I am not trained as a trainer but the training opportunities find their ways to me, over the years, since I have started my humble career. It’s always a full circle, from one end to another, from another end to the same one I have started from. You strategize, you design a new business process, you put [...]
Entries from March 10th, 2009
So I Conduct Global Training Over The Internet And I Look Inside My Stomach Hard for The Butterflies
March 10th, 2009 8 Comments
My Sister’s Wedding in Singapore – Thank You For Your Warm Wishes
March 8th, 2009 14 Comments
It is amazing how pressure can propel us to do the seemingly impossible. I woke up this morning barely 8 hours after I shot the last photo of the evening and my parents were already pacing around my living room hinting or rather strongly hinting that they wished to take all the photos I have shot for [...]
Tags: hong kong · Hong Kong December 2008 / January 2009 Trip · my sister's wedding · Nik Software Color Efex Pro 3.0 · Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G · Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G VR · Nikon Capture NX2 · Nikon D700 · Nikon SB-900
For My Parents With Love In The Beautiful Landscape of The Singapore Botanic Gardens
March 8th, 2009 10 Comments
My 74 years old dad said the funniest thing. He told me that these days when he went fishing, along the harbor of Hong Kong, young photographers often take him as their photo subject. And in his tone of reminisce he said, “When I was a young photographer I was doing the same. Now that [...]
Tags: Botanic Gardens · Nik Software Color Efex Pro 3.0 · Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G VR · Nikon Capture NX2 · Nikon D700 · Nikon SB-900
K-20: Legend of the Mask – A Japanese Batman?
March 6th, 2009 2 Comments
It’s Takeshi so Cynthia has got to watch it. So I have got to accompany her. And I had no idea what to expect. Besides, I reckon since my parents are going to be in town this week, my sister is getting Singaporely married this weekend (for her wedding tour, click here), I’d better catch [...]
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The Outlook of Digital Music Media in 2009 – Comes With Music Part 2
March 4th, 2009 6 Comments
Before I dive into my personal thought on the current outlook of music industry, here are some interesting facts. The big four major record labels that Nokia has struck a deal with account for over 80% of total sales worldwide (read previous blog entry for details on “Comes With Music”). Revenue from CD sales has been [...]
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Part One: Nokia Comes With Music – Too Good to be True? – A Media Event
March 3rd, 2009 12 Comments
Imagine this: you buy a phone and it comes with 4 million songs for you to download for free for a year - via your PC or your Nokia phone. And you get to keep all the tracks even after the service period is over. It is not a question if what Nokia is attempting to [...]
Tags: blogger event · Nik Software Color Efex Pro 3.0 · Nikon D700 · nokia · nokia event
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby – Getting the Most from Your Software
March 1st, 2009 4 Comments
I own the full version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 and have bought and read this guidebook prior to trying out the software, when I was holidaying in Bandung. And it was not the first time I read a guidebook before even trying out a product. I read a book on Canon 40D and have decided to buy a [...]
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