Off for a $h0r+ Br3@k

A big hi to all of you out there! Don't be jealous as I'm leaving on a jet plane for a short vacation this Thursday evening. Hoped, begged, prayed for clear blue cloudy sky for the outdoor photoshoot finger crossed To where? A place which is familiar but I've not been there for quite a while. Scratch your head and think where is the place I off to... A place starting with the alphabet S and ended with N. To make thing a little bit interesting, a souvenir is from the special place is the reward for the correct answer!

~ S----N ~

Haiz... Check-in for the flight 2molo night as I'm very lazy to check-in so early at the airport! Any one willing to send me to the airport? Double souvenir in return! Haha :p

Chaoz ppl:- gtg to pack my stuff or I'll sure miss out something important *Passport*

~ a.k.a ICEMAN ~

Sony Alpha Workshop "Uniquely KL"

To all KL-ian, boring of KL lifestyle?? Thx to Sony Alpha ~ Studio Zaloon for giving the alpharian a good opportunity to go out for a street photography around KL. Seeing KL in a different angle and perspective, it's amazing to see smtg that wasn't usually seen in our daily life. Sony Alpha organized a workshop for Aplharian this weekend at Hotel Grand Continental. Starting at 10am, the workshop is started with a talk by the ex-Reuters. The theme of this workshop is "Uniquely KL". There's also a competition among the groups for the pic of the day! It's a really good challenge for me as I joined 3 big Dai Kor (Wingz, Ho and Yatz) on the run out around the street.

The begger was my photo of the day~ kaka~ Sorry Mr Chin, left your event halfway and went for shopping... Gomenasai

~ a.k.a ICEMAN ~

Sony announced Alpha NEX-3 and NEX-5

Sony [Make.Believe] honored the world with this Spring by introducing the world first SLR + digital camera the "Alpha NEX-3" and "Alpha NEX-5"! Believe it or not? This two new models are capable of producing 14.2 MP high quality pictures and HD 1080p recording as their specs are something like our SLR A-550! Stimzzz..... Open ur eyes @.@ to see the spec below... comparing to A-550, not much difference.

Image Sensor: 14.2 million effective pixels.

Metering: Multi pattern, centre-weighted and spot.

Sensor Size: APS-C-sized CMOS (23.4×15.6mm).

Lens: Sony E Series mount.

Shutter Speed: 30 to 1/4000 second. Flash sync: 1/160 sec.

Continuous Shooting: seven fps.

Memory: Memory Stick PRO Duo, PRO-HG Duo, SD, SDHC, SDXC cards.

Image Sizes (pixels): 4592×3056, 4592×2576, 3344×2224, 3344×1872, 2288×1520, 2288×1280.

Movies: 1280×720, 848×480, 640×480 at 30 fps.

Colour Space: sRGB, Adobe RGB.

LCD Screen: 7.5cm LCD (921,600 pixels).

File Formats: JPEG, RAW, JPEG+RAW, MPEG4.

ISO Sensitivity: Auto, 200 to 12,800.

Interface: USB 2.0, HDMNI, AV.

Power: Rechargeable lithium ion battery, DC input.

Dimensions: 117.2×62.6×33.4mm WHDmm.

Weight: 297 g (inc battery and card).

Price: Around RM2XXX for NEX-3 and RM 3XXX for NEX-5 for body and kit lens.

The difference among this two model is the NEX-5 has a more superior video recording capabilities. Comes in a variety of color, this cute superb baby definitely eyes for ladies owner perhaps??? Size, color, weight, design is everything needed by lady user. This is definitely the best baby to adopt if you are a photo maniac! Wut amazed me is that this camera is able to fit the lenses used in Sony SLR cameras by attaching a mount adapter... Gleeeeezzz~~ Be very careful if u attach a 400mm F2.8 onto it! You might break the lense mounting:- LMAO

Anyhow, this two model will be launched on the 4th of June 2010 at Teeq Restaurant, Lot 10! Three lenses will be launched together including the 16mm, 18-55mm, and also the 200mm zoom lense. Pre-orders of this new model are available on the spot as well. Hey you all out there, to be the first to adopt this baby, make sure you join us at the roof top bar and restaurant! See you there~~

Yo gals out there, do check your doorway as I might send u as a gift for next summer... Dreaming

~ a.k.a ICEMAN ~

三個字

It's been quite sometime that I'd lived a single life! Many of my frens kept questioning the same thing over & over again as I'm a "Playboy" in their eyes. Even my Mama and Papa kept telling me which gal is pretty, which gal is good... Swt~~~

Words like "Juz do it laa... three words only mah! With ur experience, u can do it easily lar". =.="

~ Hey, I'm not a "Playboy" OK ~ Juz that I'm not desperate in finding my other half so soon. Memories from the past are still with me. Juz not ready to go for it yet:- My career in photography has juz started and I'm so into it. Besides, I'd like to focus and finish up my final sem in style! After I grad, plans in travelling around the world for 7 months are already in my mind. Can't wait (Plans will be updated later in the winter)

Isn't that wise to let Him to do the job??? For the moment; ICEMAN is single but unavailable =) (Quoted by Gwen) Hey guys and gals, hope this post will answer all of the doubts yea... Pls don ask the same thing :p

This is a nice song though, don speak that 三個字 if you doesn't meant it! Enjoy

~ a.k.a ICEMAN ~

Robin Hood Movie Review

From the director of Gladiator, Hannibal, The Hawk Down & etc, Ridley bring us his newest production, The Robin Hood! The trailer did not give a good impression. However, responds from friends says that the movie was quite OK! Without wasting the benefit of Wednesday evening, I went for this rated [6.9/10] movie. Gleeeee~~

Synopsis: Robin is an archer fighting for king Richard over the world. King Richard was killed during his last fight at France. Thus, handing over the King status to his brother King John. John was betrayed by his good friend and therefore his kingdom was attacked by the French. Recruiting and make a fault promise, John recruits his army and fight over the invaders. At last, Robin was outlawed by the King and he then lived together with the orphanage in the jungle. This was the beginning of the legendary hero named Robin Hood.

Release Date: 13 May 2010

Language: English

Subtitle: Malay, Chinese

Genre: Action, Adventure

Running Time: 2 hours 21 minutes

Director: Ridley Scott

Cast: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett

~ a.k.a ICEMAN ~

Proton BWF Thomas & Uber Cup 2010

It has been quite sometime that I'd not step my foot into a badminton court. It's great that my comeback to badminton court is to Stadium Putra witnessing the battle of Thomas Cup which held last weekend. This time is quite unique as I brought along my gear (Camera) to the court instead of bringing in a racket and challenge for a win.

Good fortunes comes straight to me as I was given this pass to shoot the players from the court area. With the help of my 70-300mm, this is just nice. No flashes are to be used during the whole competition as this might affect the player's attention. Anyhow, the lighting around the court was superb and gives photomans a good brightness that we are all hoping for. I did froze a few moments of Lin Dan (China) giving a jumping smash. Photos are more on Lin Dan as he was one of my idol... Hehe!

This was a great experience to witness a LIVE badminton match. The atmosphere over the stadium was fanatic. I couldn't believe how supportive are all the guests. Drums, trumpets and plastic sticks are all over the stadium supporting and cheering for their players. There were some chaos during the match as some dumb ass threw a bottle to the player. This is really embarrassing!

Anyhow, this experience opens up my eyes @.@ and I'll hope for a second chance to go for X-Treme sports in the future. Hell yea... Chau pplz~

~ a.k.a ICEMAN ~

Challenged Broga Hill

Started my very last semester @ UCSI, I maximize this opportunity to go out with my frens before we all went to seek for our own future. Planned and challenged the Broga Hill early in the morning. We gathered at McD early 04:00 and reaching there around 05:15! Climbing up the hill at this time is not very promising as it was dark and the road were full of golf holes. But however, we don't hv any choice as my mission is to get a shot of the sunrise. I keep pushing them to climb faster as the sun is coming up. This is very very wrong as I used up all my gases and resulting an empty energy tank up there. Feeling so uneasy caz the lack of oxygen and exhausted. I rested for a while alone at the 1st peak. Challenged the 2nd peak not long after and setup the camera for the sunrise. WTH? No sunrise that morning. Cannot see a single round duck egg that morning. Shit man, walking down the hill is even more scarier. it was like rolling down the hill as my shoe was outta grip caz all those sand were stuck in between of the grip stripes. I walked myself up here because of nothing and rolled myself down there with cut and bruises. I told myself that this was the first and the very last time I challenge this damn thing. Anyhow, it was still an amazing trip caz I worked it out with all my frens. Cool~

After the challenge, we went to a nearby temple and wondered around. Then, breakfast at Semenyih is really nice. Chic mushroom noodle... I craved for more... =)

~ a.k.a ICEMAN ~

A Nightmare On Elm Street Movie Review

One, two... Freddy's coming for you

Three, four... Better lock your door

Five, six... Grab your crucifix

Seven, eight... Gonna stay up late

Nine, ten... Never sleep again!

Yee haaa! Juz the lyrics makes me freak out! Don't you dare to fall asleep as Freddy is on his way to seek for his revenge. As usual, horror type was not my choice of movie! Being dragged to hell by some ghost fans, I gut up myself and go for it. And in d end, it wasn't that scary as what I've thought. Good try for giving me a heart attack, but u failed Freddy freak :) A [5/10]

Synopsis: Freddy a preschool farmer was burnt to death by the villagers for some bad act to the children. After the children turns to teenagers, they started to have this strange nightmare which eventually kills them one by one during their sleep! Where both Quentin and Nancy brought this imagined, Freddy out to the real world and kills him to end this awful nightmare!

Release Date: 13 May 2010

Language: English

Genre: Horror

Running Time: 1 hour 36 minutes

Director: Samuel Bayer

Cast: Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner, Rooney Mara

~ a.k.a ICEMAN ~

Pitbull rockz Bkt Kiara

C'mon rockers! Pls stand up and salutes the R&B king "Pitbull". This is a very best chance to get a feel of this unique 12 hour non stop dancing festival which will be held at Bukit Kiara Club this Saturday night. Where he'll make you dance til the sunrise. His top songs "Hotel Room Service", "I Know u Want Me", "Krazy" is a guaranteed for that night. if you need some serious music for the night, get yourself a pass to get in to the club and rockz together with us! Hell Yea!!! Ticket pricing ranges from RM188 for guest entries and Rm 248 for VIP entires. For more information, please visit www.marctensia.com or visit www.axcess.com.my!

~ a.k.a ICEMAN ~

Licence to Style Fashion Show

Hello fashion freaks out there! I've been attending the "Licence To Style" held at One Utama for two consecutive weekends. It has been amazing seeing all those pretty models rocking on the stage and being flashed by the photographers (Including me)! I was really into fashion show not just because of all those pretty models but for the music that steal my heart beat! I crazed for those music and downloaded a few of them, rocking at home like a crazy dude! Steamzzz

Tons of fashion outlets participated on this fashion show bringing up their best Spring & Summer collection. It was nice to see non-asian models on the stage as this bring a totally different feel for fashion show. They were so professional and plays their part really well. Good job man~

As usual, I put on the 70-300mm G lense for the entire show as it gives me the perfect framing for the models. Using A-mode and setting the camera to ISO 400. Testing the light of the stage is not easy as the colour temperature was too warm! I adjusted my camera's colour temperature to a more cooler feel to compensate the extreme colour on the stage. Shadows were not much a problem as the lighting around the stage was good. Overall, I'm really satisfied on the result that I've got! Thx

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* Sorry, photos were too much that I'd to split it into three different albums.

~ a.k.a ICEMAN ~

Iron Man 2 Movie Review

Well as everyone was sharing the same question "Iron Man 2 better or Ip Man 2?" I'd watched this two movies. In the end, I clarified that Ip Man 2 was the winner. Why did I said so? Iron Man 2 was more on technologies and talking scenes makes me boring. The heroic Iron Man was not much different compared to the 1st episode. Not really recommend for this movie compared to Ip Man 2. [4/10]

Synopsis: Tony found out that his invention, the core in his chest was giving him health problem "The blood toxicity". As he was trying to replace the Paladium in his chest, the government wants him to produce suits for the military. As Ivan helps the government to create the suits they needed. In the end, producing a major disruption and let Iron Man to fix the shitz,

Release Date: 29 April 2010

Language: English

Subtitle: Malay, Chinese

Genre: Action, Adventure

Running Time: 2 hours 3 minutes

Director: Jon Favreau

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Palthrow, Don Cheadale, Mickey Rourke, Scarlett Johansson ~ a.k.a ICEMAN ~

Ip Man 2 Movie Review

Day-6 was a day for Fashion Show "Licence to Style" photo shooting. But however, I did manage to skipped part of the event and went for the movie. I was wondering whether I'll regret on my decision as i might skipped great show during the event. In the end, I'm glad tat this movie comes out to be great. Kung Fu masters fighting over their traditions and culture against the foreigners. Can he still fight over 10 people? Oh hell yea, he fought over 20++ this time around. A very impressive [9/10]

Synopsis: Ip Man was shot after claiming the victory over the Japanese! Then, he was saved and settled down at Hong Kong. Wishing to open his own martial art school, he needs to compete and stand up the challenge from all martial art masters. Can he do it? Watch yourself as those fast response can make you blind. Fighting to retain Chinese's culture, he challenged Twister (Boxer) and gave his best shot to win the unfair match.

Release Date: 29 April 2010

Language: Cantonese

Genre: Action, Drama

Running Time: 1 hour 49 minutes

Director: Wilson Yip

Cast: Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, Lynn Hung, Huang Xiao Ming, Louis Fan ~ a.k.a ICEMAN ~

Colmar Tropicale, Berjaya Hills

A big hi and hello to all of you out there! Day-5 was the best of all "A trip to Colmar Tropicale". Tis trip has been in my mind for quite sometime and it's time to get it right. This great sunny Saturday will be my day to accomplish this mission together with my sis and model of the day "KK". While relaxing up the hill, I benefited this opportunity in using my new lense to capture my first set of portrait pixars. Whee ~~

We registered with the tourism center. Whoa a Mercedes-Benz, yup a Mercedes was arranged to get us there for RM 52 each including the entrance fee and the return tickets. That was a great journey as this was my very first time going to that place. Once we got our butt there, I pop out my camera and attached with the suitable lense. Capturing pictures were begun straight away.

I used 3 different lenses in capturing all the special moments. Since it was early and not much tourists were there at the early morning, I decided to maximize this opportunity in capturing the scenery and the French's architecture before it gets crowded. First using the 18-70mm for capturing the scenery around the area. The range given by this lense enables me to capture amazing scenery from different angles. Cool ~

During the lunch time, I switched to the longer range lense 70-300mm. From the outdoor restaurant, I was able to capture some moments of tourists walking and passing by. Besides, I was so lucky as Astro Hua Hee Tai crew was there capturing their new show which will be broad casted on tv soon.

Lastly, switching to the new 50mm lense. This was my first time capturing human portraits. Thx to model "KK". He was so pro in posing and giving different styles in suitable areas. By borrowing the great sunlight, I'm able to light up my model just as how I wanted to. I'm glad to receive amazing response from the portrait pictures that I'd captured. To be very honest, I'm satisfied with the result of those pics. What makes me frustrated was unable to get the Silhouette effect as we'd gone back around 5pm. Steamzzz...

Back to Colmar Tropicale, my comment of this trip was good if you never been there before. Weather is cool, temperature was warm, and rmr to bring sun oil as u might get burnt by the sun. It was a perfect place for photographers who would like to capture scenery and portrait pictures. For the Japanese village, there was not much excitement. Nature lovers, this would be nice as there was a botanical garden and also the world first Ryozantei Tea House which was located in the center of the nature. Bear in mind that there will be lotsa creatures including bugs and Dracula around the natures. Models are adviced to bring extra attire as the hot weather will make u wet and hot. I would prefer not to return to this place for a second visit. But however, if there are models who would prefer outdoor portraits, I'll reconsider! Hehe. Times up, gotta go frens. See ya! :p

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~ a.k.a ICEMAN ~

Sony SAM 50mm F1.8 review

Hey boys & gals out there! Check this out. I've just added a new lense (50mm F1.8) to my collection recently. Day-3 of my holiday starts right here. Planning to go town to collect my BB gun, I came across this store and asked for the best price of this lense. The 1st few shops that I'd asked gave me negative responses. When I got up to this shop, they offered me a good price as I knew the salesperson. Time to upgrade my camera edi! Hehe... :p

Attaching the silver-ringed lense to my camera body, it juz feels nice. Take a sample shot of it, it gives me such a great pleasure seeing the power aperture and the sharpness of the object. Really love using this lense to take portrait pics. It gives me such pleasure and it's damn good. Try it and u'll know what is call the power of bokehness! Learning how to snaps portrait pix (Amazed by JS's wedding photographs)!

I'd tried to capture some special moments. Setting ur camera to Aperture mode will gv u the best quality of aperture and sharpness of the object. When taking human portrait pictures, frame your main object as far as possible with the background. This will produce a perfect bokeh and sharpness of the model! Try it, hv some fun.

~ a.k.a ICEMAN ~