eunice with a nasty look
and on her right side is alvin...but didn't get him in the pic


i was trying to do some slow-mo action
i forgot what was karen laughing for


shuk doing his tamama/keroro hand gesture
celeste seems very happy with her phone...lol


big juicy kiss from beatrice!


yus can still open her eyes with the 30d's super strong flash

we had a farewell dinner with shuk last thursday
at chillis klcc
i had fish n chips again
some ordered triple...
and frankly speaking...
for the rest..i have no idea what the name of the dishses are
it was a fine dinner...

well
at least it's not at jumpa..
i nearly fainted when he told me where was it
goodness...
how cheapo can this person be?
anyways..will have more images later
when miss c decided to send me the images she took...
wah biang..
say tonight want to send...
bayang pun takde...

people don't just land on mountain tops
they had to climb...
some climbed hard
so...
what am i doing at the bottom wondering around?

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anyways, adobe had just released the new adobe suite CS3
the most prominent improvement from flash
is that now you get to import stuffs from photoshop and illustrator
while preserving its layers and structure...
how wonderful can that be
and moreover
now the vector drawing for flash has incorporated the powerful shape drawing of illustrator
this is actually the best i can imagine
everyone who used flash before will realise
how difficult it is to trying to draw out something properly like illustrator

and with the new photoshop
you even get to do animation in it...
and then import as flv to flash!!
how wonderful that will be
they now have smart filters...
so when u rotate...resize or warp your images..
you don't need to worry that it will spoil your image quality

ok..i can't wait for the ehem version to come out
because i don't have money to get the originals

ok...
i'm addicted to more and more photo manipulation techniques
photoshop is really fun to experiment with
and i posted 3 posts within a day!!!
that's a new record again....
yawn~

before


after


since i love basketball so much..
i've decided to choose this
ripped it of from corbis.com
it's copyrighted...
ok..shuk..here's the tutorial you've requested


here's to adjust the level abit
move it to the right side to bring out more black in the image


duplicate the background layer


select desaturate and the image adjustment


this is how it looks like when it's desaturated


create a new empty layer to put in the color
i've chosen this color
it's sorta brownish
makes really good sepia tone


select overlay for the layer's blend mode


change the opacity a little lower
for my case
i've chosen 60%


select a new adjustment layer - curves
curves are actually one of the best tool to create different look and feel for your images
but providing you need lotsa try and errors to get the best result


roughly
this is how your curves layer is gonna look like


create a new empty layer
then use the marquee tool to select a rectangle on the image
the rectangle must not be the entire part of the image
maybe like 20 pixels inner of it
then select the feather tool
i used 40 pixels, it's up to u...
this will create a nice curvy corner selection for u...
go to the next step


then select inverse
go to the next step


fill in the selection with black color
for that layer
use overlay for it's layer's blend mode
this is to add the vignett effect around the image...
mind my english..
this is the final touch

ok i'm planning on a bbq...
probably it will end up during may or june...
what i've been thinking is the kind of grilled kebab bbq...
i have a handful of recipes...
which i think is more than enough
gotta do a survey of what my friends eat and don't eat...
everyone is invited...
just let me know earlier that you're coming
so i can make sure that the amount of food prepared is enough
mm..let me see
there're probably gonna be hamburgers too
who doesn't eat capsicums...please let me know...
cucumber..marshmellows...sliced lemon...olive oil...
so many things to prepare...
here's a mouth-watering image of the kebab bbq



damn it...
i'm hungry now

before


after



ok..after watching 300
i love the style so much...
decided to figure out how i can achieve something like it...
soon...my blog will be full of images that are 300 alike...
it's still not that perfect...
i'll need sometime to figure out something better...

why is it so freakin difficult to find myself a 206????

stop being so fussy~~!!!!
* slaps own face

why can't i just put my pride down and drive a japanese car????
* slaps own face again

ok...it's been long since i've last written 2 posts a day
but i just can't help it
catched the movie 300 today
awesome movie with a great storyline
i wasn't actually expecting much in the story
looking at the fact that it has really great visual effects
very frank miller style...
or rather a style nicknamed "the crush"
and credits to gerald butler...
frankly speaking...
he didn't leave much of an impression to me in the phantom of the opera
but here..
it's totally a different story
he as king leonidas carried himself with great power
and his fury voice and accent really made him shine

the movie is not about pure violence
it's about the fight for freedom
it's something people still do now
a fight for your family...friends and country

thumbs up...
and eagerly waiting for spiderman 3 now...

ok...i'm finally watching 300 today...
laugh all you want~!
but last week was like a dream
especially at work...
things happened so fast
i wasn't able to gain control of anything
but well..
2 more weeks ahead...
maybe if things turned out to be really bad...
i will clear my MCs...

Hotlink??This.Is.SPARTA!!*sepak*
Maxis??This.Is.SPARTA!!*sepak*
Oxford Fajar??This.Is.SPARTA!!*sepak*
Sandy??This.Is.SPARTA!!*sepak*
Lebai??This.Is.SPARTA!!*sepak*

best~

i've acquired some new techniques and skills and i'm not afraid to show it... walla~

beautiful wedding with beautiful people
isn't that what a wedding is all about?
for more

因为你还在我心里
所以我无法放开我自己
因为你还在我脑里
所以我的眼泪无法停止淌滴
请你把我的呼吸还给我
请你让我的心跳延续
只有抛开你留下的一切
我才能勇敢....
一个人的继续走下去

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我的心
渐渐寻回了自己的旋律
我的手掌
也找回了生命里该走的路线
发自内心的微笑
滋润了我干枯的面容
我不再无病呻吟
因为
我生命里
实在是有太多空白的画布
等待着我去填上缤纷的色彩

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你一眨眼
就把空气中的快乐
全都给吹走了
我想留住快乐
更想留住你
但却身不由己
悲伤占据了我的臂膀
像是千斤重的负担
让我驼了背
弯了腰
也没有办法好好地抬起头
向前走

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ok..believe it or not..i wrote those
my mandarin has always been better than my english
and i used to love writing poems
anyways...nuff said
i just went to pre-ordered the final harry potter book
HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS
by looking at the title
it made me feel like harry's gonna die in this book
it's like already 10 whooping years
since the first harry potter book
so after this...
no more hogwarts...
no more harry... hermoine... ron... neville... luna... ginny... fred... george... arnold... molly... lupin... mcgonagall... hagrid...
*sob...

can't wait for this book...
21st of july 2007...
it's another 124 days...
so slow...

if going home on time means that i'm useless...
well...
then i am...

why do i always get this feeling???

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pan's labyrinth checked...awesome movie with superb cinematography
and the storyline was really good too
who would have thought of to relate war with a fantasy world?
i ain't no movie critics...
movies that i think are nice
might not apply the same to others...
but i like this movie..
and paying rm6 for it it's definitely damn worthy
well..
though it was in spanish...
the subs helped...
i did a spanish & chinese wedding last week...
listening to people speaking spanish in real life
it's definitely not the same in the movie...
ok..next target...muhksin & 300

my must watch movies list :

1. pan's labyrinth
2. mukhsin
3. transformer
4. pirates of the carribean 3 : at world's end
5. spiderman 3
6. charlotte's web
7. 300

7 x RM6 = RM42
if can't get wednesday or early bird...
it will be 7 x RM9 = RM63 ( for tgv )
7 x RM10 = RM70 ( for gsc )

ok...now....
look me in the eyes... and tell me the truth and nothing but the truth...
how to save money ler.....

the best way is to be super outdated...
and buy those 'ehem' dvds
then it will be 7 x RM4 = RM28

should i or should i not?
but..what is there to think about?
i'll get to meet my idol
and act like a total loony in front of her..
but...
there are no buts...
isn't this what you've always wanted????
a pathway to your dreams?

*slaps own face hard
just fucking say yes....


p/s : crossing borders again...i pray it's a bright and sunny day tomorrow...
pp/s: i'll also pray that it will be a bright and sunny day on sunday...
ppp/s: anyone got any nice hotel to intro at Bali ar?

when you thought you've seen it all...
life is all about surprises...

i edited a bit...nicer right?








yes..i've worked with them, but i'm nothing like them...hohoho




zam zam saying goodbye












yes..she is crying


eunice thinks we can't see her...and alvin is hoping we can see him...






kiss kiss...









thai club's food wasn't that nice anymore
but what the heck..it's really cheap...
the point we were there...
is just to have a great time with karen
so she will miss us forever
ahhh...
bubyes...
it feels weird not seeing your mails every morning...