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Rindu Percy Place

April 1, 2009

Kadang-kadang aku selongkar balik gambar-gambar lama, gambar2 digital dalam hd. Terjumpa gambar ni dari Jun 2008. Antara gambar2 awal aku shoot pakai D80, first dslr aku. Tengok2 balik gambar lama, ada timbul perasaan rindu kat rumah ni.

Percy Place

Apt 8 Percy Place, Dublin ni apartment ke 6 yang kami sewa sejak berhijrah ke luar negara. Dapat tau pasal apartment ni dari our good friend – Farah Ibrahim – kebetulan dia kenal dengan landlord yang sama-sama kerja di Children Hospital Crumlin. First sekali tengok gambar rumah ni dalam email dari Farah. Cuma harga sewa yang agak mahal.

Saja gatal pegi usha dengan Masni – fuhhh.. superb condition apartment ni. Tuan rumahnya couple Irish doktor yang dah siap bikin apartment lawa2. Aku respek landlord aku dengan design taste dia. Sewa pun walaupun mahal sedikit, masih jimat 200euro dari harga market area tu. Perfect location, 7min jalan kaki ke ofis Masni, & 15drive ke ofis aku. Tak pikir panjang sangat, sebab tak berapa tahan jalan jam masa duduk di Dundrum. Kena tolak-timbang sewa dengan time spent on road, minyak, & jarak dari tempat kerja, lunch time Masni boleh balik rumah makan & tengok Aiden.

Banyak pengalaman manis & happening kat rumah ni. Kawan2 datang pun best lepak2. Downside satu ja, teramatlah sejuk bila masuk waktu winter, sebab lantainya tak cukup insulation. Sejuk sampai takleh pikir. Sampai kadang2 satu family lepak depan fireplace. Tapi kalau summer, perfect la apartment ni. Petang2 boleh duduk makan nasik kat patio ngadap canal, cuma mat salleh balik kerja cam pelik pulak tengok aku duk suap nasik pakai tangan.. ehehehe.. Ciaow.

D4 to D8

August 24, 2008
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Sunday 24th – went to Homebase Nutgrove for cleaning accessories, went to our old place, some cleaning on the apartment, floor, walls & patio, clean & hoovered the carpets, and manage took them’all back in our tiny car. 8pm-ish – almost everything set up accordingly – then Torot (w Emmy and Sutraaaaa) arrived to lend us his modem – Thanks dude – boleh update blog.

Aku rasa mat salleh kat sini tak biasa tengok la orang pukul2 karpet, lepas cuci & vakum, kitorang selamba pukul lagi karpet tu kat patio, mat salleh2 lalu seberang canal usha pelik.. kekeke.. lantakla.. bukan pukul depa pun.. ada sorang berbasikal tegur (translated) ‘ Apa salah karpet tu yang hangpa tak berenti pukul dia’.. kakaka… pandai jugak dia buat lawak berbasikal.. letih.

27 Responses to “D4 to D8”
  1. Fuad AF tu……. rajin rajin ….. baguih.. tak kira aapa kerja kita buat janji kene enjoy….
    happy…. dan commited…. :)
    pasni aku nak pindah leh laaa hire putraventure …. maybe kalau pindah pon pindah mesia ler ehehehe

    congratulation on your new house la serap… cozy giler umah ko…. best…..

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    asrafsani Reply:

    cozy jugak la.. 1st time aku rasa nak duduk baring2 kat atas karpet lebih dr ngadap komputer..

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  2. uih,byk gak barang ko eh…ni aku rasa 2 lori gak nih….hehehe

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    asrafsani Reply:

    tak banyak tu, hantar msia hampir separuh..
    muat je lori.. takde perabot pun..

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  3. Bila nak buat makan2?… Pindah tak sound…

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    asrafsani Reply:

    aku tak sound sapa2 pun.. geng2 ni yg insist nak join gak ni..
    makan2.. singgah je.. tak buat dah housewarming kut..

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  4. uih
    cam cantik jugak ja
    sofa lawa
    awat pc ngadap situ
    n tv camna?keke beli tv besaq satu tuk men ps3
    tp apa2 pun umah lawa.
    rasa cam nak tetidoq tgk umah..cozy

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    asrafsani Reply:

    tv maintain ja la size tu.. rasa lebih selesa ngan tv rendah gini, rumah lama kena ‘langut’..
    tv ni leh mian ps3, tp hdmi cable hampeh, takdak sound.. gambaq lawa dah..
    pc tu letak atas cabinet tv yg sediada..
    mmg cozy.. syok baring atas karpet tu wooo.. syioq ooo..

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  5. sapa fuad af?awat mak pun duk cita pasal dia smlm

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    asrafsani Reply:

    err.. dia dulu join AF 2 kut.. pastu dia belajar & dah keja kat sini.. part time kut ni ngan putraventure.com

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  6. D4 to D8 now to D90 arghhh aku dirasukkkk!!! ekkekeke :D

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    asrafsani Reply:

    ko tak patut kena.. ko dah patut level D300 onward

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  7. format D-movie tuh mmg merasuk aku adeihh

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    asrafsani Reply:

    kalau dah kena rasuk kat movie tu.. takde cara nak ubat dah.. melainkan beli

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    rufi Reply:

    salam, bagi aku ler…camner pun ..DSLR tetap best amik kamera ..kalau nak ameq utk movie skit2 bule laa…kalau nak best movie kene amik handycam gak…hehe

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  8. wah dah pindah rumah baru…congrats la
    kat mana la D8 ni?..disoriented la aku..
    rumah baru apartment jugak ke?

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    asrafsani Reply:

    D4 dulu east, D8 sekarang west sikit..
    apartment gak ni, tp lebih comel

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  9. Asrap,carpet tuh sebiji macam kat umah aku…kalau aku baring atas dia mesti aku tangkap lentok punya,tidor….hehehe.Err D90?aku dengar 1sr dSlr yang ada movie mode,best gak ek…tapi macam pelik pulak nanti org tgk kita shoot,mesti diorang pelik apsal shot shutter tak bunyi2…hue hue hue…

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    asrafsani Reply:

    aku pun layan jugak lepak atas karpet tu.. rumah sebelum ni tuan rumah gantung tv bapak tinggi.. yg ni tv sendiri yg cute low level, tu yg best baring tu
    ..
    movie & live view tu mmg menagkap mata2 beginner-pro-sumer yg baru nak beli dslr la.. pandai betul nikon

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    fly_ Reply:

    aku dgr2 geng kwanon pon nk tukar kapal naik nee kon plak ekekeke jgn marah arr geng kwanon :D

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    rufi Reply:

    hehe tak kisahler apa2 brand pun memana kapal bule naik asal skill dan bakat masih ada dalam jiwa…yang penting hasil produk yang berkualiti mengikut kelasnya….bukan hanya cakap2 tapi habuk pun tarak hehehe

  10. hehe..dah siap rupanya proses mengemas korang ni…so tahniah asraf n masni dgn rumah baru ni.
    semoga dgn penghijrahan ke rumah baru dan kemuliaan bulan ramadhan ni, kehidupan korang mendapat lebih keberkatan.

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    asrafsani Reply:

    tq alip.. also tq untuk doa tu jugak

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    asalasli Reply:

    apsal aliff lak?

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    asrafsani Reply:

    opps.. sori asli, ingatkan asal yg komen
    tq again

  11. hows rumah baru?.. lama tak dengaq berita hang?..nway tahniah rumah baru…

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    asrafsani Reply:

    takda berita terkini, rumah baru ok.. dah sipa kemas, ada la 2-3 kotak yg belum bukak..
    boring2 nak drop by sound ja wey

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Nature Relief

June 23, 2008
D80 + 18-135mm f3.5-5.6

Last week I was really not well – painful experience & not comfortable enough to share though – two days quarantined at home, so by Friday I could not take any more imprisonment. Went out, my lame excuse was to provide myself with some Natural Healing with mind and body peacefulness piece of sh*t – what a poser.. below are some photos and for those who are familiar or live in Dublin, you can guess where they were taken from..

Minggu lepas aku tak berapa sihat, 2 hari lekat kat umah kena kuarantin, hari jumaat tak tahan aku kuar, saja je alasan kononnya nak berubat dengan kedamaian hati, phoyo sial..kat bawah ni ada 2 shots.. sapa2 yg tinggal kat Dublin, boleh teka kat mana.

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Poster project 1

June 23, 2008

for the sake of giving more attention to family & especially Aiden, last weekend we made a rule (actually Masni did and I just went along) that we can not go on the internet at all, (at least before 12am), it worked out quite well because I get to spend a little more time on this little project – family poster.. taraaa.. soon to be printed on an A1 (after June pay day obviously & hopefully)

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some photos compilation from late 2003 until recently, mostly capturing key events & dates.. if a photo speaks a thousand words, then there’s about 80k of words to tell
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pre-digicam years not included for laziness reason..
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D80 + 18-135mm f3.5-5.6

In the light of upcoming concert this August, Metallitia did some fan-warming-up tour across Ireland (if I’m not mistaken). This is serius sh*t tribute band, they know every tab by heart which could make you lost thinking they were the real deal.

Photography challenge – low light condition. I cranked the ISO to 800, turned on high ISO NR (not sure it’s a good idea – please advise), maximum aperture & hope for the best. Results were OK. From 50+, at least 10 were acceptable.

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D80 + 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 & 50mm f1.8

Dublin Street Performance – at Merrion Square – just 7min walk from our place.
Space cowboy – funny man – creepy tattoos – crowd pleaser. I only stayed for his sword-swallowing act – 45min.
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Torot (Azral Ramlay) getting serius with his camera.
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Different faces – same expression :)
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Aliff.. random jugler and a cute girl.

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Space cowboy again.. before his sword swallowing trick
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Sutraaaaaaaaaaaaaa…. !
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D80 + 50mm f1.8

Agendas: Aiden’s haircut – fastfood lunch – toys & overdue presents – Wimbledon 2008 Men’s Single Final (2-9pm!!) – Farah & Andy post-engagement visit – Wimbledon continued – poster project number 2.

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Kiddies Kut

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Special menu for lunch – Ayam Percik (sedap giler.. silap takde gambar, bila nak buat lagi syu?). Farah & Andy drop-by, well actually we requested a favour – for quick look at Aiden’s ear. It’s their 1st visit as fiances. Engagement photos were shown, and I learned the term ‘post-call’. Now I can fit in easier among doctors.

Andy with his brand-new-backward-not-looking-peace-post-call pose. Also a Federer’s fan.

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Hailed as the best final ever since the year of Borg vs McEnroe, nail-biting+stomach-crunching 5hours (plus 2hrs of rain delay) best match I’ve ever watched in my lifetime so far, although I was heartbroken, but it was the right man who deserved to win. Congratulations Mr Nadal (jr & snr) for the 1st Wimbledon title, unlikely to be the last, considering he’s getting stronger by the year.

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Masni sibuk bercerita, Aiden dengan gaya baru.

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Farah kusyuk mendengar.

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Next task – poster project number 2.

Lepak-lepak rumah Epi

June 5, 2008
D80 + 50mm f1.8

Lepak2 rumah Epi – aktiviti BBQ ringan & potluck kat umah Epi yg susah sangat nak sampai, maklumlah dah duduk jauh sikit, takdela jauh mana pun kat Lucan je, cuma kitorang je jarang ke arah tu unless ke kedai Manma. Aktiviti kul 5pm, tp kitorang sampai kul 5.45pm, hehehe.. yelah.. tungkus-lumus Masni siapkan karipap & serimuka, aku contract goreng je (penat sebenarnya lepas main badminton setelah setahun tak main..sehari lepas tu sengal gila segala otot-sendi).

Foto kat bawah ni – Alip tengah eksperimen ngan stop-motion movie ni.. layan alip layann..

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D80 + 18-135mm f3.5-5.6

Four days after got the new D80, borrowed the office tripod & did some test shots at the canal right in front of our apartment. Initially wanted to capture the sky & canal lock. Complete with umbrella, I took 20+ shots – two below are worth sharing, edited to the ‘Eye of the beholder’

4 hari selepas beli dslr baru, pinjam ofis tripod & buat beberapa test shot kat canal depan umah, sebenarnya nak amik gambar awan & lock (air terjun kat kunci canal), siap ngan payung, 20 shots edited ikut sesedap mata sendiri..

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D80 + 50mm f1.8

This is officially my 1st post in my 1st asrafsani.com blog. Special thanks to Azral Ramlay aka Torot / Rott, for kicking off this blog. There will be lots of backdated posts (marked ‘*’) pre-dated to this – I just don’t want my previous whining to be wasted on my other ‘cyber-space’ journal – euwww.

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Wet Saturday Morning

May 10, 2008
Sony H7