Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! May 2010 brings you happiness and health!

I know I haven't updated the blog for a while - just being lazy. Will be flying over to Shanghai for a week and then will be meeting my family in Guangxi for another week! Luckily Terry will be joining me so at least I won't be alone during the long flights, and not to mention the long waiting hours in Amsterdam Schiphol!

Woke up to snow covered roads and roofs this morning, hence the small snowman. Will update on my trip when I am back with photos! Till next year!

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Two more of the pumpkin

Well since I had to carve the pumpkin, not putting more photos will not do my time justice.

So here's one without the candlelight. Not very nice, obviously I still have to work on my skills.



Taken from a different angle. The more I look at it, the funnier it gets. I wanted a scary looking one but ended up with a comical one! Oh well...

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Happy Halloween!

It's been a loooonggggg time since I updated my blog and it's now Halloween already! Carved a pumpkin today which is the photo up there. First ever and only using normal kitchen knife, so I think it's not too bad at all.

Happy Halloween!

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The Lost Symbol

The new Dan Brown's book The Lost Symbol is on sale on Amazon now for only £4.99! Yes, you read correctly, brand new, hardcover for only £4.99!

Get it while it lasts! To qualify for the £5 free delivery, just add something really cheap, such as this 54p Paint Brush. It's better than having to pay £2.75 for the delivery!

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Full Moon

Took a photo of the full moon using 70-200 mm f4.0L Canon lens just to try it out. Full zoom and cropped at 100%. Very good sharpness and could see the details clearly. Maybe someday I'll have a telescope lens! Quality reduced when uploaded to this blog though.

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BBC iPlayer now on PS3

I updated my PS3 firmware 2 days ago to v3.0 but didn't notice anything special. Actually, I wasn't looking for anything new, because I have updated the firmware so many times and I didn't really notice anything new. However, while I was using my PS3 yesterday, I saw a new tab on the XMB (cross-media bar) called TV and there's a BBC iPlayer in it! I was surprised! I tried it and although it didn't work initially and caused my PS3 to hang, it was successful on my second attempt. I was a bit disappointed that I had to use the PS3 controller and not my blu-ray controller to play the media. Perhaps I was wrong but I shall investigate into this. Overall the quality of the playback is reasonable, not as good quality as live TV, but still a very handy new addition!

I also read somewhere that it will soon have Sony Video Store on PS3 and also Sony Bravia Sync, allowing the control of PS3 using the TV remote.

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Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge Belfast 2009

Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge 2009 Belfast

Tall Ships had the last stop in Belfast last week after sailing a few months across the Atlantic to the finishing line in Ireland. I have never seen so many people in the same place in Belfast before! It was a good experience as I have never been on any tall ships before. Unfortunately, the queue to go up to Bounty (the ship in Pirates of the Caribbean) was so long that I gave up. Overall a great day out in Belfast!

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