My Euro-trip started in Stockholm city. Discard the work days, had extended two days – one night to stay in Stockholm to enjoy the city.

Right after my wife arrived, we head to meet a net friend of mine! Yes, you see it right. NET friend

I get to know her because of a Swedish friend… yes, another net friend. At that time, they were still together but not now. (that’s quite a disappointment because I did not get to meet the Swedish… anyway, there’s always chance!)

I met her once, like 5 years ago… She travel around Asia and when she stop at Malaysia, we (me and  my wife) picked her up for some bak kut teh and roti canai! Time flies… 5 years gone and it is my luck to meet her again in Stockholm! We had some chat about life and how’s things had changed… It was a great start for my trip!

We rented a small cabin inside a boathouse. It is really small… but enough for 2. It has sufficient spaces for you to have your dinner and a clean restaurant. Overall, it is not bad.

This is the view from the boat restaurant windows.

Our day definitely started with not too good weather… It is because the weather is not good… the sun was hidden behind the clouds and very windy.

The first stop for the day is the Royal Palace. The timing was perfect! We had the chance to witness the The Royal Guard exchange which is a old tradition of Sweden. It happens every sunday at 12:00 PM near the Royal Palace in Stockholm. (Hopefully I am correct :P) . A lot of visitors were queued up for the performance!

Herewith some photos of the guard exchange. Live performances presented as well. (I believe we shoot a movie of it… will dig it out and post it later )

For the two days in Stockholm, we had walked through the old town (Gamla Stan) and also the city centre… Nothing notable but everything looks so new to us!

This is the landmark in front of my company office.

Some building and scenery shots… from various places such as on top of the bridge that connecting city centre with Gamla Stan, the city hall and etc…

Of course some night view…

To be honest, the weather is really cold which caused me really hesitated to move my hand out from pocket to take photo… (definitely not a reason for not producing high quality shots…)

I hope you enjoy the photo as much as I enjoy Stockholm!

Last Saturday, 10-Oct-2009. I went to join the Canon Photo Marathon 2009 at Sunway Lagoon…

Woke up as usual – the time I wake for work… Drink a cup of Milo and swallow a redbean bun then I am off to the Marathon!

This is the first time I join the photography event as big as this…

The theme were 1. Splash, 2. Red, 3. Shooting in Progress.

The starting was not good because the rain hit us right before the opening and the sun was lazy-ing behind the cloud…

The event was full with redshirt! Well, for an free event, you get free t-shirt + CAP. I have no complaint on the color

Within the lagoon, you can see all the passionate photographers are trying to make their best shoot, whilst I am observing them.

Herewith another 2 photo which I taken during the event, also not related to the theme.

To be honest, I did not do my best in the event because I was not prepared and I should have bring my laptop to ROTATE the photo… the organizer, CANON, do not allow participants to ROTATE their submission… It just sucks where I didn’t know ROTATE is considering an act of editing the photo

I finish all my photo around 11AM with very tired body and hungry stomach… There are food and drink selling inside the lagoon, but carbonate can drinks cost RM5… fried rice cost RM8… so I decided to visit uncle KFC where I had 2 pieces of fried chicken + 7up review + coleslaw + mash potato + sweet bun and unlimited chili sauce for RM9.75!   Wise choice, isn’t it?

Ok… back to the event, the computer system was sucks… it had to reload / refresh a few times, then the photo uploaded can be haywire to other theme… but then… I had a chance to touch 1Ds and 5D MKII which immediate makes me feel my 450D is a toy.

One more freebies is the FREE camera checkup which I had my camera sensor and lenses clean up by the doctor. Worth the visit!

After all, I don’t think I deserve to compete with others because I did not create my best shot in my mind due to laziness and 103438432094032 of unwilling reasons :-P

With this valuable experience, I believe next year, I will know how to do the preparation and shoot for the best.

Also… if I know this can finish so early, I should’ve bring my wife and daughter to Sunway Lagoon for some fun since it was free entry for Canon camera! LoL

Anyway, was fun even without prize!

也不知道何时开始，我开始对摄影有了兴趣。

我还记得，八年前的我觉得照相机是奢侈品，往往都是在外旅行时才大派用场的工具。。。所以每当旅行前夕，我都向好友借数码相机。即方便又不用买film（胶卷）。。。

刚刚拍时，没有技术，也不会抓角度，认为有拍到就是好的。。。往往都会遭到太太批评 。。。

现在，我应该是遭到批评，而引起了不服输的心理，开始对摄影认真了。

我更大手笔的买了DSLR （数码单镜反光相机）。也开始认真的学习摄影的技巧了。

最近也找到了模特儿到布城（PutraJaya）做人像摄影!

我觉得还不错的。哈哈。。。 可是太太却说一般而已。。。还不如谁谁谁拍的好。。。

说真的，虽然说习惯了，但是打击还是有的。。。也是一种鞭策。如果没有她的话，可能我还是一成不变的我.

可能这就是成功男人背后的女人的必要条件吧！

我也要更加的努力了！