Day 68-70

New Assignment!!!

after handing in my Food Photography assignment, we received a new one. its about taking potraits with limited lighting. basically, we have to find 3-5 models to post. we can only use street lights, candle lights, laptop/mobile phone lights or flourescent/bulb. interesting huh? wait till i finish shooting, i'll post it here. the school gave us lotsa Premium Glossy Photographic Paper to print out assignments. cool leh ..... today i went to Tiffany's house 'the paparazi'. she was struggling with her previous assignment as she don't really understand English. since i have finished mine & i do not have to work, so i volunteered to help her out so that she can pass up by this week. if not you will be fined $20! she was nice to provide me lunch & sent me home after we finished because it will cost me $5 to get a bus ride.

my good fortunes are coming in slowly. 1st, i of course found a job which i mentioned earlier. then, my classmate & YWD leader keep giving me food when im in hunger. so so so happy!sunday Seiko san gave fried chicken, yesterday Tiffany gave me 'thong sui' ~ read bean soup. today, i received spaggheti from Seiko san & lotsa fruits from Tiffany. lucky leh?!

one of my reader requested me to take some 'autumn' photo.ok! here you go:)

the usual autumn maple tree

near my schoolnear my houseat my school nearby's park. were suppost to do white balance practice together with classmates :P just can't resist not taking these beautiful flowersred bean soup

Day 64 - 67

Day 65 - i accomplished 1 1/2 hour daimoku. chanted for i could get a job asap where i can cover my expenses and most important thing is that i will have time for kosen rufu & homework of course.

Day 66 - yesterday Head Chef Nigel summoned me to his house for dinner. hahhaha .... it was yummy! we had herbal soup chicken & vege. thanx Chef! its really a warm dinner!

Day 67 - our lovely YWD chief Seiko san gave me & Nigel some fried chicken & fruits for dinner. she was worried when she heard about our diet (ok .... its me only ... everytime she ask me what i had for dinner for that day, i would say instant noodles,coincidently i had). so sweet & thoughtful of her. thank you so much.

oh ya ... i found a job! yahoo ..... i calculated if i can have this M'sian restaurant job for 4-5 days + my saturday dim sum job, its enough to cover my expenses. i might have $50 saving too. ooo .... must thank Gohonzon tonight.

one of the band members treated us this

princess, this is your birthday donut from me. its PINK!

its Stuart's (S.Korean) birthday too!생일 축하합니다!Takuya san(trumpet)'s son. how cute....

Day 60-63

On Monday, it was my first day of work(trial), im so pissed off with my colleague. For those who have known me for long time, I don’t usually get angry easily. At home, maybe(coz we’re too close, we don’t mind scolding each other coz the next moment we’ll be ok). I don’t complain much or talk behind colleagues. We have to work professionally. Im a nice girl, don’t you think?hahahaha ....!just kidding!
This girl acted as a senior in front of me although she’s also a part-timer only. OK, fine!it’s my 1st day & i should be listening to others. Maybe because i looked younger than her, she thinks she can take advantage at me, ordering me to do this & that. OK,fine!then, there was a order that we made together(i wasn’t sure about the ala carte menu), it was a ‘take away’.im pretty sure she heard what i yelled to the kitchen, but the kitchen made the dish for ‘having here’.the boss was not angry but what made me mad was she just stood aside, pretend to look somewhere else & didn’t defend me.as if i made that mistake!she asked me to collect payment, i said i don’t know how to use the cashier machine yet. She was like ‘laughing’, then she asked me to watch her do it once. As i expected, she was doing it as quick as a lightning. Damn!was she teaching or boosting that she knows how to use it!then, there was 1 guy who can only speak Cantonese, she attended to it & after that she was boosting about her speaking in Cantonese to the chefs. I was grinning in my heart, although i can speak but i don’t boost around because i know im not good enough. The funny thing is when she found out that im from Malaysia from other colleague, her face suddenly changed. Maybe she thinks that all Malaysian speak Cantonese & she just fooled herself in front of me.
Ok.i have to stop complaining. I don’t want to accumulate bad karma, complaining only eradicates your good fortune. I did not get the call from the boss yesterday which means I did not get the job! nvm ... i'll look for others.

ooo .... i was the Emcee for tonight's discussion meet. today's topic is 'spreading happiness'. im very blessed to be alive and i will enjoy my days as a human!this video cheered me up. how cute!btw, 'ma yi' refers to me. he cannot pronounce my name properly so he keeps calling me ma yi(ant-mandarin)

wedding cont.....

now that i realised that i did not have any permission to post the photos anywhere, i had to avoid showing the bride & bridegroom's faces. well, never mind, i have some other cool photos to share esp. FOOD which of course i ate. kekeke ...... because it's buffet style, the restaurant manager approached us and say that photographers HAVE TO PAY for their meal. walau eh ...... Tiffany was of course pissed off. this is the 1s time she was asked to pay for a meal. not that the meal was so delicious (most of it are cold!) & it's left overs. in the end, the issue was solved.

he looks like Lex Luthor in Smallville

Day 57-59

yesterday Tiffany, my classmate, brought me to shoot a western+polynesian style wedding. its my 1st time shooting a western style. i had fun and morever i get to travel for free leh! huahahaha ...... its about half hour drive from my house. i borrowed her my SB-800 so i shot the whole wedding with just the royal 50mm. here are some highlights of it. i'll continue to post more after getting some rest.
Because i just came back work! i think i made some mistake in ticking the price list whenever you deliver a dim sum. hahaha ..... jus couldn't remember which food goes with which price. the chinese name of the dimsum is killing me. can't pronounce it properly, if serving mat salleh somore must translate to english. i don't even know the ingredient, just bombard.its pork!its shrimp!its beef!

the couple's daughters. children so big di only marry....cool huh!
potrait session outside the house

Tiffany in action. She's born in China but has spent half of her life in Japan.Holds a Bac in Photography. i just got to know that she's a paparazzi for the most famous entertainment magazine in Japan! so cool! it's great to learn from her.she's married to a kiwi & he's such a nice guy.

awesome flower car!Chrysler!

the drivers for the rental cars! the one with sunglasses is so so so handsome! i nearly fainted!REALLY!

more coming up!

BRITAINS GOT TALENT 2009 SUSAN BOYLE

guys, you MUST watch this! i cried watching her sing. sorry couldn't show the video here coz there's no embedding link.

its never too late to realise your dream.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z0h1NNk1Ik

Day 54-56

just came back from YWD meet. today we have a new YWD joining us and she's from S. Korea!wwoohooo ..... i have 1 more friend here. oh ya ... i found a job at a dim sum restaurant. 30 min walk from my house, it's just for weekends and the pay is very low, so i have to find another job still. i have to talk to the boss that i can only work on sundays after my performance. i don't wana miss my practices. im going to start this Saturday. yahoo! har gow! siu mai! lor mai gai!
have to learn how to camwhore with SLR ....if not i won't have much self potrait in Auckland.
ISO400 f2 1/30 50mm

爱到疯癫 Love Crazy

i love love love this song! its so sad! Ella & Hebe's composing skill is improving. with the power vocal from Power Station just make the song so perfect.

Song: Ella Lyrics: Hebe Singer: Power Station

空荡荡的房间　　坟墓一样安静的夜
Kong dang dang de fang jian fen mu yi yang an jing de ye
不肯撕去的昨天　陪着我还在等谁
Bu khen si qu de zuo tian pei zhe wo hai zai den shui
你一定没有变　一定还爱我对不对
Ni yi ding mei you bian yi ding hai ai wo dui bu dui
眼角不能有泪水　下一秒你就会出现
Yan jiao bu neng you lei shui xia yi miao ni jiu hui zhu xian
爱到疯颠　苦的酸的无所谓
Ai dao feng dian ku de suan de wu suo wei
看背叛爬上你不遮掩的脸
Kan bei pan pa shang ni bu zhe yean de lian
我竟然还觉得很美
Wo ji ran hai jue de hen mei
爱到疯颠　伤了痛了都没感觉
Ai dao feng dian shang le thong le dou mei gan jue
你要我等你到哪个期限　我都奉陪
Ni yao wo deng ni dao na ke chi xian wo dou feng pei
你下楼去买烟　然后迷路迷了几天
Ni xia lou que mai yean ran hou mi lu mi le ji tian
这样牵强的谎言　对我都是种慰藉
Zhe yang jian qiang de huang yen dui wo dou shi zhong wei jie
你一定没有变　一定还爱我像从前
Ni yi ding mei you bian yi ding hai ai wo xiang chong qian
嘴角不能再流血　等一下吻你不方便
Jui jiao bu neng zai liu shie deng yi xia wen ni bu fang bian
爱到疯颠　苦的酸的无所谓
Ai dao feng dian ku de suan de wu suo wei
看背叛爬上你不遮掩的脸
Kan bei pan pa shang ni bu zhe yean de lian
我竟然还觉得很美
Wo ji ran hai jue de hen mei
爱到疯颠　伤了痛了都没感觉
Ai dao feng dian shang le thong le dou mei gan jue
你要我等你到哪个期限　
Ni yao wo deng ni dao na ke chi xian
你要我再陪上多少尊严　我都奉陪
ni yao wo zai pei shang duo shao zhun yean wo dou feng pei

Day 51-53

so boring these few days. its Easter break! 4 days of holiday in a row. wwwoooo ..... all shops are closed, food sold 10% more expensive(heard people saying). i did not go out at all so i dono whether its true or not. haha. its getting COLDER! now have to wear 3 layers of shirt minimum, add 1 scarf if going out at night. *shivering*
dinner of the week

wwoo ..... playing basketball with super hign heels!

Day 49 & 50

Yesterday was my roommate’s birthday, she treated us with chocolate cake. Thank you & Happy Birthday! Earlier on, she was laughing when i was cooking, i was like:
A: yes? Anything?
RM: oohh ... nothing, i was wondering why you have bread everyday for your lunch, you like bread? And dinner you’re cooking the same dish everyday as well.
A: oohh ... eeerrrmmm ..... well, ya, i bought these vege for my whole week’s supply .... :)
RM: okok :)

Today I had a very serious chanting session & I have 3 news. Im getting desperate because its already Thursday & I still haven’t got a job. Before I went out to hunt for job, I chanted & did my evening gongyo with full power.
News 1: I made a call earlier to a French restaurant but my phone ran out of credit. Shit! How am I gonna make calls to other cafes? So, never mind, i went to bath and i received a returned call from the boss. Wow! I thought that i’d had hope to get an interview but to my disappointment, the vacancy has been filled. Well, at least I don’t have to walk so far to the restaurant (20 min from my house) to no avail. I saved my time & energy. That’s a good news, right?!

News 2: I noticed a small Japanese restaurant which had a notice on the mirror. Although i can’t read Japanese at all but i can still recognise the word ‘looking for people’ (zao ren) & there’s a telephone, so i guess thats a vacancy. I already noticed it for few days but because I have been rejected by a Japanese restaurant for can’t speak Japanese, i was reluctant to ask this restaurant. But, I had the gut today to ask. Yes! I passed my last copy of CV to the boss & im asked to attend the interview on Tuesday! Although its too early to determine the outcome but that’s a good news, right?!

News 3: Its my rental day today. The front desk person keyed in the wrong amount for me but of course i was honest to inform him the mistake. Then, suddenly he said he will try his best to adjust my room rate asap. And i also related to him that im looking for a job and thank him for his kindness. That’s a good news, right?!

Ok. Now can celebrate by having my dinner. Just finished all my vege & meat yesterday, so today i will cook the forever simple & delicious ‘dan chao fan’ (fried rice with egg). one more thing, i would like to wish my 'lao peng you' old friend, Siak Lee .... HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Oh, by the way, my mouth ulcer is getting bigger & painful day by day, i guess i can’t play trumpet this week. Im just using my right mouth to eat for this whole week.

its 7 degree today so i took a bus home. earlier on, my lecturer took us to Auckland best photographic printer shop as a field trip. 1st time seeing those film & digital processors. im gonna get my 8'x10' free print soon.
And look! its ice rain! it reminds me of andy's song .... '冰雨' ice rain.
luckily i reached just in time before it rained at Nigel's house. thx Nigel for today's wonderful lunch :) i owe you two meals di.

Day 47 - 48

well, nothing much happened these two days. just been walking around the city searching for jobs. so far 'mou liu dou' yet.
after i wrote 'no more $$$' on my msn, i received many IM from friends & calls from relatives asking whether i need them 2 send $$ for me or not. im so so touched by your concerns. who says that friends will run away when you are in trouble? at least my friends don't. :) all your concerns & encouragements are more worthy & valuable than sending me cash. sincerely thanking everyone here.
i will not give up as i have chosen this path, so i have to bare with all the obstacles that comes. its only an experience once in a lifetime. it is precious & irreplaceable! one day when i grow old, at least i have something to boost about! hehehe ....

Day 43-46

today is daylight saving time which means you will have change all your time to an hour late. i did not know what was that and I waited for Nigel & the person who is supposed to pick us up for about 30 min. Then i sms Nigel just to make sure he's going, and he told me hei! its only 12pm lah! wat? bla bla bla .... ok ..... now i understand. so in total i waited for more than an hour in a mart.
we(the band) have 1 more month before our concert. we are still not ready. the songs are not played very well YET. but we will not give up. im sure we can perform our best on that night!

i got my IRD number 2 days ago which means i can start to find a part time job! YES! really can't survive without a job. i have to stay, eat, laundry etc .... its about MONEY MONEY MONEY! i have chanted to get a job that can give me a good pay to cover all my expenses, can have flexi hours so that i can have time for homework & attend Gakkai acivities & of course i can learn something.

some of the Victoria Band members (back row: Yuki san, Seiko san & Masao san) (front: Ai san, me, Terry & Sujata

Day 40-42

yyyeehh ...finished assignment! but now got new assignment di. getting tougher this round. i must work harder!

so here's preview of my final output from last assignment.
panning blurring

zooming during long exposure

long night exposure

painting with light

this is my dinner of the week. spot d difference!