We secretly gave Mai a surprise visit

Hanoi lodging is so high compared to Nha Trang. Usually we pay only 4 star hotel for $18 but in Hanoi central / Tay Ho we are only able to get $30 for 3 star hotel. 

Earlier this morning when I went down to eat and I saw the haze is so bad in Hanoi and I do a quick search on the air quality and realise it was 25x above world recommended level. OMG, extremely unhealthy and I think Hanoi will not be a good place for us to relocate. As this is the 3rd trip this year and I think i will not come back to Hanoi anytime soon. I personally now like Dalit and then follow up Nha Trang now.

From Airbnb at Yen Phu we check out and move to lahomestay hang dau. I see the picture so nice but price at only $15 on agoda. But when we check in then the owner tell us that the hotel is newly added in the agoda and they didn’t prepare the room for us. So our 3 days booking have to cut to 1 and I need to move out again tomorrow.

Today after checking in to hotel we decided to give Mai a surprise at her Bima leather company. She was a new friend we made when we was looking for leather tools during our first visit. We decide to drop by her office and give her a surprise. 

Today big news is that the China bull market suddenly pull back and a lot of 90s and 00s are taking up loans and brought into the market. They were heavily influenced by China influencer. However as these younger generation had not accumulated much assets and those 3rd party non bank lender will see a lot of default from these group of people. 躺平了. Now is really getting harder and harder for younger generation. The economic no longer make sense even for me.  

Golden Mile Complex with Qinghe & Jiayi (E-PL1 sample pic)

Image courtesy by Oly E-PL1 (Night Shoot)

For so long, then have the time to catch up with old buddy. Met Qing He and Jiayi for an impromptu outing. Our style is going to meet without a specific place to go, no plan, no itinerary, only plain fun.

Went to tampines to buy my bio filter for my crayfish. Shop a while and hunt for cafe. Stop for some dessert.

Olympus E-PL micro 4/3 pros over DSLR (sample shot)

Are we all getting tired with how DSLR present itself aesthetically? Its 2011 and people going crazy over DSLR everywhere. Luckily, the new Micro 4/3 comes to put ends to our misery. What we are looking is the Single Lens performance with retro looks and compact sizes. 

Micro 4/3 has many companies come together with standard lens that you can interchange in-between. It's open ecosystem ensure that even if you are Olympus, you are still enable to mount Panasonic, Lumix, Kodak etc 4/3 lens to it. For canon fanboy, do not be disappointed. There are also adapter rings for your to mount your favorite canon lens up. Nice~~

E-PL 1 in build censor shift right into its body, so you don't have to rely solely on expensive lens with Image Stabilization to get your blurriness picture. You will ensure crystal clear picture (3 stops) with any Tom Dick Harry lens. Mount the most peculiar lens up, the possibilities now are endless. Okie lah, bounded by your imagination. :) 

Anyway, this is only a preliminary introduction. Hit the sample picture that we took on day 1. 

p/s: We are camera noob....  

My little N8 Image explained

I am so sick, totally down with a stomach flu. Blame it on the Korean cold noodle I ate last Sunday. This lesson taught me not to act like one "cum some hamnida", no everyone can take their food cold/raw. That's a reason why people invented fire with a flint and a stone. Brighter note, I can take a long 5 day break to rejuvenate myself. Of course, people around me are worried, irritated by my poor health and losing concentration at study. The poor person who is worrying about me, I am sorry to have caused all the negativity. And thanks for chanting "Ah Mi Tou Fu" to hui xiang for me :)

The culprit for my stomach Flu "Korean cold noodle"

Recently we were into beading animal. We spent many hours of time and concentration to do the animal, everyone we put in our heart and soul. There why they are so live like. They are so alive that they BITE. Only the first one we did, sort of failed. We classified it as premature birth, and born with mild deformation. Poor seal... But as we became more experienced, the kitten, piggie, snowman and twitter bird are strong and healthy.





Whao, very long since I last updated. So long that Liping came for 6 weeks attachment at JI and now it was already 4 weeks into her new semester. Time really flies. Life moving on, still hunting aimlessly. When the one day that my life is finally orientated?

Dax & CLP (the intern)

Zhen Hao & Zhen Zi (the operation engineer)

When can you define a couple's honey moon period over? When both forgot about their anniversary.

Bought and Sold N8: Few days

Sembcorp shares jump from $3.7 (sold off rate) to $4.9: Few months

Me and Liping lovingly together: Few years and still counting.........

"Love doesn't really kick into the picture until the honey-moon period is over. There where people becaeme rational. And also the time to judge whether is it true love. Because true love will withstand the test of time." - Limbe say eh -_^

p/s: Picture above this line are not taken with Nokie N8, those below are.

Oh ya Some N8 photo sample:

Macro ModeLandscape mode
Portrait modeNight mode

I can't be bother to upload "flash in complete darkness" mode. You can very well expect crystal clear, noiseless, motion stopping high speed shutter image. Sharp, crisp and well exposured image from Nokia N8, it should well deserve a ISO 9001 engraved on its anodised high scratch resistance aluminium body.

1. Good xenon logarithm for even distributed shot.
2. Wide angle lens to fit more into the frame.
3. 1/1.83 sensor size (bigger than most of the standard Pt&Shoot Cam) for noise control
4. Carl Zeiss lens for maximum quality output.
5. Real Mechanical shutter for instant focus even under low light (0.5sec).

This is GODLY.. This is CRAZZZYYYYY!!!!!!! WAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

Bendigo's city tour

Hey friends, so you are all excited to know whats going on in Bendigo on weekends right? Today's Saturday, we decided to go shopping at Bendigo's central, while on the way we tried to capture some Victoria historical sculpture. Taken with my finepix S1500 and due to the rush, most of the picture were taken spontaneously, however with a simple magical touch of photoshop can enhances it aesthetically.

First, let's have a little walk into the park to see if we are lucky enough to shoot some wild life. Birds I mean, I reckon we can't get anything more than that.

Well, looks like we are lucky to find this bird resting motionless on the bunches, *snap snap*
Opps, underexposed... Too bad!!

Hmmm, largely abundant spices here. You find it as common as crows in Singapore.
The Galah is a large, familiar and distinctive cockatoo. It can be seen throughout Bendigo's urban areas.

Speciality: has one breeding partner for its entire life unless one Galah dies then a new partnership will be formed. Monogamy practice???

Another don't know what. Also largely abundant species.

Swift Parrot, personality unknown. Likes to eat grass probably.....

Editor's notes:

It hard to capture the perfect moments on wildlife, despite having a Ultra 12x zoom camera. Tripod is needed to ensure blurless photo.

From right to left,

1. Town Hall erected around original hall in 1885. The clock tower is 36.5m high
2. Alexandra Fountain
3. Queen Elizabeth memorial
   

Some nice structures. Click to enlarge.


One full week yielding of spending enable us to indulge one's appetite for sweets and caffeine.

Pie from famous cafe across Bendigo.

Editor's note:

The most expensive part of a cup of espresso is the "golden crema" excreted from coffee beans under optimized pressure and brewing time. The every essence of a cup of coffee and the aroma will be retained in the cup by the golden cream. The more the better, works like head of a beer.

2 paranoia shot and the latter is taken on the watch tower located at the center of Bendigo, nice views!!!

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Picture of the day:
Town Hall in Bendigo

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