Heroes To Zeroes

Been addicted to the TV series 'Heroes' since last month, season 2 is getting more and more excited as more questions answered. Adam survives to the present day for the revenge, Matt's ability has developed that he can control people's actions now, Noah was shot dead by Mohinder but regenerated with the transfusion of Claire's blood... can't wait til next Tuesday for Episode 10 - Truth and Consequences!


The EP10's trailer! Santi virus threat, Claire vs Elle, Sylar is back, Hiro's sword is on Peter's neck...

Sadly, 2 more episodes and it's end of Season 2... However, new series 'Zeroes' is coming!?


Damn kelakar!

Autumn

Autumn is near end and winter is approaching and I hate the weather. Been busy during the weekdays and lazy during the weekends and been not processing the pictures taken few months back.

The spider 'Maman' by Louise Bourgeois displayed outside Tate Modern in October. If you look carefully its belly contains eggs. This is a popular photography object for the Londoners lately. Apparently there's a 'Maman' group in Flickr with hundreds of photos for the spider, see here.

Another view of the 'Maman' in front of Tate Modern.

There is a line of crack in the turbine hall inside Tate Modern - the Shibboleth by Doris Salcedo.

I don't know how she did it and how is she going to fill the gap back when the exhibition is over, or are they going to change the whole granite floor?

Tonite, England screwed up big time by losing to Croatia and didn't make it to the European Cup next Summer. After watching the game, what I can say is England doesn't deserve to go to the final. What a shame after Russia handed them the life line last week and they lost it in their own hands.

Tomorrow, as Steven McClaren said he won't resign, I expect to see him gets sacked by the FA and Mourinho to come into the picture.

Onitsuka Tiger

I love sneakers and trainers than all the other type of shoes, just like I love jeans than trousers.

I miss my Air Kukini, my personal favourite of all time and wish I can own it again and I found it here! It has becomes a vintage collection and selling for nearly 20,000 yen (about GBP 90... bloody hell...).

The last pair of sneakers I bought was the yellow Adidas Tuscany GP which I had big problem cleaning the suede material, and that was 2 and half years ago.

Been looking for a replacement which is light weight and comfort and when I saw this, I know I wanna own it.

The dark brown/beige colour Onitsuka Tiger Runspark.

Onitsuka Co. Ltd. introduced its first sport-specific shoe in 1949 and now better known today as ASICS, re-introduces an original collection of Onitsuka Tiger footwear.

FYI, the brand was little-known until Uma Thurman wore the yellow shoes in the movie Kill Bill in 2003 (Timesonline). That's one huge re-branding success in the fashion industry.

It comes with two pairs of shoes strings, another look with the yellow strings. What do you think?


The only thing I hope is don't let me find it cheaper in KL when I go back in December!

Magnificent 7 of United

Cantona 7 - the legend of United, purely genius. The French man is ugly but damn yao yeng! Check out the song in this clip!


Beckham 7 - the world best set piece and free kick specialist, it was really sad when he left United. I was still hoping for him to come back when he left Real Madrid. Lesson of the story: don't marry a wrong woman, it ruins your life! Not matter what, he deserves the respect well.


The best replacement yet for the No. 7 jersey.

EOS Discovery

Signed up for the EOS Discovery event as Alan just got his 30D and keen to see more on the Canon products.

Before the event, I went to the Sony Centre at Tottenham Court Road and finally get a touch on the GBP1,000 Sony A700, with the GBP250 tagged vertical grip. No way I am going to get it in the UK for that price but just to get a feel of it to decide whether or not to upgrade when I go back to M'sia this December.

First impression, it's solid and looks great with the function packed VG, the AF is much faster than the A100 and the 3" LCD Bravia like screen is absolutely amazing. Although the noise at high ISO seems much improved now but at the same time it becomes my worry that it could be over processed for the on-chip noise reduction.

Come back to the event, To be honest I don't have plan to switch brand yet at the moment but no doubt Canon is the major player in the DSLR market and I don't mind to have a look on the system. I did owned a EOS 50 many years ago and do have some product knowledge on Canon range.

The event is hosted by professional photographers, Drew Gardner is one of them which has some amazing works (found his website online, ehhh... how come he's the Nikon featured photographer of the Year???). I am quite attracted by his philosophy that don't set a limit in photography and try to catch as much in the camera rather than post processing (more than agree as myself is taking ages to process the photos...).

Photographs submitted by participants online were presented and discussed and it was really interactive. Alan got his baby's photo shown on the projector screen at last. The event is mainly promoting the new EOS 40D, and now I realised how useful the 'live view' function is especially for macro photography when they demonstrate it on stage. The event also covered portrait photography using wireless Speedlite flashguns. All done professionally.

After the seminar was the Product Touch and Try, with coffee and cookies provided! Initially I thought it's only for the new 40D but apparently it's the whole range of Canon products, with models and objects for participants to shoot, freely! I was happy enough playing with the top 1Ds MKIII, 5D, macro ring flash, top lenses like 600mm/F4, 300mm/F2.8, 85mm/F1.2 etc etc. You won't be treated this way if you're going to a camera shop! We even got a goodies bag before we left.

I was quite impressed indeed. How I wish Sony UK will spend some money organising this sort of events.

So... after touching both on the same night, 40D or A700? If I can afford those top glass I'll definitely go for Canon. But if it's 40D vs A700, the answer is obvious - A700 is still my choice, even though it's without live view but it just gives me the right feel ;-)