It’s been a while since my last update and a lot has happened in my life in the past month. New Year’s Eve was pretty much uneventful, but we did have a great time at Jewel’s place. Jewel is our new friend and she’s a teacher at an international school here. After the New Year’s the days crept slowly then it was our wedding.
Yes I finally married my lovely Vie, after 3 wonderful years with each other. We finally pulled everything together and threw a small wedding in Nusa Dua on January 11th, which was also her birthday.
Before, during and after the wedding, in a span of 2 weeks time, we had a surge of friends staying with us. That kept us busy and knocked our routines off track for a while. Two of our friends, Jen and Momo had their DSLRs with them. Jen had a D3000 and Momo had a full frame bugger, the D700. Playing with their cameras sort of resurrected the frozen photographer in me that’s been sleeping for years. After they left I started reading up photography in order to relearn the trade. I wanted to start taking pictures again.
Then something hit me. My Canon PowerShot S3 IS wouldn’t allow me to take the kind of photos that my friends DSLRs did. Tough. I’ve always wanted a DSLR, so much to the point I forgot about it because I didn’t have money to buy one in the past. So the beast came back, and the craving began. I started nagging to Vie for the camera. At first we were both hesitant because we were quite broke after the wedding and a new DSLR camera would shoot our budgets through the roof. But after days of sleepless nights, I decided I really wanted it and Vie decided to support my new found passion. This is why I married her.
I came down to Nikon D90 and the 50mm f/1.4 lens. It’s something good enough to contain my growing needs for a while without making an overkill. Ordered it online and got an email from tech support the next day that they’re out of stock. Great. So I called my friend Cin from my hometown and turned out he’s a photo nut head too and he offered to help me get the camera and the lens from a local shop before I even asked. Two days later, my D90 arrived in the mail.
I sold my Canon PowerShot S3 IS to my friend Joe, along with a 2GB SD card, batteries and charger, for $200. It’s like getting a cash back coupon for my D90. I also reactivated my flickr pro account, and started fooling around with it again.
I don’t know what it is about me but it feels like my inner child is coming out and I really want encourage it. Who knows I might get lucky with photos and it could work as an outlet of my constantly spinning mind.
I trust that you’ve all had a great start this year. I plan to turn this into some sort of a photoblog so I have something to post more frequently that doesn’t take too much efforts to publish. It will also once again give you a window into my simple life here without draining too much thought.
when i come to think about web years, this domain is pretty ancient. i really should do something about this, something useful that can contribute to the greater good. whatever it is.
quick update of my life. as of this month we have moved. again. we are now only 15 minutes away from the airport and about 20-30 minutes away from kuta, depending on traffic. i have also been coughing for a month, thanks to whatever is flying around in the air, married with my lack of rest and my loads of stress. this is about the end of it though so i’m good.
on another note, the network has been taking a lot of hits lately. first traffic has become very unstable. then some third party script provider decided to close down business which caused my sites to hang for two days. within which none of my bloggers decided to let me know so i lost both traffic and money until i personally noticed. moral of the story, when you want something done right, do it yourself. which just happens to contradict with what i’m looking into right now.
in the beginning there was the cloud. then the cloud evaporated and a new cloud formed above it. and the new cloud is.. *drum rolls* zumodrive!!
the idea is the same, super awesome cloud storage accessible from anywhere, regardless of device or storage space. in simple terms, your 16gb netbook could tap into a mammoth of a 250gb file stash, and your 8gb pda or smartphone could stream 500gb of videos.
it’s all free up to 1gb (the other cloud offered 2gb free) and monthly subscriptions start at $2.99. see how it all works after the jump.
update: apparently dropbox syncs, zumo doesn’t. while zumo allows you to free your local harddrive and stream from your online storage, with slow internet connections this is an overkill. so i’m sticking with dropbox since it allows me to have offline copies of all my files and only sync the incremental differences between my other computers and devices.
my buddy christian posted this kid rock song on his blog in tribute of the current economic recess. i’m not sure what demon got into him, he said memories from karaoke did, but i’m sure only God knows why. so here we go…
I’ve been sittin here
Tryin to find myself
I get behind myself
I need to rewind myself
Lookin for the payback
Listen for the playback
They say that every man bleeds just like me
And I feel like number one
Yet I’m last in line
I watch my youngest son
And it helps to pass the time
I take too many pills it helps to ease the pain
I made a couple of dollar bills, but still I feel the same
Everybody knows my name
They say it way out loud
A lot of folks fuck with me
It’s hard to hang out in crowds
I guess that’s the price you pay
To be some big shot like I am
Out stretched hands and one night stands
Still I can’t find love
And when your walls come tumbling down
I will always be around
People don’t know about the things I say and do
They don’t understand about the shit that I’ve been through
It’s been so long since I’ve been home
I’ve been gone, I’ve been gone for way too long
Maybe I forgot all the things I miss
Oh somehow I know there’s more to life than this
I said it too many times
And I still stand firm
You get what you put in
And people get what they deserve
Still I ain’t seen mine
No I ain’t seen mine
I’ve been giving just ain’t been gettin
I’ve been walking that there line
So I think I’ll keep a walking
With my head held high
I’ll keep moving on and only God knows why
Only God…Only God
Only God knows why
Only God…knows…why, why, why
Only God knows why
Take me to the river hey
Take me to the river
as a side note, this song was the soundtrack of a segment of my tortured life, but that moment is now long gone. thanks for bearing with me, people.
i’m tasting a slice of cloud data storage with dropbox now. this is a good example of a new technology executed well and simple in a very easy and straightforward fashion. first you download the app. then on your first launch you will be asked to open a new account. and then.. that’s it! your own personal cloud storage, all 2gb of it, free. you can drag and drop files and folders like it was on your own computer. if you need more space they offer 50gb at $9.99/mo but i’m just gonna play around with my 2gb until i get comfortable.
what i like the most about dropbox besides the intuitive user interface (and web interface) is the team — comprised of mixed individuals from all walks of life. this gives me that warm and fuzzy feeling that my data stored with them will be safe.
