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An empty vodka bottle

forsaken

Forsaken by it's owner

who used to cradle it

As though

his life depended on it

Never knowing

he'd never come back

Never knowing

he was already gone.

By the way, I just watched Hachiko - A Dog's Story yesterday. Awesome movie, I have to admit.

One of the few movies that can actually make me cry.

Fragile

I never knew I was so fragile - physically and emotionally, until today.

Stand up and fight, Ryo.



Aku kuat ni!

Brands, Pricetags

Firstly, I understand why people look at brands or pricetags at first. It's natural instinct - like looking at a person, and the first thing you notice is their face - you don't notice their character, or their beauty within.

Thing is, people like this are getting more and more abundant on the surface of our planet - which used to be inhabited by humans.

Well sigh yeah, I'm about to drone on about cameras and photography again - don't faint. Please XD.

Point-and-Shoot Cameras
Practically the lightweight and commonest camera found. Most families have one so as to make happy memories stay on film memory cards.

Compact Digicams
Similar body to the conventional point-and-shoot cams, but bigger. Quality? Side-by-side to a DSLR. Versatility - high. For those who have a handful of crisp cash in their pockets.

DSLRs
High in demand, high in production today. Most people think that Canon and Nikon are the leading brands - while disregarding others. How about Pentax? Sony?

My point is - after looking at a pretty, tack-sharp, bokeh-effect, photo, most people's first thought will be - "DSLR. Wish I have one so that I can take photos like that."

Well, sorry to disappoint you, but click on THIS LINK and say that to the photos you see in there, XD.

DSLRs do NOT guarantee pretty photos, and cheap digicams do NOT mean crappy lousy photos, jeez.

Recently got into an argument with one of my friends - all because he/she (not gonna disclose) ass-kisses branded DSLRs blindly, and says that normal digicams just won't have the same quality, and that he/she's not gonna use Photoshop at all.

Neways, I just came back from Jubli Perak (revisited), and posted up some photos on Facebook. The link's - here. And mind that I wrote "Now with a DSLR." in the album's caption. But well, it's actually just my same old BenQ c850.







You won't write better essays by using a Parker.

Signing out,
Ryo.

Friends Always?

Quoted from robin's karma.

So often we receive emails from friends that today (as in everyday) is an "International Friendship Day".

I always wonder why we have friends?

The most common type of friendships are friends of Utility.

Look around you. We want to have friends who can help us in our career (business acquaintance), our lifes, our cores and our work. Once they are not longer useful, we hardly keep in contact until we see them in the newspapers, or in the obituary. Haha.

This is the reason why tit-for-tat, an eye for an eye, not-nice-to-me-and-I-won't-too relationships will result in divorce and breakup.

The other type of friendship is one of convenience, just like office colleagues, being in the same boat at the same time and once off the boat, no more contact.

The third one is unconditional friendship, which doesn't have an hidden agenda and we accept whatever we are. The element of respect and loving kindness is the key to this type of friendship. Everyone claims to want a friend like that, but if you look carefully at all your friend now, how many are unconditional friend and how many are mainly behaving like the friend of utility.

This applies to relationships too.

Life is full of hidden agendas.

"The Shot"

"It’s something we photographers all hope for. The thing we strive to achieve every time we pick up the camera. The one image that could possibly define who we are as a photographer, and maybe even our careers.
...
Since then, it’s become my signature image. Have I shot anything worthwhile since then? I think so. Have I shot anything to top it? That’s debatable… But I’ll keep trying."

- Scott Kelby, Scott Kelby's Photoshop Insider, 9 July 2010.

The shot.

Almost every professional photographer - like what Scott Kelby says, have a photograph that somehow defines them - their career, their skills, their passion.

Curiosity (and of course, ego, XD) brought me to browsing through my photo albums in my computer, just to search for my "shot" - the photo, or photos, that define my photography - photos that define me.







Felines?

Neways, my schedule's preventing me from venturing further away from home - hence, no fresh photos.

What do you think?