I just bought a couple of items from eBay:
The hood isn’t exactly compulsory, but it’s really annoying seeing how “naked” the lens look by itself, especially when I use the lens in most situations. I still don’t get why Nikon Corporation decides not to include the hood with the kit lens.
This is a “fake” version of Stofen’s Omnibounce, about 1/5th the price of the original Stofen. But what difference will it make? It’s still plastic and I’m sure the results will still be more pleasing on the eye than bare flash by the Speedlight, bounced or not.
I just had to say this – photography makes me feel broke! 
P.S. A friend’s cousin is looking for an assistant photographer. I’m seriously considering it although I may not be what he is looking for.
Thanks to Bryan for the minimal downtime of my blog 
This is a pending post from four days ago, but since I have my day off, I shall slowly re-type the post:
It was a normal Friday afternoon. I had to drag my ass out of the bed because some potential buyer of my Nissan Pulsar 1990 Hatchback was coming over to check the car. So, I needed to drive the car to the nearest car wash and give it a quick wash and vacuum. I got out of the house and:
There were carrot pieces all over my neighbour’s pavers.
Carrot
There were carrot pieces under my car.
Carrot 2
There were carrot stains on my driver side-mirror. And it was cracked. With carrots.
Carrot 3
What an insult. The potential buyers did not end up buying the car, of course.
The day followed up with Elvis (the dog) and Monkey (the bird) being sick, not excluding my blog being sick. What a day that was.
Something is terribly wrong with my blog. I’ll be right back while I get some help from Bryan.
Monkey the Bird
Hi! My name is Monkey and I’m a bird! Nice to meet you. Raymond is too busy working to earn money, so I’m here to blog on his behalf. He’ll be back as soon as possible. Don’t I just look so cool? Admit it. I do, and don’t say no because I bite.
Have a good day!
Wow. I read back on what I wrote last night and I thought it was pretty childish of me to rant so much on a single issue. Ah well, at least that triggered an update for my blog.
Rain
It’s a wet Wednesday. Rain has been pouring since I woke up, and hasn’t stopped since. It reflects me of my mood – cold and sombre. Grabbed my D60, peeked through the side door and snapped a couple of shots and before I go off to work, decided to blog.
Rain 2
Sorry for the strong message I was trying to pass on the previous post. No harm was meant to be done and none was harmed in the process. Have a lovely day ahead.
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I broke my Yones MusclePower 99 a couple of nights ago
Broken MP99
It hasn’t even been a year and I’ve already broken it. That’s AUD160 gone in a single night. That’s almost ten hours of work. Good thing I have a couple of spares, albeit not as good.
