There's Sauna, Jacuzzi and Foot Message, but now in Penang, there's Fish Spa. Before going for a friend's Birthday party, I bring Irene to "Happy Feet" located in New World Park. This is the first time we visited the place. We were greeted with warm smile by two receptionist, clean our feet, and given a seat to soak our legs into the pool.


The moment our feet touches the water, these fishes came an nibble on our feet. It's so ticklish that we start laughing out loud. The other customers smiles at us like telling us "I've been there before". After the 30minutes session, our feet feels much cleaner, cooling and lighter. The shoes we're wearing feels bigger than usual.


clean white feet = happy customer

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Shuyi's Birthday

After the session, we drop by Shuyi's place to celebrate her 21st birthday. Mutiara Villa has a nice pool and a large canopy for parties of such.


Birthday girl with her parents

Photo with the Birthday Girl

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Fook & James's Farewell

It's been a long time I didn't meet with Irene's friends, since two of them are leaving Penang I took a point to hang out with them at Babylon, Upper Penang Rd.


(from left) AiTee, Isabell, Irene, Timmy, James, Fook
Bon Jour Fook & James.

Image from gbchye

Muar Chee, is a snack made of steamed glutinous rice served with ground peanuts, sugar and sometimes sesame seeds. Click for Receipe. It's a very popular in Penang and here's a photo to prove just that..


What a coincidence !!!

Camera spec: Fuji F47fd at ISO800.

Labels: Photography

Event photography has never been something new to me. But yet, getting photos taken and expected to deliver it before the end of the evening is a new challenge I have to face. Before the event, there are more stuffs to pack

1. PC with LCD into 2 large suitcases (incl cables, chargers, power stabilizers)
2. Laptop & extra CD burner for backup
3. Camera equipments ( D300, 3 lenses, 1 flash, 2 tripods, and whole lot of memory.
4. Design a marketing plan to sell the CDs

When we arrive at the venue, I scratch my head on how to bring all these stuffs down. Thanks to Christopher, we managed to get a trolley from the reception and setup the booth inside the ballroom.

But since we are in a short of time (4 hours of prep), Irene was rushing until her hands shiver when cutting the words out. But the results does pay off..


Fig1: Irene taking care of the booth

That night, I was busy up and down the stage, not only to take photos of the winners, but also getting up there to receive my awards.


Fig2: Receiving the award for "Toastmasters of the Year"


Fig3: Photo with the other winners of Area Level

Throughout the event, I'm really thankful that Irene helped me up in the booth - promoting, collecting payments, burning CDs and issuing tickets.


Fig4: Photography as a business

Post-event

After the event, there's post processing, compiling and labeling all the CDs.


Fig5: Final Product - CD menu


Fig6: Autography session by Irene

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Lesson Learn:
Taking good photographs has become easier with the help of digital cameras, but being a professional photographer's path has not. For a 14-hour assignment like this, do you think i'm making any profit charging RM15 per CD? But there are over 400people attending, and I hope that I'll receive more calls to cover other paid events

My parents came over to have a look at my booth before the event. I believe they do support me in this dream I have, just like how they would support me when I stood on stage singing my 1st song in kindergarden. Thanks Pa, Ma & Irene.

Labels: Photography, Toastmasters

"How much is that dog in the window..." goes the old kindergarden song we used to sing. This is the picture of a young dog we adopt 2 years ago. His expression is so adorable when he guards the Durian eventhough he have never eaten one before (until that evening)


Guarding his precious
I think he has seriousADHD. Even when he visits the Vet to get an injection for his shampoo alergy, he's still actively hugging his mummy.


At the Vet

Reason of this post? Well...cute mar :P

I got the Trojanhorse for the 3rd time in the past few months. I didn't pay attention to the problem until I get these so-call wallpaper informing me that I got a problem in my system

For the past 2 times, I deleted my entire hard disc and installed a fresh windows. But this problem keeps coming back to bug me.

This evening after a meeting with an assignment I'm covering this weekend, I came back with the same nuisance bugging me to format my computer. This time, I noticed that there's a link on the wallpaper. I tell myself, "what the heck, just give it a try" and luckily it managed to remove the problem without harming my computer.

Now I have a problem with msmgr32.exe which have been bugging me for quite a while. Can someone please offer me some help here? Please

Labels: IT

Renesas Semiconductor (M) S/B has been doing CSR (Community Service Responsibility) Project since 2003. This year they are helping the residents of Halaman Mayang to clean up the river bank as well as spend some quality time with the community. People from all ranks in the company came and help in making the CSR Project a success.

I was assigned to this event to be kept as a record as well as send to media to promote the company. After the event, I've to compile the photos into a CD as they want to send to Japan as well as deliver a copy to the community.

Last night I stay up till 2am trying to get the Menu out with html. But I can tell you, even the slightest mistakes can give you a headache. After several fail attempts, I went straight to bed.

Fresh in the morning, I remember I used Porta and Quick Menu Builder before. Both these programs are free and works wonders!!!

Labels: Photography

"The Morning Cows"
© 2008 Neoh Soon Hueng

Ring Ring Ring, my alarm howl,
“Wake up, Wake up” it tell me,
Opening the windows I saw these cows,
“Click me, Click me” the camera screams.

When you see a photo opportunity, take up your camera and shoot away. This might never happen again. And like the photo

D300 with kit lens. Shot wide, crop tight. Enjoy~!

Labels: Photography

1. Zent has never dissapoint fans of SuperGT.
2. SuperGT is never dissapointing with Zent.

Well, I have always been a fan of Zent Gals. They have hired the top-of-class, tip of the iceberg ladies to promote their products. Just look at their waist line and those striking red dress...Muh-Ma-Mia~!!!

Unfortunately, they are also the ladies hardest to catch. I stood there on Sunday morning, waiting in front of the gate waiting for 10 minutes just for them to come out to the pit to get these shots. We are paying RM100 just for 45 minutes with 20 over ladies, and I can tell you...waiting for them to come out is totally worth it. That's unless I get japan media passes where I can shoot with the ladies in the helicopter pit. But that's another story all together.


　大矢真ゆ おおやまゆ


　飯田順子 いいだじゅんこ

The only touch up I did was on the frame making. Thanks Scott for his tutorials.

Labels: Photography