Red Bean

Red Bean doesnt sound like a very interesting title for a song, and actually this song has been around for donkey ages. But it just brought back some very nice memories :)

Last SEMester

Ironically, I’m not doing my last SEM (secondary electron microscope) session. Have lots of SEM to go before i can graduate, and above is a picture of it. Stare at it almost every week trying to look for tiny weeny inclusions on a metal surface.

Not very interesting, after you’ve realise how routine this work is. Actually, all the work that you’re gonna do will NOT be very interesting either, and that is a FACT. Gotta learn how to deal with it now, sooner rather than later.

Inspired

Recently read an article by a very renowned photographer, and it really makes you think twice before getting ANOTHER lens for your DSLR.

Actually, it’s not that i have a DSLR, but the truth is, taking pictures has always been about the PICTURES and not about your camera. It’s about the composition and the colour, not about your f stops and lens zoom.

I have to admit that with a lousy camera its harder to do stuff like taking pictures in the dark properly / get exceptional bokeh / get like super up close shots / get shots with very good colour representation…. BUT, having a complicated camera just turns your picture into crap actually.

And so, before i happily save up enough money to go get myself a decent cam, i think it’s important to get the idea right again – taking pictures, not playing with your camera. which reminds me, i can actually do that with my phone. 

Avatar

I haven’t blogged in a while, and since then, a lot has happened.

I’ve just had my progress presentation this afternoon, grilled by a total of 3 profs and finding myself in another pile of workload after that.

BUT! i have to post something about this movie. i’ve watched it last week, and despite the big brouhaha and high expectations of James Cameron blue men, i came out of the cinema and said to myself, “That is a darn nice film!”

I haven’t said that in a while, and avatar really, really, really deserves that. Not that i will watch it again in 3D but if you havent catch it, you’d better.

9.5/10