time to reflect..

how do u wanna be remembered?

-the big guy?

-the good guy?

-the guy that laughs alot?

-etc.

listening to avenged sevenfold's song 'so far away' made me think of this..

the drummer (jimmy sullivan a.k.a. the rev) passed away some time ago..n i've only been a fan of them since then..before that i wasnt very keen..*blame it on peer pressure*

the vid is so touching..the guitar solo part especially..the flashes of rev's pics..the times they had together..

it got me to think...how would i like to be remembered?

how would you like to be remembered?

Salaam..

while i wait here..

digging up some old pics - while i wait here.., originally uploaded by Pheeque.

been digging some old pics from my portable harddrive..

wasnt really fond of this shot at first..

but gave it a second chance..

turns out pretty neat..

hope u like it..

the story behind this shot is me, her n another friend were chilling out in a lecture hall..the other friend was busy playing piano..i was busy with my camera..(hence the shot)..n she was just waiting for us to finish..heheh

Salaam..

Graduation - Mortarboard throw..

Graduation - Mortarboard throw.., originally uploaded by Pheeque.

out of all the graduation photos..this is the one with the most hits..

i'd have to say it is my favourite as well..

just cant wait when its my turn to be on the other side of the camera..=)

wish me luck..heheh

Salam,
Syafiq

Sufi Farisa..

Woohoo...!!!, originally uploaded by Pheeque.

hi farisa,

hope u're doing good up there in heaven..dont go bullying everyone up there like u did to us k..u need to be nice to everyone now..hehe no more naughty2 k..heheh

i miss u..

im so sorry farisa that uncle fiq wasnt there when it all happened..im sorry that i couldnt be there for ur mama..but i know u always pray for ur mama..even when u're up there..having fun..=)

i burst into tears when i called ur mama n she said "fiq..farisa dah takder" (fiq..farisa's gone..) i really cried..but i know..even in that moment..u would have wanted me to be strong..=)

thank you farisa for all the smiles..laughs..tears..all ur life u've made me happy..not once u have failed to do that..

i luv u..

i hope u know that..=)

ur uncle,
Uncle Fiq..

al-fatihah...

this is the photo of my late niece that passed away on the 16th of may 2010..she's playing with the swing on my brother's wedding day..she looked so happy..but i know she's happier now..=)

she just turned 4 last march..she suffered severe diarrhea which lead to dehydration thus losing her body function..

http://cikgutanya.blogspot.com/2010/05/my-little-angel-sufi-farisa.html

http://nadiahkhairi.blogspot.com/2010/05/youll-always-be-in-our-hearts-sufi.html

other posts about farisa from family members..

That's all for now..

Salam..

being back in adelaide..

hi everyone..

being back in adelaide..some of my friends asked "knp tak update blog???"..heheh i just answered nothing to write about just yet..hehe

a lot happened during the holidays..most of them close to my heart..so....no telling!! hahah!!

some of the things that i can share:

1 - went back to malaysia

2 - my bro got married..my cousin got married..a friend of mine got married..me?? not just yet..hahah!!

3 - doing wedding shoots are hard, tiredsome..n sometimes gets a lil boring coz ur not doing anything else..huhuh

4 - the internship was actually fun! hahaha!!

5 - i got a new niece..born on 1st of feb..hehe sufi fariha her name is..=)

6 - went back to adelaide..

7 - just knew that my mom has a blog! hahah!! Experience is the blog..tells her story of being a teacher all her life..

8 - just bought my Beercan lens..still on its way to adelaide from the US..cant wait!! hehehe

thats all for now folks..

hope its a good enuff update for u guys..hehe

Salam..

music..

hi everyone..

just wanna talk about sumthing less heavy today..(as if i always write about heavy stuff) hahaha!! found a couple of videos up in youtube and they were pretty interesting to me..just makes u think of what music really is..how people appreciate it..or even how it should be appreciated..

these three videos are actually the same song..but only the first song is the original one but played by Cobus..(the video is embed disabled..huhuh)..which makes all of the videos here covers..it is the song 'Toxicity' by the band 'System of a Down'..this is one of my favourite bands i might add..=)

so..here it goes..try to watch all three in the order that i put it in..just saying...hehe



Cobus does a really good job in his drum cover..but some of my friends say that some songs are best heard the way they were made..i agree..=)



this vkgoeswild lady sure can handle her piano really good! loving her! heheh



this quintet is the best! i love the way they did the song..=)

hope you guys like it too..n maybe i have changed you perception on appreciating music..hehe

that's all for now..

Salam..

Putrajaya Mosque silhouette..

Putrajaya Mosque silhouette.., originally uploaded by Pheeque.

love this shot..like the colour and the silhouette effect..=)

now im a regular in the surau in presinct 8 putrajaya for subuh prayers..

so one day i decided to take some early morning photos of putrajaya since im up already by that time..

went to the lake club n parked the car there n walked all the way to a small jetty..only then i can have this effect since the sun was coming up from behind the mosque..

felt a lil weird/segan/malu/ashamed walking alone with my camera while everyone else was jogging, power-walking, exercising etc..huhuh

Salam..

back in malaysia..

hi everyone..

i am now back in malaysia for the summer holidays..not much of a holiday i suppose..coz i need to do the industrial training thingy for the whole 3 months..boohoo!! huhuhu

dunno how to start this..but this is going to be a pretty emotional post..huhuh

maybe its because i miss adelaide..i miss my friends there..or maybe its just me coming back to malaysia..back to my family..

yeah..bout the emotional thingy..went to the wet market with my sis, her two kids n my lil bro yesterday afternoon..it was just for a short while..bought some fish n veges n went home..on the say back..her eldest kid, farisa, had a lil conversation with her mom..

translation:

farisa: mama, jum balik umah tok ayah ekk..

mama..lets go to granddad's house..

kaklong: ok farisa..

ok farisa..

farisa: ok..baguih mama..pandai mama ni..

ok..good mama..mama is so clever..

then i had a look at my sis..she just smiled..from what farisa had said..i suddenly went teary eyed! i dont know why really..but her smile said it all..

at home..i went to the fish pond..just to relax for a bit..everyone was there except for my mom..she wasnt back from work yet..then my mom came home a lil later after that..she sat by me..just silent..

then after a while..she asked me.."knp fiq semacam jer ni..??" i said it was nothing n said i wanna go in to take my camera as an excuse to get into the house..huhuh she could see right through me..went into my room..n just wept like a baby! n i dont even know why!

i was alright again a lil after that..

dont even know how to stop this post..there's no moral of the story..no actual point i wanna send out..no actual reason of posting this..just felt i needed to tell someone..

thank you for stopping by..

Salam..

glenelg jetty..

glenelg jetty.., originally uploaded by Pheeque.

loving this shot..

the colours are great! glad to have gone there that day..the sunset was beautiful..

loving the way the clouds seem to imitate the shore line..

went with a couple of friends to glenelg a few days back..didn't even think about my exam this friday..hahah! but did not regret going with them that day..had fun playing volleyball..

good times..=)

Salam..

waiting II..

waiting II.., originally uploaded by Pheeque.

loving this shot..simple yet profound..love the lighting too..hehe

went out on a whim with Chika a couple of days ago to take some pics of the trees around Uni Adelaide..

ended up with no pics of trees whatsoever..hahah!!

came across Acap..he was such a good sport n tagged along with us..he was the model for this shot..=)

Salam..

Skullcandy..

hi everyone!

got myself a new headphone! my previous one is broken now..exposed wires an all..huhuh pretty dissapointed..it was the green Skullcandy Full Metal Jacket..it was really good! i miss that one..it was the in-ear ones..noise cancelling and the bass was crisp! missing it now..huhu

Skullcandy Full Metal Jacket

been eye-ing the Skullcandy brand ever since i bought the Full Metal Jacket..i really like the headphones designs..like the Agent and Double Agent..even Hesh is nice..huhu too expensive though! huhuh

Skullcandy Agent

Skullcandy Hesh

now..i have the Skullcandy Lowrider..a lil smaller than the Hesh and Agent..but still good! cheaper too! hahaha! sounds really good..

Skullcandy Lowrider

this is the exact same design that i have..how cool is that? hehehe!! my cheek muscles are having a workout from the marathon smiling! hahaha!!

thats all folks!

Salam..

MASCA SA

MASCA SA, originally uploaded by Pheeque.

meet the new MASCA SA line up..

they are the new faces of MASCA SA..session 2009/2010..

some of them are from last session's of MASCA SA..seems people still haven't got enough of them yet..heheh

this is my fave from all the freestyle shots of the short photoshoot of them..hope you like it too..

Salam..

'The Five Greatest Warriors'

Hi everyone!

just finished 'The Five Greatest Warriors' last monday..it was really good!! just like matthew reilly's other books..it was action packed and fast paced as hell!! i have been waiting for this book for about 2 years now since its the newest installment of a series...the first 2 books are 'The Seven Ancient Wonders' and 'The Six Sacred Stones'..heheh 7-6-5..hope there's not gonna be a 4-3-2-1 in the series!! the wait is going to kill me!!

love the way he tells his stories..i like the way his main character always thinks fast and use crazy methods to get themselves out of trouble..plus the main characters always show that loyalty to friends is the best trait..it gives u the drive to help them..to care for them..heheh i like that..=)

the next best thing about his books (in this particular series) is the say he intertwines the historical events and landmarks of the world to create a very interesting story..much like the transformers movies..the way they used the hoover dam in the first movie and the pyramids in the second movie..

hehehe thats it for now..heheh just wanted to update my blog..havent been in here for a while..hehehe oh ya..i finished the book in 5 days..heheh didnt even break my own record..usually it would have taken me about a week to finish one..hehe the other book that i finished in 5 days was Scarecrow..another book from Matthew Reilly..=)

Salam..

hunting the hunter..

hi everyone..

just wanted to share some photos of my photography friends..hehe i like this types of pics..i dont know y really..makes me wonder what i look like when im taking pics..surely not too cute..hahah!!




thats all for now..=)

Salam..

to lily..

im sorry..

im sorry for not looking after myself..my weight to be more exact..which made u mad at me..

im sorry if u hate that i bother u too much..

i know ur busy with assignments and projects and coping with pressure..

im sorry if i called u too much..

im sorry if i sms-ed u too much..

its just that i miss u..i didnt mean to bother u too much..

i just wanted to hear ur voice..even just for a bit..or even an sms..

im sorry...

Salam...



ps.
lily is just a personification of anyone that i dedicate/writing this post to..it could be myself..friends..family..or even u..yes u..its sort of my way of saying 'dear diary'..its the new 'untitled'..lily sounds nice..a lil' mellow..i like it..=)

sunset hunting..

Hi everyone..

just wanna share some photos that i snapped..just going for the sunsets..heheh


the first pic was in glenelg..the model was jube'..pretty nice silhouette huh? i like the colours of the clouds and the sunset..really unique..=)

the other three pics were from moonta bay..i went with some friends..all 14 of us to be exact..hehee got there at noon..went swimming and crabbing all afternoon till sunset..which was the highlight of the trip..hehe (for me and my photographer friends that is..hehe)



heheh hope u guys like it..hehe thanks for stopping by..visit my flickr for more pics..=)

Salam..

some faves of my raya shots..

hi everyone..

just thought of putting some of my favorite shots in this month of syawal..

din with his guitar..love this portrait..the lighting is nice and i like the softness of the picture..=)

i love this shot..i had a chance to play with my friends flashgun..a nikonian though..so i had to press the flash button manually..but it was good fun! great results too i might add..hahah!! need to get myself a flashgun now..haha!!

this is kak nad..with her friends son..loving this shot..love the sky in it..the distortion is pretty nice and the angle makes it pretty interesting..heheh

i like this shot..the panning effect is great..but the camera was shaking a bit coz it was handheld..need to get me one of those gorillapod! hahaha!!

this is ayie..some one commented on my flickr saying that she looks like yuna, a singer from malaysia..when i think about it..she does look a lil like her..n she even sings like her! hehehe oh ya..the pic..nice isn't it? haha!!

i love this shot..i like the way i took this pic just on a whim..not really planning it..but i looks good! the color seems to compliment the picture as well..hehe

thats all for now!

Salam...

on blogging...

hi everyone..

sorry for not updating my blog..hehe truthfully, i have a blog just because i want to read other peoples blogs..hahha!! following my friends' to be more specific..hehe

i like reading what they have to say..bout their lives..bout what their thinking..sharing their experiences..about anything really..i just love reading..simple as that..hehe sumtimes makes us know them a lil closer..n i like that..=)

sometimes what their blogging gives me purpose! as pathetic as that sounds, i still do it..coz sometimes it can strike a chord (or something like that..pretty unsure bout these quoting thingy..huhuh) with me..

again..sorry for not updating my blog..this past 2 weeks has been really hectic for me..full of open houses, raya carnival, going here n there..n most importantly, n i am sure that people would agree with me..not doing any work! (damn it!) i have been delaying my final year project for 3 weeks now! damn3!! huhuhh

oh well...that's it for now..hahha!!

Salam..

Adelaide Bazaar Ramadhan '09 - Banana Fritters in the making..

Adelaide Bazaar Ramadhan '09 - Banana Fritters in the making.., originally uploaded by Pheeque.

yup! u heard me right..

Bazaar Ramadhan here in Adelaide! hehehe

there were lots of stuff up for sale..ayam percik, nasi lemak, mee kari, char keuy tiow, bancau (bandung cincau), satay, and as suggested by this photo pisang goreng! there are loads more to be honest..

there was even a dessert i have never heard of..lompat tikam..anyone care to explain?? hehe

moving on to the pic..i love the angle to this photo..weird angle but shows what's going on..heheh

the guy in the green shirt is Ringo..we call him that coz he plays the drums..as in Ringo Starr..heheh

the girl in yellow is Nina..she has a thing for making cupcakes..n her cupcakes are really good..i can vouch for that..=)

Salam..

he has done it again..

hi everyone..

Cobus has done it again..he covered a song and made me an instant fan of the song..hehhe the first time he did it was Avenged Sevenfold's 'Afterlife'..now Breaking Benjamin's 'Breath' is looping in my laptop! hahaha!! he makes it sound so good! =)

here are both the songs





keep it up Cobus!!

Salam..