A Change of Heart

I would like to thank supportive and concerned friends who have contacted me after my latest emo post. Especially the one who who said "fecking idiot, get over it!" and I know she said it because she loves me oodles and she can because she's known me for way too long.

I feel much better now! I know what I need to do. Path is clear and all I need to do is take the first trembling step to jog, yes jog, not walk, not crawl, down this path.

Oh yes, an image to show what I'm usually doing at home. Yes, your eyes are on the exercise machine behind me. I bought it a year ago but have used it a grand number of two times. Now it's gone all squeaky and I'm too self conscious to use it. Also you will note that I have Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol on my shelf. It is a very very good book. Gave me nightmares so don't read before bed. That and I wish I could be a noetic scientist.

Also, I'm smiling because.... I remember! I was talking to Kelly. It's a secret, Kells. I remember it has something to do with what WE need to do when I'm back in KL... something I'm going to drag you kicking and screaming to.... you know, that something that we've been saying for years we need to do...

I wish I could upload more photos (a friend said her eyes went all watery at the amount of text!) but my laptop has gone AWOL on me, and I have yet to send it to the genius IT people that will get it fixed. All my pictures, photo editing programs are on it, so I've been a bit apprehensive about uploading pictures because:

a. It will take me forever to upload it as image size is big

b. I won't be able to edit

c. So all pictures from this entry are resized from Photobucket (contrast/brightness tweaked from Photobucket as well for some pictures! V bad outcome!)

Here are some images that I have taken lately with the oldies at this courtyard around the housing area. A bit harder to take pictures of Goldie the golden retriever because she's totally deaf and partially blind. Baby on the other hand, is a natural camwhore. He adores the camera.

I think at some point you will notice that I rarely have any photographs other than those with the doggies or with family (or vain pictures of self). That's because in Abu Dhabi I am hermit crab! I always find that with friends it's easier to play around with the point-and-shoot, and really, when I need to practice my photography it's best to place it here.

I was recently presented with the opportunity to do some event photography, that with our (cough) beloved (cough) Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib, and being paid for it! but I decided not to go for it as I was not experienced enough, but mostly because I lack the equiptment (flash, long range zoom) for it (okay, also because I was too chicken to do it).

Cherie suggested I steal the flash off the media people. What a brilliant idea! Anyway, it made me realise what a giant baby I am at this photography experience, and that really, I should take more time off to practice with different kinds of settings at different times of the day, tho' at the mo' it seems that I'm leaning more towards potraits/people/interior kind of photography. Must expand horizon.

I feel so much better now. Still counting the days till I can be back in KL/Melb so I can get that euphoric feeling again (without the alcohol, or maybe with the alcohol...)...