Lights

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Somebody forgot to bring the decorations down!

Went to Little India this morning. Went there for breakfast and also to help a friend to check the prices for a Leica camera. So happens that there none for sale there. So I proceeded for breakfast.

Not the best prata that I ate though but I did managed to take several pictures. While sitting down and having my breakfast!

O.k its past noon now and my plan was to shower and vist a friend in the hospital I beter get a move on because Adam will be back soon.

Hopefully I can cheer him up by bringing shopping for groceries later.

Slim

Almost done!

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My life, my world.

We went to Punggol Riverside park yesterday. Adam tried out his newly repaired bicycle and Su tried out her newly bought bicycle. I guess they did enjoy themselves. I on the other hand spent the time looking for photo opportunities. Took some and well, you could say that it was a refreshing evening.

Slim

Boat

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I took this while at Upper Pierce.

This is another one that I took yesterday. Felt a sudden rush of excitement as the boat raced to the bank which was not more than 20 meters away from me.

Once there, i realised why there was such a haste. There is this idiotic man fishing in the reservoir. Stupid man! I mean, its a reservoir! Its where our drinking water comes from!

My left shoulder is hurting. I don't think I will be out today. It hurts evertime I move, My wife and son bought me a heat pack from the "pasar malam" the other day. I think I will try it to see if it works.

Slim

White flowers

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I look up and there they were.

Went to Upper Pierce Reservoir today. Took some shots. Took over a hundred, could not make myself like more than 5. This is one of them.

Reached home at 10.30pm yesterday. Brought wifey out for supper at Mas Ayu. I like the food. I don't know if she did. I had mee goreng and she had Mee Hong Kong. I know its not encouraged to have late night meals but I have not had dinner and I think its better than eating chocolates in bed.

I hope that what she had would give her the sustenance for what she has in store today.

Had an interesting lesson yesterday. About incest! No no, incest is one of the themes in the play that I am reading. Tis a pity she is a whore...A disturbing play.

Slim

My latest

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Taken by Sony A-mount 30mm macro.

I just got this lens. It come together with a vivitar 105m but I have not the time to check out that lens, yet.

I like this one over my celtic 35mm 2.8 (I traded that in) because of the material that it is made off. Its heavier and the front element is so much impressive looking.

My dad came over the other day. He said he wanted to bring Adam to see Sarah. So he took Adam straight from school and brought both of them for dinner. As a result, Adam came back home around 6 and we did not go to Woodlands for his weekly religious classes. But since its assessment time, Wan gave the ok.

What else happened today? Er, oh. I need to settle Dad's insurance claimed over a minor kiss and run incident he had with a lorry last January. That means, I have to make some phone calls.

Hope I can get this done before Adam comes home today, and this should be in about 20 minutes.

Slim

Droplets on vines.

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Looking up.

I need to blog more. Or maybe, I need to take more pictures. I want to blog at least once a day.

I find that this is easier ever since I linked my flickr account to my blog. I just need to click on a button and presto!

So, today is Monday. What have I done since I woke up? Considering that I woke up at 1.15 am, I think I done quite a bit of driving. Oh, the driving have not stopped yet, my friend.

At 1.30 am I was in town picking my sis-in-law from work. Her bike broke down. Reached home at 2.30am. Felt asleep and then work up again at 5.00am. Drove my wife to Woodlands to pick my sis-in-law, then drove both of them to town. Reached home about 8.15am. Thought I would be exhausted but I could shut my eyes.

Showered, and now am getting ready to go to JB to top up petrol. Puji made me a cup of coffee, so that, hopefully should last me until lunch. Adam should be back home by then. He is having his assessments today. Goooo Adam!

Slim

Small mushroom

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Took this by putting the camera on the ground.

Went to Sembawang Park this morning. Went there with Su's blessing Only managed to spent 1 and a half hours shooting. Out of the 179 pics manage to pick only 5 or 7...

Its ok! Thats what photography is about.
Now waiting for my mother-in-law, wifey, Adam and the rest to come back from swimming.

Am very happy with how the day is turning out.

Slim

Sharp.

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I got lucky.

I went for walk again! I did it. I went to Punggol Waterfront right at the end of Punggol road and I spent almost an hour taking pictures.

I am so happy. At least I know I had some exercise. I am sure I will be fit in no time. (Must have target)...

Will be going to JB today. To top up petrol.
Hope the traffic will be good...

Slim.

Fruits

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I don't know the name of the tree. But I do know that I have not seen this fruit before. I have seen the tree, but not the fruit.

I did it! I went for a walk! I walked a good twenty minutes to get to my destination. I put on my sneakers, tied the shoelaces tight and drove to the nearest parking lot and I walked. The cost of it is a few more minutes of sleep. But it was time well spent! And I am all hyped up!

I have always wanted to come here. It along Punggol Road. I saw the gate and when the morning sun shine on it, I would sigh and think to myself that I would not be able to get there! But I did. And I am o.k! No pain in my legs. I wanna look good and feel good again.

Su said, I might be having a mid life crisis. So? I want to feel good. I want to be good. I think I am good right now.

Its half past twelve noon. I am hungry. But I shall wait for Adam to come back.

Hopefully, I could spend some time with Adam in getting him a new bicycle.

I need to read too. Time fly so fast. Just last month, Adam said that he does not want to bring food from home anymore. He said that its too childish. Oh my Tuhan! I missed those days when I can bring food from home. Food from home is always nicer.

Slim

Peace

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This is Danial

I took this while we were are Rembau. I like this picture as I think this is how it Danial is best represented. Stylish, cool and gentle. He is one of a kind. The way he treats his younger cousins such as Adam and Irsyad made me glad that Danial is one of us. I wish him the best.

Fire

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Thats not too big!

This, this is my sweet mother-in-law. Thats her being happy that she could start a fire. Thats her in the kampung. She has been trying hard to start a fire. As some of us know, the fire is needed as a means of clearing the rubbish. I could have sworn that she has an arsonist streak in her.

Rembau, thats where our kampung is. It has been some time since we were there. Its a nice break, to go there and to do the chores specifically suited for life in the kampung. To wake up hearing the cocks crow, to shoo the cows that come into the garden to graze, to go to the market and haggle with the sellers and of course, to have the chendol!

Ooh, the chendol. On a hot day, that bowl of chendol can be a life saver.

If you ever, ever set food in Rembau, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, be sure to try the food. Its pungent, spicy and sweet at the same time. Hmm, holidays will be here soon.

Su is going for a forum in the holidays. I think we can squeeze a day or two to drop by Rembau.

Slim

Palm leaves

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I did not accidentally underexpose this.

Took this to see if I can have a pop out effect using the Min AF 24mm at 2.8. This is the only one that was underexposed. And this is the only one that draws my attention to it. Its like, its mysterious and that it is calling me to look closer...

Anyway, this was taken in Sengkang Park. Near the car park. Went there the the N3s and than Haniffa's family. Did not get to do much with them as we were late. Had to rushed home because its almost dinner time I was pissed...

Pissed because I could not do what I wanted and pissed because it was a waste of time running around looking for bicycles. Did not get any when we are supposed to get 2. Sigh....

Been feeling tired and I bet I could fall asleep right here, right now. But I guess, I have to note down something that happened in my life, somewhere.

Slim.

Curry Puffs

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at f1.8

Finally, finally my Konica Hexanon adapter arrives.

This is a test shot of the lens. Very nice isn't it. Anyway, those were last curry puffs that were fried before we ran out of LPG. Ha ha! I am not having problems with submitting my work. Its my mistake, I know but it sure is nerve wrecking waiting for the other party to give the go ahead. Its 1745hrs already. I think they'll stop work at 1800. So I am waiting, waiting, still...

Windmill

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Taken at Holland Village.

Shot at Holland Village. First time I am seeing it.

Took it while having prata with an old friend. Missed him.

Slim.

Twins

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Big trucks side by side.

This is one of mine. I like this. And I like the time I spent taking this. The time I spent with Adam.

Slim

Big tyres

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Adam took this.

Today's afternoon was a special one which I like to remember for the rest of my days. Today was the day me and Adam went on a shoot together for the first time.

It was strange. I thought it will be a troublesome affair but it was quite amazing. Before anything, he started to shoot first. He carried on shooting without me telling him what to do.

Along the way, I would advise him on picture composition and he would listen. It was amazing. He shot more pictures that I did and in so doing, he did what I should have been doing. Take more pictures. He shot more than 100 while I only manage to shoot about 70.

We went to a construction site and there were that many trucks. Trucks with big tyres. Those use to carry big rocks and all. The setting sun seemed to give them a glorious glow, much akin to my heart when I heard the shutter closes in Adam's 5D.

I wished it to happen again.

Slim

Purple

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Ixora

I like this one too.

Purple, bigger

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Took this at the roof garden this morning.

There is just one that is wrong with the whole digital slr thing. You tend to forget to bring along the memory card.

Anyways, this was taken in my roof garden this morning. Used it to see if I could add borders. Voila! I could and I did. I think its lovely.

I am now not so upset as I was a few days ago. I going to read more pages today...I hope.

Slim

Angry birds

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Took this while Adam was doodling.

This is Adam, earlier in the afternoon. He was trying to perfect the art of drawing the angry birds. I like the fact that he likes to draw. And he is very conscientious about it too...

My wife made an observation the other day. She mentioned that whenever a family have dinner together, they never seemed to be together. Think about it. Whenever you have a family dinner, more often than not, you or some of your family members would be playing with their smartphones. Am I right? Concentration is passed from the present to the future. Sigh.

50mm Minolta 1.4 at 1.7.

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Su doing her work.

Its almost 15 minutes to midnight. Su has just woken up from her nap and I am sleepless in Seattle. So while waiting for the computer to finish setting up Adobe Photoshop CS3, importing pictures, exporting pictures and sharing them on Flickr (go Mac!) all at the same time, I read.

The title is The Duchess of Malfi. I managed to come close to the end of the introduction. Seems like its going to be an interesting play.

Oh well, I hope that none of us will stay up too late.

Oh by the way, Arsenal won 7-1!! Hooray!

Contax 45/2 on my Nex

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Took this with my Minolta 35-70 f4 at 5.6

This is fast becoming my favourite set up. It works great. It focusses beyond infinity. Would love to bring the Zeiss Biogon 25mm out and see what it can do. Maybe I will. Later. Or tomorrow.

My KM 7D with my 35-70 F4.0

My KM 7D with my 35-70 F4.0, a photo by Nor Salman on Flickr.

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Taken with the Contax 45/2

My trusty KM 7D. If the frame number is anything to go by, I would have shot less then 4k using this camera body. I think I am way under utilizing the camera. But I l don't think I will discharge this work horse. I may have the NEX 5 and the CZs and the legacies, but this is one camera that I would like to pass on.

Slim.

Oh by the way, I finished my TMA. I hope I managed to get it in on time. Now for tonight's class. Should I or should I not.

Friends.

Friends., a photo by Nor Salman on Flickr.

Took this on Sunday morning. Feels very Leica-like. But the truth was and still is, I have problems focussing.

I like the way the 3 friends are arranged and how I manage to capture the movement involved in casting the rod.

I love this. I really do.

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Three friends, fishing.
Zeiss Plannar 45mm f2.0 at 2.8, NEX 5. Using the B&W HC mode.

Bon Jovi

Saw this when I wanted to chill by listening to some "unplugged" music. Love BJV.

Slim

Look over there!

Look over there! Su 05022012, a photo by Nor Salman on Flickr.

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Using the toy mode.

I really like this picture. And I really like as to when and how this picture came about. Anyways, I am taking a break now from reading my texts. Got an assignment due.

This was taken in Changi. This was taken early Sunday morning. Usually I would be with a friend doing what we do what we think we do best, that is taking pictures. But he was not around and Su was free. So we decided to have a morning stroll. That was nice.

Anyway, I was using the zeiss 45/2 and I told Su to pose. She did and I took this shot using my Nex 5. What I like about it is the toy mode effect of the camera. And Su's red dress made her pop out from the picture.

I really like this.

We had breakfast afterwards. Just in case you are wondering, Adam was with his grandmother at that time.

In the afternoon, we went to Masai.

NEX 5 with 45.2 Plannar

NEX 5 with 45.2 Plannar, a photo by Nor Salman on Flickr.

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My dad. With the tools of what was once his trade. 05022012

This is my dad, in his new, still yet to be completed house in Masai, Johor.
Brought my in-law there yesterday. It was the first time for Su and my mother-in-law. We reached there around 4 and left around 9 pm. There was a jam at the causeway. We manage to reach our home at close to eleven.

Slim

Almond Muffins

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45/2 Plannar with Nex 5.
www.muffinsrecipe.net

Su made this. She downloaded it from www.muffinsrecipe.net. She downloaded it, got started with it 5 minutes later and while its baking, manage to set up 2 sets of cupboard. I did not manage to taste it because by the time i wanted it, it was left in my dad's place. Time move too fast if you ask me.