ANOTHER BAD OMEN :O

well... my aircond is not blowing cold air anymore... just hot air... so i bring it to the AC Specialist and they said no more gas inside... which was weird as i just regassed it last month... so i told him to regassed it again... costed me $12 and 2 days later, it stop blowing cold air again! so definitely a leak in the system somewhere...

so i bring to the AC specialist and they told me i need new compressor coz its leaking... they want $300 for it... plus $60 labour... pissed and confused, i told them i will do it later, trying to give myself time to think... i dont think compressor just died without any sign of weaker supply...

so i was planning to buy a 2nd hand compressor, so i decided to take the compressor off... but then i found that the inlet coupling is worn...

so i thought this might be the source of leaks...


so i bring my car to another AC specialist (abit further from the first one i went) and show the the worn thread and lip, its appeared that the previous person cross thread it and the aluminum coupler has been paired with a custom steel one from the main hose... causing the thread to be damaged... so i ask him how much is the:
1. replacement inlet coupler for the compressor
2. new coupler for the hose and the pressed clamps...

he quote me:
$8 for the house press clamps and coupler
$13 for the compressor side coupling (take from toyota kijang appearently its the same bolt patterns, just different coupling direction)

$12 for regassing... again...
labour included... total around $33AUD

phew... it is clear that the first place i went were lazy and just want a quick fix thus asking me forking out $300 for a replacement compressor. its like me having a stomach ache and they want me to implant new intestine.

i dont mind paying for replacement compressor if its broken... but if they are just too lazy to find exactly where it leaks, that pissed me off...

EXE CREW PHOTOSHOOT - June 2009

my first attempt doing motion chase car shot. quite happy with the result altho using a rig made up next next time will create lower and better angles without the danger... :) because hanging at the back of a car taking photos isn't the safest way :P

taken with: Nikon D700 + MDB-10 + Nikkor 28-70mm F/2.8

Prewedding: Pradhana & Tiazara

Location: Yogyakarta
Taken with: Nikon D70 + Nikkor DC F/2 135mm + Nikkor F/1.8 50mm + Nikkor 18-70mm F/3.5-5.6

EXE-CREW + Circuit Club trackday - 23rd March Winton 2009

My first time taking photos for trackday. learning how to do panning shots and utilizing the burst mode on my camera.

taken with: Nikon D700 + MDB-10 + Nikkor 70-300mm F/4-5.6 ED


click the image to go to my fb album... i set it to public so everyone should be able to see it... please feel free to comment...

Part 1 : Group C and D


Part 2: Group D and E



Part 3: Group A and B

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Officially started in 9th December 2003.

Silas' Background
Silas began his photography services by doing various event coverage and portrait of people. Always working and interacting closely with the people in the photos, his cheerful and positive attitude always manages to make ordinary people feel comfortable having their photo taken professionally hence you can feel their connections and emotions captured in all Silas' photos.

In 2004, Silas started broaden his services into Wedding and Commercial photos. Wedding is once in a lifetime experience and the only perfect wedding is where you can remember it for the rest of your life, which is what the wedding photography is all about. Silas believes that we cannot go back in time and no moments will last forever, however we all can revisit our memories and be reminded again of the wonderful love celebrations by capturing them in photos forever. successfully established his ground has brought Silas in many wedding from small to large, from western to eastern cultural diversities.

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