Missing Foundation

Can anyone tell me how to build a building without foundation? Or can anyone build a building first then only build the foundation? I'm not joking, I mean it's a real building, not a simple dog house which no need foundation.

Even for all who are not in construction field also can understand, any building must start from foundation. Here I got a sample picture taken from my email some time ago, I don't know where is that place and I also don't know who is the designer and builder.

Where is the foundation?

When I saw this picture, I really salute to the designer and builder, they really can did it without foundation! I think I better change my major to other fields...

WAKAKAKAKAKA!!!

On The Track

First of all I would like to thank all who wishes my birthday today via SMS, email, facebook, verbal... I really appreciate it. Anyway, I still work as usual, nothing is so special to me on my birthday. If I work in UK will be good, I may have holiday because Queen Elizabeth II also born in 21 April.

This post just to show some update on Abu Dhabi - YAS Marina Circuit. As you can see, we are on track! So long I never take pictures on site, and today my 'big' day I purposely snap on myself as my self birthday present.

Main Grandstand & Pit Building
Using Lumix DMC-FZ28

As you can see the race track is almost ready, this is the starting and finish point for Formula One racing.

Me standing on racing track

I really wish this project can be completed smoothly on time, this is one of my birthday wish this time, all the while I never have a serious wishes for my own, but this time I'm serious!!! If I can watch the race here, it will be my bonus wish, I may get transfered to other project before the race.

On Track!!!

Red Bull Air Race, Abu Dhabi

Last weekend once again a crazy group of us that 'wanna-be' photographer went to watch and snap the Red Bull Air Race at Abu Dhabi Corniche.

The weather on that day was quite bad, there was no blue sky and full of dust, we couldn't get a single nice shot on the sky. Anyway, it was fun to watch this kind of race and it was my first experience to watch it. Those pilots are really good and physically damn fit to take the G-force up to 12x at approximately 370km/h. (Sources from Red Bull Air Race Official Website)

Red Bull Air Race

Official Helicopter

Fly Through the Air Gates

Ooppss... Someone hits the Air Gates

Another Failure...

The split seconds hit at the Air Gates

When the Air Gates damaged, it will gone down then the crews will change it in less than 5 minutes. I'm amazed with their technology and speed to save time to replace a new Air Gate.

Acrobatic Show?

This one flew so low... Geng!!!

Red Bull Team in action

The Local Hero

Looks like 'Pearl Habour' attack

One of the best skills

The finish line

My opinion this racing sport is much dangerous and required more skills than Formula One. All pilots must responsible to avoid crash to spectators if accident happens, all pilots must be extremely fit and fast reaction to enter the race. I can see the pilot faces from big screen TV shows that they are really struggled with G-force inside the plane.

The photography shooting is not that easy because the planes move so fast on air, I have to use very fast speed shutter and fast panning to capture the special moments.

Red Bull Air Race

Moon - Light

Last week I got nothing to do, I walked out from house to see any stars in the sky, it's been long long time I never look at stars, everytime when I look at stars I'll feel calm and can spend whole night just looking at it.

Never know I only can saw a full big moon, so I decided to snap some pictures on moon again...

The Moon
Cropped to 1024 x 680

Moon & Lamp

Another Moon & Lamp

Light lamp & the reflected image from mirror
I took it in my room's toilet... haha

If you wonder what setting I was using, just click on the image to enlarge it, all information were written at left bottom corner of each pictures.

Moon Light

Dubai Trip With Nikon D90

Last weekend me and few colleagues went to Dubai for our photography trip. We were worrying about the weather condition as last whole week the weather in UAE was so crazy with thunderstorm and sandstorm.

Luckily on Thursday night the weather was perfect, and we all 'tortured' our own cameras (Nikon D3, Nikon D300, Nikon D90, Nikon D80 & Canon 400D) very much till everyone satisfied, I was 'raping' my Nikon D90 till tired... Hahaha.

View at Madinat Jumeirah

Shine On Your Crazy Hotel

Colourful of Burj Al Arab

Dark Side Of The Moon
Using Nikkor 70-300mm VR lens
Focal length 300mm, Speed 1/125 s, f/11, ISO 200
VR mode on, no tripod used
Picture cropped from 4288x2848 to 1024x680

Main Entrance of Burj Al Arab
Using ISO 1600, without tripod

View From Main Gate of Burj Al Arab
Using ISO 1600, without tripod

The security guards not allow us to use tripod to snap Burj Al Arab, I don't know what is the reason, this hotel really so arrogant, luckily this D90 allowing high ISO with low noise. The next day we went to Ibn Battuta Mall for our second round of photo hunting...

Bird Reading Newspaper?
Using Nikkor 70-300mm VR lens
Focal length 300mm (Actual focal length for 35mm film SLR is 450mm)

China Court

Cheng Ho's Battle Ship in China Court

India Court

Flying Man?

Andalusia Court

Nice fountain at Andalusia Court

Colourful Sandals

I've snapped hundreds of photos and I lazy to choose so much to post up here, the reason I have to resized it in order faster uploading to the blog. I'm really satisfy with my D90 performance, my battery life still got 70% balance after shooting about 350 pictures. Anyway, I'm using battery pack with two batteries inserted, another battery still have 100% life. It means this D90 battery is consuming very low battery power even I used long exposure so often in the night time.

Colourful Dubai!!!

Greatest F1 Driver

Formula One season has been started since a week ago in Australia, everyone who like Formula One racing sport should very excited to follow up every race result, I'm one of them as I love Formula One since I was 7 years old (no joke!).

Currently I'm involving in the construction of Abu Dhabi F1 - YAS Marina Circuit, I'm really glad that I'm in the project as I love this sport very much. Right now we have to push beyond the limit to achieve the opening target date (1 Nov 2009).

Everybody is talking who is the greatest F1 driver so far? Well... It's obviously majority will say Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost... and many more. For this generation we can see many great drivers has born in this racing sport, but nobody know that the most latest greatest F1 drivers are goes to...

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I'm at the far right touching the tyre

I'm one of the Greatest F1 Drivers lor... Don't believe? see... I'm featured in Racing Circuit Dubai magazine front page wor... Somemore under Team Williams, don't play play har... Just a friendly reminder, don't test me on the road because I'm a responsible driver that's why I'm a greatest driver... Wakakakaka!!!

I'm Greatest F1 Driver!!!

.....in my dream la.....