The Sportmanship!

Last Saturday, I joined Putrajaya Night Marathon as Skateline volunteer. I wasn't sure about my job scope in the event. Maybe just directing the runners to the correct lane (They have to run along open streets) and escorting lone runner. The job scope sounds pretty easy right? But if you're one of us, you will definitely disagree!

This is because the runners were running on open streets and the traffic always go crazy during peak hours! No, we don't have policemen to help us thus we have to do it by ourselves. They rather pass by than pull over to help. T_T Imagine us with no traffic directing skills, standing in the middle of the road, waving the flag, asking/begging for the car to stop, still some of drivers will not stop. Very ignorant I can say! If they put themselves in runners' shoes, what will they think? One of the runner couldn't take it and scolded out loud. I wonder he was scolding us the volunteers or the drivers? He scolded in Malay with accent, therefore I didn't get what he said. I know, my Malays sucks. Moreover, we didn't take dinner until 3-4am leh!

Enough with the whining already. The main part of this entry is about respecting a runner's sportsmanship! I was at my station which is around 20km away from starting point. Then I saw a Skateline volunteer escorting the last or Nth last 42km runner. So, me and the rest had decided to skate along as we never thought that 20km is a long way go. Ya right! We were so naive. ;p

Skated half way and got very tired, what's more on foot? The runner - Mr. Rahman insisted to finish the run. His spirit has inspired and motivated me to finish the run too! He just kept continuing without stopping! What I did was just silently accompanying him along the run as I'm really bad in cheering! =_=

8 to 9 km left, some skaters were gone and left me and another 2 friends with Mr. Rahman. Then the 2 friends have decided to call it quits. Seriously I was very mad! How can we stop right now? There was no one else to help him if anything happens. They do have few other association volunteers around with bike but they were just slacking and far away! I truly believe that we have the responsibility to follow the runner even though that has been overdone as a volunteer. Mr. Rahman kept telling us that we can leave without him but I don't think it's a great idea to leave him alone in the night.

Soon, I left my friends and continue with Mr. Rahman. I'm not trying to say that I'm being heroic. The message that I'm trying to deliver is that what happens if you are the only one in the middle of the road with no one around? How can you call for help when you need assistance? You may argue that today's technology is good enough. We can easily reach others with handphone. Worst comes to worst, what if he doesn't have the mobile with him?

Sarcastically, I left Mr. Rahman very soon. I had to leave with my friends as I don't have the transportation to get back to Cyberjaya by myself. I feel that I'm so selfish! Even until now, I still can't get over myself.

Around 4~5am, Mr. Rahman sms-ed me that he have made it til the end! He even got a metal for it! Although I couldn't share his victory on the spot but still I can feel the happiness! He's a true sportsman! Do not call yourself a sportsman if you don't have these attributes within you.

So Fragile

I feel so fragile when ever thought of family.

What should I do?

There are so many things needed to be worried.

What should I do?

What should I do...

LOMO with BBQ Stove~

I feel so bad for not taking as many photo as possible. I just don't have the idea or theme! It's okay. I'll slowly increase my photo collections. :)


BBQ Stove | Link

At first glance, we could see that the image above is totally not produced by camera. Indeed it's not. The message that I'm trying to deliver is how powerful Photoshop is! Again I put myself in contradiction with the need of post-processing of photo taken with DSLR. Don't worry if you couldn't get what I said. ;p

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Check this out! Spot the huge differences between the edited and non-edited images! Photoshop terrifies people and that's it! *shakes head*

Another attempt!

Water & Coin | Link

Bored with FB, not motivated to start FYP, having mom controlling over the remote control, and while waiting for dinner, it's photo shooting time! Hmm.. What can we shoot at night? No, I don't feel like shooting portraits. No, not going outdoor ler!

*Ding!*

Ah ha! I have an idea! Perhaps I should try splashing fruit photography!

*Searches fridge*

Eventually there's only a banana left. But bah! I wanna chomp it later so I wont sacrifice it! It's mine! MINE!!

*cough*

Lastly, no choice but to replace fruit with coin. After all the materials are gathered, tripod and backdrop are set, now let's get the party started~! Woohoo~!

The photo shoot session went pretty smooth and things seemed pretty well-done. Until viewing the photos with laptop. I've got trauma after browsing through the images! Seriously! The photos are not sharp, shadows and reflections are included. Haiyo.. Chose the best photo and tried to photoshop lo. First edit turned out bad and the picture above is my Nth try. Ok la.. Can't expect more from a n00b like me. XP

In a conclusion, I still heart the outcome. Meh~!! ;p

Woot woot!

Weeeeee~ I like the new template so much! Especially the top-left photo box! I can now change the photo whenever I wish to. ;p


Plushies | Link
Here's another picture taken some time ago. Does it look the the plushies are taking self potraits by themselves? Hehe!

Speaking of photography, I've started to get confuse with the definition of "Art of Photography". A good photo should or shouldn't go through post-processing? If the photo is good enough and doesn't require further edit, indeed it saves a lot of hassles. But why not do some post processing to enhance the quality of photo?

These are not the only ideas that have been buzzing around me. In the end, I think that we should just keep things easy. I'll just shoot what I want - photos that tell stories.