sofia arissa

This is supposed to be an older post. But time has been a delaying factor. My old buddy during my uni times invited us for her daughter's Aqiqah. I thought we wouldn't able to make it because Ms L had some other plans. But we managed to squeeze our time and this is considered as my first experience attending such event. Interesting i might say!

As i reached her neighborhood, the sound of kompang breaks the silence and the beautiful marhaban sang by the ladies. The mommy will carry the baby around and stop at each guest to allow them to cut some of the baby's hair(bercukur) whilst the music of marhaban is being sung. (i wish that there's not so much guest else the baby will gone bald!) And did i mention the food was just too good to resist??

Here are some of the photos captured. The baby is just as beautiful as the mommy. Look at her beauiful eyes! I was mesmerised by it.

my lil angels.

I wish i have more cousins about my age. But the age difference is a bit of gap. But this new generation in my family is considered lucky as they have a bunch of cousins about the same age to play with. And the house will be so noisy when we have family events. But its fun to have kids in the house to brighten up and add some colors to seize the day! Here are some shots i took during our get together last weekend.

Siapa kata shoot budak-budak senang? Especially when they are super duper hyperactive! But i didn't say it was not fun! I tried to utilize the ambience light by not firing the flash. And its haaaaard when the kids are running and jumping. When one sits still, the other one will tease the other one and the whole bunch will laugh. SO, when its impossible to freeze them, just join them! Look at these photo here and you know what i mean.

And those are ica and alia. Those cuties are my cousin's daughter. Aren't they lovely? Ica just looove the camera and she knows how to pose in front of the lense. Alia is the quiet one and will never smile infront of the camera. But that look makes her 'alia'. When i see her, i will imagine looking at a small comot white kitten!finally...... manage to position them nicely together..voila!!

another 1 to go, but more to come!

An update to my older wishlist blog..

1) Upgrade my m a c
2) Get any 2dot8 lense or 50mm f1.8 atleast 50mm rawks!!!
3) SB800Flashgun. yahoooo!!
4) MB D80. i don't think i need this at the moment.

thanks to santa! ahaha.

ps: shall i create a resolution list? do i have any this year?

Wanna adopt me?

i was waiting in the car while sis was buying a pizza, then i saw these 2 kids looking at me..

oooohhh... i couldn't help it but to take out my camera and zoom in to this kittens!
aren't they adorable?

At first i thought they don't have their mommy and it breaks my heart to see them playing under this engine without proper shelter. Quite a dangerous spot for these poor innocent ones.

I intended to bring them back but then i saw their mommy came and they looked happy playing with each other.. I smiled in relief and let them be. I prayed and hope they will be just fine.. God bless you all!

two to go.

An update to my older blog..

1) Upgrade my m a c
2) Get any 2dot8 lense or 50mm f1.8 atleast
3) SB800Flashgun. yahoooo!!
4) MB D80.

anything USB.

need a lamp for your laptop? but feel bad of waking up your partner?
can't bear the glare?
here's a a lamp that works on your usb port.
Its one of the thing i bought during pc fair.
Not bad for a $10 item!

sometimes i run..

sometimes i run,
run away and don't turn back,
i'm scared to see the darkness that haunts me behind my back,

sometimes i feel like i'm flying
fly towards the ray of light,
but i dare not run too fast and fly too high..
because the pain to bear when i fall to the ground,
is too great to bear.

pcfair or funfair?

I finally fulfilled my own wishlist. How pathetic is that? ehehhehe... Can't afford to wait for santa to grant my wish. My m a c is crawling slower than snails. And its killing me! And it makes me feel like whacking someone. I got dissapointed with my printings the other day. What went wrong? Was it my editings? Was it my monitor calibration? was it the printer? was it the photo format? or was it my m a c? Nah, i don't think its my m a c that caused the problem. But it bothered me a lot that day so i guess i need to treat myself and make ms marshmallow a lil happier. (increasing my happiness meter up) and since on the top of my wishlist, i still need to get it done sooner or later. so why not now?

So I decided to go PC fair on Sunday. The crowd was ridiculously big. I almost gave up with the price. I was so frustrated. My shoulder got really tired carrying the notebook, feet got blistered with the heels! I wish i was in sneekers and t-shirt! (i can't help it since i was from someone's engagement party). I finally came to the right place before i decided to go back and upgrade it later in Sunway Pyramid and the last shop i visited "Machines" offered $200 discount, so 1G cost me about $600. Quite a good deal i might say. He tried to persuade me to go for 2G. Hmm... 2G on m a c sounds really tempting. I don't have to bancuh kopi while waiting for applications to run. ahahhaha... but i don't have $1200 to spend on RAM. Its okay, 1G is fair enough. I'm giving my m a c an increase of IQ.

I also got myself a new bag for my laptop. I wanted Whickey and Cox by Crumpler which can fit in my camera and my m a c but i think its too bulky to carry around everyday to work plus its out of my budget constrain now... (will be on my next list next year). So, i got myself a mediocre shoulder sling bag by kensington to replace my pink mengkuang bag which the handle almost came off. Imagine carrying a laptop in a mengkuang bag?? So not appropriate! So i guess i did a wise purchase today. I am very careful with my spendings nowadays because my monthly salary is not enough to cater my hobby. *sigh* :( why did i indulge in this in the first place?? ohhhh... but anyway, i'm not regretting anything now. It makes me feel good and what more can i ask for??

So, the day it was. Tiring but content. Santa, i got my RAM, you can get the kids marshmallow and candies and make them happy!

The Moon, the sky and me.

it was saturday night. And i'm not a party freak. So we decided to go out that night to have some decent dinner at hartamas. I ate like i haven't seen any food for a week. From potatos, lamb, cheese, pizza, telur ikan bakar portuguese style to a gelato icecream. Did i say, i had briyani for lunch today? So, i guess you can calculate the amount of cholesterol i consumed today. Its okay, I don't wanna know about it!

With such amount of food, chores that involved some physical activity since early morning , i have a solid reason to get really really tired and sleepy. Lisa was driving home and i was already banging my head to sleep a few times.

As I reached home, i glanced to the sky as i felt a drop of water falling on my forehead. I was in awe for a few seconds. It was a cool breezy night, and oh my god! the sky was not like any other day. It was cloudy with a very interesting hue of warm colors. The moon was hiding its face amongst the sourmilky cloud. My lethargy automatically fade away and my eyes were as fresh as a morning dew. And I was gazing at the beautiful painting on the sky without a blink and i decided to take my camera and tripod because this is too priceless to let go. The result i get was not as beautiful as seeing it live. I couldn't get a really sharp cloud as the cloud was moving due to the breeze. I took my camera, put on my tripod, set a slower shutter and took a deep breath before slowly pressing the button. I hold my breath, carefully release my finger and let the shutter closes slowly. And this is what i want to share with you.. voila'

Muzik Muzik.

I was there.. no, i was not assigned, and no i am not a fan of this show
and i rarely watch tv these days..
but for the sake of clicking, it was cool!

[more photos here]