A crystal ball in the sky !

Took this tonight and didn't have to go far either ! Just in the garden !

Morning shots

Presentation tips....

This is that time of the semester again. Presentations, presentations and more presentations ! To everyone involved I hope this would be useful. These tips are only meant to be your guide, not the answer !

PRESENTATION TIPS

1.Keep the presentation style simple and clean.

2.No more than five bullet points per slide. They should all be  equally spaced apart.

3.Write your script THEN prepare the slides to back it up. This way it's easier to prepare slides that support your presentation rather than the slides becoming the presentation.

4.Each time you display a new slide, stop talking and allow a few moments for your audience to absorb the content BEFORE you say a word. When you start to speak they will be ready to listen to you, you will not be competing with the slide for their attention..

5.Never read directly from the slides and never talk to the slides.

6. Face your audience when you  speak.

7.Check the qualities of your slides.

·        Can it be read clearly from the back of a room?

·         Do the colours work as well when it's projected?

·         Does the presentation work well in all lighting conditions?

·        Are my slide TOO ‘WORDY’ ! ( too much words)

8.Do not be controlled by the number of slides but rather work on the time allowed for you to do you presentation. ( in this case 8-10 minutes)

9.‘Budget’ the time allocated to you .  If you have 10 minutes for example:-

• Introduction 10% of 10 minutes
• Content  60% of 10 minutes
• Conclusion/recommendation 30%
•  

10.Position yourself at the side so that you can command a view from the screen to the audience just by turning you head, NOT your body! 

11.NEVER speak in a boring monotone! Make suitable adjustment to your voice volume according to the size of the audience and room. 

12.Keep eye-contact with your audience. ( Forget about the old theory of looking at the back wall if you’re nervous….that do not work anymore !!!!)

13. Practice your presentation. Concentrate on your first couple of minutes when you are at your most nervous stage. Then work on your ending, as the first and the last impressions are equally important. 

14. Get a friend to proof-read your slides ! 

15. FINALLY, THE BEST WAY TO OVERCOME NERVOUSNESS IS TO BE WELL-PREPARED !!! 

ps. If you have other tips and suggestion , feel free to write in the comments !

Patterns by design....

Sat by the window of room 01-09 while waiting for the students to turn up.....and these caught my eye !

That kingfisher again !!!!

In-class shots !

A model shot..

'here's a weird one...

two more...

'Hey...leave me and my water-lily bud alone..'

I'm still around.

Yes...I've been missing for sometime and I have received messages and smses asking where I've been. No, I'm not giving excuses. But with 26 teaching hrs a week and with two classes of 5- odd students.... its riduculously difficult. So I have been more active with the FB because its more of a hit-and-run sort of relationship with that network.  But , my photography goes on.....if anything I have stepped it up. I'll start by posting these three.

Oh no ! My computer's screwed up. I couldn't use Mozilla or Opera, ONLY Explorer. Tried to upload the photos, and it just wouldn't. Damn virus ! Looks like reformatting time !

Cats of the month....

...minus the cage bars...

My first portrait with the 550.

These shots were unplanned  and straightforward shooting from across a table ..

Foolin' around...

Sunday Morning at Titiwangsa...

My usual Sunday walk at TTT. Not that I love the place , but its the nearest for a good walk and mini-hunt....

 Bored--waiting for Mom to finish exercising...

another bored kid !

..and another....

yet another...

what is there to do...

they are everywhere....bored kids..

....but this one,, he had enough of yawning,,,so he's venturing out...let Mom do her thing..

oh oh....where's my Mom ? Where was I just now ?

excuse me.... do you know where my Mom is ???

Meanwhile.......

Gold Coast Sepang

Left for GCS immediately after office with a colleague who's nutter for photography as well. The road to the place is awful. After leaving the highway after the Sepang Circuit, the roads narrow down to country road status. That's ok with me, but the traffic was terrible, There were just too many lorries and cars. The country road is only 20 km. but the time we too to reach the place is the same as from KL to Sepang Circuit.
The place is ok, nice beach ,as good as Port Dickson , but unfortunately, the sky was so cloudy and it wasn't such a good day for photography !

Just playing around.....

Just one of the photos taken at Morib. Will post the rest of the photos later. Anyway the sun was so hidden by clouds that day !

Oh those conmen from Nigeria again.....

Many stories were told of people being conned by certain groups of crooks . I have a student who was conned of RM16,000 !!!!. Sometimes we can be so gullible and these crooks knew the human weakness in us.
Thankfully, I was fully aware of these activities. Recently I put my DSLR camera up for sale in mudah.com.

Almost immediately, I received an e-mail which I suspected to be an attempt to con me. Out of curiousity , I replied to the mail and promptly received a reply.

I showed it to my friend and we had a good laugh !

Oh you son-of-a-bitch !!!!

 This is one guy you're not going to fool and con !

This is the first e-mail.

Reply: Sony A300,
From: Jeffrey
Hello Seller,
Am Jeffrey Smith from UK am interested in
buying your item and i want
you to let me know the cost of the item and i will
like you to get back to my
Email:(jeffreysmith2003000@gmail.com)....am
waiting for you...
Thanks...
The ad can be viewed at http://www.mudah.my
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The person that contacted you does not know your email until you respond to
the letter. Observe that we don't know whether the sender's e-mail (jeffreysmith2003000@gmail.com)
is correct or not.
The e-mail was sent from ip-number 89.238.169.139 at 23:20 on the 15/06 2010.

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Note how he proclaimed to be from UK, which, he thinks would make him a decent person. Oh you real s.o.b.
Now the second e-mail will show his true black intention....
 
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Re: Sony A300
From: Jeffrey Smith
Hello seller,
Thanks for the Mail, Am Very Happy to hear From you
so Fast that you Want to sell your item for me. I will Like you to go
and Calculate
the Total cost of the item together with the shipping To my son
Address Through (UPS/DHL Shipping courier 2-3 Days Delivery) for his
Programmed in College and Don't Forget also to Provide me your Full
Bank Information Below for the Payment to be Made to your Bank
Account..
Here is my son Shipping address:
Name: Adekunla Abas
Address:25 Ago Tapa street UcH
City:Ibadan
State:Oyo State
Zipcode:23402
Country:Nigeria
Telephone Number:07090145656
Here is the Information Needed for the Payment
Account Name:
Account Number:
Bank Name:
Bank Address:
Swift Code/Bank Code:

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If by chance you are reading this Mr Conman Bodoh.... up your a**e  !!!

On a more cheerful note, I sold my DSLR through mudah.com at the price I wanted to a buyer from Johor Bahru. 

SO , BE CAREFUL PEOPLE.....YOU DON'T NEED THOSE CROOKS FROM NIGERIA !!!  

JUST BE EXTRA WARY IN ANY FORM OF TRANSACTIONS !