ManMeng's Lifepad

[Random] Google Translate is awesome

The dream of having to converse with another person (from another country) that talks in a different language from me in real time, will be realized earlier than I expected. I always thought it is something that will only happen in the Doraemon’s world.

I watched Avatar (again) 3D…

and I fell asleep half way through. Though I’m being really curious on how the movie would look like in 3D after watching it the first time.

It felt as if I’m watching it through a 100″ HDTV. The details are so surreal at times, until my eye can’t take the details anymore, and to a point, I feel asleep. Why you would ask? Perhaps I was too tired, perhaps I knew the storyline. But it surprised me that there isn’t any subtitle in the 3D cinemas, though there is the Papyrus-font translated Na’vi language. Now I wonder if it’s worth to pay the extra bucks to watch a movie in 3D?

It depends.

Why? This is because at most time when a movie, like this, are hard for you to differentiate if it’s 3D, when it isn’t filmed within a constrained space, like a hall or room, because I strongly felt I’m convinced it’s “real” when there’s a scene within a room/hall. I believed it would be another gimmick in 2010 that gets blown out of proportion and every director starts abusing it without knowing the purpose of doing it in 3D.

But there is one extra reason that can make you pay that much to go on a 3D cinema, when you doesn’t have a HDTV equipped LCD TV in your house. Yes, I can see the blisters and skins so clear in the movie that my eye was so tired to so focus on anything

Despite everyone condeming it on the storyline and everything else, I still like Avatar. It’s like childhood once again.

[Random] Toys for year end

It has been a while (again) that I paid some update on this blog while letting some of my adventures to langkawi/krabi/taiwan pictures collecting dust. But it must have been a very looong vacation for me since my trip back from Singapore.

Update 14/01/10: It appears that the speakers sucks as usual, much worse than first generation of iPhone. I know that iPod is meant to be used with earphones, but that does not warrant them to use such a terrible speaker that you can barely hear between I and Hi. Wtf.

Besides that, it works like charm, only not able to send SMS, do video recording and compass. Anymore?
Got this few days ago from Machines, The Gardens, Midvalley.

And if you watch Kamen Rider DCD, you might instantly recognize the trademark pink camera. Better known as BlackbirdFly. The holga flash and the 3-frame Actionsampler is all bought from Orchard Central, Singapore during Christmas. The guy in the shop quoted normal BBF at 180SGD while this one is around 220 (if I remembered correctly).

Happy new year1

#Lomography from krabi/taiwan

I’m pleased to share with you another set of lomography taken back in Krabi and some from Taiwan. The full set is uploaded at my LomoHomes. Enjoy the randomness . I’m using ASA200 film with Fisheye 2.

Taken at the hill-top of Krabi Town’s Tiger Cave. 1237 stair-steps. A lovely morning with a bright hot sun.

Always remember to remove the cover before you shoot

Fancy a beer?

Taken back in Malaysia. It says “Lorry for rent.”

If my memory served me well, this is taken during my trip at Krabi, where they had some sort of art exhibition in one of the shopping mall.

More updated lomos can be found at http://www.lomography.com/homes/siaukia.

[Random] 111111111111111

Random coincidence when I’m working on my maching this morning.