2011 New Year Party!!!

Yes this is the start of our new year party, sorry to wife as she is still on confinement. This year, it is special as our in laws are with us, due to our babies :D.

Happy New Year 2011

Thank you all for the SMS that I received, very nice message from year to year. Keep it coming.!

Happy New Year to you all. :P

2010 replacing angle valve for the faucet!!!

huh, today, a 5 minute job, became a 1 hour job!!, why? , huh, that old china made angle valve just broke its leg in the pipe hole. That makes me really use my brain juice.

After using a huge nail and try to knock the left overs out from the hole, after 20 minutes of trying, finally got it out, how?

Well above is the magic tool that all will need for a plumbing works. For me the life saver is the jackhammer (orange one) use this tool and hit it into that hole with the hammer and use the spanner to turn slowly, that will slowly turn the remaining leftover out.

Hope this helps.

2010 Christmas Ornaments.

star in disposable food box

some ornaments in disposable canister - go green ..:D

Christmas bells around toilet rolls holder. Look pretty nice ain't it? And easier storage..for year after years.

Christmas ornaments with beautiful and useful packaging material that can last and reuse over and over again, thanks to wife for the impressive ideas.

2010 Great Grandma's Visit

It's a blessing to be hold by a great grandma

2010 My Little Angel

Merry Christmas!!!

Wishing you all a Wonderful Christmas...2010!

2010 Auntie's visits

Would like to thank Auntie Pei San, Mei Yi and Soo Ling. For the wonderful present.

D7000 user guide.

Recently with the birth of our new babies, I did not manage to have the time to poke around the D7000, I just got this camera 1 week before the new born, So pretty much thought that this is about the same as D80, just with 100% view finder (this is nice, easier to compose). Here is what I recently found out,

Color Temperature Fine Tuning.

Under menu -> camera icon -> white balance. Every choice here can still be fine tuned. Just be at the selection e.g Tungsten, then right arrow key, you will enter the menu, from there select the point and test shoot to your liking. Amazing.

Further reference on nikon D7000 manual pg119.

For me I prefer to set it this way, at the AUTO go to the palette and choose M1. Save it to your U2 slot. This will help to remove a bit of bluesih tint on your photos to make it more real.

Creating Custom Picture Controls
D7000 allow you to create up to 9 picture controls. Picture controls are those types of settings e.g Standard, Neutral, Vivid, etc. but I doubt we seldom use. :D

Active D-Lighting - just set to Auto.

all season park - summer tower response

This is the response status for the Penang All Season's Park - Summer Tower. More and more people are seeing this place as a good investment opportunity and a place to stay. Price has risen substantially since its first launch.

Our Twin Babies Born on 8 Dec 2010

Hello I am Alexis Tan



Hi I am Aiden Tan


Million thanks to God that our prayers has been answered in the most wonderful and miracle way. The mommy and babies were safe and smiling :D.

Stayed in the hospital for 3 nights waiting, for everything to be OK for my wife and babies.

It has been a very very busy time for us, keeping with changing diapers during late nights and wee hours in the morning and buying stuff that is still not here yet, frequent visits to Tesco and hospitals are the norm. Tomorrow Aiden and Alexis will be visiting the pediatrician for a check-up.

Mom has been resting and recuperating well, started to take those confinement herbs.

Also million thanks to MIL for providing time and effort as a PRO confinement lady. She is really very capable with vast experience taking care of babies previously.

Also to all the uncles, aunties, friends, and well wishers, for helping out during that time.


So from now, this blog will continue to evolve until I create a new blog for them.



stay tune.

D7000 ISO sample picture

ISO 6400

ISO 0.7EV over 6400

ISO 1EV over 6400

ISO 25600

this image is directly out from D7000 as jpg, just resize.

I am sure pro will process it with NEF that will produce much more clean picture. For me, it is fine with just these jpegs.

shutterfinger

Found this nice review about Nikon D7000, and would like to share it with you guys.

http://shutterfinger.typepad.com/shutterfinger/2010/12/nikon-d7000-mini-review-part-2.html

2010 The last of my D80

This the last shot of my D80 before letting it go in the shop, kind of miss this guy, it has serve me will without fail. Reliable as ever. Really not willing to part with it, just that I need some $$ to upgrade to D7000. :(

2010 Best time to shoot at Teluk Bahang Penang

This is some information to take pictures in Teluk Bahang Penang.
the above pictures was taken at September 2010 @ 6.55PM

Here is the photo taken @ 7.24PM. It is very spectacular to see the sky turns red and orange during that moment.

uncle's pet

In Loving Memories of Lucky

RIP: 11 Feb 2011

He was one of my favorite, he could understand our commands and follow without rebelling. A smart one that could climb the fence to get out from the house. A brave dog that fight with bigger ones, tho got a few stitches.

May you find peace in the kingdom of GOD.







This super sharp one taken with Nikon D80+Sb600+Tammy 17-50 VC. Check out the sharpness, very delighted with the lens. And also the flash.

Nikon D7000 candids

This was taken with D7000 and 50mm 1.8 lens. check out the lighting and color, spectacular ain't it? This was taken while we are having dinner at Penang Yellow Gate Cafe, they serve excellent western food during dinner.

2010 J.CO tea time.!!.

After getting my D7000, we went over to meet my MIL, at Queensbays Mall, there we had this sherbet and some chocolate blended, apparently, I manage to take some photo of the shop and its delicious food, mostly donuts. :)

2010 Nikon D7000

A little comment on the box, it seems to be smaller that my old D80, some place to cost cutting perhaps!!.

yes you ca see there is HDMI ports, USB, and one more TV and audio, drawbacks, there is no HDMI cable that comes in the box :(

top view

U1 U2 Mode, excellent, Canon we are coming for you!!

Dual card slots, that support the latest SDXC cards.

screen 3", nothing special.



Finally, my Nikon D7000 have arrive after ordering it for almost 2 weeks. Got so nervous as I need this to take photos of our babies, very very soon to be born to the world. :D.

More of this review can be found at http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d7000.htm

Nothing more I can say much, but the picture quality is very very impressive. Better that my old Nikon D80.

Will post more later..so from today, most of the pictures here will be from D7000. Nice!

Here is some simple specification to compare while doing some survey.

1. View Finder = 100%
2. Pixel = irrelevant
3. ISO =25600
4. Cards=SDXC = still expensive at this point.
5. LCD= 3 in. Nothing special
6. Memory Recall.
7. Shutter= 1/8000
8. Two SD card slot
9. Magnesium body with weather seal.
10. Weight (body only): 690g

If you need more, please visit: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond7000/

Our 6' Christmas tree for 2010

This year our Christmas tree have grown from 4 feet to 6 feet, i think that it needs more ornaments.

2010 Subway promotion - buy one get one FREE!! hurry

Get this cut out from the SUN newspaper and go to the nearest subway, Buy one get one FREE, hurry.!!

2010 Aik Hoe's Tim Sum Penang

I have been leaving here in Penang for the past 30 years and this shop is just behind my school the old St Xavier's Institution Penang (SXI). Everyday walking past through the Chulia Street and it is located opposite of Love Lane and there I did not have the chance to visit this place. Last week just went over there, thought by using the google maps it will show confusing route. So, listen, if you are coming from Butterworth, enter Chulia street and right about reaching Love Lane it is on the left turn. that is Lebuh Carnavon. some directions, well I know it is difficult. So here is also have a map to make it easier.



Environment is relaxing, try to go there in the morning, where the sun is not so harsh, and the place is cooling. Don't be surprise to notice all the customers there is from the 50's :D. I guess they are the regulars there. Chit chatting about past present and future of Penang. None the less the service is good, fast and most important delicious , yum yum. Will be there again soon.