Day 279 - 291

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

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

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

my final images from my latest assignment

glass object
round object

group object
toy object

Day 258 - 266

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

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

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.