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Saturday, 17 September 2011

Ipoh, My Home Town Book Launch

IPOH,Perak- The book entitled "Ipoh, My Home Town" was launched today by Tun.Dr.Lim Keng Yaik at the Royal Ipoh Club. It's a very unique book as it was not authored by one person,but rather by 47 different persons. It is edited, compiled, and sponsored by Commander Ian Anderson, and expatriate who has lived in Ipoh since 1999 and published by Media MasterSdn Bhd.

The book contains 64stories with a unique perspective from the lives of the youngsters of Ipoh from many different generations over the past 90years. Lat who wrote a foreword and provided his own story, with his famous cartoons of course!, called it, "A wonderful addition to what booksellers described as Malaysiana".

For full report click here,






Commander Ian Anderson


Tun Dr. Lim Keng Yaik



A young boy, on a toy pedal type "Vespa" bike "delivering" the book to the stage.





Datuk Mohammad Nor Khalid or fondly known as Lat.


The Authors

Thursday, 16 June 2011

TUDM Passing Out Parade

 


IPOH, Perak – The Passing Out Parade of Perajurit Muda Siri 44/11 was held on the 11th of June 2011at the Parade Ground of The Royal Air Force Institute(ITU) Ipoh, Perak. Air Force General YBhg Jen Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Rodzali bin Daud TUDM was present during the presenting of arms.He also presented awards for the best Flait, best overall Perajurit Muda(Recruit), best Perajurit Muda shooter and best academic scoring Perajurit Muda. Flait Alpha was chosen as the best Flait this time. The award for the best overall Perajurit Muda was presented to PJM Muhammad Tarmizi bin Shim and best shooter was taken by PJM Mohd Hisyam bin Sabri.PJM Mohamed Syarizal bin Shatri was the best academic scorer.

Perajurit Muda Siri 44/11 started their training on the 1st of January 2011 and ended on the 10th of June 2011 and comprised of 390 recruits. Their 3month stint was divided into 3 phases.The first phase was basic military training. Phase 2 was academical and phase 3 involved training,practicals and character building to make they airmen of quality and discipline.

 Highlights of the event included:



1.Parachute jumps by paratroopers.


 2.Unarmed combat demonstrations.





 3.Acrobatics performance by De' Fearless Hawk acrobatics team






On that day the public was also allowed to participate in activities such as the flying fox, rope walk and other military training activities.




Sunday, 1 May 2011

Songs Without Words


IPOH, Perak - Few hours ago was Sam Tet's Symphony Orchestra's Inaugural Concert, Songs Without Words.The event was a performance by the Symphony Orchestra which is mainly a string Orchestra. The performance was led by conductor Leow Zhi Quan and associate conductors Ng Weng Kin and Boey Yik Ming. The songs performed included Coldplay's Viva La Vida, Bruno Mars' Just The Way You Are, Abba's Mamma Mia and many more medleys. 

The performance began at 8PM and ended at around 10.30PM with the crowd demanding, "Encore, Encore,Encore!"...

The Emcees..



Officiating ceremony

Hmm, mine better leh!

Officiating with the gong.


A Solo performance
Leow Zhi Quan in action


One of the photographers, hard at work.


The group shot, always two things happen,the line is too wide for the photographer's frame, or there are amateurs with cell phone cameras and pocket cameras blocking.Today, it was BOTH!


Saturday, 30 April 2011

Kit Hacks-Flash Bounce Kit.

Have you ever been in a situation where the ceiling was too high for your flash to bounce off?Or maybe it was in an open area? Well the solution to that is a bounce kit or a simple bounce card for a flash that's angled at 75°. But, bounce kits can cost around RM69-RM100 per set. The worst part is, most of it are either made out of hard card or plastic or white non-reflective plastic and a simple aluminum arm. The basic purpose of a bounce kit is to bounce off the flash so it gives more distributed lighting,instead of direct flash that at times overexposes a certain part of the frame.

So, to save a little cash, you can do this.You'll need some creativity, and the following items.

#1 Your flash.

#2 Wristbands or something slightly elastic but not too elastic that will fit around the top of the flash.

#3 A piece of hard card(non reflective) cut with a small piece sticking out to be inserted between the wristbands
Step #1, Take the wristbands and attach it to the flash. 




Step#2, Cut out a piece of hard card with a small piece extra just enough to slip in between the wristbands and the flash.
Step#3 Position the card (to form the bounce kit) the way you prefer(this where the creativity comes in)





And there you have it, an improvised bounce kit that works almost as well as the professional one..

Sunday, 24 April 2011

Beyond the Music




Pre-Performance

IPOH,Perak-Last night(23/04/2011) was the Michaelian Military Band's concert for 2011 that was held at DEWAN LEONG WAN CHIN, SMK PEREMPUAN PERAK.
The event began at approximately 7.45pm with the national anthem performed by the band members.The band serenaded the crowd to songs like, Jai Ho, The Star Wars Theme and a selection of songs. After the intermission their style changed to a more dynamic and a performance full of movement, those shots are available from Syaf Ahmad. The whole performance ended about 9.55PM with the crowd still not feeling satisfied and wanting more. All in all, it was an awesome performance and good job MMB! Keep up the good work!


~WITH PRIDE SHALL WE MARCH~





The officiating ceremony



Opening performance led by conductor Chong Wai Mun





The Guest conductor,Lester Lim, had very interesting flash cards to show the band members.

The gorgeous and dashing emcees.

A drum performance by the percussion section










Finally! It's over!



What's that? One more you say?


A Job well done! With Pride Shall We March!