wow this is a break thru lol…. i NEVER been in office this early before. All doors were shut tight when i arrived and the whole place is so quiet… eerie? no just lots of mosquitoes ~ ><
Luckilly the Canteen is opened and can see aunty and her family busy preparing sufficient food for the supply of whole new day. Luckilly one of my colleague arrived shortly after that and i get to go into the office, be at my desk, blogging this whole damn thing
Well i always being at work early. It feels so comfortable and somehow it gives me more “Umph” to prepare for a new busy day. However looking at myself always have the problem of waking up early enough, forget about it…
I only need to punch my card when i step in office everyday due to my job nature. And i’m proud of myself coz i’ve such beautiful record of punching in almost everyday at last minute…
8.59am
yes, that’s the time stamp that you can find on my punch card the most..
9.00am stays at 2nd place…. XD
Damn i’m good in getting there last minute!
wanna see how dark am i now?
see lo…
Africano-jack
Envy my healthy skin tone? go singapore, tan under the sun 2 days from 10am-1pm shud be sufficient
I hereby gladly annouce that, i’m going to Singapore tonight!
What for?
To be an official photographer for a team named Kiyah-Splashh in the Singapore International Dragon Boat Festival!
Somehow i would like to thank up front to Kiyah-Splashh team member Ivan who acknowledges my photoshooting ability and welcomed me to be their photographer i’m totally hyped!
What am i bringing over for this event?
Canon 1000D with Kit Lens PLUS Battery Grip
Canon 55 - 250mm F4-5.6 IS
50mm 1.8Canon 420ex Flash Gun
and last but not least,
BEHOLD….
Canon 100 - 400 L USM IS F4.5-5.6 !!!!!!
Somehow i feel this is gonna be HELL OF A SHOOTING TRIP!!!!
First was Premier screening and 2nd was in IMAX Times Square.
WHY?
Well basically i am a person that will watch a big movie like this more then once. Simply because first time, i will watch with a hyper excited stage and mood. And due to that i believe i will miss quite some details in the show. Thus watching 2nd time will allow me to observe the whole show in a more calm down mood.
What i’ve spotted in this movie?
Well i believe i’ve mentioned a few at my previous post few days ago. I just wish to make a more detailed review about this show as i believe not just me but almost the whole world has been anticipating this show ever since 2007…
First of all, YES i definately enjoyed the movie it’s Transformers for god sake!!
However i realised some plot holes through out the movie.
- Reused robot Remember in the trailer that shows a huge contruction vehicle(tractor) transofromed at the middle of the Shanghai factory place during a NEST night mission and some helicopters was destroyed? That Decepticon named Demolisher was killed on that scene with a huge shot on his head by Optimus.. however in case you do not know, he is part of the 6 in one mega robot named Devastator which appears in the end of the movie… wtf?
Remember Blackout the helicopter? He was killed by Lennox in the first episode where he shot him right from the bottom after Lennox rushed below Blackout by a bike… The similiar helicopter appears AGAIN in this episode! Without any single introduction, we are suppose to know that is actually Grindor.. another Decepticon *sweat*..
Remember Bonecrusher which his head was cut off by Optimus prime in the first episode when they have a giant tweak fight by the highways? I swear I saw him appearing AGAIN at the final battle scene at the dessert!!
and looking at the amount of contruction bots that are at the final scene, it’s rather confusing on who is who because you’ve seen 6 contruction vehicles combined and became Devastator but at the same time the same construction bots are chasing and fighting with Sam, Mikaela and Bumblebee.
My only possible guess for this is :
- its Puking expensive to remold and redesign a new robot so the story has to be 100000 robots arrived at the battle and they transformed to whatever things that they can see around them : the 6 types of construction vehicle!!
(but that still does not explain why bonecrusher appeared there….. )
- Reused Scene(or too similiar?)
If i were to meet Michael Bay, i mean IF, i will definately ask him one question :
“Why are you so cheap?”
If you are to be observative enough, you will be able to identify a few repeated scene in Transformers 2.
Remember the scene where the commets are shooting down from the space into earth?
Remember the scene where the observation drone flew and arrive at the battle ground at Qatar dessert in episode 1?
- too many bots (somehow) spoil the show..
Yes, too many robot somehow spoil the show.. this is due to the robots are not that properly introduced this round..
I believe this might be the way for them to cover up the reused model of designing the robots. However you cant hide from our eyes especially ppl like us that loves transformers the movie so much! Characters that’s been lost focused like Jolt that charges Optimus Prime at the final scene to combine Jetfire with Optimus, and like mentioned above, how the hell can a huge Blackout look-alike decepticon Grindor can be missed out from any proper introduction?
By this time we definately miss few scenes from Transformers 1 especially this one below :
So Michael Bay, if you manage to step into here do you get what i mean?
Anyhow, overall the movie still rocks. Somehow the plot still manage to bring some surprises even though there’s been quite some trailers and footage revealing what’s gonna happen in the movie. It also manage to entertain EVERYONE that steped into the cinema.
I’ve watched twice, and both show ended with CHEERS and APPLAUSES from the audiences!
So this is definately NOT a movie to be missed as i believe it’ll hit some record this round due to Transformers, Michael Bay, and of course, Makaela
Okay Transformers 2 is coming our next week! I believe for whoever that know what the hell is Transformers The Movie about, is equally as excited as me now
Here are some VERY interesting facts and triva I’ve found about this 2nd episode of the movie..
Cool Facts :
14 robots last time, 46 robots this time (ILM only)
If you had all the gold ever mined in the history of man, you could build a little more than half of Devastator.
Optimus Prime will be life size on IMAX screens in many forest fight shots.
Devastator’s hand is traveling 390 miles per hour when he punches the pyramid.
The pyramid destruction simulation was 8 times bigger than the old rigid simulation all-time record holder at ILM.
All robot parts laid out end to end would stretch from one side of California to the other, about 180 miles
Devastator’s parts stacked tip to tip would be as tall as 58 empire state buildings.
If all the texture maps on the show were printed on 1 square yard sheets, they would cover 13 football fields.
Disk Space
Trans1 took 20 Terabytes of disk space. Trans2 took 145 Terabytes. Seven times bigger!
145 terabytes would fill 35,000 DVDs. Stacked one on top of the other without storage cases, they would be 145 feet tall.
Rendering Time
If you rendered the entire movie on a modern home PC, you would have had to start the renders 16,000 years ago (when cave paintings like the Hall of Bulls were being made) to finish for this year’s premier!
A single imax shot in the movie (df250) would have taken almost 3 years to render on a top of the line home PC running nonstop.
IMAX frame render times: As high as 72 hours per frame!
IMAX
Optimus Prime will be life size on IMAX screens in many forest fight shots.
Imax frames take about 6 times longer than anamorphic to render.
IMAX frame render times: As high as 72 hours per frame!
Devastator!!
Devastator is as tall as a 10 story building.
Devastator has more than 10 times the number of individual parts found in an average car.
Laid out end to end, Devastator’s parts would be almost 14 miles long.
So this episode is SEVEN times BIGGER then first episode and if we were to render this movie by ourself at home with our dual core or whatever pc it takes 16,000 years…….. interesting, huh?
Now we know exactly what we are expecting on the BIG screen!!!
Went to Putrajaya for the very first International Dragon Boat Festival with Mark and YY+her husband.
The event is surprisingly swamped with visiting crowd and spectators. It’s a very happening and colourful event and somehow I felt really proud for such event being held in Malaysia.
Managed to shoot some kewl pictures(I think :p) and it’s all thanks to the new CPL filter that’s brought to me by Siok Mei all the way from Australia!
Here are some interesting pictures i’ve taken that day…
Left side view from the observation tower
The right side view from observation tower
The observation tower
and by now you sure wonder how the hell i get to go up to the top of the tower, rite?
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TADAAAA…
Bangganye....
here are some pics from the race :
PUSH!!!!
AIM : finishing line!
And somehow i found the beauty in the lake of putrajaya water sports complex…
In the lake : Power of Polarizer Filter from YY's lens
Enjoy the rest of the pictures!
PUSH!!!!
In the lake : Power of Polarizer Filter from YY’s lens
Marathon movie weekend with Raymond, Josh, Maria, Rachel for 2 movies…
Monsters VS Aliens
SI BEH funny….. laughed my intestines out for this show…. cute characters and it’s sort of sacarstic version of Fantastic 4 lol…. (some how)
Recommended show : 4.5 / 5
(0.5 gone because of “it’s another super hero show” thing..)
Terminator : Salvation
Interesting… ppl tend to think “Aiya 4th episode already sure no longer that nice anymore…”
frankly speaking, i will advise u to do your “homework” before watching this show!
I was like “HUH? wat da %^&!@” at the begining of the show… have some patience… you will get (most of) your questions answered when the show goes on. BUT STILL, i will advise to revise on the earlier episodes of Terminator Series. At least Episode 1 and 2!
Lots of scaring/frightening and very suspense scene all over the movie and you might wanna ignore your curiosity for a moment and enjoy the thrill of the entire show.
Recommended show : 4 / 5
Where the 1 went to?
I do not like the way they use “I’ll be back” in this episode…
and..
it’s a bit of confusing at the starting point of the movie..
Monday night, went to watch this…
Night in the Museum 2
This was a blast of laugher and fun. The LARGEST museum in the world came alife!!
Overall i give 4/5.
1 point went down due to a question lingered in my mind… where did his “girl friend” from previous episode?
However thumbs up for the funny-ness!
and for Today, I’ve got premier passes to watch the premier screening for this…
Hannah Montana the Movie
I know ppl will start saying that :”Hey this is such a teenage / casual show.. no point watching it~”
but ironically, i enjoyed the every bit if the movie! lots of funny scenes and touching scenes. Never to miss quite a few of nice songs in the show as well!
Overall the show met the purpose and it’s entertaining enough. Must also mention that i am actually not a fan of Hannah Montana especially the drama series. This show shows the mature side of Miley and i have to say BRAVO to her effort!
Obviously this is also a Recommended show from me… ratings?
of course 5/5 lar! FREE TICKET WAT!! :P
p/s :
I wish to go watch Transformers 2, Revenge of the Fallen in a HUGE group… whoever interested please let me know and we shall arrange something for the screening of Transformers 2 on 24th June!!!
I was paying dealers in Digital Mall PJ a welcoming visit since i’ve just started my new job. Spent almost half a day walking up and down Digital Mall and meeting new people. Just when I was acquiring Celcom 3g broadband services, i felt the ground was shaking…
Everyone stunned and looked at each other blankly… and immediately after that, a loud “whooooshhh” sound like sand pouring out from a huge container from the sky while the ground continues to shake… The next thing was, i saw the entrance of Digital Mall was hazed, with sand and smoke…. the first thing in my brain was…. “SANDSTORM WITH EARTHQUAKE????”
Without wasting anytime i rushed out of the building (so did everyone did), turned to the right and we were stunned!
Remember this?
Now it’s like this….
Yes, it collapsed. This is NOT a planned demolish!!
According to people around the building collapsed due to heavy load on top of the building. There were some building tear down work going on in there and few huge crane was located on top of the building. Which means the workers were suppose to tear down the building slowly but accidents happened.
Image from The Star online
Not sure if there’s any death or casualties… was unable to help anything because it’s too dangerous to go into the crash site…
Felt really sad and sorry for those ppl that is burried under it(IF ANY)…. To their family, they are not coming back home anymore….
god bless…
The news is reported by The Star now… please see here :
We HAVE to be IT savvy…. especially tech / research news from Microsoft as below :
Cibai: An abstract interpretation-based static analyzer for modular analysis and verification of Java classes
Francesco Logozzo
January 2007
We introduce Cibai a generic static analyzer based on abstract interpretation for the modular analysis and verification of Java classes. We present the abstract semantics and the underlying abstract domain, a combination of an aliasing analysis and octagons.
We discuss some implementation issues, and we compare Cibai with similar tools, showing how Cibai achieves a higher level of automation and precision while having comparable performances.
Went to Saga Hill with my uncle today. In case anyone doesn’t know Saga Hill, it’s situated at Cheras.
Reached there at 2pm, and we ended the hike by 6.45pm…
It was a long and tiring hike… Tiring but fun coz surprisingly the air there is so windly and cooling… We went all the way up to the hill top of Saga, which took us anound 1 hour plus. Then from the peak we walked to another peak of Cuepecs Hill. Then we hike all the way deep down into the forest again to hunt for the beautiful waterfall.
There were time where i was taking only half step at a time because i merely can feel my tights anymore… but the feeling totally gone when we arrived at the Waterfall!!!
It was so beautiful and the water was so cold and fresh. Immediately i was rejuvenized and i was so happy that i managed to take a silky picture of the waterfall.
**WArNING!!* Sexiness detected!!
Well that was the climax of fun-ness…. after that the painful part.. we have to climb all the way back up to both of the peak and go down to where we came from…
Finally, i managed to capture a BLUE SKY!~!!
This is just a part of my KK – Trip training… have to train more on the next coming weeks!!!
Some favourite pictures of mine taken during the Road Trip to Johor, Kluang during my colleague Siti Hawa’s Wedding in Paloh… Wish her happiness always!
Be Different, Stand out!
Happiness
Culture...
Brighten up...
A lil light, brighten up your day……
It’s my last day in office today. Felt kinda sad to leave my friendly colleagues here but well, I still need to move on…
All the best to EVERYONE i get to know here and i wish all of you all the very best..
*hugs!*
will miss all of you!
~coJack~09
p/s : all pictures taken with 1000D, kit lens OR 55-250mm IS lens
Geez, Till 2 days ago, after 24 friggin years i only realised and
managed to spell “Hennessy” correctly instead of “Hennesey”
Wrong spelling all these while and i did not realise it at all!
haha!Sorry Hennesy! here’s an exclusive write up for you! ^^
-cojack-
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OK Hennessy Artistry 2009 at Upstairs, The Loft KL, was one cool event
First of all, special thanks to Sharlyn, if wasn’t her, i will not get this..
Invites?
...and yes its VIP pass!
At first i was quite a lil bit of stranger when i first thought of attending it.. It was like many monts ago since i last attended the Halloween Party but after thinking twice, who cares! It’s always cool to get to know few new friends!
So, I went….
to the party of the year Hennessy Artistry @ Upstairs, The Loft KL…
Upstairs, The Loft
The Loft KL
Invitation, Destination..
The Loft
We Registered, and entered the club…
Registration Counter... VIP lane on the Right>>
and we have some shooting at the main entrance… make us feel really VIP-licious… where u stands in front of the Huge banner with Hennessy artistry background, and few official photographers starts the *chik* *chiak* *chik* *chiak* session…
Entrance Shot - me
Entrance shot - Sharlyn
They have 3 booths set up outside of the club(right after the entrance)..
The DJ booth,
DJ Booth
DJ Booth...DJ wanna be? this is a MUST try out!
...and try to beat HER DJ skills!
The MTV booth,
MTV Booth, mix your own MTV!
Well, to be honest, BOTH of these booths are appealing… Both chics were equally attarctive and the gadgets are so high tech and gave me the itch to try out….
but nothing beats
T.H.I.S
Mix Boost? anyone?
SERVE YOURSELF! My Fav mix of the Night - Hennessy & Red Apple Mix!
Then we were urged to get into the hall as media conference was about to get started.
moreeee Henessy mixes
(but i still prefer the red apple mix! XD)
media, VIPs in the house...and the ceremony started.... THE big shots from Hennessy...
jo-jo-jo-joker face danca... i think he's quite cool!
Hitomi -- another 1000D user spotted!
superb beatboxing by VJ STARZ ANGELS feat SISSOKO
bloggers enjoying the night.. (from left) Sharlyn, Shu Jen, Kel Li Goh, Celine yapFrankly speaking i lost track of who was this guy.... but he performed with Caprice...
It was a not bad performance…
Old frien! Puay En long time no see and glad to meet you here!
(stay pretty always …)
dancing queen(s)?
Tonight......(*smiles*)
dance, people, dance!!
happy faces everywhere... but the gal behind was soooo into the rythm...(and maybe hennessy effect? )
Sharlyn is happy gal!
Jess is eVen happier.... XD (FYI she got pulled up by Caprice himself to dance on stage while he was performing! )
and so do i? can i say i'm a happy guy?
the dancers
Jess, Yee Hou and Sharlyn... and Yee Hou claims that he looked horny in this pic... well one knows it best if he's one (HEHEHEHE)
one for the Album... Top: Serge Norguard , Jess. Bottom:me, Ryan
more babes...
VJ STARZ ANGELS
Nice picture from Hitomi
leaving! Welcome, Goodbye
Yeap we left quite early because we went for MAMAK session…. had great chit chat with the new friends and i’m really glad to know you all
Take care always my friends! and may we keep in touch!
damn i cant help myself hoping it will be 24th June the next day i wake up every SINGLE day!
**UPDATE 19/04/09**
too bad Vimeo restricted the video access after one freaking day…
However, there were already screenshots done!
see Seiberton.com for the second to second screenshots!
few of them to be shown here:
Bumblebee Crying.... due to Sam doesnt want him to get involve with his normal like aka going to College *awww* so cute!!
Our favourite Hero Optimus... with damages... *ouch*
All new Starscream, more menace, more action!
Optimus doing somersault 360!
New Character Alert - believed to be Arcee(left) and Sideways (right)
Sam with Insecticon
Another New Character - JetFire
and the Shinny new BADASS Devastator!! BIG, BAD robots are coming!! Optimus is like 1/6? of its size only!
Devastator-combine from SIX!
Revenge.... another badass new character - JETFIRE
Miss this Mr Sector 7-with-flowery-Square-pants?
New Twins Character, Skids and Mudflap. Both are funny characters
But sometimes i just dont get why ppl still manage to make me start to lost mine…
To be frank, i hate anyone who comes up to me and never give up on saying “OH YOU ARE SO RICH“…or what so ever. When i tell you i’m not, means i’m not. Owning something moderately priced doesn’t mean i’m rich.
Have you ever think carefully before you say he / she is rich because he / she posseses something that make you think he / she is rich?
Personally, it TRULLY piss me off when someone who’re obviously richer then me, whom was just tellin the whole world throught his shoutout sayin that he just spend about 5-6k on something in one semester, came around me and non stop bugging me that : “OH YOU ARE SO RICH“…
BE REAL!!
Yes, BOTH my hobbies bowling and photography are in the expansive category… but it’s not considered expensive when my bowling was for state training and my bowling balls were sponsored by my family and relatives, and i’m still in debt with HSBC bank for my cheapest DSLR in market 1000D. I got that because it was my own bday present for myself (read here)AND NOT TO MISS, MOST of my stuff are 2nd hand….!
SEROIUSLY,
that’s annoying!
Sorry if this is too mean for you, but i hope you understand the ironic feeling of being said to be rich especially for a person who experienced reallly poor times before.. this applies to everyone i suppose.
Went to Main office to do some scanning job yesterday night and i passed by the IT department…
and i saw this on the whiteboard written huge and clear… seems like a “Lesson of The Day” thing to be passed on to the whole team’s acknowledgement…
Is like “If you manage to come by this word, MAKE SURE U KNOW WHAT THE CUSTOMER WANTS! DAMN IT!” thing…
ANTIAUNTY virus
Isnt that hilarrious cool?
Well we will hear more verbs like this almost everyday… nothing really surprising for a company that’s being bought over by an indian company not long ago..
i’m totally hyped!
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