tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369782042024-03-19T12:42:41.680+08:00FH-2-GOOn Sex, SEO, Love, Life, Food, Internet, Blogging, Jokes, Gadgets & All Things Nice & In No Particular Order! Whatever.Francis Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02200444692590635615noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36978204.post-67398031835343128362008-12-10T15:18:00.005+08:002008-12-10T15:25:55.048+08:00Body of LiesAfter my <a href="http://fh2o.blogspot.com/2008/11/dead-or-alive.html">last post</a> last month when this blog was not ranked, I am happily shocked to discover that it is now a <span style="font-weight: bold;">PR 3</span>! And that's not a body of lies. And that I obviously do know what I am doing. ;)<br /><br />And speaking of body of lies; I received this in the email today with regards to body statistics:-<br /><blockquote style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">It takes your food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.<br />One human hair can support 3 kg (6 lb).<br />The average man's penis is three times the length of his thumb.<br />Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.<br />A woman's heart beats faster than a man's.<br />There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.<br />Women blink twice as often as men.<br />The average person's skin weighs twice as much as the brain.<br />Your body uses 300 muscles to balance itself when you are standing still.<br />If saliva cannot dissolve something, you cannot taste it.<br />Women reading this will be finished now.<br /><br />Men who read this are probably still busy checking their thumbs.<br /></blockquote>Francis Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02200444692590635615noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36978204.post-48167168163079175652008-11-16T17:58:00.007+08:002008-11-16T18:31:37.390+08:00Dead or Alive<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemI7uKwOurXdgUxqANaZ0YNSFj6C7q8Iv363PL6A6dn3CJkYhp_fINEnM_PPJmCS8lh2FIDCfUJu5LQVjEwBP_2NnNiTGlZZl20jYZp9tvLkYtCnsv7gOCfNIHjbPFzxWGIFw/s1600-h/GreenFlowerBuds.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemI7uKwOurXdgUxqANaZ0YNSFj6C7q8Iv363PL6A6dn3CJkYhp_fINEnM_PPJmCS8lh2FIDCfUJu5LQVjEwBP_2NnNiTGlZZl20jYZp9tvLkYtCnsv7gOCfNIHjbPFzxWGIFw/s400/GreenFlowerBuds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269194697558680402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Flower buds (like the one above in our garden) takes time to blossom. So does indexing of one's website by Google. But there are steps one can take to help speed this process up a little.</span></span><br /></div><br />The page rank and the indexing of this old inactive blog has "fallen off" the radar of Google's indexing in their last page ranking exercise and it is now back to zero! Which though unfortunate, if I cared about the PR and I'm not as this blog is not monetized; gives me an opportunity to try to see how fast I can get it indexed again. And why is it so important to get your web site and pages indexed? If not then you'll never be found! So I'd started to make some comments on other blogs to get some backlinks and also submitted to a few free "engines".<br /><br />To help my fellow classmates along (who would be treading the same path soon enough with their new websites or blogs) I have included one of them on the right sidebar (click on the Free Web Submission button) for their convenient usage. And since Google loves fresh content (everything fresh is nice lah!) updating your blog or website often with fresh contents helps. That's what I am doing here. So let's see if I can resuscitate this dead old blog back to life!<br /><br />Trust this is of some help<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">BTW - The use of the title of this post - "Dead or Alive" is according to </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/keyword-suggestion-tool.html">WordTracker</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> (free version) is a keyword with over a thousand searches a day. Whatever.</span></span>Francis Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02200444692590635615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36978204.post-79080903445097483172008-11-12T20:15:00.007+08:002008-11-12T20:46:19.811+08:00Going Green?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd8ktinlx7-ADhOT9aJ8tjeDpi7YI-zc9-SUCIBUzaxbfdbIzTdAJthla3u5NqXP19IUM72zdklLtOKXn1JzzHBADmBMytAfrBO3hKhn5X1WT127ZMIxAjeWzN7xp6H9oW9mYk/s1600-h/Going_Green.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd8ktinlx7-ADhOT9aJ8tjeDpi7YI-zc9-SUCIBUzaxbfdbIzTdAJthla3u5NqXP19IUM72zdklLtOKXn1JzzHBADmBMytAfrBO3hKhn5X1WT127ZMIxAjeWzN7xp6H9oW9mYk/s320/Going_Green.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267744919412312338" border="0" /></a>This I thought, would be a "dead" blog now that I'm blogging using WordPress @ <a href="http://www.fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/">www.fh2o.kuchingkayak.com</a>; but all of a sudden some of my fellow "classmates" at Derrick's Internet Business Course have started a blog at "<a href="http://kobusiness.blogspot.com/">Kuching Online Business</a>" - so here I am going green by recycling one of my old blogs so that I can use my blogger's ID to post some comments there.<br /><br />So if anyone of you guys are directed here from "<a href="http://kobusiness.blogspot.com/">Kuching Online Business</a>" - here's a nice BIG warm welcome here!<br /><br />And to those newbies trying their hand at blogging for the very first time; Blogger is an excellent platform to begin which I did back in 2005 when I basically stumbled upon it, fumbled with it and now I am completely at home with it! Piece of cake really. Just go ahead and give it a try as nothing's going to break really! Good luck and best wishes.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpgtvhm4-_1mQH53WtVHGGF7ZUl74OcSDYxEakl-VuUWsz790E8KohcEyY8tGXKDV1vPoQ8uPl-t-Eh-Lswg0wcs3aE6Rb1Sc1PycW2TlV65ZmJetiBfA1ydofz5e3ap6I9M5/s1600-h/DerrickClassKuching26Oct08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpgtvhm4-_1mQH53WtVHGGF7ZUl74OcSDYxEakl-VuUWsz790E8KohcEyY8tGXKDV1vPoQ8uPl-t-Eh-Lswg0wcs3aE6Rb1Sc1PycW2TlV65ZmJetiBfA1ydofz5e3ap6I9M5/s400/DerrickClassKuching26Oct08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267750637249310786" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Above Left: Green in my garden.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Above: Green with envy over the $$$ Derrick's making out of this class of 25 x RM2.6K!</span></span><br /><br /></div>Francis Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02200444692590635615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36978204.post-9701386343458705252008-02-26T10:14:00.003+08:002008-11-14T03:43:13.885+08:00Fiji DreamingI was in Fiji from the 13th February 2008 to 19th February 2008 on a business trip. It's one of the most beautiful places that I'd visited and with over 300 islands set in crystal clear waters with palm fringed white sandy beaches, lagoons, coral reefs and idyllic places to stay - I think it justify the description of 'paradise'.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd7zej20GKD0FGQ7IEP27jTY-x8vyhTzaqI9oT6TKYD08Xc1nDbNmUYdCZVjsRFAMihHcKFBExvYBwEyDN5AyFnmVOk-YtslexoKyHNWcUx1J9YPy3HiArWFKgEY9_dRaALL_h/s1600-h/aemDSCF0544RSkyWater.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 566px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd7zej20GKD0FGQ7IEP27jTY-x8vyhTzaqI9oT6TKYD08Xc1nDbNmUYdCZVjsRFAMihHcKFBExvYBwEyDN5AyFnmVOk-YtslexoKyHNWcUx1J9YPy3HiArWFKgEY9_dRaALL_h/s400/aemDSCF0544RSkyWater.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171109042606968562" border="0" /></a>As you can imagine, I'd taken lots of photos on this trip; however this of the Fijian sunset taken from a boat on my last day there is my favourite and it goes with my still dreamy mood of Fiji. I hope you like it as much as I do.Francis Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02200444692590635615noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36978204.post-84506517566709992008-02-07T07:47:00.000+08:002008-11-14T03:43:14.145+08:00Happy Chinese New Year 2008<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgRBfxWbZudXCaMWm2MYF90-CHUttUqLbNrHDj8v7q-mtMAhBJlwLltFpQtQmBO3T9ngqmzKp0gl19O3tfNv06w_vniTWiPE9q81KZaSomBHrDg145v1OhhGPA1rdYTbDun4y/s1600-h/CNY2008card.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgRBfxWbZudXCaMWm2MYF90-CHUttUqLbNrHDj8v7q-mtMAhBJlwLltFpQtQmBO3T9ngqmzKp0gl19O3tfNv06w_vniTWiPE9q81KZaSomBHrDg145v1OhhGPA1rdYTbDun4y/s400/CNY2008card.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164389444925994386" border="0" /></a>Time flies and rats! It's the Year of the Rat this year!<br />Here's Wishing You a Very Bountiful 2008.<br /></div>Francis Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02200444692590635615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36978204.post-10170382097416880352008-02-03T19:53:00.000+08:002008-11-14T03:43:14.279+08:00On Mountain Bike & Feeling Young<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHKVvAsZ9jxdyO7ajQwrd9g10DSo2BkmuMYi-1O-mzN21D0oblrPeVlXDIr4EJBhpq82piosZsRQxIW18PGiicb40SxUCP1BJQzvOgRfHXJNH5seyjWs4rSATxm1JVCXIUuhA/s1600-h/aemDSCF0983MBike.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHKVvAsZ9jxdyO7ajQwrd9g10DSo2BkmuMYi-1O-mzN21D0oblrPeVlXDIr4EJBhpq82piosZsRQxIW18PGiicb40SxUCP1BJQzvOgRfHXJNH5seyjWs4rSATxm1JVCXIUuhA/s400/aemDSCF0983MBike.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164392198000031170" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I bought a mountain bike and I took her out for a ride this evening - feeling like an excited 5 year old instead of the 51 year old shell that I'm wearing.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Darn!</span>Francis Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02200444692590635615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36978204.post-76886040434825096592008-01-15T23:11:00.000+08:002008-11-14T03:43:14.383+08:00Long Day<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJRAJUkR-GP-b1JRyZORgSyU4BNHJ0gJDCUCFKuRnphKHxHoDcTswulEybkOwpuqmQhcguugcfAecIvGbyB6vgBCTVXT3m2zCipw7vUXOAL6RrLXZfTZ3E8qYtCoKu6avhnLZ/s1600-h/aemDSCF0358.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJRAJUkR-GP-b1JRyZORgSyU4BNHJ0gJDCUCFKuRnphKHxHoDcTswulEybkOwpuqmQhcguugcfAecIvGbyB6vgBCTVXT3m2zCipw7vUXOAL6RrLXZfTZ3E8qYtCoKu6avhnLZ/s400/aemDSCF0358.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155721634751770306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Tuesday sunset in Kuching</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></div><br />It's only Tuesday and I trust that the rest of the week would not be as long as the one I had today ...Francis Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02200444692590635615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36978204.post-3310881037909300772008-01-05T12:18:00.000+08:002008-11-14T03:43:14.788+08:00What Do You Do With An Old Blog?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjO5_hyKhI3gkyEIxh4C7UkGS8Wxs0Kbwdb278KVMoDqEGidHHssroU7nE7CKPJanwnZpAf0Rlq-9VxUVJiHvl6aUV4DTwPEmcas61BlT3OCMHzFG2Syw1rQ5Z7Z-x9FSiCCn-/s1600-h/Old+Dog+WalkingStick.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjO5_hyKhI3gkyEIxh4C7UkGS8Wxs0Kbwdb278KVMoDqEGidHHssroU7nE7CKPJanwnZpAf0Rlq-9VxUVJiHvl6aUV4DTwPEmcas61BlT3OCMHzFG2Syw1rQ5Z7Z-x9FSiCCn-/s320/Old+Dog+WalkingStick.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151870852973522594" border="0" /></a>Yup!<br /><br />I've been asking myself this question ever since I'd moved my blog <a href="http://www.fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/">FH2o: Kuching Kayaking</a> first on the old blogger (appropriately using minima template with minimum knowledge about blogging) then to the new blogger and then out from Blogger's free servers hosting. And now I have switched to using WordPress since 1st January 2008. And this also mean that this blog www.fh2o.blogspot.com where I first started is now more than 2 years old. But of course all the old posts have emigrated!<br /><br />So should I put this blog out to pastures? Or should I revive/reinvent/re-brand/recycle? And why not as it opens up new possibilities for whatever creative ideas I may come up with for this blog. Its easy to get into a rut but at the same time its also easy to take things that we're used to for granted.<br /><br />But for now, I think I'll keep this old blog loiter for a bit longer. So stay tuned as things could get interesting! Hmm ...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqZ7VhksDNSxW5paaYOH9AxMqoqiZidaN4hAeoz8KUON3C3Nb5h6bkR9o-CkKIIpMowSDA_L0nXegtKOXmMuaR6oL-mgO6Y0fRJyxSzusQnIDUDIMhI8eUmOqnG5F7S-CnpPa/s1600-h/OldDogMan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqZ7VhksDNSxW5paaYOH9AxMqoqiZidaN4hAeoz8KUON3C3Nb5h6bkR9o-CkKIIpMowSDA_L0nXegtKOXmMuaR6oL-mgO6Y0fRJyxSzusQnIDUDIMhI8eUmOqnG5F7S-CnpPa/s320/OldDogMan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151872085629136562" border="0" /></a>Francis Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02200444692590635615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36978204.post-51948236352843691832007-11-30T18:16:00.001+08:002008-11-14T03:43:15.119+08:00Miss Tourism Pageant 2007 Preview Show, Kuching<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7eDeeqqd6KVzGlvF7eatX1ZetBnmIbY2HxAInoQlhkeqF-6XU4QNIJgHTw-dW7QJnU1IbZwWTSEy_aQOR6Q0vH2XM83aNuGARn_NuWzC39p6aG96tsBvmpneOkehpq4Mm9aL0/s1600-h/aemPB300239.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7eDeeqqd6KVzGlvF7eatX1ZetBnmIbY2HxAInoQlhkeqF-6XU4QNIJgHTw-dW7QJnU1IbZwWTSEy_aQOR6Q0vH2XM83aNuGARn_NuWzC39p6aG96tsBvmpneOkehpq4Mm9aL0/s400/aemPB300239.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157131582320733938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Yes, I confessed - I sneaked behind backstage. Wouldn't you?<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZndN2tAsaEzNQu_fJO5NXobI-LNGG_eUqzko6A46QW3eulWJUFdBGL9si5D9_gM8PWWef-Jl9TOKNorXVSsneBfvlwMFcPwz7Ps6mv9k-Ya8IWNQ4Ik9gexfVN3FQjlCHd99/s1600-h/aemIMG_9134.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZndN2tAsaEzNQu_fJO5NXobI-LNGG_eUqzko6A46QW3eulWJUFdBGL9si5D9_gM8PWWef-Jl9TOKNorXVSsneBfvlwMFcPwz7Ps6mv9k-Ya8IWNQ4Ik9gexfVN3FQjlCHd99/s400/aemIMG_9134.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157131023974985426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Giving a new meaning to putting on your best front forward ...</span></span><br /></div><br />I was there and like all the other males who were there -were obviously not there for intellectual reasons. When such 'talents' are being so blatantly flaunted in your face what can a warm blooded homo sapien gonna do but ogle. <span style="font-style: italic;">*sigh*<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyX3Mj382TnkU_iCmR4_xCZfGYmLyGlZZogg8QPfWK1uOkzi0-7IPR1nY6nfRllULtHuXILufPxu4LG8mC-fcteUyOe-sUOdrxpb9pTP-i3pNgmQt-12jujjhv1c36diL9w2Yf/s1600-h/aemIMG_9286_cr.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyX3Mj382TnkU_iCmR4_xCZfGYmLyGlZZogg8QPfWK1uOkzi0-7IPR1nY6nfRllULtHuXILufPxu4LG8mC-fcteUyOe-sUOdrxpb9pTP-i3pNgmQt-12jujjhv1c36diL9w2Yf/s400/aemIMG_9286_cr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157131277378055906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Beauties in the colour of your choice - white, black and yellow? Whatever.</span></span><br /></div>Francis Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02200444692590635615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36978204.post-17058834216671252012007-10-29T19:16:00.000+08:002008-01-19T19:17:16.795+08:00My Toy Camera<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/uploaded_images/aemDSCF1015-765916.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/uploaded_images/aemDSCF1015-765912.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />People who looked at the <strike>amazing</strike> photographs in my blog assumed that I'd must have used an expensive DSLR to take them with; and I think they must either be quite disappointed or think that I'm a big <strike>bald</strike> fat liar when I tell or show them the little 'toy' camera I use - which is a 4.0 Megapixels Pentax Optio43WR that I bought about 2 years ago. Actually <a href="http://www.robin33.blogspot.com/">Robin</a> helped me to get it quite cheaply from Singapore (it was not available in Kuching) as it was on sale at the time as it was an old model. I got it primarily for my kayaking trip as it is light, compact (no protruding lens), reliable and most importantly it was water resistant.<br /><br />Anyway I'm very happy with the camera and results I got from it and you can read a <a href="http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/optio43wr.html">review of it here</a>; but if you're thinking of getting one now, I don't think it is in production anymore. I recommend getting one if you can still get hold of it as it has served me very well. Using cheap SD card for storage and easily available AA batteries, it's therefore very convenient. I must have taken thousands of photos with it on my kayaking trip and it has not let me down despite being dropped and submerged underwater on various occasions.<br /><br />I love this cute little camera despite its poor zoom, weak flash, tiny LCD screen and poor performance in dim lighting conditions. But once you know the limitations, you can work around it and still come up with great photos. Actually I'd been meaning to write about it for quite a while now but somehow some other ideas would come up when I sit down to blog about it. So here it's my long over-due tribute to my cute little toy camera - the Pentax Optio43WR.Francis Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02200444692590635615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36978204.post-69015019425456093172007-10-22T19:19:00.000+08:002008-01-19T19:22:42.138+08:00Spontaneous On The Waters<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/uploaded_images/aemIMGP1522-760093.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/uploaded_images/aemIMGP1522-760088.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Beautiful Sungai Abang @ Borneo Highlands, 26th October 2007<br /><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/uploaded_images/aemIMGP1535_cr-728465.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/uploaded_images/aemIMGP1535_cr-728458.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Photography is all about capturing the moment and the best photos are spontaneous grab shots. And here are some grab shots that Azmi took and which I cropped of a group of 6 tourists he took out to enjoy the beautiful waters on Sg Sarawak Kiri in Borneo Highlands yesterday. And I love the dynamic composition and the contrast between these two shots of tranquil and moving waters. Nice.Francis Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02200444692590635615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36978204.post-31487805546556560472007-10-17T19:23:00.000+08:002008-01-19T19:25:03.439+08:00Sweet Innocence<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/uploaded_images/aemPA218721_cr-788949.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/uploaded_images/aemPA218721_cr-788944.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Children and puppies are like bread and butter - made for each other; sharing an affinity borne out of innocence, curiosity and pure sweetness!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A sweet moment captured on Sunday afternoon at Kpg Bengoh while waiting for the rain to abate and our guests to show up. Do be sweet today wouldn't you?<br /><br /></div>Francis Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02200444692590635615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36978204.post-65245743073620610012007-10-10T19:27:00.000+08:002008-01-19T19:28:56.824+08:00How To Use Your Kayak To Stay Dry!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/uploaded_images/aemPA218705_cr-793659.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/uploaded_images/aemPA218705_cr-793653.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Azmi & Juri keeping dry in the downpour!</span></span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/uploaded_images/aemPA218706_cr-759304.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/uploaded_images/aemPA218706_cr-759300.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />It was pouring down on sunday afternoon at Borneo Highlands and even though they were going to get wet later when kayaking; sometimes you just want to stay dry when you're on terra firma!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Left: Rain or shine; Azmi's always smiling! Staying dry at Kpg Bengoh</span></span>Francis Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02200444692590635615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36978204.post-3095118451275259262007-10-04T19:31:00.000+08:002008-01-19T19:31:45.482+08:00Getting A "Star" That You Don't Want<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/uploaded_images/aemDSCF1051StarDS-794413.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/uploaded_images/aemDSCF1051StarDS-794410.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I discovered a "star" crack on my car windscreen probably caused by the impact of a flying stone as my car was parked next to a busy road near my office. Ouch!<br /><br />My children are more imaginative saying that a giant spider had descended to nest there! I can probably live with this 'spider' as it's on the passenger side of the car as I can imagine the replacement of the windscreen would be quite a bothersome and costly affair.<br /><br />I trust that such stars or spiders do not take a liking to your car windscreens! And unfortunately if they do, I trust that you'll take it in a positively imaginative manner. Ah, well.Francis Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02200444692590635615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36978204.post-46365593256035408702006-12-21T06:36:00.000+08:002008-11-14T03:43:15.255+08:00Moving Along ...<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k105/fh2o/December06BlogImages/FH2oSamson.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 344px; height: 377px;" src="http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k105/fh2o/December06BlogImages/FH2oSamson.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Hello and Greetings!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />I've switched to the new blogger and had also moved my blog to <span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/">www.fh2o.kuchingkayak.com</a></span><br /><br />It wasn't that much of a struggle really ...<br /><br />See you there. Be Well!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">BTW have a very Merry Christmas!</span> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MUYXUw_ZuLI/RYnYJjLCm3I/AAAAAAAAAAM/2iI8N5lzO6I/s1600-h/TwinklingChristmas.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MUYXUw_ZuLI/RYnYJjLCm3I/AAAAAAAAAAM/2iI8N5lzO6I/s320/TwinklingChristmas.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5010773718998358898" border="0" /></a></div>Francis Hohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02200444692590635615noreply@blogger.com0