Behold, the Taming Sari

*I actually don’t know what “Taming Sari” means… paiseh*

Clear blue skies… green trees 🙂

I tried using the polarizer… it kinda darkened the corners coz the CPL I bought was a bit thick T_T

(I didn’t know that thickness or thinness matters)

Cute buildings near the Taming Sari

This overexposed shot looks nice as well 😛 looks artistic to me at least… can be used as wallpaper 😛

What do you think?

Trying to capture Aaron taking photos of McBone 😛

Aaron seems to be satisfied with his shot lol

We are going to enter the Taming Sari next XD

wee! We’re inside!

Satkuru Kawaii!

 

View from the top… You will see the Portuguese ship

OMG that’s a long lap pool I want!

I am not sure where the North part is but if I knew, I can tell the time when this was taken without looking at the digital time stamp 😛

The shadow of the taming sari is like a Sundial hehe

Pahlawan mall top view 🙂

Looks like an alien space ship parked in Melaka lol

The buildings look like doll houses and the cars look like toy cars 😛

I believe this is the *Eye of Malaysia*

Cute park 😛

I bet it’s nice to cam-whore here 😀

 

View from the insides of the Taming Sari

Eh? Bone, you got dizzy?

They were taking photos of the reflection in my shades

After the ride wee!

Aaron Woolala still manages to do his signature *eyebrow* look 😛

Everyone was trying to capture the reflection from Sat’s shades as well.

That’s how we roll guys 🙂 All of us had DSLRs :P  All of the bloggers I know in Malaysia have a passion for both blogging and photography

Get to know my Malaysian friends who toured me.

Here’s some link love and shoutout to them!

Satkuru, Aaron, Alvin, Wiliam, Jess, Steven, McBone

till the next blog post 😛

xoxo,

FlairCandy

 

Satkuru, Aaron, Alvin, Wiliam, Jess, Steven and McBone took me to Melaka :D  This post contains the many things I saw and experienced while we were walking around Melaka.

Me and William waited for Sat, Jess, Steven, McBone, Aaron and Alvin at Asia Cafe.  I ate some Asado Beef noodles I think (you know how heavy of a breakfast eater I am)

and of course, my favorite, Milk Tea 😀

I look different and weird here… I look 10 pounds more lol

This is Jess ^_^ One of the sweetest Malaysians I know 🙂

My first impression of her when we finally met “Wow, she’s tall”

Her first impression of me “Oh, she’s small”

😛

Four Feet Eleven baby 😛

On Williams car with Me, Aaron and Alvin.

No cam-whoring inside car lol

We kinda all wore read.

It wasn’t planned.

I didn’t know how to spell “Melaka” at first.  There seems to be different spellings like “Melakka” and “Malacca”

Good thing I grabbed a snapshot of this signage.

“Melakka” – is just a misspelling

“Malacca” – appears to be the English word counterpart of the place

(I remembered Malacca from our Asian History Studies in High School)

Entering the City of Melaka 😀

Outside “Christ Church” a dozen of Pedicabs decorated with flowers were parked nicely 😀

A busy street in Melaka.  It had really tiny roads.

Aaron’s shirt says “I’m Surrounded by Idiots”

>.< grr

“Selamat Tahun Baru Cina” which means…

(I don’t know really :P)

Sign pointing to “Eye on Malaysia”

Me taking a picture of William taking my picture, who also is taking my picture while I was taking a picture of him.

Get it? lol

Aaron behind me has a “wtf” face as I cam-whore lol

 

I don’t know what this is, it was just nice taking photos of it because it is red.

The structures and buildings around Melaka are painted with the same shade of red.

Even the Church is Red.

More about the Christ Church on my next blog post 😀

Guess who 😛

We headed to Pahlawan mall to chill 😀

Fountain inside the Pahlawan Mall in Melaka

Lovely Plane, GGP alert lol (inside joke)

Train for display (doesn’t work)

I am not quite sure what this wall is, but it looks like our very own Intramuros.

Close up 😀

Silhouette of the Portuguese Ship Museum.  Shooting against the light is a challenge.

This is actually a part of the Portuguese ship.  I think they used this river as ports before 😛

Looking back at it now, I could feel again how relaxing it is just to sit under the tree 😀

The old school Portuguese Ship looks pretty.  It’s like I’m being transported into a time capsule or something.

 

When traveling Melaka, make sure to bring light colored clothes and very comfy ones like spaghetti strap, sleeveless tops, shorts and sandals.  It is very hot in here!  I wanted to wear a bikini lol.  Just bring water as well to prevent dehydration.  But remember, do not take too much water too!  You don’t want to have the urge to pee all the time while traveling. 😛

On my next Blog posts: Christ Church, St. Paul’s Church Ruins, Bowling in Pahlawan Mall, Taming Sari and Dinner in Melaka (Satay Celup)

Till next time 🙂

xoxo,

FlairCandy

Today is just the perfect day for a colorful adventure!  It’s Valentine’s day and Chinese New Year at the same time!  To add up to the flavour,  The last day of the 15th Annual Hot Air Balloon Festival 2010 happens today!

Vince and I packed our gears at around 2am.  We have to thank Sony for lending us a very powerful video camera – the Sony Handycam HDR-XR520, and Marquee Mall /Ayala Malls for the Passes!

I drove from the house to Clark while the monkey sleeps… (‘coz I know it’s harder to drive on our way back home kekeke)… It took us only about an hour and a half (including Restroom breaks and snacks).  No traffic at this time!  We arrived at the grounds at 4:30.  We got hungry again so we ate at the kiosks around… The sun wasn’t still up and the whole area is still covered with a black blanket at some glittery stars.

Then, we heard the song “?!?!?” — I forgot what… but I liked the song and it kinda signaled that the balloons are being prepared for flight!  Off we went and take pictures!  I don’t know how to estimate as to how many people were there but It filled the area!

There was a complete list of activities for the day… but I think, our lack of sleep yesterday made it hard for us to keep going.  I would have wanted to see the fireworks as well at night… but we figured… we really were getting restless and tired so we decided to go home instead.  I slept for a few minutes… then I heard the monki slapping himself (lol) He was way to SLEEPY!  We needed to pitstop at a gas station at got our coffees from Gloria Jeans.

Anyway, here are my pictures of the Hot Air Balloon Festival… ^_^

They are starting to get ready!  See the burning flame at my back

The Candy is trying to get a nice angle… There were so many people!

Ahhh… a very colorful balloon… I wish I could ride one…

I love taking pictures of this balloon!

Up! Up! and AWAY!!!

Sun is shining… the weather is sweet!

I love this picture! I look so tall!

I’m getting slimmer ^_^ This shot was taken with flash… Click on the pictures and get directed to my flickr pro page to view the settings of my camera 😀

I see turtle!!!

I was telling Vince to “tilt” the camera some more… I guess it worked pretty nice 🙂 with the Flash firing as well 😀

LOOK! It’s a toirtle! and There’s a Farmville balloon too! lol

Who wanna mess wifff Candy? yarrrr!!!

10 kilo bazooka … heavy… but I can haz muscles to carry it 😀

LOL FTW!!! You gotta love our ARMY

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1. It takes super great photos (close to DSLR)

2. It’s a genius in its intelligent auto! – a true point-and-shoot and I don’t have to know all those photo lingos such as apperture and white balance because it does all the work for me! All I need to have is my “vision” and “imagination” and capture it **click**

3. It’s a dude magnet! It’s a handy tool to attract boys! You know how boys love their toys and most of them are into photography these days! In the events I go to, I just get my camera out of my bag and click the shutter **flash** then them-boys always notice “ey, that’s a cool camera you got!!! It’s a leica lens… etc..”

Even Matt Mullenweg Mister WordPress himself, noticed my cam ^_^ see evidence! 😛

Boys also get turned on when I tell them about the specifics of my cam…

• It has a 10x “optical zoom” (28-280mm equiv.) plus a 4x digital zoom. (I hear “whoahs” and “nice”)
• It’s a 28mm wide angle camera…
• It has a High Resolution (460,000 pixel) 3.0-inch LCD (Then they all comment on how clear the pictures appear)
• 9.1 megapixel
• MEGA OIS image stabilization
• 22 scene modes and a clipboard for travelers (scene modes include: Portrait, Soft Skin, Scenery, Sports, Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Self-Portrait, Food, Party, Candle Light, Baby 1, Baby 2, Pet, Sunset, High Sensitivity, Hi-Speed Burst, Starry Sky, Fireworks, Beach, Snow, Aerial Photo and Underwater) — How more intelligent could it get???
• Venus IV Engine processor (then I’d say I don’t know what that really is then them-boys again would fill in the details for me… “Well, it’s a … dot dot dot…”
• It can also record movies up to 1280 x 720 pixels (HD) @ 30 fps. It’s a high resolution movie for a compact camera and the best ever among all others of its kind. Of course you shouldn’t compare it to a digital video camera.

4. It may look bulky to other digicams but if you consider the 10x zoom packed in it’s body… phew! innovation really! Hands down to Panasonic and the makers of this cam!

5. It fits in my bag as compared to my D40 obviously and this cam is always with me to take out-of-the ordinary spur-of-the-moment shots!

6. Who said it takes bad night shots? Actually, all digital cameras don’t make such good night shots… but this camera of mine takes decent ones! Check out the pictures below. Samples of landscapes from Greece at the Acropolis!

Visit Cisqo’smultiply.

more pictures of Greece, Acropolis, Santorini, Ancient Thira, Monolithos, Kamari, Pharos and Fira  here.

7. I have an art gallery all captured by TZ5 (except for those mentioned are not)

8. I bought it for only php 18,000 last year (May 2008) from my supplier, but now it only cost 15,000 flat. If you want to order click here! Don’t forget to mention me when you buy one!

He is a trusted supplier of mine and check out his Product list here.

9. The newer model Panasonic Lumix DMC TZ50 has wi-fi and you can instantly upload pictures from your camera to flickr or to any supported web gallery!

Visit my photoblog (which I will update soon) and my flickr art gallery.

Helpful links to Panasonic Lumix DMC TZ5

1. dpreview.com’s high recommendation result from it’s review of the TZ5

2. Camera Lab’s video tour of the TZ 5

3. Where I bought my TZ5.

4. dpreview sample shots of TZ5

5. my flickr art gallery

6. my photoblog

7.  Panasonic Lumix TZ5 Full Specifications

These are just test shots, all unedited hehe…

I don’t really have the nicest subject because I am hiding this camera from my mom she doesn’t know I bought one yet… 😛

And btw, the process of deciding which camera to buy was just hell crazy @_@ I have been checking out dpreview.com several times, asked friends, co-workers, professional photographers and photo-bloggers and the majority recommended this (since I am on a budget and output-based). So there… Yikes… I hope this would be the last gadget I’d buy for the year… me hopezz… me hopezz..

Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: I don’t know @_@

So SLRs have many buttons… @_@ small and big.. and they’re everywhere!!!

… and they’re all in symbols!!!

… It’s like an alien language or something!

… then the menu has some texts but it has these numbers.. all numbers and letters combined that I just don’t understand at all!!! @_@

good luck to me!!! haha

The two pictures above can’t be done “majestically” by my Panasonic Lumix TZ5. That’s the only downside of any Compact or Digi-Cams… Night shots aren’t really so gnarly… 😛

So this is definitely a challenge for me! Too bad flairphoto dot com domain is already taken :-/ Will I be able to create more beauty with Flair Photography? I think I can, because I have just so much inspiration… So much that my creative side is just all boosted up!