Good bye sweet 2013

I missed Blogging as a hobby. Now that i am mostly on Facebook, It has been 2 years 6 days since i last posted on this blog. Looking back at 2013, I felt that it was one of my best year. I don't think i hit any of my goals i set for myself back at the end of 2011, yet I feel sort of great about myself. I came to a realization that time you enjoy wasting is not wasted.

Near the end of 2012, I found this amazing person. I think this person is the best thing to happen to me whole of 2013. We shared lots of ups and downs in a short one year period. Not much to elaborate... I love you dear. <3

Nothing special about work life, I sort of missed the opportunity to join an air asia commercial filming. I sort of missed hiking, deep in my heart I hope that the trail trekkers will come together again for epic hiking adventures. It is sad that Flash has become an obsolete technology.

I should revive this blog... Make this sort of like a place where people can share prop building methods, etc etc.

Armored Ascension

Sometimes I find it difficult to juggle all my hobbies around. 24 hours a day is just not enough. Didn't really cared to update my dead blog since my last post... 11 months and 26 days ago?

I'm entering the fourth year of making my own set of cosplay armor. Hell... After 3 years in the making, i only manage to finish up to 30% of the whole thing. Makes me feel horrible every time i saw another fellow cosplayer debuting in their own set of armor. Now that I am building my armor during the weekends, I rarely get the chance to go freelancing. Glad that i don't go clubbing, otherwise i would be financially fucked up beyond all recognition... Heh.

Everything started as a dream 3 years ago after addicted playing Monster Hunter 2G on the PSP. I learned that if you don't pursue your dream, it will always remain a dream. But, trying to live up to a dream that is over ambitious is also a burden. I'm not happy with how things are right now. 3 years is a bit too long until sometimes i wish that when i wake up in the morning, my armor would magically complete itself. Fiberglass is not the easiest thing to work with specially with the wrong kind of glass wool. Build a set of monster hunter armor is not THAT complicated, just very time consuming... since you can find all sorts of tutorials online by entering the right search query. Life is always trying to make things worst by getting in my way to complete my armor. Scumbag life.

If i have to build another set of armor, I'll try my best to avoid building any fantasy medieval related armor. Bah... enough whining.

There are lots of way out there to build a set of costume armor, for instance: fiberglass, art/ craft foam, cardboard, leather, latex and steel. Most cosplayers I know choose to build their armors from art foam because art foam could be easily shaped and sculpted, light weight, doesn't break easily and one of the fastest way to build a set of armor. I choose to build my armor from Pepakura and fiberglass which I've learn on 405th.com. Building a set of medieval armor is quite different from a scifi armor because there are quite a number of small details on medieval armors I have to figure out myself.

The Boy, The Sword and The Webblog

This is my first blog post in 10 months, last blog post of 2010. Too busy building props i guess... Didn't blogged for too long... don't really know how to blog anymore. Looking back at 2010, are you happy with how you spend your year? I'm unable to reach any of the goals I set for myself at the start of 2010... At least i am able to "Get myself an intermediate photography set"; a goal I set for myself at the start of 2009! Ending 2010 with lots of regrets.

It's nice spare yourself some time to sit back and reflect the year that was before starting off with the next year. Before sharing my resolutions for 2011, I would like to reflect the year 2010.

I injured my kneecap during the 4th quarter of the year. I lived like a cripple for about a month. I don't enjoy living like that... It gets very frustrated when you are not able to make it for the lifts, all the small little things in life and to have other people looking at you differently. Made a promise to myself to not laugh at handicaps unless the damage is self-inflicted by some stupid unimaginable ways, so stupid that it couldn't be classed as stupid anymore. Love your legs, do not hop your way downhill. Warm up exercise is very important before you start any of your adventure trips. Proper footwear is very important.

Constructed my first prop for cosplay. Prop building was never easy work... Especially when you are over ambitious. Its not easy handling fiberglass...



Glad that people around me are supportive of this pet project. I'm pretty happy with the finished product. Ladies and Gentlemen, Redwing (炎剣リオレウス)from Monster Hunter 2g.

Learned that producing decent outdoor pre-wedding photography is no easy job for noobs.

If you have low alcohol tolerance, don't drink if you can't drink. Hangover is horrible. "I'm not drunk, my world is just shaky" - Sum

I think that my 2010 is a great year... could have been better... great but full of regrets. I think this is pretty much it... Have you decided your year 2010 resolutions yet? I'll share my new year resolutions here, and hopefully you will share yours too.

- Beef up more... 10kgs is just not enough. I set my aim at 60kgs, but hopefully i will reach at least 55kgs

- Improve myself, be a better person.

- Complete my armor, debut my first cosplay.

Bummer

Should have put this up 2 (+2) weeks ago. I took my occasionally smart siblings and cousin up to Tabur west for what-supposedly-be-a-short-hike. (turned up to be not-a-short-hike.)

Just like most of my previous hikes up Tabur... Waking up early, give everybody a wake-up call, take a simple breakfast, double check all my gears, and off we go! Well... Its not an easy job guiding first timers up Tabur... especially my cousin and my sister. There will be a "Are we there yet?", "How about now?", "I want to go home" at least once every 5 to 10 minutes Bummer.

But still, THANK GOD in the end both of them finished the hike and made it back to the car in one complete piece!!! Phew~ I am so glad that nothing screwed up. That's all for today i guess. More stuff here.

Tabur East

My first hike up Tabur East is also my first hike this new year... The terrain features here on Tabur East is quite similar to Tabur West. Just that the trail now is much longer, steeper, much dangerous and filled with more awesomeness.

The trip was delayed more than 45 minutes because of me... so, I had to buy lunch for the group... Ouch... Still, lucky for me that we are hiking in a small group. Beginners are not advised to trek/ hike here without a guide. The trail up there is very quite straight forward, 1 way up and the same way down. I seriously fail to understand how some hikers still manage to get themselves lost from some reports. The starting point of the trail is less than 10 minutes drive away from Tabur West. This trip for me is relaxing, we took our time camwhoring and raining shit death from above. That's why it took our group around 2 hours from the foothills to the last peek... From the first peek, you'll get a good view of the Klang gates and Tabur west. From the 2nd peak... I can't actually disscribe it with words... due to my very limited vocabulary... The view from up there is so awesome that it revitalizes you. There is a river at the foothills where you can wash yourself after the hike. Its a good spot to try out your macro lens capabilities.

Dear hikers, please do not leave your food wrappers on the mountain. There are rubbish bins at the foothills for you to dispose your trash. If you happen to know the names of these dragonflies, do let me know.More Tabur East stuff here.

Looking back at 2009...

Its damn awesome to blog in the middle of the night while having chicken curry served with white bread and at the same time its raining outside. 2009 is finally over after 365 long days... Looking back at 2009, are you happy with how you spend your year? Regrets? I have plenty of regrets... too many to mention... Heh... there are lots of things I should have put in more effort to do back there. I feel sad because i only get to partially fulfill one of my 5 targets i set for myself at the start of year 2009. I have to admit I was not being productive throughout the year 2009...
However there are also some stuff I never regret picking up... Thinking of last year's best moments makes me smile and lightens me a little. Well, whats done is done... can't really change the past...

Have you decided your year 2010 resolutions yet? I'll share my new year resolutions here, and hopefully you will share yours too.
- Beef up
- Improve myself, be a better person.

Good night...

Lata Kedondong

Its been quite awhile since I last ventured into the wilderness. I was quite busy dealing with freelance stuff for the past few weeks. Kinda makes me miss the wilds a lot... On October 25th 2009, 7 guys, 1 girl and 1 dog left TTDI around 7:30 am for Lata Kedondong. Lata Kedondong is located alongside the road from Batang Kali to Gohtong Jaya in the Genting Highlands. N 03 25.82' E 101 43.86'. There is a lower falls 5 minutes away from the car park which is easily accessible by everyone... To reach the upstream falls, one must trek 45 minutes pass a bamboo forest. I have to admit that i'm actually treking like a wuss this trip (kinda creeped by Eddie and his tiger leech sucking off someone's balls story). The upstream falls of Lata Kedondong is pretty unexploited, you will actually need a machete to clear the path... cool huh? Some sort of rainbow thing is visible at the upstream falls around 9:30~11:00 am.

The water there is freezing cold, but for some unknown reasons its also one hell of murky. I didn't get to take a good shoot at the upstream falls due that area being all time foggy/ misty. I didn't went up to the Upper-tier-falls as I'm too chickened to do so... There are quite a fair amount of wildlife in that area... Tiger leeches (fanged worm-leeches), tree frogs, and various insects. Heh... We also found a Genting Highlands road sign rammed down by some drunken driver. That's all for now i guess... Peace... I think i did something wrong right before we left Lata Kedondong... I mean really wrong...

All the single ladies, that part covered by the genting highlands sign is actually GENTING HIGHLANDS... Woot! GG!

Pissed?

Wow... What the fuck?!? Hmmm... That's odd, i don't remember selling my piece of artwork to any company. I think I can tell that I'm too happy about this. I don't know if i should take legal action against them... kinda broke currently, can't afford any lawyers... Its quite sad to know that this kind of unethical people still exist.

I mean its not fair for me, you are making tons of greens over there out of my art, and i'm sitting here getting nothing... Fucking pissed.

Lubuk Kawah

Holy Shit! I SURVIVED LUBUK KAWAH! Lubuk Kawah is located somewhere after Tanjung Malim, Perak (N 03 43.05' E 101 35.36). Its not a hard trek at all, if without around 15kgs of shit (water supply for 2 days, food, camera with flashgun, clothes, tent and a spade to dig my shit hole to shit). Its a 2 hours trek in order to get to the camp site. There are 4WD tracks and one hell lot of leeches all over the place... Besides that, everything else is awsome. We left TTDI for Tanjung Malim around 8:30am Sep 22 09.Things got sticky as it started to rain half way tracking... Darn lawyers leeches... i've got 6 lawyer leech bites... 2 on my left foot, 1 on my left leg, 1 on my right ass and 2 near my balls... Damnit... The Rm3.50 rain coat i got from 7 eleven has a hole on it before I even use it... Bah... We setup our tents and spent a night in the middle of nowhere.
Its very hard for salon cars to maneuver their way into the starting part of the trail. Better get a 4wd next time.
There are lots of wildlife to observe along trail. Most of them are not afraid of humans.

Woot! Our awsome dinner!


We have Jedi masters wanabes during the night. Bwahahahahah.

Heh, that's all I guess... Off to dinner now.

Unusual Sunday

As I'm getting ready for Lubuk Kawah, Perak tomorrow, I've realized something... going for on an adventure trip on Sunday mornings is like people going for Sunday church. going on an adventure trip on Sunday mornings became part of my life. I recall my first adventure trip was 7 or 8 months ago... a short hike up Tabur hills with frog and his ex... I think that it was awsome. I know that there are people out there that thinks that going on a trip that might end your life every Sunday morning is stupid... I feel sad for this group of people as they don't get to enjoy those wonders mother nature made for all of us. This morning was an unusual Sunday morning. I woke up at 9:30, when i finally got down from bed, its 10:30am already. I don't know, I just feel kinda empty not going adventure. Took breakfast and went to church with frog... There goes my Sunday morning... Heh.

Went to Broga Hills last week, Sir Footstool Pee-and-Shit-a-lot joined our group... He smells like crap, and he is trying to make Broga hills smells like him. Ah... Crap...

Awsome clouds... Good night folks...

Returning to Chiling

Its been a few months back when i first came to Chiling Falls. I remembered that I hurt myself quite badly back then. Chiling Falls is located 21 kilometers from Kuala Kubu Bharu on the road to the Gap, East 101 45.05' North 03 35.71'. As usual, we gathered at Frog's place early in the morning, and we left TTDI around 7 because Frog somebody is late. I didn't really enjoyed my first trip here because I kinda screwed up my footwear. But today is different, Chiling was pretty awsome when you have all the right gears. Its a 1 hour track, river crossing plus some minor hikes in order to reach into the falls. You are advised to keep the weight of your back pack down. The track itself was quite simple, first timers are expected to plunge into the river during river crossing. I also learned a new technique to keep leeches away from Eddie... All hail the mighty BAYGON... yes, it was THAT effective! Spray it onto your socks/ footwear and let it dry, its that simple. When you spray it on a leech, it will wriggle, vomit blood, vomit internal organs, wriggle, vomit blood, vomit internal organs, wriggle, vomit blood, vomit internal organs until it finally curls up and die in a pool of blood. Its funny and awsome.


There are lots of fish here, but you are not allowed to do fish strafing here with your bow, harpoon or what-so-ever tools. Remember to bring your swimming googles along!


The world is so beautiful...if only we can see that, share it and keep it that way. -Linus

That's all for today i guess... Good night.