Selamat Tahun Baru Hijrah 1430

Assalamualaikum and hello to my loyal readers, family and friends. I'd like to wish you selamat tahun baru hijrah 1430. Time really fly so fast, in just a couple of days we will step into the year 2009. So any new resolutions people? Well, im looking forward for it.. more challenges and greater experience~

So heres a few inspiring thoughts that i took from a website.

Hijrah telah menunjukkan bahwa berkat kerjasama dan pengorbanan yang diberikan oleh ummat Islam ketika dulu, maka segala kesulitan telah dapat diatasi bersama, dan ummat Islam menjadi Ummat yang terbilang.

Segala peristiwa penting dalam peristiwa Hijrah itu, dapat kita jadikan contoh teladan dalam memperbaiki keadaan ummat Islam dimasa kini dan akan datang, sehingga kita menjadi Ummat Contoh bagi seluruh Ummat manusia dimasa yang akan datang, Insya Allah. Untuk itu perlulah ada kerjasama dari semua pihak, dan kerja keras yang berterusan, hingga menjadi kenyataan. - Http://shiar-islam.com

Trawlers

Weird Ideas

Im thinking of doing this to my cat.. how cool is that? hehehe, any volunteers?

Perlahan

Love your country?

Patriotic? well, i guess Brunei Flag is just for decorations i guess. This is probably the worse that i come up with. Come to think of it, they are constructing a building that is to occupy the University students? STUDENTS, the country's assets and future leaders! How sad...

Dragon Sword's futsal Tournament Finale

YM Cikgu Awg Hj Juned Bin Hj Ramli, the Naib Yang Dipertua II of Persatuan BolasepakDaerah Brunei Muara today (Sunday, 21 Dec 2008) attended the Dragon Swords Futsal Tournament Finale and have officially handed out the prizes, $800 for first prize, $500 for second price and $300 for the third winner.
The tournament took place at the UBD sports complex.

Also on the same day, was the X-Biz event organizer, organized such activity at JKR sports complex.. Sorry to my team that i can't make it to capture their lost. HEHEHE

It was my second time taking indoor sports pictures, and i think it wasn't too bad after all. . Anyway, thank you to the Dragon Sword's officials for inviting Havoc bloggers as part of the official photogs.

The Escorts for the couple

They are the guards, the escorts of the procession. Hmm, it took them a while to light up the big candle sticks. hehe

The Busy officials and the invited guests

Sorry for the slow updates of the wedding pictures. So this was last weeks sunday pictures that i took during my cousin's wedding in Lumut, equipped with Abby's 75-300mm F4.5 lens, i patrol most of the outdoor activity of the BIG day. What i like most is the outfit of the caterer, So clowny~

I managed to snap a few photos of the groom in his room before he went out to "berziarah" the guests.

The Warrior showed off his talents

The Ibans are a branch of the Dayak peoples of Borneo. They were formerly known during the colonial period by the British as Sea Dayaks. Ibans were renowned for practising headhunting. Today, the days of headhunting and piracy are long gone and in has come the modern era of globalization technology for the Ibans.

The Ibans started moving to areas in what is today’s Sarawak (most of them) around the 15th century. After an initial phase of colonising and settling the river valleys, displacing or absorbing the local tribes, a phase of internecine warfare began.

Local leaders were forced to resist the tax collectors of the sultans of Brunei. At the same time, Malay influence was felt, and Iban leaders began to be known by Malay titles such as Datu (Datuk), Nakhoda and Orang Kaya.

Camera, Lights and Action!

A pretty much lucky shot for me. Again, thank you to Zack for teaching me some camera Presets (well, i cant say its a camera trick.. coz i don't do any tricks here =p)

While we were shooting at the scenery, these beautiful ladies came down to the sand and took pictures at almost pitch black area. I didn't bring along my tripod so, we used the Lowepro bag pack as our stand. A couple of trial snaps, the third shot was almost perfect. I didn;t use the pop-up flash nor the external flash, just play around with the shutter speed. YUP, Slow shutter speed.

Light test

Thinking, whats next?

Stare at You!

The Pedigree

Raja Sehari

The Groom

Another family member getting married this year. Last night, i attended his malam berbedak ceremony. I'll be busy for these weekend. =) Still in a learning phase for wedding photography. The focusing point was on the groom's hand.. hehe i need to practice more!

Art on the car's window

I don't know, but i like this picture. No editing is done. All from my Abby. It some how looks like a painting, painted on the window. It was taken on my way to the Airport.

Zack of the Jungle

This is Zack, a senior photographer member of the BruneiForeverForum

He thought me quite a few tricks on photography during the whole trip. Thanks bro! This picture was taken at Borneo's largest Mall called One Borneo. Using Abby mounted with 70-200mm F/4 L lens.

A smile for Marriz-Scene

Seventh Heaven moments

A portraiture of Marriz taken by Zack, a senior photographer in BruneiForeverForum.com using my Abby with a 50mm F1.8 lens. No adjustments were made (no Post-processing). It was taken upon our arrival at one of the popular hotel (by the local) in Kota Kinabalu.

Orange makes it brighter

The focusing point is at the left side of the petals, using my 50mm. This shot was taken at the lobby of the hotel in KK, Sabah.Sources said that this flower is specially planted and only can be found in Sabah.

Joking at the Road Side

Caught them wondering about at the road side when we were on our way to the hotel.

When Everyone can Fly

And this is my first time on board of the Asia's economical airline service provider, AirAsia. Right after the Ferry ride, the group and i headed to Labuan's Airport Terminal and waited for our flight to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. It wasn't bad at all as i expected. The plane is pretty spacious, good airconditioner and good stewardship service (well, our flight was only took 14 minutes from Labuan to Kota Kinabalu) It was so funny that, when we wanted to ordered a drink, the captain of the plane announced that the flight is about to land. And all of us laughed our head off.. it was just so hilarious. I wouldn't mind flying with Air Asia again in the future.

Goodbye

My First kind of adventure, to wrap up my happiest memories happened in the year 2008 (well i hope this wont be the last one this year)
It was my first time stepping on to the Ferry. An hour ride to the
Malaysian territory, Labuan. and i can say that its really fun!

The Little Officer

Hiero the Metaphorical Expressionist

House Bunny ? Nope...

Cybercanon in action

When there's an extra..

Enjoying the barbecue-ing

Geared up for the Big Ocean

Angkat itu meja

Portraiture of Milla