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I really shouldn’t be blogging right now.  I should be either studying, doing my assignment or get some sleep so that I have the energy to do my assignment and studies tomorrow!

So yeah, it’s that time of the semester again but this is a very crucial one.  My law exam is on Friday while the due date of my Project Management assignment has passed.  I still have until next Monday, the latest, to submit it.

This will hopefully be my last semester because if I pass this, I’ll get my masters. 

Wish me all the best, and luck!

The other day I called my good friend Chiewata to borrow his Nikon 50mm f1.8 and Nikon 18-200 f3.5-5.6 VR lens so that I can take some good portrait shots for Eileen’s graduation. My conversation with him was like this:

Me: Wei, can pinjam your 50mm and 18-200 ar?

Chiewata: I bring my whole bag lah, lazy to pack lah.

So we met at my office and he handed me his bag. It was DAMN heavy and I know I’m getting some serious stuff here. I went back to the office, opened the bag and I saw these:

Tamron SP 11-18 f/4.5-5.6 Di II

Nikon Nikkor AF 50mm f1.8

Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC Macro

Nikon Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED AF-S VR DX

Nikon Speedlite SB-600

Nikon MB-D80 Battery Grip

Nikon D80

He gave me his whole set! Including the DSLR. I knew he had a few lens but I didn’t know he practically had everything in his possession!

I wanted to bring everything to the convocation, two bodies and all the lens to the convocation so I can have the 50mm attached to one and the 18-200 to the other one so I don’t have to change lens all the time. I didn’t because there is only one flash gun.

So I took all the lens, leaving my 18-105mm at home and paired all the lens with my D90. It looked something like this:

Nikon D90 with Tamron SP 11-18 f/4.5-5.6 Di II, MB-D80 battery grip and SB-600 flashgun

A lot of people asked me if I was the official photographer because I’m carrying such a huge camera.  In fact, the official photographers only had a Canon 40D with battery grip and a flash gun as well as a 17-40mm L lens.  The only person there that had a better set up was this guy using an EOS 1D Mark II/III with a 70-200mm L lens.

I felt good.  The pictures turned out the way I wanted it.

Chiewata, if you are reading this, DO NOT EXPECT ME TO GIVE YOU BACK THE STUFF! heheheh…oklah, you can have the D80…I don’t need it…hehe…Oh yeah, you can have the remote control back also…can’t be used with my D90…hehe…

The magazine is finally done! With Jason coming in only on the 15th and problems while downloading the Indian production files really gave us a scare through out the month.  All is done now and let’s just hope that November will be a better month.

I’ll be taking it easy for a few days until 1st November.  Eileen will finally be graduating and I’ll be attending her convocation this Saturday.  At night, I’ll be attending my cousin’s baby boy’s full moon birthday party.  I had to cancel an invitation from Samsung for their Innov8 phone.  I am supposed to go for a treasure hunt thingy and have a VERY high chance of winning the phone.  Too bad.

I’ll also be attending an event on Sunday, which means I have to work, something that I don’t really mind.

After that, I’ll need to study for my Law exam, which will be on the 7th of November.  My Project Management assignment dues on the 3rd of November but I’ll be extending it to the 10th of November. 

15th November is Andrew’s KL wedding and I’ll be attending that as well.  After that, it’s crunch time all over again!

I’m looking forward to my exam and assignment not because I love doing it but because it’ll be my last two subjects before I get my MBA.  If I pass this, I’ll be one of the happiest guy on earth.  The amount of time and sacrifices I gave for my MBA is starting to bug me.  I haven’t had a nice weekend for the past two years and all the late nights rushing for assignments is killing me.

So let’s hope I can pass both my exam and assignment.  Got to go sleep now.  Bye!

P.S. News Flash…This Just In turned three today.  Which reminds me that I need to pay my web hosting fees.  Like last year, my blog is not exactly “famous” and I don’t wish it to be famous.  The nuffnang ads you see are just an experiment I’m doing.  I’ll be taking it down soon.  This is where I write the stuff I like and not succumb to the blogging-for-money pressure.  So, no free giveaway this year either.  Maybe next year!

Someone has been pestering my to update my blog, as if she’s updated hers. Posting one picture with a one-liner doesn’t count!

Anyway, there are so many things happening right now. I’m so busy that I don’t even have time to shit. I have the magazine to wrap, an entry in myMacBUZZ to be written, an assignment to complete, an exam to study, a convocation to attend, a wedding dinner to attend and a baby’s full moon dinner to attend. All these will be taking place the next two weeks. I hope I have time for it.

I wanted to do an angry post about this blogger/intern-at-another-mag but I don’t have time for it. Yes, I am that angry!

Oh yeah, remember the iPod Shuffle I got from DiGi’s event? I exchanged it with a Samsung MP3 player with my new Editor, Jason. He went to this Samsung event and they were giving out MP3 players as door gift and since I have an iPod Shuffle, I might as well exchange it to get a different player.

I’d like to wish everyone here a Happy Deepavali.  I have to work though.

I am a little late with this entry but I’d like to wish my brother a very happy birthday.

I know you are not having fun in Papua New Guinea.  Try to do whatever you can and as long as you’ve tried your best, it’ll be fine. 

Happy Birthday!