Learning to use PS Elements

Its time to learn some new skill...

armed with a Digital Camera magazine issue January 2009, i load up the Photoshop Elements 7 and try to "cook-up" some image based on the tutorial they have in there... even though some of the tutorials would require the adjustment of the color contrast etc, i end up leaving all the color as it is just used the PS Elements to add the frame to the shots only.

All the shots below i captured using my 1 year old Panasonic Lumix TZ15 and using the preset setting for scenery. The location of these shot is just around my house during either sunset or at dawn.

enjoy my learning experience and hopefully these would inspire other people to take up photography and use PS Elemets as one of the tools for the post-production of your photos. Although i know there are a few more tools out there that can do it faster like the all in one Google's Picasa 3 and those from ACDSee.


Dusk
Sunset purple


Dawn


kuman

Eating out...

Orait...

Yesterday... me and the office mate went out for early dinner at one of the eatery that just open last year... just on the way back to my house... the food is nice but the price .. well let just say eat there once can last you a few dinner if you eat at the normal Tomyam restaurant. ehheh

anyway... like i said.. the food is nice and the portion of each food also not that bad...
i ordered the Roasted Chicken with Tumeric Sauce (since i already try their Grilled Black Pepper Chicken the other day) and also a Iced Caffe Mocha (although its very rare for me to drink iced beverages during meal) and also "tarpau" some Tiramitsu and Blueberry Cheesecake for the one waiting at home :D

when all is done, come the hard part.. paying for the meal. but lucky for me and my officemate... we can claim this from our recreation benefit... so basically we eat for free la yesterday...

all in all a very satisfaying meal and i dont know if i'll be able to eat here again in the coming months... the future outlook is not that great nowadays....

with that enjoy the picture of the meal i had below

till next time...

Nasi Lemak Temptation

Cycling is part of my routine during the weekend (Saturday & Sunday) or any day that i take leave... and the routine usually starts at around 7:30am and lasted for around 1.5hours later. And this again somehow related to my last post below..

So last saturday, i was at my regular route which pass by a very good Nasi Lemak stall by the side of the road. And the smell of hot nasi lemak on a banana leaf really makes me wanna stop and have a pack (or 2) of the nasi lemak... but after thinking about the cholesterol that i need to cut and also thinking the amount of calories i already been burning since early in the morning, make me cancel the thought and with that... I WON!!!... take that nasi lemak.... 1 for me, 0 for Nasi Lemak...

So i continue my cycle home with the thought of i manage to control the urges... and a mug of Oats + raisins awaits me at home hahahah...

:: More info. on Nasi Lemak? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasi_lemak

the picture of typical nasi Lemak i found on the net...

until next time

Supplimentary diet

again .. its been awhile...



i just took my Health screening result last week.

it seems that my bad cholestrol level is still at the same level as the last time....

this is not good.... so the doctor suggested me to take this supplementary Omega-3 pills.



So i went on and bought myself a bottle of 60-capsules Omega-3 pills under the brand Seven-Sea (IIRC).. and i have to take 2 pills once a day...



also i have to double my exercise "dosage" in order to control this bad cholesterol thing... hmmm



and also i thik i need to try this Quaker Oat thing that they claimed can reduce this bad cholesterol also.... i really hoping they are right.. :D



did some "Googling" on the subject.. some say this Bad Cholesterol is a myth... let me read through all the article and then i''ll make my stand... but again this is about my health so there's nothing wrong in trying to improve (decrease) the

ok moving on...