앤지 ( An-gie) ~ 앤디 (An-dy)

Day 1042 25.12.2011

2011-12-25T22:49:00.001+08:00

Merry Xmas everyone!!!

Happy Birthday to all Kotekitai sisters!!!

Day 1038 21.12.2011

2011-12-21T16:54:00.002+08:00

im back to PEN.

long long way home! bloody Jetstar changed my flight schedule tht I gota overnite at Singapore.

so this trip was sponsored by my boss. otherwise i won't come back.

here's my schedule:

AKL-SIN-KUL-PEN-BKK-CNX-BKK-PEN-KUL-AKL

spent 1 week in thailand exploring Bangkok & Chiangmai. went to the Golden Triangle where Thai, Laos & Myanmar's border meets. that was quite interesting. i drank snake whisky for the first time.

then came to Penang visiting & catching up with relatives and friends.

time flies. going back to kiwiland soon :( its my 3rd year im not spending CNY with family. sad sad sad :( grandma was disappointed.

Day 900 5.08.2011

2011-08-05T20:47:00.002+08:00

Day 898

Yeah .......... i got my work visa approved!!!!
i got rejected 2 weeks ago bcoz of my health certiciate & school qualification issue. was busy settling it, rushing here & there ...... but its all worth it when i got back my passport with the visa endorsed on it :)

Mendy is going home on 11.08.2011.
hope she enjoyed her stay although she spent most of her time at Angie's Kitchen. but she's rich now. LOL.
i'll be alone again for the rest of the year :(

Day 792

2011-04-20T19:50:00.004+08:00

got a misscall from mom and a text from mendy in d midst of my work. must be something urgent. den received a text from guat.

sad news. guat's mom passed away! my deepest condolences to guat and family. i was only on the phone with guat on saturday to sort of congratulate her for her sudden wedding banquet. doing it because of auntie's condition. so sad to hear that auntie has lost her battle to cancer. but it may be the best way to end her suffering. it has never crossed my mind that my last trip back home to Malaysia would be the last encounter with auntie. i have known her for years while in high school. she was totally a different person when i visit her last December. i could see her suffering but can never feel how painful it is for her to battle this illness. auntie has been brave all these while trying to be positive with the care of her daughter and son, family and friends. Gohonzon will surely protect her in heaven. may auntie rest in peace.

i feel sorry that i couldn't be by guat's side everytime she needed a pat on her shoulder. her father's passing and this time her mom. must be very hard for her. not easy to travel pen-kl-pen-kl these few months while taking care of auntie. i salute her being so filial. all i can do is to send daimoku .... life is so short. i shall dedicate this photo to auntie and uncle.

Day 752

2011-03-11T21:10:00.002+08:00

sad sad sad

Magnitude 8.9 earthquake rocks Japan 11th March 2011

The quake triggers a tsunami that threatens much of the Pacific. In Tokyo, all trains are halted and plumes of smoke rise over the skyline. It's the biggest quake in Japan in 140 years, with more than 50 believed dead and scores missing. will send prayers to Japan.

2day was so bad luck for me.
1: colleague bang into me and spilt hot water on my leg. luckilly i wear long pants.
2: i kicked a table accidently while ppl are eating
3: nearly fell off the stairs. jus suddenly!?
4: nearly cut by a scissors
5: broke a glass

we created too much trouble to earth. now is d time to pay back!

Day 735

2011-02-22T18:22:00.002+08:00

Sad news! A massive earthquake has just striked Chrischurch. at least 100 ppl remain trapped under buildings and estimated 65 dead. RIP.
praying for you .....

Day 732

2011-02-19T18:27:00.004+08:00

Chinese New Year just ended. but still can wish my readers Gong Xi Fa Cai!

just handed in my fine art assignment on Friday. thx to lecturer Leanne for her brilliant idea that my final image made a good turning point. otherwise, I would have handed in rubbish!

red cabbage - Linhof Large Format - 80mm ISO25 f16 20sec.

its Saturday. off day. went to Sylvia Park with train. 1st time riding a train. met Masao. we had coffee and went shopping together at SP & Dressmart. He was kind to give me a lift back home.

went to Latern Festival with Satomi after that.

my new friend from M'sia, Jac Yue, is going back this week for good. gonna miss her. all the best in M'sia.

Day 688

2011-01-05T20:31:00.004+08:00

6th Jan 2011

wow ..... nearly 2 months of break. getting lazier to blog.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

just came back from Malaysia. had a sudden trip from 4th Dec - 28th Dec. if you have read my previous post, the hard decision that I have mentioned ~ its this trip. BUT, its all worth it. I would regret if I chose not to go home. Although I lost alot in terms of financial but the treasure of heart that I gained during the trip was priceless.

1. got to see my family & friends after 2 years. finally get to see my nephews for the 1st time.

2. Penang FeiYang concert was a success. im so proud of them. and never though i would be on stage with them, sharing the glory with my sisters and brothers. there are amazing. You guys have to write victory report to Sensei!

3. Attended 'Human Revolution' musical drama at Klang. really awesome!i hope they will come out with a DVD.

4. Attended Kiboo Kotekitai 4th General Meet. so happy and touched that I can still sit in there, reciting AOP poem with all angels of peace, listening to victory reports etc. it marks 15 years of me as an AOP. no regret of joining and will never regret for the rest of my life. i owe what i am today to all the trainings in KK.

5. Attended Hebe 田's new album promo tour. as a fan and as a photographer on behalf of SHE FanClub.

6. FOOD!!!!! I LOVE THE FOOD!!!! CHEAP AND YUMMY!!!!

How I wish I could stay longer. if i have the money. new year was boring for me. so miss the days i could countdown with Chapter 3. loneliness hunted me for the pass few days. maybe because i went home. if i didn't, i might not feel the sudden change of my environment. well, its gonna be another chapter of my life in NZ. will cherish it and fight my best.

Day 639

2010-11-18T18:19:00.004+08:00

happy 80th Anniversary to Soka Gakkai!!! SOKA GAKKAI BANZAI!!!!!

11.18 shud b a significant day. i drop by to join Wendy to homevisit Natsuki. and i did a very struggling decision making. i had sleepless nights whether to do it or not. i asked gohonzon to give me answers. after the support from Wendy & Natsuki, I finally had the courage to do it! my heart is still painful when i forked out the cash but i should not regret. many things is awaiting for me to do!!!!

bcoz i have to work, i couldn't attend Seiko san's YWD Graduation Party .... SAD!!!

but i wish her all the best in WD. thanks for being with us, supporting & encouraging us endlessly all these while. you are sensei's best disciple! its my pleasure being able to know and do kosenrufu with you.

Day 627 - 628

2010-11-07T16:05:00.003+08:00

Day 628

its November World Peace Chanting & also 11.18 celebration. the Victorious March Band performed 3 songs - Kurenai no Uta, Kofu ni Hashire (Run for KosenRufu) & Forever Sensei. we watched the September Youth Training Course video where Sensei didn't attend. he emphasized on passing the baton of kosen rufu to the youth. We had youth dance, junior group short drama & an amazing experience by Michelle. The weather was great today and i think its d biggest crowd ever for this year. we had the group photo outside as usual.

After the meeting I helped Michelle to take some photos of her to be sent for audition. she wants to apply for extra for d filming of Horbit. its going to be a huge production for New Zealand after Lord of the Ring.

Then, meet up with Wendy, Erica & Amy for a quick lunch before heading home. ESSAY!!!! its driving me crazy. i hate academic credits. yucks ..... marketing essays and reports. spending whole day thinking and writing, still cannot complete. Angie! work harder! anyway .... i applied for a day off today to complete my assignment. i determined to finish up 1 week prior dateline so that my lecturer could read through and correct it for me.

Day 627

went for girls band practice at 10.30am for next week's Chapter level 11.18 Celebration. rush to final rehersal for brass band. then, went to Parnell to hav hi-tea with Seiko san & Mel (NZ newly appointed YWD Chief). such a great effort to fly down from Wellington every weekend to do home visit and catch up with YWDs in Auckland. we had a short session of photoshoot at the Rose Garden nearly before heading home. photos can be viewed on my facebook soon.

that's Mel

Day 625

2010-11-04T18:33:00.002+08:00

just finished my environmental portrait shoot with model, Cyan. thx Cyan for your great help. its really awesome. many assignments Q-ing up till the last day of the semester. must work hard!!!!

Day 606

2010-10-16T10:18:00.004+08:00

Finally I had a day off! I've been busy with heaps of assignment, work, shooting at NZ Fashion Week and 1 wedding shoot. OMG! wat a life! Im Loving It!

handed in my 1st Diploma assignment on 17 Sept. then i had school break for 2 weeks. school break? sounds relax eh? NOP! the 1st week was occupied by my Fashion Week shoot.

SUPER TIRED FASHION WEEK! it was very fun though, learned alot from the shoot .... i mean ALOT! On Friday, we were informed about a competition to win a chance to shoot the biggest event in the fashion world ... NZ FASHION WEEK! but the dateline was just 2 hours away. quickly fill up d form, write my 200 words essay & sent some photos from Wella shots coz I didn't bring my portfolio to school. last year I didn't win although I prayed hard for it. But I tried again and YEAH!!!! im 1 of 20 student photographers throughout NZ selected by proffesional judges for this year. it was such a great feeling to stand on the photographers pit alongside with pros like Michael Ng(NZ), Brad Hick(Aus), Getty Images photog. I learned heaps from Brad especially. He's like my mentor for the week, coaching me from time to time.
Krista White - latest American Next Top Model winner

2nd week of my schook break was just working, working, working.

shot an Indian Wedding on Saturday(9th Oct). Attended Youth Meeting on the next day. I related my experience to the crowd.

new assignments coming! just finished my Still Life. next week is going to food then fashion then architecture.

Day 573-571

2010-09-14T18:33:00.004+08:00

Day 573 - Tonight I'll b shooting NZ Wella Vision Hairstylist Award. im 1 of the 7 students chosen to join this photography competition. the winner will get their photos published in a wellknown fashion magazine.
went to school.then rush back home to take my gears. went to Tifanny's hse to clear my memory cards as tonight we will be shooting in RAW. had a quick lunch and off we go to the Auckland Museum. finished shooting by 10.30pm. i am so so so tired! im so lazy to even cook instant noodle. just have some potato chips while choosing my photos. the deadline to submit the images is tomorrow noon. Exclusive photos just for my readers :)
Wella Boss & panel judges

Day 572 - THIS IS IT! its Ikeda-Hall Peace Garden 10th Anniversary Celebration Day. raining raining raining. woke up at 5.30am to chant with Seiko san & Wendy. it is still raining. chanted 1 hour then get dressed. 8am DIY breakfast. by 9am we head to the hotel to do daimoku & gongyo before heading to the garden. it was still raining. 11am we drove to the Garden.rain has stopped but no sunshine. then rain heavilly again. no choice but to follow Plan B. we're moving the whole ceremony to the cafeteria. we went and set up there. instruments all ready. no rain again. committee decided to move back to the Garden. gosh ... we packed up everything again. yyeeaahhh ..... dream came true .... we're gonna perform the Garden. THEN, even heavy rain poured. the ceremony continued no matter how. changed my identity so many times. was warming up with the band then take photos of the Maori leaders give blessings, Ikeda Sensei's message. my gears are all wet. then, they announced that we will have to shift back to the Cafeteria because of the heavy rain. what? pack again? the situation is so crazy. then when we were about to pack up, suddenly the MC announced that they would like to hear the brass band play 1st. YES!!!! we did it!!!! so, changed my identity back to band member. we played 'Morigasaki Beach'. it wasn't our best version but im so touched at that moment. imagining Sensei was around at that moment watching us play in the rain, at this historic moment for SGI NZ and SGI. then, changed to a photographer again. while i was chasing the VIPs taking photos, i heard them continued playing. i was so touched. this is the spirit of Soka brass band. encouraging & giving warmth to people no matter where we are. then, i managed to rush back to play the last song(Blue Ridge Saga) with them. VICTORY!!!! received compliments from Sasaki san (SGI Oceania Chief) and ex mayor Mr Graham Hall. Sasaki san really looked like Sensei. the spirit is also the same. then, we packed again and move to Cafeteria to join the last part of the celebration. when we were about to leave the Garden, we realised that the sakura has fully blossomed. so beautiful! when the ceremony ended .... you know what? sunshine!!! YES, sun came out and it was so warm! our prayers are answered. so mystic! although it was too late, but it was as if the sun came out to congratulate & celebrate our success. we were so so so happy! then, by 4pm we depart from Rotorua. home sweet home. actually im very hungry coz i only had coffee for lunch. when i reached home, my whole body just couldn't function anymore. im out of battery. plan to take a 1 hour nap and wake up to do laundry but slept to the next morning.

Day 571 - all gathered at kaikan at 9.30am. D&G before briefing. had lunch half way to Rotorua. went straight to the Ikeda-Hall Peace Garden at 1.30pm. check out the venue & do sound check. the cherry has not blossom yet. it was so cold. our fingers were all numb. quickly went to hostel and check in. rest for awhile and we head to another hotel to do D&G before going for dinner together with committee & members. after dinner went back to hotel to help create a presentation for tomorrow. reached my hostel by 10pm, help iron some of band members uniform before sleeping. weather forecast says that it is going to rain heavily the whole day. we need daimoku for sunshine, warm & full cherry blossom.

Day 542 - 550

2010-08-21T19:34:00.003+08:00

Day 550 (21.8.10) fine day
went practice from 1-4pm. went random shooting with Nigel. came across Korean Navy warcraft. its huge!!!! will upload photos soon. went foodtown to buy ingredients for dinner. cooked fettucini with Nigel & Wendy. watched Farmbarn & Bubbleboy on TV.

Day 549 rainy
Friday!!!! i longed for Fridays! bz bz day. went to school to help Tiffany with her shoot. then rushed to work at 1pm. aunty Heng was not feeling well, i volunteered to wash the dishes. finished at 2am. damn tired.

Day 548 rainy
Thank you Jie Huey for being my model. i appreciate that. had some cool photos from the session. lots of photoshop to be done. so, 3 more shots left for my assignment. worked from 4 - 12am.

Day 547 rainy
study ... work 12pm-11pm

Day 546 rainy
study ... work 1pm-11pm

Day 545 rainy
shot my Coke bottle today from 10.30am till 2.30pm ... work 3pm-11.30pm

Day 544 rainy
went practice. worked from 5-11pm

Day 543 cloudy
went practice. went to YWD mtg at Ponsonby. we were discussing about Ikeda Kayokai guidelines. had dinner with Wendy, watched 'How To Train Your Dragon'.

Day 542 cloudy
study ... work 1pm-1am

Day 538-541

2010-08-13T04:51:00.003+08:00

Day 541 cloudy

8.30 - 11.30 ~ school

12.00 - 3.00 ~ work

3.30 - 6.30 ~ school

7.00 - 11.30 ~ work

crazy day right?

Day 540 (11.8.10) fine day

3.50am wake up

5.00am wait for airport transfer bus

5.50am check in

6.30am board the plane

7.10am fly to Wellington

8.10am reach Wellington. took a bus to High Commission of Malaysia (HCM). someone knocked the bus from behind,gotta wait for the police to come and transfer us to another bus. was late for my appointment, had to call HCM to reschedule.

11.15am reach HCM

11.45am went to City. visited SGI centre. went for lunch. before i had my lunch, i was on a mission. boss asked me to mark around a few Malaysian restaurant, act as a photojournalist and have my meal there. so, i had laksa at 1 shop and had a roti canai at another. it was funny that i went in just to order a teh tarik. but they don't serve so i ordered a plain roti. and i was snapping and snapping. they might have though i was a photojournalist checking on them. i overheard them talking about me, asking the waiter to ask me whether the roti is nice. the waiter came and offer me some curry to go with my roti. i said im fine and asked for sugar instead. then the boss came out to check on me.wahahahah ...... i didn't finish the roti. when i went to pay,

Me:Sorry i didn't finish the roti coz i just had laksa at another place.

Waitress: that's ok.

Me: So, u didn't make the roti yourself eh?

Waitress: eerrr.... mmm ... Nop, we took it from someone.

Me: Hhhmmm ... its frozen ones.

Waitress: nonono .... its not.

Me: thats ok. dun worry about it. its a nice place. thank you.

(i told boss the story, he had a good laugh and said i was so mean) LOL ......

2.50pm went back to HCM to collect my documents. SETTLED! yeah! its just a piece of paper with few lines of writings. why do they need 3-4 months to issue if you post ur application? Malaysia Boleh!

3.00pm went back to city. did some chanting at kaikan. roam around city.

5.00pm board airport transfer

6.50pm fly back to Auckland

7.50pm reach AKL

8.30pm reach home. said hi to AK. ooppss .... it was so busy. all the muslims were there to eat. tomorrow they will start fasting. i was asked to work. oh nooo ... im so tired already but i couldn't say no. i requested to have a shower first.

9.30-12am work

DROPPED DEAD TIRED!!!

Day 539 fine

school ..... worked from 1 - 11pm. slept at 1am. tommorow have to wake up at 4am.

Day 538 fine

school .... work from 1 - 11pm

Day 534-537

2010-08-08T19:17:00.002+08:00

Day 537 (8.8.10) rainy n cold

Happy Birthday Shi Jia!
went to practice as usual. Seiko san updated us on the Rotorua Ikeda Peace Park performance. its going to be a massive event! got those big shots politicians & tribe leaders, Rotorua newspaper cover etc. and we are going to perform for less than 5 min. its going to be history for the brass band to be able to play in such a significant event, representing Sensei with our music. we'll be playing Morigasaki Beach.
went to work at 4.30pm - 11pm.

Day 536 rainy day

Happy Birthday Xin Ying & Xin Yan!
woke up at 12pm. did some banking, shop for my assignment stuff & also household stuff. did my laundry and went dinner with Wendy, Angie's family & friends. then, went to Wendy's apartment to watch 'KungFu Kid'. very nice movie indeed.

Day 535 clear sky

Friday! yahoo ... no work tomorrow! start to photoshop my shot. its heachache doing it. luckilly i got hold of the graphic design lecturer to help me. then, rushed to work. 1pm - 1.30am. tired!

Day 534 fine day

its my 1st session with Linhof. helped Tiffany for her shoot from 8.30am-11.30am. then, my turn to shoot (coke splash) from 12.30pm - 5.30pm. shit ...... i used 12.30pm-3pm only to get that glass in focus and get the lighting right. now i know why still life photographers charge so high. really lots of work and effort.
went dinner with Tiffany before taking a bus home. went home to put down my bag and went to AK to do closing. worked from 8.45pm-12am

Day 533

2010-08-05T04:48:00.002+08:00

rainy

discussed my storyboard with lecturer. he gave me some cool ideas. all set to shoot! tomorrow i will not be working. spending the whole day in studio for my very first shoot with Linhof + Leaf!

worked from 1pm - 11pm

Day 532

2010-08-03T19:28:00.007+08:00

foggy & rainy
8.30am
continue to learn Linhof. damn, can't even get a book in focus. 4 hours!!!!! high blood pressure raising! when lecturer went out from the studio for a while, we unplugged everything.
he returned: what are you guys doing? (with a grin coz i think he's also frustrated di)
class: WE GAVE UP! *everybody laughed*

went to work from 1-5pm. droved to Tiffany's house to do mock shots to present to lecturer tomorrow. came back to the shop by 9.30 and started cleaning till 11pm.

tired.

Day 531

2010-08-02T20:12:00.002+08:00

sunny during day. foggy & rainny at night.

my classmates has already started shooting their mock shots. very good work. start to feel pressure di coz my mock shots aren't that great. still not getting close to my desired shot.

today was a crazy day for me. rushed here & there to settle my visa problem. if i post my application, it takes 3 months to process! Msia Boleh! if i go personally, i can get everything done on that day itself!Angie Boleh! finally, had to fly down to Wellington next week to M'sia High Comm. settle it once & for all.
if i go this week, the air ticket will be NZD$400. then, i called MHC to set appointment, the lady told me there were no more slots available, only next wednesday. so i booked next wednesday to fly. and yyeessss .......... its just NZD$150! i saved so much!!!!

finished work 11.30pm

Day 528 - 530

2010-08-01T20:13:00.003+08:00

Day 530
cloudy Sunday.
woke up at 8am to attend World Peace Chanting. i guess being on duty as a photographer makes my laziness to go away :) met 2 Korean YWD, 1 Japanese YWD & 2 Korean WD on the bus. such a great feeling. kosen rufu bus i recon. continued with band practice till 4pm. took a 10 min nap before going to work. i need a nap, headache & tired. finished work at 11pm. Day 529
fine Saturday.
equipped with a map, hop in to a bus & went to homevisit Sun at Takapuna, took a 10 min walk at the beach nearby then took a bus to Albany to join a daimokukai at Stuart's house. it was a long journey & walk. i really appreciate the members coming from so far to attend meetings and practices at kaikan. such a great effort. read Sensei's guidance lately that 'if you do not have time to do kosen rufu during the weekdays, make full use of 1 day over the weekend for KR is one way too. i guess i really did it. Saturday: homevisit, attend daimokukai & chanted 1 hour daimoku. Sunday: duty as SGI photog & attend band practice. YYESSSS ...... siok!!!!

Day 528
fine Friday.
did some test shot for upcoming shoots. just couldn't get the lightings right! ggrrr..... geramnya!!!! i hope with the real Large Format camera, i can get the shots that i wanted. fingers crossed. rush to work at 12.30pm and finished at 1.30am.

Day 527

2010-07-29T20:00:00.001+08:00

fine with a few showers.

still constructing my assignment. have booked some slots for shootings.
rushed to work at 1pm.
finished work at 11.30pm.

Day 526

2010-07-28T20:14:00.001+08:00

fine day. cold!!! ggrrr ......

continue learning how to use large format in studio. had some test shots.
worked from 1-11pm.

Day 524-525

2010-07-27T19:13:00.002+08:00

Day 525 fine day

today learned large format camera (6x9). shiok man! we were tested individually how to handle it.

Lincoffinish work at 11pm

dinner - steamed Hapuka fish

Day 524 rainy Monday

continue to do assignment in class. finished work at 12am.

Day 522-523

2010-07-25T19:46:00.002+08:00

Day 523 - sunny sunday

went to help Michelle (AK's regular customer) to take photos of her products to be auctioned online. guess those stuff were bought in HK. then, went practice at 1pm. me & Wendy shared about 'Rotorua Campaign' to the band members. its actually a 'challenge plan' from today towards our Rotorua performance. went to work at 4.30pm. finished at 11pm.

Day 522 - cloudy

accompanied Wnedy to duty at kaikan. prep for tomorrow's sharing as well. went back to city about 5pm and had our Korean dinner. dropped by at Nigel's house to say hello and watched TV. went home to do laundry, watched 'The Fringe'. slept at 1am.

Day 521

2010-07-23T21:38:00.002+08:00

rainy

started work at 11.30am. handled the whole lunch crowd with Wendy. god went out and never came back. dinner crowd i had to handle by myself. so crazy!
finished work at 1.30am. very tired now.

Day 520

2010-07-22T20:59:00.002+08:00

rainy.

went to studio to learn how to shoot with the Hasselblad. AMAZING!!!! can't wait to shoot my assignment with it.

finish work at 1am.

Day 519

2010-07-21T19:40:00.002+08:00

raining all day.

got to touch hasselblad medium format camera today! awesome ... can't wait to shoot with it!!! finished class early. went to post office to post my application to shoot Khalil Fong's concert. hope i can get it :P

finished work at 11pm.

Day 517-518

2010-07-20T20:09:00.002+08:00

Day 518 - fine and cold.

touched medium format camera today. learned how to handle the camera and the digital back.
finished work at 10.45pm

Day 517 - rainy

monday again! leanne lectured the class. continue to do research for assignment.
finished work at 11pm

Day 514 - 516

2010-07-19T05:43:00.002+08:00

Day 516 - not too cold

with Masao, Nigel & Wendy, we went lunch and bought a birthday cake for Seiko san. started chanting at 12.45pm and do all warm ups. made a surprise for Seiko san before the meeting started. its Youth Meeting today and VMB performed 'Youth Climb The Mountain'. the theme for the mtg was 'Courage'. it was so high at the end of the meeting when 'Wet Tissues' (SGI NZ rock band) performed. it was my 1st time taking the group photo. thanks to Koji san for giving me the opportunity. met a group of SGM members who were on working holiday.

went to work from 5-11pm. tired.

Day 515 - rainy day.

went for rehearsal in the morning. helped Wendy to buy some PC stuff. went to Victor's house to get some stuff and watched TV. had dinner at Wendy's house while working on some banner deco for tomorrow's meeting. then to Nigel's house to play 'Werewolf' again. but no drinking this round as we need to perform the next day.

Day 514 - sunny and cold.

it was the most relaxed working night. not much customers. we went home at 11pm! great!

Day 512 (14.7.10) - 513(15.7.10)

2010-07-15T21:24:00.003+08:00

Day 513 - fine day. cold.
Called M'sian Embassy to ask some questions. email-ed Immigration PIC and he told me he'll give me 3 months of permit in order to give me time to get my Police Cert. very prompt and kind service. you definately won't get this kind of service in M'sia! all you see in long black faces.
finished class at 12pm.went to buy internet credit. went to get a letter from my apartment & faxed to Immigration. Nigel's parents came to say hi in the evening.
finished work at 10.30pm. asked to leave early as i need to meet Nigel's family.

Day 512 fine day. cold.

still sorting out how to get 'Letter of Good Conduct' frm M'sia. headache. took 1 hour time off to go Immigration office to submit my Attendance & Performance record from my previous level. the PIC of my case is very helpful.
Seiko san came to pass me a gift from Ikeda Sensei. i though it was for all YWD or something. but to my surprise, it was from Sensei to ME! i always hear people getting direct guidance from Sensei, and can't believe i can get it too! sensei responded to my letter and determination which i sent to him (wrote a thank you letter to him for the photo he choose printed out in Seikyo Shimbun). i am so touched, happy and speechless! i will need to fight more in order to repay gratitude to Sensei. i must win!

finished work at 12.15am. tired

Day 511

2010-07-13T19:45:00.001+08:00

fine day. super cold. 5 degree in the morning when i went to school ..... 1 degree at night.
worked from 1pm - 11pm

Day 508 - 510

2010-07-12T19:49:00.002+08:00

Day 510 - 12.7.2010 fine day. cold.
its 1st day of class.can't believe i can actually continue my Diploma level. guess nothing is really impossible after all. as long as u continue striving and challenge yourself beyond your own limit. life is going to be tougher from today onwards. have to cope with studies, assignment, work and gakkai activities. can't afford to not work a day as i still need to earn for my daily life and for future use. finish class at 12.30pm and had to rush to work. monday to friday ....... same thing.
1st assignment-----intermedia! have to create shots for a ad using 'large format' camera! 3 choices~Cola?Nike?Chanel? i think im going to choose CocaCola since im a big fan of it. for those who have been to my house, im sure you're aware of my worldwide collections. got 10 weeks to complete this project. i can still go to work till night for the next 2 weeks i guess. then have to start shooting.
finished work at 11.30pm

Day 509 - fine day.
went to practice then to work. had steamboat for dinner. shiok! 1st time having steamboat in winter. sooooooo nice! finish work at 12.30am. did laundry till 2.30am. tomorrow wake up at 7.30am.

Day 508 - fine day. cold cold cold. 1-2 degree only!!!!
today got no practice so slept happily till 2pm. went shopping for stationery with Wendy. Justin invited us for pasta. i guess he is too lonely without Nigel being around. reached his house 6.30pm. after dinner, more than 10 of his friends came to play 'Werewolf' card game. those who were killed by the werewolf or die in any situation must take a 'shot'. so many hard liquer in the middle, u choose whichever you want. girls have to the option to mix with sprite. my alchohol tolerence is getting better, thanks to Angie who always ask me to drink in order to keep me warm. yes, it really keeps you warm in winter. went back home at 2.30am.

Day 507 9.7.2010

2010-07-09T22:09:00.003+08:00

fine and cold! max 16 deg min 2 deg

full house for tonight. a group of Malaysians came to eat. later found out that one of them is a 'Yang Berhormat' from Terengganu. 15 of them came to do research for a bridging program with M'sian Uni. so, its their 'official' visit i guess. they covered the bills of other 'Malay'sian students who were eating at that time. lucky night for them. when the students were about to leave, they were given $100 each! omg ..... look at that! this is where tax payers $$$ go.
i hope my blog will be discovered by the Govt. other wise, i'll b sent to jail :P

finished work at 1.30am.

Day 506 8.7.2010

2010-07-08T20:21:00.002+08:00

fine day

finished work at 11.30pm. mendy told me over facebook that i owe U-Mobile RM500!!!
what the hack!!!! 2 years ago i sign up 2 accounts at their promo counter. the salesman said that the SIM card is free because U-Mobile has just started. he said that if 3 months time i do not use the service, they will automatically cut off the service so that we don't have commitment. damn! 2 months before i was about to leave to NZ,i asked my auntie to help cancel the account because they keep on charging me monthly fee. damn ..... now mendy told me they sent a letter 2 me asking me 2 pay balance RM500 and notify that the account has been succesfully terminated. stupid idiot company. lesson: never sign up anything from any promo booth!!!!!

Day 505 7.7.2010

2010-07-07T19:57:00.001+08:00

fine and windy.

yeehh......finished work so early today!11pm sharp!

my student permit still pending! arrrggg.... but d school sent email saying that i can start my class as usual. lucky .... if not have to wait next year and everything will b jammed!

tonight can rest early! great!!!!

Day 504 6.7.2010

2010-07-06T22:23:00.002+08:00

fine day.

was expecting big crowds today but unfortunately it didn't happened. heard that they were having a closing ceremony dinner so i guess thats the reason why.
finished work early at 12.15am.
yes!!!!my apartment lift is back to normal! after 3 horrible weeks of climbing 10 floors!!!!will pay my rent now. hehehe ....

Day 503 5.7.2010

2010-07-05T23:15:00.002+08:00

cold and windy.

happy birthday to Nigel & Yong Kean.

BERSATU Games is still going on, so AK is still flocked with heaps of M'sians. so busy and tired. had Prawn Noodle Soup for supper. worked from 12pm to 2am.

Day 502 4.07.2010

2010-07-04T22:54:00.002+08:00

Rainy day. tired

woke up 7.30am. gotta b at kaikan by 8.30am. Masao san came and pick me and Wendy. we did D&G together and shared our determinations. had a short warm up and get ready. got a message that Koji san's car broke down and i had to cover the event first. luckily i decided to bring my camera and flash. but i forgot to charge my battery, smart rite? i chanted in my hear that my battery will last till the end of the meeting. yes ..... i really managed to pulled through. so lucky. managed to get a few shots and rush back to my position. we played 'World Kosen Rufu' & 'Human Revolution'. then, i went back to my photographer job again. like a crazy woman. hahaha .......
watched Sensei's video on his receiving award from QingHwa University, China. its was touching as always. The President of the Uni even said that Sensei has always been his idol. wow ...... nowadays, many Chinese still hate Japanese because of World War. but through Sensei's sincere dialogue & actions, he has broke the ice! Sensei encouraged us to learn from China. China has influence many cultural factors in other Asian countries. Why is China so rapidly growing? its because they are unity, they work as one. 'itai doshin' as we always hear in Gakkai. i was awaken by some of Sensei's guidance. 今から始める! Start Now! Courage leads to Wisdom. We must have courage.

finished by 11.30am. went home at 12 something. had a short nap and went to work. so busy today, just like Friday night's situation. finished work at 2am.

Day 501 3.7.2010

2010-07-03T21:17:00.002+08:00

Saturday. fine day.
slept at 4.30am last nite after studying human revolution for sharing today.
woke up at 8am. went to our final rehersal. finished at 1pm, went to Foodtown to get some stuff for Nigel's surprise birthday party. went back to sleep for 1 hour before going to Wendy's house to cook. did my laundry at her apartment too. Nigel didn't know that we invited his friends as well. thx to Justin, Julie & Alan for coming. we had a great mini party. came home at 1am.

Day 500 2.7.2010

2010-07-02T22:18:00.002+08:00

cold but nice weather.

omg so tired. so tired. so tired.

the BERSATU Games has started. its an annual sport competition where all M'sian students participate in all sorts of games. imagine all Malaysian students from all parts of NZ come packing in a small restaurant?!!!
usually we have 2 rounds of full house during lunch hour. today is 4-5 rounds!!!! and dinner croud was as crazy. got some cash insentive from boss for today's hardwork. hehe......

had roast duck for lunch@dinner@supper at 10.30pm. finished work at 2am. tomorrow have to wake up at 8am for rehersal. gonna perform on this Sunday. now still reading NHR to share the significance of 'Song of Human Revolution' that we're gonna play.

Day 499 1.7.2010

2010-07-01T21:09:00.002+08:00

not too cold and not too hot today. quite good weather.
had to go to work at 11.30am instead of 12pm. boss need to do some urgent grocceries. it was so so so busy today. boss was not around during the peak hours. i handled the whole front house alone. walau eh ..... very very tired. leg sore now. no time for lunch. just had a piece of frozen pizza and a cup of milk for breakfast (that was 4pm). about 9pm only boss came with our 'lunch'. somore no time to eat properly, had to stand inside the kitchen to eat my fish n chips while boss take care for me. swollowed everything in 5-10 min. the dishwashing auntie also nearly fainted because of hunger & tired.
well, at least we finished early today about 12.30am.

Day 498 30.6.2010

2010-06-30T21:56:00.001+08:00

not so cold today.

finished work at 1am. tired.

Day 497 - 29.06.2010

2010-06-29T21:06:00.002+08:00

too tired that i woke up late today. skipped gongyo ..... darn! nearly late for work. today was not so busy at work as the students are all having break. had 'pei dan jok' *century egg porridge* for supper. so full! finished work at 12.30am

finally the management of my apartment has given response to our complaints. after 3 weeks of no lift, they finally put up a notice stating that the technician will come & fix it tomorrow. gosh .... can u imagine climbing up 10 floors everyday? after standing for 12-13 hours at work. im gonna need a wheelchair very soon.

Day 496 - 28.6.2010

2010-06-28T21:20:00.002+08:00

its not as cold as yesterday. report says min 9 degree. still haven't got any news on my student permit. very anxious now as class is gonna start on 12 July. my college has sent me email today stating tht i need 2 show my permit before i can join d class.

worked from 12pm to 1am. tired.

Day 495 27.6.2010

2010-06-27T21:57:00.007+08:00

ooppss ..... i keep on dragging n dragging my posts. now i have to skip so many weeks of report. today is a must to blog because i received such a great news that will effect my life for ever.
i had a dialogue session with my YWD chief Seiko san in the morning at Starbucks. she then placed a piece of newspaper cutting in front of me. it was the group photo of Ikeda Kayokai meeting that i took the other day. out of 192 countries, Sensei has chosen 3 to be published in Seikyo Shimbun. it was New Zealand, Ireland & Russia. OMG! my debut photo in Seikyo Shimbun! 5.5 million readers daily! i really can't imagine that happened. my dream has finally came true. i must thank Koji san(my photo team leader) coz he was the one who insisted us to send the photo & report to Sensei. we were reluctant coz its only a small meeting. it was so out of expectation Sensei chose NZ. i can't describe how happy i was when i look at d newspaper. tears were just gleaming in my eyes. then, Seiko san asked me to close my eyes as she wants to give me present as a token of appreciation. it is the Ikeda Kayokai Guidelines Book. its originally in japanese written by Sensei himself, NZ has translated it to English. i have contributed some photos there. wow ...... just so happy to see my photos published in a gakkai book. they are going to send a copy to Sensei of course. i've always wanted to send photos to Sensei & ........ see .......... I DID IT. when we reached kaikan for band practice, Seiko passed me a sheet of paper where u can write to Sensei directly. i wrote a thank you message to Sensei & again mentioning my determinations. then, went to the office and personally faxed it to SGI Japan. pressing the SEND button was so suspence. LOL. its like sending a love letter and hoping Sensei will receive it.
last week, i wrote a letter to Sensei on my situation & determination. i've attached 2 photos in there too. i hope Sensei will like it. i've also gave him a group photo of Penang FY (my last performance before i came here). behind the photo i wrote a short message tht this is the band where i grew up & strived together all my life. they will be having a concert soon. I really wanted Sensei to know what PFY is doing and im praying everyday that our 2010 targets will be fulfilled. all the best to PFY. please do your best and send a victory report to Sensei. its the best gift to Sensei as he has always rely on us music corps on world kosen. its the best way to pay gratitude to him & Gakkai.

Day 453 - 477

2010-06-09T21:55:00.002+08:00

Day 477 - work from 12pm - 1am

Day 476 - work from 12pm - 12.30am. Sensei has received our victory report and sent us a message. another great news is that Seikyo Shimbun will publish our report & photos in few days time!

Day 475 - today is a public holiday (Queens B'day) so i don't have to work. very nice weather after few days of rain. today, the band is having a celebration party for our successful concert at Takuya san house. woke up early to go shopping with Wendy. we bought some crab balls for the party. we were quite early to reach the venue. so, we helped in making breads(ham&cheese and sweetcorn rolls). ooo ... my 1st time rolling doughs ..... some looked like socks, roti canai etc. so many funny outcome but it was really fun. heaps of things to eat eg. sausages, crab balls, sushi, kimchi, dal curry rice, pasta, home made rolls, chips, wine, beers, sodas etc! after eating, we watched our performance video before going home. hitched a ride from Masao san, Yuki & I got down at downtown. was thinking to walk home but since the weather is good, i decided to walk to the habour and enjoy my evening. sat on the bench and listening to my Ipod made my day off so relaxing. then, took the free bus to Borders to read some magazines. it was raining when i walked back home. no umbrella ... luckilly it wasn't that heavy. slept at 9pm. too tired.

Day 474 - attended World Peace Chanting meet. its my 1st day of duty as a member of Senko kai (photographers team). so proud & very determined to do my best to shoot for kosen rufu & Sensei. was again in tears while watching Sensei's video. saw the M'sian troupe in d video too shouting 'Malaysia Boleh' in front of Sensei. Sensei again touched on the mission of brass band, chorus group & Kotekitai. more in tears.

Day 473 - 10am went to Kayokai meeting at Seiko san's house. was asked to take photos of the meeting to be sent to Sensei. it was a great session, heard many experiences & hardship of others. i will never give up as i have gakkai & faith. my dream will surely come true if i just continue fighting. STRIVE ALL OUT Angie!!! together with Seiko san, we went to have coffee with Koji san which is the chief photographer of SGINZ. he related his experience to us which is so inspiring. im very honoured to shoot & learn along with him. went home bout 5pm, clear and empty my room & bomb it. stupid fleas made my legs so itchy & painful. will kill them once & for all. after kao tim everything, i returned the vacuum cleaner to Wendy and then walked to Nigel's house to pass him some Gyoza Seiko san made for us. came home and slept till the next day. it was so so tiring after a long day.

Day 472 - work from 12pm - 12am.

Day 471 - work from 12pm - 1am.

Day 470 - work from 12pm - 12.30am.

Day 469 - work from 12pm - 12.30am.

Day 468 - work from 12pm - 12.30am. Nigel managed to borrow a card reader for his friend. he came to my house to transfer photos so that i can give Masao san the photos to be sent to Japan's Seikyo newspaper. thanx a lot Nigel. poor Nigel .... slept while waiting for the transfer to complete.

Day 467 - THIS IS THE DAY! its 30.5.2010! its Victorious March Band 10th Anniversary & 8th Joint Concert with Manukau City Concert Band. can't believe im able to play for the 2nd time. i still remember when we were sharing our resolutions last year before the performance started. i said it will be my 1st and may be the last time to play with VMB. everyone especially the leaders encouraged me to chant for the fortune to stay in NZ and they are sending daimoku for me to stay on. true enough ... here i am again! i have made resolution to be able to participate in the 2011 concert & fingers crossed, i will make it happen!
this year, Koji san went to Japan & couldn't come back in time to photograph our concert. so i asked Tiffany's help to do so. thx Tiff for her effort. after the concert, we helped the 'behind d scene' team to clean the centre. after that we had ramen dinner with Masao san, Nigel & Wendy.

... to be continued

Day 434 - 452

2010-05-14T22:45:00.003+08:00

Day 452 - went to practice with Nigel & Wendy. thx to Angie & godpa for driving us there. it was raining like cats & dogs. like end of the world is coming. but once we started chanting, the rain stopped and d sky was so blue with beautiful clouds. practice was ok, still lots of polishing 2 do! then, we went dinner with Angie & family. we gave Wendy a surprise b'day cake during d dinner.

Day 451 - work from 12pm to 1.30am

Day 450 - work from 12pm to 2.00am

Day 449 - went to school to register for my Diploma course. then went to work from 12pm to 1.30am

Day 448 -work from 12pm to 12.00am

Day 447 - work from 12pm to 1.30am

Day 446 - went to practice from 1-4pm. work from 5pm to 2.30am

Day 445 - went to practice from 1-4pm. went dinner with Wendy & Angie. then went drink coffee with Wendy to help here do slideshow for mothers day.

Day 444 - work from 12pm to 1.00am

Day 443 - work from 12pm to 2.00am

Day 442 - work from 12pm to 12.30am

Day 441 - work from 12pm to 1.30am

Day 440 - work from 12pm to 12.30am. went to Nigel's house to shoot a short video clip for Mendy's birthday.

Day 439 - we are celebrating 5.3 Day today. d brass played 'Youth Climb The Mountain' & 'Forever Sensei'. so shock to see full house today in the centre. so many new chanters & Gohonzon enshriners. after the meeting, i went to Bridal Expo with Tiffany. we managed to get exhibitor pass so we didn't have to pay to enter. there were gown fashion show, booths of gown designers, photographers & misc. after that, went to work from 5pm to 2am. i am so so so tired!!!!

Day 438 - went to practice from 1-4pm. had lunch with Masao san, Yuki & Nigel. Masao san treated us japanese meal. thx :) then i went window shopping with Nigel. then, i stayed at Nigel's house while he went out with his friends. after he came back about 9.30pm, we went for Korean food as dinner. thx Nigel for d treat. we then walked to Foodtown to shop for grocerries at 12am with some other 5-6 Malaysian students. finished shopping at 2.30am. weird? faster went to sleep as tomorrow need to wake up at 8am for performance.

Day 437 - work from 12pm to 2.00am

Day 436 - work from 12pm to 2.00am

Day 435 - work from 12pm to 2.00am

Day 434 - work from 12pm to 11.00pm

Happy Birthday Mendy!!!

2010-05-03T21:51:00.003+08:00

Hey Mendy!!!
Happy Birthday!!!
We made a video specially for you for your birthday!!
Live here at 1.30 in the morning in NZ!!!
Hope you enjoy it!!

above article is by author Nigel. thx Nigel for helping me to upload & write a few words.

mei mei ..... its such a wonderful & fortunate thing that you are born on 3rd May. of course you would know its a historic day for Soka Gakkai & 2 of our Sensei. so, please don't give up and let's fight for kosen rufu with Ikeda Sensei. refresh your determination & dedicate your victories to Sensei. i know you can do it. many great future is awaiting you. all the best!ENJOY your student life!

Day 425 - 433

2010-04-26T21:35:00.002+08:00

Day 433 - work from 12pm to 12.30am

Day 432 - went to practice at kaikan. everyone attended except for Nigel. he got food poisoning due to expired instant noodles. apalah Nigel!!!! LOL!!!! went to work from 5pm to 12am.

Day 431 - woke up at 11am. went to AK to do stock check. 1.30pm i drove Angie's car to a YWD's house to do 5.3 Day gift. fetched Wendy & another YWD. had Burger King for my brea+lun+ner at 7pm. in 7 hours we managed to do 200++ bookmarks with different kinds of designs. wow!!!! then me & Wendy took a bus to downtown to meet Nigel & friends. so funny feeling coz there's whole bunch of Malaysians go midnight shopping together. felt like we were at Tesco. hahaahaah ........ finished shopping by 11.30pm. online for awhile before going to bed.

Day 430 - work from 12pm to 12am

Day 429 - work from 12pm to 12am

Day 428 - work from 12pm to 12am

Day 427 - work from 12pm to 12am

Day 426 - work from 12pm to 11.30pm

Day 425 - went to practice at kaikan. went to work from 5pm to 12am.

Day 412 - 424

2010-04-17T21:25:00.004+08:00

Day 424 - went breakfast with Angie & family then go Fo Guang Shan at Botany.went home to wait my client to come pick up her wedding cd but she didn't make it. went to Wendy's house to eat dinner & watch TV - Chipmunks & Ladder 49. went back home to do laundry and watched All Well Ends Well Too 2010 while waiting. slept at 2am.

Day 423 - work from 12pm to 12am

Day 422 - work from 12pm to 12am

supper - braised tofu & mushroom

bailey irish cream (liquor)Day 421 - work from 12pm to 12am

Day 420 - work from 12pm to 12am

Day 419 - work from 12pm to 12am

Day 418 - go practice from 1pm - 4pm. work from 5pm to 12am

Day 417 - go Lim Choor with Wendy to shop for dinner. cooking bah kut teh tonight. went to Albert Park to practice music. went back to Wendy's apt to get the cooked bah kut teh & went to Nigel's house. so coincidently Nigel also cooking bah kut teh. so there were 6 of us having bah kut teh fiesta. watched Night In The Museum while eating. played Tekken, scribble, UNO before heading home.

Day 416 - work from 12pm to 12am

Day 415 - work from 12pm to 11.30pm

supper - seafood laksa Day 414 - work from 12pm to 10.30pm

Day 413 - work from 12pm to 10.30pm

Day 412 - go yumchar with angie, godpa ,their aunt & wendy. went to Rose Garden, Kelly Tarlton Underwater World & Winter Garden. had dinner at a vegetarian restaurant because Angie's friend(a MAS crew) who came to Auckland is a vegetarian. tasted good anyway. went back to their house to eat ice cream before heading home by 9.30pm.
*photos at my facebook*

Day 400 - 411

2010-04-04T19:44:00.004+08:00

Day 411 - the daylight saving is over. had to turn back my clock 1 hour. woke up at 3pm. vacuum my room and went to work at 5pm. not much customers today so we finished by 11.30pm. we had vegetarian dinner coz they have visiting friend who is vegetarian.

feijoa fruitgiant lemonreally looked like a fish the chefdinner time
Day 410 - woke up 10.30am. Shunhan came to pick me at 12pm. head to Formosa Golf Resort for wedding shoot,it takes 45 min drive. thx Shunhan for your help. reached there too early so we went for lunch nearby & went back by 2.30pm. ceremony was suppose to start at 3pm but the bride was not ready. it was quite relaxed shoot as the couple just need to document the event as they have already gone through the 'real' ceremony & dinner in Taiwan. so this was a casual one. Thank you Nelson & Janice for entrusting me to shoot your wonderful wedding.
finished by 8.30pm then went to Nigel's house at 9.30pm to help him design something. he made me a vodka + dono wat juice. NICE!i really like it but the vodka was not enough dear!LOL thx Nigel ... :) stayed there till about 2am & went home. after shower, slept on my bed while watching my TVB drama till 4.30am. what a day! hahaha ...... Day 409 - woke up at 4pm. YES! its Easter Day, its my day off! had the longest & soundest sleep ever. so so so tired of working long hours everyday. so, i spent my easter alone in my room. do laundry, clean my room, watch drama, eat instant noodle as break@lunc@dinner. about 10.30pm, Nigel came to my room to have supper together and watched a funny but stupid cartoon. he left about 3am and i slept after doing gongyo. need to wake up early for a wedding shoot. Tiffany has went back to China so she hand over this shoot to me.

Day 408 - worked from 12pm to 2.30am. went to Post Office to return my passport to embassy. wasted my money only. celaka betul .... how can they make mistake on someone's passport?such an important document yet made a stupid mistake. terrible working attitude.

Day 407 - worked from 12pm to 1.30am

Day 406 - worked from 12pm to 1am

Day 405 - worked from 12pm to 1am

Day 404 - went to practice from 1pm to 4pm. worked from 5pm to 12am

Day 403 - went for a haircut again with Angie. then went to Dressmart to get some pairs of socks. went for dinner before heading home. at 8pm, me, Wendy, Naomi, Satomi san & Nigel went to Albert Park to have picnic to support Earth Hour. stayed there till the end of Earth Hour before going to Nigel's house to play poker.

Day 402 - worked from 12pm to 1am

Day 401 - worked from 12pm to 12am

Day 400 - worked from 12pm to 12am

Day 391 - 399

2010-03-23T22:01:00.003+08:00

Day 399 - went to post office to send my passport to Malaysia Embassy.then, work from 12pm till 12.30am. went to Nigel's hse to do something till 2.30am.

Day 398 - went to city library to get my IC certified by Justice of Peace. celaka ....not open yet. rush back to work. then, went again at opening hour, shit!too long Q, the secretary asked me to come back again on Thursday. damn .... walk back to AK again, then call another JP. YES, he's available. so i quickly drove to Grafton and get it done. then rush back to work again till 12.30am.

Day 397 - went practice from 1-4pm. work from 5pm till 1.00am

Day 396 - went to Miruwai Beach for shooting. the daughter will be leaving to UK for studies soon. so we were requested to take photos of her daughter and her horse. fantastic view! 1st time riding a quad bike and a horse. the horse is far taller than me, had a scary but fun ride. Tiffany's husband attached a trailer on his quad bike and drove us to chase and shoot(photos) the horse. real good experience. then went dinner at 9pm. went back home and bath and do laundry before going to Wendy's house for supper at 1am.

Day 395 - work from 12pm till 1am.

Day 394 - work from 12pm till 2am.

Day 393 - work from 12pm till 1am.

Day 392 - work from 12pm till 12.30am.

Day 391 - work from 12pm till 1am.

Day 384 - 390

2010-03-14T20:29:00.003+08:00

Day 390 - woke up at 8.45am. get ready to go kaikan for 3.16 Celebration. there were 6 of us waiting for transport. thx so much YMDs who drove us to the centre. once again i shed tears while watching Sensei's video. tears of regret & shame that im still not doing good enough as a youth. i still can't catch up with Sensei's path. but i'll never give up. i'll continue to strive no matter what. I love you, Sensei. After the meeting, me, Nigel & Wendy walked to buy brunch before going to band.we finished early today coz everyone was tired. went back home to take few minutes rest before going to work. as usual, its busy night. had Burger King for supper, boss bought it when driving him home. finished work at 12.45am. so tired .... sleep ..........

Day 389 - went to Whangaparaoa for a wedding shoot from 1-10-ish pm. very simple & nice wedding party. the house is so beautiful!!!once you walk to the back of the house, ..... ttaadddaaaaa......its a bay lah! beautiful & super clean beach.how i wish i could stay at that area. this is the most relax wedding shoot i ever had. partly because they are Tiffany's friend & so it was not that tense & formal. i joined their dinner as well.their tent looking over the sunset .... sipping wine & beer ..... what a romantic wedding party. reached home by 11-ish & went out for a drink with Wendy & Vikki, my chapter leader. the leaders are very passionate & warm. they try to keep in touch with you every now & then. homevisit during midnite & in a bar? my 1st time. LOL ... Vikki asked me about promotion as a group leader. i didn't give her answer yet, will think about it. went home by 2am.

Day 388 - its my GRADUATION NITE! worked till 4pm only coz i need 2 reach the hall by 5pm. shit! the lift was out of order! how lucky was i. so this aunty here ran up 10 floors, shower, then ran down 10 floors again! yyeehhhh ......... reached Aotea Centre by 4.45pm, get my gown & ready for the nite. Charlie was flipping the handouts and i saw something that was unbelievable! my name was printed on The Excellence Award category. OMG!!!! i couldn't believe it! am i dreaming?no i was not! Nigel asked me why i didn't get the Perfect Attendance Award? gee...after thinking & thinking its impossible coz i never skip my classes even once. aahhhh.....i know!i was still in Penang for 2 weeks when the class started. thats why! but never mind .... its my fault. so the ceremony went smoothly starting of with the possession, speeches, special award giving, qualification giving & photo session. was happy that it was witnessed by my 2 good friends Nigel & Wendy. it would be better if my parents could attend. its ok. next time! thx Nigel for the video recording! thx Nigel, Wendy & Naomi for the lovely bouquet of flowers. thx ShunHan for photography. after returning back the gown, we rushed to Angie's Kitchen to take photos with colleagues. then, we went for a simple celebration dinner. went to visit Nigel's new apartment & watched some videos he took for me on FeiYang band. good job my lovely band members!i was shocked to see so many members. really big & sound good! went back home bout 1am.

Day 387 - work from 12pm - 1am

Day 386 - work from 12pm - 1am

Day 385 - work from 12pm - 12.30am

Day 384 - work from 12pm - 12.30am

Day 376 - 383

2010-03-07T20:46:00.002+08:00

Day 383 - woke up at 8am. went to World Peace Chanting with new M'sian YMD member. went brunch with Wendy before band practice. then , went to work by 5pm. finished work at 1am.

Day 382 - woke up at 2pm. brought Daniel, a new student from Sarawak, to city for a tour. then, went to Borders to read some books & magazines while waiting to meet Wendy for dinner.

Day 381 - work from 12pm to 1am

Day 380 - work from 12pm to 2am

Day 379 - work from 12pm to 1am

Day 378 - work from 12pm to 1am

Day 377 - work from 12pm to 2am

Day 376 - woke up at 10am. received text from Masao that practice has been cancelled. so went to fetch Nigel from the airport. we met with a small accident along the way back home. the AA service was fast & efficient. thumbs up! after lunch, went to work till 1am.

Day 367 - 375

2010-02-27T18:49:00.003+08:00

Day 375 - its Chap Goh Meh, final day of CNY, also Chinese Valentine Day. so fast its over! woke up at 3pm then had dinner at Burger King before heading to Lantern Festival at Albert Park.

taiwan dance

Hangzou dance troupe - they performed at 2008 Beijing Olympic opening ceremony Day 374 - woke up at 7.30am. went to school to discuss about exhibition. then went to immigration to submit my visitor permit. rushed to work by 11.30am. had crayfish & white wine for supper. i drank until abit drunk, couldn't stand still, my colleagues teased at me for being lousy. finished work at 3am.

yum ...drink till face redDay 373 - work from 12pm to 12.30am

Day 372 - work from 12pm to 1.00am

lunch ~ braised tofuDay 371 - work from 12pm to 1.00am

lunch ~ sesame seed bun

chicken porridgeDay 370 - work from 12pm to 11.30pm
lunch ~ cabbagefish currytofu soupDay 369 - went to practice from 1pm to 4pm. work from 5pm to 11.30pm
Angie's son bought a LV bag for her

supper ~ long bean with olivesfish curryDay 368 - went to Tiffany's house to meet bride & bridegroom to discuss about April's wedding. then went dinner at a Japanese restaurant. then, went to Angie's house for awhile before going home.

Day 367 - work from 12pm to 12.30pm lobster porridge

Day 359 - 366

2010-02-18T20:06:00.007+08:00

Day 366 - its 18.2.2010!!!!! it means i am here in NZ for 1 year already!!!!! wow wow wow ..... tough but interesting year! 1 year gone means another new year coming. i will strive hard to go through 2010 with victory! gambatte!!!!!

work from 12pm to 12am

Day 365 - work from 12pm to 12am

Day 364 - work from 12pm to 12am. got a parcel from dad. yyeehhhh .... my new phone has arrived from UK! thanx dad! its Samsung Taccolite, full touch screen with 3.2 MP camera. i asked dad to buy me a phone coz my old one's joystick is not functioning & too much dust on the screen tht its kinda blocking my view.

our lunch

ladyfinger with squidfried eggs

our dinner

auntie Heng's Koay Teow Th'ng

Angie's Wat Tan Hor

mine - my 2nd attempt on frying mamak mee gorengDay 363 - work from 12pm to 11.30pm

Day 362 - HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!! so sad being away from home for CNY. its my 1st time not attending family reunion dinner, can't party with my fella band family! :(

went to kaikan at 9am for CNY meeting. thx to Naomi for giving us a ride! so ... in the meeting, they had a few performances and yummy yummy CNY food. feel just like in heaven! never though can get to eat 'ang ku', 'ribbon pia' etc in NZ. kekeke ..... so CNY mood. after that, went to work from 12pm to 12am. tht's it! how boring is my CNY.

my lunch - fish head beehoon soup

Day 361 - woke up at 11am. quickly do my laundry. then, 2pm i went to Tiffany's house to discuss some upcoming photography jobs & get my salary from the last wedding. by 7pm, went to aunty Heng's house for CNY eve reunion dinner.

buddha jump wall佛跳墙

french bean with squid

yong taufu

fresh salmon

roast pork & duck

lobster/crayfish

yong chilli

tao pei kang

Day 360 - work from 12pm to 12am

my supper - 1st attempt of me frying mamak mee goreng. total failure ...

Day 359 - work from 12pm to 12am

Day 350 - 358

2010-02-10T19:19:00.007+08:00

Day 358 - this morning was a bit cold and it started to rain early afternoon.i took 3 hours leave to attend YWD meeting. i have not been to SGI meeting for months. now that the restaurant is not busy, I quickly took the opportunity to attend.8 of us gathered at Queen Street and Vikki led us to Anna's house for the meeting. we had new members from Japan & Brazil. its such a good feeling that 8 YWD having a great time walking & chatting on the street to a meeting venue. we shared about The Human Revolution Chapter 1 tonight. we even had a secret agenda to celebrate Vikki's belated birthday. by 9.30pm, me & Naomi walked back home. i went back to work till 12am.
lunch time

ginger dark soy sauce chickensambal stir fry kangkungsalted fish soup

Day 357 - worked 12pm till 11pm

Day 356 - worked 12pm till 11.30pm

Day 355 - worked 12pm till 11.30pm

Day 354 - went to band practice by bus. only 5 members turned up. we had individual practice. i was supposed to go to Angie's house but I forgot to bring my phone so I had to go home to call her. Masao gave me a ride. about 6pm, had dinner with Angie at downtown. came back home, watch TVB drama till 3.30am.

Day 353 - worked 12pm till 11.30pm

Day 352 - worked 12pm till 11pm

Day 351 - worked 1pm till 10.30pm my dinner - organic ice cream

Day 350 - worked 12pm till 11pm

Day 341 - 349

2010-02-01T21:40:00.004+08:00

Day 349 - today is a public holiday, its Auckland Day! its day off for me. yahhoooo ....... i woke up at 4pm, never had that nice & long sleep for a long time. took the free shuttle bus to downtown for some groccery & dinner shopping. bought some bread which is on 'special' price (coz they due the next day). thts what i have for the day. bread for "Breaklunchnerper".

Day 348 - work from 12pm - 11.30pm

Day 347 - saturday. day off. woke up at 2pm & went to Queen Street for a walk. deposited my salary, bought rechargable batteries for my flash. i saw the shop selling D3 at NZD$7900 & Crumpler 7 Million at NZD$195. i'm gonna strike Lotto and buy it!!!!! *day dreaming*

then, went to Auntie Heng's house to help her install some computer program while copying some TVB drama for me. had dinner with her before going home.

auntie Heng cooking

Ribenaall vegetarian dishes

Day 346 - work from 12pm - 12.30am. Tiffany came to get the wedding photos that i shot.

Angie working too hard

Day 345 - work from 12pm - 11.30pm

had been shooting for the restaurant's new menu for the whole week. at last i get to try each & every dish in the restaurant.

Day 344 - work from 12pm - 11.00pm

Day 343 - work from 12pm - 12.00am

Day 342 - work from 12pm - 11.00pm

Day 341 - work from 12pm - 10.30pm

Day 334 - 340

2010-01-23T18:50:00.002+08:00

Day 340 - had a wedding shoot at Kumeu. its a Samuan wedding. i shot her sister last year, she was the bridesmaid & it is her turn now. congratulations to Peter & Catherine! woke up at 8am, had shower & do gongyo before catching a bus to Tiffany's house at Mt Albert. she made me lunch before heading to the wedding. first went to shoot bride-get-ready at a small cottege. then 3pm, head to Kumeu Valley Estate for wedding ceremony & dinner. before dinner, we were suppose to take some photos at a vineyard just opposite but the gate was closed. so, they changed the plan to a nearby closed train station. it was raining on & off but the show had to go on. after that at 6pm, rushed back for the dinner. Polynesian weddings are very touching & entertaining. the bride & bridegroom were in tears most of the time. finished work by 10pm.

Day 339 - work from 12pm - 11.30pm. asked permission to leave early because i needed enough sleep for tommorow!

Day 338 - work from 12pm - 1.00am

Day 337 - work from 12pm - 12.00am

Day 336 - work from 12pm - 11.00pm

Day 335 - work from 12pm - 12.00am

Day 334 - work from 12.45pm - 11.00am

Day 327 - 333

2010-01-16T18:32:00.004+08:00

X'mas gift from my darling Andy Lau. thx Mendy for the pix. plz keep it at my safe deposit box.

Day 333 - went yumchar with Tiffany & Lily at New World Restaurant, Newmarket. transfered some group photos of the Long Bay model shoot. went to Angie's house after that. had carbonara for dinner. reach home by 11pm.

its daddy's birthday. happy birthday, pa!

Day 332 - worked from 12pm to 10.30pm. my sunburn on my face is getting better but not my back of my neck. still red & itchy.

supper: 'wai san gei ji thong' ~ cantonese

Day 331 - woke up at 9.30am. Tiffany & gang picked me up and off we head to Long Bay for a photoshoot. photos would be used for a textile factory & retail shop in China. i didn't take photos this time, just assisting Tiffany with reflector. the weather forecast said it would rain but it was just a false alarm. the day was so hot & sunny compared to few days before which is as cold as autumn. Auckland's weather is really funny. i believe other countries were also affected by the global warming effect. came back to AK to work from 5pm to 11pm. what a tiring day.

other photos uploaded to facebook.

Day 330 - worked from 12pm to 10.30pm.

Day 329 - worked from 12pm to 10.30pm. Michael asked me to give him my mugshot & profile for his website. so I went to school for a while to use the studio. thanks to Tiffany for helping me. thanks a lot Michael for letting me be in the Babyboss family.

Day 328 - worked from 12pm to 12am.

Day 327 - worked from 2pm to 11.00pm.

Day 320 - 326

2010-01-09T19:00:00.002+08:00

Day 326 - woke up at 3pm. did 1 hour daimoku. then went to have dinner with Angie at Newmarket. after dinner, went to Parnell for a chocolate drink. then, they dropped me off at Borders. read some books till about 11pm.

Day 325 - today is so cold. so strange weather. cold in summer? haizzz ..... michael, its heaven for you here. worked from 12pm - 11.30pm. had hokkien prawn mee as supper. online & watched drama till 5am.

Day 324 - worked from 2pm - 12.00pm

Day 323 - worked from 2pm - 11.00pm

Day 322 - worked from 2pm - 10.00pm

Day 321 - still day off. went to Angie's house whole day again. continue with Red Cliff 2.

Day 320 - new year day off. went to Angie's house whole day. watched a few movies that i have missed eg. Red Cliff 1, Ressuraction of Dragon, Connected.

Day 319

2010-01-02T15:30:00.005+08:00

its Ikeda Sensei's birthday today! Happy Birthday, Sensei! may u have long life and stay healthy always!

today i went yumchar with Angie. both of us ate about $40++. then, we went window shopping along Newmarket. it was still early for dinner & don't know what to do. and then i said i wanted to cut my hair. boss said my hair is not tidy. ok ... off we go ...... went to about 2-3 chinese saloons, not 1 is open. so she brought me to Royal Oak to have a 'mat salleh' cut. alamak! the hairstylist took 5 minutes to discuss with me about my hair condition, how is she going cut my hair etc. 53 minutes to cut my hair. very proffesional and expensive.

ok ar?

after that, we went for dinner before going home. here's what we ate.

BBQ duck

fried scallop with mix vegedeep fried tofu with soya saucefried bean with chinese sausageBBQ porksteamed blue cod with ginger

oh ya .... Angie gave me a Gucci sunglass. it was her unwanted gift.

Day 318

2010-01-01T17:33:00.004+08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

2010 is here!!!! it marks:

1) 80th anniversary of the founding of the Soka Gakkai
2) 50th anniversary of Mr. Ikeda's inauguration as the Soka Gakkai's third president and his first overseas trip to meet with members practicing Nichiren Buddhism outside of Japan, commencing the world wide movement
3) 35th anniversary of the formal establishmentof the Soka Gakkai International.
4) 110th anniversary of the birth of Ikeda sensei's mentor, second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda, and the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the private tutoring he received from Mr. Toda.

i went to SGINZ 2010 New Year Gongyo meet with Tomoko san. in the video, Ikeda Sensei said "This is the time for opening a limitless future for kosen-rufu. In order to do this, we must first undertake fresh efforts ourselves with a completely revitalized commitment." "Young people mustn't run away from hardship. Rising to the challenge, exerting yourself earnestly, and producing concrete results--all of these efforts will become a great asset for your life."
there's one section where he spoke about photography ..... i was striked! i determined to take more meaningful photos in my life. i shed tears when sensei congratulate and commented about brass band & kotekitai for their effort in music & peace. banzai to our parents & soka gakkai. the last part of the video was sansho leaded by Sensei. we sansho together. it was my most heartfelt sansho. a prayer with deep appreciation & determination. I MUST WIN!

after that, Angie brought me to do Chiropractic massage. wwaaa.... the Taiwanese sifu is very professional. just as i lie on the massage bed, he stroke my whole body once. and he started to diagnose me. he was right about everything. how i sleep, bad habit of sleeping position, d way i take photographs, the way i walk etc. he said i was looking for death找死 if i continue to sleep at 3-4am every night. my liver will die very soon. he helped me adjust my head, shoulder, hip, backbone, buttock, leg ..... cut short .... whole body. wwaaa ........ it was SO painful! my bones were cracking so loud that Angie standing at the door looking also can hear. from today onwards: i must sleep straight, no more side sleeping, walk straight (my right leg is senget), walk&sit with shoulders back(no hunchback), sleep early & eat more(he was scared that he would break my bones coz i was too skinny) .... LOL .....

Day 313 - Day 317

2009-12-31T20:44:00.004+08:00

Day 317 - its the last day of 2009. foooo .... wat a hard & challenging year for me. i had lived an impossible dream. still can't believe it. well .... looking forward for a more vibrant & fruitful 2010.
my new year eve dinner - crayfish/lobster/龙虾

Day 316 - worked from 2pm - 9pm

Day 315 - worked from 2pm - 9pm

Day 314 - today is my off day. because of less crowd, boss decided to close the shop. in the afternoon i went window shopping with Angie, den went to her house. Shunhan's korean friend is going back to Korea for good and she left lots of cloths. so, i picked some from it. yahooo .... no need to spend $$ buying new cloths. summer,autumn,winter & spring collection .... all oso got :P

after dinner, we watch a movie through PPStream. a chinese movie called Vengeance starring Simon Yam, Anthony Wong, Johnny Hallyday, Lam Ka Tung & etc. its about hired hitmen and how they revenge for their loved ones. its good ...... you should watch it.

Day 313 - worked from 2pm - 9pm

Day 312

2009-12-26T18:03:00.005+08:00

Happy Boxing Day!!!

earlier on i bought a Schwarzkopf hair spray for auntie Heng. today while shopping, auntie Heng bought me a Swarovski bracelet as my X'mas present. the retail price was $124 but we got it for only $30 after the clearance sale discount. thx alot auntie Heng.

i bought a Anne Geddes 2010 calender organiser for boss as his X'mas gift. earlier when we went shopping, he showed me some her works. its really amazing.
Anne is an Australian-born photographer, clothing designer and businesswoman who now lives and works in New Zealand. She is known for her stylized depictions of babies and motherhood.
In most of her work, babies or young children are dressed as fictitious characters such as fairies and fairytale creatures, flowers, or animals like bunnies. Her subjects are extremely idealized; babies in her photographs are almost always sleeping or staring into space, as if still in utero. She has described herself as "a baby freak". Geddes' books have been published in 83 countries and has sold more than 18 million books and 13 million calendars.
after shopping, i went to auntie Heng's house for tea break ~ wanton soup. without break, i went to Angie's house for dinner ~ BBQ again. because i drank the apple cider beer too fast, i was abit drunk. i fell asleep at the couch without realizing. after wake up, had chocolate cake and chinese tea before going home.

Day 311

2009-12-25T19:27:00.004+08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all my dear kote sisters!

a present for all my dear readers ~

X'mas sunrise shot

today we had X'mas BBQ party at boss house. about 10 of us were there. the menu includes:

chips with various dips

mini mushroom burger - made with white mushrooms,pastrami,cherry tomato & fresh rockets

~i prepared these~ hehehe .... nice?

apricot & almond dessert cheese

pita bread with brinjal special sauce

lamb chop

pork chop

chicken drumstick

beans salad

potato salad

chinese sausages

cheese sausages

chicken satay

beef satay

chocolate souffle (something like chocolate cake)

Kim Crawford white wine

Monteith's Crushed Apple Cider Beer

Coca cola

BBQ started at 4pm till about 9pm. today's weather is so so great. they said that every X'mas would be wet but im lucky to enjoy a fine & sunny 1st X'mas in NZ. im so full! all food were so yummy. when the evening gets colder, we went in to the house to have chit chat before leaving. got back home about 11pm. tommorow is Saturday which means IT'S DAY OFF! yahooo ........ will have a great & long sleep tonight.

check out the rest of the photos at my facebook .....

Day 306 - 310

2009-12-24T19:47:00.005+08:00

Day 310 - worked from 11am - 9pm. its X'mas eve! actually we plan to close the shop by 6pm. we almost finish cleaning and leaving when a few regular customers came to approach us. all other restaurants were closed, they couldn't find any where else to have dinner. so we accomodated them. by 9pm, we were so hungry. we went to downtown to have dinner before going home. tommorow i will be going to boss house for X'mas BBQ party.
preparing for the BBQ
dinner - the shop is famous for its roast duck n bbq pork(char siu)
menu - soup, char siu, stir fry bitter gourd with beef, sweet & sour pork, japanese taufu with pork & salted vegetable.
Day 309 - worked from 11am - 9pm. went to Foodtown at 11pm to buy some grocceries.

Day 308 - worked from 11am - 11pm. boss went for laser treatment in the eye. so i have to start work at 11am. sleepy! so boring coz X'mas is coming, all student balik kampung. not much customers. its Winter Solstice day, the longest day(daylight). at 9.30pm, the sky is still bright. beautiful!!!
took this at 9.32pm
had Penang Hokkien Mee for supper Day 307 - worked from 2pm - 11pm.
auntie Heng received X'mas gift from Angie
Day 306 - worked from 12pm - 11.30pm.

Day 301 - 305

2009-12-19T18:26:00.004+08:00

Day 305 - slept at 7.00am. just monitoring my online auction, search for freelance jobs for students, chat with sis & friends ... watch TVB drama at the same time. busy right? but it's worth it coz i get to witness the sunrise right in front of me. superb view. i took these at around 5.30am

i was supposed to go for a haircut at 2pm & then go window shopping but i couldn't wake up....hahaha..... so i woke at 4pm, by 5pm boss came & pick me up to their house. Shunhan bought me a pig massager as a thank you gift for shooting his graduation. generally the whole stomach will vibrate & acts as a massager. after dinner, we headed to Sylvia Park for midnight shopping. boss & Angie was so nice to buy me a X'mas present. taaddaaaaa ...... a shirt from Esprit which cost $99.90. so expensive leh!!!! but anyway .. thx a lot.

Day 304 - worked from 12pm to 11.30pm. had char koay teow for supper. its day off tomorrow! yyeehhh ......... Day 303 - me & boss went to collect the lamb shank at Mt. Roskill. while waiting for the butcher to prepare the shanks, we went wondering around the minimarket beside the meat shop. guess what i found! its cheese ring!!! omg ... can't believe i can find it in NZ. i saw twisties too. so, i bought my fav Super Ring ($1.99). finished it while watching my drama.Day 302 - worked from 12pm to 11.30pm

Day 301 - worked from 12pm to 11.00pm

Day 292 - 300

2009-12-13T19:44:00.010+08:00

Day 300 - was supposed to go to school to meet Tiffany ... so i woke up earlier. received a mail from M'sian Embassy. my passport renewal application was rejected because my thumprint was not witnessed & signed by the Justice of Peace. haizzz ..... have to go find Mr JP again. went to top up my Internet credit.then my phone rang. it was boss who asked for help. the restaurant is very busy. so i quickly ran to the shop. i took me 20 seconds to reach. about 2.30pm i went to JP's house but he was too busy to entertain me. so i have go back again tomorrow. then, drive boss home. i took the car and drove to school. do quotation with Tiffany for our next job. edit some photos from the concert and burn to DVD. by 5pm, went back to work till 11pm.

Day 299 - work from 2pm till 12am. had nasi kandar for lunch & fish head soup for dinner.

Day 298 - went yumchar with boss,family & friends. it was not a good session coz the restaurant has got a wedding going on. although we were placed in a private room but there was no one to serve us. kanasai! waited for our tea to be served for almost 30 min! the dimsum was just ok.

the wedding

after that went back to boss house to burn his son's graduation photo into dvd. Tiffany came to seek my help on burning a dvd for client. after that went for dinner before boss dropped me home. while waiting for my laundry to be ready, I walked to Queen St's Borders to read books.

dinner at Tang Dynasty Soup

Buddha Jump Wall

boss & Angie - pork rib rice in lotus leaf (around $20)

boss & Angie - emperor soup 皇帝汤 (i think its $20-25)

mine - stew pork with abalone sauce $11

stew quail in coconut soup $19

our dessert - mango pudding

Day 297 - went to work at 11am coz I need to leave by 4pm. going to shoot a fundraising concert organized by a SGI member for those head & neck cancer patients. i first approach the organizer (Lucy) through Seiko. Lucy called me and said that her dad was a proffesional photographer. i told her I am just a student. so she told me there will be 4 more photographers on that night. so, i emailed her some of my concert images and she was very happy with my work. when i reached the venue. OMG! im the only photographer! steady ... steady ... steady ....! im satisfy with my shots. but wonder how the organizer feels. will share with you guys soon after i deliver the photos.

Day 296 - woke up at 8.30am. going to shoot boss's son graduation. this is the 1st time i'v attended a graduation ceremony. the speeches and the whole ceremony was so touching. i can feel the importance of education and can imagine those graduates' hard work in order for them to step on the stage to receive their scrolls. can feel the happiness of parents and friends who were there to cheer for their love ones. that's Shunhan ~ boss's son he has got Bachelor Degree in Spacial Design! congrats! from left: Jacky, me, Angie, Shunhan, bossfrom left: boss, me, Angie, auntie Fonga, auntie Henglunch at Korean restaurantspicy porkspicy seafood soupstew beef

Day 295 - work from 2pm - 12am

Day 294 - work from 2pm - 11pm

Day 293 - work from 2pm - 11am Summer is here! its hot & humid. now only need to wear 1 layer. yahoo ... can wash less cloths! hehehe ......

Day 292 - work from 12pm - 12.30am

Day 279 - 291

2009-12-05T18:43:00.004+08:00

Day 291 - today is Saturday. had to go to AK to help in a private party. i haven't get to online since moving to my new apartment till today.

Day 290 -YES! its 4/12/09 which marks the last day of school! finally graduated! went to a pub at Mt Eden Road to a drink with fellow classmates. i did not drink because i had to go back to work. can't let my customer smell alchohol from my breath. it was full house today ... luckily boss was here to help out. the new dish (briyani chicken & kurma lamb shank) were selling quite good. after sending my boss home, came back to have dinner with Angie & auntie heng. we had a super big bowl of duck with taro. had 1.5 litre of apple cider with 4.7% alchohol. i only drank 2 cups and that made me a little drunk. both of them were like drinking apple juice. they are really good at drinking! after work, went straight to sleep otherwise i would usually watch drama or movie before sleep..... really a lousy drinker.

Day 289 - 287 study ... work ... sleep. its my final week of school. had to rush my last assignment. on wednesday, my school got robbed. and the stupid thing is the thief took my iMac!!! and other 2 iMac by my side! kanasai! out of so many macs ... why take mine??!!!! luckilly i had 6 sense to back up all my files last week. so i was totally safe! BUT .... it was unfortunate for Tiffany. she did not back up her files either on her own hard drive or the school's surver. she lost the whole year's assignment photos & documents. poor her!

Day 286 - its 30/11/09. i checked out from my apartment to move to another new one which is just beside my work place. it was raining heavily. thx to Santi who helped me carry some of my stuff. i then go to the bank to deposit my refund rent deposit. then walked to post office to mail my photo for 2010 Andy FanClub application. then rushed to the bus stop to catch a bus to school. i was already running late as we are supposed to gather at school by 12.30pm for a field trip. reached school at 12.40pm then we carpool in lecturer's car to Ponsonby to Kingsize Studio. the studio is very famous among photographers & film makers in NZ. its really huge!
after work, boss, Angie & auntie Heng helped me move my luggage to my new room. we changed some furniture placing so that i can have more spacing. its half size of my previous room but that's ok. most important thing is to save $$. one thing is that i have a more spectacular view from here. can oversee the museum, the port & some islands.
the museum
the portthe stadium (front) the museum (back)bus stop where i start my ride to school
Day 285 - woke up early to meet Felicia. its amazing that we have just chatted online, read each others blog and of course through babyboss Michael. this is the 1st time we hang out after a year in NZ. went to Santa Parade at Queen Street. seriuosly, i have never seen so many people from day 1 im here. the city transformed to a huge and crowded city. so me, Fe, Jacklyn and another of their friend, Santi(my Philippine friend) & Siva(Santi's M'sian friend) went to have breakfast while waiting for the parade to start. its not that grand but its merry! can feel the X'mas party. on the way to work, met Sandra,my classmate. she was working with a mobile company as a photographer of the day. photos can be seen at my facebook.

Day 284 - wake up & do my laundry. in the afternoon, Angie came and helped me move some my luggage to the restaurant 1st. thx Angie. then we went for dinner at night.

Day 283 - 279 work ... study ... sleep start to pack my stuff. get ready to move!

Day 270 - 278

2009-11-22T19:22:00.002+08:00

Day 278 - woke up at 3pm. go to work at 4pm till 11pm. not much customers as all students have already gone home.

Day 277 - woke up at 8.30pm. 10am start shoot wedding. its a Hong Kong couple. the ji mui playing heng tai was so easy. other ceremony was almost the same except for the yumchar part. the junior dont usually drink tea, couple should just sit down while juniors Q up to get angpao ... but for Hongkie, the couple will present tea to juniors and then give angpao - both standing. weird eh ..... By 2pm, I rushed back to Angie's Kitchen to help prepare wanton. By 4pm, I rushed back to Hyatt Hotel to continue shooting. they only have 8 tables so it was a relaxing dinner shoot. had a wonderful buffet dinner ...... mussels,oysters,roast lamb, beef, pasta, salad, grilled fish etc. for dessert, i had chocolate mousse, cheese cake, tiramisu, fruits. for drinks, i had coke,orange juice, white wine & tea. finished shooting at 9.30pm. went to Nigel's house till 1am to transfer some movies, chit chat, pass some stuff for him to send back to Penang.

Day 272 - 276 study ... work ... sleep. On Friday, Tiffany sms-ed me to help her with a wedding shoot tomorrow. went out coffee with her to discuss the details before going to work.

Day 271 - woke up at 3pm. go to work at 4pm till midnight.

Day 270 - went out shopping with Nigel. had pizza for lunch on the street. after that went dinner with Angie & friends.

Day 267 - 269

2009-11-13T20:16:00.003+08:00

Day 269 - yeehhh.....its Friday! handed my assignment just on time. lecturer marked it and passed back to me. yyess!!! i passed! tonight's dinner was so busy, most of them were students. it's last day of exam for all university students and also marks the beginning of summer holiday from Dec 09 till Feb 10. everybody 'balik kampung' except me :( im gonna celebrate x'mas, 2010 new year, 2010 CNY without my family members & close friends. sob ... sob ... sob ... who wana fly over to NZ to visit me?

anyway, had Penang ... oopppss ... its Auckland Asam Laksa for supper. delicious!!!!

Day 268 - study ... work ... sleep

Day 267 - study ... work ... sleep

Product Photography

2009-11-12T19:24:00.002+08:00

my final images from my latest assignment

glass object
round object

group object
toy object

Day 258 - 266

2009-11-10T18:53:00.002+08:00

Day 266 - study ... work ... sleep! kanasai ..... early in the morning my building's fire alarm rang.but it says 'you may leave the building if you want'. meaning its not a real fire.must be someone didn't switch on the air ventilator while cooking. interupted my sleeping hours.i went out of my unit after a few announcements, opposite my unit there were some guys also came out. they were reluctant to go down also coz we were at 13th floor. so i asked them in cantonese, 'hei ... we don't need to down hor?' yeah .... no need. ok! great! back to sleep. after 1 or 2 minutes, the alert has stopped.

Day 265 - study ... work ... sleep! today is boss's birthday! happy birthday! had a big black forest cake as supper.

Day 264 - performed on Manukau district 11.18 celebration meeting. it was very successful. but the bad news is it was Yuki's last performance with us. he's going back to Japan to enter Uni. all the best Yuki!we'll miss you. i slept from 1.30pm to 4.30pm before going to work. it was such a deep sleep. long time i have never had such sleep.

Day 263 - went shooting at One Tree Hill. it was a 3 hours session under the chilly wind. ggrrr ..... too cold!!!! after tht rushed to practice as it will be our last rehearsal for tomorrow's performance. went home and slept till 8 something. woke up, eat maggi mee as dinner, watch drama and online till 1.30am.

Day 262 - study ... work ... sleep!

Day 261 -study ... work ... sleep!

Day 260 -study ... work ... sleep! was suppost to have a shoot today but it was cancelled due to bad weather. so, me and Tiffany went yumchar till 2pm before we go to school.

Day 259 - study ... work ... sleep!

Day 258 - study ... work ... sleep!

Day 247 - 257

2009-11-01T20:34:00.005+08:00

Day 257 - Victoria March Band had performed on today's World Peace Chanting meet.played 2 songs - Centuria & Forever Sensei. bad luck for me as my pistons weren't put on correct position and that my sound couldn't come out. quickly place it back between bars of rest and continue playing. otherwise, everything was good, i managed to reach Bb without 'run sound'. Masao treated us Ramen as lunch. was tired, went home to sleep for awhile before going to work. received a sms from my sis Cherry. congrats for getting your Brown 1 belt. u finally beaten me. BUT .... you still owe me the gee $$$. i bought it from Japan leh ..... u better pay me back when u start working :P

Day 256 - had final rehersal before tomorrow's performance. received chocolates as encouragement from Ikeda Sensei! we were so so happy and honoured. thank you so much Sensei! its Haloween today! had a warm dinner at Wendy's apartment together with Nigel. watched Scary Movie on tv before going home. did my laundry before going to sleep. kanasai ... i waited at the laundry room for 45min for the dryer. those irresponsible people didn't bother to pick up their cloths on time.

Sensei no purezento

Day 255 - study ... work ... sleep! yyehhhh.....handed in my product photography assignment on time. worked till 2.30am. had Burger King's The Rebel Chicken burger Combo for supper at 2am.

Day 254 - study ... work ... sleep! 1 more photoshoot to 'kau tim' my assignment. worked till 2am. supper: McDonalds

auntie Heng's Filet-O-Fish Angie's limited edition Cheese burgerand my Mighty Angus Beef burgerDay 254 - study ... work ... sleep! my dinner - lemon chicken riceDay 253 - 251 - study ... work ... sleep! the whole week i finished work at 1am. so tired!

Day 250 - go band practice. work at 5pm.

Day 249 - woke up at 8.30am. went shopping with Wendy to buy her performance's attire. we were late for practice because there were limited bus services on weekends. Nando's for lunchi ordered 1/4 chic. kanasai .... the chicken was so small!!!! like 1/8 portion! cialat! during practicechallenging high noteslater at night, went dinner with Nigel & Wendy at a Belgium restaurant. 3 of us shared 3 dishes and the price was quite good. delicious mussels after meal have to exercise abit. went to Wendy's apartment to play pool & table tennis.Day 248 - study ... work ... sleep! my supper - Penang Char Koay TeowDay 247 - study ... work ... sleep!

Day 242 - 246

2009-10-21T21:05:00.002+08:00

Day 246 - today was my 1st time shooting a funeral. when i arrived, the daughter of the deceased was actually a new friend that i've made during YWD conferance few months ago. my condolences to the family.the prayer session was held in a chapel and later cremated. some members & friends took turn to say a few words. it was so sad. although i have never meet the deceased before, i can feel that he is a great man with strong fighting spirit. one thing different is that in Malaysia, the coffin is usually slowly pushed in to the 'fire box'. but here, it happened so fast. once they open the door, the undertaker wearing a mask, bbrrooofff ..... in a high speed, the coffin was wheeled or pushed in to burn. i was standing quite near to the 'fire box'. when the door was open, i can feel the high temperature, no wonder the undertaker pushing the button for the coffin had to wear a mask where you usually see those metal or goldsmith wearing.
after that, i went to school to continue my class before going to work. finished work at 1.30am!

Day 245 - school ... work ... sleep

Day 244 - school ... work ... sleep. for my new assignment which is product shooting, i borrowed a 15th anniversary johnie walker whisky from boss to shoot. it took me so long just to get a good shot. and yet i had to photoshop to combine a few images to make it perfect.
got a call from Theresa asking for a favour. one of SGINZ member(M'sian) just passed away and the family wanted a photographer to document the funeral. i agreed to it. it will be my 1st funeral shoot. abit scared but i'll do my best.

Day 243 - went to band practice from 1-4pm. went to work at 5pm. Nigel is still sick. hope he can cope it well.

Day 242 - went to practice from 1-4pm. went for dinner with Wendy at Newmarket. after dinner, i bought porridge for Nigel. he's not feeling well. studying too hard i guess. well wishes to him.

Day 232 - 241

2009-10-16T19:48:00.004+08:00

Day 241 - study ... work ... sleep

woke up & went to buy some stuff for the shop before driving me home.

NZ petrol pricebuy breakfastur dream car?
good ad!but i can't live without meat .... im sorry mr. cow, mr. pig & mr. chic!

Day 240 - yahooo .... finally today all bus services back to normal. no need to walk to school anymore. so bad luck today.i left my room key in my room!!! its already 1am when i finished work. there will be no receptionist to help me. can't get to my room :( so i overnite at boss's house. how terrible i am!!!!!

Day 239-236 - study ... work ... sleep. because of the bus drivers all on strike, I had to walk to school. it takes around 35 min. the weather is bad. windy and rainy and cold. sometimes i just get fed up of using umbrella coz the wind will just blow it another way round and i get wet. so i just put on my jacket's hood and walk fast. easier.

Day 235 - today got buddhist exam, so practice was cancelled. woke up at 2pm. such a nice sleep ever. went to work at 5pm.

Day 234 - woke up at 8.30am. together with Tiffany, I went to Howick to shoot a Thai restaurant's boss's birthday party till 12pm. had sandwich and hot chocolate for brunch in the car. then rush to North Shore to shoot a wedding from 12.30pm - 9pm.

Day 233 - from today onwards till further notice, all bus services will be cancelled. haizzz .... since i came to NZ, it has been several times this happened. what to do, they have so much freedom to strike. so poor us citizens had to walk, cycle or carpool. i don't usually have breakfast but after walking, I just couldn't resist from stepping into Subway and get myself a SubOfTheDAy.

Day 232 - study ... work ... sleep

Day 231

2009-10-07T21:07:00.003+08:00

its still very cold today but luckily it didn't rain. when i came out from class, the right side of me was ..... gloomy & cloudy
but the left side of me was ..... clear sky
this is New Zealand weather. it can change so instantly!

when i came from work at 1am, i checked my mailbox & i found an envelope for me. i can recognise its Bee Peng's writing. immediately i opened it and ......

sob .... sob ..... its a birthday card from my dear band members in Penang! thank you so much guys for the wishes!!! really happy to recieve this surprise!!!

miss you guys!

Day 225 - 230

2009-10-06T19:12:00.002+08:00

Day 230 - its still very cold today. when i go to school, its about 12 degrees. its 6th Oct, uncle's birthday. called home to say hi.

Day 229 - suddenly the weather changed! from the usual 18 degrees, it dropped to 7 degrees! damn cold man! it's almost as cold as winter. plus the raining & strong wind, its like staying in a freezer.

Day 228 - woke up at 8.30am. took bus with Wendy to World Peace Chanting. it was gokuyo day as well. after that, went to buy lunch and continue practicing till 4pm. Sam took some leftover cakes for us. yummy!!! went to work at 5pm til midnite.

Day 227 - its Mooncake Festival! so sad im not at home to celebrate my lunar birthday. anyway, i had a great day. went to practice till 4pm. then, we head to Sam's house at North Shore to celebrate his birthday. lotsa delicious food & drink. so full. came back home at 10pm, do my laundry. about 12am, went out to have a hot drink with my Philippine friend.walked around the street till 2am. saw many many people clubbing. all these while, i thought its a boring city because i don't see anyone on the street after 10pm. now only i know, they are all at the lower part of the city clubbing. it was so packed with people. and the unfortunate (sui) thing is that i saw two guys peeing on the street! yucks!!!! went back and straight to the bed. so tired.
(photos coming soon)

Day 226 - work from 12pm to 12am

Day 225 - work from 12pm to 12am

Day 222 - 224

2009-09-30T21:40:00.002+08:00

Day 224 - went to work at 12pm. went out at 7.00pm to attend gosho meeting. it has been ages since i went for gakkai activities. glad i did tonite. all thanks to my leader Vikki who never stop encouraging & reminding me bout meetings. went to the meeting place by bus together with Wendy(M'sia), Satomi(Japan) & Vikki(Scotland). learned a few gosho passage of 'writing letter to my brother'. some inspiring notes that i would like to share:

1. the purpose of faith is to pass through the valleys of hardship.

2. the process of changing karma forges & polishes our lives to the highest degree.

3. trial(obstacles) will prove(test) your faith.

4. you may hate this world but you cannot escape it. so, face it!

5. you must neither show nor feel any fear. you must grit your teeth & never slacken in your faith.

6. be the master of your mind, don't let your mind be your master.

me & Wendy on the bus. (look at the lady behind us ~ staring at these 2 crazy gals)

awesome view at the meeting place. can you see all the yatchs harbouring?

then 9.30pm back to work till 1.30am. supper for auntie heng's husband~ ROTI CANAI *chef: Angie Ong [auntie heng smiling for the camera too]Day 223 - work ... sleep

Day 222 - work ... sleep

Day 216 - 221

2009-09-27T19:44:00.004+08:00

just received an email from Mendy. its my birthday card from my dear Andy. thx sis 4 the photo! Day 221 - about 7am, suddenly there's a man came knocking on my unit's door. i guess it was the same guy who did that stupid thing 3 times before over the past few months! i didn't care about it but it lasted quite some time. in the end, my flatmate came out to check on it & i came out too. i told her quitely that this is not the 1st time this fella came. it seems that he's looking for someone. we can't ask 4 help coz the reception only opens at 10am. his knocking began to be more hard and he uttered vulgar words. so scared till cannot continue sleeping. previous 3 times i was just alone and u imagine how scared i was. he tried knocking hard, turning the door knob, kicking the door, shouting .... etc. luckily this time my flatmate is around. i better standby a knife by my side!

Day 220 - woke up at 2.30pm. clean up my room and then went to shop for grocerries at foodtown. had cheese & ham burger for my 3-in-1 meal.

Day 219 - work 12pm - 2am ... sleep

Day 218 - work 12pm - 1am ... sleep

Day 217 - went to school to help Tiffany with her assignment before going 2 work at 5pm.

Day 216 - work 12pm - 12am ... sleep

Day 215

2009-09-21T22:51:00.009+08:00

ooooo .... its my bday!had a long video chat with my family members last night. thx to all my family & friends for your wishes. :)

my school holiday starts today till Oct 5th. yeeehhhh ........

today was supposed to go to school to help Tiffany with her assingment but she was bz and we postponed it to Wed. so i went to work at 1pm. during lunch, boss bought a mini kumara cake for me. at night, Nigel & friends suddenly showed up at my workplace for dinner, bringing a cake & a present. geeeee .... thx so much!

i asked permission 2 go home early as they are waiting for me since 8pm. so by 11.30pm, Wendy & I went to Nigel's apt for the party! after eating the cake, we played poker for awhile before ending the party at 1.30am.

cake frm boss

party photos. photographer:Nigelit is indeed a very nice birth day!

Day 204 - 214

2009-09-20T19:56:00.003+08:00

wwwaaa .... 10 days i didn't blog di. gee ....... ok .. lets start now!

Day 214 - its sunday! go to practice as usual. played Centuria & Forever Sensei. then went to work straight. its cold today. kanasai ... the wind is so cold, i didn't wear my winter jacket out! ggrrr ..... shivering!!!!!

Day 213 - today got extra practice but i only went with Nigel for about 15 minutes & they finished practicing. hahaha ..... well, at least we DID practiced. 1st time taking a bus to kaikan with Nigel. we had a funny experience. we told the driver we wanted to go to Ellerslie and he charged us 2 stages only. i did not realise it when i paid coz everytime i pay 3 stages. so, when we went down, the driver told us we are supposed to pay 3 stages if we wana stop at this bus stop. lucky he did not ask us to pay the outstanding. thx driver!!after practice, i went to boss house as usual. before dinner, we went to Conwall Park to see the sakura. it was beautiful. feel like being in Japan. after dinner, we went back home to continue watch The Little Nyonya. had a bottle of beer & some rempah udang. then .... tidur loh ......

Day 212 - 208 yyyeeehhhh .... finally handed my overdued assignment!yahooo ..... Tiffany brought me jalan jalan to Mission Bay. nice beach with beautiful houses. how i wish i strike 4D & buy a house there!Day 207 - go practice then work.

Day 206 - went shopping with Tiffany. she wants to survey the price of D300, D700 and some lens. she din buy anything but i ended up buying myself a small Lowepro lens case which cost $29.

Day 205 - 204 study ... work ... sleep

Day 198 - 203

2009-09-08T21:29:00.003+08:00

Day 203 - study ... work ... sleep. Happy birthday to my sis, Cherry. big di ah ..... be obedient ok!

Day 202 - study ... work ... sleep

Day 201 - was thinking that i want to skip practice today coz im so tired and i got assignment that dues on Monday. after telling Masao san on the phone, I decided to put away my negative thinking and asked Nigel to wait for me. at last, I did attend the practice. after work only did my assignment.

Day 200 - went to One Tree Hill to shoot for assignment. had great time photographing with Tiffany & Michael. shot from 1.30pm-4.30pm, although it was short but i think i have good photos to hand in. thanks to model, Stacey. after that, had dinner at Tiffany's house then watch TV. finally, she sent me home at 11.30pm. super tired but enjoyed my day.

will upload some photos soon.

Kiwi style dinner

entree - chips & beer

vege & eggs saladroast beefbaked potato & kumara

more food pix at my facebook

Day 199 - study ... work ... sleep. amazing medicine. after 2 gargles, straight away no more soar. good ah!

Day 198 - study ... work ... sleep. had soarthroat. boss went and bought 'Betadine' for me to gargle.

Day 190 - 197

2009-09-02T20:22:00.003+08:00

Day 197 - work ... study ... sleep

Day 196 - a happy happy day for me. its Sept 1st, officially SPRING! yahoooo ... winter is over. Nigel came to my room at midnite to give me a surprise. check out my facebook to know what is it all about.

Day 195 - work ... study ... sleep

Day 194 - today no band practice. slept till 2pm then go to work.

Day 193 - went to Angie's Kitchen to help clean the place. then went to boss's house to watch 'The Little Nyonya'.

Day 192 - work ... study ... sleep

it's angie's birthday

Day 191 - work ... study ... sleep
lecture about outdoor portrait exposure
found a gun at the playground. got style ah? do i look like Mrs Smith?learn to use reflector. distinguish the difference between silver & gold reflector.

Day 190 - work ... study ... sleep

lecture at the studio. how to shoot a portrait with the background well exposed.

Day 185 - 189

2009-08-25T21:33:00.003+08:00

Day 189 - study ... work ... sleep
my dinner - lamb shank curry + roti (canai)

Day 188 - today is our class field trip to Miruwai Beach. its so beautiful. can see the end of New Zealand from the beach. will upload the photos in my facebook. most of my classmates are Kiwi but they haven't been there before, so, lucky me! wwoohooooo! it was 40 min drive from school. the weather was not good. keep drizzling, so no blue sky to shoot but still, the scenary was awesome. spent about 2-3 hours before departing back to school.

Day 187 - i skipped practice today. im so so tired that i couldn't wake up. Nigel didn't go also coz he got exam.

Day 186 - i was expecting to rest on Saturday but lady boss asked me & auntie heng(colleague) to go yumchar. wondering why she insisted, boss then told autie heng its ladyboss's birthday celebration. ok! go! then they took me to tour around (photos at facebook). then we came across Pumpkin Patch(children apparel) outlet store. it was winter stock clearance. boss found 2 tops, asked me to try. gee .... can fit wor. you know lah, ah mo gau's children size can fit asian's adult. guess what. boss was generous to pay the bill. 2 tops billing less than $20. superb quality, low price. WONDERFUL! thx boss. then, went back to their home to watch a drama 'Little Nyonya'. quite interesting drama. had KFC & a bottle of Heineken for hi-tea. dinner at a Beijing restaurant. went back home, do my laundry and vacuum my room. online with Mendy, Cherry & mom then tidur.

Day 185 - study ... work ... sleep. finished work at 2am. video chat with ah bih, auntie, uncle, Cherry & Mendy till 4am.

Day 179 - Day 184

2009-08-20T22:06:00.002+08:00

Day 184 - study ... work ... sleep

Day 183 - study ... work ... sleep. feel relieved that those in Korea are recovering now.

Day 182 - study ... work ... sleep

Day 181 - study ... work ... sleep finished work at 2am. damn tired!

Day 180 - went to Nigel's hse to prepare Ai's goodbye card. then went to Naomi's unit to celebrate her birthday. pix at here. went to practice at 11am. had farewell lunch at kaikan. Ai is going back to Japan to study in University. hope she will get into Soka University. all the best. pix at here. then off to work at 5pm.

Day 179 - went to Foodtown to get something for Ai's farewell lunch. bought an apricot pie. then dinner with Angie. online(had video chat with mom & sis) till 4am. received bad news that my band members who are in Korea were down with flu & fever. one of them was H1N1 positive.praying for their speedy recovery.

Day 176 - 178

2009-08-14T21:26:00.005+08:00

Day 178 - today went to school early. had to do portrait shoot at the studio together with my team members: Tiffany(China), Michael(S.Korea) & Terry(M'sia). we had Tiffany's friend as the female model & Terry as the male model. we managed to finish all our required shots. yahoo ... we are 1 week ahead of deadline. now just need 2 select the best photo & insert to my visual diary. heres some exclusive photos .... just for my dear readers.

Day 177 - study ... work ... sleep

Day 176 - study ... work ... sleep. finished work at 1.30am. im so tired! body aching!

Day 171 - Day 175

2009-08-11T20:48:00.011+08:00

Day 175 - study ... work ... sleep

Day 174 - study ... work ... sleep. start working on studio shoot. new assignment is about studio portrait.

this is a softbox - a common lighting in studio. we have beauty dish, small & big umbrella etc. learned how to shoot with different light ratios & lighting style eg. split (half of your face is shadowed), rembrant(can see triangle shadow on your cheek), paramount (shadow under your nose) & loop(shadow under your nose is 45 degree sideway).

Leanne teaching other classmates in the studioDay 173 - go band practice ... work ... sleep

Day 172 - biggest event ever! i cut my hair short. no longer a long hair girl. ladyboss paid for the haircut. then we went shopping for groceries, she paid that too. dinner with her & boss.

before

after

Day 171 - went to Albany to shoot a mini fashion show. it was held in a church, well, its a church event, we(lecturer & us fellow students) didn't know about it until yesterday when we got our pass. the lighting was so terrible, the models on the runway were all amateur, no proper catwalk, didn't even pose at the end of the runway. my lecturer shooked her head too. didn't have much good photos taken. anyway the nibbles served was delicious. haha.

my passin action! from left: lecturer (Leanne), senior, senior (Sam), junior (me)make up artistcrowd coming in

the consolemodel wearing one of the judge's creationinterval - duo singing Endless Love. great vocal.model wearing sponsor's brand

Day 160 - Day 170

2009-08-06T19:40:00.004+08:00

Day 170: didn't work today. were supposed to go for the rehersal for tomorrow's fashion shoot but lecturer said its not necessary. so, instead me, (Leanne)lecturer & some classmates went for a drink at a bar near to school. after drinking, me, Tiffany & Leanne went to have dinner at a Beijing restaurant.

Day 169: study ... work ... sleep

Day 168: study ... work ... sleep

Day 167: went to school at 9am. Leanne asked me & Tiffany to assist in a photoshoot for a magazine. we went to One Tree Hill for the shoot. it was so so cold, pity the model wearing so little cloths. my job was to carry the photographer's bag & to hold the reflector. nothing much to do but still it was fun. had Subway for lunch. Tiffany belanja me again. now 6 inch long sandwich just can't make me full. i think i have to go for the 1 foot long.

sub of the day

a cup of Flat White just warm you down. i don't really drink coffee but its really good to drink during winter.

Day 166: went to World Peace Chanting with Wendy (SGM member) with bus. skipped practice today as my runny nose made me unconfortable.

Day 165: woke at 3pm. went dinner with Angie. had sweet&sour duck, stir fry vege & deep fried pork chop.

Day 164: study ... work ... sleep. watch dvd till 4.30am

Day 163: study ... work ... sleep. starting to get runny nose again.

Day 162: study ... work ... sleep

Day 161: study ... work ... sleep

Day 160: study ... work ... sleep

Day 154 - 159

2009-07-26T20:49:00.003+08:00

wow! i haven't been blogging for days! sorry guys! been very bz with assignment. so ... heres the update of my life.

Day 159: today we had band practice as usual. Seiko san asked me to look for a girl from Malaysia who is going to join us for practice(tumpang Seiko san's car too). to my surprise, this girl knows me. after thinking .... of course!when she first arrived in Auckland, she went to Angie's Kitchen to have dinner with her father. she came back to NZ for her Uni after 5-6 years. that night we had a short conversation. how coincidence it is!

we continued to practice 'Forever Sensei'. Nigel still was not feeling well. get well soon, boy!

night time when boss sent me home, she suddenly pass a glass soup tumbler(dono how to call it). she said it was for me! she had to sneakly gave it to me coz she don't her old friend(another colleague) to see it. it was abalone soup! OMG! i have never had 'real' abalone before in my entire life! thank you so much boss! i don't know what to say. of course i have photographed it to let you guys see.

Day 158: its Saturday! i was in my room all day long watching a TV series, The Fringe! guys, i highly recommend this drama. i finish 15 episode in 1 day! u can imagine how interesting it is!

Day 157: my college's 2010 prospectus is here! my face is in it. i dun really like the design, its different from the draft that the artist drew. anyway, no complains coz im considered lucky to be choosen. so .... go get 1 copy from your nearest edu fair. the name is Raffles College.

Day 156: study ... work ... sleep

Day 155: study ... work ... sleep. today went to school early. i was hoping to buy my favourite chocolate pastry. its oni $1.80, cheap, hot & delicious. comparing to those cold red bean/custard bun i used to buy for $2. but no luck, its sold out. so at the opposite of the pastry house, i saw subway. ok lah ... pamper myself abit. i got myself a Sub of the Day for $3.90. after having the 6 inch bread, i still feel hungry. oh my ..... what has happened to me?

Day 154: study ... work ... sleep. today i received a bad news. when I was chatting with SiewSiew, she told me my good old friend GuatEng's dad has just passed away. no way ... i was chatting with her last night, she didn't mention anything. i quickly made a call to GE to extend my condolences. seems like the incident happened after we finished chatting. he was found breathless in the bathroom. its so sudden. i know its very hard for her to accept it but i believe she's strong to carry on her life to take care of her mom. she was just talking to me about bringing her parents to KL for good. my deepest condolences to GE & family.

Day 147 - 153

2009-07-20T19:52:00.002+08:00

Day 153 - finally i handed in my assignment. it was supposed to due on Friday but nobody handed in. i guess my lecturer also expected the case.

Day 152 - 2nd day of YWD Conference(actual day of YWD foundation day 7.19). again learned alot from those experiences & study session (self reliant faith & spirit of mentor and disciple)today im the photographer for the event. i just thought to shoot for fun but there wasn't a OP for 2nd day. i had to download all the photos to make slideshow during the closing ceremony. some of my photos of the day has been sent to SGI Japan & it might be published if im lucky enough. anyway, i already saw the photos I took last month published in SGI-NZ monthly magazine. trying to get some extra copies to send back home. today is also a special day for me because I enshrined Gohonzon! yes! its an honour to receive it in front of whole NZ young women members! i didn't manage to enshrine when i wanted to go Korea. all these 2 yrs of my prayers going unanswered has a reason behind i guess. Gohonzon has sent me to a wonderful land to fulfill my mission!

Day 151 - damn. no bus! i waited for half hour in a stormy & windy weather and yet there's no bus coming. cialat nia! finally boared a bus but then i was already late. im the MC for the 1st day of YWD conference. i received a few sms from my leader, worrying about me in such weather coz i just recovered from flu. when i reached, a WD came & fetch me from bus stop. the members here are very caring & warm. many thanks.
had a great time being emcee although im very nervous. the whole conference was so awesome! a few YWD travelled back to NZ just to attend it. from Melbourne, HK, US, UK. heard a lot of experiences & study session (powerful daimoku & establishing a foundation of genuine happiness) was great. a different ambience from those conferences in Malaysia. they also arranged a surprise birthday party for Seiko, Liz & those born in July. dinner was superb, we had fresh oysters, mussels, ham, fried chicken sushi, cheese cake etc. after dinner there's entertainment segment where the members can perform anything they like! some are so hilarious & some has great vocal.

Day 150 - went to Tiffany's house to shoot for our assignment. had lunch at her house before going to school together. today is suppose to be last day of handing in assignment but nobody did including me. feel so bad.

Day 149 - study ... work ... sleep

Day 148 - had emcee prep in the morning. then rush to Tiffany's house to shoot assignment. we didn't attend class. u may have option of going to class or shoot outside, your attendance will be ticked (provided you have to inform the lecture in advance & show proof the next day).

Day 147 - study ... work ... sleep. still suffering from flu.

Day 144 - 146

2009-07-13T20:10:00.002+08:00

Day 146 - 13/07/09 Happy Birthday to my beloved uncle Les. you left us for a year now. i miss you. may you rest in peace. maybe you are a photographer in heaven by now. may you have eternal happiness.
i think i got cold again. sneezing all the way. its really cold. i think its because i was drenched in the rain on Saturday.

Day 145 - today i don't need to go for band practice as the YMD are all in Wellington for conference. in the morning i did all my laundry, vacuum, wiping etc. went to work at 3pm.

Day 144 - in the morning, took a bus to Kaikan to have meeting with my co-MC. it was raining heavily. the wind blew my umbrella away many times. it was cold! Angie picked me up from kaikan & we went to have lunch at Papakura before heading to Dresssmart for window shopping. went to her home to rest and dinner was at Dominion Road. soacked under the rain again. tired. slept at 9pm without switching off my computer & lights.

Day 139 - 143

2009-07-10T20:04:00.002+08:00

Day 143: work ... sleep

Day 142: work ... sleep
today, i had a new customer from Australia. He is already 56 yrs old currently doing his Bach. in Physchology. after we chatted, he told me .... 'Angie, one day, you'll become a world famous photographer' .... i was touched by his words. it refreshed my mind what my passion was, how i need to fight on to live my dream. I need to further strengthen my determination! yeah!!!

Day 141: work ... sleep

Day 140: prep for YWD day MC ... work ... sleep

Day 139: work ... sleep

Day 134 - 138

2009-07-05T20:26:00.002+08:00

Day 138: Happy Birthday Nigel! wish u all the best in ur tennis competition at Palmy. today received the score for 'Forever Sensei'. gosh .... so many semiquavers & high notes! just had my breakfast,lunch,dinner & supper at 11.30pm. thank god i did not faint!

Day 137:its Saturday! its my sleeping day! was supposed to meet Tiffany for lunch & pass her my flash for her wedding shoot next week. well, i couldn't wake up in time & she had to go to North Shore to meet the couple. so in the end, she came to my apartment at 4pm and i passed my baby to her. then, later in the evening, went out with my new friend from Canada. we managed to watch 'Ice Age 3' & had dinner at a Belgium restaurant. the movie was good & dinner was awesome; had mussels, oysters, chips & Belgium beer.

Day 136: work ... sleep

Day 135: work ... sleep

DAy 134: work ... sleep

Day 131-133

2009-06-30T20:52:00.002+08:00

Day 133: after work, went midnight shopping with boss & wife. went and buy milk & bread for breakfast.

Day 132: tomorrow boss's sis-in-law & son will go back to KL. so, we closed the shop early & we had a feast of roti canai, 2 giant crayfish/lobster, 3 bottles of 1996 wine & dark chocolate ice cream! the lobster is so so so tasty. i just drank 1 glass as i don't fancy wine that much but it tasted good thought. the ice cream was awesome!
they are still alive
before steaming it sorry ... no photo after cooking as im in a hunger ghost state!

Day 131: its winter break! i have 2 weeks holiday!yahoooo ......

winter look. cloudy ... windy ... cold!

Day 124-130

2009-06-27T20:23:00.002+08:00

Day 130 - work up 4.30pm. can't believed i slept the whole day. i just couldn't wake up. then went dinner with Nigel. headed to The Borders to read some books before watching Transformers 2. its so awesome! more robots & actions from the 1st episode. well ..... happy birthday Nigel. hope u had a wonderful early celebration. too bad that u have 2 celebrate ur real birthday at other place. wish u all the best in ur tennis competition!

Day 129 - study ... work ... sleep. there will be a fashion show at Albany this August. they needed about 5 student photographers to cover the event. yahoo ... i wrote my name!!! of course i can't miss this opportunity.

Day 128 - study ... work ... sleep

Day 127 - study ... work ... sleep

Day 126 - study ... work ... sleep

Day 125 - study ... work ... sleep

Day 124 - study ... work ... sleep

Day 118 - 123

2009-06-20T17:03:00.005+08:00

Day 123: today is Saturday so no need to work! went out with boss since morning. her sis in law came for holiday so she brought us go jalan jalan & makan makan. finally i saw cows & sheeps. lol.

brunch ~ dim sum

tea ~ chocolate drink & cakes

dinner ~ 4 course meal & wine

i always thought that I wouldn't have the budget/chance to travel around but many thanx to my boss that I get to travel for free.

tour ~ sylvia park shopping centre, ellerslie

~ taiwan chinese temple

~ One Tree Hill (there is suppose to be a tree up on the high hill but some Maori activist cut it down. so now people called it No Tree Hill)

view from top of the hill

behind me is actually a tower but i didn't bring my wide lens. kindly scroll down to the last photo to view the tower.view from buttom hill

Day 122:study ... work ... sleep

Day 121:study ... work ... sleep

Day 120:study ... work ... sleep

Day 119:study ... work ... sleep

Day 118: study ... work ... sleep. got new assignment! self portrait! gee .... we hav 2 do self portrait this time. still thinking of ideas.

Day 112 - 117

2009-06-14T20:05:00.002+08:00

Day 117: woke up at 12pm. went to foodtown to get honey & lemon. came back and had bread for lunch, sleep for awhile & went to work from 5pm - 11pm.

Day 116: got sorethroat since yesterday. slept from 12am to 2pm. wake up, had light lunch & drank flu drink & sleep again till 8pm. most satisfying rest day.

Day 115: handed in assignment!

Day 114: study ... work ... sleep

Day 113: study ... work ... sleep

Day 112: study ... work ... sleep

Day 106-111

2009-06-08T19:55:00.003+08:00

Day 111: its mom's birthday. Happy Birthday :)

Day 110: attended World Peace Chanting in the morning. worked in the evening. Day 109: its 24 hours photography competition. June & July is Auckland's Photography Festval month. i shot some crowds waiting to watch 'The Cats' musical. had the urge to watch it too after looking at the big crowd. the previous play was 'Mama Mia'. in the afternoon, went Newmarket to get my 'yum char' salary and walked around window shopping. went home & slept for awhile. had the opportunity to attend the Salvation Army & NZ Air Force band joint concert. actually i bumped into them in the morning while they were doing rehearsal@promotion at town & i was informed about the concert. they were superb. average band members were 20-30 players but they sounded great! Day 108: study ... work ... sleep

Day 107: study ... work ... sleep

Day 106: study ... work ... sleep