What DO You Want?

Spewing Shit

What is NOT lacking in our country these days is Politicians spewing racists comments and causing uneasiness amongst the populace.

Just what is this "SI MATA SEPET" all about?

Or this "SI BOTTOL" labelling all about?
You are all supposed to be 'educated' and matured leaders that is supposed to show good examples but chose to gutter speak instead.

Then again, why, their bosses still remain silent is anyones' guess.

Yes, please continue creating all these shit and see if the world cares. Foreign Investors certainly notices. Now we know why they are not coming here.

Here is an example of the biggest chibai mouth in the world!

That reminds me of the first picture of a rhinocerous having a bad case of Cirit Birit! (the runs)

Bravo GH2!

I Want it!

The new Panasonic Lumix GH2 micro Four Thirds Camera is fanstastic in every Technological aspect from shooting HD Video and Stills 'without Compromise'!
Launched at Fotokina hours ago, reviewers are all going GaGa with Oooos!..and Ahhhs!

In summary, if one is using an HD camcorder (last years model) and is wanting to change into the professional type, it would cost you an arm and a leg! And, as at yesterday, there is no camcorder that have larger sensor for cinematic d.o.f effect. plus lens inter-changeability. The Lumix GH2 does all that AND....now hear this.....you can continue shooting photos with quality equals to that from bigger (current) DSLRs!! The GH2 is now a Photo AND Video camera... no compromise!

Prices announced for the GH2 with kit lens 14mm-140mm is at USD1,450.00
For review and more technical information and prices go to Engadget.Com here.

The 'End' is Near!

Photokina 2010
Tomorrow, many buyers of new photographic equipment would give a sigh of relief when all major camera makers launches new models for the world market.

This once in 2 years event is being held in Cologne, Germany.

I am involved indirectly. Very indirectly, because of my (bad) timing (maybe a good omen) as I am about to switch from using a HD camcorder right up to the top at 'full frame' DSLR.

Since ten days, sleepless nights and nightmares were experienced. (see, photography is a dangerous hobby indeed.) And 'secret news leaks' are trickling through day by day.

I was very keen on the new Sony Handycam NEX VG10, a prosumer camcorder that shoots in Full HD 1080p. I was so sure that it would be da dream baby!
Then, my ex lover called!

" Hey Baby! I am back and I am badder than before. I am now called the GH2 from Panasonic. I heard that you have your eye on the Sony chick and she is a camcorder."Moreover I am now better equipt to excite your senses and you will be amazed to see what I can really do for your birds!"
The Panasonic GH2 (that replaces GH1) is a micro Four/Third system that is completely new and is doing away with the old design (the SLR).Unfortunately, it is still being used as the DSLR on the two Giants (brand Nik & the brand Can) in the Field. It is getting outdated.
The GH2 does away completely with the mechanical mirror, the large and heavy penta-prisms and finally the complicated mechanical shutter. It will have a global shutter from now on.
Because of these changes, the DSLR is now about to be burried with the dead!
The GH2's video is now on 1920x1080p and the 'roller shutter' effect problem is now gone too!
This is good news. With such great sensors in smaller bodies, we now go get some large lenses!

We will wait for more good news then....

Wetlands

Birds of the Wetlands

Birded two days ago at the Dengkil wetlands and checked about a dozen birds off our list.

Posted a new HD clip yesterday. View it Here.


My Birding Buddy here happily holding his new Swarovski SwaroVision EL. He saw the unseen!
Hot! man Hot! A Purple Swamphen striking a pose!
A very shy Dollarbird. How I wish I can just move that branch before he got away!

New SwaroVision 10x42 EL

Finally, It's in our Hands!

So happy that we have finally owned two of this new bins! The 10x42 EL. It is now in our home here in Klang, Malaysia.
The new model features the latest SwaroVision Technology which includes SwaroClean & the SwaroBright plus the Swarotop/Swarodure.
Now we know what "Crystal Clear" meant! It is truly second to none.
Swarovski perfected the "Flat Field" principle which was a challenging feat amongst precision optic manufacturers and none other have perfected it so far.

It also came with a snap shot adaptor.
Due to it's almost perfect technology, none others can come near to making such pure and precise Optical Instrument which is not just a binocular! Only Nature Is Perfect. This is also understandable as it come from the pioneer in working with pure Crystals!

For more information please visit SWAROVSKIOPTIK homepage here.

SEE THE UNSEEN!

(Ed. note: Different color in photo is due to adjustments in our photo editing)

Youtube

Our 100th. Video!

It is four years now since we joined Youtube and our latest upload is our One Hundredth.

We dedicate this to all the Birds that we have come across especially to the exotics at Fraser's Hill, Pahang. We must also remember that it was in day Five that ".....God also created every winged fowl on that day..." (Gen 1:20-23) and boy, such lovely creatures indeed.

You can watch this here.

If you have high broadband speed, proceed to select 1080p for better viewing.


Enjoy!

Jumping Ship?

New SONY Handycam NEX VG10

A dream come true for all camcorder fans.
The new SONY Handycam NEX VG10

Finally, a consumer camcorder capable of making 'Hollywood' movies is here. This new SONY handycam features interchangeable lenses and shoots in Full HD 1080p (PAL version) 24p!

It also feature a large image sensor of the latest NEX (still) cameras launched recently. It comes with an E mount 18mm-200mm lens at a retail price of USD2,000.

Just look at a clip shot in Vimeo with this camera in beautiful Bali!

Awesome!
Great work SONY, I am coming back!

My waiting time is over! No more extra expenses of a 35mm adaptor, SLR lenses, blah! blah!
I am going to jump ship from my faithful Panasonic TM300.

Turtle Watch

FOUND!
10 pairs every night!

As many know that Trenggannu is world famous for its Turtle egg laying, the authorities have reported that they have been finding new mating animals along the entire coast of the South China Sea.

The observations have been going on since 2004 and a volunteer working on this said that he had personally seen 2,400 animals on the beach for the last six years. If ten pairs are seen every night, the total would be the witnessing of 7,300 animals a year! This is a record and a suggestion have been made to report it to UNESCO and the WWF!
Our tourism Ministry is now getting aware and are concerned about the possible surge in tourists.
Plans are underway as it will surely affect our Tourism activities.
When asked about the new method of observation which brought success, the volunteer gleefully announced that they listen for sounds of 'heavy breathing' (in the dark!)
The nests have been found behind coconut trees, by the side of large rocks, on the open beach itself and even inside cars!

The newspaper reported this find yesterday, here.

If you want to join in the search, the local gormen is now suggesting that.." to light up the entire beaches placing high intensity floodlights so that we can watch it in living High Definition details and color!"
The above is a parody about this state in Malaysia who do not fail to amuse us with senseless news.

First, it was about allowing only the very Rich to visit an island. Second, it was about an award winning teacher who encourages everyone to read and have sex every night in order to be a 'smart' person!
Yesterday, it was reported that students from a nearby university, got caught having sex on the beach. Like all students of higher learning elsewhere, they should be reading books and working on their thesis.

Instead of nipping the problem in the bud, they are planning to employ officers with a special 'skills' of looking in the dark without night vision devices. They should also have ears that can detect "kissing sounds in total darkness". What rubbish!

Oh! How I really wish they can spend these ridiculous time and money to search for the real Leatherbacks.

As for the sex making humans, please lah, educate them.

Bak Kut Th'ng

New Dish On The Block

Wanna try a new dish here in Klang?

It sounds like the Klang's famous Bak Kut Teh (Pork Rib Soup) but it is not.
It is Bak Kut Teng (Th'ng) as in 'soup' and the receipe is from Northern Thailand.

No dried spices and MSG is ever used.
Only FRESH garden HERBS goes into the soup and a special method of retaining the goodness of the taste of the meat is applied.

The Chefs are formerly from a well known Crab Restaurant in Subang Jaya which was famous for their fiery 'hot' chilli Crabs. Restaurant 'Or'Teng Bak Kut Teng is located along the famous Mee Hun Kueh shop and the Pao Xiang Bak Kut Teh outlet.
It is at No. 37, Lorong Bangau, Taman Berkeley, 41150 Klang Selangor.

We like the fresh taste and it is very delicious. It is very different and we wish many can accept it as a new dish. No, it is not even like the Bak Kut of the South which is peppery.

You gotta try it out and we are going back for some more.

A HD Video is made here.

Enjoy!

Another Fiasco!

HFCS

Humans are too clever! They invents something and says that it is good for you but then, after 10 years or so, people began to fall sick and die. They just say...oooops!

Remember back in the 1960s? We were kids then. They filled our molar teeths with mercury as a cavity filling and later, they discovered that it could fall off and goes into our digestive system to cause us Cancer! They say again.....Oooops!

Then also in the sixties, some smart arse invented margarine and says that it is safer than eating butter. We eat margarine. But then in the 90s, it was discovered that margarine causes serious heart trouble and became the leading cause of death.

Did you know that the process of making margarine is the same as making plastics?

By blowing Hydrogen gas bubbles into industrial oil for a certain period, it hardens the oil. Thus plastics are formed. Also by using the same gas bubbling into soy/canola/palm or groundnut oil we get margarine. It is reported that it can kill us faster than eating butter............Ooooops again?
They should fuck all these frigging scientists for all the mistakes done in the past.

And today.....Ooooops again!

90% of all processed food here in Malaysia now contains a new poison called HFCS.
This is called High Fructose Corn Syrup.

I was made to believe that fructose is fruit sugar and it is safe. Since my family eat lots of fresh fruits, it is supposed to be a good thing. More servings of fresh fruits and vegetables instead of meat and processed foods leads us to a healthier lives. So it seems.

Sugar comes from sugar canes. Beet sugar comes from sweet beetroots, Maple syrup come from Maple trees.

Corn Syrup do NOT come from any part of the corn naturally ie. from the leaf, flower, cobs, stem even the roots. It is PROCESSED from corn starch by adding enzymes together with EIGHT Toxic chemicals to make it sweeter than sugar! That equals High Profit Margin for the food processors.
These sinful bastards makes money while we all die in vain.

The eight toxic chemicals are as follows:- 1) Caustic Soda 2)Hydrochloric Acid 3)Alpha-amylase 4) Gluco-amylase 5) Isomerase 6) Powdered Carbon 7) Calcium Chloride and 8) Magnesium sulphate. There you go, eight illegal substances enough to hang the makers eight times over yet many Gormens remains silent.

Just where is our Gormen or our Minister of Health's response on this?

The latest issue of Utusan Konsumer of the Consumer Association of Penang featured this latest 'poison' where almost ALL food stuff that we come in contact with daily, have this 'highly toxic' stuff.
Go get a copy of the latest issue for your own health's sake. You can visit their newly launched website here. A search at Wikipedia will also shock you here.

For those who do not like to die a horrible death such as Heart Attack (for those above 50s) or have Big Fat Obesed Kids (teens) just read and understand the problem.
Just stop buying and eating this kind of Artificial Sugar introduced into our daily foodstuff WITHOUT even announcing or have the decency of warning us of the dangerous side effects on our health safety. Boycott Coca Cola, Pepsi, and all major brands that contains this poison.
It looks like pure cane sugar is not that bad afterall!

Such A Disgrace!

Fraser's Hill
International Bird Race 2010

When is this Race? This is an International Event and have been actively taking place for many years and for this year's Race, we are all unsure when it would be!

Was it on 26th. May..which have just passed by, and we were not told in any media? Some says that it would be on June 19th., which is only 13 days away... and no promotion on any media?
Such international event would naturally attract birders from around the World and still no info is available to the general public!

MNS? WWF?......not sure? I was told that it was passed on to the Pahang State Gormen to organise this activity. Is this the way it is being done? The last race gave us a feeling of a pasar malam aura! Pooooh!

Humans

HUMANE ACTS

Almost every top class movie features a logo of the American Humane Society's involvement in Movies (AHAD) assuring viewers that "No animals were hurt, injured or killed" while making this film.

This shows that even for entertainments, like, "AVATAR" or "HACHIKO- A Dogs Story"..etc, animals were treated with utmost respect and officials were on standby to observe if any cruel acts were made.

Not in Malaysia. Not even planned for, in the so called "Perfect 2020" cockeyed vision. Bollox!
Last week there was this issue raised about how a lowly 'rambo' handler kicked, pulled and pinched our 'King of the Jungle' just for some photo shoot.

A group gathered at the scene there last Saturday were not spared any humane act either. There were women and children present.
This time around, these concerned folks were greeted with 'strange looking' hulks and the cops chased the gathering away. Malaysia Boleh!
Maybe, the law were there to 'protect' da tiger! Ha!Ha!

Now another case!
A smoking Orang Utan!
Now we know why 'pack of 14s' are still allowed!
It was reported at Malaysiakini here ,that an Orang Utan in a Zoo in Johore is trained to puff away.
It also looked like this primate is addicted to nicotine!
Are we Malaysians caring enough to fcuk those in the higher authority to ACT?
It also look like they are NOT qualified to be in these positions. Are we really running out of truly capable and honest people?
Ministers?

It is getting crappy here!
Please do something sensible instead of awarding queers (a teacher) who said he likes to read books and have sex every day in order to be smart. Which comes first? Sex before reading or reading before sex? What kinda of books? Tolstoy's "War and Peace"?, A Holy Book? Nah, it could be Playboy, Penthouse or Hustler. Sex sells, see? Duh!

Also reported in the news today about some rough handling at the high seas off Gaza. Some big shot said something about '...attacking and armed action on happless and unarmed peace loving people doing some good acts...' Didn't we have that here, when some peaceful, unarmed and loving candle/flower holding women and children were sprayed with caustic chemical water cannons ....? I can, you cannot...? Fcuk off assholes!

Malaysia Boleh!