Hot Rod Show, 41st Anniversary Brisbane I

Went to see this show yesterday morning with a few friends (kira mcm photography outing). Yang banarnya I don't really know pasal kereta + enjin kereta hehehe... it just that I want to go for photography outing and gain a few experiences. I managed to take a few photos but not as good as my other friends, I bring the wrong lens, suppose I should bring my wide lense instead of that zoom lens. Anyway, I just click click around RNA showground where they had this car shows. kalau inda tantu tu hehehe... hemm... liat aja.... masih belajar photography ni...

Village Market II

The Hungarian Garlic Bread - Langos... this is my favourite garlic bread, just add sour cream, garlic butter, grated cheese and sweet chili sauce.

Looks so yummy....

NP:- Sorry all the pics are not the best quality..... I will take more picture of the weekend markets if I got more times.... and I am planning to go to West End Market again because it has been more than a year since I went there.

Village Market I

The Kelvin Grove Urban Village Markets are an affordable and fabulous Farmers Market that combine retro clothes, original art, ethnic food and artefacts, jewellery, and much more. Held weekly the market displays a wide range of items that will change from week to week. I havent been to the market for quite some times and me and a few friends decided to go there early in the morning. Fresh coconut, this is my first time seeing lots of coconut in Brisbane. The last one was in 2007 and I got it from West End Market.

This guy is really dammed good chopping the coconut... he has been doing it since 1995 and he came from a place in Australia (can't remember which part of Australia) where they plant lots of coconut trees.

Bruneian friends, four of us enjoying the coconut juice... I didn't have my picture taken...

Avocados....

This guy insist me to take his photos ;)... he is selling Organic Eggs...

Fragant potpouri...

Bakery....

Bakery...

Makeup Workshop

This evening I attended a makeup workshop which was organized by a makeup artist friend named Rachael Parnell. She got her own online makeup store called Makeup and Glow in Kelvin Grove Road and I known her since last November 2008. She invited a makeup artist named Frankie Fong who was based in Brisbane. Frankie had been a makeup artist for two years now. He specialised in fashion and editorial makeups. For two hours he made a makeup demo, the natural and dewy look, editorial makeup and a smoky eye technique. He is so talented, and I was really excited to watch his demo. There were 10 of us attending this workshop, some come from different background. Me and my friend Malowina had just graduated from Academy of Makeup after a full time 9 weeks course.. (yepeee.... I am a makeup artist). The other three were still a student makeup artist from the same academy. Then, the rest were makeup artists who had several years of experiences in makeup industries. Frankie is so generous in giving tips in fashion and editorial makeup. We even checked his makeup case. He got fabs makeup products. He is very down to earth person and I think I like his personality. A good advice from him... keep on practice... to built up confident... yeah I think I do need that one... do master the clean and natural look technique then after mastering that technique you can go with wild and crazy makeups..... By the way, the pic was taken with my point and shoot camera.... I don't dare to take more picture because I might disturb the others with my camera flash light.

(Frankie and the model....)

Cheers.

Kabuki

This is my bronzing brush and it is also call as Kabuki. The intention of this pic... I was trying to capture a close-up photo... trying to see the differences in DOF. Learning the skills all over again is also time consuming but I have to be patient... I am not really satisfied with the outcome of this pic but this is the best pic that I can get hehehe..... anyway.... practice and practice and practice..... keep on practicing...

The way to Mount Olivet

My CP5 rotation 2 is just around the corner and I was allocated to have my clinical prac in Mount Olivet Hospital (Rehabilitation and Palliative care). That hospital was not my preferance at all. I choosed 3 hospitals in my FIPS, they are RBWH, St. Andrews Hospital and Eye hospital in Spring Hill. Unfortunately, for this rotation... I was not lucky enough. This morning I did meet my unit coordinator and we discussed about my issue - public transport issue and the availability time of buses and water ferry in Brisbane City. Not much choice that I have... I can go to Royal Children Hospital, but it is a big NO NO for me.... working with kids in Brisbane will be a major nightmares for me. I have a communication problem with OZ kids (nda ku paham cakap kanak2 orang putih disini, totally surrender ku, baik ku melayan kanak2 melayu di Brunei). Anyway, I just 'Tawakkal'.... so this afternoon with the help of my friend, I went to the city and try to locate where is Mount Olivet Hospital.

Ok, on our journey today, we have to go by bus 391 from Kelvin Grove Road and stop at Adelaide Street and catch the Free Loops bus to go to Eagle Street. Then from Eagle Street, we have to walked and find the ferry terminal. We found one... yeahhh...... but the wrong one hehe... so we have to walked some more steps till we find the right one... yeah the pic is up there...

There, I was confused with the City Ferry and City Cat. We have to check the Map from the notice board. City Ferry are available for Inner City and Cross River Services (from North Quay to Sydney Street - vice versa) while the City Cat has a major route which stretches from University of Queensland to Apollo Road (vice versa). I wish I can show the map, but just for the infos all this services work within zone 1 up to zone 2 only. The above pic is one of the City Ferry... (jgn hairan, ferry kecik saja bah... kalau City Cat baru basar, nanti mengambar...) and that bridge is the Story Bridge.

It took us just 5 minutes to cross the river and what happened, I felt sick (mauk hehehe naik ferry... apa lerrr....). We stop at Thornton Street Ferry terminal. Then we have to walked about 520 meters... that was not to bad (tapi mengapus jua bejalan hehehe...). At the end when we arrived to Mount Olivet.... just look at the pic below here.... thats how it looks like (the pic was taken across the river). Then... you can see the symbols (atu yang pangkah2 ah....) so, I will just 'Tawakkal' during the prac... what to do, its for my learning experience.

Cheers.

My new toys....

Yepeee..... after so many restless and sleepless night, today I bought myself a new camera -Canon 450D + the kit lens, EF-S 55-250 mm IS and a camera bag. I have been dying to buy a Canon 50D, unfortunately I haven't got the budget to buy it, not until next month. The reason why I can't wait to buy a camera, I have been making so many plans for the next two months while I am still in Brisbane. I want to 'click' and 'click' around Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and probably Sydney (cross fingers... hopefully my plan do come true hehehe...). Anyway, the first person that I told about my new camera is my brother who was now in Thailand visiting his friend. So, as some of my friends had known, he has been using my other Canon camera, and we even make a discussion this afternoon that he will probably buy my new camera from me and I will buy a Canon 50D soon (pakah....... alum batah kana booking tia..... hahaha).

This evening, I did tried this new toys... and I did liked the outcome. So, these are the first few pictures that I have taken so far. As it has been a long time since I used my canon, I had lost touch and I forgot a few things on how to use a DSLR. So, back to square one..... hehehe.... revising the techniques, reading my photography books... anyhow, wish me luck on this new little adventure.

Cheers.

My new toys.... cost me AUD$1340 (the body, the twin lenses, a 4 GB SD memory card and 2 UV filters for the lenses)

My new camera bag Crumpler 6 Million Dollar Home (Cost me AUD$155)

Crumpler...