fLOMOly

I can't wait to be a free person. And I actually can't wait to start my degree. Amazing.

Pi, my dog, seems to be more of a family member now if thats even possible since my mother feeds the dog before feeding anyone of us first and even put layers of cream cheese into his food.

Then The Sister's Boyfriend's mother got him a gift for Christmas and what's new, The Sister got him a gift from Hong Kong too.

That's a drumstick. Pi's third toy after the bear and the 40SGD pink dolphin.

And like all small kids, he still seems pretty interested in it, not like he loses interest in the other toys anyway. From time to time, he would just randomly walk to them, paw his favourite one at that moment and gnaw on it.

The only difference with this toy is that Pi didn't steal it from The Sister's bed and its made specially for dogs. Something about safe material used for dogs, and its only 20HKD.

I know there's a law for abusing animals but I wonder if there's a law punishing those who treats their pets better than they treat other people (eg. their own children).

Meet the Lomo Family, Flomoly. From left: Golden Half: Black Mountain, Fisheye 2, Fisheye 2 (1), and the Coloursplash.

I'm worried on how I'm going to fund all my lomo expenses now that I have three of it to myself. And after I get the ActionSampler, SuperSampler, Oktomat, Holga, Diana F+, Lubitel, LC-A+ and a few accessories, I'll be fully satisfied.

I need to make a trip to Hong Kong, the land of Lomography.

The Jam Was Moving

This New Year is going to be a good one :D

Finally developed the second batch of pictures from my Coloursplash lomo camera. Quite disappointing. Most probably because the film I was using wasn't of the right ISO (used 400ASA instead of 800ASA) So I'm guessing the next roll would be better because I spent RM60 for three rolls of 800ASA film.

I somehow like this picture. Just not too fond of the leg there.

So the year 2009 has been pretty good for me as of 30th December 2009. Ignoring the fact that a customer called in today and was being all bitchy at me. And she even said "Thanks for nothing." which I replied "You're very much welcomed." Thats right. I'm still hired.

The Sister's boyfriend and his weird moments.

This year is pretty damn productive too. Started of the year with a job at Topshop, then I finished A-Levels in 9 months and now I'm working at the Jetstar call centre. Two jobs and a pre-university foundation in a year. Next year, I'm planning to have dinner with the Obama family.

Not so much of a Coloursplash picture but it came out nice because the weather was really sunny.

This year became greater around the month of August. Met great people, received great birthday presents and have the greatest birthday ever with a margarita and love.

I swear my dog is happier than he looks sometimes. Picture taken when he got his hair cut, so he was in a depressed mood.

Also the year where I've visited KLCC shopping centre more times than I've visited KLCC in the past 10 years. Not exagerrating. Not to forget the first public scolding from a KLCC guard for riding the kids' merry go round which you can watch here.

The Ho sisters racing up the escalator because apparently the Ho's are as weird as the Loong's.

The year 2009 would also be a year where I participated in an awareness campaign for the first time. A suicide awareness campaign to be exact. Maybe next year I'll donate blood or sign up as an organ donor (still no approval from my mother) if I'm elligible and before I get inked.

Sport car event at Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.

This year would also probably be the year I've felt so much self inflicted pain after a very long time. Because of Quattro, my fourth piercing. And definitely not to leave out the part where I had body aches for days because I painted the exterior of my house almost by myself.

My Coloursplash flash didn't go off. Hence, the un-coloursplashed picture.

And one of my definite favourite things this year which I somewhat accomplished but did not really meet my goal, would be the part where I wanted my own personal column on the newspaper. Obviously, that didn't happen. So I went on to try an online advice column called "Eh, Lili" as my alter ego. Of which you can read by clicking here and here

If given a chance, I would still definitely want a personal column. And there are thoughts about continuing the "Eh, Lili" project. But then again, there were also thoughts about shutting down this blog because come 2010, this blog would be 6 years old.

Have a great New Year, everyone.

"Don't Think, Just Film"

The sun shines brighter everyday (although it just rained the whole day today).

Christmas this year was rather quiet because The Sister is making it a tradition to run off to another country leaving her poor family alone at home on a Christmas day. That's right, she's in Hong Kong again. She better get me that I ♥ Hong Kong shirt. My lomography addiction is getting from moderate to extreme.

It first started off when a friend of The Sister's, Sam Kon, bought a Coloursplash lomo as a gift for her. Knowing The Sister who never does anything manually, I was the one who started fiddling with the camera instead.

This Christmas, I got TWO Fisheye 2 lomo cameras from two very generous parties. And I ♥ them so much for that. So now, The Sister and I, each has one Fisheye 2 lomo to ourselves. If I'm not wrong, she may be coming back with another lomo camera for me :D

Now with more lomo cameras means more lomo accessories which means more money spend. I really want the Ringflash which cost around RM250. And I've pretty much overspent because of Christmas even with a well-paying job.

To add to the massive spending lately, I just pre-purchased a roll of colour negative 800ASA film for RM20 (ridiculous, much?) because I want the film casing that comes with the roll of film as the picture above shows.

I know I haven't got any or posted many pictures taken by my lomo camera. Because I'm too damn lazy to develop the film, and also its costly to do so. But I'm getting to it.

I was watching season 1 of Friends when I suddenly had the urge to talk about lomo stuff again.

Talking, laughing, loving, breathing.

Girls in tight dresses, who drag with moustaches.

I haven't been blogging much lately, or to be honest, I haven't been blogging at all. And I realise everytime this happens, its because I have a job.

I need contentment in life. (Not like I don't have any at the moment)

Contentment like what you see on Pi's face in the picture above. That look, is not fear. Its the look where he gets fed everyday, his face gets wiped everytime he drinks water, combed twice a day and don't even get me started about him excreting.

The last masochistic contentment I had was when this guy stole my parking spot in Gardens, Midvalley and I made him so angry, he looked like he was going to detonate like a bomb. Sometimes, the best gift in life is words.

I'm so excited about Christmas.

They Say Bad Things Happen For A Reason

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow - William Shakespeare

Here's two examples of my day working in a call center.


Incident One

A passenger calls up because he is caught in traffic and will be late for his flight. Obviously the best thing to do when you're late for a flight is to call up a call center a few thousand miles away from the aeroplane so that we can stop the plane for you instead of leaving your freaking house earlier to catch the plane.

Aussie Bastard: You're such a fucking useless twat.

Me: Sir, your language is unacceptable, if you continue to speak this way I can, I should and I would terminate your call.

Aussie Bastard: Whats not acceptable is that you're not in Australia -rambling on and on and on-

I hung up. And hoped that he missed a million dollar business deal because he couldn't catch his flight.

Incident two

Aussie Bastard #2: If you do not return my call by 2pm today and refund my 50 bucks, I swear I would call up the national radio and trash talk you and your company.

Me: Go ahead. Thats not my real name and I live a few thousand miles away. Chances are, I'll never hear it anyway.

Who's laughing now, bitch.

Even With Our Fists Held High.

And its almost 4 months without chaos now. :)

When I was young(er), my mother used to tell me how I'm not allowed to bring home or keep any pets. I once brought home a kitten (it followed me home) and my parents actually brought it elsewhere and left it there.

So, the day my dad brought home Pi, I thought my dad was pretty much a goner because my mother used to say "If you bring home some foreign creature, the one that brings it home will leave the house". It will be two years that Pi is with us come 17 December 2009.

Recently, there's a poodle-like dog that was dumped by its owners at the shop outlets near my house. Being the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) activists we are, we're currently attempting to save it. (Updates later if successful or otherwise)

But before that, The Sister picked up another Shih Tzu that was running by the side of the road today.

Always debating about how we're doomed to go to hell, its acts like this that better earn us heavenly points. (Just a joke, let it go. Don't debate about God here, I beg you) As soon as she picked up this furry thing, she texted me saying "Guess what. I picked up another dog." Which i replied "Welcome to SPCA. We've finally found our r sq".

Since Pi was named Pi, I've always wanted to name another dog R Sq just so they would form a circle together. (If you don't understand, I'm sorry but you need to resit high school.)

But after two hours, this lucky little furball went home safely in its owner's arms. And his name is Cliff, by the way. Guess the hunt for R Sq is still somewhere out there.

To Wish Impossible Things

I wanna stare into those gray eyes of yours. But first, I need to get you gray contact lenses. HAHA.

It just hit me recently that in about 3 years time, I'm done with studying and its working for the rest of my life to pay the bills. I told my mother that I didn't want to get a job because I'm going to spend those 3 years bumming around before the lifetime responsibility.

But knowing my mother, she insisted that I should find a job because she doesn't want to give allowance to me anymore and I'm able to drive now.

Induction with a really colourful book about the company (which pays great money to a student like me).

So I got a job as a "Reservation Sales Executive" at an Australian call centre. But if you take away the glamour from the title, I'm basically a "Sales Agent".

Its amusing how the Human Resources Departments these days tend to give you a job title which sounds all so amazing as if you're sitting right on top of the corporate ladder. The (evil) Sister said that toilet cleaners should be called "Hygiene Officers".

Someone should sue Carrefour for ruining kids' image of Santa. One, for reducing Santa's weight drastically. Two, for putting a Taekwando belt around Santa.