New home

I am working my ass off to my new sanctuary. Bigger.. better.. Feel free to visit here.

lil hideout

Backpacking alone is not bad at all. Especially when you are a young single lady like moi! Why? hmm.. you'll know later. Well there's pros and cons but travelling alone is about meeting new faces and mingle around. When i decided to pack my bag, i had a very limited money, energy and zero expectation. I brought no food, no camping gear.. just a few clothes to keep me dry for a few days. Its more like go-with-the-flow kinda trip. So the best thing to do is to bring no other. just me! I need to be closer to the nature after a quite some time leaving my steps in a jungle. And Taman negara is a place i always wanted to go. So i guess i just have to trust my gut feelings and go.

But too bad, I am too tired to blog about this lil adventure of my journey now. More stories and photos coming soon. I need some manicure/pedicure and a massage now!

Shout Out!!

my neck needs a new yellow strap

i usually have a list of wish when the new year comes. And i do have a non-stoping list for 2008 too. But to keep it short for now.. I WANT D300!!! I HAVE to buy it by this year. I repeat. D300.


whats yours? *wink*wink

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i need a holiday..

hashbrown and a glass of milk

lolly was meowing outside my door. It was 7.36am. I pulled and rolled myself in my warm blanket. damn it felt so good. I don't remember when was the last time i washed it. errr.. lolly shut up! I just want to enjoy the cool morning weather,the soft breeze and sleep in a bit. Lolly was not cooperating. Okay, okay you win lolly. She must be really hungry. I opened the door and she rushed in and jump into my bed. Oh, she just want to join me in bed. ok fine.. We slept in a bit.

Hashbrown and a glass of milk. Thats what i had this morning. last night. and yesterday for breakfast. and infact for the past one week! pathetic. who cares?? i just loove hashbrown.. because.. its potato! anything potato goes. I'm Miss Potata. Ok mom was away for hajj and left her lil girl alone. Ahahaha.. I am sill survived. Been cooking once or twice for lunch but sometimes i'm just too lazy to cook for one.

I'm logging off now. I will try to write again. Have not been active blogging but i've been thinking about it everyday. I guess i kinda lost the rythm. i miss you.. dear blog.

EXHIBITION NEWS!!

IMPORTANT NEWS!!!

unfortunately my RED Ribbon exhibition is POSTPONED to next year. to my friends who has been waiting for this.. and asking me about the exhibition, i am so sorry for not informing it earlier but due to some problems on location and sponsor, it has to be postponed to a new date. Sorry friends, thanks for the support. I feel bad about it but I will keep it updated!

night traffic

dusk in subang on a pedestrian bridge.
the sky is already dark and it seems to rain tonight.

IE ruined my day.

I've been designing my website and learning while developing one is not a very smooth workflow. But i managed to learn image ready and wow, can't believe designing layout into html could be thiiis simple!

I am using mac and rarely use Internet Explorer (erm.. just recently installed IE 5 browser as i am very much satisfied with safari and mozilla) Yes, mozilla this and mozilla that for my search engine and testing platform.

As for a beginner in image ready and not a website developer as in career wise, i am quite satisfied with the look of www.fatiniz.com ON MOZILLA and SAFARI! Until one day, i visited friend's office and used her browser.. well, i had no choice but IEing stuffs. I was surprised to see how my page looked on IE. and most of my portfolio slides are not working the way i wanted it to be!!!! IE shucks!! (it should work as in slide transition rather than opening each images in another page!!!) but i guess i've got no choice but to redo it and make sure i test them on IE. And i feel sorry to those who still uses IE (i know a lot of them still do) You might want to consider a switch.. so peeps, mozilla it is!

sad sad sad...

gloomy as i am.

gloomy, originally uploaded by marshma11ow.

where goes the sun? bring me rainbow and make me smile.

bond of love

Syakirah & Fairizat Solemnization, Masjid Damansara 02 November 2007.
Stay Tuned for reception end of January 2008.

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Mendadak Dangdut - Movie Launch & Press Conference

No i wasn't there for the movie. Not my kind of genre though but i was hired to cover the event. Credit goes to those gorgeous actor/actress in this movie, TT Kamal and Dwi Sasono.

Thanks jo (4u2c) for the opportunity.

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My RED RIBBON Exhibition.

life has been tough and tougher for the past few weeks. New job is squeezing every bit of me. Time has never been this short. I am chased by datelines, client's deliverables and.. foremost..my first exhibition project with Nikon Malaysia in conjunction with World's AIDS day which is going to be held in December. I had sleepless nights, nightmares and hardwork of collecting materials and sketching ideas to be poured into this project. Friends .. sorry for my long silence.. I am tied up. I've never been this occupied my whole life. This is one important milestone in my life. The most awaited and dreamed thing that grows bigger and bigger in my bubble of dreams.

I shall not talk more about the exhibition. More updates from time to time. But i am driven, motivated, and anxious about it. As for now.. lets keep it low.. shhhh..

sad moment for lolly

it was a tough time for lolly and even tougher for me. A day before raya i decided to get lolly spayed. Sooner or later we are going to send her so why not now? I left lolly at the vet to the surgeon and it was a sad moment for me to hand her over to the operation room. She was calm and quiet as if she understands and accept that this might be the best for her.

The doc told me it might take 3 hours as this is lolly's first period cycle! damn, i didn't know female cats do have periods too! (will it bleed like us women? ahh... else they'd have to wear pads! how cute! ok, i'm talking shit now..)

At about 5pm i received a call from the surgeon and lolly was successfully spayed. Damn it cost me $275 + the vaccine. But its ok as i'd do my best for the best interest of her. Lolly's condition was sad enough to witness. Her long fur was shaved and the stitch is clearly exposed. The doc put an Elizabethan Collar around her neck to prevent her from scratching the wound and she was still under anaesthetic - semi conscious. I carried her and put her in the carrier and brought her home. She was damn weak! She can hardly open her eyes, so i let her sleep as much as she requires.

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Its been 2 days, lolly is still in a very weak condition. She's not eating nor drinking. I am beginning to worry like mad. Tried to feed her food in small portion but she refused to. I am praying to GOD so my lil lolly will wake up healthy by tomorrow else i gotta send her again to the vet and get her dripped. :(


oh by the way, selamat hari raya peeps.. :(

stressful lolly

stressful lolly, originally uploaded by marshma11ow.

its mating season. she's horny and being grumpy. She started making weird noises and it put me awake the whole night! I didn't know handling one horny pussy is harder than i thought. Then we decided to send her to the vet to get neutered.

jolly lil lolly

jolly lil lolly, originally uploaded by marshma11ow.

close up of lolly.. my baby..
a very playful 10mth old kitty. she loves to curl around my leg and running around the house like a mad pussy!

My new man..

I gotta a gift from heaven. Yes, I'm talking about that cute lil kitty - Lolly. Lolly was one of the good thing that came into my life this month. And No, I am not blogging about her today. I am talking about the white box with a red circle on it. A "man" that stole my heart and been on my dream-list this year. A man..frotto. Whats the big deal? Some other people might be lucky enough to get things as they wish. But i have been procrastinating it after one sad stories to another. Sad broken tripod stories.. thats it. I guess its time to stop the episode.


So I went to J One and met Jason. He recommended me 488RC2 series with 360 rotation ballhead.
There goes my $640. Just for a tripod. Some might call it insane. But I know how much it worths.

galfriend moments

yes, i'm a sucker for japanese food. Mrs L and I decided to berbuka puasa at sakae sushi. A place used to be our catching-up spot. We just love the ambience. Mrs L and I had so much things to catch up. I'm glad i'm still able to hang out with her once in a while. Being a wife shouldn't stop one to see her girlfriends. It feels good. And it felt even better when the food arrived. It left us with a moment of silence.

I had the soft shell crab for starter (a must have!) and a bento for main dish (which i forgot to capture it. was too hungry at that time.). The mouth watering teriyaki oyster with garlic rice Mrs L had was a worth menu to try. Macchaa ice-cream (green tea) was a good closing. yyyyyyyyyuuuuuuuuuummmmyyyyy!!

behind the scene.

Its 2 months before the scheduled day of my exhibition. I've been sketching up ideas and concept for my series. Yes its going to be a series. But the subject will not be disclosed as for now. Brainstorming is what i have been doing. And preparing 10 masterpiece in less than 2 months is ain't easy. Been cracking up my head day and night and it even haunts me to sleep. But somehow the adrenaline rush is a good sign. I am excited and nervous at the same time. And what worries me now is i have not started shooting. The idea pours like rain, but to get the subject ready isn't my control. Only if i could make them come to me and my shutter will start working.

Today, another lady the last chosen ones was in The Sun - Juliet Lai. And it made us 4. (i wish i could call it the Fantastic 4.. but i guess i'd rather have a different name.. hahah. sounds very perasan!). Its going to be the very first exhibition for all of us. Everything is still new. Yet we already exhibit our stuffs online, but this is somehow different.

I will just go with the flow and be myself. I am not trying to impress anyone because what i am going to exhibit is something that portrays my interest, passion and niche. To convey a message in a piece of image is very personal to me, very individual and takes emotions and feelings to be involved around it.

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here's are basically what happened when 4 photographers are being shot. He (the photographer who is supposed to shoot us) end up mentioning "since all of you are photographers, why don't you guys shoot each other?" and i end up shooting juliet and majidah. Han shot me! My kebaya went up and i looked horrible squatting to get the right shot. (no i won't post the pic here)

Guess what?? its waaaay wayyy harder to keep the photographers still in front the glass. We were laughing, giggling and making weird pose.

my photo flew to france

I came back from the bank and saw something jolting out from my home mailbox. A big brown envelope with unfamiliar writing and unfamiliar stamp on it. A mail from france.





Yes, this photo i used to shoot sometime ago was featured in a french instrument magazine called "Rythmes & Sons". Forget about reading it because i don't understand a word. But what i understand is © Nur Fatini Zulnaidi printed by the picture. wink wink...

here's a link to my gong photo.