24th

It was my birthday. Yesterday.

The 24th.

I wish that I can do better and as I was intended to.

I wish that I treat people around me with more care and love.

I wish that I can find the person who is destined to be with me.

I wish for no more.

As birthday wishes are never ending.

Till the next 25th.

And the next.

Hoping that one wish among all will come true.

Difference?

I bet the same.
It will be the same.
Same blog name. It won't be any chances in future.
Meaning that I got the job at the same place.
It will be the same.
But with newer, frequent post. Perhaps some fresher bits from me around.

(I hope...and wish too.)

Now, there's a new chapter for me to run.

This is a journey, not a destination.

Awaits

For the pass few blog post made, I think I was depressed by a few things.

Quite a month where I find jobs, deal with family matters and got some unexpected events around me.

Read more...

Earth Hour

As you can see from my blog, I'm in total support of Earth Hour this year and I missed the event last year!

Read more...

My Beloved Sister

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Lunar Eclipse

Sorry guys that I'm not filling up my blog since the new year of 2010. First, I was busy preparing my Year 2 Semester 2. Then, when I'm back here, tonnes of workloads were pouring like water. Lab reports, assignments and plus, I've just hired as a committee member of the brand new Chemistry Society in UTAR Kampar. Gonna be a tough work here but I must persist.

So, when thinking about my starter to blog, I will see my Flickr whether I've upload any edited pictures for blogging. I have these...

You see nothing but just a moon. But it's the new year moon of 2010. So, what's so special about it?

It's lunar esclipse. Not the full one but the partial lunar eclipse. I'm not sure where I've got the news to see the eclipse but thanks to the person who notify me somewhere.Then, I wikify the information to see whether I can see it or not in Asia region.

Yeah, it will! The eclipse will start from 17:17, reaching eclipse at 19:22 and last till 21:28 in UTC. So, around 2.00 am to 4.00am in Malaysia Time (UTC+8), I was like a dummy siting under a eerie silent midnight myself.

I know you will call me crazy but it's my first time observing lunar eclipse. Solar eclipse is rather boring because you need to scorch yourself under hot sun and the observation requires eye protection. 

 

It's known as the blue moon, a second full moon in December. You can said it as 'once in a blue moon'.

Indeed it was 'once in a blue moon' since my camera captured its blue glowing around the moon.That night on 31 December 2009, there was a heavy down pour and I afraid that I'm gonna miss it since there are a lot of super thick clouds covering the sky...

See that? The disturbance is approaching!  ><

Be gone you stupid clouds! :P

So, what do you mean by partial lunar eclipse? 

It is the event where the moon is partially block by the earth from the total sun rays.

Something like this...
(The larger, darker circle is Earth and the smaller one is Moon. The view is based on the perspective of Sun)

So, I wait...

...wait...

and wait. Suddenly, I saw something moving in front of me and stop! Was it...
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*heart beat*
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Since, I have trouble to look during night time, I turned my camera flash on.
Ka chak!
It was a white cat...
Scared me of bumping something else! XD
The red thingy is the reflection of my neighbor's tailight car. So, no ghosts captured that night... :P

The eclipse was started on 3.15 am (UTC+8) and I thought the cloud was covering the moon...

Neh. It wasn't! It is the lunar eclipse...

The moon was so bright but it still okay...

Then, I adjust my camera settings on exposure meter, ISO and the focus zone.

Focus zone change. The picture become blurred...

Adding the landscape mode instead of macro or auto mode... Getting nicer...

I try to zoom in until it reached digital zooming. Bad idea as well!
That's why I don't trust digital zoom. Optical zoom is still the best!

Damn!
The digital zoom ruined my focus zone! Reset my setting and back to the drawing board. :(

Checking on the exposure meter...

Erm, the light is too bright but I'm expecting the focus and exposure will be perfect.

Yay! I got the lunar surface picture! By what? Adjusting my ISO down to the lowest, ISO 100!

Better without my hand shaking!

Take two!

Whoops!

*shaky hands*

Argh! The clouds!!!
They ruined the moment!
Shhss!!!

Move along...
Move it move it~

Sigh... I hate my automatic settings in my camera. Auto focus, auto ISO and auto exposure meter. But it still delivers a nice job. Love it!

So that's all folks about my coverage of the lunar eclipse on 31 December 2009 or should I say 1 January 2010... Don't care about it. Hopefully I will to see the next lunar eclipse on...

Let me check...

26 June 2010 (Partial eclipse)

21 December 2010 (Total eclipse)

15 June 2011 (Total eclipse)

10 Dec 2011 (Total eclipse)

4 June 2012 (Partial eclipse)

I think most probably is on 11 December 2011 where the eclipse is visible from all of Asian and Australia. I will get to see the full eclipse instead of partial! Emm, I might want to get better camera on that day? Anyone want to borrow me your DSLR or other high ends camera or equipments?

Or if you are kind-hearted enough, can you sponsor me? :P

A bientot!

Happy Birthday...to me!

It's been a long time I've dreamed to become 21.
21 to be freedom,
21 to be mature,
and 21 to be adult.

Most of my friends are 20 and 21. For those who are 21, they didn't realize that I'm still far ahead for my birthday. Since I was small, I hate my birthday because it bumped to important dates:- Exams back in schooling period. You know (for Malaysians), we had our exams during October and November because the holidays will be started around mid or end of November.

During my primary school (7-12 age), it's okay when my birthday can be celebrated on that day. My birthday starts to be different when I took my PMR (15 Y.O. Exam qualification in Malaysia), SPM (O-level equivalent) and STPM (A-level equivalent). My birthdate falls on these exam period for sure! You see, can't celebrate because you're revising your notes and ruin your mood on your birthday.
Therefore, one part of my reason which I hate test is I couldn't celebrate my birthday in peace! Argh!!!

*cool down*
*taking a few breath*

Anyway, when I end my schooling period, it's kinda happy that I can celebrate my birthday without hassle (I don't know what word instead of 'hassle' here, maybe disturbance :P). But still missing something...

I can't celebrate my birthday with my friends...
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Now should I blame my birthdate? X(

It's my fate to have my birthday on 18 November. I don't hate it at all because I kinda like my birthday. My I.C. card look nice because of my number:-

881118-XX-XXXX

See? For everyone who is from Asia (or Asia descendants), the number '8' is a good number which sounds Fatt, 新 (in Chinese word means "Fortune") and the number '1' sounds like Yat means everytime/everyday. Therefore, by reading my birthdate, it consider as everyday with fortune. People like my teacher and friends said I'll be very lucky with the number.

But...

I don't see any fortune. (the definition of fortune here is money la... :P)
Despite of thinking that definition, I change it by thinking what I had in my life.
Good parents.
Good family members.
Good friends in my life.
Good environment for me to grow well.
They all are my fortune.

Talking about how I celebrated my birthday for 21? Actually, I did celebrate my 21 Y.O. ...
Last year March 2008.
He he he...
I'm doing early because I hardly have friends to celebrate my anniversary because I expected that they are going to study aboard in university after May 2008 and so on. This year, the day will be as usual, the celebrate is merely 5 person maximum and no big dinner. There's a small dinner and will report about it soon in my How's My Taste?.

Done talking. Let's the pictures continue my task.
My cake! :P"Happy Birthday, Jee Lip. From Kent & Sis..."I like this cake because...It has juicy cherries...Bits of chocolate chips and little ornaments...and not forgetting the nice fattening cream from Secret Recipe! :)My sister, mother, father, me and sister's boyfriend, Kent. Thank you guys for the celebration!
Love you all...

A bientot!