Voon Fei's Blog

My New Website!!!

2009-03-24T18:42:00.005+08:00

HOORAYY!!! Finally I got my custom made blog by myself.

MOVED

I will still keep an eye on this blog in case anything screw up there, this blog is my "time capsule". XD

Day Out with 5D Mark 2...

2009-03-23T00:17:00.010+08:00

It's my first time bringing my DSLR out for no specific reason.....

So, I thought I'll just go to Low Yat to see if there's any new tech stuff.
On the way, there's a car fair displaying antique cars. I dropped off there and "Chik-Chak" here and there.

Don't get fool by the sky, it's extremely hot today, I only managed to snap a few to avoid fainting.

HELANG??!!?? What are you doing here? The car belongs to you or you belong to the car?

RANDOM.....

After this, my family and I headed off to Pavilion for a cup of tea (lol-e)....(I'm serious)...

This is the evidence.

Toast is a must in "Toast Box"....

WALAO WEI!!! BERLAGAK!!! Trying to show off now is it? C'mon lah, even my little finger is longer than that iPod Shuffle of yours!

Dammit. Shouldn't come to Pavilion....

Apple iPhone OS 3.0 Software!

2009-03-19T11:00:00.003+08:00

Just received a news from Apple regarding the latest OS (3.0) for Apple iPhone. It's definitely something to be proud of as an iPhone user. It's gonna be a BOOM!

Advance preview of 100 new features.

For iPhone owners, it just keeps getting better. When iPhone OS 3.0 arrives this summer, it will introduce over 100 new features, including the ability to:

Search your iPhone
Cut, copy, and paste
Send photos, contacts, audio files, and location via MMS*
Read and compose email and text messages in landscape

I can't wait to see it coming!

My First 21 Million Pixels Print!

2009-03-16T18:53:00.003+08:00

I really enjoy taking pictures with 5D Mark II. And this is what I got yesterday.

Peeking... by ~HolyWiz on deviant ART

I find this composition very interesting. The color suits everything. Jacky was peeking at a rabbit behind that fence...interested in rabbit? XD

Well, if you really like it, you can buy this print from DeviantArt. Just click the image above and you will be directed the page.

5D Mark 2 hands on!

2009-03-09T16:47:00.002+08:00

Just got my long-awaited 5D Mark 2 this week. SUPER BINGKAI!

Had a lot fun with it, it's really cool, especially with my wide angle lens 17-40, I can see the distortion happening massively.

Just a random shot with CIR-PL:

Cempaka Cheras by ~HolyWiz on deviant ART

You'd love it, no joke. There's more than that...stay tuned...

By the way,

Oh My God! Teacher Missing!

2009-01-30T22:35:00.003+08:00

Alright people, calm down....It's just one of my English assignment to write a fake teacher missing report.

Guess who's missing?

(click on the image for a larger preview)

My Cute Little Doggy

2009-01-22T22:57:00.002+08:00

As the title said, my cute little doggy. You know...when comes to shoot an animal, it's not an easy job, most of them ran away after seeing a camera pointing at them, some will feel curious about the camera and they will go towards you and that's scary...you wouldn't want your camera to be stolen by an animal...

Anyway, here's my cute little doggy I shot in my house garden...a candid shot of course..

Having fun? by ~HolyWiz on deviant ART

Why So Serious?

2009-01-16T12:59:00.005+08:00

Does this quote sounds familiar to you? Yes, it's from the most recent "Batman" movie, "The Dark Knight".

If you haven't watched this movie, you better be hurry, because there are very limited VCDs, DVDs, BDs! Just kidding...

Anyway, if you really haven't watched this movie, let me tell you parts of it....
There's this guy called Joker, the main antagonist in the movie, his funny somehow but scary...real scary...a very good actor indeed. Well, as expected, enemies of Batman must be tough or the movie will be pointless...

Here is a shot of Joker before he became a real Joker:

And the REAL Joker:

Hahaha....Don't ask me how yet, everything Photoshop, does that make sense to you? I might make a tutorial for it or might not....try your luck. :)

Time Table for 5 Science 1 (2009)

2009-01-05T18:14:00.004+08:00

First of all, congratulations to those who worked really hard last year and has promoted to 5 Science 1. Anyway, what's more important now is SPM, so let's all work hard for a better result, most of all, a better future.

So, today is my first day of form 5 also last year of secondary school life.

Cut that crap.

I'm here to share with my newly made digital version of time table with my classmates. (5 Science 1)

http://www.mediafire.com/?xxl1notemjp

You can keep as a soft copy. Or print it out. It's a high quality PDF, optimised for printing purpose.

Manage your time well and Happy Schooling!

Color Correction.

2009-01-02T12:05:00.007+08:00

Color correction is an essential for post production which includes in the making of motion pictures, television programs, videos, photography and digital art.

I do color correction most in videos, and followed by photography.
In video, color correction not only mean correcting an incorrect color or an unwanted color. To me, by doing color correction, it is able to enhance the video, best to describe the temperature and the situation in the scene. For example, if the scene looks yellowish, it shows warm, if its blue, it means cool. By changing the color of the scene, it will also affects the contrast.
That's just base on my experience, it could be more.

In photography, which I'm so into it recently, I found color correcting is so important until I can't describe it.
If you noticed, sometimes camera cannot get the true color, as in what you see and what you will get after captured. Especially during indoor, under yellow light, your captured image looks extremely yellow, of course, if you are using Flash that's a different story. All DLSR has a White Balance setting, but still you might not get the desired color, custom white balance setting will help, but not very helpful.

Example:

This is original image before color correction, as you can see, her white shirt turns yellowish, like her shirt has not been washed for months. YUCK!

Yeah! Use "TOP" to wash your clothes, shiny white! Actually, this is the true color.

This is not an easy job. Because this photo was not optimized for editing.

If you plan to edit the photo afterward, use RAW, RAW format is optimized for editing purpose.

Example:

This is original RAW photo, looks ugly huh? Greenish...

Much better! The Pinky family! Pink Panther 2 coming soon!

This is slightly simpler compared to compressed JPEG, more editing settings, even lens correction is possible like Chromatic Aberration.

Hope you have understand more about color correction.
Oh by the way, Happy New Year!

High Dynamic Range (HDR)

2008-12-25T18:04:00.009+08:00

Something that I've discovered recently and I would like to share this knowledge with public.

Let me tell you how I get into knowing HDR.
I used to check out new artworks in DeviantArt and I saw many landscape photographs that really impress me. What impressed me is that they could capture everything clearly even the shot was taken under bright condition. Usually photos taken under bright condition will look quite dark except for the sky, of course, I mean the shot was taken without flash, photographers seldom use flash on landscape.

So I make my own experiment, starting to shoot in day time. I tried to play with exposure at first and it didn't really work well, then I did some research and I found playing with aperture helps. Unfortunately, it still didn't turn out the way I wanted to.

I'm kind of impatient and decided to go get the answer very directly using Google. Guess what? I search: "how to shoot landscape with clouds". Why clouds? Cause whenever I shoot landscape during day time (bright), after captured, the sky looks really bright until I can't see a single cloud. Cloud is very important to show the atmosphere of the scene.
Thank god, that search engine shows many results and clicked on the first link which brought me here.

After going through that discussion, I found out something called "Dynamic range". And again, I went to Google and search "How to shoot HDR".

And that's how I finally found what I've been looking for. If you are interested in learning HDR, you can search it yourself or you can listen to mine.

Preparing for HDR shot:
1) A tripod stand (this is highly recommended for landscape shot)
2) A digital camera that allows you manually set up the exposure and aperture. (DSLR is highly recommended)

Shooting for HDR:
1) Switch your camera to Aperture mode to avoid change of aperture for your shots later.
2) You need to take 3 shots with different exposure, under expose (-2), normal (0), over expose (+2).

After you got all 3 shots, merge all 3 with Adobe Photoshop (CS3 recommended), and you will get a HDR photograph.

The purpose of getting 3 different exposures:
1) Under expose = shadow
2) Normal = midtone
3) Over expose = highlight

Example:

This is my house, my experiment shot:
I took this in the morning, as you can see, the clouds in the under expose shot was the clearest, whereas the over expose shot can see my house number plate clearly.
After combining all 3 shots, you can see everything clearly! Huuurraaay!!!

There are more to learn, it never ends....

CAS Platinum Expedition 2008

2008-12-04T01:59:00.003+08:00

EDIT: I've decided to not upload any more photos of CAS Platinum, but you can add me as friend in facebook and you can view all my photos including CAS Platinum 2008.

Don't forget to check out the Podcast at www.cempaka.edu.my.

The cameramen have worked hard for the both Podcast and the DVD, so hope you guys give some support.

I've also taken some nice shots. Will show you guys once I'm free to upload. Stay tuned. :)

Photos of Day 1:

As usual, an opening ceremony after arrived at Taman Rambai Utama, Melaka.

Performances by the villagers in Taman Rambai Utama.

There was a Kung Fu fighting ~ Hu!

More Kung Fu fighting!

You can't do Kung Fu, just bamboo breaking.

Dance baby dance ~

The facilitators were singing as well...not bad.

Someone is taking picture of someone taking picture....
Ha! Gotcha! Andrew Woo, the Nikon user.

Time to be serious huh? It's just a game, c'mon...

What have you done Ben!?! You attacked an officer? Didn't you know that he is the officer Krupke?

By the way, Happy 25th anniversary Cempaka! You've made a difference. (That was random)

Play dodge ball!!

Go En. Azreen!!

Another Mr. Cool, the sports department one. Wanna play Frisbee?

Welcome to My Working Station...

2008-11-05T21:56:00.004+08:00

Haha...someone took this picture when I'm busying making a cinematic trailer for West Side Story. Kinda cool though, 4 macbooks, 1 PowerMac G5, 6 keyboards, 2 tablets, 1 mouse, 6 screens, and lots more stuff...so messy...

It might look cool, but try this at your own risk because the sum of everything you see in this picture is approximately RM55,000.

I really do need all these, definitely not for display, I'm working on 5 trailers, 3 of them screen on this Friday, the other 2 screen on next week. Stay tuned. :)

Camera Talk! (Canon DSLR)

2008-10-26T21:44:00.006+08:00

People used to say SLR, but that's really outdated...Why? Have you ever heard of DSLR? Have you ever search for the meaning of SLR? SLR means "single-lens reflex camera". DSLR? Digital single-lens reflex camera. Of course it's digital, almost everything is digital now. Photos taken will immediately store inside memory card instead of film.

I'm a Canon DSLR user, I own a 350D which is very old. That doesn't really matter anyway, lens are always more valueable than the body.

If you are not really into photography, you probably ask,
Why choose DSLR? Why so troublesome? Is that necessary? Must it end up like picture below?

Skip the following paragraph if you are not interested in my opinion
Well, I actually had answered all these questions and managed to convince my parents to buy me one.
My opinion is, it allows me to fully control a result of an image, I can control its brightness, blurness, colors, and so much more. Even though it's troublesome, but I tell them, no pain no gain. With ordinary automatic digital camera, just one click and it does everything, and that is so....simple....(people are getting lazy nowadays huh?)....However, with DSLR, I get to learn many things, for example, ISO Speed, Shutter speed, Aperture, Exposure, White balance, Lenses, filters, lighting and many more. Is that necessary at all? Why not? Learning new things aren't good? Taking photographs can earn a lot though, you can't really study these sort of things in school. I learn it through exploring, trial and error which is quite risky, therefore, do more research through internet, I also buy magazines and some references from MPH.

Okay....those are just simple reasons to convince my parents since they wouldn't understand if I go any further.
Now, comes the true advantage of Digital SLR. Oh wait, before that, I should say, the disadvantage of Compact Digital Camera which frustrates you immensely. Let me reminds you.

You're attending a big event and want to grab a shot of a fleeting moment
For some reason your compact digital camera just won't focus
FINALLY it locks the focus and you're ready - you press the button
But there's a DELAY - the camera pauses for a second, then it takes the shot

At last, you've missed the best moment. ARGH!!! Darn it!! That's it, go for DSLR!!!
Haha.

Now, I shall begin my talk on advantage of DSLR. So obviously, it's FAST! How come? Hmmm....it's like electronics VS mechanics. Here comes the Shutter which you can't find it in compact digital camera. What so good about Shutter? Well, Shutter is instantaneous, which means, you click the shoot button, it instantly closes *chick* and opens *chak*. Whereas in compact cameras, the sensor is electronically activated every time you take a photo, after all these processes, theres delay, which means SLOW........

Also, wtih DSLR you can have a lens for every occasion. For landscape shots, I will use wide angle lens. For close up potraits, I'll use telephoto lens. For plants and insects, I'll use macro lens. Theres no such thing as 3-in-1 or All-in-1. Be specific, be professional. Maybe you would say, compact digital camera only has 1 lens and it does everything. Lens in compact digital camera has built in mega zooms, x10, x20....but it takes time to zoom plus the quality of the picture will decrease as you zoom in. Unlike DSLR, the zoom is driven by a motor, plus you can control it manually either fast or slow, close, or far.

Thirdly, DSLR can shoot anywhere, anytime, no matter how bad the weather is. You see...I'm sure you noticed, you will face problem when shooting night scenes, a slight movement will makes the image look blur, so difficult. With DSLR, you are allow to manually control the ISO speed which controls the sensitivity to light. At night, there will be less light, so you need high ISO Speed so that your camera detects more light and your image will look fine. Whereas, a compact digital camera needs flash to shoot a proper night scene.

Again, this is same as my own opinion, you can fully control the result of an image. Most importantly, you can do it manually instead of letting the camera do all the job.

Currently, I have 3 lens:
A standard lens comes with the camera, 18-55mm
Wide angle lens (L-series), 17-40mm
Zoom lens, 70-300mm

You might ask, how far is 300mm? Well, I can tell you that your eye is 80mm wide angle lens. You should have learnt this in science, human eyes are stereoscopic, which similar to wide angle lens. Why wide angle? It's because our eyes is convex shape. Agree? You probably learned this in Physics. Another words, image produce by wide angle lens will have slight distortion at the corner. Bascially, almost all lenses will have slight distortion just that we can't really see it.

You can choose your own path as a DSLR user, choose your lens:

	Wide Angle lenses View the world with a wide perspective.

•	Standard lenses What you see is what you get.

•	Telephoto lenses Get into the excitement of action.

•	Zoom lenses Produce innovative photographs with a variety of angles of view and perspective.

•	Macro lenses Discover the beauty of the small things in life.

•	Tilt & Shift lenses Tilt and shift the perspective anyway you like it.

Pictures and links will be added when I'm free.

New Macbook Family!!!

2008-10-15T22:48:00.001+08:00

This is a great news to all apple fans, I'm included. Macbook and Macbook Pro are fully furnished, new design, new features, new technologies, all engineered to standards that don't even exist yet.

Most importantly, the new Macbook family is the greenest laptop ever. They are highly recyclable and even more energy efficient. And plus the following features to reduce its environmental impact:

Arsenic-free glass (Wow!)
Brominated flame retardant-free (This is madness!!)
Mercury-free (O.M.G!!!)
PVC-free (ROFLOL!!!!)
41% smaller packaging (HOLY!!!!!)
Highly recyclable aluminium and glass enclosures (LOL....)

These features make me feel like trade-in my current macbook for a newer one.

Regarding tech specs, there isn't any big change in processor. But the Memory (RAM) is crazy, Apple is now using DDR3 and it supports up to 1066MHz which is freaking awesome. Before, it was DDR2 and only 667MHz. This is really worth buying it.
The new Macbook is now equiped with stunning graphic card, NVIDIA 9400M graphics processor with 256 of DDR3 SDRAM. So basically, with this graphic card, it can support up to 2560X1600 resolution if you have a bigger screen.

Bad news

The new Macbook does not have a firewire port, which means, movies will not be able to import in best transfer rate from DV to macbook.
The new Macbook Pro does not have anti-glare screen, which means, your screen might have glare if you are under the sun and you will not be able to see clearly what is on your screen. Bad for video production. Good for watching video.

Only 2 disavantages I found so far.....

Well, make up your mind, Buy or Not Buy? Get from school! Educational prices are cheaper!!

For more informations, go to http://www.apple.com/

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Movies made during Final Examination

2008-10-14T23:54:00.006+08:00

To all Form 4s, welcome back from your final examination! These are what I've done during Final Examination period.

During Final Exam Week 1 (Before Hari Raya holiday), we've got the most unexpected breaking C-News brought to you by the broadcast network. Unfortunately, the form 4s missed it that day, so, its no longer "News", its "Olds"....lol
Don't feel sad, the movie is just right below.

During Final Exam Week 2 (After Hari Raya holiday), we've got the most scary movie brought to you by Vince and Voon Fei (not representing any clubs). This movie is made for the event called "Wear with Pride" which is also in collaboration with the Fashion and Design Club. This "Wear with Pride" event also includes the Breast Cancer Awareness which I've already mentioned on the previous post. The video is in somewhere around the world.

Breast Cancer Awareness.....

2008-10-13T09:04:00.007+08:00

Good morning, afternoon, night everybody! I've been working on this "BCA" project....Argh...Give me a break!

Let me just introduce it a little.
Basically, Breast Cancer is cancer in a breast. This includes men and women, no joke. 2nd most common type of cancer after lung cancer. A person who is affected will look like you, they will have a tumour around breast area which you cannot see usually, but can feel it by examining it. Breast cancer kills by spreading and humans' pretty cells will die! Argh!

That's enough! I'm not a doctor. I'm doing graphics for this project, Vince animate it.
I'm sharing the title page with you guys! I hope you will like it....not the cancer...but the graphics.

Here you go:

It is available for download. I did a Standard size 1280X1024 and a Wide Screen size 1280X800.
Click on the picture and you will be redirect to my deviant page for download.

Must watch this "Butterfly" Car

2008-10-12T12:57:00.005+08:00

The previous Hip Hop Dancer on Fantastic Contraption was a failure. However, I did not give up making more random stuff.

At last, I've invented this: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2920180

With only 2 clockwise wheels, 2 wooden rods to join the object together, 6 water sticks to increase the mass.
The 2 wooden rods and 6 water sticks are too heavy for 2 wheels to move them, however, the wheel is still spinning, at the same time, generates potential energy. When the potential energy reaches a level, it automatically converts to kinetic energy and it gives an amazing spring-like effect. You must watch it. Here I give you again: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2920180

I call this transportation "Butterfly", it has 2 wings, a head, and some patterns, most importantly, it flies.

Final Cut Pro Icon!

2008-10-12T12:06:00.005+08:00

I started using Final Cut Pro yesterday and it was really powerful....salute Apple!
Final Cut Pro is an advanced, strong, powerful, incredible, awesome, insane, professional video editing software for Macintosh user. It is similar to Adobe Premiere Pro, Sony Vegas, and other professional video editing software.

Its original icon doesn't suit my desktop theme, therefore, I purposely made an icon just to make my desktop looks nicer. Here it is:
You are free to download now, here, it is in PNG format. Soon, I'm going to upload this to deviantart for download. Probably, I might release Final Cut Studio icons which includes Final Cut Pro, Compressor, Soundtrack Pro, Motion, Color, and more.....

Awesome Hip Hop Transport in Fantastic Contraption

2008-10-10T15:57:00.004+08:00

Made a very cool hip hop style transport in "Fantastic Contraption"...the way it moves is seriously...very crazy.

Here it is: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=2829896

2 clockwise wheels. And many wood rods and water rods.

It freaks me out but also amazed me at the same time. I'm the inventor :)

Solutions for Fantastic Contraption

2008-10-10T00:23:00.004+08:00

Physics Puzzle Game !! "Fantastic Contraption" !!!

2008-10-09T18:55:00.004+08:00

My first thought of this game was some children puzzle game....but after I tried it. It totally amazed me and it is truly fantastic.

This game is created by Colin Northway, music by James Mark, art by Sarah Collins.

In this game, you will have to make sure the given object go into the goal, just touching the goal is not considered victory, you must make sure the object is totally....fully...completely...went deep inside the goal.

To do that, you have to make a transport with these items:
Clockwise wheel, anti-clockwise wheel, water rod, wood rod, wheel (immobile, unless pushed).

Using knowledge of physics, build a suitable transportation to transport the object to the goal.

Is a very fun game, I'm already addicted to it. Try it HERE!

File Hosting Service!! Anyone?

2008-10-05T22:49:00.004+08:00

You know...good people love to share photos, music, video with their friends. But sometimes the file is just way too big to be sent through email.
Moreover, your email account might have limited capacity.

So, why not give it a try on free file hosting service? It is totally F.O.C.

TRY THEM:

You can upload stuff to those sites. It is 99.9% safe, virus free. Once the file is uploaded, you will receive a download link. You just have to give the link to whoever is interested in getting the stuff you uploaded.

My personal's favourite is RapidShare because it sounds good, its Rapid, fast, quick. It is up to you. All of them are not same, each of them has its own advantages and disavantages.

Here is the comparison table of those services: >>>CLICK ME<<<

No tutorial for this unless you beg for one. I bet no one will beg for a tutorial.

How much do you know about "File format"?

2008-10-05T21:48:00.002+08:00

I shall repeat my post title....How much do you know about "File format"?

Learning file formats is very fun....
You can determine one's file by looking at its file format....

For example: Don't Stop Me Now.mp3
I can already tell that it is a compressed audio file. Its full name is "MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3", commonly referred as MP3.

Cool right? You must learn some too!

Alright. First you have to know a few common file formats.

Compressed/Archive
zip, dmg, rar

Graphics
jpeg, jpg, png, bmp, psd, gif

PSD and GIF are quite special, they both can be in video and graphics categories. People used to make short animation with pictures and they save it as GIF.
PSD is Adobe Photoshop Drawing, usually 2D graphics or non motion picture. Nowadays, people can even make a video using Photoshop, therefore, PSD can be in Video category as well.

Video
mov, wmv, avi, rmvb, rm, mpeg, mpg, mkv, ogg, flv, dv, swf

I've been working on video stuff recently, so I'm quite familiar with these formats. These formats are quite widely used. You came to that when you start video editing. But for now you just need to get a right video player that plays those video formats.

Sound
mp3, wav, wma, aac, aiff, m4a

I'm sure most of you know MP3. Nothing special already. When you came accross recording, you will have to use WAV, it is "Microsoft Wave", an uncompressed lossless audio, extremely high quality.

Web
html, xhtml, htm, xml, php

I'm a web designer in school, these are formats that we used. Currently, our school Cheras LimeLight is also using HTML for home page. The HTML loads all necessary contents such as SWF, SWF is a video format but I'm using it for web as well, that's why you can see many motions in the LimeLight. Those SWF files are controlled by fully coded XML which is also linked by HTML. So basically, you open the webpage, load HTML>find XML>load SWF.

**Learn its full name as well, it might help you in EST**

For slightly detailed informations: >>>CLICK ME<<<

Eagle Eye

2008-10-04T12:09:00.005+08:00

Recently I watched this movie called "Eagle Eye". Before the movie, I have no idea what's the movie content, can't even guess one.

I'm really impressed after the movie. The storyboard is absolutely fantastic.

What I've learned from this movie is, never fully rely on computer or you will be in deep poo.

However, this doesn't change my lovely relationship between my computer and I. Moreover, I love my computer like no one else do so that my computer will never betray me and will listen to me.....no more lagging, no more malfunction, no more blackout and no more virus.

Beware, Eagle Eye is watching you. RUN! Or you can try Alt+F4 or +Q.

Are you aware of your songs' Quality?

2008-10-02T20:32:00.006+08:00

Did you notice that the songs in CD and the songs that you have imported from the CD to your computer are different in quality?
My sensitive ears could tell me the difference very clearly.
Therefore, I did some research regarding this....music quality.....

Music quality is being differentiate by its "bit rate". Higher quality music has higher bit rate of course.
Songs or music in "CD" have bit rate of "1411 kbit/s". This is really high.

Who's low then?
Songs that are played by "FM", hitz FM, MY FM, Whatever FM, Anything FM.....They all have a same quality which is "96 kbit/s".

What's the standard quality in bit rate?
I would say "128 kbit/s" because that's the default import settings for iTunes.

Whenever you import songs from CD to your iTunes library, you are actually converting the CD quality which is 1411 kbit/s to 128 kbit/s.
Of course, you can always customise the settings to 320 kbit/s. (That's considered high quality)

What's the advantage of using 128 kbit/s?
In terms of quality, no. However, low quality audio saves you more spaces for your hardisk.
In short, the higher the quality, the more spaces you need.

If you are not so into the quality type, I suggest you use 128 kbit/s.

What if I want high quality but small file size?
If that's the case, I suggest you go for "Variable Bit Rate" (VBR).
While this setting is enabled, your computer will decide a song's bit rate.
As you know, some songs are not necessary to have high bit rate or you will end up having limited disk space.

IMPORT SETTINGS
As I mentioned before, you can customise your import settings, not just bit rate but also file extension (mp3, aac, aif......)
I guess you only knew mp3.
MP3 do gives you a very high quality if you chose the right "encoder".

Encoder is just like your "workers", setting is just a "plan" and you are the "Boss".
You shall decide which workers to use, which plan to apply, and how's the product should look like.

No more worries, I found you the best plan and the best worker!

He is LAME
*Let's give him a round of applause!*

You can download LAME for free!
With LAME, your imported or ripped songs will be in mp3 format. Also, it automatically import your selected songs with VBR settings.
All you got to do is, decide the output folder, select your desire songs to be imported or ripped, and click on the "import" button.

Simple and Clean. Just like ABC, easy as 123, and sing DO-RE-MI.

Trip to Cameron Highland Day 2

2008-10-01T01:14:00.003+08:00

This is a continuous version of my previous post. The colours of the photo is not accurate because it has been compressed for web usage.

Here is the link to the online flipbook >>>CLICK HERE<<< It will take some time to be loaded.
This is just like a real book, therefore you have to drag the corner of the page to flip. Try it.

I couldn't upload it here because that book is quite big for my blog. The book size is 800X600. Enjoy!

Can't remember Addresses? Use Address Book!

2008-09-30T22:30:00.005+08:00

Again...this tutorial is for Mac User. I'm so sorry Windows users, no tutorials for you guys, but I'm sure you guys are expert in Windows.:)

Have you ever heard of Address Book? I'm sure you do. Base on the name itself, it definitely has something to do with Address. I must say Address Book is a great software, it not just stores contact but also you can use it to work with other softwares such as Mail. You won't know how it works until you try it.

It looks like this:

I already had all my contacts here. But if you are new, you should only see Apple Computer Inc.

Now I select Interact Club directory, so, you see all my Interactors' contact here including myself for no reason. Then, you see my contact, my name, nickname, post, school, phone numbers, emails, birthday. You can have more details if you want to.

To add new contact:
1) Make sure you are at "All" in the "Group" column.
2) Hit  + N, which means "New Card".

3) Then just fill in the blanks.

Grouping
If you want this contact to be in specific group, just drag the card from the "Name" column to your desired group.

Sending email to a person
When you want to send an email to someone, just find that person in your Address Book, again, drag the card to the correct field (To, Cc, Bcc).

Sending email to a group of people
If you are about to send an email to a group of people, for example: I want to forward an email to all members of Interact Club, therefore, I will drag "Interact Club" in "Group" column instead of dragging the name card one by one since there are so many people in Interact Club.

Trip to Cameron Highland Day 1

2008-09-29T14:21:00.010+08:00

Two days ago, I've been to Cameron Highland for vacation. It is really a nice place for those people who loves nature and cold weather. As usual, my job as a photographer is to spam snapshot like no one's business. Then, I've made a online flipbook which contains all the photos I took in day 1. Day 2 coming soon.

Here is the link to the online flipbook >>>CLICK HERE<<< It will take some time to be loaded.
This is just like a real book, therefore you have to drag the corner of the page to flip. Try it.

I couldn't upload it here because that book is quite big for my blog. The book size is 800X600. Enjoy!

A Whole New Keyboard!

2008-09-24T20:09:00.007+08:00

Sometime around August...I accidentally dropped my most precious macbook and my keyboard cracked terribly. I was scared to death even though its just keyboard, I was worried that it also damages the hard disk because some of my data were not backup yet. I could hardly survive without my macbuku.

Fortunately, my macbook is still under warranty, therefore I ordered a new set of keyboard. And today, the new set of keyboard is installed. I, now officially announce the arrival of my new Yang Berbahagia, Yang Berhormat, Tan Seri Tunku Mac Bin Buku Shah Kunci Papan.

Here are the pictures:

Oh...my bad...Love aperture too much.

Really clean isn't it?

CeMA 2008 Beruang Cheras

2008-09-22T20:22:00.004+08:00

The school has finally uploaded the movie that very is waiting for. Well, I made this movie actually everything was fine except for some spelling mistakes because I was really rushing and considered last minute work for all subtitles and text. The front part suppose to have audio but you will not be able to hear it, I guess the person who uploaded this must have done something to it. Anyway, here is the video:

Improve your searching skills AND go for E-LEARNING!

2008-09-22T08:39:00.005+08:00

I experience this myself and its really a lot fun than studying through books. Maybe some of you would prefer reading through paper instead of screen, I understand because sometimes reading through screen is really hurting your eyes. However, that doesn't really matter, nowadays, all computers are come with a LCD screen which reduces many problems.

Back to e-learning. In order to learn effectively through internet, you must have the right resources or you will be learning something incorrect.
You do not need a very good search engine to search for good resources or references. All I use and only use is "Google". But you must know some basic so that you can search as accurate as possible.

For example:
I want to search for "SPM Mathematics". You should type ""SPM+Mathematics"" instead of straight away type "SPM Mathematics". Trust me, it does make a difference.

I have some useful links for certain subjects:
Chemistry: Structure of Atom
Mathematics and Additional Mathematics
Many animations regarding Biology

Periodic Tabe of Fractal Art!

2008-09-20T17:33:00.002+08:00

You have no idea what's my feeling when I first see this. This is totally madness! There are 118 elements in this table, in another words, there are 118 different style of fractal arts! If you look into each and every element closely, those fractal arts are representing its element.

Periodic Table by =f--l--A--r--k on deviant ART

If this impressed you a lot, please favourite it, or you can even print it if you like.

Abstract with colours is absolutely COOL!!

2008-09-16T20:50:00.009+08:00

I'm really into graphic designs these days. Most probably because of the previous wallpaper designs are driving me up. Now, I feel like my brain is full of inspirations. So, I came up this abstract art with attractive colours, even a 7 years old kid loves it.

Here is the preview:

This is just a low quality preview. To get the actual resolution, please click on the image, you will be directed to my deviant page and download page shortly.

The theme of this design is "Distortion". Since its colourful, I also added the word "colours".
Please support. :)

How to kill an animal 'fresh'?

2008-09-12T23:33:00.006+08:00

Have you ever thought of the how butcher get their meat freshly? I'm speaking this in terms of science, biology....

Form 4 Biology, Chapter 7, Respiration. All living things do respiration, animals, plants, humans...There's two type of respiration for humans and plants. They are aerobic and anaerobic. Not going to detail, aerobic is with oxygen, anaerobic is with very very limited oxygen or even no oxygen. Usually when people having vigorous exercise will have anaerobic respiration. What will happen when you are having anaerobic respiration is that you will produce lactic acid and energy (150kJ) instead of carbon dioxide, water and energy (2898kJ).

This lactic acid is no good to our body, it will make us feel tired. Same goes to animal, cow, horse, chicken, and so on. In order to get their meat fresh, their body must not contain lactic acid. So, to get rid of lactic acid, they must not suffer from pain. You might ask, how to kill them if they must not suffer from pain? Very simple, the answer is, One-hit K.O. It sounds really simple but how to do that, we have no superhuman ability. Well, that's not a problem now, we have advanced technology.

Firstly, we let the animals enjoy some romantic music instead of rock music. Just make them feel calm, never make them feel scared. Then, slowly lure them to the killing spot. By using high current electrical shock, the animal should be dead with one-hit. Knock out! That's it, the butcher will now collect them fresh.

The Best Wallpaper Package Ever!

2008-09-10T13:59:00.005+08:00

If you like my previous wallpaper pack, Simple and Clean, you will love this one as well. Here is the preview:

For actual resolution preview or download, click on the preview, you will be in the preview and download page shortly.

My next post is something really interesting, so, be sure check it out, you don't want to miss it....

Latest release: Simple and Clean Extensions

2008-09-08T09:45:00.004+08:00

Once again, "Simple and Clean" is back with extensions. Here is the preview:

I'm out of ideas already, so this is the last wallpaper pack of Simple and Clean series. Don't worry, will come out some new ideas soon....

Great! My Lovely Wallpaper is truely lovely.

2008-09-07T17:36:00.010+08:00

I'm glad to hear many good responses on my newly designed wallpaper, "Simple and Clean (Flourish)". Some people actually requested for my permission to put it up on a "non-commercial magazine". And some blogged it as featured wallpapers by "Change My Desk".

I know many of you don't even bother to click the link to My Deviant Page, so, I guess I should show you the preview of the wallpaper here.

Hah! Like it? Then click on it, you will be transferred to My Deviant Page shortly.

Simple and Clean (Flourish) Wallpaper

2008-09-05T13:05:00.005+08:00

Yesterday during 2nd period of class, Vince showed me his newly designed wallpaper and I feel it looks a bit out of colour and not attractive enough. At that moment, all designing inspiration came up out of sudden. Then, very quickly I designed a "Simple" and "Clean" wallpaper. You will see, there's just black and white, really plain, but I'm sure you will still like it :D

You can view it in >>>>My Deviant Page<<<<>>>>My Deviant Page<<<<>>>>My Deviant Page<<<<Vince for giving the inspiration and design elements used in creating the wallpaper.

Devil May Cry 3

2008-09-03T00:32:00.003+08:00

You know what....lets just forget about Devil May Cry 2 because it s**ks

It does not continue the story of Devil May Cry 1. It just being produced for the sake of fun, a game, for gamers. Unfortunately, most gamers or fans of Devil May Cry don't seem to like Devil May Cry 2, 1 simple reason, is just a game with no story, just hitting, killing, dying, reviving, new game and game over.

So, fly to Devil May Cry 3.

Devil May Cry 3 opens in Dante's as-of-yet unnamed shop as a mysterious man called Arkham appears to offer an invitation from Dante's brother Vergil, in the form of a brutal demon attack. After Dante defeats the monsters inside and outside his shop, an immense tower erupts from the ground a short distance away. Sensing Vergil atop the structure, Dante takes the situation as a challenge.

At the tower's entrance Dante encounters Cerberus, defeats him and claims the monster's soul, which transforms into a new weapon. In what becomes a recurring game mechanic, the souls of some defeated boss monsters are transformed into new weapons for Dante's arsenal. Dante is then attacked by a woman on a motorcycle, whose name later becomes Lady. It is revealed in subsequent cutscenes that Arkham is working for Vergil and they plan to take Dante's half of the amulet their mother gave them, and use its power to reactivate the tower's ability to connect the human and demon worlds. It is also revealed that Arkham is Lady's father, that he murdered her mother, and that she is pursuing him to seek revenge.

After numerous battles, an encounter with a being calling itself Jester, and another run-in with Lady, Dante attains the tower's summit and battles Vergil. Vergil soundly defeats Dante, steals Dante's amulet, and departs. As a result of his defeat Dante's dormant devil powers emerge, and he sets off in pursuit. He eventually catches up in the control room located in the tower's basement, where Vergil is having no luck reactivating the tower. The brothers battle again and seem evenly matched, until they are interrupted first by Lady and then Jester. Jester reveals that he is in fact Arkham, and has been manipulating them all to reactivate the tower. Arkham's plan is to cross over to the demon world and steal the Force Edge, the dormant form of Sparda's original sword which contains the bulk of Sparda's old power, and use it to rule over a demon-infested Earth. The tower then transforms as the spell is broken, carrying Arkham upwards to the summit, while Vergil vanishes in the confusion.

Dante battles his way back up the tower, and eventually fights Lady for the right to pursue Arkham. Dante wins, and Lady lends him her most powerful weapon. Reaching the summit once again, Dante crosses over to the demon world and catches up with Arkham, who has assumed Sparda's demonic form. Overwhelmed by the power, Arkham transforms again into a blob-like creature and battles Dante. Halfway through the fight, as Arkham is gloating that Dante has no chance against his father's power, Vergil reappears and the brothers work together to bring down Arkham. Arkham is thrown out of the demon world in a weakened state and lands atop the tower, where Lady kills him. In the demon world, Dante and Vergil battle over ownership of the Force Edge and the amulet halves. Dante is victorious. As the portal closes, Vergil decides to stay behind and vanishes into the darkness with one half of the amulet.

Returning to the human world, Dante meets Lady outside the tower where she coins the phrase "devil may cry" while trying to comfort Dante over the loss of his brother. They form a friendship and the beginnings of a partnership in demon-slaying, and he names his shop "Devil May Cry". A scene after the credits reveals a weakened yet determined Vergil, still in the demon world, where he charges into battle against his father's old foe, Mundus.

Cool huh? The story is really interesting even though its not logical most of the parts but I really do enjoy.

Later on, a special edition of this game is released. In that particular edition, player gets to use Dante's brother, Vergil. That's even cool!

Be right back. Devil May Cry 4....

Devil May Cry

2008-09-02T01:06:00.003+08:00

Lol-e....Devil May Cry. Do they cry?

It has 4 series...oh god...I'm not going to emphasis every single episode, I'll just a brief synopsis of "Devil May Cry". First and foremost, "Devil May Cry" is not a movie, not a show, not a song, not a person's name, it's a game, a third person action game. I believe this game must be Wen Wu's favourite game.....my sixth sense....

"Devil May Cry" begins with "Dante" who is a demon hunter. His job is to eliminate all demons exist in human world. So where do these demons from? *Cough* I have to start the story from Dante's father. His father, "Sparda", who was a demon that rebelled against his own kind for the sake of the human world. Somehow, Sparda met a beautiful lady, Eva, and fell in love with her. They got married, and Dante was born. In another words, Dante is neither human nor demon. He's not gay but he's cool, so **** **** *** **** cool! He has a lots of confidence and most importantly, he never cry. And he named his company "Devil Never Cry". But still, devil may cry sometimes....no one will laugh at you.....just cry out loud.

I changed my mind, I really so into this, I think I'm going to write a continuous version of this post. I'll start with the first series then.

Devil May Cry begins with Dante being attacked in his office by a mysterious woman named Trish. He impresses her by easily brushing off her assault, and tells her that he hunts demons in pursuit of those who killed his mother and brother. She says the attack was a test, and that the demon emperor Mundus, whom Dante holds responsible for the deaths of his family, is planning a return. The scene jumps to their arrival at an immense castle, whereupon Trish abruptly leaps and vanishes over a high wall.

Dante explores the castle and encounters the game's stock enemies, demonic marionettes. He also finds a new sword called Alastor, and battles the first boss, a giant spider/scorpion demon named Phantom. Dante wins the battle, but in what becomes a recurring theme, the defeated boss monster reappears a short time later in a corridor, forcing the player to choose a narrow escape or to fight in the tight confines. After further exploration and combat, Dante battles a demon named Nelo Angelo who impresses Dante with his confidence. The demon wins, but suddenly flees upon seeing the half-amulet Dante wears. The demon attacks twice more in later missions, and is eventually revealed to be Dante's identical twin brother, Vergil. After Vergil's final defeat, his amulet joins with his brother's half, and "Force Edge", the game's default sword which belonged to the twins' father, changes into its true form and becomes the powerful Sparda sword.

When Dante next meets Trish, she betrays him and reveals that she too is working for Mundus. But when her life is endangered, Dante chooses to save her. Saying he only did so because of her resemblance to his mother, he warns her to stay away. Yet when he finally confronts Mundus, who is about to kill Trish, Dante again chooses to save her and is injured. Mundus tries to finish him off, but Trish takes the attack instead. This unleashes Dante's full power thus allowing him to take on the form of Sparda. Dante and Mundus then battle on another plane of existence.

Dante is victorious, and leaves the amulet and sword with Trish's immobile body before departing. Mundus returns and corners Dante, who is now back to his regular strength, before he can flee the island; Trish also returns and lends Dante her power. Dante defeats Mundus, who vows to return and rule the human world. When Trish tries to apologize she begins to cry, and Dante tells her it means she has become human and not just a devil, because "devils never cry". Dante and Trish escape on a plane as the island collapses. After the credits, it is revealed that Dante and Trish are working together as partners, and have renamed the shop "Devil Never Cry".

Yay~ My Happy Ending. "You were Everything, Everything, that I wanted...." ~Avril Lavigne

Be right back. Devil May Cry 2....

Write content for your blog while you're offline

2008-09-01T00:14:00.006+08:00

Ever thought of writing new entries even though you do not have any connections?

You see....whenever you want to access your blog, you will definitely going through web browsers such as "Safari", "Firefox", "Internet Explorer", "Maxthon", "Opera" and so on....By doing so, an internet connection is a must or else your browser will not load any web pages. In another words, you cannot go to your blog, you cannot write new entry, you can publish post, you can even view your blog....how sad....

What can you do with your blog while you are offline? Are you really that desperate to know the answer? Yes or No?

If No, you may close this now.

If Yes, you may proceed to next paragraph.

Well, you can write new entries while you are offline as long as you have a blog editing application. In addition to using the regular web-based interface to edit the content of your blog, you can use a blog editing application such as MarsEdit or ecto. These are desktop applications that run on your computer and communicate with the blog software to create, edit, and manage pages. One advantage of these types of programs is that you can write content when you're not connected to the blog server, and then upload the page when you're finished.

I'm currently using MarsEdit, but it seems that "Apple" prefers ecto, it gave 9 out of 10.

If you are no longer interested after my grandmother story, you may close this now.

If you are really interested and feel like using it already, you may go to these links:

-MarsEdit website

-ecto website

-Metaweblog API specification

And as usual, if you have anything unsure about "these" stuff, you can always approach me and make me face your music.

What Merdeka Means To Me

2008-08-27T14:24:00.008+08:00

I should extract a quote from last year's Merdeka Movie which presented by Interact Club of Sri Cempaka Cheras. An actress said: "Merdeka means....Unity to me....". Well, its very true, as you know, there are three main races in Malaysia, but no matter what, we are still Malaysians. We the "rakyat" lah!

Merdeka means independence. Every year, 30th August, 11:59pm, Malaysians will usually gather in the KL central and countdown until the next day which is the National Day, in Malay language, its called "Hari Merdeka". People will start shouting "MERDEKA!".....non-stop....(until they got tired of it)

Somehow, some chinese dudes actually shout the word "MERDEKA!" for some reason. Firstly, they broke the word merdeka into three parts, Mer-De-Ka, then they pronounce it in cantonese as, Mai-Dit-Ka, if I was to direct translate this word, it means "rice drops price". Which also means that "rakyat" hopes the government will decrease the price of rice. (poor man, poor.....)

So, you see.....Merdeka does not only mean independence, it ends up with so many other meaning which sound so interesting but it is interesting anyway....

Now, 2008, Malaysian artists had made an fantastic song with a music video, the song named "Here In My Home". I actually made an video.......ops...200 words over.

The video is Live! now in Youtube....check it out!

>>>>>>>>>VIDEO LINK HERE<<<<<<<<<<

Student Tech Motion Pictures

2008-08-26T14:03:00.009+08:00

Student Tech's creativity division, "Student Tech Motion Pictures", in short, "STMP"....Lol-e (-e represents education......swt.....=.='')

The founders of STMP were once great directors in Sri Cempaka Cheras. They have done a fantastic movie for the most recent Interhouse Movie Competition. However, their identity still remains anonymous. Many scientists, detectives, researchers, F.B.I, C.I.A, C.I.D, D.E.A, and even the president of U.S. are currently investigating the anonymity of these top-secret underground genetic research facility owned by the Student Tech located beneath the End of The World.

Rumor has it that this particular highly top-secret corporation is working for a government of an unknown nation which research and develop a biological viral weaponry which cause the malfunctioning of mitosis and even meiosis of human neuron cells.

Anyway, back to the topic, I hope you have learnt something from my nonsense. I shall announce the 2 great directors of this particular corporation, they are, !@#$^*()

Okay....they are!&*()

Lol-e..... Ok...I'm pulling your legs already

they are actually........gay #$%^&*()

Stop it Marcus! I know you want to be one of them.....Okay....Once again, I shall now officially announce the official press release name of those great hero of Student Tech, please turn to page 657 of the yellow pages and you can see that their names are @#&*(

Okay okay.....I shall go back to STMP. Watch the video below...*Now Loading*

>>>>>>>>>>>CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO<<<<<<<<<<<<

Merdeka Movie 2008....

2008-08-24T13:46:00.003+08:00

I'm currently working on the Merdeka Movie, it will be screened during the next assembly. The movie is wonderful, you know what....The both best directors of Cempaka Cheras are working on this movie, so you should expect something cool.

This movie is produced by Interact Club, and in associate with Student Tech. It doesn't matter what society is involved, because I'm in both society....

60 sens used to produce this movie.

Not just the movie, even the soundtrack used is great.....love the song....

Yes! I can "Fart" now!

2008-08-15T22:23:00.009+08:00

Don't get misunderstood by the title. I'm just too over excited. I can't believe that I've sat for 21 papers in 8 days. Why I say "Fart"? Because this examinations have made my digestive system malfunctioning due to the messy timetable, including many last minute changes, so, we don't have a fixed time for break and lunch, it's totally screwed up.

Alright, forget about those nonsense, I don't really "fart" frequently, but I do fart sometimes, that's shows how normal I am. (The legend says that there was a boy in the next class who fart like god-like, his name is J*****)

In this post, I'm going to talk about "Faltulence" also known as "Flatus", commonly referred to as "fart". Well, in general, you knew that it would produce some unpleasant smell which might cause someone fainted, and at the same time, it has a funny sound when the "thingy" is being released, just like a opening song for the arrival of very important person.

If that's all you know, you are way too behind, you should know more than that. Let me give a slightly detail explanation. Flatus is expelled under pressure through the "anus", people like to call it "**s-hole". Why is it expelled? It is when the flatus pressure inside the rectum has reached its limit and force to released. Usually when this happens, there is some crackling or trumpeting sound, but, it can be also a silent deadly weapon as it can be passed quietly.

This smelly gases mainly "nitrogen", "carbon dioxide", "hydrogen", "oxygen" and "methane"

Beware of this gases, they are not just smelly, they are also FLAMMABLE!!! OH MY GOD!!!! Flammable gases are hydrogen and methane.

The odour comes from hydrogen sulphide, or any other sulfur or nitrogen containing compounds including methanethiol.

To remove this unpleasant smell, bring a candle and a match is good enough. Hydrogen sulphide will ignite to form H2O and sulphur dioxide.

The following are the components of flatus:

Nitrogen - 20%-90%

Hydrogen - 0%-50%

Carbon Dioxide - 10%-30%

Oxygen - 0%-10%

Methane - 0%-10%

Okay....I had enough...I'm suffering from those gases!!! So, if you want to go into more details, use wikipedia.

A Fresh New Look!

2008-08-09T23:49:00.004+08:00

Yes! Finally, a quite satisfied look for my blog. I've been doing this for months, trying to get inspiration, but failed.

By the way, this design seems cool maybe, but there are many features have been disabled. Reason is, this design is in HTML format, not XML. Blogger encourages us to use XML since it is a newer format than HTML and has more features. You can also find lots of XML template or some of you call it "Blog-skin" around the internet. HTML is really outdated.

Whatever it is, as long as I like it, will touch up a little more when I'm free. Besides that, I'm also trying to make each and every post of mine slightly educational, so, as you can see there are highlighted words or linked words which I think you don't know what it is. To clear your doubts, just click the linked words and you will find your answer.

*Switch* (Study mode activated).

Everybody lets Run And ROLL!!!

2008-08-08T22:36:00.003+08:00

Today, 08/08/08, is the day of the opening ceremony of Olympic games in Beijing. That's the world thing, my school also had a big event, it's JOGATHON! Of course, we not just call it jogathon, the title is "Run And Roll" which I believe the title must be inspired by the title "Rock and Roll". It was such an amazing event, happened at the right time (exam week). Anyway, it was really fun, I've never participate in Jogathon before, this time would be my first time jogging as a cempakan and for Cempaka 25th anniversary.

Even though, I did not have the opportunity to start the journey from Cempaka Damansara, however, I still enjoyed the whole journey from starting point (my house, about a few km from the school), to the school. Well, some of cempakans actually ran from Cempaka Damansara to Cempaka Cheras which is really far, and one of them was our Vice-Chairman, Dr. Rizal. Then, the journey continues from Cempaka Cheras to Cempaka International Ladies College (CILC). While we are CILC, we get to watch the opening ceremony of Olympic games, that was cool!

Hmmm....I should post some photos next time, too bad I was not a photographer for this event because I'm runner! Alright everyone, back to the study mode. *switch* !@#$%^&*

Exams Start Today!!!

2008-08-05T07:05:00.003+08:00

Time goes really fast....don't you agree? The school events almost drove me crazy. Most of the time I wasn't in class, therefore I must do home revision to catch up the syllabus.....Just hope I can still maintain my "above average" result this time.

Good luck to all who will be sitting for the examinations.

Pn. Azura: "Try your best and god will do the rest."

My Deviant Page

2008-07-31T19:34:00.005+08:00

It's Updated! Go check out my galleries, have many cool artwork. :)

My Deviant Page is HERE

Interhouse iMovie Competition 2008

2008-07-30T22:28:00.006+08:00

*Woof* I need to take a deep breathe....*inhale*, *exhale*

Okay, we have four sport houses in Cempaka Schools. They are Beruang, Harimau, Helang and Seladang. We have always been competing with other houses all the time no matter in Games, Quiz, Debate, Academic, or even making MOVIE!

I almost forgot to mention, I'm BERUANG!!! And proud to be BERUANG!!!! Anyway, let's not get drifted away. So, after watching all movies from all houses including our sister's school's movies (Cempaka Damansara). Clearly, the overall result is so much better compare to past years.

Oh yeah, I also forgot to tell something very important....I'm Beruang iMovie Captain. Director of this year's iMovie. Use zoom if you bother to read the small font. Well, I hope my hypothesis is right, "The more effects used in the movie, the more marks you gain for the movie".......LOL

Obviously, that's not right. Because, the movie was judged according to the following aspects:

1) Acting

2) Soundtracks

3) Editing

4) Camera Angles

5) Script

6) Unknown....

It should be more than that. So after judging, these are the results:

First Place goes to: HELANG (832 marks) -.-

Second Place goes to: BERUANG!!!!! (817 marks) T.T

Third Place goes to: SELADANG (500<600>

Fourth Place goes to: HARIMAU (300<400>

I shouldn't be giving comments to my own movies, let see what Adrian commented....>>>comments<<<

Let me briefly say about the weakness of other houses. (Due to my feeling, no theory)

Helang:

-I don't like the sound but congratulations, you got best soundtrack award. Swt.....

-Story is quite simple, expected story-line. Just like the past.

Overall: The movie was quite smooth, well done.

Seladang:

-Camera angle not so good, leave too many space for unnecessary objects. Should focus more on the main object.

-The movie was not clearly shown the genre either comedy or action. Confusion.

-I don't really see anything to do with Television. Just candles. Theme was not presented clearly.

Harimau:

-Actually the quality does not really matter, but this one is too much. It's like "Cetak Rompak" bought from "Pasar Malam"

-The sound also terrible, when conversation the sound "SA-SA-sa-SA", when no conversation then COMPLETELY SILENCE.

-Story is weird, can't really get anything

-NO TRANSITION...OMG!! How can a movie being produced without any transitions between different scenes.

***My comments are not meant to insult any houses, it shows that you all have a lot roomsss for improvement, that's very good.***

Movie file cannot be played?

2008-07-30T16:01:00.005+08:00

For Mac User:

I just found out some of my friends actually install "Windows" in their macbook because "Mac OSX" couldn't play some movie format. For example, .rmvb, .wmv, .mkv, .ogm, and so on. Those video format are not playable by default unless you do something to it.

One of the easiest way is by changing the file name, for instance, the video file I have now is named "cempaka.wma", "wma" means "Windows Media Video", it can't be played by "Quicktime Player". To change it you must first unhide the extension by selecting the file, hit "Ctrl-I", it's under "Name & Extension". Now you should see the extension, you just rename the file by removing the ".wma" and change it to ".avi".

***This is the lousiest method, but if you do not have internet connection, you may try this, no harm trying it, anything goes wrong, just rename the file to what it was before.***

You can also download some convertor which could convert your video format to your desired video format in a proper way (unlike changing name). There are many video convertor in the internet, choose the one you feel like the best, go to "Google" and search for "Video Convertor For Mac".

Besides that, download video player is also another easy and safe way to play video files. For example, you have a .rmvb video file, you can download "Real Player" from REAL. I would suggest a very cool player which can play almost every video file, it is the VLC player.

There is also another way which is you need to download plugins for your player. I don't know how to explain the word "plugin", maybe I should tell a short story. A team represents a "Video Player", and the team members represent "Plugins". So, if a team only has 2 members, then there are many things that cannot be done, however, if the team has more members, then many things could be done easily. In another words, you need more "plugins" for you "video player" so that it can play most video files. Another term for "plugins" is "codec". To get one of those plugins, you can also go "Google" and search for it.

I'm so tired, can I stop here? (This is not an option, please say yes, I mean you have to say "YES")

Build up more Maps in your Brain! NovaMind showdown!!!

2008-07-16T10:23:00.006+08:00

Besides taking notes from the whiteboard, you can also turn those notes into a beautiful map with "NovaMind". NovaMind is powerful and easy to use mind mapping application not just for students, teachers but also for business use. I can't describe how cool it is, but trust me, it is super-duper cool!

Previously, I use "MindNode" for mind mapping, it's really simple but the result was not that attractive and also lack of many functions. Most importantly, it is free for life and only consume approximately 5 megabytes of your hardisk.

Now, NovaMind allows you to do more than you expect. There are total of 3 different editions of NovaMind, they are "express", "pro" and "platinum". I know you feel like going to download it right away, but you only have 30 days for trial. If you really love the application, please buy it, "buy original, support original", that's my favourite quote. I've purchased "NovaMind Platinum" and using it. You can try 3 versions for 30 days and if you unsure which editions to choose, take a look at their comparison table.

Remember, if you like it, buy it, download it, install it and use it.

If you dislike it, download it, try it, then uninstall it.

Remain unchange....

2008-07-08T23:07:00.001+08:00

Continuation of previous news.

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Breaking News!!!

2008-07-06T23:55:00.006+08:00

It has been a long time after I stop blogging for a while...When I was about to start a new entry, a really weird news just came out and it does surprise me when I read it. Even though, it is a little bit old but it is still worth reading it. Before that, I must say, the content does not mean to insult anyone....

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Lunch Bytes is UP !

2008-06-19T16:21:00.006+08:00

On February, the form 1, 2 and 4 have attended the technology camp which conducted by our Vice Chairman, Dr. Rizal. He did mention about "lunch bytes", where students or even teachers can learn something from it during lunch time. It just takes about 15 minutes.

Student tech team will be the one who giving tips and tricks or some important or interesting informations about technology. If you need technical support, you are most welcome as well.

Lunch bytes will officially starts on next Monday which is 23 of June. Only lunch time, not break time :D

Youtube, isn't it just video clips?

2008-06-17T15:19:00.003+08:00

Indeed, there are just video clips everywhere. Anyway, try make good use of those video clips, some are actually educational.

Trust me, you will find it really awesome one day, you can learn cool things on Youtube.

Read this >>>More than just Youtube<<<

Father's Day

2008-06-16T17:29:00.004+08:00

Guess what have I done for this year's father's day?

>>>My Deviant Page<<<

It seems a little bit fake, anyway, its my first try without guidance from teacher or master.

Learn from zero, to be hero :p

Cempakans Must Read Tutorial

2008-06-15T22:50:00.004+08:00

Haha! Another exciting tutorial brought to you by Voon Fei!

Afraid someone hack into your cempaka mail account? Password not strong enough? Need tighten security?

Very simple, follow this >>>step by step tutorial<<<

Enjoy!

Introducing a new society in school

2008-06-13T12:45:00.003+08:00

Recently, Sri Cempaka School had just formed a small society called Student Tech. What student tech member does is to help people who are not familiar with technology, teach them, and also make technology a useful thing in school.

OS System that we used in Cempaka Schools is MAC, by Apple. Almost everyone owns a macbook, not just for education of course. Further information, you can visit this blog cempaka 1 to 1

We, student tech, are not expert, but we willing to learn, trial and error. And we do not mind sharing our knowledge with everyone. Any cempakans who are interested to join us, please let me know.

Cempaka Cheras Young Journalists' Club

2008-06-08T23:52:00.005+08:00

Do not expect me to post personal stuff because I will not do that, :p (it depends actually)

(Back to business) *cough* I am very honored, as the chief designer of Cempaka Cheras Young Journalists' Club. Limelight is our school's online newsletter, it is done by the Young Journalists' Club. We have 3 main departments, editor, photographer and designer. Well, I basically manage the website, design, update, and many more. Photographers are just like those reporters, shoot whatever is going on in the school and outside school. And of course, editors were not the people who edit stuff but writing articles or typing articles, such a boring job (no offense, just my point of view), end up I will receive bunch of articles to be published.

After all nonsenses, be sure to check it out at www.cempaka.edu.my/Limelight%202008/html/INDEX.html

New Tutorial #2

2008-03-27T12:46:00.003+08:00

Want to know how to update your softwares in Mac OS X?

Check this out >>>click me<<<

New Tutorial #1

2008-03-26T14:19:00.006+08:00

Did your song stop when you change slide. Don't know any other applications to solve this problem.

Don't worry. Check this out >>> click me <<<

Check out my another blog

2008-03-22T16:05:00.003+08:00

Yes! I do have another blog using wordpress. For your information, if you are interested to know more about Post Production, C.G. (Computer Graphics), F.A.Q. (Frequently Asked Questions),then you must visit my another blog, you will see I actually post many tutorials.

So check it out if you want, the link is at somewhere in this blog....

Hello World!

2008-03-22T16:01:00.000+08:00

Welcome to my very own blog using blogger. This is my first post. Feel free to look around and have a nice look at my blog.