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i want to see your e-ticket!

It’s G0-Karting Wednesday again! So we headed down to Plentong Go-kart circuit in JB (Malaysia). We have 5 people in the car, 2 singaporeans and 3 hongkongers. When we reached the Malaysian immigration, the officer said he needs to see the air tickets of our hongkong friends. Honestly, I won’t bring my air tickets if I travel by car. But, according to the officer, it’s compulsory, especially if your passport is from China, India and some other countries.

Now, the thing is, our friend came to JB twice over the last 2 weeks and no one ever mentioned it. The officer claimed that not every officer wants to check. Anyway, here’s an excerpt of our conversation,

officer: I want to see your air ticket.

me: (I was relaying message to the officer since I’m nearest to the window) he don’t have his air ticket with him.

officer: I need to see his air ticket.

me: he bought an E-ticket, so he don’t have it with him

officer: Where is the air ticket? I want the air ticket.

me: It’s an E-ticket, it’s in the laptop in the hotel, he didn’t print it out.

officer: I know it’s and E-ticket, where is the air ticket?

me: We don’t have it here. It’s an E-ticket, you know, Electronic ticket.

officer: Yes ok, where is the air ticket? (I kind of think… he thinks I pronounce E-ticket as Air ticket… )

me: We really don’t have it here. why not we go online and show you the ticket through the email now. we can do it via mobile phone now.

officer: that’s a phone…

my friend: it can connect to the internet… i can show you.

officer: no, i want to see the air ticket

(This conversation was REPEATED for the next 20 minutes. The cars behind us were honking impatiently. I started to think he behaved like Miss Swan)

officer: (finally found the conversation stale…) I am going to ask my officer.

(Once he got out of his little cubicle, a very unhappy looking driver from the car behind got down and confronted him. Asking (loud enough for us to hear) him why is he waiting so long. Without even talking to his so-called “officer”, he came back in and stamped the passports)

And we’re off in the next minute. Had a good laugh. It’s truly the highlight of the day. Kinda remind me of this clip from “Dude, where’s my car?”
 


 
Remember your EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-ticket next time. Why the hell do they even bother doing an E-ticket if you have to print it out. Isn’t it why it’s called the Electronic ticket?

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posted by wansheng on March 18th 2009 in humour, personal, sports, voices





Important notice: Email down

Our email servers are currently down. If you have tried sending emails to me  from yesterday onwards, I may not have received them. In the meantime, please forward a copy to feldberyl@gmail.com. We are in the midst of resolving the issue. Sorry for all the inconvenience caused and thank you for your patience.

edit: Our mail servers are up and running again!:D Thank you for your patience.

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posted by wansheng on March 18th 2009 in @news, voices





The pretty productive weekend

It’s been a long while since I was forced to do repetitive admin work (eg. scanning receipts…). To make the best out of my AIO (all-in-one) printer, I digitized all my receipts:D Now everything seems more manageable. No more reading off faded receipts. Let’s just hope this habit stays.

While waiting for my dinner last night at a coffeeshop, I saw this old lady holding a camera, mumbling to herself. I am pretty sure she’s mentally unsound. 5 minutes later, she started screaming at some empty space. I felt a little sad for her because ME thinks it’s not a normal social behaviour. Then, I tried something else. I put myself in her shoes and found out that, maybe it isn’t as bad as I thought it is. I mean, seriously, how do you think a mad person sees the world (will dr kenneth please answer this question? ok, that said, I know we need to meet for lunch soon:D)? She might even be happier than I am.

Do you feel like you feel or do you feel like what people feel about you? In this inperfect world, I think we’re somewhere in between. But I think she belongs to the extreme end. I wonder, how does it feel to be there. I went home with alot of questions, alot of things to think about. One mad woman.

Alrightie! I’m feeling very good today. Will be doing up my photo clip project tomorrow!:D *does a little jai ho jiggle*

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posted by wansheng on March 16th 2009 in personal, voices





clifton and shuping

Over the past few years, I’ve been getting weddings that are smaller and smaller, which personally, I think it’s more manageable and usually alot more relaxed (which usually translate to lesser stress). One location, 20+ guests, no fuss. After the solemnization, we went out for a short portraiture session, while the guests relaxed back at the villa. At 7pm, they ran a slideshow about them, their family and their friends. I didn’t get to watch alot of it, but judging from their expressions, the images must’ve brought back alot of memories.

This was followed by a round of speeches by the couple, their family and friends. Through them, I found out alot more about the couple that I ever did during the meeting. I stayed behind after that for a round of drinks and Wii with their dads. It was crazy fun. Man… I thought my bowling was good… till I saw them play (and they claim it’s their first time… yeah yeah… first time thrasing me maybe:P)

All in all, a very simple and beautiful wedding.

click play/pause icon to start slideshow

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posted by wansheng on March 13th 2009 in images, portraits, slideshows, voices, weddings





RIP printer

After weeks of agony, I finally decided I’ve had enough of the shi-tu-pee-ed printer!! Ever since it went out of ink and I had the entire set replaced, it has been showing me some attitude. Started randomly givng me “replace ink cartridges” messages and wouldn’t print no matter what I did. Today, it ruined my entire afternoon. So this is what I did… (felt so so so good after that)

*the following act is done by trained professionals, please do not attempt at home*

For those who have not watched “Office Space”. Trust me, it’s one of the best movies ever made:D It’ll change your life. This is quoted from the movie,

“…we don’t have a lot of time on this earth! We weren’t meant to spend it this way. Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about about mission statements.”

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posted by wansheng on March 11th 2009 in humour, personal, videos, voices





agwpja contest results

Took me awhile to join AGWPJA because of the vetting process I think. Submitted some entries for the Q4 contest and got some nice placings. Came in overall 10th as well. I believe in beginner’s luck. So I think I’ll have to try harder the next round. And yes, congrats to our fellow WPN photographers Eadwine and Kelvin!:D

Engagement Portrait (10th)

 

 Ceremony (2nd)

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posted by wansheng on March 10th 2009 in images, portraits, voices, weddings





Sun setting into the sea

At least it looks like it.

I love taking pictures from the plane. I will always request for window seats, since I only need to go to the toilet once every 12 hours (on flight… oh yes, I think my body has a “flight mode”) and I don’t have the habit of chatting up the stewardess:)

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posted by wansheng on March 9th 2009 in images, travel / landscapes, voices





spook me

Finally finally cleared majority of my work. The annual thunderstorm season is back. It feels a little wierd trying to fall asleep while thinking that someone is “taking pictures” of you. Those darn flashlights!:P Today is admin day again. I hate admin days. It’s not very funny to go through zillions of receipts and invoices. In an ideal world, everything should be free, so we can do away with this admin stuff right? Ok wait, I’m not suggesting anything:D Well, actually I am… I want a free MINI:D

Browsing browsing through tons of images. Going to get my personal images up soon. One of those that didn’t make the first cut. I’d say, one of those that got away.

This was taken during my first trip to Germany (when I was still working as an engineer). I was posted to Wetzlar aka Leica-town. According to my colleagues then, they say it’s a dead town. People vanish off the streets after 5pm. True enough, the entire town is not much bigger than junction 8 (ok, maybe 2 junction 8s). Armed with my camera, I was so determined to take images of snowscapes that I braved the subzero temperatures and stood out there for hours, trying to get something decent. This is the bridge that connects the old town to the new. The old town still have some very well preserved half-timbered houses. Feels a little scary walking there alone at night. Somewhat like Dracula-town.

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posted by wansheng on March 9th 2009 in images, travel / landscapes, voices





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