Let's put our hands together and welcome the dancer for tonight ......
NALA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*clap clap clap clap* ~~~~~~~

 

 

 

 Isn't he a cutie? :P

Yeah, he is the fattest of them all.
Just look at that piece of flabby on his tummy :p








Nonetheless, he is still an active and very healthy cat.
Just look at how high he can still jump
hahahahaha :D

Though very funny, it's very detail, and perfectly done in explaning the story of sub-prime in layman terms.

 

Enjoy :)

http://docs.google.com/TeamPresent?docid=ddp4zq7n_0cdjsr4fn&skipauth=true&pli=1

 

Yeah, you heard me right.

The U.S. Treasury Yield is almost the same as our local's Fix Deposite.

 

Just look at the steeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep drop of the interest rate.

A year ago, retirees in the states with $1M would be able to live comfortably with an annual income of 5%, which equates to around $50k per annum. That's a $4166 monthly salary, which I would say, is pretty cool.

And now, after only a single year, with $1M in treasury bills, you'll only get a $1500 YEARLY income with the current 0.15% return. That's even lesser than what you got for a single month a year ago.


That's sucking donkey balls, sitting duck on that useless $1M.

And to make the calculation more interesting, for those old folks who would like to retire on the same kinda lifestyle a year ago, getting $4166/month, you would have to increase your capital of $1M to $33M in order to generate that monthly salary that you desired, with the current 0.15% interest rate.

How's that sound?
Does that indirectly equate to a 33-fold inflation rate?

Hmmm ............

 

 

Yeah.

Starcraft 2 is really a game highly anticipated by a lot of gamers.

And guess what? The web developer that brought us the successful and famous website of DOTA is here to serve us again.





Check out the newly launched Starcraft2Pro website.
It's cool :)

An exclusive conversation with Warren Buffett about the economy


here you go.

 

 

Pole dancing has been on the hype lately in the western countries. It's not the case in Taiwan though, as this 'sports' has been there for quite some time.

The westerners even have official and professional classes that teaches people on this subject. It really brings this sports to a higher level, which is actually a good thing, because all these while, pole dancing has been regarded as a low-level-night-club-stripper-dancer stuff.

Anyway, the reason I suddenly wrote about this is because i happened to came across this post, which is darn funny :p

 

HAHAHAHAHA . Enjoy. 

My first "WOW" impression on HDR (High Dynamic Range) photos came from the introduction of a friend to me on this site.
(http://lionel.textmalaysia.com/a-heaven-of-hdr-photos.html)


I finally got the software (which is PhotoMatix) and had a chance to give it a simple try. It was just a 5 minutes trial, and to be honest, the result of the software looks pretty cool.

Anyway, still have to do more research and trial and error on it. :)


 
Here's the original 2 photos which I've took from Phuket.......






The above one is the under-exposed, while the below pix is the over-exposed.






And now, here's the combined HDR pix.







What do you guys think?

1. Cool?
2. Very Cool?
3. Noob?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's right. 
Just bought a new SB600 Flash unit and a Lambency Diffuser.





Very very nice. I like it very much. Thanks a lot for ikan for all the trouble in getting me those units ^_^ That's what friends hendrix are for :p








I just got the time to test the units out tonight. Bought 4 rechargable SONY 2700mA batteries, total RM110. Damn expensive. Please don't ever go to the camera shop at the ground floor of Gurney Plaza anymore.









Previous, here's what it looks like when using the built-in flash on my Nikon D40.
Notice the huge black spot on the middle bottom of the pix? That's what happens when your 'equipment' is too LONG/LARGE.









This was the virgin shot I took with my virgin flash, attached with the shower head lambency diffuser attachment. Flash unit pointed directly at the subject.
I like it very much.
With the diffuser, the lighting seen here is very pleasant to the eye. Not very harsh and hard. That's the natural effect that I'm looking for. But still, the shadow behind is a bit of an eyesore. And thus, the 2nd test shot ........











With the flash unit pointing towards the ceiling, the flash light bounced off the ceiling, illuminating the upper part of the shadow, thus, making the shadow less apparent. Love it :) Love my new toy very much :)

Yes, I know there are thousand and one similar books like this out there, but this is, I tell you , this one is different.

Because this time, it's a book that Warren Buffett participate directly himself, and which personally asked the author to write a self biography of his life.

 

Here's the official site.

This is one book that I'm definitely not gonna miss.