I'm a Pentaxian

Down Memory Lane

2008-04-18T08:50:00.000-07:00

Oh what memories are when I went back to hometown and found many old pictures. Looking through these pictures suddenly transported me to the 80's, the era I was born in. I didn't know I looked cute and nerdy also. Haha....How I wish my family now is what was before as shown in the pictures. Well, let the pictures speak of the memories.

Small boy Jon with daddy in his computer shop. The computer shop was burnt down in a year time I think. I have not much memories of it anyway.

Mummy's boy kissing mummy. It was year 1984, and I was only 2 years old.

Sorry for the random years of picture. This was in 1990, I was eight at that time. Me and my little sister playing tanglungs.

Myself and mummy and daddy. I was probably 9 or 10 years old. That was the start of me wearing spectacles.

My 'yee-chai' (means small aunty), in some place I really don't know where. I was a nerd, gosh...

Both my maternal and paternal grandmums together with our family. I think it was some airport, probably in Penang bayan lepas. Parents leaving for US to work. Myself and sis were actually very sad to see them leave....first time.

My maternal grandparents. This is one picture I really will cherish a lot. Grandpa just passed away, and hardly had any picture taken of him with us and grandma. Thank God I found this.

I think I was at the age of 12 or 13. I looked nerdy. Dad still has a lot of hair. Sis was plump!

Our family during our grandma's birthday celebration in Legend Inn. Mum always looked beautiful. Dad as hensem as always.

Okay, I was in the Pancaragam playing 'Recorder'. I was only 11, and already looked so nerdy. Plump too. I was in Primary 5.

This is me when I was in Form 4, aged 16. Still nerdy huh. But because of my plumpiness, my height shot up, exceeding all my family member's height. This is my youth that I remembered.

Well, I have so many more pictures. But these are just some to display my childhood and some little memories left in my brain. These pictures speak more than I could remember. Now, everybody knows Jon was a little boy who loves his family and was not vain 'yet'. Hehe...

Penang Trip : Ho ho ho!!

2008-03-25T22:26:00.000-07:00

w u Finally the pictures are post-processed!! It was all fun fun fun....Praise the Lord!

Even inflated toy lizard Maria can't let go...tsk tsk tsk!

Guess who this is?

Uncle JL : Next stop...eat again!! ho ho!

Chinese saying : Patrick picked up gold. Not the one he's holding, but the one on his shoulder.

Chi chi Mok put behind bars.

This watermelon sure looks juicy inside..

What is Lix trying to do la? Girls flocking to see show la...

The Five heavenly Kings

Angela's angels

Far-east meets far-east

ooOooOOooo....woot woot!

Circle of Friends, partly...

Pre-wedding picture ar?

Eh! Monkey in the car!!

The Twilight

The girl who owed me Baskin Robbins....couldn't do an interview in Penang.

Yam yam. very yum yum.

Dead lizard.....Maria's fault!

Monkey freedom

Kelvin's cousin brother

Merry happy couple

EEwww! What is this?

Monster revealing...

Monster arr!!!!

Yeah..the gang!

Wong Fei Hung

Wong Fei Hung & Apprentice

OooOOoo....pre-wedding picture...

Oh! What a shelter!

Ah Poh must be stripping on top of the hill....these girls wouldn't miss their chances!

The girl who still owes me Baskin Robbins....................

One of my favourite subject matters

Tanjung Keruing : 15/16th March 08

2008-03-16T09:19:00.000-07:00

Praise God for a telematch weekend in Tanjung Keruing!! Everybody had great fun, great food and great journey....Let the pictures speak....

Was class boring or Yaya did not drink coffee?

ZZZzzzzzz.....Zzzzzz.....

Oh no....acting guru besar Cynthia showing signs of....boringness?! Yawn!

Ah Poh trying hard to keep his mouth close from yawning big..

Carol the teacher

Hand guiding hand...

"Talk to the hand" in other words, "Don't snap me!!"

Oh noo....another teacher getting sleepy. Kelvin has reached his maximum level of soberness. Ok..class ends here.

Journey to Kampung Air Itam.

"Oi...apa ni"

Clem smokin' or whistlin'?

Carol & Nancy demo during telematch

Siang

Ah Poh stepping on dog shit. GROSS!!

Cheer cheer!!

Coconuts for sale.

Cynthia & Nancy demo.

Adohai, terjatuh!

Ah Poh demo on coconut bowling.

Overview on telematch.

Cameo appearance : Kelvin the dragqueen.

Last game, prizes awaiting!

"Thank you, Batin!!"

Vineyard cell & Aunty MJ

Pekan Trip on 1st/2nd March 08

2008-03-09T21:54:00.000-07:00

More pics and more fun!! Praise the Lord!

Watch for an almost similar picture nearby!! This big spidey could be venomous. But this kid of Tanjung Keruing fears nothing...except God!

Check it out!! Extraordinary! Once bitten, twice shy..in other words...you become spiderman. Haha!

Looks at the size of this thing!

R & R under the roof during rainy day.

Running in the rain or...showing off his butt?

KL Mok : "word up!" the Malaysian Style....

Hannah Cho the Korean...posing or serving cake?

Committed Fashionable Crime number 38. Put behing bars for wearing worn out shirt. Donation of new clothings needed....*beep beep!

Leeches...or naked snails?

Arts & Crafts! Eggs crater for colouring contest.

The Red one signifies the Red Army. Made in USSR. 1965.

Two eggs. Two power boosters.

Auntie Mary-Joy with Pak Abas and wife..and new kid on the block.

Hannah & Lucy frying power boosters.

The making of BiBim Bab : Korean Mixed Rice.

Taste : Very very good

After meal : Super filling and jelak. Too much rice maybe

Clean up : The girls of course

Fly Me To The Moon

2008-01-29T11:19:00.000-08:00

What's so amazing about this moon? Firstly, I took it with my 50-135mm lens and cropped it in Photoshop. Secondly, it isn't round shaped! And I can see Tycho Craters on the left side of the moon. Amazing huh, when what our eyes cannot really see, but our lens made it slightly possible to see the moon as what it is as a celestial body.

Tanjung Keruing on 19th & 20th Jan 08

2008-01-20T10:48:00.000-08:00

It was a real refreshing trip to Tanjung Keruing again! I love it! Wish I could go every week with those who are really committed to go. God is great and He is always our great Provider in life. God is working amongst the ppl in Tanjung Keruing and even in the labour of His workers. Amen....Well....let the pictures speak!!

Featuring.........SUZI!!

An over-exposed shot. No time to adjust in manual mode, I quickly snapped Suzi doing this!

Suzi was shocked, "Aiyer!! Why did Fay say Poh very hensem?!"

Cutie Suzi forever giving me this look at the camera.

Suzi intereacting with fren.

Kris snapping some shots for her 'down memory lane as a teacher' collection.

Kenny only likes to teach boys...I wonder why.

Agnes the replacement guru besar of Maria

Oi James. Not that close la! Haha...

Looks like Suhaimi doesn't understand what teacher Irene is teaching.

Fay watching over Suzi's handwriting.

Wah....so fast she went and took picture. She a teacher or a paparazzi?

Everybody so busy arrr.....

Arts & Crafts this week! Stones with glued eyes and wires! Haha.

This flat stone spider is the first to be tortured by the kids later.

Melissa helping the children with their stone designs.

Siang showing off his labah-labah.

Suzi with hers!! Eh..she ketiak itchy?

These boys aren't afraid of no more Happy Father's Day.

Stone spiders with boys.

Cute stone spiders eh.

Suhaimi

Why did the red shirt boy cross the road?

To get to the other side.

Children Are Like Flowers

2008-01-20T10:07:00.000-08:00

I've always wanted to take children's expression as my subject in photography. I want to know the feeling of compassion and love towards children of poor and marginalized through God's eye. In missions trips, it is so real to be in the midst of them and I just fell in love even being with them. And what more that I get the take photographs of the children having them to pose in front of the camera. When I look at them, Mother Teresa's quote came in reality when I remembered,"Saying that there are too many children is like saying there are too many flowers". Children are so beautiful. And they are really really precious in Jesus' eyes.

Aren't they like flowers under the sun? So beautiful.

Children At Risk

2008-01-11T12:37:00.000-08:00

Went for a shoot after a long long break from the media ministry, but still not yet active in it. So, I joined a team of photographers to go on the community outreach where by many groups were despatched to various places in KL to celebrate Christmas with the orphans, refugees and etc. I enjoyed my day there...and covered the events. Alongside with me, we many other people from SIBKL. Well well...let the pictures speak for themselves ya..Colours here are more vibrant than usual. Am trying something new when posting in the blog. Usually blogspot would desaturate the pictures a little.

Uncle Geoff : A prayer before he went to Pure Life.

Maria last minute kehpoh, wanted to follow us to Pure Life as well. He he.

Mr.G interacting with kids.

An ultra-wide angle shot.

This boy in front here is called Naren. So cute.

Joanne and Maria. The lizard and the Skink! Muahaha!

Megan shaking hands with kid.

Girl who loved to be in the picture.

Ahhh....my fellow photographers. Liks(Nikon) and Ros(Pentax). Pentax rules!!

Well...this is me.

Looking in....

His name is Adam. He wanted a shoebox as well...Cute kid.

Adam with his shoebox!! Yayy!

Everybody do the jumpin'!!

Morning Trip to Sekinchan....

2007-12-27T20:46:00.000-08:00

Wahhh....woke up at 5 something in the morning!! We had a crazy planned trip to Sekinchan. Along with me were Mee Lin, Jelly and Jason(Jelly's youngest brother). The sky was not bright hot, but diffused. Only drawback from that was the not so blueish skies. And also the harvest was over already. So, we took whatever we could. Including, ourselves! Haha...

This is the field! And there are many many more!

Paddy?

Mee Lin standing on the edge

They say, Jon the tai kor...hehe

Me jumping high!!

Jelly posin'

Jason with flowers...?

Jelly trying his best to jump!

Jason doign the same...

Mee Lin.....hmmm

Mee Lin jumping high..

I like this shot...he he he...

2 Pentaxian and 1 Canonite

Truck in the field

Once a month....

2007-12-12T01:55:00.000-08:00

Once every month, I travel with the core of Pekan team to Tanjung Keruing, located in Pahang. There...we do or routine cleaning up, fetching the kids from another kampung for English class, do worship service and then....R & R at night. Let the pictures speak...

Maria, the guru besar giving instructions and teachings. We were the teachers in Pekan.

Same here....Maria the guru besar...

Lik Xon looking good with his Canon 400D with background, Angela the primary standard teacher...

Her name is Suzi.....we pronounce as Susi. The cutest and most pro-active girl in Pekan.

Okay....English class is finished. Time go home....Here, the kids were wearing Kidzone-sponsored camp tees. Looking good in reds.

Kids from Kampung Air Itam hopped into my car.

Air Itam kids posing.

Showing them the picture I took from the above.

Air Itam dog. Lonely huh.

Night time....Worship service. Seen here is Patrick..doing the preaching.

We're all hoping and praying for sponsors who can help in providing the kids some school facilities....attire...and books. Well, not easy for a ministry like this...especially for those who are committed to go every weekend...God bless them abundantly.

Morning Shoot at Kiara Park

2007-11-15T20:29:00.000-08:00

It was two weekends ago that myself, James, Jelly and Joshua went for a morning shootout at Kiara Park. Yea, two weeks ago....the pictures were still in my hard drive and I just got to post process them. I only used my 50-135mm DA* lens. So, there were not wide shots or macro shots. But here are the results : -

Jelly captured me shooting the waterfall...

...and here is my result of the waterfall I've captured

My turn to sneak behind him and snap!

Father holding son....

Birdie

Monkey on the lamp-post

Boy kicking ball..

This is no macro shot, it's just a coincident that the dragonfly flew in to the frame

www.jonng.com.my

2007-11-09T08:19:00.000-08:00

Well well....it's time to start blogging again! This time my blog will centre around photography, Pentax revolution, my works and life as well.

Started my business doing video production and photography in July actually. Business was great, and I'm still building up my network. Most of my works are video related and wedding photography. Set up my own website, http://www.jonng.com.my/ where a lot of comments were made on how to improvise it. Well, I guess I can't please everyone, but I'll just stick to what I feel is nice. I appreciate them.

Recently, I bought this super great lens which cost me rather a lot! What an investment I told myself! Haha....It's the Pentax 50-135mm F2.8 SMCP-DA* ED (IF) SDM AF Zoom Lens.
Extremely great worldwide reviews, extremely great sense of feeling when one holds the lens. And what else can I say about its performance?? SUPER ULTRA EXTREME GOOD!! Mind my English..hahahah...

Ok..Here are some pictures taken using the DA* lens :

Waterdrop

Jelly & Joshua

James in action

Old lady in the street

KL Tower

I will update my blog every week at least....once or twice. Because nowadays I do more photoshooting with friends and in work too.

Wedding Day : Willie & Tatianna

2007-05-08T22:44:00.000-07:00

Date : 5th May 2007 (Saturday)

Location : Cyberview Lodge Resort & Spa, Cyberjaya

Indeed it was an unforgettable event for Willie and Tatianna. A day which everyone had been waiting for. All well planned and set up. Moreoever, it was a garden wedding ceremony which occured back to back with the wedding dinner. In the early morning, they had the 'fetch-the-bride' session and I video-ed the event and had to edit it into a 6mins clip which would then be played during the night wedding dinner. Everyone had a great great laugh at the video, especially for those who had not seen the games the girls had forced the guys to play, just to get into the house of the bride's. I could say, it was a fun wedding to be in!

Congratulations, Willie and Tati!! God bless you both!

Pre Wedding Shoot : Willie & Tatiana

2007-05-04T01:29:00.000-07:00

Location : Cyberview Resort, Cyberjaya

Pre Wedding Shoot : Jasmine & Kian

2007-03-18T10:22:00.000-07:00

Location : Sibu & Kuching, Sarawak. 11-15 March 2007

Zooming Monkey

2007-02-12T09:36:00.000-08:00

I bought this super affordable super zoom lense a month ago. SMC Pentax 100-300m F4.5-5.6 with power zoom. What can I say about it? GREAAAAAAT!!! With its built-in Shake Reduction, the Pentax K10D with the 100-300mm is almost equivalent to the IS or VR lenses that Canon and Nikon produce...and with a more affordable price for lense! So, I did one of my really first tryings on this lense at the Taiping Lake Garden...shooting this particularly interesting subject...Mr.Monkey lepaking and hanging on cables and trees. Check it out!

Bangkok, Thailand

2007-01-17T03:17:00.000-08:00

It was my first time in Bangkok, Thailand. I've heard about the Floating market which takes normally a two-hour bus ride from Bangkok itself. What I saw in magazines and what I heard from people about it, came to reality as I took out my new Pentax K10D and started capturing the lifestyle there. I love the atmosphere...the happenings at the Floating market. People selling food and arts & crafts were friendly and they always smiled. It was a busy moment...many were tourists, including myself and my friends, bargaining and buying....the locals were cooking on the sampan and selling. Very nice and peaceful environment, yet noisy. It was an experience taking photographs there.

Traffic in Bangkok is congestive.....motorcars and human are the population of Bangkok.

Sunset in Bangkok.....the sun sets after 5pm......

Portraits of the Orang Asli kids

2006-12-31T20:46:00.000-08:00

Retouch

2006-12-14T20:39:00.000-08:00

This is what Photoshop can do to all of us. Extremely powerful, the real deal to photo editing. Photoshop stands proud to be called as 'the' graphic designer/photo editor tool for all designers, illustrators and photographers. Of course, it is not easy to learn....but attaining basic skills to colour correct and retouch can do much different to a simple and raw picture into becoming a poster-like or feel-like picture. Where pictures that are being retouched, can speaks even more than just a thousand words....it speaks a million. But for now...just check this out. I took this picture of my beautiful good friend/colleague in church office, our college Pastor, Lindy Lee...when she first did her hair to some Egyptian-Cleopetra kinda style.

1# This is the original taken picture

2# This picture is being colour corrected.

3# After being retouched...

4# And..look at her! No wrinkles, eye bags and holes on her face. Hehe...

Wedding : Adrian & Wei Lin (Morning)

2006-12-13T23:27:00.000-08:00

E06 : Concert Nights

2006-12-13T21:17:00.000-08:00

Wedding : Jeremy & Emily

2006-12-13T20:26:00.000-08:00

#1 Taiping : The Most Beautiful Lake Garden in the world....

2006-12-13T10:50:00.000-08:00

Yes!! Taiping it is! Located in the farthest north in the state of Perak, Taiping is considered one of the most historical town in Malaysia, with its many firsts; eg. The Museum, Zoo, Prison, Railway Station, clock tower and etc. But what captivates the most of visitors in Taiping, is the one and only most unique and beautiful lake garden anyone can find in this world. It was stated in some book of records that Taiping has the best lake garden in the world, with its unique path road covered by trees' trunks and leaves from one side of the road, trying to reach to the other side for water source in the lake. I will say no more....but let the pictures speak.

The greens are amazing...just how every person on earth wants to lay down on green pastures.

A photographer's gaze at the beauty of the lake.

Definitely the most perfect place to take wedding photography!!! How would one want it to be? The surroundings are green and calm. Peaceful and loving.

Ops! This is me in the middle of the road. I love it!

Some evening walks in the lake garden. Families and individuals love to jog and exercise here.

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Are you speechless??

Expressions

2006-12-13T10:09:00.000-08:00

When we smile and when we laugh, we can hardly hide our lovely teeth. Expressions like these are made when joy and happiness surround us. And these are thebest moments to be captured into stills. When moments like these pass, there can be no way on this planet we can turn back the clock and recapture such times. Capturing human expressions are seemingly as important as remembering what we have gone through in our past, be it joyful events and memorable ones. It is just a split second, when we hold our breathe, waiting for 'that' moment to come...and when someone smiles or laughs or even shies away....in the frames of a second, SNAP! SNAP!!

They he he he.....

She giggles....

She laughs.....

She really laughs....

They smile....

She shies away.....

And she byes...