October « 2008 « smashin’ pOpstar

Alpha Convention Day 1

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Hi all! Today is the first day of the 2008 Sony Alpha Convention.

Arrived there about 130pm and was shocked to see people everywhere…. queueing to get the convention tags, queueing to get the Alpha laptop sleeve bag, packed at the stage to shoot Ducati, Harley bikes and hawt models… also people standing here there everywhere chatting away.

As usual, simple update for now… and the detailed one will be up after 2 months. ajaaja

There were 2 stage areas with bikes and models… this was one of the them. The other 2 models were at the other one modelling another bike…. oh this was outside the convention hall btw.

The attendees today were all registered online. Tomorrow and Sunday we will see double the number of attendees… (its a 3 days convention fyi)

Announcements made today:
- Sony Alpha A900 Full Frame DSLR launched and on sale starting today.
- All Sony lenses get a price cut ranging from RM100 to RM500… starting today.
- All convention attendees stand a chance to get the A900 at the end of the 3 days convention.

Looking forward to the full 2 days workshop tomorrow and Sunday!… Among the workshops for these 2 days are “Wedding Photography”, “Location Portraiture Photography”, “Architecture Photography”, “Automotive Photography”, “Fashion Photography” and a few more… ahhaa presenters are from Malaysia, Singapore, USA, Britain and New Zealand.

Oh just in case if you wanna know, all Alpha workshops, photo outings and conventions are free for all Alpha DSLR owners.

OK back to Macau photos.

10.10.2008 Events, Photography, Travel 17 Comments

Venetian Macau

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Totally forgot to post this. My breakfast shot from day 2.. before going over to HongKong.

On the 3rd day of my Macau trip, we went to Venetian!!!

Took the Venetian bus at the harbour and it took us straight to the desitnation. Didnt take photo of the building cos we straight went inside once stepped out of the bus. ahahha

We went to eat something first… found this eating place… got lotsa variety of food. Oh and look at the interior.. fake sky! lol

We had some pasta. Guess how much this thing was. HKD 71!… thats like… RM35… can die can!

… and siu loong bao too.

After that I visited the toilet. Damn grand ok.

Can see me? lol

Dad then went to the casino. Mum and I walked around and me took photos.

10.10.2008 Travel 18 Comments

Wet Hongkong

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

After having lunch and shopped a bit in the mall, we wanted to walk about but realised it was raining heavily outside… so we stayed in the mall a bit… but knowing we only had a few hours left in HK, we struggled to cross the road and then couldn’t find anything interesting.

On the other side of it, I saw many people carrying umbrellas to cross the junction. I then ran up to the 2nd floor of the building and found a glass pane.

From there I took this shot.

We then walked around for a while but couldnt stand the rain.. so went for a rest/drink.

Taken using my N82.

We then took the MTR to Central… and also Tsuen Wan… but i didnt take any photos there.

At about 8+ we took the TurboJet and went back to Macau.

Hungry. We went dinner.

… at a nearby kopitiam.

The ambience was actually very bad. A lot worse then the photo… and I didnt really dare to drink there… looks.. dirty. ahah

So we simply ordered something to fill our stomachs.

This one SUX! Look at the colour! .. and its got some weird taste. We forced ourselves to finish it.. I rate it 0/10.

This one was ok… phew…

Then we went back to our hotel… cos very tired d.

08.10.2008 Food, Travel 17 Comments

Sizzling Pepper Beef

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Right after we arrived at Mongkok we went to the mall and looked for food.

Mum suggested the food junction since the food there all like not bad.

Got a lot of food there that is not available here in KL… but the price… -___-” can die.

Damn a lot of ppl ordered this.. so I ordered too. lol.. I picked the cheapest one.. beef pepper rice… $38… thats like RM19.

So while I was waiting for my order to be ready, my mum got this…

Yay yaya my beefu rice! In order to show you how sizzle the fizzle it was… I have recorded a video.. it’s at the end of this post.

Makan time!!!!

After makan we went shopping… lol then center court there got this giant escalator that I had to camho with. lol

Spot me?

OK here’s the video.. MUST WATCH! (haha all the video also i say lidat)

07.10.2008 Food, Lunch, Travel 21 Comments

Macau to Hongkong

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

On the 2nd day of my Macau trip, we went to Hongkong.

It was my first time taking turbo jet.. so a bit jakun dat day lol

The ride cost about RM140 for one way… I think it’s quite expensive. What say you?

This is the interior. Very comfy… but then I thought for the amount paid, I’ll get a cup of coffee or something.. but nope. Wanna drink or eat? Go buy.

Everyone was sleeping during the 1.5hours journey… but I couldnt sleep. So I snapped away. Took this using my Nokia N82.

Another random shot.

Upon reaching Hongkong, we took the MTR to Mongkok… cos the last time we came here we went everywhere except Mongkok. (Photo exif: 40mm, f9, 1/2sec, ISO 250, Handheld)

This is not a spy shot ok. ahhaa I just took out my alpha and simple took a few shots without looking and hoping to get some nice ones.

Next Up: Beef in Mongkok!

07.10.2008 Photography, Travel 22 Comments

October 08 Design Launched!

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Goodbye September…

I have sneakily used the Zohan inspired design for 2 months… lol i feel a bit guilty.

Anyways… welcome Bangkok Dangerous! smashpOp Dangerous!

Inspired by the upcoming Nicholas Cage movie.

05.10.2008 Design 38 Comments

My Badges

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

I was at Starbucks just now and when I was ordering , the barista guy whispered to his colleague while pointing at me.

When I was collecting my drinks, I asked him why he did that.

He told me the conversation between him and his colleague was like this.

Him: Hey he is pOp!
Colleague: Crap lah don look like him also.
Him: Really! he’s pOp!
Colleague: Crap!

POPCRAP 1

Let me show you guys my badges collection.

My favourite would be the Mario one. ahhaha

Which one do you prefer?

POPCRAP 2

Yesterday we went for lunch at Nyonya Colours, Mid Valley.

I ordered this. RM8.90 only.

Nice place nice food. Please go and eat there if you happen to be at Mid Valley

POPCRAP 3

We went to Pavilion few days ago to watch Eagle Eye and Mamma Mia.

Took this photo in between movies.

Thanks Eugene for the shot.

04.10.2008 Popcrap 33 Comments

Wong Chi Kei

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

After visiting St. Paul’s ruins, we walked down the slope and went for dinner at one of the well known chinese restaurant, Wong Chi Kei… famous for its fried fish skin dishes.