Long List of Updates!

Hi followers...

been long time didnt update this... sorry for that if you are still following...

well... in this around 9 months of time... a lot had happened... will try to follow up as much as possible within this post...

JAN 2010

Bought my first D-SLR, the Nikon D3000. The pics below are courtesy of this SLR i have... enjoy!

Celebrated my birthday with Heather who came over to johor bharu... stayed at this J Hotel. very nice place. recommended!

Heather, shy off the lense... well i just got this SLR 2 weeks before she came over... had the most memorable birthday so far ever...

Thanks to her that made this year a very special one...

having lunch at McD. had the ring fries(i totally forgot what its called already... XD)

FEB 2010

CNY season...

well Heather wasnt with me during this period... but still this year, i had a long holiday and fortunately had a bunch of friends all coming back from overseas, made it such a fun ones...

Fireworks! cant miss this every CNY although its illegal here in Malaysia, but whats a CNY without one huh?

My MAS flight being prep before taking off from KLIA!

This is Rona, holding our boarding passes for flight KL-MYY

Allan posing with his modified van...

sweet ride!

The simple family Reunion dinner... steamboat with my dad's specialty sup tulang!

Another shot at fireworks... this one was captured from my best friend, chun hau's place... one of the biggest i have seen in my life...

another element that completes a CNY... Lion dance! there is another one, the Dragon dance, but unfortunately, i dun have my cam at those times...

Visiting my good friend, Kelvin's house... super huge, super comfy, super food! thanks for the hospitality!

Ah... Gear talks there... XD

Towards the end of CNY, my sis and I experienced a bad delay... 12 hours delay! and i have to say, screw MAS Malaysian's Hospitality... No system, impolite ground staff! No wonder everyone flies with Air Asia nowadays...

But anyway... as the flight got delayed for 12 hours, and within these hours, Heather got back to Miri from KK... i took this opportunity to drive down to Senadin from the airport to hook up with her...

Arriving KL after the fucking MAS delays... the next morning before driving down to JB, we had breakfast with Allan...

Went to his house and was greeted by this sweet beagle, Max. My bro's pet...

Well... the journey havent been nice as well... our car went on a over-heating problem half-way on the PLUS High-way... and shortly after this, there was some motherfuckers who tried to rob us off our ride... but Praise the Lord, all is good. Nothing lost, no one hurt...

MARCH 2010

Well its pass my 2010 1st semester's exam and i went back to Miri...

The beaches is the play that heather likes the most... and well that trip, i promise her that i would spend 5 days with her on the beach just dating...
Waiting for the sunset after we did the shot below...
a composite picture of us both... XD... had fun doing this, hopefully could do this again at a different venue...
Then, the sun set came and here are some shots...
Second shot...

Third shot... and then my holiday ended...

APRIL 2010

Start of the 2nd Semester 2010... Now at this time, I was kinda just started to get a hang of the life here in Skudai, Johor Bharu. A lot of stuff a different here and the funny/embarasing part is, I am forced to "re-learnt" my mandarin and upgrade my level on it... XD. and the people here likes to play as long as it involves water... :ϸ

Went to Melaka for a one day trip there...

Jonker Walk! the sculpture at the start of the walk...

Resting on the Red Building. The historical building in Melaka...

Our group expect me behind the lense having a group photo!

Bomb the motherfuckers! MWAhaHAhaHAhaHAha!

This is the playing with water thingy i mentioned earlier... this was the start of the orientation night gathering...

Greet the Station leader, first thing, get wet...

Lost in a round of game, getting more wet...

Third round, all wet, and not have to blow the ping pong ball out of the cup filled with water...

While doing the juggling... more water please!

And ends with everyone looking really wet... just before they go home... XD!

Love Life!

MAY 2010

Was covering my school's graduation dinner. A fun filled event and a big congrats to the organizers for the success of the event... below are some shots of the event... enjoy!

Enjoying his dance performance.

The food. Nice, nice and very nice! although there were a problem of poor estimation, but still return home with a full stomach.

Some key chain for memory at the registration counter!

Unfortunately these are the only shots that i am gonna share in this post...

Well... at this point, life was back to normal... WHY? you might be asking. Well, my faithful speed lite went haywired late in the month of May... hence at that point, going out taking pictures was really a disappointment, thought me a very good lesson though that brought me to the next event that is going to unfold shortly, the lesson is: Good lighting is the other half beside a good camera in a photographer's journey...

Fast Forward to August 2010!

Now the big upgrade! My very own home based portrait studio i open for business... Still a lot of arrangements and also setting up to do as I am writing this post, but all in all, its open for all sorts of portraits: personal portraits, fashion portraits, product shots, convocation portraits etc etc...

here are some soft copy of my works from the studio!

Products!

Portraiture

Portraiture again!

well, for more info on services that i provide, feel free to call me at

0168529993

brian-r-tan

For now, ciao!

Have a nice Day!

Semester ended

Semester 1 of my school has come to an end. Hopefully i will get a good result from the final exam. Anyway, at the mean time, i will just sit back and enjoy my beers! Updates later on much cooler stuff. Stay tuned.

Outting

Went out jalan jalan. Nothing to do then took this picture. Having dinner at kenny rogers now. Hihi. Like the picture and i thought wanted to update the long forgotten blog. Ciao.

new place, new begining...

reach skudai with my dad... and my 30KG of stuff from miri that is seem to be sufficient for my head start in the new place, Skudai, Johor... situated at the south of the Malaysian Peninsular... and only a 30mins drive to Johor Bharu... the first impression of life here is everyone seems to be minding their own business... nobody cares...

proved it huh? the kids are playing with the fountain just outside the jusco mall here... kinda funny that this dun happen even in my small hometown in Miri!

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this is the view of my school... for mirians, does it look like Chung Hua secondary school? tha place is call Southern College and i will be doing my Electrical & Electronic Engineering here...

the view of my room wheni just moved in with my 30KG of stuff... and havent arrange them! messy! hahaha...

Yea! I know... Its Small!

After setting everything down at the dorm from the car... we head out to the famous Bah Ku Teh place in skudai...

This is not all the dish... but heck i am too hungry to take picture... after taking this pic... i just eat eat eat and the next thing i know... its all gone! XD

and after 2 days of arranging and unpacking...

Thats all for this time i guess... more to come once the class starts already...

ciao...

Good life about to end....

as from the previous post... i was back in miri and was having none other than living good and having fun the whole way through... moments that i have been sad, happy, dull, colourful etc etc... but hey, THAT'S LIFE! full of ups and downs...

lets start off with the clubbing! XD

This was taken during "A Night In Rome" by Heinneken in
AL-FRESCO.

Had fun that night although we were only there for a while due to club overload... but nevertheless... it was fun listening to DJ LapSap mixing the house beat... and the dancing and "worshiping" the DJ as the tune go on...

well... thats not all been i think on average clubbing every saturday night... thats after i go to church for my youth meeting... HAHA... *sorry*

despite all the drinking and smoking and screaming... i guess i am still healthy... check out my BP... still is normal... but i havent gone back to take my medical report from the hospital though... haha... not scared but rather dun find the effort to go although i am in town almost everyday during my holiday...

food at home are really better than food in school... guess i have to thank my mum for my good health... because she serves good food... HAHAHA... everyday! and another thing is... i really have to say something in contradict to normal people's mindset of clubbing is unhealthy...

cuz

to me... when i club yes i drink, smoke and dance... but while doing that i sweat because of dancing and during those moments... i am stress free... and well... i never drank too much that i got drunk... most of the time... i come out from the club sober! and of course dun do DRUGS!


see... still as healthy as a horse... hahaha... this is taken minutes before i came back from johor... went to WM for a week...


and that one week have been the most special week of my holiday... this is my girl friend... who i met during one of the saturday night out... dunno about the readers but i think she is gorgeous in this picture...

well... what else clubbing are bad for... hehe... from this post... i think clubbing did basically a lot of good things to my life than harm...

i get to meet people, get to relax, get to workout... and most importantly...

i met my TINY...

and i am happy to be with her...

thats all...

ciao~

Back to Miri... Good life starts again...

I drove this just now. Haha. Anyway, coming back for holiday, then i got this job offer from my previous workplace. Asking me to go back and work for them as they are short of hand. So i guess i will be going back to work starting this saturday as an profesional car audio installer again. Stay tune for more updates from the workplace. Ciao

Searching for a Soulmate

I am looking for someone,

Someone I would like to spend my free time with.
Someone I like to call although I have no particular topic to discuss.
Someone I like to send an mms to whenever I got a haircut.
Someone who I would like to share my pass with.
Someone who I would give a gift just because it’s Monday.
Someone I like to treat when I got my salary every month.
Someone I would like to share my happiness, sorrow, and sweet, bitter of my life.
Someone who accepts me for what I am, a sinner with a shameful pass.
Someone who I think of before I got out of bed and goes to bed.
Someone who share my passions over pet dogs.
Someone who would hold my hands when I needed her.
Someone who stays although I asked her to leave.
Someone who understands my temper and calms me down even though she is scared.
Someone who would stay on my bed side when I am sick.
Someone whose smile would take my breath away.
Someone whose touch would clear my mind.
Someone whose hug would make me feel secure.
Someone whose kiss would me feel happy.
Someone whose silence would make me feel guilty.
Someone whose tears would make my chest hurts.
Someone whose cry would make me feel useless.
Someone whose rest is more important than mine.
Someone whose health is more crucial than mine.
Someone whose need is more essential than mine.
Someone whose wish is my responsibility.
Someone whose life is more valuable than mine.
Someone who I like to share my life with.
Someone who I like to share my hobby with.
Someone who I like to built a family with.
Someone who I like to grow old with.
Someone I like to share our life memories on the rocking chairs as grey haired couples.
Someone who I like to be with till my last breath.
Someone who I would claim as the nicest person on Earth when God asked.
Someone I believe would make it to heaven for her kindness.
Someone I would wait for in heaven.

I wished she knows...

My necklace....

Necklaces worn around the neck are often seen but what does it means? To some it is a fashion statement. Hip hop cultures likes it big and heavy with a shining touch they often refer as “Bling Bling”. Rich wears pearls as a symbol of greatness and prosperity. Chinese wears gold as a sign of good wealth. Others wear string with a locket of their God as a sign of believe and also some wear them as a remembrance to someone close to their heart. I am one of those.

Necklace alone symbolize the person, worn without a locket means that the person is single and available. When I have a special someone I will attach a locket together with my necklace which symbolizes that special person.

Why all these? My necklace is always around my neck.

· When I sleep, wash, play, and move. With the locket around I include my special ones when I do everything. Normally I hide my necklace inside my shirt to protect it from prying eyes, protecting it from danger like I would protect my special ones from any harm.

· When I reach home, I take off everything on me. Change my cloth, my earrings, my wallet, my rings etc. everything except my necklace because I cannot take it off. It’s a part of me, my special one and me.

· When I am free, a habit of me is I will hold and adore my locket. Kiss it, pamper it and clean it. Just like I would do to my special one every single day.

· Lastly, the locket is the thing I wore nearest to my heart. Means my special one is always near to my heart. Wherever and whenever I am she is always there and I do hope she does the same thing.

That’s all about necklace to me. Not a fashion statement, not a show off item but something more than just a chain worn around the neck. It’s an important part of me which completes me.