“I call Cambodia the Forgotten World. With photography we cannot change the world, but we can change minds and touch hearts. That is the reason why I’m a photographer … to give a voice to those in silence.” - Omar Havana

I admire him, so very much. For his courage to document life in a Cambodian rubbish dump and speak for those in silence. Read about it, here.

Today, I hold my breath while running through the back alley. Because I’m afraid of cockroaches and rats.
I feel ashamed for not seeing the dark side (to us), the simple happiness (to them) of Cambodia when I was there.

What am I, in this Universe?

我门在九份の薰衣草森林小品店写了封明信片给’我们’。

昨晚收到时，看见那些开心的字迹，什么烦恼也忘却了。

怀念台北充满梦想与快乐的时光。

很开心认识你。

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我想逃。

逃离火坑，到我の梦里，
继续追梦。

这样的生活，比较有意义。

手作给妈妈的生日礼物。

我会努力，带给你更美好的未来。谢谢你的养育之恩。

I haven’t left the house at all this weekend. Great sense of fulfillment for not spending a single cent.

Home-cooked meals, photography, browsing, music and books. Bliss.

black pepper mozarella tomatoes in the making. loving the new pans!

saturday tea-time platter.　cheesy trio with basil leaves.

茶叶蛋。

模糊。

窗外の风景。

怀念台北。

9 nights in Taipei. via Eva Airways.

lomography 35mm film | ISO 400

Taipei, here we come.

Impulsively splurged for an external flash during the KL Photography Fest.
Officially crossed out item #6 from my sidebar wishlist >

Nissin Di622 Mark II, for my Canon EOS 500D. RM470.

Have always wanted a flash, thought it would be quite useful for indoors and it gives the photo a professional boost.
Initially I was looking at the Canon 580EX Speedlite, but somehow Nissin did a pretty good job too and it’s reasonably priced.

happily lying on my bed.

Here’s a test shot with the speedlite pointing to the ceiling:

totally unedited shot of me, after the M.A.C. Holiday 2011 ‘Glitter and Ice’ Launch.

M.A.C. goodies from the launch.

Next I’m looking to get some Enelope rechargeable batteries.

It has been one month since my last update.
Chilled out with some friends yesterday, they were telling me to keep this space alive, exactly my thoughts.

Spent Sunday afternoon at Poco‘s new eatery at Sunway Giza. Cozy ambient but food a little overpriced.

Some of my friends’ picks:

Soya Green Tea Milk.

Salmon Teriyaki Set, comes with a black sesame ice-cream.

Salmon Sashimi fix.

jasmine bonsai, 在我这儿住得开心吗？
以十五零吉把你带回家，等待你开花那一刻。

i always have lots to do on a sunday night because it’s a time that i’d fully charged up after the weekend break.
if weekend could last for 3 days i think it would be just nice.

just spring-cleaned my room (that includes vacuming!) and scrolled through inspiring stories on my google’s feed.
then i pondered long and deeply on the road not taken, and many other things in life.

probably also feeling vulnerable because of the intermittent back pain i’m enduring recently.

thinking to start a healthier diet & lifestyle this month, no oily/spicy food & work life balance.
and probably start picking up gym again, if my backache goes away.

it’s always easier said than done but i really hope i have the perseverance for this.

I’ve just submitted the following complaint to Maya Speed Wellness Studio:

Just thought I should drop my feedbacks to you guys regarding my experience in Maya.

I arrived in your outlet feeling very positive and relaxed to receive some pampering and good treatment. Besides the pre-planned IPL treatment, I decided to take up your facial treatment as well.

It started off fine but halfway doing extraction, your therapist put on some lotion on my face saying that it would help to open my pores even more and it takes 10 minutes. Well I waited, and 25 minutes passed-by, but still no one attended to me. Feeling frustrated at this point, I got off the bed to open the door and at this time your therapist walked-in, apologizing for being late and all. How could you allow a customer to get off the bed, reach out to the door just to get attended to?

As a first time customer, I picked the RM98+ treatment,which is considered quite pricey for a very basic facial treatment, which turns out really really basic, not even a very detailed shoulder massage like what others offered at much lower rate. With that I’m expecting good service or at least satisfied experience. But it turns out the opposite. I felt it’s ridiculous for someone like Maya, with treatments more pricey than others in the market but having service much worse than others.

I’m left with 4 more sessions of IPL with you guys and decided that my facial experience with you guys was really bad and I’m glad that I did not agree to sign up for any packages.