Chronicles of BVD (Black Voodoo Devil): A Stony Creek Romp

This short short (very short) passage chronicles Bladoovil (short for Black Voodoo Devil 'cuz i just feel lazy to type out Black Voodoo Devil and can't think of a better name, well of course unless the 'royal highness' gives it one anyway :)) 

Bladoovil was happily exploring the suburb of Stony Creek when suddenly a giant appeared that wanted to capture Bladoovil's soul using a tool called 'the camera'.

Now of course Bladoovil did not want his soul to be captured (reality check: some people do not like to be photographed for this sole superstitious belief that their soul can be captured), and so he quickly tried to loose the giant amongst a field of golden flowers with nothing but his trusty three-pronged fork and his signature red underwear.

As Bladoovil was trying to find his way through this endless field of golden flowers, an acorn suddenly snuck up from behind him (in truth the acorn just fell from the big giant tree and happen to land behind Bladoovil just as he was passing by).

Having the fright of his life from what appeared to be an assassination attempt from an acorn (of all things), Bladoovil reacted in self defense and leaped to the air to perform his special move with his two-pronged 'fork': the poke-of-death!

Well, we all know the fate of the acorn after that fatal move... now as for the giant, Bladoovil managed to elude him... for now.....

to be continued..... (perhaps)

Trippin' in Langkawi

Went for a short break to Langkawi with friends old and new recently and it was a major BLAST! Cenang beach is really a happening place to be and there were many Europeans and water sports activities on this beach.



The highlight of the trip was a banana boat romp and it was great amongst close friends. I think we broke the record so far for falling 4 times in 1 session! Aside from the fact that we had two so-called 'non-swimmers' it was great fun. The evening was also blessed by the most beautiful golden sunset but alas I left my ~Dawn~ in the resort. Later that same night, a friend introduced us to a wonderful Japanese Restaurant at Pantai Tengah called 'Unkaizen Restaurant'.

It was certainly a trip to remember..

New Hopes

Finally manage to survive the transition into the new year without much hassle. Its been rather hectic at work and outside work with many mini-photography projects towards the end of last year. In fact, I still owe a few people some photographs to which I will be providing..soon. Real sorry for the delay.

Singapore trip went well and had a great time touring anything accessible with the MRT and anything else that uses the Easy Link card. Must really thank Sam and her family for their hospitality. The place was great and the location was easily accesible via public transport and close by to the city, just a few minutes walk to the entrance of NUS. Looks like I might be visiting again, real soon! (I still owe Sam her pen back). The main reason for the trip was a visit to Cathay Photo for some err.. equipment. Lets just say that the savings I made purchasing here compared to back home was more than the cost of the return bus tickets. Speaking of bus, the trip back was NOT fun at all with major jams near Ayer Keroh and the air-conditioning belt breaking down mid-way! I may not take Airebus again..

Had two weddings to attend in December as mentioned in previous post: one in Johor and another in Malacca. Was great travelling with friends, almost like an excursion. Other than that it was just more, and more photog outings during the weekends and a Christmas Eve steambot gathering amongst friends. New Year's eve was very low key for me..just home with the family seeing as to dad's birthday is on the 1st of Jan.

Other milestones (for me) included the purchase of an external 200Gb Maxtor drive to which I must thank nottyboy for his asssitance in the selection process. Needed this as I realise my old laptop's drive has less than 1Gb left and this was made worst and running resource intensive programs like Photoshop and DPP. Hopefully this drive can last me a while to satisfy my photog needs.

Stressful moments include the almost 'death' of my laptop. Luckily for me, opened it the next morning and got a message saying,

'Your machine has recovered from a serious error'

Serious error indeed. Teaches me to make sure all important things are backed up on the new drive. Case in point: a friend's wedding pics which I still need to give.