My Assignment to Padang Besar.

While waiting for train at KL Sentral during my assignment to Padang Besar ,Perlis.I had a chance to play around a little bit with a couple of the E-620's built-in art filters.

The art filters and a fun, quick way to create a special effect you can see at once, and it gives you something else to think about. I find myself looking for subjects that would benefit from my  favourites, the pop art effects.

My Olympus E-620 is approx. 550g (with battery & Lens 14-54mm f2.8).Very comfortable to carry when travelling.Now look at the photo above ,my friend  here didn't know that he was my subject.I can change the angle of the LCD monitor on the camera.This enable you to shoot at an awkward angle while checking the subject's composition on the LCD monitor ( Can be rotate at within the moveable range).

My arrival after long 12 hours on the train.

The landmark of Padang Besar,Perlis.

I bought myself a Crocs sandal,adventure or jungle boot and backpack.Don't ask me the price.Well ,after all it's just a imitation branded item that your bargaining skill must have with the Thailand vendors in Padang Besar .

Now, do you know that my art filter will appeal to lomographers a lot and those who are not really photoshop-savvy like myself.

Exasperate.Ennoy Greatly.

This is my gadget ..been a user for more than a year.At the begining OK..So far so good.
Since I move to my new home in Kota Semarahan(Desa Ilmu).The ISP is playing seek and hide...you know what i mean (look at the signal bar) one minute HSPDA & one minute UMTS ..So & So finely diconnected and I have to go back to the begining that is start to connect.
Desa Ilmu(my new home) situated about 5 kilometer from UNIMAS(Universiti Malaysia Sarawak), 2 kilometer from Sarawak Teacher College ,6 km from UITM and 1 km from telco tower,WIFI station and cyber cafe.
Another signal that ennoy me......very very slow when uploading of small size photo etc etc....
Look here HSPDA sound like H-high S-speed P,D,A(not interested to know).
Hey !!! you people out there(people who stay at this K.Semarahan district) are you guy having the same problem.?????.I can see the telekom tower from my home which is the tallest tower in Kota Semarahan.
GERAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM(Malay verson ) this have been happening since friday and even to-day (getting worst).!#$%^&*() Now what shall i do...my right being the customer....now look i never miss paying my bill for this Internet. 3G go,go.go improve your services please.

Election 2008 is powered by the power of the rakyat and internet

The Latest from Tun Mahathir, Warisan Negara ELECTION 2008 : Bloggers test their popularity in General Election Posted: 26 Feb 2008 12:44 AM CST
Election 2008 is powered by the power of the Rakyat and Internet.
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The Internet is changing the face of Malaysian politics, becoming a virtual political party of its own as the country gears up for elections next month.
Three high-profile bloggers, all opponents of the ruling coalition which has effectively governed for five decades, are standing for the first time as candidates on March 8, hoping that their popularity on the Net will translate into votes.
"Everyone of us has a stake in the country's future, but talk is cheap. We now need to walk the walk," says Jeff Ooi, a well-known blogger contesting a seat in northern Penang state for the opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP).
A 52-year-old former advertising copywriter, he has made his name writing a political blog, "Screenshots" http://www.jeffooi.com/, one of dozens that have found an active readership outside the pro-government mainstream press.
Another popular blogger, also running on a DAP ticket, is 34-year-old Tony Pua, a fresh-faced Oxford graduate who started blogging three years ago after setting up a high-tech firm.
"I've had opportunities to migrate but I decided that Malaysia is my home," Pua said as he dreamt up campaign slogans at a cramped DAP office on the second floor of a shophouse, above a Chinese restaurant, on the outskirts of the capital.
"So the next question is what should I do to make it better?" His blog's address is: tonypua.blogspot.com.
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Pua, like Ooi, is running from an urban constituency where Internet penetration is highest and opposition sentiment runs stronger than in the countryside.
A third blogger, Badrul Hisham Shaharin, said he is struggling to spread his message because of the limited Internet access in the rural Malay majority seat where he is standing.
"I admit that is difficult because my blog is not accessible here, but I am getting a lot of help from fellow bloggers," he said by phone from his electorate of Rembau, a sleepy farming district south of Kuala Lumpur.
Badrul, who is running on opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's party ticket, will take on Khairy Jamaluddin, the prime minister's son-in-law and an ambitious politician. Badrul's blog: chegubard.blogspot.com
Considered a thorn in the government's side due to their often critical political and social commentaries, Malaysia's blogging community offer alternative views in a country where the government keeps a tight control on mainstream media.
The government said last year it might compel bloggers to register with the authorities to curb the spread of malicious content on the Internet.
Government backers doubt whether bloggers turned opposition politicians could make their presence felt.
"Beyond the major cities like Kuala Lumpur and Penang, there's not much the bloggers can really hope to accomplish," says Mohamad Norza Zakaria, a leader in Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's UMNO party (http://www.umno-online.com/)
The United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) dominates the 14-party Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
Only a fifth of Malaysians have access to the Internet, official data show. There are 10.9 million voters in a nation of 26 million people.
Blogger Ooi spoke of the difficult challenge ahead. "Compared to the BN, we are behind on the three M's - money, machinery and media access."