Trying to be as eco-friendly as possible

I've been writing a bit about being friendly to the environment for a while now and especially after the Earth Hour rant, I wanted to show everyone that being environmentally friendly is not that all difficult.

I know it does take a little going out of your regular way but it's really quite worth it!

I know this is a tad unsightly but here's how I collect plastics and paper at home. The plastics need a bit more work though. I make sure they're all clean and empty before putting them in the pile. Let's face it, the people at the recycling plant already have the painstaking job of trying to read which category it falls into, let alone needing to clean it.

For fertilizer, I usually take the odds and ends of veggies, chop them up into smaller pieces and dunk them into the blender. I'll add in some water that I've used to wash/soak veggies in earlier so that it blends smoother...

It really does kinda look like some regular smoothie :P and truth be told, it doesn't smell that all bad!

Dilute the mixture with more water and pour it over my plants like you're watering them like normal. The blended mixture makes it easier for it to disintegrate and it's a lot better than dunking the odds and ends, and waiting for it to decay.

How else do you try to be eco-friendly? Do share some ideas :)

A month flies by...

Doesn't it?

I've been so busy at work the last four weeks that I haven't had the time to blog.

AT ALL!

Bah...

Anyways just logged in for a bit to let you all know I'm still alive... not necessarily kicking but seriously bogged down with a million things to do...

Just this month alone I've conducted three photoshoots and two interviews... and I have two more shoots at the end of the month (which also means I have to go get my product loans done in time too!)

Wish me luck peeps!

Uma Thurman is hot!

Just saw some of the outfits from the Cannes Film Festival 2011 and OMG I am SO in love with Uma Thurman's dress!

It's angelic yet subtly (and appropriately) sexy/sensual at the same time.

I like I like I like~



Review: Samsung ST700

I got the Samsung ST700 to try out a few days ago and I felt compelled to write about it. One of Samsung's flagship touch screen interface and dual LCD screen, I was pretty impressed when I heard about it.

The LCD screen in front was create to make self-portraits MUCH easier for all cam-whores. I mean, let's face it, how many times have you tried to take a shot of yourself, flip the camera around to check the image and think "Oh crap, I'm a little off centre/I kinda blinked/I looked a little to the side."

I was SO excited when I got the box! But my doubts started to kick in when I saw 16 megapixels. I mean seriously, 16 megapixels on a point and shoot is really a bit too much...

This is what it looks like in front. It's really sleek and I love that burgundy red. It's got that posh feel to it, don't you think? Besides, burgundy red sure beats the regular black colored cameras eh? :)

*Also comes in Rose Gold, Silver and Black

Pretty neat huh? It actually fits in the palm of my hand!

It's got a full 3" touch screen interface so the whole camera has like three buttons only. Power. Replay. And I can't remember what the last one did :P

I love the cable. It's a USB 2.0 to 20 pin connector. It's so much easier to connect to my netbook to upload images...

Just plug the thinner end into the camera and the regular sized USB into your netbook and you're ready to transfer!

It comes with a little stylus for the touch screen. Much as they try, Samsung still hasn't nailed that smoothness the Apple products have. I somehow found using this a little cumbersome. I mean, to have to whip that out to start poking at the screen? Nah, I used my fingers mostly but it didn't respond as fast and smooth as I'd like... At times it was rather laggy too...

But besides that whole laggy-ish touch screen thing, it does come with a whole bunch of cool applications in it.... here's the first page....

And the second page....

I tried the Vignetting application and this is what I got

And the Photo Editor function was pretty cool too. It makes it so much easier to take cool pix without having to know how to do it technically....

Miniature effect

Half tone dot effect

Fog effect

Old Film I effect

Old Film II effect

Soft tone effect

Sketch effect

Fish eye effect

Classic effect

Black & White effect

Retro effect *I love this one! It makes my pix look like I took them in the 80s!

Negative effect

The third page.... and I didn't take a pic of the last page because it was a photobook thing...

But look how cool!!! It's got this whole pre-set templates in the Magic Frame application that you can just use for fun pix! Look what I did :P

It even has a beauty shot application and I thought okay.... let's see how it worked!

Pretty good eh? My skin looks so much smoother and softer...

That's what you look like taking a self portrait :P or at least that's what I look like taking a self portrait. It's really fun... and SO much more easier...

THE REAL TEST

This is when I pitted the ST700 against my LX3. To be fair, I set them both on Auto and just snapped away.

The first image of each set is from the ST700 and second from my LX3. You be the judge :)

Nasi Kandar from Original Kayu at Aman Suria. I noticed that the colors on the ST700 seemed a little "washed out" while the colors on the LX3 popped a bit more for this.

Not that much different for the teh 'o' ais limau though :P

I find the second image a bit more appetizing...

Then we went to the Indie Aid Japan at Laundry, The Curve.

And saw Azmyl Yunor perform. Damn he's good! I loved how easy going his demeanour was and it really reflected on his performance. I totally grooved along to his entire performance! Two thumbs up!

The event leaflet.

One of the many fab bands setting up...

Oh I miss these tags :) Reminds me of the time Shi Mann and I went to Sunway Lagoon and rode the Skyflyer 8 times in a row and got so high that we totally forgot to take them off...

And Lab the Rat performing.

Pros: Lots of fun pre-set applications and settings. Gives you really cool results every time. Small in size and quite light, fits pretty much into any pocket!

Cons: Images come out a bit washed out (compared to the LX3). Touch screen interface is a bit laggy and the stylus doesn't really help that much either. Doesn't work that all well in low light conditions.

Would I recommend it? In and all, I'd say it's a great point and shoot for those who don't like to don't want to figure out the technicalities in trying to get that particular "look". Plus at RM1,149 it's not a bad buy. But seriously, I doubt guys would get as much fun out of this as the girls.