When was the last time i posted an entry on this page?

Oh well, i have nothing to be used as an excuse anyway. But hey, I’ve started my second year of study already. So far, so good, and more good things are being anticipated to come!

New student are here as well. Alhamdulillah, I’ve meet with some of them and i can smell many collaboration coming; i mean, we sure have a lot of fun things to share among us, aren’t we?

Time passes really fast, i have to say. I had my 21st birthday on 6th July; now I am legally an adult hehehe…sounds like i can do anything i like lah? no lah, cannot. Restriction may bum your day; call me ‘mat skema’, but they are there for reasons.

Now, got to work on a proposal. Got a programme coming maa… More update later, insyaAllah :)

I was soo eager to see mr Nemo in the eye. I did met the guy, but too bad, my camera’s battery went out! among the anemone, the clowns played their way :D

Feast on with some pictures taken under the crystal clear water of the marine park and 2 other snorkel hotspots around Redang island.

 

…the fun, well, you’ve got the gist :D

akmalmohammad

…priceless!

Yep. We had a hangout at redang. RM310 inclusive transportation (to and fro Merang jetty), lodging(the aircond is reeeal cold!), meals (buffet style), snorkeling trips (2 trips open sea, 1 at marine park), and a real good time!

 

Man, that was fun! :D

akmalmohammad

Call this one posting a filler readers, I’ll feel very bad for not posting anything for..what, 2 weeks already ah? Man…

Ain’t going to write much about how the fourth block exam passed us by. But yeah, I think I can say that my first year of raving, raging scientific, medical and statistical streams of brilliant sounded words is over. Well, at least we have passed through the stage of “Man that word sounds brilliant, tongue twisting and out-of-this-world!”. Exaggeration is embedded in the statement, of course. Entering the second year of phase one of preclinical years, we are expected to be able to comprehend the uniqueness, interestingness and awesomeness of human bodily system.
Oh yes, in case you’re wondering about the study system of IIUM medschool, we will have to go through three phases; first is preclinical comprising of 2 years of all about what’s written in the book and what you understand about it; second phase, a year in clinical setting, learning many clinical aspects of medicine and the soft skills of getting close to the people; third phase and the second is about the same, and we are going to have a whole 2 years to enjoy it.

Let’s not bore anyone to death with all that school thing. It is holiday, so self indulgence and good things are unavoidable, isn’t it? ;)

Recently, I joined a forum in the web, namely KLIK (Kelab Lensa Negeri Kelantan). Well, I am actually a member of several forums (ie. Velocity, Fotomedia, Photomalaysia), but this one really gives me the kick of being in a small community, sharing knowledge, information, and many other good things you wont get on your own. Not that I am saying that other forums are bad, mind you. All of the members are information-millionaire and tycoons of ideas. I benefit a lot from them.

GG, Kamal, Mekyah and me had a small photohunting outing on 14th June. One word, guys. Brilliant!

Now, the pictures will do the talking :D

Around Masjid Muhammadi first!

On the way to Pasar Besar Siti Khadijah

Inside Pasar Besar Siti Khadijah

Back to Masjid Muhammad

Pantai Cahaya Bulan

Sunset watching at Ridel Hotel

Long exposure/slow shutter tryout

That’s all folks! :D

GG, nanti buat lagi deh!

akmalmohammad

p.s. all pics were taken using 40D with kit lens (EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6), pic no.6 with Raynox DCR-250 attached.

This is not a thriller title or anything. Just a movie that, seriously, everyone won’t feel frustrated watching.

The storyline is rather simple and predictable and the way the director kept me having rounds of replay of this movie got me dazzled.

Perhaps it is because of these scenes? :D

Enjoy, and experience my obsession!

akmalmohammad

Alhamdulillah, we are about to finish this block; the public health block which consist mostly biostatistics and epidemiology. What’s left is the endblock exam; which surprisingly will be held within one day, taking from morning to evening.
I think this block really is different in comparison to other blocks; mainly because we really don’t have to memorize many things. Application, being able to understand what numbers in table is all about, being able to read various kind of chart, and being able to be critical in thinking scores more than the facts being engraved in the gray matters.

Finishing this block will also mean that we are going into 2nd year; we’ll learn more on disease aspect of human body, which i can bet my fingers, will be very interesting.

To commemorate the one year of feeling good, hard work and many books, we had a dinner at Sri Chempedak, Teluk Chempedak, last week. Here are some pictures of the event.

   

This chap named akmalmohammad was awarded with Nice title.

Many of my friends begged to differ though hahaha :D

That’s would be all for now folks. Have a nice day :)

akmalmohammad

Sapa kata pakai filem ni old-skool?

You see, this friend of mine is one chap with ardent lover and tenacious user of film. Mind you, he is ‘digitalized’ ie. a digital-everything user; heck, he even use Mac!…yes Ayie it is you I am talking about. And Acap also. And Anis also. And yeah, you too, Mueiz and Janggut!

Wait, counting all of you, sounds like I am the only one of the “Sesame monsters*” who don’t have a toy lomo, right? Darn! Ayie, Muiez and Anis, each got fisheye. Acap got supersampler. Janggut got lomolitos. Ayie got Diana, pinhole, polaroid…errr…apa lagi yie?

Fisheye

Supersampler

Horizon

Diana

Pinhole

Polaroid

Lomolitos

The aforementioned names introduced me to the world of Lomography; the sphere where cameras and films are for fun! It is not that DSLR ain’t fun. It is rather the uniqueness that captivated me to consider buying; if there is any reason i fork out money for one of these, that’s the reason why. Or maybe, just for the sheer fun of it :P

My first camera was a Kodak; film, cheap and reliable. But it was a normal camera; as normal as you want to shoot some pictures out, develop the film; process, print it out and finally neatly arranged in photo albums or frame it. These lomo cameras, people, are very much like that, except that you are experiencing something else. It is camera; a tool, something you use to pictures as mementos. But lomos are, if I may say, specialized in their own ways. Take supersampler for example; a multi-lens camera that can take sequence of events on a picture (this one is what i am eyeing on). Polaroid, well, I am sure everyone knew about this one right? You take a picture and it is being developed on the spot. Neat, isn’t it? :D

Now, can somebody tell me how on earth can I resist that?

akmalmohammad

*sesame monsters is some kind of fun things we do to group ourselves into when we are out and about as photographers, or roaming around in the worldwide web.