 
Portrait of a Mad Scientist.
This is Dr. Von Adam Cheng. This man is extremely crazy yet brilliant. Crazy in a sense that he eats ice-cream with kethcup! And worst of all, his version of Coca-Cola is Chinese Light Soy Sauce mixed with soda water! I heard that he punctured his ear drums with a pencil so that he could have no distractions through unwanted noise while he was plotting/creating/inventing his evil genius/ideas/mechanisms!
Unfortunately, I was unable to see any of his inventions that day because he was working as a part time waiter at a Japanese Restaurant. (Well, he needs money to buy materials doesn't he?) He promised he would let me see something another day.
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On a different topic, I shook hands with the Prime Minister of UK, Gordon Brown, today. I was notified earlier by a friend before I went to college that he would be visiting my class today and he did! I brought my camera along so I could get some shots of him but I was told that if any of us took pictures of him, our cameras would be confiscated. So screw that! Losing my baby over a picture of a Prime Minister. No thanks!
He shook my hand and asked me how I was and I said I was fine and it was an honour to meet him. Then he asked me if I was enjoying my education there and I said yes. The end.
Someone timed his class visit and it took 1min33sec in total. He arrived at Langside College approximately 1.52pm and left at roughly 2.02pm apparently which was his schedule. Weird. Security was everywhere, but probably not as cool as Secret Service but still. We also got told we had snipers pointing their aim from a building behind us. Lovely isn't it. I know! It gets better. We were suppose to have an exam but it was postponed! How are we suppose to do our exam knowing there are snipers pointing at our heads?! While he was in the class, we looked at the previous exam we did on Tuesday when I was really ill and I got an A!! WOoooOOoT!!! Virtual High Five Everyone!
Well worth the look in MAD SIZE!
Texture Credits: ground*floor
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P.S. This was taken at Nanakusa Japanese Restaurant during their Halloween Event where I was hired to be their photographer.
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Uploaded on Nov 6, 2009
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Guy Fawkes Night.
Have been ill this whole week. Like seriously ill -- till I thought I had Swine Flu. I checked online on the National Health Service and I had 7 of the 9 symptoms mentioned there. Shocking I know... But they only lasted a day and now I'm down to 2. Seriously bad sore throat and runny nose. Oh and a cough that is pissing me off too! Oh and guess what! I have exams! Everything just gets better doesn't it? lol
Anyway, forget bout that. I went for Guy Fawkes night earlier on to watch some fireworks. Weren't spectacular but it was good fun. Apparently there was 50,000 people there and I think I believe that cause it was JAM PACKED!
Short History:Guy Fawkes Night is an annual celebration on the evening of 5th of November. It marks the downfall of the great Gunpowder Plot on 5th of November 1605, in which a number of Catholic Conspirators, including Guy Fawkes (what a great name he has!), attempted to destroy the House of Parliament in London, UK.
I'll stop there, to read more just head over to wikipedia if you are interested. Need bedrest now...Goodnight flickr.
Go on click it! Feel the Fireworks!
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Uploaded on Nov 5, 2009
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Halloween!
Well, I haven't carved a pumpkin since I was like 12 or something and that was when I was back in Malaysia where Halloween is not even celebrated. My mom got me a pumpkin and I sat outside in the scorching heat by the post box carving my pumpkin! It was your normal every Halloween sort of pumpkin that I carved -- you know, the two triangular eyes and a smiley face with gaped teeth.
10 years down the road I got given 9 pumpkins, yes, 9 pumpkins and I was told to carve them all. I managed 3 (but I emptied like 5 of them). 2 of your "Everyday" pumpkins and this was the king of them all! Took about 4 hours I think in total with a pen, bamboo skewer and a butter knife! Honestly, the idea was taken from somewhere else. I did not draw the face out myself. I saw it somewhere and copied! Plagiarism I know but it still wasn't easy! Just borrowing an idea. It was either this or Darth Vader! In the spirit of Halloween, I opted for this.
It now sits proudly in a Japanese Restaurant, greeting customers at the entrance.
I'm quite proud of this pumpkin, and I have taken pictures of myself in the process of making it so that I can include it in my portfolio to the Art School. =p Hopefully that will show them I understand process and I have manual dexterity.
Anyway, I still don't have a costume for tomorrow... So far a zombie photographer cause I will be helping to shoot a Halloween Party at this restaurant tomorrow.
Hope everyone has a Spooky Weekend!
Look into the eyes of fear! LARGE!
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Uploaded on Oct 30, 2009
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Casper the Friendly Ghost.
Actually, it's Casper the Japanese Ghost because this was taken in a Japanese restaurant! Lame joke I know. And that is my friend Mayoko holding him up for me. She's actually a Jap Model. Apparently for her neck and wrists and some parts of her body only because she is too short for any other modelling. But she's my height. Does that mean I'm short too... Hmm..
So, Halloween is around the corner. How are your costumes coming along? I haven't actually got one just now. Looked at some today on my way back from school and they cost £50 each!!! For good ones of course -- like Bumblebee and Darth Vader, but £50 is really pushing it for one night of the year. I'll just make my own like I did last year (Mad Scientist).
Someone give me some ideas pleaseeeeeeeeee......
Anyways, bed time now! Good Night world!
Go Ahead! Click it!SCARE YOURSELF!
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Uploaded on Oct 28, 2009
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Ultimate Cam Whore Challenge.
Skip to the bottom if you want to read the UCW challenge
Remember this man here? He is the ultimate cam whore. For those of you who don't know what cam whoring is, it is a form of photography where the photographer constantly photographs him/herself everywhere with their own camera. Normally it would be with a "Kawaii" face but in this case I told him not to. BUT this is no ordinary cam whoring! It is the ULTIMATE CAM WHORING. Why? Because it is done with a DSLR! and not just any DSLR, but a D700. Yes, a flippin D700 which weighs in like 2kg's with the 24-120mm! Balancing it in one hand and trying to trigger the awkwardly placed shutter while at the same time trying to strike a pose and get the scene in... That is PRO!
So, I have a CHALLENGE for all my flickr friends out there -- if you think you can do better, SHOW ME. I know this isn't me but it is damn hard to do. I'm not gonna do the tagging game cause hardly anyone does it. So whoever is out of ideas, and up for a challenge, just do it. I hope you post it back in this thread so I can see your results. Show us your best and funniest. Don't worry if it's stupid or not! I'm gonna go see if I can lift up my d700 with my left arm to trigger the shutter! NO CHEATING WITH A REMOTE OR TRIPOD!
See how it's done by a pro:LARGE
Come follow me @leishmaniasis13. I still have candy.
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Uploaded on Oct 24, 2009
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