I strongly disagree with these. I need to blog my life and share! It’s memories. Cellphone is for contacting and don’t talk about public pay phone, they sucks and it’s only usable after school. What if you want to contact your parents to fetch you when you found out the meeting has canceled or on the other way around? But nevermind, I brought it like almost every day last time, just I didn’t use in class, I am sure.

    High school rocks, especially Chung Ling High School.

  • Away to PLKN (Day 58): Photos with Teachers and Friends After 2009 Graduation Ceremony

    Away to PLKN (Day 58): Photos with Teachers and Friends After 2009 Graduation Ceremony

    Quite some time didn’t see my Graduation Day post already right? I am back with the last one which consist many photos of me taking with my teachers in school. So this happened right after the Graduation Ceremony 2009, people started going back home, but I decided to stay and go look for teachers to take photos with. It’s last time already, where everyone still around.

    Not possible for me to purposely go back to school to take photos with them now right? I don’t know where my school uniform go already.

    I want to say thank you all teacher although I didn’t really listen in class (sometimes), but I did learn things, I respect all my teachers. You guys rock!

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    Miss Teh Phaik Keow, my Leo Club advisor and my Add Maths and Maths teacher.

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    Forgot his name, Chung Ling super top student, my senior.

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    Yun Huai, Jia En and Min Sheng.

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    Ee Theng, top top student also, from my class.

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    Liang Sun and Lit Chen, classmate before.

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    Miss Lee Mee Ling. Prettiest teacher in my school, during my time.

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    Rowan, photog freak.

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    Kuan Yu and Eng Hoong.

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    With Miss Chin Wee Kem, my Physics teacher for two years.

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    With Miss Tan Lon Eng, my Chinese teacher for Form 5. Rocks.

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    Miss Kang Ku Lee. My Malay Language teacher. Rocks.

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    Miss Hong Yan Mei, my Add Maths teacher in Form 4. Powerful.

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    Mr Ng Swee Tiang, my Mathematics teacher in Form 4. Bombastic.

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    Miss Yeoh, my Young Enterprise advisor.

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    Miss Kong Mei Yuet, my history teacher for Form 5.

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    Geofferey, you see your hand!

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    Mr Ong Chin Hua, my Moral Ed teacher for Form 5.

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    Mr Ang Tatt Seng, I don’t know him. Haha.

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    Teacher, I don’t know her name also. OMG

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    Take photos inside staff room before running away.

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    Hock Sheng, my neighbour in class. Sleep king!

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    Wei Long.

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    Mr David Christopher, my Moral teacher for Form 3.

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    Take photo in toilet before running away. XD

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    Ooi Yi Zhi.

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    Prefect! I dislike last time but later then I don’t care already.

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    Mr Tan Seong Hee, afternoon session head.

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    Take photos with unknown scouts member. Rocks.

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    With counseling teacher, Mr Tan, Ms Khoo Ee Lin, Ms Ung.

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    With Gerald’s friend.

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    With Mr Yap and I don’t know.

    Yay, Chung Ling ROCKS!

  • Lomo on SPM

    Lomo on SPM

    Don’t play play. I brought my DSLR everyday during my SPM examination in 2009. But on the last day, I brought my Holga and Diana F+ lomography toy camera with me. I’ve decided and tried to shoot everything left in the roll and here are 3 that I’ve got.

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    Jing Min jump shot, Taken with Diana F+. Pretty cool right?

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    Arron with his Hyundai Sonata, fetching his friends back home. Taken with Holga.

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    Hock Sheng and Jerry after exam. You know what, the photo people didn’t scan this shot, I had to scan it myself, so the color is not so sharp. Self-scan also not bad right?

  • Away to PLKN (Day 50): Lomo on Chung Ling Sports Day I

    Away to PLKN (Day 50): Lomo on Chung Ling Sports Day I

    Last year’s Chung Ling High School Sports Day, I brought my Holga with me to school. Put in a roll of 120mm film and I shoot on the nice sunny day. It’s always the best to shoot on a nice sunny day, I like it.

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    People might thought I am weird a bit last time because hanging to camera, and one feel so toy-ish. But now, lomo toy camera is getting more and more camera. Do you know what’s a lomo camera?

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    Karate! You see the lights? It’s called light leak.

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    Mr Mohd Hafiz! My biology teacher in Form 5. Very good person. He was a flag man on the last year’s sports day.

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    Me.

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    Me, Min Xiang and Yong Seng.

    I miss Chung Ling High School, but not really the sports day. Sports Day is always boring to me. Haha.

  • Away to PLKN (Day 27): I Am Going To Taylor’s University College

    Away to PLKN (Day 27): I Am Going To Taylor’s University College

    I’ve no idea how to tell you how’s my life in NS, still good I assume. ^^

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    In this coming July 2010, I will be going to Kuala Lumpur, the capital to pursue my study. Oh yeah, it’s something sad and exciting, going away from home to go study. For sure, I will homesick, and also friend-sick. LOL. I will miss everything back home, my comfy bed, my lovely big screen TV, my big room, my daddy, my mommy and everything at home. I will also miss all my friends and the magnificent six (include me), Arron, Chien Chern, Yiphing, Chaiwei and Chen Yuen, and also not in the magnificent Alvin, Ammerlynn, Zez Chien, and also many more. Haha.

    Shit, I am talking like I am going to leave soon. Actually not, I will be still in Penang for like 3 months because my school only starts on the 26 of July 2010.

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    I’ll be studying Interior Design course at Taylor’s University College, hopefully I will meet you KL people at there. Hehe.

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    The Taylor’s Residence a.k.a. Hostel, was still in the middle of construction, hopefully it’s done when I arrive in campus.

    So why Taylor’s and not Penang? I want to go explore out-of-Penang, I want a campus life, I want to meet new people, I want to learn more, I like the school, it’s new and so on so on.

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    Nice lecture theater facing the lake.

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    Food court.

    We’ve visited the school 2 months ago and it’s really pretty. There’s a lake in the middle of the campus, everything is new, the classroom, the chairs, the tables and me. It’s newly built and open in January lately only. So it’s cool.

    Penang has no pretty school, interior design at Penang’s The One Academy is new, Equator Academy is ugly, I must move on. =) I’ll talk more about it when I get into the college in July, oh yeah! Gonna enjoy most of my time with my family and friends here to the fullest first, and also NS.

  • Away to PLKN (Day 23): Form 1, Class 1T9 of 2005

    Away to PLKN (Day 23): Form 1, Class 1T9 of 2005

    I had a plan. My plan was go into PLKN (National Service) for don’t know how many days, then come out when Form 6 starts although I am not going to Form 6, so it would shorten my time in the camp. It was just my plan, I don’t know about this, so do stay tune for this space, or Twitter for my update. Maybe the camp is fun, who knows? Hehe.

    But then, coming out from NS also will be a holiday like the 3 months before. My college starts in July and I will be studying Interior Design course. I like it! =) Talk about it next time.

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    Teachers’ Day 2005.

    Back to some random stuff, sharing 5 years back when I was Form 1, 13 years old that time, very young age, looking so childish and was studying in class 1T9 of 2005. I was still naive, I was not mature yet, I joke around all the time but it’s fun.

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    But one thing I very sure was, I was already addicted to the Internet and technology and gadget by that age. Everyday online to surf the net and online gaming.

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    Alvin Yang and me in 2005.

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    Alex, Danny, me and Alvin.

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    Met friends like Alvin, Danny, Andy and Alex. But then now, everyone goes apart, to study and to everywhere. Still, nice to meet you guys!

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    Form 1 was not bad, always play, got go sing karaoke, got go watch movie, also got go hang out at the mall. Just, I didn’t look cool. Haha. Form 1 was also the year I really started blogging, that time was writing about games as I was so interested in game console.

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