Penguins aren't shockproof. Darn buggering SD card

Wah piang eh.... some of you may have noticed from my nick yesterday, late last night that well, shit hit the fan for me big time.

See what stuff happened like this.
I was helping out in a photoshoot la, then i had so much fun shooting! =P
I mean like i didn't know there were so many effects u could do with a DSLR, one flashlight, and a coupla gels! and i sorta got to know about this cafe called Pitch Black. its a really cool chill out place. Nice and quiet and the music selections is absolutment parfait.
i took so much photos that my 2Gb card was all filled up.

anyway, we called it a day. Or rather night, and then headed to 7-eleven, where i got a almost-perfect ending to any night. A glass of VITAMILK! Woots!

ho-hum.

So i headed home, and snoozed on the bus, and probably( or most definitely because i was absolutely wasted!) by Most divine intervention, felt my ipod slipping outta my fingers, and woke up, just to catch it by the rubber. (I know how that sounds! nevermind.)

Anyway. it was like 1 stop away from my stop!
i dunno.. its like i sleep all the time on buses. All the time.
Unless there's company la!
And i rarely actually oversleep my stop.
like i always ALWAYS wake up at least 1 stop or at the stop itself exactly.
Unless I'm REALLY THAT TIRED LA.
I dunno. Can anyone else do this....

woooooo maybe its some superhero power....
Not very helpful tho. to others that is.
Im being wishful.

Aaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnniiiiiiiiiwwwwwwaaaaaeeee


So i reached home
Eventually.

and so i wanted to see how the images woud all turn out. Like would they be like WOW! everyone in class wanna do that effect too! like OMG so COOL!

So i jacked in the camera.
and i clicked on the icon.
and i saw a empty space.
Like the folder was empty.
SHIT HAS HIT THE FAN.
ROYALLY.

I seem to dimly remembering swearing like mad.
Cursed like maybe a weeks worth of just one word- fuck. And alotta wood hurting.
My sis had problems sleeping. It seems like everytime she was about to snooze off,
she'll be awakened by another swear. It takes alot to wake my sis.
I mean like i dunno i was stunned.
I see a empty screen( or slot if u will) where the images were supposed to be
at.
And then I stared at it harder.
And then I really really wished then that its a bad dream.
This is one of the few times where i'm all inna fluster-bugger helluva panic.

Because the work on the line here, WASN'T MINE.

So finally i had the courage to call Rebecca.
And tell her i had bad news.

Aside here. Gab and pang tells me that with the one line of something along the lines of " i got bad news", i can really really make people pissed off, or sian-ified. Cool stuff huh? kick-ass-bad-guy calling good guy with that one liner, and then the camera can take him swearing and being a loser.. for that moment la.

I remember dimly swearing a little and hitting wood for a bit.
Then i took a breath and after putting the phone down. And started searching like mad for programs that could probably, and would save my ass on this one.

Free of course.
Pirate till the end.
Arrrrrr!

i went to places here and there. i checked crack and keygen sites like mad. Really.
Then i managed to finally download a trial version that could tell me how many images could be saved. F- recovery was the name of the program i think.

So i set it to work, and work it did, telling me how many images could be salvaged. when the counter hit about 200, i stopped it.
And continued my search for a generous program writer.

And sure enough. (As i always do!) i finally found the program. after doing my pirate research on the forums and chatlogs.

Googling for results like these really aren't pirate friendly i would say.

So yeah.. i found Undelete Plus.

FREEWARE!!!!

and finally i managed to drag out all the image data contained, but lost.
well 100% was searchable.
But only 75% was viewable.

Maybe it was my fault for shooting raw. I kinda thought that if I did get any good pictures, i would then be able to manipulate them in Photoshop.

But then again, apparently this problem sometimes happens without a reason. even when the card isn't damaged. or anything.

Kinda once in a blue moon thing.

Lesson learned today:

Always lock the SD card once its full of images that I wanna keep.


I'm still not happy tho.
There were alot of good images in the card that i can see, but cannot touch. as in when i try to edit. the file corrupts, as there isn't sufficient image information to sufficiently convert it properly.

Sigh. Sorry I messed up. I may not know how, it may be accidental. But shit happened, and i could have prevented it. So yeah. My fault there.

anyway. YAY! deadlines for photoshoot is on this friday.
God loves me. yay,Yay,YAY! =)

I don't know whether to be happy for you, or sad for me.

Sigh... much as i wanna go round screaming obscenities, and drawing a knife on the person to slice out his heart for striking at my cbox again,

I really realised that actually i pity this person.
You have sacrificed a part of your life just to come and listen to what i have had to relate.
I may not know you, but know that i pity,love and thank you.
You may be the very next person i meet, even perhaps one of the ghosts of my past.
It doesn't matter. Thank you.

I removed the cbox to spare my other loved ones the crudeness of your love, and give you the privacy sorely needed.

anyway. I took my camera( I've decided to call her "Conspicio" ) out today!
*Yoda voice*
Accomplish great things we shall!

Heres one of em.


Of hanger-ons and Rollercoasters


Here's one by Rebecca which i liked alot. the guitar and the magazine symbolism there is power la.


Seduction( i think! but i think she is gonna rename it something else la)

And one "bloody" graffiti one.... this one i just took cos it looked cool... didn't intend to get anywhere with this.

OsoBloody!

Okay.. the rest cannot show liao... cos not i do wan... i think i ready crossed the line a bit.... gonna paaaay.. but ah well.

Annnnnnniiiiiiiiiiiiiwwwwwaeeeeeee.


i also wrote a poem.
About a sponge.. NOT SPONGEBOB... sorry..
i don't exactly think he rocks my world... at least not as much as you.

anyway. here goes.

Sponge

Light, all innocence.
Fresh,crisp from the pack whence
liberated for the cleaning.

Smoothened the abberations,
soaked up the solitary drips
dabbed daintily at the stubborn spots.
coaxed round the corners

Darkened, all torn.
Damp, soaked from the washouts.
There seems no solution, but to get
a New sponge, out with the old.

Christmas came early this year.

Shucks sia... today 17mins late, even tho I hot-footed the stairs instead of taking the lift. ( the safe time is 15 mins)

WAH LAO.... LIKE 2 FRIGGIN MINS LOR!
penguins have tiny feet!

then so now means like i caN't be late no more.. or i get debarred.
i need to stop being late. like really.. i need one of those firehouse alarm clocks.
i should really get one.. but i hate spending money. My own that is.

but anyway...


YAY! I'm gonna get my cam!
HAHA! so excited!
woots!
Its like i can't even start imagining what stuff i can do with it!
i think i'm gonna like love the lens range, which is like 18-135mm... but seems like there are many many warnings about shake at the 135 extended range... hmm and mentions of not having focus range marks on the lens.
Ah heck.
Its a helluva good kit lens. it cuts me back and saves me the purchase of yet another long lens.
Now to save for the super close up and macro lens!
Thanks for getting me the D80! =)
Me sure use very very long!

Emome

Heyo, emo.
Being emo is like falling sick with flu.
You can't really get anything done properly, cos your under its influence.


tis' been a very sleepy day.
its good to sleep when your emo.
cos the whole world don't need to know your emo.
(which is actually defeating the purpose since im putting it here anyway.)
And sleeping off your emo-ness lets you sorta save up your energy for something else more usefull then being emo.
Ho-hum.
Usually, i would sleep it off, and come up with some solution, or something.
its really annoying.
People would tell me not to be emo.
Hell, why the heck not.
I mean like just because it ain't the trend to be emo.
so i can't be emo? what the fish.
okay. I'm trying NOT to curse.
sigh.
But she's still stuck on my mind.
Possibilities eventualities.
seems like its gonna be another S-situation again.

stupid stupid stupid.

GAwd im starting to sound like a tickle me emo.
heh even phyllis says i sound listless over the phone.
Back to bed i go then

Brain toooo tired that i can't even think of a proper title. Bugger.

Yeah. title says it all. Writing, writing, its madness.
Burn the paper heap, Get a mini Indonesia haze.
my caged cousin shakes his head and tells me its after 2.30 in the morning.
Buggery.

Thinking,churning,learning,reaming,ceiling,ruining,burning, compost heap.
Yeap. I've been hitting it soo hard until my brain just feels.. stagnant now.

But hey.. at least i finally got something that i dare hell and high water with.
A 2act .. hmmmm maybe 3act script concept.

Finally.
woo wee chitty chitty bang bang.

ok... lets bring back up to speed on the past few days which were remotely interesting.
Hmmm okaaay. lets see there was the U571 like 4am day, the day which i thought of the concept that DVDs were a sham.( Kinda too tired to kinda launch into that... ahh whatever you wanna call it la. Essay. debate. blah blah. Oh yeah. Opinion.)

Annnnn niiii wwwaaaaeee.

Oh yeah... there was that once where i had to present the um. Storyboard to class, and i think andrew( eh the um.... camera and lighting module lecturer dude.) anyway if you MUST know, we have to well, pick this subject and like portray um, like themes through like the use of say, lights, cinematography. yadda yadda. Pangman advised me to pick something remotely human, and well he has a point, cos you see, you can relate better to the image if you saw that there was something with the subject that you had in common with. And personification or mimesis of the subject would happen.

Go check the dictionary if you want. If i'm not using the words in a proper manner, well YAY! you can have a nice evening feeling gleeful and smart and .. nevermind. Good for you. I'm too tired to bother.

o wait. here comes the best part. when i mentioned that i was doing the penguin,

( aww c'mon, wheres the challenge of doing something so simple? i may as well go do a darn marionette. Hell when i look at the pictures i wanna look and die laughing. It was CUTE and cuddly all the same. the little Bang on the door one which Gabriel got me from Paris. I could have used the couple bears! but then i knew it would be a common topic. No offense. k?)

Well okay i sorta expected Atiqah to giggle, ( okay maybe not the right word to use per'raps), but not Andrew the lecturer dude to join in.
NO WAIT WAIT!
not giggle!!! eh i mean he like... erm.. sorta decided there and then that He would call me penguin from now on.... and thought aww how cute. yeeck.

seeee..... disaster. THIS KINDA thing could spread you know. And then what next huh?
Imagine
*Rolls credits*
Penguin Erm Director
Penguin Or Audio engineer
Penguin .. or actor
Penguin ... sweeper guy
Penguin .... wash toliet aunty

Yesh, i know i'm overreacting. But see. After this im gonna feel freeeee like a bird( (pun NOT INTENDED!!!!!!!!!) after putting out the um. trash. dunno a better word for this. There you go.

ho hum. okay next on the list.

Ok DVDs a sham? nah.... not now... maybe tomorrow... or tomorrow's tomorrow. Maybe.

Oooooooonnnne DAY.

hmmmm okay. lets deviate.
Ill mention all about the films i've watched recently i guess.
Can remember that better. Not gonna give you the down and dirty review, but well opinion opinion la maybe.

First up. Little miss sunshine.
Hmmm i've heard many many people say this film bely good. ya. well intereshing la. Like for the first time ah, you see a hollywood movie not end with everyone all become heroes. but then you still think the movie shiok, cos the character was truly "free" at the end. Must be what Ryan was talking about.. the character Arc and subconscious g.. wait let me get the notes out... o yeah conscious goal.No sub.

See i write stuff down. Nice moovie. <<< Miss Melanie would kill me if she saw this. I saw a movie and all i had to comment was, Nice Movie. HAHA!

yeah, but seriously i kinda liked the way the movie playedd the expectation game, and to see that despite the many many set backs, and despite them not win-winning, they finally had well. i sorta felt that they finally achieved freedom. i love ice cream all the more now. Bring on thee baskin Robbins.

The other movie for this week i saw would flags of our fathers.
Intersting show too ah. Very blaady. can see many behind the scene buggering politician uncle making the pubic believe that the war is being won etc yaddar yaddar. But dunno why they seem to have this thing againsts the Indians.. or Injuns. here is the in-jun at the end emotionally weak. Windtalkers also sama sama. Stupid ang moh rascist. Come Singapore kena whack sia.



ok enough uncle-selling-pirated-cd talk.
i can't take it anymore. tired la. can't even work out this kinda sleep talk anymore.

yeah... you kinda get the gist . i hope.

Shit i think its kinda disorganised. the whole entry i guess.
ahhh its a blog. Not a notepad, i have to study. Bullcrap la. i'll post pictures of the U571 sinking submarine like morning at 4 am next entry. now i wanna rest.

an take on the dvds a sham thing. I'm gonna prove my case. You'll see.
O yeah. i got praised for something today i felt i didn't quite deserve.
as in like the feeling where you know you didn't do your uber best, yet well yeah.... people seem to think its Gooood. next one next one.

GootNides.