KOH KHO KING

Dearest Foong…

Posted on June 16th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

Dear, take care…have good rest always…miss you and Megumi…love, King.

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Today is a special day…4th Anniversary!

Posted on March 20th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

Today is a special day…4th Anniversary of my marriage!

Thank you dear…no…I did not forget this time…and I bought a cake for you for surprise!

I bought the cake yesterday, after finishing work at my university. As usual…I went to Youme town for cake searching…but this time I want something different…so not from the usual visit cake stall…but another one with my dear’s favorite blueberries and raspberries.

I tahan till after 12midnight…then only brought out the cake as a surprise to my wife!

The cake melted earlier…and the raspberries slided to one side…but still tasty…because from the bottom of my heart mah…

Warning…DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OLD!

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Megumi’s Smilessssss… :)

Posted on March 11th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

Too much war recently…peace…no war…please…smile…

Love

Smile

Peace

Friends

Family

Happy

Trust

Malaysia

United

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4th Anniversary…thank you Dear…

Posted on March 6th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

My Dearest Foong,

Today is the 4th anniversary of our marriage registration.

We were officially registered of marriage on 6th March 2004 in Johor (church ceremony on 20th March 2004). I thank God for having someone so special in my life, taking care of me all the time. I am a big baby most of the time…but your love and caring has never failed or less. You always put me and our baby as priority, putting yourself at the lowest place. You would rather wake up early in the morning to take care of the baby and let me have a better longer sleep. You always cook food that I love, especially curry which isn’t her favorite. Tonight you cook a big bowl of fish head curry for me again…

Dear…I am sorry that I forgot about today…a special day that I should always remember. I did not bought any present…I did not surprise you with anything…Please forgive me…

Dear, thank you very much for all the time, love and caring you spend unconditionally for me and our family. May God continue to bless us…bless Megumi…bless our family and marriage. May you be healthy and happy always, may I love you more…In Jesus name I prayed, amen.

Yours,

King.

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Valentine Cake 2008

Posted on February 15th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

My wife “unwrapping” the Valentine cake from the box…

Can see the new Valentine Cup already in use…with lemon tea inside.

Taste delicious, though not cheap (in Malaysia standard) but definitely worth every cent for the smile on Lydia’s face.

Yummy!

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Valentine Gift…

Posted on February 14th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

I bought something for my wife today…nothing fancy…not rose…not chocolate…not diamond…something she can use daily.

The paper wrap is *free*…

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Megumi Show again…

Posted on February 11th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

(Text below are typed by KhoKing…but are from the bottom of Lydia’s heart…)

This is my hubby…I love him very much…he is very handsome…see my baby agree also…

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Curry Fish Head

Posted on February 9th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Foong Can Cook.

My wife cook this today…my favorite food! Curry Fish Head!

Not just any curry fish head…but a very delicious curry fish head!

Not so easy to cook one that is tasty and delicious…me as a curry fish head lover…I must say that the one cook by my wife is better than most restaurant and is definitely among the best curry fish head in Malaysia…or even the world!

Don’t believe me? Nevermind…I can let your eyes taste it first…

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Photo Editing Program - my favorite Paint Shop Pro!

Posted on February 8th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT, Photography.

I have been using Paint Shop Pro program since version 4…that was more than 7 years ago…and I just love this program.

Why not photoshop? One of the main reason for me to go for Paint Shop Pro during the early days is because it is a FREEWARE. Yes, free to download and use on your computer. That was in version 4 and version 5. Version 9 and later is a paid software, but later Corel bought JASC and the last version from JASC was version 10. Version 9 was later given as a free software together with Lexar professional memory card, which is definitely a very very good value!

How is Paint Shop Pro as compared to Adobe Photoshop? For me, it does everything I needed in photo editing. Curve, contrast, brightness, unsharp mask, crop, border, layers, etc. It also is much easier to use and less resource hungry like photoshop. I can start and use my PSP within 5 seconds after launching, but for PS, I have to wait for 10s or more. Of course, if you have very fast PC, you might not notice the difference.

Today, I download the 30 days trial version of PSP from Corel website. I was already about to BUY already (already in the PayPal page, one click away from paying), but since there is a 30 days trial, I thought why not? I clicked the cancel order button and went back to download the software to try out first. The latest version is Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 and my experience with PSP is mainly based on version 6. I want to see how much improvement it has after Corel bought over JASC, and the US$89.99 is worth spending or not.

What I am expecting from the latest version which I think is lacking in the dated version 6:

• Better noise removal
• Faster processing
• RAW file processing (version 6 can process raw file but loading takes ages…)
• More features on borders, templates, effects…etc.
• Smarter one step photo fix (available in version 6 as well, but I wonder if there is any surprise in the latest version)

Basically, that’s it. I don’t really need a software that has tones of features that I don’t use but burden down my computer.

Now…let’s see some examples that I run through PSPPX2 just now. The photos below are taken using Nikon D200 at IS3200, I set the camera at high ISO the night before and forgot to set it back to low ISO. My wife used the camera the next day to take Megumi’s photos… Originally posted at: 看我笑得见眼不见牙

(Take note that the before images are already of some processing previously…which used automatic batch process…hence the quality still not so good and some sharpness already lost)

Before

After PSP

Before

After PSP

You have to click the photo to appreciate the difference. There is a nice Skin Smoothing command in PSPPX2 which I find it delivers good results. The above is just a quick test…I will have to get some RAW files to test it further, but I think I am definitely going to buy one before the 30 days trial period ends up.

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Megumi and snow (If you can see)

Posted on February 3rd, 2008 by foong.
Categories: Family.

We had a lots of snow last week. Megumi’s daddy afraid Megumi has not experienced snow enough, so we went out to the balcony to take some pictures. Can you see the snow?

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Megumi 71/2 months “old”

Posted on February 3rd, 2008 by foong.
Categories: Family.

Megumi is 71/2 months “old” now. She can sit well and likes to laugh (not only smile, but laugh loudly) without the reason known by us sometimes. Really curious what she is thinking. We will do whatever that can make she laugh happily…

Some more photos to share…

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公主与新衣服(上)

Posted on January 25th, 2008 by foong.
Categories: Family.

特别感谢诺诺的二姑，从英国给诺诺寄来了很多件漂亮的衣服。诺诺很幸福ne, 她的姨姨，舅舅，姑姑常常给她买衣服。 诺诺： love you all!!

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Winter 2007/2008

Posted on January 23rd, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

This is the first heavy snow in winter 2007/2008. Not the first snow, but the first heavy snow.

Was waiting and hoping to have this kind of heavy snow…glad that finally able to see and experience it “again”. Yes, in winter 2005/2006, there is an even heavier snow and it was right before Christmas.

Winter 2006/2007 was a warm one. No heavy snow and melt right after it snowed.

The heavy snow happened on Sunday morning (20th Jan 2008). Megumi, Lydia and I still drive to church, as the snow isn’t very strong yet and the road was still not frozen. During the Sunday service, the snow continue. After church, around 12noon, the snow became even heavier.

Right after Sunday service, youngs and olds all starts the snow fight!

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03 January 2008

Posted on January 6th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

My wife was very busy on 03 January 2008 since early morning.

In traditional Chinese culture, we eat “shou mian”, drumstick and red egg during birthday. Yes, my wife took the trouble to colour the eggs to red.

Then in the evening, my wife baked a birthday cake for me…

Early stage…

Icing dressing! Yes, must have icing else can’t call birthday cake…

Megumi also join “eye-sharing”. She touched the cake/icing actually “on purpose”.

Wordings…dedicated to…me lah…who else?!

See!

Finally, family photo!

Thank you, dear. Thank God for my lovely and caring wife, my dear megumi and my family back in Malaysia and my sister in UK. In Jesus name I thanked.

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Eh…forgot to mention…where is my birthday present? Yes, there is one. My wife asked me long ago…and I make it clear…yes, I want a Nikon D3.

Here come D3…made in Japan by my wife. One and only in the world…

(To ShaShinKi.com customer. Don’t worry, you will not receive the above D3 if you ordered one at ShaShinKi.com…I promised… )

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Sony Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 24-70mm F/2.8 ZA SSM

Posted on December 20th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.

Saw photos of a interesting lens today, Sony Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 24-70mm F/2.8 ZA SSM!

Sony DSLR has been of interesting mainly because it inherit the previous very high quality Minolta legendary glass, and of course not forgetting the partnership with Zeiss to specifically produce ZA series of lenses for Sony Alpha mount. Zeiss lenses in autofocus! Something like a dream comes true for many! German glass (Leica, Zeiss, Schneider…etc.) has always thought to be more superior than Japanese glass. How true is it I am not sure, but I sure am interested in this Zeiss if my pocket is deep enough.

Let’s see the two photos I saw in PhotoMalaysia forum (original source unknown):

A few things I found interesting in this lens.:

1. SSM

SSM in Sony means silent wave motor, which means the lens has built in motor, which is great! First in Zeiss!

2. 24mm

Yes! Latest zoom lens in this focal length in Canon and Nikon and now Zeiss has gone wider to 24mm! Great!

3. Full frame lens

Yes, this is a full frame lens. Very possible that Sony will come out with a full frame DSLR soon. Rumors that Nikon D3 full frame sensor is co-design with Sony, so very possible Sony will use the same 12.1MP full frame sensor in their full frame professional DSLR. Minolta has a 9 series professional SLR in their range, Sony will definitely utilize the technology and design from Minolta. My prediction is that we shall see full frame professional DSLR from Sony within year 2008 before Beijing Olympic.

4. Boxed

Yes…if you notice the box in the photo above, which means that the lens should already been in production or available to some! (if the photo is genuine).

5. F2.8 Aperture

Yes, F2.8 constant aperture. I just love fixed aperture lens, which immediately shout to you: PROFESSIONAL GRADE!

I must admit that the design and look of the lens is very sleek and clean. It looks simple, fat but clean. No busy badge or sticker here and there. I wonder how long will the lens extend from zoomed, it would be a dream lens if the length of the lens remain constant during zooming, which I hate in Nikon and Canon similar lenses.

If only Zeiss can make AF lenses for Nikon, that would be my dream lens to get!

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Megumi’s morning meal

Posted on November 26th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

Everyday, my wife will prepare some porridge for Megumi the night before, and cook the porridge in a glass bowl together with the rice for our next day meal. It is not an easy job, as my wife will first cook some soup with carrots and small fishes (ikan bilis) in the soup, just to get some extra nutrition for the porridge that she prepared for Megumi.

The work is a lot…but the porridge is only very small bowl, but with lots of love from mother.

Feeding time with morning sunlight shinning through the windows…

Saw the Hello Kitty plastic thingy? Used to use just cloth, but Lydia said very difficult to clean, so we went to Diamond City, Babies “R” Us to buy the thingy above.

Megumi is enjoying her meal for sure…

So delicious…wah..lerr…eh…

Let’s have another BIG BITE! “ARMMmmm!”

Megumi:”enough shooting lah…don’t record all my eating ugly shots…”

Will record another round of eating again in future…

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Dinner in Tokyo

Posted on November 26th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

My wife love the dinner that we took in Tokyo on 6th November 2007 in a Korean (?) restaurant. That was around 9pm at night, after windows shopping at Shinjuku.

We ordered some extra foods, all were on metal hot plates. The meats are raw and got cook on the hot plates after being served. It is a very nice dinner, though a bit rush eating due to Megumi becomes a bit impatient and tired.

Here’s some photos to share.

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My “cool” mouse! Logitech / Logicool MX Revolution

Posted on November 18th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.

Just to share with you guys the mouse that I am using (bought on 19th Dec 2006, costs me around RM350 or US$95 in Japan):

Logitech® MX™ Revolution

More info at:
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2135,CONTENTID=12134

My first wireless mouse. Took me quite some time to finally decided on a wireless mouse. I kinda worry of the hassle having to charge the mouse every few days…but after using a cheapo wireless mouse few months ago, I am hooked.

For me, mouse is one of the most important item in PC components, as a unresponsive mouse will make you crazy.

In Japan, they call it LOGICOOL! Yes, it is such a COOL mouse!

Traveling

One thing about wireless mouse is that it is not so convenient when traveling. Though the battery of the mouse can last for nearly 5 days (12 hours use a day), still if you went for long holiday, then you will need to bring the charging unit together. Not so convenient and normally I will just bring a small wired mouse that power directly from my notebook USB port. (more…)

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Internet banking user growing…

Posted on October 26th, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT, Rojak.

Internet banking user is growing furiously nowadays. With more and more people going online, people tend to love settle things online rather than having to queue in the counter.

Yeah…the first and most popular internet banking site is “too busy” today…

It is quite frustrated when you want to get something done but couldn’t due to the site busy message. They should have upgrade their system always before it reaches its limit (eg. Ebay is one of the company that consistently upgrade their hardware making sure that there is no time-out or can’t keep up with demand failure).

Tried and tried the site above…after half an hour still the same. In fact, I find maybank2u.com.my is very slow nowadays…but the good thing is that Bank Negara has stated the rules that there must be no charge for internet banking service. You can transfer money to others without having to pay any service fee. This is good. However, with the increase popularity of internet banking, it is only a matter of time before the free service will be charged.

The success of internet banking is also mainly due to the wider coverage of internet and the “slightly faster” internet connection nowadays in Malaysia (highest is 2MB for household users but many still complaint that the speed of 2MB/s package is no different than the slower package…). Though still consider as “snail speed” when compare to oversea neighbours (Japan is using 100MB fibre optic now and the basic/slowest is 8MB/s Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) broadband, while Singapore is offering 10MB ADSL line now), at least we are growing and it is good that some companies (Maxis, Digi…etc.) are now offering wireless broadband internet service. Landline service is monopoly by TMNET/Streamyx, so hopefully there are some more players in the wireless ISPs so that we as consumers can benefit more and also encourage healthy competition among providers to facilitates the internet technology grow and coverage in Malaysia.

With this…I hope more people will shop online at ShaShinKi.com too!

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Got a new toy today!

Posted on October 21st, 2007 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.

Just received a new toy today from Malaysia…

Yeah! Crumpler the Seven Million Dollar Home!

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