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I feel i did quite a bit on Saturday
The night before (Friday), i left office at around 10pm and couldn’t decide where to go
I was quite tired
I didn’t feel like going somewhere with booming music around me
I could do with a drink, but wanted somewhere near my house
Yet, i didn’t want to meet up with someone i wasn’t close to
Cos i really didn’t feel like making the effort to talk talk talk right then
I decided to spend time with someone important i’ve been neglecting…
Me.
I simply went home, pottered about in my room, and watched 4 episodes of Skins Season 2
And after all that, i went to sleep feeling quite happy
Everyone has this perception that Joyce is always out out out
That’s because when you see me, obviously i’m out at where you are -_-
I figure i’m in this phase where i don’t feel like going to everything and everywhere anymore
Clubbing here has started to bore me
It’s always the same music, same people, same places
So my friends and i started avoiding clubbing for a bit
We’re suddenly more into board games, quiet nights out, drinking a few drinks but not getting wasted
I don’t know why, but i seem to have found myself at a sudden loss of doing adult talk
(and i think i used to be very good at doing it!)
I have started to detest pointless chit chat
And am so sick of answering to the question – “How are you?”
(i know it’s just polite of everyone to ask, me included!, but bear with me here)
I really think i’m at a loss for storytelling like how i used to
and i was thinking to myself WHY?
I feel very disconnected from the people around me nowadays
It’s nobody’s fault, and nobody means for this to happen
It just happens and i’m trying to put my finger as to WHY
Why am i more quiet then i used to be?
Why am i not laughing as much as i used to?
Why do i feel so disconnected from everything around me?
TigerJoe has noticed this about me, i think
He recently mentioned that i’m not ‘all there’
And i totally understood what he meant
I’m talking, going out, working, socialising
But a part of my spirit seems to have taken a holiday
An SLR obviously takes better pictures, but it’s just so heavy and lugging it around all the time is a royal pain!
A compact cam’s size is ideal, but what if the need for a more cemerlang camera crops up?
And you know how the best images are sometimes captured when you least expect it!
Just two weeks ago, i went for the launch of a revolutionary camera
called the Olympus Pen E-P1
– A hybrid between an SLR and a compact cam.
In regards to the history of the Pen, Olympus first debuted it in 1959.
It was the first half-frame camera produced in Japan,
and was one of the smallest cameras to use 35mm film in regular 135 cassettes.
It was thought to be as portable as a pen; thus the name.
The idea was to be much copied by other Japanese makers thereafter.
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1959 Olympus Pen
The 2009 Pen is inspired by the same concept, made possible by the Micro Four Thirds System.
What makes an SLR so bulky,
is the fact that a mirror and pentaprism has to reflect the image that is captured through the lens.
And how this Micro Four Thirds System works,
is to eliminate the mirror,
reduce the length between the lens mount and image sensor by half,
and reduce the lens mount diameter by 6mm;
all without compromising on image quality.
Hence you get picture quality that can be obtained with an SLR
BUT in ultra-compact convenience.
It’s a lens interchangeable camera with a metal casing that weighs only 335 grams!
It might be smaller than you think cos some people say my head is really small :p
Besides the auto (auto) and program auto (P),
it’s got aperture (A) and shutter (S) priority,
full manual functions (M)
movie (yay!)
scene (SCN)
and art (ART) modes (my favourite, that i will go into detail later)
Four aspect ratios are available
Metering modes available – 324-area ESP, centre-weighted and spot
The 12.3-megapixel High-Speed Live MOS Sensor allows you to capture high res images and high quality video
ISO up to a whopping 6400
I’m not going to go into detail for scene modes, as we’re mostly familiar with them.
Scene Modes available:
– portrait
– e-portrait
– landscape
– landscape + portrait
– sport
– night scene
– night + portrait
– children
– high key
– low key
– dis mode
– macro
– nature macro
– candle
– sunset
– documents
– panorama
– fireworks
– beach & snow
A pretty amazing one is e-portrait
Where you can snap a picture of people/yourself
And the camera smooths out your skin tone for you!
It even shows you the before + after effects the moment you snap the picture
So that’s super cool
No more photoshopping blemishes for vain people!
(i would show you mine but there’s barely any diff cos of my skin *cough* so i need to snap someone else :p)
The 14-42 mm kit lens allows you to zoom…
up to…
The Art Modes are my favourite feature!
It’s like having a lomo a few lomo cameras rolled into one,
not using film,
and being able to preview all the pictures right away!
(admittedly, even though i like the idea of developing a roll of film,
rather like opening a present,
i’m much too impatient in this day and time)
The Olympus Pen has 6 Art Filters:
(‘Before’ was taken with auto function, ‘After’ taken with Art Filter. None of the pictures in the rest of the post received any colour editing on the pc)
1. Pop Art – enhances colour, more vivid and expresses a pop art style.
Before:
After:
2. Soft Focus – creates an ethereal, otherworldly atmosphere. Results are as if subject is veiled in heavenly light.
Well, of course i had to take a picture of a fairy upon reading that!
Before:
After:
3. Pale & Light Colour – reality is enclosed in flat, gentle light, floating serenely in its own world like an image in your memory.
Before:
After:
4. Grainy Film – recreates the strong presence of a monochrome picture.
Before:
After:
5. Pin Hole – reduces peripheral brightness to create a secretive perspective
My favourite Art Filter of all!
Look how it makes a simple picture look SO MUCH BETTER.
Before:
After:
6. Light Tone – renders both the shade and highlight areas very softly to provide sophisticated feeling
Before:
After:
You can even record HD-quality movies using the Art Filters
Here are some pictures i (and my friends who are all plotting to steal the Olympus Pen from me) snapped the past week:
Myra managed to catch a natural grin from me (which is really rare) cos i spotted MaintainMing popping out of nowhere at our office block.
MaintainMing
Playing around with the Soft Focus Filter.
Don’t they look like they’re a couple sulking at each other?
Padahal we were waiting for ClaudiaOnCrack
ClaudiaOnCrack bumming while the internet went down
Me at my desk
Sock toy on my desk
DidiBuli
We went for big cheap Chinese dinner
And played Snap after (some people get real violent playing Snap…)
Took more pictures at the night market across our office on Tuesday
Bumped into Josh and May, this is their flirtatious son JJ
Having lunch in KL one day:
Damn nice right the pictures?!
I wish i didn’t have to give the camera back.
Other features:
– Slideshow – you can create a slideshow that mixes still images, movies, and sound.
– HDMI output for high-quality image playback
– MF Assist function supporting manual focusing with auto image magnification
– Reliable Dust Reduction system
– Built-in image stabilization mechanism with a correction effect up to 4 EV steps
The Olympus PEN E-P1 (available in silver and white) retails from July onwards at RM2,999; including the standard 14-42 kit lens.
Nike invited me for an event (which is to take place this Thursday)
and i confirmed my attendance
I was replied with an email going BTW YOU’RE TO RUN 2KM AT EVENT
And i went, “ARGH FUCK!!!”
Claudia: What?
Me: I told Nike i’ll go for their event. And they just said i have to run 2km
Claudia goes, “HAHAHA!! Oh! That’s so funny!” as she slaps her desk for added drama
I replied that email with an answer that i thought was amusing only to me at the time, “Oh great, i love running.”
What i didn’t add in was how i used to love running.
And the only running i liked in school was sprinting.
I’d compete in 100m and stand in for 200m if someone couldn’t do it,
but stayed away from 400m cos i’d just kaput.
The most running i do now is when shopping,
Or at the gym to warm up (and that’s just for a measly 10-15 minutes)
Aiyooooooooooo
Claudia: What time is the event? Can i come watch you run?
Me: You think this is a show is it. If you come you have to run too ok.
A few months ago, SmallSerena and i were chattering away
when she suddenly said, “You know what, i think i wanna do something different for my birthday this year. A charity thing. I don’t feel like throwing yet another party…”
I said, yeah, go for it.
And she did.
She wanted to make use her networking prowess and knowing most of the female celebs in KL
and how it could raise money for WAO
So came to be Super Chic Sunday, a bidding charity
You can bid online, and come for the event too
Which is this Sunday 12 noon @ Plaza Mont Kiara
Facebook event details here
As for me, i’m donating a Lulu Guinness clutch that i’ve only used twice:
I showed it to Claudia and she was going,“No, Joyce! Don’t give it away!!!”
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If you want it, do click on the link below to bid!
