OLA!!! For those who did read my blog previous post, I did mention about the Adobe Masters Malaysia Tour. Those didn’t read or didn’t turn out to that event… well you just miss one of the best multimedia presentation by Rufus Deuchler (The graphic guru), Jason Levine (The video guru) and Greg Rewis (The web guru). Well there is a special guest I can’t remember his name… his is the Flash animation guru…

The event start at 9am written on the schedule… so me and my friend reach there around 8 30am. Register than give you a paper bag with some freebies like Adobe Master Collection CS3 CD (Trial Version… damn….), pen and some booklets. For early bird like me get the laptop case freebie. Pretty cool with a nice Adobe logo printed on~~ sweet~~

Best part… they provide free breakfast. I’m a bit rush wake up early to avoid traffic jam (well can’t avoid especially in KL), so I din take my breakfast…but thanks to them for preparing it yeah~~

The seminar starts around 10am. Basically this tour talks about the power of Adobe software. When people talk about Adobe, automatically they link to Photoshop… that’s what most people use. Actually there are more than just a Photoshop…. They have been into this multimedia field for more than 20 years. And they bought Macromedia (Company that create Flash Animation Software). Now they introduce their CS3 version that even more advanced than any multimedia software in the market.

Here is some of the brief about the seminar. Actually the whole presentation they try to show the flexibility using all the Adobe product in one project, from web pages, graphic, animation, then to video and etc… they show how efficient using the whole Adobe Master Collection within their team to build one project from front to back. Sharing source file and the source file support between their Adobe software products.

Each of the guru will take turn show us the new features added into CS3 version and also tips and tricks. I’m stun seeing them doing those effect within a short period of time… that dude build a web page within 4 minutes plus from mock up Photoshop layout to HTML website that actually working and ready to go…is quite easy now especially when you using the latest CS3 version… Beside that,  the flash guru show us one of his flash website project that the files size is just 170kb…. MAD…. and using one frame only to do it… thanks to the latest Actionscript 3.0.

There also lunch provided and tea break during the event… here are the food~~

There are so much more but I don’t think I can squeeze the content about the event from morning 10am to 6pm. All I can say is too bad for you din attend. At the end of the seminar, lucky draw time~~~ and three Adobe Master Collection given out, each of it cost RM 10k+ in the market… sadly I din get pick… no luck in lucky draw in my entire life…

Freebies from the seminar… ok la not too bad…

Cute little mascot toy from Adobe ^^

So after the seminar, me and my friend went outside take some KL Tower photo…

(Picture taken by Eddie’s Nikon D40)

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Just came back from my hometown Taiping~~ nothing much, all I did was eat, sleep and watch TV…. but manage to drag my girlfriend out to Taiping Lake Garden. Is a very nice place to hang out, a lot people go there jogging do exercise.

Here some of the picture i took part of the lake garden.

Actually there are a lot more to check out in Taiping~~ but I kind of rush so… next time ya…

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“Two decades have passed since the demonic denizens, Diablo, Mephisto, and Baal, wandered the world of Sanctuary in a vicious rampage to shackle humanity into unholy slavery. Yet for those who battled the Prime Evils directly, the memory fades slowly and the wounds of the soul still burn.

When Deckard Cain returns to the ruins of Tristram’s Cathedral seeking clues to new stirrings of evil, a comet from the heavens strikes the very ground where Diablo once entered the world.  The comet carries a dark omen in its fiery being and it calls the heroes of Sanctuary to defend the mortal world against the rising powers of the Burning Hells – and even the failing luminaries of the High Heavens itself.”

This sure is the best news from game industries lately… Blizzard just keep coming surprise fans with their flagship game titles. Previously announce StartCraft 2 and now Diablo 3… THIS IS GOOD!!! I getting this when release!!!

Saw some of the gameplay screenshot about the game, all I can tell is SWEET!!! The best thing is doesn’t require DirectX 10!!! So I don’t have to spend extra money for better graphic card and stick to my old cheapo graphic card. I hope the requirement not that high…

There are going to be 5 different class character and each of the character with 2 gender to pick one. So far they only show two character, one is the Barbarian, another is Witch Doctor… both character seem very Warcraft… well it should be since is from Blizzard.

Not much detail about the game yet, but I’m sure there are large diablo fanz out there waiting for this game and now dream come true!!! woot… woot…

VIsit here for more detail about Diablo 3

(Picture taken by Eddie’s Nikon D40)

21st June~ my company team building Taman Negara trip… Before that, last year my company bought us to Port Dickson. This is the most exhausted trip ever in my life so far (not as hard as my scouting day)… This trip reminds me of my scouting day back in my secondary school…

Me~ some where in the jungle…

Group B before on our way masuk hutan~

Our tour guide~

Small brief about Taman Negara Nasional Park

“Taman Negara National Park was established in Malaysia in 1938/1939 as the King George V National Park. It was renamed to Taman Negara after independence, which literally means “national park” in Malay. The total area of Taman Negara is 4,343 km².

Taman Negara encompasses three states, Pahang, Kelantan and Terengganu, each with its own legislation. The Taman Negara Enactment (Pahang) No. 2 of 1939 is enforced in the state of Pahang, the Taman Negara Enactment (Kelantan) No. 14 of 1938 in the state of Kelantan and the Taman Negara Enactment (Terengganu) No. 6 of 1939 in the state of Terengganu. The enactments have similar contents.

Taman Negara Pahang is the largest at 2,477 km², followed by Taman Negara Kelantan at 1,043 km² and Taman Negara Terengganu at 853 km².” Taken from wikipedia…

Actually the Taman Negara trip wasn’t that hard just that after so long I din move my muscle, everyday sit in air con room, facing computer…. suddenly ask me go outdoor explorer adventure thingy… memang exhausted. Thanks to my colleague that suggest Taman Negara trip in the previous company team building trip. Normally from what I heard from my friends, companies usually plan games and such and divide to team and fight against each others, well my company is a bit different, we do everything as a team and we don’t have any scoreboard. This trip is more like testing our physical and enjoy explore new things.

Day one, we reach one of the army base camp Batalion ke-7 Kem Batu 5 Mentakab before we check in our hotel. The bus driver drop us there and our tour guide bring us to meet the captain or Sargent…. I have no idea… They brief us some the activities that we going to have for the entire evening. So telling us bla.. bla.. bla… those commando crossing thing and yada…yada… The first thing we do ~ abseiling. I remember my first time during my scouting day… that time we set up the whole thing ourselves and is only about three storing height building. This time…. six storing building… SYOK!!! After they brief us the abseiling than start let us play with it. 6 storing building is a damn good experience.

This is abseiling~~

Second day, this is where the rough day start happen…. Depart from Jerantut to Kuala Tahan. There are four of us bring camera to Taman Negara. For your information if you want to bring camera take pictures in Taman Negara you must get a permit by them, the price is RM 5. Than the people there explain to us the rules in Taman Negara example like you cannot take anything or leave anything there. So we start our journey… with a backpack inside camera and tripod wasn’t easy for a small skinny bugger like me… Jungle trek to Teresek Hill (344m). All the way suka suka take picture. The higher we go the more tired and lazy I am to take our my camera and take pictures…. some area really really difficult to climb… (actually walk…). Here are some of the picture while I still got energy…

Me posing~ somewhere in the jungle

After almost half way to the top, tour guide explain to us that there are two spot left, first view and second view… what they mean by view is where you can check out clear sky and mountain… Since I reach half already why not continue to the top… From the top you might able to see the peak of Gunung Tahan… But when I reach there, disappointment… actually is nothing wow… no Gunung Tahan peak… the tour guide said too cloudy jor… but ok lah I achieve something climb all the way~~. For a city boy like me is something to be proud of. Walking down is the toughest part…. damn my leg shake like hell…

Bukit Terisek~~

Gear up~~

After that, continue to challenge the longest canopy walkway in the world which was installed above 40m and stretching above 530m long. Very syok and scary… cause I a bit kia si type… what actually canopy walk are bridges between and in the canopy of a forest, mostly linked up with platforms inside or around the trees. While you walk, the bridge shake~~ when you look down~~ very high and no idea how deep it goes… Here are some of the shot during canopy walk.

Canopy walkway

From the top

(Picture taken by Tuck Hoh Sony Alpha 200)

Finish the canopy walk we back to where we start and straight to restaurant for lunch… super hungry!!! If you ask me if the food nice or not, seriously I have no idea I’m hungry and I can eat what ever on the table.

We continue our activity to Aborigine Village meet orang asli~ why? go chill lepak with them… We go there by motorboat. Experience 45 minutes shooting 7 sets of the rapids to Kuala Trenggan. This is the best boat experience ever in my life so far~~ there were two boat for us, every time the boat go near each other the water SPLASH GILER!!! and we all wet!! they purposely wanna make us wet. Very fun we keep compete with the other boat and splash them. I thought this is suppose to happen for all the tourists here, when we reach the orang asli place… we are the only peoples there all wet~~ other tourists look at us like we also part of the orang asli gang swimming across the river instant of boat. I thought they gonna be naked Hahaha…. I’m wrong!!! They wear t-shirt same like us but their look a bit like African. There they show us how they start fire and how they hunt with their weapon build from bamboo. They even let us try the weapon.

(Picture taken by Tuck Hoh Sony Alpha 200)

Conclusion, female is better than male in this bamboo weapon thing…. (within my company colleagues~~) Finish the orang asli trip, again WATER SPLASHING TIME!!! all the way back. Sorry no picture~~ my camera no waterproof.

After that, we took our dinner and visit Kota Gelanggi Cave. Inside there very nice, all natural rock shape million years ago… the tour guide explain the rock and before that was deep in the sea, then tell how old this rock and that one, how to tell the rock is alive and dead. Very good experience I wish I can take some picture but too dark and I don’t have external flash light for my camera… sienz… After that head back to hotel and sleep…. Suppose I wan to watch Italy Vs Spain match but too damn exhauted…

Third day (Last day), woke up took our breakfast and one of my colleague told me The Azzurri lost~~ kanasai…. penalty lost… Buffon…. haih…. finish the breakfast check out hotel than head back where we actually belong… Kuala Lumpur~

Is a very fun trip happy to be there… exhausted but able to taste some new experience… priceless~~ I urge everyone should try something once in a life time while still can. Even is hard and tough during that time, after you done it than flash back after a few days you feel very excited each time you talk about it with friends and family. But if you ask me wanna try again or not, I would say no!!! I want something else~~ Peace.

For those who into multimedia, graphic, illustrator, web… This is your chance get to know more about the powerful Adobe Creative software tools for FREE. There will be some pro explaining telling their experience with Adobe software and giving out tips. The best thing is at the end of the event there will be lucky draw.

Adobe been one of the pioneer in creating multiple designing tools, one of my favourite is the Adobe Photoshop. Now I’m using Adobe Web Premier CS3 to design website and other graphic.

To know more about the event visit here. Join for free!!! Fill in the form and once you received confirmation email than print it out bring along during the event. See you there~