Let see here's a round up of what happened yesterday...
Boss not in office whole day, not to mention not much calls or orders so spent the day being absolutely anti-productive.
Surfed the net, done up some ECO stuff with the free time, n went to LongBow HQ in the afternoon to claim warranty on my corrupted Luxeon Star. It's good to see they give good customer service n changed it without hesitation. Got a free CR123 bat too! At least saved myself a hundred bucks!
Went Ninjado in the evening, haven trained for a month, got sore back now as i'm typing, not to mentioned hand n knuckles due to sugarcane breaking.
Received my Q-III as expected. The shipment from South Korea finally came albeit a day late but it's not that I care. But the seller suddenly further reduced the price by 7 USD today... well too bad.
Accidentally chip off a bit of my UCL when I was interchanging the micra len for use in the ECO tube. See beh xing tong but at least the chip wun affect the overall beam in anyway. Gotta be more careful when modding lights liao...
Still sad that my home internet access is still down so i guess all my Chek Jawa, Ninja, misc pics destined for this blog will have to wait.....
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Thursday, February 17, 2005
Standard Zehan Pose
Tan Zehan
Treasured friend and senior
Departed us all on 13th Feb 05
He will be missed by all....
SO MAKE SURE U COME BACK FROM A YR LATER AH!!!
HEH!
To those who dun know this guy above, he's my senior/junior from Ngee Ann poly.
Senior cos he entered the course of Chemical Engineering 1 yr before me....
Junior cos he decided that he loved NP that much n decided to stay on for an additional one n a half yr. N superceded me in my post to lead Kitagaryu Ninjado Club to new heights after I went the way of Tekong. Now recently left Singapore to study some Sports degree at a university down under(hopefully not six feet :p)
Was n perhaps still is the only fighter whom I can humbly admit defeat to in terms of speed and technique. (I despised those that utilise their "superior" body weight to gain advantage). And perhaps one of the few last members in NP Ninjado that understands the importance of constant training & martial etiquette. If only the same can be said of his social etiquette! hahah..
Monday, February 07, 2005
Ok just a simple mesg: The following entry is not a review. It's simply just personal opinions on a torchlight. So I dun wanna hear any bitching by any flashaholic on my tag board on why this "review" lack info, accuracy, or depth. But for those who insist, here's a simpler mesg: GET a life.
Brand: Rayovac
Designation: Industrial 2AA Swivel Light
Cost(at the time): Should be around $19.90
Above: A very basic torchlight. This is the max I can dismantle the torch without any usage of tools or smashing it to bits.
Flashback: Can't remember when or where I got this torchlight but it should be somewhere around 5 yrs ago in a hardware store. That was around the time of my early stages of flashaholism where I didn't know about the existence of Surefires and ARCs. Which also makes it a hell lot easier for my wallet too.
From the beam shot, we can that it's far from perfect wif lotsa dark spots and artifacts in it. But it's quite acceptable for a tiny(see pic below) krypton bulb. There is a wide sidespill to it but it ain't shown in the pic.
Overall, useful for finding ur way in the dark or looking for ur keys when you dropped it under the bed. But definitely not for crucial ops like personnel search or signalling. But there is one thing I dun quite understand. According to the manufacturer, this light is suppose to be for industrial use but wif completely no waterproofing(no O-rings to be found), dangerously loose battery cap, and no flame proofing(I can picture someone blowing up a refinery wif this little fella already), they really need a overhaul of components or claims.
Other stuff:
Here are some saving graces for the torch: an adjustable 360° turning head, including 90° verticle. A nicely done faceted reflector (which have it's own advantages and disadvantages). And a useful backclip. Not recommended for clipping onto the bill of a cap to act as a headlamp unless you are looking for lost change on the floor( the weightof the torchlight will cause the bill to droop n cover your frontal and aerial line of sight.)
The standard D.I.Y shop Packaging
Brand: Rayovac
Designation: Industrial 2AA Swivel Light
Cost(at the time): Should be around $19.90
Disassembled
Above: A very basic torchlight. This is the max I can dismantle the torch without any usage of tools or smashing it to bits.
Flashback: Can't remember when or where I got this torchlight but it should be somewhere around 5 yrs ago in a hardware store. That was around the time of my early stages of flashaholism where I didn't know about the existence of Surefires and ARCs. Which also makes it a hell lot easier for my wallet too.
Beam Shot at approx. 1m
From the beam shot, we can that it's far from perfect wif lotsa dark spots and artifacts in it. But it's quite acceptable for a tiny(see pic below) krypton bulb. There is a wide sidespill to it but it ain't shown in the pic.
It's either a teenie weenie Krypton bulb or it's just Zuming's index fingers.
Oh! It's the bulb! damn...
Overall, useful for finding ur way in the dark or looking for ur keys when you dropped it under the bed. But definitely not for crucial ops like personnel search or signalling. But there is one thing I dun quite understand. According to the manufacturer, this light is suppose to be for industrial use but wif completely no waterproofing(no O-rings to be found), dangerously loose battery cap, and no flame proofing(I can picture someone blowing up a refinery wif this little fella already), they really need a overhaul of components or claims.
Other stuff:
Adjustable Bezel
Back clip
Here are some saving graces for the torch: an adjustable 360° turning head, including 90° verticle. A nicely done faceted reflector (which have it's own advantages and disadvantages). And a useful backclip. Not recommended for clipping onto the bill of a cap to act as a headlamp unless you are looking for lost change on the floor( the weightof the torchlight will cause the bill to droop n cover your frontal and aerial line of sight.)
Multi faceted Reflector
Oh wat's that from 4 metres? Oh no...it couldn't be.....
Yep... it is..!(4 metres beamshot zoomed in)
Yep... it ain't exactly a handsome light but it does look at home with this kitty huh?
And lastly, I would like to thank this certain animal in the "family" for the sugg that made all these pics possible!!!
Finally going to another country other than Malaysia! Namely: Japan!
Got the air tickets today. Very efficient of my boss. Leaving in the unearthly hrs of 11th march and returning on an almost unearthly hr on 16th.
Can't believe i'm going over to the Land of the Fish and electronic gadgets!
As for a certain massive fren of mine.....dun forget this is also the birth land of none other than our favourite HELLO KITTY......be afraid... be Very afraid!!!! Heh. The struggle ensures.
Got the air tickets today. Very efficient of my boss. Leaving in the unearthly hrs of 11th march and returning on an almost unearthly hr on 16th.
Can't believe i'm going over to the Land of the Fish and electronic gadgets!
As for a certain massive fren of mine.....dun forget this is also the birth land of none other than our favourite HELLO KITTY......be afraid... be Very afraid!!!! Heh. The struggle ensures.
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
AHHH!!!!! Been spending too much recently!
This torchlight fetish is getting to me! Just.....can't....stop....purchasing...
Better stop this shopping spree if i'm to meet my savings target this April.
Anyway I just found that i'm not the only "weirdo" collecting torchlights in Singapore.... it appears that there are tons of ppl even more siao than me!
Just one week after i returned from Berkelah waterfalls, there's this girl from Temasek poly fell and injured herself on the same route. Actually could have been me, almost slided down the rock wall n fell 20 feet down thanks to my banana-peeled undersurfaced sandals!
Got a very damn bo liao call from a PRC this morning from UMCi, which really waste my HP bill cos he called the wrong gas supplier and actually wasted 5 mins just to clarify stuff with him cos of his PRC English. So much for the Second Largest Semiconductor company in the world.
On a lighter note, a call from NTU confirmed that I managed to make the sale of equipment!!!!!Coupled wif the confirmation of DSI last week, the total is almost 60k! Hah... hope it makes up for my quotation mistake that made us lost 2k !
hehehe
This torchlight fetish is getting to me! Just.....can't....stop....purchasing...
Better stop this shopping spree if i'm to meet my savings target this April.
Anyway I just found that i'm not the only "weirdo" collecting torchlights in Singapore.... it appears that there are tons of ppl even more siao than me!
Just one week after i returned from Berkelah waterfalls, there's this girl from Temasek poly fell and injured herself on the same route. Actually could have been me, almost slided down the rock wall n fell 20 feet down thanks to my banana-peeled undersurfaced sandals!
Got a very damn bo liao call from a PRC this morning from UMCi, which really waste my HP bill cos he called the wrong gas supplier and actually wasted 5 mins just to clarify stuff with him cos of his PRC English. So much for the Second Largest Semiconductor company in the world.
On a lighter note, a call from NTU confirmed that I managed to make the sale of equipment!!!!!Coupled wif the confirmation of DSI last week, the total is almost 60k! Hah... hope it makes up for my quotation mistake that made us lost 2k !
hehehe
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