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Tuesday, 10 March 2009

New Home

I have moved to wordpress, do take a look at www.imyfish.wordpress.com

it contains more entries in connection with photography, PS tutorials, health myths and lastly my new fish tank :-)

take care

Thursday, 11 September 2008

Poor man's rolex - Seiko chronograph

I have never been a fan of expensive watches, though I still own a couple of moderately priced time pieces amongst my 2 Casios, 2 Swatches, 1 Swiss Army, 1 Zodiac, 1 Marks & Spencer and 2 Seikos. I do not consider myself to be a wrist watch collector, especially not when my father wore the same watch over 30 years untill the day he died. In my case, some were bought over the years at an impulse, some were bought due to desperation (forgot to bring a wrist watch or replacement for broken one while being away) and some were gifts to me.

Personally, I prefer understated watches, afterall watches serve one function and one purpose only, that is to tell you the time and the dates. Some were misled into thinking that certain watch has the magical ability in wooing opposite sex or makes the wearer appears more macho and sophisticated..... mmm... the last time I saw one, a watch is still a watch......do tell me if I am wrong.

Sitting in my drawer is my favourite Seiko Chronograph, some says it's the Poor man's Rolex (If you know which one I am referring to). Both are of similar design and size, it is no surprise that many have made comparison between them. By no means the Seiko is anywhere as intricate as the Submariner. It is however as hard wearing as the expensive counterpart. I can not remember the exact reason I bought it approximately 3 years ago, probably came home with it after a shopping trip accompanying my wife. It is true that boredom makes you do crazy things!!

Anyway, I tried to tighten a clip on the stainless steel clasp and overdid it somehow and the pin snapped as a result. So. it has stayed in my drawer for the past 6 months collecting wood dusts. One day, I came across a really well made leather strap from Seiko last week and I decided to 'resurrect' my long lost friend. Now, the stainless steel band has been replaced with a leather one, it looks different ....more elegant in a way. So, after 6 long months, the Seiko finally is back sitting comfortably on the back of my wrist. :-)

Tuesday, 26 August 2008

Where the $£@% is SUMMER 2?

Where the $£@% is SUMMER?

My usual golf buddies have managed to secure tee times for 12 of us at one of the premier golf clubs in London; the London Golf Club which recently hosted the European Open a month ago. As one of my buddies has a corporate membership, we were allowed to put our skills to test on the more challenging members only 'Heritage' course. So much had been said about the golf course and the in house facilities, we were all very much looking forward to play. Only to be spoiled by the %$%£^@! weather.

Woke up that morning and the sky decided to open up ggrrr... blardy hell.. the weather for the weekdays prior were fine and now come my turn to finally play some golf. The Rain God decided to act against me. Anyway, I decided to spend some time with my precious daughter before leaving as I would be away for most part of the day and by the time I got home, she would be tucked into the bed by her mummy. Nevertheless, a quick mental arithmetic reliably informed me that I would still have 20 min to spare b4 tee time if I left in 10 min. After a quick breakfast sitting with her, hug hug kiss kiss and bye bye...off I went.

Set the car GPS and found out to my horror I would definitely 'MISS' my tee time as there were congestions on a few hot spots. My heart sank...... but I was not giving up just yet. Recalibrated the GPS to avoid congestion and it then showed I would reach my destination right on time against all odds!

Ever since I had Ashley, I have not sped on the motorway, not even 1 time. Suffice to say my driving mannerism nowadays is on the par with OAPs(old aged pensioner). Since I have lived to tell the tale, I might as well come clean, I have touched almost 130mph a few times that day, but I must stressed that this should not be praised upon. It was a calculated risk after taking into account the road condition. Anyway, this is not what this post is about.

(photo below> it may looked bright but was in fact drizzling and with a 20mph Rt to Lt cross wind, temp around 16 celsius (In SUMMER !!??)

A huge relief when I finally saw the horse head sculpture. I arrived with 2 minutes to spare. Parked my car quickly and changed my shoes as quickly as I could. If there was an Olympics event for fast shoes change, I think I would break the word record! Saw my buddies waving and signaling at me to come quickly, I had to run past the club house, up a small mount carrying my bag. You need a horse to do that kind of work for you. After a quick obligatory group photo. Faced with a Par 5, I teed off with a driver. Not surprisingly, I saw my ball headed toward the rough............. SAYONARA. Played a provisional and walked away with a bogie. Could easily be worse.

(ominous dark clouds looming)

The weather worsened and the wind picked up....what a fantastic day to be out on a golf course!

(see the guy in red shirt? he is a scratch player....媽的! he gets RM2000/mth fr Selangor state for training sponsorship as he represents the M'sian team)

I screwed up the second hole too, not trying to give excuse but my glasses kept fogging up, should have worn my contacts. Ended the first 9 with 4 pars, 4 B and 1 DB.

(photo> view fr the bar on upper level)