Was checking through my previous entry for the year of 2008 and I saw these two entries titled "What do I want for the year 2008?" and "My Wishlist for 2008".
I slowly recalled what I had achieved so far. Maybe starting with what I want for the year of 2008.
Graduate with my M.Eng. - Passed my First Year presentation and the report is almost completing, so not 100% complete but I hope to close it by Jan 2009.
Get a good job - I did change a job, the pay was good but work sucks. Need to work on this one for 2009. Hope that my interview went well.
To have peace and calmness in my mind, heart and soul - I did achieve this but... what I face in work just zapped out all that I had achieve. So... solve the root cause. ;)
Now, for my 2008 wishlist, what had I achieve.
Photography
Nikon D3 - Nope, change of mind, waiting for other models
Nikon FM3A - Yes, my greatest catch
Nikkor 50mm f1.4 - Yes, now is my favourite lens on my FM3A
Nikkor 85mm f1.4 - Nope, well... Almost...
Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 - Far from it. :(
Think Tank Urban Disguise 60 bag - Nope, didn't buy
Other Gadgets
Wireless Keyboard and Mouse for my Laptop - Hmm... Do I need these things?
PSP - Never wrote this but I got it in 2008. Haha...
Other thing that I hope to achieve
Get my Thesis done and graduate with my M.Eng - In Progress
Get a good job - Ehh... Read my previous comments
Learn BnW Photography using film - Yes, now considering setting up my own Darkroom. Hehe...
Find a girlfriend - :)
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
Marina Barrage (InfraRed)
It has been long since I went out with my IR group for phototaking. Went out with Teerex, Dennis and Tan to the Marina Barrage and took some photos. Just to share some with all. Enjoy.
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Thursday, December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas 2008 to all
Wishing all my visitors to my blog a Merry Christmas. May all your wishes come true and hope that this blessed season is a season of change. Changing for the better in terms of economy and stability, peace to earth, green movement that help to change the whole world to a better place to live in.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
New Logo after the Financial Crisis
Got this from a friend of mine. Hope that you will get a good laugh. Enjoy.
Music Back on Blog So High
Finally got my music back and working. Got a big problem previously as my Filefreak account was terminated as I never login for more than 45 days, so my account expires. Tried signing up but never receive my activation email.
Anyway, finally got it settled. So, enjoy the music. Since Christmas is around the corner, just like to share some Christmas songs with all. Enjoy.
Anyway, finally got it settled. So, enjoy the music. Since Christmas is around the corner, just like to share some Christmas songs with all. Enjoy.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
More than 1,000 species discovered in Mekong: WWF
For those who knows me well enough will know that I like animals and wildlife a lot. This news of new species been found just make me more excited to find out how these creatures look like. Extract from Yahoo news...
Scientists have discovered more than 1,000 species in Southeast Asia's Greater Mekong region in the past decade, including a spider as big as a dinner plate, the World Wildlife Fund said Monday.
A rat thought to have become extinct 11 million years ago and a cyanide-laced, shocking pink millipede were among creatures found in what the group called a "biological treasure trove".
The species were all found in the rainforests and wetlands along the Mekong River, which flows through Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and the southern Chinese province of Yunnan.
"It doesn't get any better than this," Stuart Chapman, director of WWF's Greater Mekong Programme, was quoted as saying in a statement by the group.
"We thought discoveries of this scale were confined to the history books."
The WWF report, "First Contact in the Greater Mekong", said that "between 1997 and 2007, at least 1,068 have been officially described by science as being newly discovered species."
These included the world's largest huntsman spider, with a leg span of 30 centimetres (11.8 inches), and the "startlingly" coloured "dragon millipede", which produces the deadly compound cyanide.
Not all species were found hiding in remote jungles -- the Laotian rock rat, which the study said was thought to be extinct about 11 million years ago, was first encountered by scientists in a local food market in 2005, it said.
One species of pitviper was first noted by scientists after it was found in the rafters of a restaurant at the headquarters of Thailand's Khao Yai national park in 2001.
"This region is like what I read about as a child in the stories of Charles Darwin," said Dr Thomas Ziegler, curator at the Cologne Zoo, who was involved in the research.
"It is a great feeling being in an unexplored area and to document its biodiversity for the first time both enigmatic and beautiful," he said.
The new species highlighted in the report include 519 plants, 279 fish, 88 frogs, 88 spiders, 46 lizards, 22 snakes, 15 mammals, four birds, four turtles, two salamanders and a toad -- an average of two previously undiscovered species a week for the past 10 years.
The report warned, however, that many of the species could be at risk from development, and called for a cross-border agreement between the countries in the Greater Mekong area to protect it.
Scientists have discovered more than 1,000 species in Southeast Asia's Greater Mekong region in the past decade, including a spider as big as a dinner plate, the World Wildlife Fund said Monday.
A rat thought to have become extinct 11 million years ago and a cyanide-laced, shocking pink millipede were among creatures found in what the group called a "biological treasure trove".
The species were all found in the rainforests and wetlands along the Mekong River, which flows through Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and the southern Chinese province of Yunnan.
"It doesn't get any better than this," Stuart Chapman, director of WWF's Greater Mekong Programme, was quoted as saying in a statement by the group.
"We thought discoveries of this scale were confined to the history books."
The WWF report, "First Contact in the Greater Mekong", said that "between 1997 and 2007, at least 1,068 have been officially described by science as being newly discovered species."
These included the world's largest huntsman spider, with a leg span of 30 centimetres (11.8 inches), and the "startlingly" coloured "dragon millipede", which produces the deadly compound cyanide.
Not all species were found hiding in remote jungles -- the Laotian rock rat, which the study said was thought to be extinct about 11 million years ago, was first encountered by scientists in a local food market in 2005, it said.
One species of pitviper was first noted by scientists after it was found in the rafters of a restaurant at the headquarters of Thailand's Khao Yai national park in 2001.
"This region is like what I read about as a child in the stories of Charles Darwin," said Dr Thomas Ziegler, curator at the Cologne Zoo, who was involved in the research.
"It is a great feeling being in an unexplored area and to document its biodiversity for the first time both enigmatic and beautiful," he said.
The new species highlighted in the report include 519 plants, 279 fish, 88 frogs, 88 spiders, 46 lizards, 22 snakes, 15 mammals, four birds, four turtles, two salamanders and a toad -- an average of two previously undiscovered species a week for the past 10 years.
The report warned, however, that many of the species could be at risk from development, and called for a cross-border agreement between the countries in the Greater Mekong area to protect it.
Saturday, December 06, 2008
Mosquito style
Happened to see this Youtube clip in a thread posted in Clubsnap. I think it is rather funny and I will like to share with all. :) Enjoy.
