Now Seven Of Me

Here is another take on multiplicity! hehehe

Six of me

I have seen a tutorial on the web in making multiple copies of a subject within the same image. It was simple thus I had a go of it to see how 'easy' it was. I intentionally only create one overlapping image of the subject so as I wont spend so much time doing the 'magic' i.e. erasing with a photoshop utility. hehehe

Later on I will try more complicated subject interaction... if I could find the time .. i.e. kalau ku rajin jua.. :)

Raudhah's cousin

Its has been a long time I didnt blog. Very busy since I started work. Anyhow my wife requested me to put Raudhah's cousin picture here. His name Hasiib Basyiriin. Like to play with toy cars.. as you can see..

Raudhah's 1st Day to school

It has been such a busy week for me that I have not updated my blog for the past few days. Just started work on Thursday and was immediately thrown into a full day of workshop. Such a 'good way' to kick start your work. What to do...? 'Cari makan cik...!'

Anyhow I promised to blog about my daughter Raudhah first experience going to school. (its my first experience too as a dad!). Shes coming 3 in February thus she is enrolling to Kindergarden 1 instead of Daycare.

I was actually nervous on how Raudhah would behaved in such a new environment as we never entrusted her to complete strangers before. Journey to the school was uneventful as I guessed she merely thought we were bringing her for 'jalan-jalan'.

Upon entering her class, I was delighted that she immediatley played coloured plasticine given by her teacher eventhough she has this quizzical look on why one of the boy in her class was wailing and crying.

At this stage, we both thought that she had accustomed herself. But later on, when I picked her up from school, she was crying. Her teacher informed that at first she did not cry when we left her but later on when a bunch of her classmates started to cry.. well......

Anyhow, enjoy the pics...

Raudhah's fancy & colourful braid hairstyle

Raudhah dressed by my maid

Getting 'tanda' from her grandpa.

Salam her grandma.

Watching tv while waiting for us to get ready.

Off to school in her pink 'princess' bag.

Raudhah wanted her bag back from her mom at school. (The bag must be left at the green table)

Playing coloured plasticine in class.

My wife seen nervously monitoring from outside her class.

Raudhah's 'quizzical' look. She was actually looking at the crying boy.

My father-in-law NEXT PROJECT

Not contended with his finished helicopter project, my father-in-law embarked again on another TOP SECRET project.

I managed to get 'TOP SECRET: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY' photos of the exclusive project.

Please keep this secret between you and me.

Diligently working on what seems to be an advanced & sophisticated turbine. Photo taken by me using a powerful telephoto lens..1km away..

'The project' securely covered and perimeter guarded with invisible infra-red rays to detect trespasser.

After I managed to defeat the perimeter sensors, the 'project' was uncovered.

It seems to be the latest and most advanced aeroplane model..!!! with what seems to be a turbine or some sort of propelling mechanism on its wings.

A closer view of the 'turbine'.

Inside view of the 'heart' of the 'Project'.

A quick snapshot of the environment where my father-in-law is currently working on the 'Project'. Photo taken using a super duper telephoto lens from 2km away.

A Full Monday schedule

My Monday was packed with a lot of stuff to do.. Let me start of with....

In the morning, we (my wife and I) brought along Raudhah to her would be school.

We wanted to buy an extra pair of uniform for her.. just in case.

Managed to ask Raudhah to pose just outside her school.

As usual, the reward for being a good girl was to buy 'mainan' for her.

In this particular case, the 'mainan' is a "Sesame Street Sliding Puzzle Book".

Next was to Boustead showroom..

Thinking or 'dreaming' to own a big car.

As it was already lunch time, we dropped by Aminah Arif Restaurant for some ambuyat. Yummy...!

The gruesome scene after we finished eating.. hehehe

In the afternoon, I send my wife to pick up her car from the workshop. Actually I forgot to blog about it last Saturday. On that fateful Saturday afternoon, my in-law borrowed my wife's car and suddenly it stalled on him. Can you guess from where was this picture taken?

Lastly at nite, I spend a few hours typing in a minute of meeting for an association that I joined. To be honest, its not my 'bread and butter' thus it was excruciatingly and painstakingly taking a long time to complete. Thanks Sayang for the malay translation.. :)

Hot-selling product

Yesterday my wife and I spent nearly half a day trying to find what seems to be a best-sellling product of the month (or from previous month).

Its black sport-pants for 3 to 4 years old kids. We want to buy it for Raudhah to wear when her new kindergarden class would have sport activities. We know its such a hot item as we met my wife's friend at a hypermarket stating similar things. Citing that they too have gone to several places without any luck. Such a 'pisang panas'.

At the end we contended to just buy a pair of sport shoes for her.

Lesson of the day: Don't buy last minute! hehehe

Raudhah's new sport shoes.. hmm.. is it 'abibas' or 'adidas'?

A day a the beach

Finally we are able to bring our daughters (except the youngest.. 2mths old) to the beach yesterday. I have been meaning to bring my kids there earlier but both of them got a flu a few days back. My mom-in-law was also willing to tag along with us and join the fun. The venue was Berakas Beach.

As expected there were a lot of people (especially families type) as it was the last weekend before school term begins. The day was surprisingly not that hot as the sea breeze was quite cool. Later on we found out (on our way back home) that it was because it was going to rain.

While my wife and mom were busy watching out for the kids, I was busy watching them through my camera view-finder. (hehehe.. practicing taking shots with the new cam). Overall I was happy to see that my daughters were having fun.

Oh yes.. this is the first time we brought them to the beach and the first time we allowed them to be 'friendly' with the sand. So some unsurprising things happen when you put children in that situation.

Facts of the day: Naurah was 'eating' sand while Raudhah was busy shampooing her hair in it!

From L to R: Mom-in-law, Raudhah, my loving Wife, Naurah

Naurah never hesitated to run to the waves as my wife steadfastly guarding from the rear

"Masya Allah... I forgot to bring my scuba gear!"

"hmm.. whats this? I wonder what it tastes like.....?"

Taking a break

"Siok eh usulnya"

My first photo models

These are among the first pictures taken by me with the Canon EOS 40D. My main subjects yesterday were my daughters; whereby my eldest was more than willing to be my model. As you can see, she can strike poses without me doing a lot of instructions.

The only 'sasak' part was that every time I took her pics, she would run straight to me and asked me to show it to her on the camera. Multiply that by a few dozen time I took her pics, well.. you get the picture (if you'll forgive the pun).

Obviuosly I have a lot of learning to do.. Anyhow enjoy my pics.

Naurah's favourite hobby; watching cartoons

You can hardly get her attention while shes watching TV

"YES! Top-notch photo Dad" hehehe

One of Raudhah's cutest pose

Romantic pose by Raudhah

My first DSLR

First of all I would like to thank my wife as she was the person who supported me to finally buy a Digital SLR camera. Without her saying the magic word 'agatah bali..' I would not have done it. *luv u sayang*

Well, impressive photos taken by alt-expression & gembo also did the trick as she was saying how outstanding those photos were. She gave similar comments like mine.. 'macam dalam magazine saja..'

Seems to be I got a lot to catch up with my bros and meet my wife expectations. Need all of your support guys.. Cheers.. and Have a happy new year holiday.

My new Canon EOS 40D with EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM. Photo taken by his cousin; Canon PowerShot A470 with 6.3-21.6mm f/3-5.8.