Introducing Noni

For all of you who followed my blog since I started, I posted some photos of Feri and Shierlyne around April / May 2008. I got the chance again last month to do some photos with them again.

Shierlyne's sister Stephanie (Noni) also tagged along with us, so it seemed like a fun idea to include her in the photos and as it turned out it is.










Proper family pose :)

Easy T/S effect

Stumbled on this site http://tiltshiftmaker.com/ which can turn your normal photos into T/S photos :)

It is fun and addictive. But still nothing could beat the real T/S lens. I think personally the blur is a bit thick (think Gaussian Blur in PS), unlike lens blur in the real lens. That being said, it is really close to the real thing and no photoshop needed :D.

Example below :

Quick stop at Raffles Hotel

The court yard with cafe/restaurant.


Tropical garden courtyard with lush greenery. Looks very refreshing but that day is very very hot.


I think this is the entrance from inside. I am not sure.


Hallway.


This "becak" guy is resting for a while after working hard under the hot sun.


An artificial TS effect (again) in Raffles Shopping Center.

Flying B777-300ER

When we went back to Jakarta on last November, we got the chance to hop on the B777-300 ER Singapore Airlines. Inside, it was almost look alike the A380 cabin, but still it is more quite in the A380. These planes are also new, I think they are also delivered in 2007.

Overall experience : priceless :)


The normal situation when we also loading stuffs into the compartment.


The view after 1-2 hours on the air.




Snacks after take off


Funky reading lights.






Finally, the meals served.

Afternoon sip

A sip of cafe latte in the afternoon.

Got bored at work

It is Wednesday afternoon and frankly I don't feel like working. Too bored :(

Looking at photos below make me wanna go holiday again to Bali :)





Above, 2 boring landscape photos taken with 50mm resulting difficulties taking the full view :), guess I have to cope with that.

Below, sate plecing at Denpasar. Really really must try this one if you readers are going to Bali :)





We also had some coffees from Kopi Bali, which is very nice. The shop located on Sanur, on the main road (I forgot the street's name).





That's it for now.

Tourists in Bali

Most people agreed Bali economy really depends on its tourism. So they open their doors wide for tourists to come & see and more importantly, to feel the Balinese custom.

Many temples which supposedly for praying to Hindu gods are open for public (tourists), which now can be categorized as tourism object rather than sacred place. I guess you just can't resist capitalism :)



European tourists posed for a group photo in front of a temple in Pura Ulundanu.



Yet more tourists busy walking around.



The tour guide (most left) ain't local guy, he is actually European live long enough in Bali.

Jimbaran sunset

Below are the views from the beach where we had dinner on Jimbaran. It was really a glorious sunset.