My camera has a hole in it…

It fell form my pouch onto the floor two weeks ago… It’s still working, but the system clock is resetted to 1st of January 2006… permanently…

I need to send it for service but I am currently very broke and can’t do anything about my camera because I’m still waiting for ASTRO to pay me my living fees for the 2nd semester, which started 2 months ago…

Until I get my camera fixed, I’ve decided to avoid using it that much anymore. The last thing I want is for dust and grime to enter the camera and contaminate the circuit boards causing the camera to explode in front of my face while trying to take a picture giving me third degree burns and permanent blindness on my right eye.

So yea… no pictures from my camera… I’m praying it wont cost much. Otherwise, I might as well go get a new camera right?? Nah.. It shouldn’t… It looks like the cover could just be snapped back or something…I Hope…

Hmm.. the nikon D90 has video recording… how awesome is that?? Especially with all the lenses and everything!! Its like a miniature professional video camera.

Photos are awesome but videos are definitely a big thing for me too especially when you can use all the dSLR lenses I already have…
This will definitely pull a bunch of prospective buyers away from the D300, I know it definitely made me think twice…

Pfftt… anyways, I’ll be gone for the weekend. More camping and climbing… unfortunately.. not pictures… maybe from my camera phone

Just got through another one of those busy periods. Just finished a networking examination an hour ago and im slightly more free now. Time to catch up a little with my blog again.

Don’t ask me why but the australians decided it would be a good idea to go to the beach in winter. Apparently, according to them, the water was supposed to be warm despite the cool temperature we’re experiencing above sea level.

So fine. I could use a trip to the beach, and being climbers, we didnt only go there for the beach, there was also of course bouldering to be done.

Noosa is along the Sunshine Coast, approximately 2 hours drive north of Brisbane. From what I’ve heard, the beaches on the Sunshine Coast are better than the Gold Coast too… so I was really looking forward to this.

There was a little of a walk in along the rocky coast to get the the bouldering spot. With a little bit of scrambling over rocks and ledges involved.

It took approximately 15 minutes and it was a pretty relaxing walk with the chilly sea breeze blowing while the sun was keeping us warm.

Eventually though we finally arrived at the bouldering spot. A wall of oddly shaped cliff faces with all kinds of weird problems.

And so we bouldered…

It didn’t take too long for people to give in to the sparkling water and sand. Some of us slowly gave up on rocks and ran to the beach which was only about 5 minutes away.
When the last few of us was done with bouldering. We went to the beach to join them…

Seeing how the others were happily swimming in the water… I immediately dashed into the warm aussie w… *FARK!!*

THE. WATER. WAS. FUCKING. COLD.

I stared at the whole bunch of them. Puzzled at how they could be standing there so happily smiling at each other like nothing was wrong. While I was standing waist height in cold sea water hugging myself shaking trying to keep myself as warm as possible. Flinching everytime a wave passed by…

It was terrible…

Eventually everyone got out of the water… me being one of the first of course. Grabbed a group picture before we headed into Main Street for some food…

I had some darn good Pizza….

and also Ice-Cream…. (I know, Swimming in the sea and Ice-Cream in winter… I’m awesome)

As the sun began to set… we went to the beach again (the main beach this time) to treasure what was left of the day.

Some of us played some touch football on the sand while the others just lazed around on the beach.

And by the time the sun was inching towards the horizon… we started on our journey back to Brisbane.

Playing with lighting, composition and water…

I miss doing shit loads of photography just for the sake of photography, what happened to me??

Right, so since the beginning of time… there has been this big fuss of Malaysians (who know about it) over Krispy Kreme… the donut chain hailing all the way form the states. The closest outlet possibly being in Australia…

I arrived in Brisbane in the beginning of the year, to find out that there is not a single Krispy Kreme outlet here.

But not to fret, a little googling revealed that Krispy Kreme was coming soon… they didn’t mention when… just soon.

Finally, people started noticing the construction of a Krispy Kreme outlet on Queen Street Mall, and by the beginning of April, it was announced that the 25th of April (if im not mistaken) would be the opening of the first Krispy Kreme outlet in Brisbane.

Unfortunately, the 24th was when I was flying back to Malaysia for the whole Europe trip and the Peaktime tournament. So I missed the whole big thingy when a whole bunch of people was camping in front of the store throughout the night for the grand opening the next day.

Anyways, when I finally got back in Australia… I made it a point to give Krispy Kreme a try… after all the awesomeness I’ve heard about it… i had to at least try.

So there I was with Brian, lining up outside the Krispy Kreme store waiting to get inside to give them donuts a try…

Apparently, the queue used to be a 30 minute line up but after all the initial hype it only took 10 minutes when we went to queue.

Between the two of us, we got ourselves a dozen donuts to sample.

And the verdict? J.Co is definitely better hands down… the variety, taste and freshness of J.Co donut is unparalled… I think even Big Apple donuts are better than Krispy Kreme. Can’t say for sure though because I haven’t had that much of Big Apple donuts yet.

So fellow Malaysians back home… do not fret and do not feel lost because the best donuts are back home… J.Co is definitely the best donuts I’ve had so far….

So yes I’ve moved and am currently staying 10 mins closer to the city/uni from my previous place. 10 mins walk that is….So I’m still living in Woolloongabba, but now in a apartment with Brian and 3 other friends from Hong Kong.

The place is pretty new and its called Gabba Central. Its so new that there are still unoccupied retail units at the ground floor. Its a wonderfully convenient place… I’ve got a main bus stop right across the road, 24 hour McDonalds 10mins walk up the road, rock climbing a 10 min cycle to Kangaroo Point, and the university and the city a 15 min cycle along the river.

Whats more, theres a Coles supermarket just downstairs and also an Indian/Malaysian curry restaurant. Buying daily groceries has never been easier, I just need to walk downstairs to get something everytime i find out we’re out of anything.

We’ve rented a 4 bedroom unit for the 5 of us.

Apart from our rooms, our tight student budget hasn’t allowed us to properly fully furnish the entire unit yet. So far we’re still living with 4 rolling office chairs that we use for everything.

Pictured above, is a shoerack I built from stolen milk crates and steel wires. Doesn’t look too bad eh? Like something you would get from Ikea.

We’ve got our TV though… that was too important to leave missing for too long…

Might just get a couple of bean bags to throw around the living room instead of a proper couch in the end, but we’ll see… living with 4 rolly office chairs is still very bearable.

Dont ask me why these guys use the dining room as their study, I have no clue myself… think it kinda messes up the dining, but then again, I’m slightly more of a neat freak compared to these guys staying here. You should have a look at their rooms… but then I’m not going to put pics of their room up. Instead, you can enjoy the wonderfulness of MY room!!

Its not as humongously gigantic like my previous room. In which I had half of my gigantic closet empty.  But its more than enough for myself.

The best part, with all the conveniences that comes with the place, the rent is still cheaper than my previous room. On drawback though, I can’t install an ADSL2+ internet connection here in the new place, so we’re surviving on just basic ADSL… which isnt that bad… its just faster would definitely be better…

Right, I should have lunch now… its a little late…