once upon a norza

I've been too busy to notice 2006 is coming to an end soon. Nothing much has been going on except the occasional studio photoshoots and dvd watching at home. It has been the same weekly heartbreaks when Aisyah goes back to Pasir Ris. And everything will go back to normal on weekdays...it seems. That emptiness is still there. I felt envy whenever I see mums fetching their kids after work or kanda's nephew waving us goodbye with his parents to go back home. lucky them.

On the spiritual part of me, I don't think I tried enough to improve myself. As a normal human being, I kept blaming God for all the crap I've been getting. I forget that by understanding our sixth pillar of Iman...even its bad is a blessing. I should be more patient. I really need to attend a class or something to boost the spiritual self in me. And to procrastinate no more. The last time I ever attended a religious forum/class was before I moved here and that was like a couple of years back. Jannah is not cheap and it doesn’t come easy either.

Of course, 2006 has been a blast. As cliche as it sounds, I couldn't have been happier to be with my family. My own family. The kanda and Aisyah. Alhamdulillah.

Wishing you all Salaam Eidul'Adha.

This is the last photo before the d7d went into fits. hurhur. I decided to cut Aisyah's toenails when she was already asleep so I thought some pictures would be nice. I took several shots with one lens and after I changed the lens to another one, I heard a whirring sound and I couldn't press the shutter button. Weird...I thought and I decided to change the battery and used back the previous lens. But the same thing happened and I went to sleep after that hoping it will be ok after a good rest...hehe. It still produced the whirring sounds when I switched it on in the morning and it refused to take any pictures.

It's now at Sony's service centre and 'recuperating'. Alhamdulillah. Quite a few had messaged me on CS if I wanted to change my system and offered good prices for my lenses and d7d. I was tempted lah...of course.

Minolta stuffs have so much resale value. Basically I can sell my lenses off at the price that I bought. Since I buy my lenses secondhand so I can afford to get a spanking brand new set with the $$$ gotten from the sale. But I don't want to start another 'relationship' with a new camera. Just like any relationship, you kind of get sick if you keep falling out of love and loving another person and falling out again...get what I mean? And the repair charges was below $200 only and I will get the camera checked and cleaned so I decided to keep this baby. Well...my 2nd baby after Aisyah. Make it 3rd after the kanda. heh.

Anyway the kanda was giggling to something online and shared me this which really cracks me up! roflol!

ACTUAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES USED IN FILMS MADE IN HONG KONG

1. I am damn unsatisfied to be killed in this way.

2. Fatty, you with your thick face have hurt my instep.

3. Gun wounds again?

4. Same old rules: no eyes, no groin.

5. A normal person wouldn't steal pituitaries.

6. Damn, I'll burn you into a BBQ chicken!

7. Take my advice, or I'll spank you without pants.

8. Who gave you the nerve to get killed here?

9. Quiet or I'll blow your throat up.

10. You always use violence. I should've ordered glutinous rice chicken.

More stuffs here.