I broke my foot

Fourty-Five Ringgit

a hundred kilometres

six hours

all because of a broken foot..

and it's not even my foot!

If you remember the Tar College Orientation Odessey,

the klutz in me came out. and most embarassingly behind and very close behind

Weena Marcus & Soo Wincci, the judges for the Orientation....

after tripping over my camera strap and sprawling on the floor,

I picked myself up and my flash which had separated itself from my camera

Sadly this was the result of my two left feet dance

who knew finding spare parts was such a difficult endeavour?

I searched three locations...had a few communications with the manufacturers

but in the end was where I managed to purchase this little piece of plastic

and in order to save a few Ringgit, I decided that replacing it should be an easy task,

after doing the necessary research, and the necessary leg work,

I finally bought the replacement hotshoe casing from Canon Malaysia

I think that their after service is the biggest reason to stick to Canon

I've heard enough horror stories from Nikon users to stay away from the dark side as long as I can

Anyway, after gleefully carrying the plastic piece back home, I prepared to dismantle the part and easily replace the part.. Of course it was not as straightforward as that...

I soon realised that the flash had more parts to dismantle than I had been initially led to believe

but after many different sized screwdrivers, 2 hours of dismantling, and fiddling with springs

the foot was on... the only problem was I had nothing to test the flash out on..

oh well... the weekend is coming :)

0.0

Holy cow! just cuz this lens had some signs of mould growing in the lens...
it auctioned more than a third of what I bid on a similar lens...
would have bid too if I had the budget..
all the best to the winner..

Times are Tough

The Sight of Sounds

I've got something to admit...

I've never been to AV fair before

I know it's not scandalous nor news worthy...

but thought I'd get that off my chest...

This is the reason for my visit to JW Marriot last weekend

It's also the reason I'm RM10 poorer...

Was it worth shelling out the moolah?

I must say for the experience yes...

Entering the first hall, 

it was obvious that it was kind of sparse

It was like going to PC Fair without the PC's

or the girls... (there were a few)

The only guys were those on the tele

There were a few doohickies that caught my attention
First there was the light saber soundspeakers

Then there was the "Dark Knight"
though it looked more Darth Vader than Batman
(not sure what's with the Star Wars symbols)

Was surprised they had DJ turntables too...

and if only I had an Apple product, then can get Airwired

first there were movies... now, computer games in 3d..
imagine the nausea playing first person shooters in 3d

if only all speakers(especially in government :p) were transparent

and look at those pretty lights...

and an unusual sights

The one most unusual thing I found was the fact

that they were using the hotel rooms 

as stalls...

to me it kinda looked dodgy

dimly lit long corridor

men going in and out of rooms

checking out the sights

one of the oddest sights is seeing the menu for their cafe...
I wondered who comes here to eat..
especially if it costs RM4 for 3 lekor!!

Guess that was the sign for me to make my exit..

not so sure about next year...
it was a good experience seeing the sights this year..
but not so sure if it is worth the entrance fee...
especially if you can't afford anything

Wongfu & David Choi

ever since Yellow Fever, Wongfu productions have got me hooked...
and David Choi is a gr8 singer-songwriter..

I love the end of the song when he opens the umbrella...
awesome

More Toying Around

You know how sometimes you need to take a double take?

That's what it seems like for the MITF...

It's the little things that count after all

Here's my second take of MITF 2010

First of all is the Dweeys..

Didn't take note of this one b4.. 

but it has ppl and trees!

and I didn't this one served turd

and I didn't get a sharp copy of this cute monster b4

and the squirrel has a fist for a tail

and prove that can manual focus moving objects

and from star wars... 

the ewok!

and this monster doodoll storms the fair

and it definitely attracted the chicks

speaking of which I didn't manage to photograph these two flyer girls til yesterday

but most of all misssed the cosplayers

with a pretty fishy

bringing the fun and the love

not sure who this is.. but cute

well guess that's it for the toy fair 

time to pack up and go

aTarCing in the name of FM

 Once Upon a time, HeartCrusher crew made a journey to TarCollege

Our mission, to support and chronicle the journey of our favourite petite lady

Upon arriving, we were surprised by the dressed up students...

these students really take their Orientation Night's seriously..

but we found out later that the ticket says formal wear

good thing I so happened to dress in long pants though was clothed in a T-Shirt

Good thing they didn't ban me from entering... 

I found the programme a little puzzling though...

The Orientation night is stated to begin at 5 p.m.

and to end at 10 p.m.

and yet no meals are provided? 

good thing we didn't die of starvation in the mean time

But I must say they made it sound so grand...

they called the event Orientation Odessey...

and even had a theme...

Broadway!

So talking about being unconventional,

the pagaent for the orientation students was a musical??

and the pagaent was judged amongst the few by Weena Marcus & Soo Wincci

we weren't sure criteria for judging was... 

but it didn't matter as we were just going to support FM all the way

The play was about the contestants being picked to enter some school of arts

and the adventures that ensued in the process...

 

The play was filled with posing

songs,

dances, 

 

and even cross-dressers..

The night turned out pretty entertaining.

Besides the play, there were bands,

 singers 

and celebrity singers

as well as entertaining hosts

But in the end, after 4 hours or so,

it came down the the moment we travelled all the way for.

Announcement of the winners...

Unfortunately, Heartcrushers no.1 choice,

was not the judges...

At least she came away with miss photogenic...

and photogenic she is indeed.

All in all I must say the committee did a great job...

 bet the participants had a blast

To end it all, here's my wish to Miss Photogenic...

I hope you are happy with the results..

and that this is the start of a greater experience in college