Me and the hubs have moved to our own place. Everything is done up to what we hoped for, except the kitchen cabs. I wouldn’t recommend my carpenter even if he is the last carpenter in the world!

We are quite psyched up about the new place.  We’ve got a little green room for our computers and stuff. I am planning to make a small little studio for my little R2D2s. I’ve been looking around the web and found a project for myself which I will embark when I unpack my stuff. Anyone want to help me unpack? Please?

I spotted a hummingbird right outside my house the day we were cleaning. I was quite excited because I have never seen a hummingbird up close before! I can see it while washing the dishes, which I did a day after we moved in. Now if only I had my camera handy when it came over. Hmm…

Truth be told, I kinda miss Chicago.

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Dexter at (l -> r) 5 weeks, 2 months and 4.5 months

I can’t remember him as a puppy anymore. My, time flies!

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Mah lil’ pumpkin boy is all grown up! He is seven months to 1 years of age now, as of February 13.

And true to all (well, most) dogs, he is a ball lover. Once we grab a ball (what ARE you thinking?   ) , he will drop whatever it is that is in his mouth. *plop* He goes nuts over them! Crazy dog.

He’s grown up to be a very spoilt dog. I guess that’s because we didn’t really do much obedience training but he’s getting pretty good with the sit & down commands. He comes over as he pleases and eats whenever he wants to. Quite a bad habit of his. As of this coming Sunday, he will have a nice little place all by himself.

Oh, he is pretty good with the balance on the nose trick and almost managed to flip the cookie after that. Almost. Once. Then, never anymore. He’s an extremely noisy dog though, and a very fierce one. He HATES the postman and he  (the postman, not Dexter) made an official complain to the hubby’s mom.

Dexter is pretty much contented with being around us. If we let him into the house, he’ll sleep. If we eat breakfast, he will stare, occasionally shoving his nose against our arms to grab our attention. What was he thinking? I am never going to give him my nasi lemak. I never have enough of that!

He’s is a handsome boy. Macho looking but still behaves like a tiny little puppy. When he is wet (as in his body is wet),  he’ll come by to us as if wanting a pet on his head but all he wanted was to wipe himself…….on us.

He is a water doggie. He’ll stand next to us when we fill up his water bowl and will take every opportunity he can to drink from the tap. He dances around when I spray water all over him. Max, on the other hand, was scared of water and puts on a face when we bathe him. He has this absolutely pissed off face like, “You touch me one more time with the water and I’ll bite your chubby hands!”. Chubby hands are mine btw. But Max was a sweetheart, he won’t bite my hands….just runs away.

Another 5 more months till Dexter is a year old. He’s growing up real fast. My little munchkin.

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It sucks when you have to choose between two powerhouses of the Camera world.

We’ve practically out-used our Nikon D70s, which has served us well over the last 3.5 years. It’s about time we thought about upgrading the body!! Usually we wouldn’t have thought twice and would have gone straight for a Nikon upgrade, but I have to say that the Canon 7D is really turning some heads!

I am not a fanboy (or girl?) of either brands, whichever that works well with my style and needs will gain my interest. I’ve been a Nikon user for a couple of years now, and I’ve used the D300 before and I really liked it! Had my eyes set on a D300/D300s for a while now… until I laid my hands on the 7D! Oh no!

The 7D is an absolutely fantastic body, the first Canon body which was released as a direct competitor to a Nikon model (the D300s).  And my, it really kicks the Nikon’s (Llama’s) @$$! OK lah, not by much la, but still considering many other factors I may make the jump to a Canon!

So what is so enticing about Canon at this point?

• Canon finally has a body that will not make me miss the sturdy Nikon bodies so much.
• Canon lenses are comparatively cheaper than Nikkor lenses.
• Canon has a wide range of prime lenses. (YAY!!)
• I can sell off my entire Nikon collection to help fund a Canon 7D easily.
• If I buy a D300s now, well, I will literally have to survive on Maggi for the next few months!
• And I so heart Canon colours! Man! No need to get rid of tungsten colours via PS!

Of course the 7D does nothing to help; with the ability to shoot up to 8fps in 14-bit RAW mode that’s a big WOW! And 18 mP. 18mP!! 18mP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1072 HD video!! (not that I’m going to use it LOL)

But but but… Nikon certainly has it’s good points as well:

• Consistently releases reliable bodies: D300, D700, D3, etc.
• Nikon bodies are sturdier and more ergonomic. The hubs once dropped the D70s from about 5 feet (bish) and it survived!!!
• AF speed and accuracy with Nikon bodies are known to perform better.
• Nikon has an excellent strobe lighting system.
• Nikkor lenses are well known for their quality.
• D300s has dual CF and SD slots, a big big win for any camera.

Arghhh… so torn. How?

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Finally!

After what seems to be a zillion years, I am back….on my blog, that is.

You must excuse me, I had an incredibly CRAZY year end. We had so many products to mail and so little people, everyone was just helping each other out. I had like a 12 working hour for a couple of days, on off. I was so pooped when I got home, I only had time to check my Facebook (<- this is pretty crucial, really, it is!) and had a dog to entertain.

If you noticed, my dog’s blog isn’t updated too, after only a couple of entries.

Oh well.

I had to work during my off days too, so that pretty much sucked.

Anyhow, I am back with SO many things to get ready for. If you haven’t heard, I am already legally married. As of January 18th, 2010. A few of you emailed/messaged to say, “Why you never invite me?!!!”, well, it’s just the ROM ceremony peeps. It’s not even the wedding yet! My Save the Date will come soon, be patient.

I am off to see the priest for my Pre-Nuptial interview (yikes!) and will be heading off to SFX to book to church. Then I have the marriage preparation course to attend for about 6 weeks.

I can’t seem to decide on the colour theme. We had chose Lavender and Maroon but I just saw raspberry and teal and they look good too!!

The house is almost done. They should finish by end of this week. The colours we chose are pretty amazing, if I must say so myself. Haha. I have photos in my Flickr site, so you can take a peek at the upgrades. Hopefully, we’ll get to move in by March!

I know I promised to show pictures from Emily and Eugene’s wedding. I’ll post that up…erm….soon!

Till then, be safe.

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Wow, it’s been awfully long since this was updated.

I have a life now, that includes a furball.

One poo-all-over-the-place-disrupts-my-gossip-girl-time furball. But cute and worth it nonetheless!

And I am finally watching Gossip Girl. Very extremely ketinggalan zaman. Very!

That wedding photos will come up soon, I promise!

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I am never a fan of Manchester United. I may have to rethink that now that Michael Owen is in the team. Lols.

YC and I went to watch the game sometime back. Lucky for us, we got the tickets early and managed to book ourselves two training passes to see them train. Imagine these footballers, making money by getting people to see them train!

We brought the trusty D70s and our sigma 70-200mm in hopes of getting a good shot of Giggs, Rooney and maybe a glimpse of Michael Owen. Unfortunately, we placed too much hopes in the 70-200mm, thinking it was a blardy 600mm. But the pictures didn’t turn out too bad.

Many turned up for the training session and all this while, I thought there were only like 100 people or so. I thought we were like the lucky few to watch them train. I even got YC to bring a marker pen, just in case! But in the end, he forgotten to bring it anyway and was pretty bumped throughout the ride! Oh well, no loss!

The ONLY close up we managed to get. That’s Ben Foster. Actually, we were seating pretty far off so this is not too bad.

I got annoyed at one part when this boy next to me started playing with the chairs. He started banging them and the father was SO oblivious to it. With every bang, the chair vibrated. I told the father to ask his son to stop it because it is “annoying”. I don’t know if he understood me but the boy stopped after that! hehe.

Here are the guys warming up in the picture above. Can you see Rooney?

They were doing their final run around the field, applauding to those who came.

The one hour training felt like 15 minutes. It was over so fast. At one point, during the training, I shouted, “MICHAEL OWEN”. YC gave me a look of embarrassment. On the night of the game, I WASN’T the only one that shouted his name!

It’s funny though, because before it started, no matter who came into the field, even if it was the water boy, as long as they are wearing the Manchester United jersey, everyone cheered! The atmosphere was pretty amazing.

And here they are cooling down. You see that water boy on the right? I bet if he walked into the field before any of the players, he will also be cheered!

Even though I am not a fan, I must say, I truly enjoyed myself. I envied the photojournalist down on the field. What a cool job!

Before I end, here is a peek of a wedding that I had the pleasure of taking.

All this, in the next post! Toodles!

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Many of us are still in shock of the passing of Gary Leon Robert.

The story is a little conspicous. However, I am not there so I wouldn’t know the real story.

http://justiceforgaryrobert.webs.com/

Here is a true account of what happened from his friends, witnesses and family. If you happened to have information on what happened, do contact them. I am sure they would want to know what happened from when he walked away from the medic tent to when he was found in the tunnel/basement.

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I am certainly feeling very bleah this week.

It is certainly not a good week for anyone I know from Techflow either.

RIP friend. You will always be remembered by everyone you know and love.

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