back after ages of laziness.... [A NEW PC!!! YAHOO!!!]

hmm... i seem to be updating my blog so so "regularly"... but anyway... like most people.. i was and am also a busy guy (kinda.. XP)... not to mention LAZY...

so here it goes...
i'll start from... let's see...
aha!.. yah... ISCA Camp... ;)
(i noe this is very old stuff... but... anyway... it's ME writing this blog... XP)

ok... yes....
ISCA camp... hmm... wat to say.. it was quite SOME time ago liao.... hmm.... XP
yea... QUITE fun... if it weren't for 3 #^#% people who #$%^&*! don't have the &^%& b*lls to admit that they have ruined many more campers n MY mood... n by doing so... made me so d*mn *#%@! p*ss*d...
but.. anyway.. tat was juz the last day...so... cut the story short... (i dont think i really nid to say much.. as there are so MANY MORE blogs by others about this camp, n ofcoz... i 'm LAZY...)
as many people should know by now... i was ONE of the photographers during camp... it was quite an experience... the courage to walk here and there during services to take pics especially... yea.. n i learned from our dear nua eek tat taking more candid pics is pretty important n good... .... so much more to learn... haihz...
anyway... another must mention is the jungle trekking... quite a good experience olso... including SOME people who just couldn't help pissing others with HER PIERCING screams... grr... haih... but kelian my sis... kept slipping on the way up... tat should teach her to keep fit... XP haha... (ooh.. i feel my "evilness" arising.. XP...)
ah... just thinking about all the things we did... the kayaking... the flying fox... ahh... (no.. pls dont say obstacle course... it onli reminds me of those 3 !@# b*st*rds... PIF...)
so.. my feelings n comments of the camp?... it was all right... but... to be frank... i feel it was rather boring n a bit unorganised... compared to past camps... but.. anyway... thanks to the committee for all their hard work and organising the camp...

so... then... after the camp... there was our church's christmas play... "Word On The Street"......

well... before the official 3 days of play... i was given the oppurtunity to learn more about taking photographs during the full dress rehersals the day before... which was a Thursday...
as it turned out... the PRO photographer which was gonna "mentor" me was an ex-ChongHwarian... well... he graduated about 10 years ago... and he takes photos for major events.. like the Batik show held in KL convention centre... he even took pics for Tata Young's concert when it was held here!...
well... anyway... took kinda lots of pics... from the make-up sessions all the way to 2 complete full dress rehersals... not to mention the video taking after that... i was there at Flamingo hotel from about 1pm till 9pm... the actors, dancers n singers were there earlier n left later.. kesihan betul...

so... after that.. the next day... the nxt 3 days actually... i went for all 3 nights of the play... (well.. i was free.. with nothing MUCH to do.. and... ofcourse.. for the fun of it and to see my frens... XP)
o... i wasn't taking pics... coz the PRO ex-CHrian was doing it... (aww~)
anyway... the play was definetely a blast... especially the angel Gabriel... (who is olso a photographer... ;) ) he enjoyed himself every night.. changing his lines... adding stuff... and getting responses from the audience!... haha... he's a natural... seems totally flawless although he made mistakes... (ofcourse i noe if there r mistakes... i saw them rehearse TWICE before tat... XP)
o... a must mention... one of the funniest lines i like in the play...
"A guy asked me for money. I told him, silver and gold i do not have, but what i have i will give to you. Guess what i gave to him folks. I gave him a piece of my MIND!" (the drums go *duk-duk-CHANG...) hahaha... (if u don't get it... u brain runs on a low processor, mayb... pentium 2.. n definitely didn't go c the play... WHICH IS A BIG LOST if u ask me... XP)
o.. ofcoz.. the HALLELUJAH part... which was the part which never failed to get laughters from the audiences through all 3 nights... XP

so... that's it for the play... (i lazy to write more lah... XP)

right after that... i was GIVEN the OPPURTUNITY to make a presentation of the ISCA camp photos n videos... at first.. i wanted to use power point... n without videos.. but... luckily... miss JC came to the rescue in time... and we use Adobe Premiere to make one heck of a video....
in onli 4 days... we managed to push it through.. n i mean with the SKIN OF OUR TEETH... we were even still editing it on the day of the presentation... which was the day for our ISCA Christmas Party... but all in all... another great experience for me... and ofcourse... i have a new SiFu.. the pro multimedia college student... miss JC... XP haha... thanks to her... i now hav interest in learning Premiere... hoho.. XP
as for the video... i wont comment much... juz ask the other ISCArians who saw it... i blieve a few were quite embarassed by the video as videos, or photos of them were shown.. especially those doing some *ahem* not so SAINE things... (haha) but... it was all for good cause... eh?... XP haha...

so... tat about wraps up my church activities lately.... though i admit... i have really really COMPRESSED it... XP

then... ofcourse... i was still busy after that... if not... i would have blogged... as there was so much to blog about... XP

after all those had happened... i was given yet another OPPURTUNITY....
to become the secretary of my school's photography society.... ya... i noe... it's really weird... but i don hav to do all those recording stuff... there's another secretary to do those... XP haha... i m more on the creative side... (mostly designing, n drawing stuff... =.=")
had a 2 meetings... n whenever we dicussed something tat needed some designing n drawing... the president would juz go.. "文书..." (which means secretary) =.=" haihzz....

then after that... there was this ORIENTATION thing for our school's new form 1 students... and yes... me and the some other photography society people were in charge of taking pics... haihzz... 3 days... had to b in skul by 7.30am for 3 days!... haih...

yea... ofcourse it was another EXPERIENCE for me... quite a good one too... XP

the first day... the main thing they did was being introduced to the different places in the school... like the IT room, science labs, the courts, staff rooms, etc etc... (apart from all the talks... =.=")
then... the 2nd day was the most interesting.. n hectic... there were many performances by societies and clubs of our school... including those from the taekwondo society, cadets, Dance society, the new chinese yoyo society, 二十四节令鼓 society (dunno wat it's called in english... the direct translation is "twenty for beat drum" XP haha...) and 身心创意 (i won't bother to translate this... =.=").. after that.. the DOU MAIs (kiddos) went all around the school and played games at different "stations".... the motive was to let them get to know the different departments... some games were just weird... like sorting the names of teachers of a particular department... but some were just... just... well... call it wat u like... there was one which needed the newbies to 拱桥 (stretch backwards and touch the ground with their hands to resemble a bridge) and do a split... yes... u didn't read wrongly... do a SPLIT... =.="
the 3rd day was the most boring n useless... after another few more talks.. the main "attraction" was the fire evacuation practice... =.="
haizz... after the newbies were dismissed and went home each day... me n the others had to stay back and arrange, sort and edit the photos taken for a teacher to make a video to be presented on the 3rd day... (kinda reminds of me n JC rushing to do the ISCA camp video eh?.. XP) n basically... i did all the editing as onli i *ahem* was the most experienced in using adobe photoshop... Oooo.. XP haha...

so... then... now... to the MAIN ATTRACTION of this post... XP

on the day before the 1st day of the orientation.. my mom's laptop's hard disk crashed...
yup... lost everything... didn't hav any backup... n yea... started shooting me left right.... haih... i wont go deeper into tat... =.=" i tried to help her get back the data... including putting the hard disk into the freezer... XP but ofcourse.. it did not work... n she decided to get a new pc... at first she wanted to get a laptop again... but my dad recommended a desktop as it was better for heavy duty usage n my mom didn't nid tat much portability...
so... on the last day of the orientation...
i went wif my mom to Low Yat... n assembled a custom from ATE (yes.. it is a name of a shop... XP)... the same shop which i assembled a custom pc for my friend, Stool Stool (XP haha... nice nick name eh?...) last time...
oo... n yea.. i'm using it rite now.. oo hoo... for a lil bit more than 4k... this mama has...

Intel C2D 1.86Mhz
2GB XMS2 PC6400 800MHz Corsair RAM
80GB + 250GB WD SATA2 HDD
GeForce 7300GT

some other misc. stuff...
n a feature packed BioStar 965PT MoBo... ooo hoo...
to side track a lil.. i juz found out today tat the built in sound card in this mobo can step up / down the key of the output... so... i could make a song sang by a woman sould like it was sung by a man by lowering the key... cool eh?... haha...

okok.. i won't continue boasting bout me AND MY MOM's new pc... XP haha....

n yea... the old acer is now my SIS' PC... yea... n i mean PERSONAL computer...
she said she was like a monkey who just came out of a cage... as she was always using my mom's laptop's guess account... XP haha... wat a metafore... XP haha...


so... before i end this EXTRAORDINARILY LONG post...
i'd just like to say these...
"CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER" & "ERAGON" SUCKS!!!
watched COTGF with mr cheah, yap, teh n mangkuk (XP) on christmas eve... it totally sucks... except for the ending song by Jay Chou... the whole show is crap... stupid story... n dam slow moving... so fake... TOO ARTISTIC!... the onli movie it is better than tat i noe of is THE BANQUET... tat movie isn't even worth me mentioning more... =.="

as for Eragon...
watched it yesterday...
haihz... written by a teenager... so.. can't expect much... XP haha...
the whole story advances so damn fast... n is very shallow... perfect for little noobs... =.="

haihzz... nothing can beat The Prestige...
seriously... The Prestige is THE BEST movie i have watched this year.... not even X-Men The Last Stand can beat it... (ofcourse... that's another kinda sucky movie.. =.=")




HOLLYWOOD!!!... plz don let us waste our money by making all those %$# movies!... WE WANT QUALITY!!!...


so... tat's all for now... so until next time...
this is Ace Gan aka RevolutionInAce signing off.
tata~




OO!.. sorry.. i 4got... tomorrow is already next year... so...


HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!...
(tat is if anyone reads this post today... the 31st of December of 2006.. XP)



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