"You might be humble,
you might have grace.
But everyone's equal,
In Death's embrace."
Thursday, July 28, 2011
"08-11" Finally Reaches The Dead End
I had been keeping a journal all this while and I named it recently: "08-11". Got it since 2008 and began writing my visions and reminiscence on it and ended it in 2011. Looking back at it shows how immature I used to be and how different a person I had become. I used to be so radical in my first few entries and gradually, I became a little softer.
I should say I am grateful for my past actions to not just tear away the pages if it doesn't suit my thinking anymore. It's good to keep my mistakes in "08-11".
I ranted about religious issues, moral issues and even political issues from 2008 to 2009. Stopped my writing along the year and began again in 2010. Few entries did changed my life. As a tribute for this trusty keepsake of mine, I will include some of the most interesting excerpts found within the vaults of "08-11".
"Don't be afraid if you had been stepped on for your stages of mistakes. You can be sure that once you step out of your mistakes, you will fly above those who once stepped on you." - Butterfly, 25 October 2009.
"I promise that I'll win this war, for my family and for God." - Redeeming My Life, 9 December 2009.
"We can never appreciate the works of art the same way as how the creator did." - Literature, 13 August 2010.
"You don't continue your game of poker with small hands with no pairs. You don't love if you know eventually you're going to break up." - The Art of Folding, 20 April 2011.
"There are no good or bad endings, just the survival of our souls." - How a Good Ending Should Be, 18 May 2011.
"So, goodbye for now, my fellow readers. I am sure you will see me again." -The Final Step of My First Endeavour (Last Entry), 24 July 2011.
I should say I am grateful for my past actions to not just tear away the pages if it doesn't suit my thinking anymore. It's good to keep my mistakes in "08-11".
I ranted about religious issues, moral issues and even political issues from 2008 to 2009. Stopped my writing along the year and began again in 2010. Few entries did changed my life. As a tribute for this trusty keepsake of mine, I will include some of the most interesting excerpts found within the vaults of "08-11".
"Don't be afraid if you had been stepped on for your stages of mistakes. You can be sure that once you step out of your mistakes, you will fly above those who once stepped on you." - Butterfly, 25 October 2009.
"I promise that I'll win this war, for my family and for God." - Redeeming My Life, 9 December 2009.
"We can never appreciate the works of art the same way as how the creator did." - Literature, 13 August 2010.
"You don't continue your game of poker with small hands with no pairs. You don't love if you know eventually you're going to break up." - The Art of Folding, 20 April 2011.
"There are no good or bad endings, just the survival of our souls." - How a Good Ending Should Be, 18 May 2011.
"So, goodbye for now, my fellow readers. I am sure you will see me again." -The Final Step of My First Endeavour (Last Entry), 24 July 2011.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
The First Roll
Attention, Sir Pok Deng. The Holga 135BC photos that you had requested is finally here!
Analogue Love
Not bad for my first roll of Lomography CN 400. So far, the thing that I've learned is: Never shoot Holga indoors unless you have a flash unit. Nuff said.
For more photos, visit: Bodography's Analogue Love
Analogue Love
Description: This is by far my favourite photo. If you noticed, there's half frame of light leak and a photo of a yawning cat in the cage. Actually this was not intended, but sometimes unexplainable things happen with Holga.
Yellow Beetle
Description : Nothing much to say about this one, really. Walked around the neighbourhood and snapped this up. Went against multi-exposing it, and I had never regretted the results.
Signboard
Description : Shot this in anger when I realized I didn't wind the film roll properly, causing the whole 36 shots in the roll to be wasted.
Not bad for my first roll of Lomography CN 400. So far, the thing that I've learned is: Never shoot Holga indoors unless you have a flash unit. Nuff said.
For more photos, visit: Bodography's Analogue Love
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Holga 135bc
Just got myself a Holga 135bc! Don't disturb, I'm still celebrating my holidays with this baby. =P
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Roaming The Streets
For this semester break, my parents promised to bring us out for a trip somewhere. And true enough, they kept to their words. We roamed the night streets at Jonker Street, Malacca when I was inspired to capture some street photographs with my new Prime Nikkor Lens 35 mm. Not having enough guts to capture people in almost point blank range (it's 35 mm, after all), I kinda failed at getting any good portraits of total strangers.
Lubitel 2
Description : Found this little baby in a second hand stall. In case you didn't know, this is a 60 years old TLR (Twin Reflex Lens) Camera and my brother had always wanted one of these. It was sold for RM150 there. Not having enough money that time, I asked permission from the vendor to take a photo of this before parting with it, giving up the chance to own it forever.
Siblings
Description : Sometimes, focusing too much on capturing photos during your holiday trip ruins your best memories of the trip. It is better to make memories than to record memories.
Stranded
Description : We were sitting in our car, waiting for the traffics to subside when I spotted this car stranded on the road. Having nothing to do at the time, I snapped it up. It was nothing good when I look at the LCD screen that time. But after I plugged my SD card into my laptop and began cropping it, I see a glimpse of perfection. Edited a little to make it look vintage, it is indeed a pretty sight! What a beautiful mistake.
Well, nothing much had happened during this semester break except coaching the KISAS drama team and also this trip to Malacca. Well, I'm looking forward for the semester to start already.
Lubitel 2
Description : Found this little baby in a second hand stall. In case you didn't know, this is a 60 years old TLR (Twin Reflex Lens) Camera and my brother had always wanted one of these. It was sold for RM150 there. Not having enough money that time, I asked permission from the vendor to take a photo of this before parting with it, giving up the chance to own it forever.
Siblings
Description : Sometimes, focusing too much on capturing photos during your holiday trip ruins your best memories of the trip. It is better to make memories than to record memories.
Stranded
Description : We were sitting in our car, waiting for the traffics to subside when I spotted this car stranded on the road. Having nothing to do at the time, I snapped it up. It was nothing good when I look at the LCD screen that time. But after I plugged my SD card into my laptop and began cropping it, I see a glimpse of perfection. Edited a little to make it look vintage, it is indeed a pretty sight! What a beautiful mistake.
Well, nothing much had happened during this semester break except coaching the KISAS drama team and also this trip to Malacca. Well, I'm looking forward for the semester to start already.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
"The Gods Had Spoken"
My mum always have the habit of visiting the Chinese temple for some fortune-telling annually. Not to say superstitious, but she abides by Karl Marx's law, something about "opiate of the masses". My siblings and I often hear what and what not to do every year from the Chinese gods. And I often roll my eyes every time my mum read out the fortunes to us.
But this year's fortunes are a little bizzare . You might want to know what I got for this year. As my mum read out the slip, I was told not to mess around with somebody else's girlfriend. My brother and I laughed out loud at that. Funny crap. I don't think I have any crush this year. Not yet. Thank you very much.
The second paragraph astounded me. A lot. It's not even about what or what not to do anymore. It's a compliment. From the gods. About my short stories. Even my mother doesn't know that I write short stories.
"He have great skills for writing stories and he possesses a bright future with that skill."
There you go. Direct quotation.
I never really believed in gods and I am a firm believer in monotheism because I am not capable of pleasing too many gods. But this compliment coming out from the fortune-teller, it's funny. Almost too funny.
I guess that's true. They are indeed the opiate of the masses.
I found comfort in those compliments.
But for that heads-up about "someone else's girlfriend"......
But this year's fortunes are a little bizzare . You might want to know what I got for this year. As my mum read out the slip, I was told not to mess around with somebody else's girlfriend. My brother and I laughed out loud at that. Funny crap. I don't think I have any crush this year. Not yet. Thank you very much.
The second paragraph astounded me. A lot. It's not even about what or what not to do anymore. It's a compliment. From the gods. About my short stories. Even my mother doesn't know that I write short stories.
"He have great skills for writing stories and he possesses a bright future with that skill."
There you go. Direct quotation.
I never really believed in gods and I am a firm believer in monotheism because I am not capable of pleasing too many gods. But this compliment coming out from the fortune-teller, it's funny. Almost too funny.
I guess that's true. They are indeed the opiate of the masses.
I found comfort in those compliments.
But for that heads-up about "someone else's girlfriend"......
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Friends
Friends are your best photographic subjects. They are not shy or nervous, sometimes they give you great ideas for new techniques. It's always a part of my routine to bring along my camera whenever I hang out. God knows if I'll miss any new masterpieces if I don't.
Ahmadiliman
Description: I was asked by the Layla-Majnun Costume team to take a picture of each and every cast for the play. After assessing all of the shots, this one is my favourite, Ahmadil's portrait - depicting Zahran the stuttering poet. Somehow, he brought in the character as he posed for this shot.
Muhammad Danish
Description: We were in one of the classes in the Social Science Faculty when I tried to bokeh the light in the backgrounds, then ideas started to expand as I pulled in my friend, Dan into the class and light him up with the fluorescent lights. A little set-up to make the light bokeh to seem like coming out of his ears, and the shot was taken.
Siti Humairah
Description: Siti brought her little hamster (Whatever their ages are, they're still little) to our showtime for the Layla-Majnun play in DBKL. Armed myself with a prime 50 mm lens, I took the shot after arranging the frames. The low light condition forced me to jack up the ISO, creating some nice effect in this photo.
Ahmadiliman
Description: I was asked by the Layla-Majnun Costume team to take a picture of each and every cast for the play. After assessing all of the shots, this one is my favourite, Ahmadil's portrait - depicting Zahran the stuttering poet. Somehow, he brought in the character as he posed for this shot.
Muhammad Danish
Description: We were in one of the classes in the Social Science Faculty when I tried to bokeh the light in the backgrounds, then ideas started to expand as I pulled in my friend, Dan into the class and light him up with the fluorescent lights. A little set-up to make the light bokeh to seem like coming out of his ears, and the shot was taken.
Siti Humairah
Description: Siti brought her little hamster (Whatever their ages are, they're still little) to our showtime for the Layla-Majnun play in DBKL. Armed myself with a prime 50 mm lens, I took the shot after arranging the frames. The low light condition forced me to jack up the ISO, creating some nice effect in this photo.
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