Simple. Dark. Light. Love. Joy.

Mama had to stay back awhile yesterday so I went to fetch the kids and took them to KFC....aku tak tau la apsal aku tiba2 nak sgt makan KFC semalam!!! Ordered their meals..and and a dinner plate for myself - good thing I did not order the usual Snackplate, cuz the 3rd piece of chicken kena "pow" dgn Aliya!!!

Oh boy..the kids can really eat! The whole table was gone before they hit the playground!

....and I got the chance to take their photograph, under low light condition, high-speed anticipation...fun!

....stills, eyes, faces, motions, reactions, emotions....and of course, my signature - shadows.

Monochromatic Toxication

1.
Can't sleep. Some people name it "minda kacau". For me, I don't want to mark it anything. I'd just go with the flow and concentrate on achieving what I have set. Can't get everything in life, better to appreciate what you already have. Let them "tamak haloba" insensitive, ruthless people say what they want, it matters not anymore.
2.
Could have rested on the couch and dozed off while watching NatGeo after I have completed burning the gazillion gigabytes of files for the last job (thanx to Yoda The Good Ol' iBook....not thanx to the unreliable HP Machine running Wimpdoze!)...but the "mental mode" was restless and anxious on exploring monochrome compositions so I set everything necessary in the wee hours of the day. Packed everything the the new slingbag and ready to explore my skills in the morning. The kids bags are already set for action much earlier...and their new pets are still confused I guess...having a bunch of cute little humans as their lord now!
3.
Have no idea how long these water creatures will survive. One sure thing though, the kids are really excited.... spent hours watching and talking to their pets....the first thing the looked for when they woke up in the morning....well, at least they are eager to wake up earlier now!....but this little lady...will always be the last to rise & has so many demands as she does...hmmm...I guess that's the advantage of being the youngest in the family.
4.
She'd want me to hug her until she sleeps. Sometimes she'd woke up and go to Mama instead, then I'd hug Alisya or Naufal till morning.....the only mornin that I'd actually look forward to would be a Saturday, Sunday...or a public holiday....that's when I don't have to play my role in the sickeningcorporategame and be with the kids instead!

FW: Fishy business

The only thing I look forward to, from today, would be the time to fetch the kids....and today, they have a surprise....the got fish from their teacher!!
Alisya & Aliya got 2 each. Naufal got 3.
So, like it or not, I had to buy aquarium for them. One each. So that they can be responsible for their own pet...just that small plastic type, with some colorful stones and shells for decor....and some fish food...Hmm...maybe I should back-charge the costs to their teacher on monthly basis...
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FW: Lostforwords

...yeah! Another NatGeo canvas bag....

It has finally been confirmed that I will be at the bottom of the class as far as last financial year appraisal is concerned. No fcuking way for me to get that same average rating I have been getting for millenniums because 50% of the appraisal was "conviniently" given by a bastard who's so proud finally to be in a class of his own with the idiots he used to shit & piss on. All I must do to get an average score was to get the eversoimpossible rating of above average in the new unit. Tough. I should hv gotten that rating a few times before, in different units....but hv always been shot down to average. Being new to the biz and having to handle new life with the kids, I just cud not spend any more time & energy than what I have already did.
So, let it be written. So, let it be done.

There's no reason for me to not to proceed doing what I have in mind now.
For my future.
..and for the people who played their "roles"....may Allah help them...if they still know Allah.
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Hello KingKong!!

I could not make it that night after the race, so many things to settle. The kids actually waited for me to send them to school the next morning!! Kesiannya...

So, the moment I met my kids after almost full week...would be the perfect definition of JOY!

I fetched them yesterday afternoon and belanja them some stuff & slept with them. The skool promoted Alisya to the senior class due to her rapid progress. Naufal been doing well but has to excel further....
Aliya...she is the "pet" of the skool staff, she looks more like an Ah Moi now!!

I laughed out load when she greeted me...."Hello KingKong!"

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Back Home

Done the round of duty for this season...not the best race in my list - late start, heavy rain and all....but the best contribution & achievement for my personal target.
Maybe better next season, InsyaAllah.

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Smokin'!!!

1.
Hot day on the track, as always...but the fun part in right smack in the middle of the day...heheheh!! There would be only two photographers that managed to get this shot...since they were the only photographers at that location when this happened....
One would be a cool phat bloke using a massive Canon bazooka lense...
The other one would be the bloke who happened to be the writer of this blog...heheheh!
For those who are not into F1...the car is a Scuderia Ferrari, the driver is Kimi Raikkonen. The Ferrari produced blue smoke towards the end of the morning practice session....and the whole cockpit was consumed in smoke.....no sisha for Kimi for the next couple of months I guess!
It was said the KERS batteries were overheated. The smell, phewww...really pong!!
Yessireee....I was just about 3 feet from that car.....

2.
....hmm, yet another Ferrari experience for me since I went shooting the procedure with extrication the team & FIA officers at the Ferrari pit yesterday.

Anyway....this two shots would probably be on my best shots list...aye?

Extrication

1.
One of a very rare opportunity I could ever imagine....being allowed to take shots in the pit of Team Scuderia Ferrari. Not that I am a fan of this team but it is something new to me - documenting the procedure of driver extrication on a real F1 car. In this case the FIA Medical Chiefs - Dr Gart Hartstein & Prof. Jean Charles Piette, required all the 3 Charlie Team (Extrication Specialists) to complete the procedure within a time limit set. The team held up the pride of the nation by proving that though we are new in this arena, we managed to clock an average of about 3min 40sec....with the new set of Novax gloves to protect them against static shock due to the KERS implementation. Bravo Charlies!!

2.
..and I had my first experience being on board of a Medivac Helicopter. Rather mixed emotion in the first place - yer la takut terjadi apa-apa where got parachute in the heelo, no way can use parachute pun sebab the height is not enough for the chute to function...but high enough to create a complete disaster for our life! Anyway, once on board, I felt relaxed and comfortable. The flight took 15 minutes to the HUKM Medivac pad and I was quite surprised I could scramble down and took shots of the first helicopter - the one carrying "the patient".

...photos later lah....tangkap muat jer dulu nih, have to rush to the circuit already.

Wet afternoon, really really wet

What a day....met Bro Bazuki, shot the FIA Medic. Equipment Inspection, documented the Medivac procedure which meant I get a heli to do the documentation (more on that, later), was supposed to document extrication procedure at Turn 4 when suddenly it rained very very heavily....
That's the AMG...I prefer the last 2 season's spec. Have not met Dennis yet but Dr Gary Heartstein was here at the end of the inspection.
Cool day...and wet too.
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Cool & heavy (quite!)

...still continuing from previous entry...
That's my main gears. Tomorrow will be an even hotter and busier day for the team, FIA inspections, tests and the likes. Will start staying here from tonight, later when the kids are asleep.
Gonna miss them.
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Rubber...KERS...and the likes

Second day on duty today, hot & humid, almost no wind except the constant blow from the aircond....sheer bliss compared to being on the track service road in a Nomex...and this year, with thick rubber gloves!!
Why rubber gloves?
Protection against potential shock by being in contact with the F1 vehicle.
KERS - kinetic energy recovering system. A new technology required in the rigs for this season. Simply put - like a dynamo to recover & store power to be used for specific manouver depending on the driver. Cool? Not sure yet!!

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TheREDstudio

On my first day on the 2009 F1 Medic. Team job, I had to print the group photo for the seminar. Lucky me I got help from Agmnhob, his buddy Fairuz is the owner of this TheREDstudio company in Sectin 7 Bangi (belakang Pustaka Rakyat). Cool office, great offer, great print job done. Definitely will come here again for future print jobs, insyaAllah.
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Try test tengok

Since the friggin' WiMax been so unreliable, let me try and see if I can get this posted up with photo intact...
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Guns & Water

...wanted to write something last night but was too fatigue after a tiring day starting with the kids waking up early (and me having only about 2 hours of sleep the night before!) and had to send Mam to the airport (thanx to the bus who departed earlier than the stated time and without doing proper headcount too!)...and when a "client" decided he cannot pay for the job I did (due to policy shit even though I was actually doing them a huge favor) the day seemed to crumble on me...so, I went back and took the kids for a treat at Wendy's and after preparing their stuff for today, I went to bed with them, told them some stories and the next ting I knew, it's already today...a tiring day yesterday, frustrating in a way but rezeki comes in many shapes & forms...got an offer to shoot DYMM SPB YDPA golf game and possible some Langkawi Tourism thingy...insyaAllah....
...BUT..what matters most is, I have promised my kids for a splashing fun day tomorrow, so that's what going to happen, INSYAALLAH....just bought new waterblaster guns for the kids (and for me too weheheeh!!)

...as we all can see, it is obvious these shots are done on my phone's camera...lesson learnt from being a pro-photographer, no need to bring the gears unless the job is confirmed and payment is firm...and if possible, choose the client!

Back to school...and work....

1.
I just could not believe it that I have been on leave for almost full 3 working weeks!! Not that I intentionally want to but it was due to the eye disease, 2 weeks and then the school break - nobody to take care of the kids!
...yeah, I kinda enjoy it but I wish I could do more - with only one functioning vehicle and eye, I guess it was ok. At least the twins are now confident to jump into the bigger & deeper pool with their floaters & Aliya can swim a distance of about 2meters in the adult pool too.
I promised her I'm buying her a proper float soon, to encourage her to be more confident, insyaAllah.
Well, at least we can see some result from time to time - bringing the kids to swimming pool - and spend time with them. Nothing like some parents who'd just assign the maids and or swimming instructor....but they have their own reasons and all.

2.
Other than that, like the kids, their appetites are really growing. They know what they want to eat or where they want to eat. No, we do not allow them fast foods and the likes as often as they want but from time to time, yes we do allow it - they are kids & they need to grow up as normal kids, not like a health freak or what!
Yeah, they get a fair deal of swets & fast foods from time to time..but they siwm at least 2 times a week and go to the park running & s
Some people can get surprised when I pass my kids the Sigg bottle that I often carry everywhere and I'd say - "Ok Neena, come here, nah minum air gas Neena".....some "kononnya" health conscious perdson will definitely start a lecture....but the fact is (like I would alway tell some people who look surpfised at me when I give my kids "air gas" (carbonated drinks laaa tu) - my kids refer to plain water as "air gas"!
....and they carry their own water bottles with them everyday (mine is a back-up unit lah!)


3.
Japanese foods would be one of their favorite. I don't really know what the rest are called but edamame is a must. 3 plates of it. So, once a month (Note: depending on how the financial looks like!!), we'd bring them to their favorite Japanese food place - Sushi King (or King Fish as Alisya calls it!).
It's a joy seeing them enjoying the foods....
We did Sushi King last night, since they have been talking about it for a week or so, just so that they have the "drive" to go back to school....
after sushi, we bought some doughnuts...another fav of them - The Big Apple.....each of them has own favorite - they will choose the same one everytime!
Will have to spent more time with them this week - cuz Mama is going off to Bandung so...I am left alone to handle the kids again!


...hmm..need to be able to adjust the E71's manual camera setting more efficiently

F1 - Back in action, different role

Saturday morning, off to the SIC, this tie not as the Fast Intervention Vehicle Driver nor trainer for the newbies but official photographer for the Medical Support Team.
The drivers are mainly newbies - some of which I have worked/ trained during he last couple of seasons - lead by a seasoned driver who drove with me in the early days of our involvement.

Many things happened along the years and the final flag was raised last season, thus why the line-up are newbies. The original team members decided not to get involved anymore - but not entirely all are originally "original"....just to keep it simple - some people cannot give commitment due to their position, some, are just not disciplined enough (we stroke off some names from the list - due to lack of commitment & discipline and more damagingly - not being a responsible driver/ team member).
It is not a privilege, it is a massive responsibility.
While they think they were qualified by being there the previous years, some just fail to put the real fact of being in the team into their thick skull (...some are just too sissy-arsed in reality, could not even make it past Turn 4 without shivering & skidding - so much about bragging being a FIV driver in the first place ahaahahah!!).
Anyway, history will remain history. I am not siding anybody but the show must go on and all I can say is the present line-up of drivers are really tough and dedicated...we can work on the discipline part easily since they are not the "commanders" kind of mentality (the ones that would always want to lead for whatever reason!) but they are real team players and know when to accept commands and when to give feedback, proper. All the best to them....I'll be there just to take photos of the team anyway!

Playground

At our rumahpangsa, some kids would always be assisted by their maid to the playground & swimming pool....not all, but most of them.

In my case, I have been taking my kids for morning walks and all since they were couple of months old. Watching them "overgrew" the usual playground reminds me how time flies.

Some people could not be bothered about it...but not me....no sir.
The kids & their friend they met at a playgorund near to our rumahpangsa

Symbian the reliable

1.
Today I am going to spend time at the pool most of the day, with my kids. Then I will jot down what I am going to get for my kids & me when the client pays up by this weekend...hopefully, or I shall never do jobs for that client again!
2.
It is much easier & faster uploading shots to Blogger via WiMax using my Symbian based phone than any of the 3 laptops on my desk, including the Mac.


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Animals Animals Animals

1.
Out of nowhere, I suddenly recall when I was a kid there was this t.v. program called "Animals Animals Animals". I could not really recall in total what was it all about but definitely it was about animals and it involved some cartoon and other fun & funny stuff to make the audience enjoy and understand the contents better. It was cool. The theme song was like:
"Animals Animals Animals Animals Here and there.....
Animals Animals Animals Animals Everywhere!"

2.
As mentioned earlier, my Proton Persona 1.8SRi (Wira UK Spec 1996) was stolen and after a week was found and though it is not as it was according to the workshop guy, I am just happy to have it back.
Restoring it to a perfect state will be a challenge...time & money is neede for that matter....but I will do it. One thing at a time, Insya-Allah.

3.
I have been on MC for almost 10 working days due to bad viral infection to my right eye. Though I am far better than las week's condition, my vision is still no as it used to be. I went for a solo street shoot last Saturday after a lunch appoinment with Ted Adnan and I just had to rely on my instinct & judgement to get 2 shots at a single location...and that's all that I managed. Have not been able to cycle too due to this condition....and work is piling up at the office while the secure connection portal is as good as useless....to top that off, I had to take another 5 day leave this week becautse the kids are on school holiday and nobody can spare time to take care of them, not even my wifey who seems to run 2 offices with one payslip....

4.
At times like this I wish we have a reliable maid. Or a close relative living nearby.....well maybe not. Have given up relying on anybody since everybody will always have their ever so important matters and excuses.
So let them go deal with their matters, I so don't care about it at all and from now I will be the only one in charge and spend time with the kids even if it will cost me a bad performance, so be it....coz it is like almost a full month not being able to come to work already, dammit!

5.
Since everybody close to me have been so selfish, the time has come for me to be ultimately selfish, except for my kids, I am gonna put what I want as top priority from today. The rest, none of my concern.

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FairyKenit

<- Hmm...swoosh then flick.....or is it flick then swoosh...Ayah camana ni??

Apparently, while the rest of the Boleh-Land was busy with PPSMI, Politicians Primetime Show (8pm news laa tu!), FaceBook-ers putting up "I-am-an-important-idiot-in-this-organization-so-let-me-tell-you-all-that-I-am-off-to-another-country-on-business-trip" or "I-am-so-very-a-high-society-thinker-&-mighty-above-you-other-mere-mortal" status.....little did they know that KLCC has been taken into custody by a FairyKenit....

...more updates whenever I feel like it....yeah...one eye is better than none!

1-2-3 jump...or is it 1-2-jump....Ayah camana Superman nak start terbang eh?->
...beats me, I thought you told me I am KingKong!

Blogging on a full fledge platform with a SymbianMobile

Eyes still itchy and hot, I am restless to be confined at home. It's a long weekend and I am not sure if I am going to be well enough to enjoy it.
....but taking one thing at a time, adalah hikmahnya tu...my stolen car is found, my kids are running & playing happily, foods aplenty on the table...ALHAMDULILLAH!
Simple humble life, despite being ridiculed & sidelined by some....pity them...
...but anyway, this Symbian baby rocks!!! Many posers a.k.a wannabe have it as showoff stuff...and use it to access their Fb to "maintain cool intellectsoundingIambetterthanothers or Iamtravellingtheworld" status...but c'est la vie

Manusia

Date: 2009-03-03 10:32 AM

I am on MC due to bad eye condition, real bad I guess since I am being referred to a specialist instead of getting the usual eye drop and stuff.
Waiting for my turn, so I am having breakfast.
Saw a group of people that are related to one VeePee conveniently lepaking during this working hour. Manusia...
Good thing I no longer in that Zoo (oops!)

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