A couple of hours before the clock struck midnight on 26th April 2012 which officially means I hit the Big Four Oh decade already I posted in my facebook page about my birthday wish list, namely, some Casio G-Shocks model up to the Casio ProTrek series.
I wore a Tissot since 2001, bought it from my first ever commercial shoot for a (now defunct) investment company based in Kuala Lumpur. I learnt early about making first impression and how one dress can make or break a deal. At the time I feel a Breitling was THE kewl accessories a dewd could have (another Tag Heur wearer friend of mind intro me to the brand lah) when I checkout the price I pengsan already. A rich olde man can afford a Breitling and show it off lah. Since I am technically not an olde man, nor cash rich, as a stop gap measure I got me the Tissot.
I wore the Tissot since.
These days I kinda partial with any Casio with a wee bit of colour to contrast with the base black, as any all black thingies is “boring” in my book. Like how a certain private uni all black dress code. Dewd, some said all black attire attracts negative energy lah yo! Add a bit of white it looks like what appears to come out from a cicak backside even. Now, if you’re thinking what colour similar with what comes out from a cicak behind a lawyer Black&White attire comes to mind.
Anyway, as it happen, my wishlist didnt come thru (to be expected oso, last year I wished that instead of “Happy Birthday” or “Many Happy Returns” from my 5,000 FB friends, can they send RM10.00 each instead? That be more meaningful no? RM10.00 x 5,000 FB = RM50,000 means I can get the Pentax 645D camera plus some used lenses and some change there can oso can finance my photography trip throughtout Southeast Asia and maybe I can make a book deal out of it oso!
Didn’t happen tho, so this year 26th April come to pass and yes, while I didnt get the Casio nor the aforementioned cash your birthday wishes warms up my heart.
Orang Melayu bilang taman dalam hati tambah-tambah berkembang lagi, berkembang taman dihati membuat jiwa ceria lagi.
No, there were no such Malay proverb, I just made that one up 
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To cut a long story short, a few days ago I received a Lowepro Flipside 500AW (indirectly) from Lowepro USA. I was told it will be made available in Malaysia market in June 2012. The expected list price as released by Technical Photo System, the local OFFICIAL Lowepro distributor in Malaysia is about RM820.00. Retail discount is about 15~20% off the Lis tprice oso lah, see how
The first 5 person who orders from me will get and a NEW limited edition “Ted Adnan Bilang Wedding Photography ni tak ke mana…. ” t-shirt valued at RM39.90 (M,L, XL & XXL only)
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I can’t wait to bring the Lowepro Flipside 500AW bag to my upcoming (1st ever!) Mount Rinjani trip in late June and my 4th Mount Bromo trip in early July, watch this space for the review lah nanti
