Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Lunch time at Cyberjaya

This is what typically happens almost on a daily basis at 12pm here at the office. First we would all gather at the lifts to make sure that we have enough people going for lunch. Then while waiting for all to arrive, we would definitely spot some people playing about (I guess they are trying to break the monotonous strain of everyday work).



Once we have all gathered around and come to a consensus of where to eat, we end up eating at the same place again and again. Well for the sake of those of you who have never step foot into Cyberjaya, this place has really nothing great to offer. Food is practically the same everywhere with a few emerging "mamaks" and the ever hopeful food court which seems to close down every year or so (even with new tenants) which is located in the colourful building.

Another choice that we might have is a place called, "Streetmall", a quaint place where CUCMS is located and it has a number of restaurants there serving food ranging from "mamak" food, to Italian food to Kebabs. It doesn't take long before we have tried all restaurants and realised that the food just wants to drive us out of Cyberjaya. We settled for the restaurant called Penang House which is a halal restaurant located in Streemall.

The next lunchtime ritual would be to take our orders and then wait very very very very long for our food. Here is Ryan's expression after his order was taken.



Here is Ryan's expression, 20 minutes after his food has not arrived.



He looks rather suspicious I would say. I think he is getting a little hungrier.



And when the food finally arrives, there are only a couple of dishes which I really like. One of the as shown above is their "Sambal fried rice" which comes with an egg (ordered separately). Another favourite dish of mine is the "Sweet and sour chicken with two eggs" dish. Specially ordered with two eggs for the win!



Man, typing this post has made me hungry. I can't wait to try out the new restaurant later today during lunch!
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Friday, October 31, 2008

Teaser: Lian Hoy & Ivy

Just a little teaser of a wedding I shot last week at Renaissance Hotel. Congratulations to both Lian Hoy & Ivy!

[caption id="attachment_294" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Wedding dinner march-in"]Wedding dinner march-in[/caption]

More to come, stay tuned!
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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Busy weekend and busy week ahead

Update: I finally managed to add Twitter in here, from the looks of it, my last update was a long while ago!

I had an extremely busy weekend with a full day wedding shoot (photos to be posted up soon) on Saturday from morning till night and then scooting off to Tioman Island on Sunday and finally returning on Monday. Although it might seem that being in Tioman would be relaxing, it was nothing short of that as I had many activities, late nights and of course, watching Liverpool win over the weekend.

Lian Hoy & Ivy's wedding was awesome as it marked the first of my group of high school friends who had gotten married. It was doubly special for me to be able to capture their special day as well as their main photographer and also receive some positive feedback and comments from the express slideshow which was shown during the dinner event.

Now I will be busy at work trying to chase people up to complete their work during this week as well as prepare for this weekend for another shoot. So many things to do with so little time, I need to really balance work and life now!
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

The middle of the week - Setting New Targets

Its already the middle of the week and here I am checking my schedule for the upcoming weeks and all I can think about is how can I juggle my time for all those activities. Firstly work has started to pile up and I have deadlines in the next couple of weeks which I definitely need to meet as well as clear up before I head over for 3 weeks of training (something I do look forward to and no, I am not being trained but I will be giving training instead as part of my criteria as a people developer).

Other areas which might take up more of my time would be the amount of photos I will need to process, starting from the wedding I shot last weekend and the next three weddings I will be shooting for the next 3 weekends. I definitely need to streamline my workflow and change some of my habits already. So how should I be able to track my habits or track some sort of KPI (key performance indexes)?

Hence, I shall state all of my targets and habit changes here on this blog and keep track of my progress over the next month.

  1. Wake up early and be in the office before 8.30am (I would probably need to wake up at 7.15am at the very latest)

  2. Complete 3 sets of 20 push-ups and 20 sit-ups every day (the number of push-ups and sit-ups will increase as the weeks go by)

  3. Practice hitting at least 200 balls at the driving range (excluding lessons) twice a week

  4. Stop eating fast food and soft drinks (excluding 100plus) for the next 2 months


At least with a healthier lifestyle, I can probably last the day without feeling so tired as well as have enough energy to keep me disciplined enough to process my photos and deliver them in a timely manner as well. Also I will definitely benefit from a healthier lifestyle in the long run. Anyway it has been way overdue on this matter as I am a super procastinator.

I hope that everyone here who reads this post will help me to keep accountable on what I have stated above. Will update everyone in my next post to see if I have accomplished any of my targets.
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