Do I Look Like a Girl?
July 10, 2008 | Filed Under Photography, Portrait, Questions, Self Gratification, Work | 5 Comments
I was working today and as usual, I was topping up some of the desserts in the salad bar. Whilst trying to make room for myself amongst the crowd over at the desserts section, the mom directed her daughter, “Darling, make way for the LADY so she can go through.”
What’s wrong with the world today?
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Help - HOYA 52mm Circular Polariser Filter
July 10, 2008 | Filed Under Accessories/Equipment, Confessional, Photography, Questions | 4 Comments
I’m a noob. I just received my HOYA 52mm Circular Polariser, but I don’t know why the front element (or rim) comes off when I pull it gently. Rotating the front element/rim doesn’t make it come off unless I pull it off gently. Is it normal or should I return it to the seller? Help! 
The (circular) polariser that I got off eBay which is sold for almost 3 times the price locally.
The back. No instructions or a hint of the CPL’s front element/rim being able to be removed without unscrewing the back element/rim.
This is how it looks like.
And this is where I just don’t get it. Is this normal?
I believe it wouldn’t affect my shots, but if this is not supposed to be removable, I reckon I should return it. Pardon my ignorance. I have already tried looking for answers online but to no avail, and I’m working tomorrow so I don’t have the time to even test the filter out. I didn’t even edit the pictures, and I really just want to sleep now
EDIT: Thanks to Jason and Lilian, I’ve already contacted the seller and I will be sending the filter back for an exchange tomorrow.
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Wordpress 2.5.1 Visual Editor Not Working. Help.
June 27, 2008 | Filed Under Questions, Rough Times | 3 Comments
My Wordpress (2.5.1) Visual Editor is not working at all and I really need some help to fix this problem. It is killing me because I can’t use the normal editor and it’s really messing up my codes half the time and demotivates me to update my blog.
I just can’t understand why this is happening now. My visual editor was working fine and all of a sudden it just stopped working. The screenshot shows that “visual” is highlighted and even when I try clicking on “HTML” it doesn’t change anything. I’ve deactivated all my Wordpress plugin and tried writing, but the problem remained. I even tried IE8 and also started Firefox 3 in safe mode, re-installed Firefox 2, updated to the latest Java Runtime, but doesn’t seem to work.
I’m just totally lost here. I need my visual editor back! Help.
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Photographic Equipment on eBay
June 22, 2008 | Filed Under Photography, Questions | Leave a Comment
I’m going a little eBay frantic this couple of days, watching quite a number of photography equipments on eBay. Some of the items I’ve been watching (have yet to bid on either one):
1) 35mm 2.0D (used/2 months old)
2) 52mm HOYA Circular Polarising Filter (used)
3) SB-600 Speedlight (used/local Perth seller)
And a few other items. All the items are located in Australia and I dare not look elsewhere. What do you guys think of the items I’m currently watching? Feel free to go to the items’ description and persuade/dissuade me to bid on the items.
Updates will resume when I’m feeling less tired. Been feeling extra lethargic of late, probably the extra hours at work.
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Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is Good?
May 30, 2008 | Filed Under General, Questions, Thoughts | 3 Comments
I’m really impressed with the performance of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1, so impressed that I’m actually currently using this browser to type this entry. Browsing is smooth and fast, and other than some texts not displaying correctly in certain pages, there are no issue at all. I fixed the text display issue by “emulating” IE7 browser, basically to change IE8’s look to IE7’s.
I still can’t believe how fast the pages load. Compared to Firefox, I must say that some pages such as Facebook load much faster than my Firefox 3 Beta 5. And this is only IE8’s first beta.
Impressive. Do have a go with IE8 and tell me how did it go.
Ps. For the record, I’ll still stick with Firefox and use IE8 when it’s absolutely necessary.
UPDATE: I still think that tab loads much faster with Firefox, or perhaps it’s just my laptop’s sluggish performance.
UPDATE 2: IE8 Beta 1 seems to be quite unstable. It has crashed about 4 times just today when I used it for normal browsing. Let’s hope Microsoft fixes it in the next release.
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Where Do You Sit in Class/Seminar?
May 23, 2008 | Filed Under Announcement, Humour, Life in Uni, Questions, Rough Times | 5 Comments
“Piled Higher and Deeper” by Jorge Cham
www.phdcomics.com
Now that my university life is officially put on hold for another 9 full weeks, I am hereby free from the clutches of assignments and tests. I will be available for work full-time for unlimited hours, without the 20 hours constraint, thus being able to concentrate on paying off my debts and phone bills (yes, that’s plural. Yes, my phone connection has been suspended).
The big question is, who is hiring me? I am willing to be your photography slave for a really affordable price =P
Have a great weekend, people.
ps. This is officially my 100th blog entry in ChanRaymond dot net!
p.p.s Prayers go out to Hwey and Deng’s grandmother who fell down earlier today and is hospitalised. and also not forgetting their family in this time of despair.
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Two and Nine
December 23, 2007 | Filed Under Questions | 3 Comments
It’s (technically) two days from Christmas and nine days from New Year. Let me take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in advance 
I’ll still be working tomorrow morning (not fun), but will be celebrating the rest of Christmas Eve at my girlfriend’s place tomorrow. Christmas day will be spent crabbing with my brother and his friend’s family in Mandurah, about 1.5 hours’ drive from my place.
I’ll probably resume work the following day. So only a day off for me. Still no plans for the New Year, but I guess I should take it one at a time, no?
What has been planned for your Christmas and New Year?
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