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Posted on Sunday, January 04th, 2009 by pelf and filed in Life as I see it

These are some pictures of the North East monsoon waves for you to feast on. These pictures were taken on the university beach, overlooking the South China Sea. It was very windy I almost couldn’t stand still!

Monsoon waves

The waves were about 2-3 meters high, though it isn’t apparent in the pictures, LOL.

Monsoon waves

I am not sure if we are now at the height of the monsoon, but the waves sure look scary.

Posted on Saturday, January 03rd, 2009 by pelf and filed in Life as I see it

Last month, I wrote about my intention to “immortalize” my memories by making a photobook. I have chosen Photobook Malaysia this time because the first time I made a photobook 2 years ago with another local company, the end product was different from the proof copy that I had earlier uploaded into their server. Plus, with the other company, I could not fully utilize the pages due to the limited number of layouts and the photo placeholders could not be resized.

Despite having only 3 working days in the week I was expecting my photobook (Dec 8th was Hari Raya Haji and Dec 11th was Selangor Sultan’s Birthday), I received it in time, and hand-delivered too! :blush: Mark, who knew how badly I wanted the photobook to arrive so that I could show it to my grandparents in Ipoh, hand-delivered the photobook to me in Penang!

Anyway, I ordered a small square soft-cover book, which consisted of the minimum 40 front-and-back pages for RM 96 (or USD 30). All pages of the photobook could be fully utilized, including the front-and-back cover pages! My cover pages consisted of a picture of the Atlantic Ocean, taken at Peggy’s Cove in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Cover pages

Once you have downloaded the Photobook Editor, you will see that there are 40 different layouts to choose from, as well as plenty of different backgrounds and border styles. You could also caption all your pictures if you wanted to.

Front page

Or you could use up the entire page with just one picture, it is really up to you (all pictures were taken with my Canon Powershot A710 IS).

Statue of Liberty

And depending on the layouts that you choose, the number of pictures that you can include in your photobook varies. I managed to “squeeze” 102 pictures into my photobook, including the cover picture :blush:

And since it is only 20.4 cm by 20.4 cm big, it is extremely light and I could bring it with me, wherever I go :D

My photobook

All in all, I am very happy with the end product, and I would definitely make another photobook in the future. Thanks May and Mark, for ensuring that I received my photobook in time :D

P/S: Nope, this is NOT a sponsored post!

Posted on Thursday, January 01st, 2009 by pelf and filed in Personal Stuff

I had earlier wanted to write a concluding post for 2008 like I did last year, but I ended up checking out the streets on New Year’s Eve :blush:

Anyway, HAPPY NEW YEAR to all my blogger friends, readers and visitors! I wish you a happy, successful and productive 2009 :vodka:

Green turtle hatchling
New year, new beginnings!

OK, let’s see.. Like I was telling Tine @ Sweet Contemplation, I have only 2 resolutions this year:

  • to say YES more often than NO, because I have learned that saying YES gets more things done, and I am quite a subscriber of getting things done, and
  • to procrastinate less, because I know it is impossible (for me) to not procrastinate at all, LOL.

I used to have a list of things that I had hoped to achieve in a particular year, but over the years, I have learned that it is equally important to learn to tackle problems as they arise. Hence the lack of a list of resolutions :)

Anyway, if you have a list of resolutions, I wish you every success in achieving those resolutions, and more. Once again, Happy New Year!

Cheers! :vodka:

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