Some updates

Hey guys!!!

So yea... Been slightly over a week and basically didn't do much other than working in NS. Just assembled another computer yesterday with a cloned hard disk based off my laptop. First time cloning and good to know it works despite it taking like what? 5 hours? To clone a 500GB hard drive.

What else... I just read the 1 star review off Amazon regarding the Seagate Momentus XT 500GB and sadly, it seems that it hangs and even slows down after a while, far from what Seagate vision of the Solid State Hybrid Drive (SSHD). Reading all those problems has cause my loyalty to Seagate to falter. But thinking back... Despite many of the things people say that has problems, when I use, most of the things like... 99% hardly have the problem they describe. So I guess I may be just extremely lucky.

Eitherway, I'm gonna wait for the 2nd generation of SSHD from Seagate or any other company and have decided to get a Western Digital Scropio for my laptop and using the built in 500GB which I changed last year or this year to an external hard drive with USB 3.0 as well as a Western Digital 500GB Caviar Black to replace the current 250GB Seagate hard drive in my desktop. Which will move to the NAS and have RAID 1 stripping applied to it. Giving my NAS a total of 750GB space to store videos that I'm sure I'll just watch but can't afford to lose. With my luck, I'd probably never have to replace it anyway.

Which brings me to my D3, thinking of what will happen if it breaks down and I've not turned pro and earned enough to actually buy a D3 replacement, but again, with my luck, it'd probably be still working despite years of usage. Look at my E-1! Its second hand and under my care, despite being what? 8 year model? Its still going strong!

Speaking of my E-1, here are 2 images from today! Considering we had extremely beautiful weather today!

Late afternoon sunlight shining through the window


The sun sets, setting the sky on fire, somewhat


Really thankful to God for the awesome weather today. Reminds me how beautiful life really is. Today, I sort of just browsed through Youtube and found Elizabeth Gilles, who plays Jade West on Victorious on Nickelodeon! And these are some songs she covered. Just sharing, cause I feel they're worth listening to. If they're only slightly processed to give a cleaner sound for recording, its amazing!


Fast Car



You & I



Wild Horses



Jealous Guy


And also, I recently chanced upon this song by Jon Foreman titled "Just Rob Me" which has a country tune to it. And its a pretty fun and amusing song. Enjoy it!


My films,USB cable and ethernet cable have been in Singapore since Sunday, but they can only deliver on Tuesday. And I paid for express shipping which will arrive within 2-4 days. How stupid is it? Seriously... I seem to be purchasing a lot of hard drives but well! At least they'll last me for a while.

Recently, I saw something which I can't say and it reminded me how comfortable my combat boots were except that it wasn't easy to put them on. So I went on Amazon to search for zip up boots and apparently, a brand named Bates which provides boots to the US military and police came sort of highly recommended. I've written to them about exchange or returns and whether the tip of the boots are hard to protect the toes like my combat boots. In fact, this particular pair, Bates Delta 6 Gore TEX side zip boots caught my attention. It looks solid, is all weather, slip proof sole, and if I understand what it means by composite toes, it should mean it protects the toes like steel tip. Its a zip up and doesn't really look like combat boots. But I'd probably get a higher one as well. Hope they're comfortable!

So yea... I also can't wait to get my photography site up and shoot portraits for my portfolio! The one day spent in a studio won't be exactly fun but it will be fun because I'm shooting! Which reminds me... I gotta find more models, find PVC pipes and rip stop nylon for my DIY skylight. It will be an interesting experience to shoot the Queensway Prom Night as it will be the first time I'm doing a shoot with instant print and I've never been to prom night before. Owing to the fact not many people during my year was interested =/



That's roughly how its going to be. Shooting tethered to my laptop, with an external screen for accurate colours (calibrated of course, my laptop screen has issues). With the instant printer hooked up to the laptop. Action in photoshop. Elinchrome strobes. Interestingly, this is the first time in my life as a photographer where I will be pushing a trolly owing to the amount of equipment that is cannot be carried by hand alongside the number of equipment I have to carry.

That's all for now! Will update when I get my package tomorrow! Hope the cable works without any issue, will have to try tether with my D3 with the cable, and I got to set a note to take out my monitor next week. Good night world!