In preparation for my dark toy, i’ve burnt another hole in my already disintegrated, non existence wallet. Wtf how is that possible. I was thinking of waiting for another month or two before getting it but then i thought, it’s not like there’s gonna be a new model or the price would drop further for that matter so i got it. It was just sooner or later. Quality is way way better than i expected and it comes with a digital controller with a feedback loop. I got the 38L as it’s quite sufficient for me already since I’m still a newbie coming into this. RH is kept quite stable inside the box, only drifts by 1-2% from the set value at most also. At 5watts, it doesn’t consume a lot of electricity so it might only cost like er…5 bucks per month maybe? …anyway, not too sure about that but another power saving function is that it actually switches itself off after achieving the targeted value (humidty stat).  SO, any of you guys want to get Aipo Dry Cabinet, i know a place hidden amongst the massage parlous in Chong Lin’s Park that sells them quite cheap. Comes with 5 year warranty.

Drying my "accidental machine washed" pendrive inside the box

To be honest, i’ve blown my budget because when i first calculated how much would the whole set cost me, i never really took into account the smaller things and various accersories like batteries, screen protector, lint-free cloth, dry cabinet, diffuser, hand grip, blower…blah blah blah.

Spudz Lens Cleaning cloth, highly recommended

It’s been an agonizing 1 week and now, T-minus 5 days. It doesn’t help when you get teaser picture like this >.<

Wtf rite? I know what a teaser photo means but this is beyond that already, i think it’s more like a mocking photo :P

Still, big thanks to black sheep for loaning your card and driving all the way down to town to get it :) November chia you cendol 1 bowl.

Also tried some PP techniques with Photoshop. Tried to apply the Lomo feel because i totally love it. My first try sucks because i screwed up the by having the masking edge too hard but anyway here it is.

Before

After

I know, still need heaps of practice.
Goodnight! Got work tomorrow -.-

We’re born, we live and we all die.

Departures

I would like to recommend this movie to those who have not seen it. It follows the journey of this guy who works as an “encoffineer”, preparing the deceased for entry to the next life, like a gentle gatekeeper. To me, I think it’s an elegant and graceful art and this movie certainly did capture every part of it. The soundtracks for this movie are also really beautiful and it won the Best Foriengn Language Flim prize at the 81st Academy Awards. Plus, i think the main actress is really pretty :)

Check it out!

D: It is written…that was the answer, how Jamal Malik won 20 million rupees.

Slumdog Millionaire

The movie that won eight academy awards did not disappoint. It was a story of a boy from the slums of Dharavi, how he overcame the odds to survive as a young orphan with his elder brother. Hardship that saw him covered in feces, witnessing his mother being killed, staying in the dumps, kidnapped and almost forced into beggary, lost his best friend Latika who eventually became his lover…and yet all these gave him everything he needed to know to win 20 million rupees.

Young Jamal

The movie gave an insight on the extreme ends of poverty and also richness in India. However, what i liked most about the movie was how the two young brothers relied on each other to survive, always there to cover each others ass. Although there was a period when Jamal’s brother, Salim made the wrong choices and went against Jamal but in the end, he made up for his mistakes and sacrificed his life for Jamal.

Fairy tale ending

Of course the fairy tale ending of Jamal and Latika earned the movie extra marks too :P And although Slumdog Millionaire was just a movie i still do believe in miracles and fairy tale endings, that sometimes we do get lucky in life if it’s our destiny, if it was written for us. Anyway, only complain I have of the movie is that Jamal practically had only ‘one face expression’ throughout the movie. Then again what can i expect from a guy with such a bitter past.

…reminds me of my brother.