depthq - ccm|mac

I haven't written for about 6 months. My mind is just filled with so many things that I forgot that I have a place to actually vent and rant properly (other than my twitter but only 140 characters at a time).

Quite a bit has happened since.

I am working on my startup and we're constantly trying different ideas. Life is hectic and hard to predict but it can get pretty exciting like a roller coaster ride. We've raised some money and recently participated in Techcrunch50 in San Francisco. We met a lot of influential and interesting people and hope we can make our new found connections work well for us.

I feel that I've changed my view a bit about the Malaysian life in these 9 months of being back. I guess I've been poisoned by Yasmin's work. I loved Sepet, Talentime and Mukhsin. Gubra's story was a bit too dark for me. Her work reminds me of my childhood and the beauty of life here. Nothing is perfect but maybe that is beauty in itself. Oh I am getting mellow...

... listening to Okuribito soundtrack as I write ...

In my free time, I try to run and cycle a bit. I've done a bunch of quarter and half marathons. Slowly getting better each time but still far off from my target. I still can't imagine doing a full marathon yet. Running really sucks out a lot of your mental and physical energy but it also, as my close friend says, "never takes more than it gives".

I have this minor obsession with bicycles and cameras. Sometimes I can surf endlessly just reading and learning about cameras and bicycles. My current fad is looking into Russian cameras, like FED and Kiev. They are basically Leica and Contax clones.

I recently bought a FED Micron from Ebay. It is an interesting camera due to it taking half frame pictures from 35mm film. But my first roll of film was a total disaster. I think the film wasn't setup properly and only got about 10-20 shots out of 72 shots. I'll probably try again but playing with film is not as cheap as digital. My other two targets are Russian rangefinders, namely FED 2 and Kiev 4.

My recent visit to San Francisco has reignited my passion for cycling. My long distance bike touring trip (3 months on the road?) is still a naive idea in my mind. Or maybe a month long backpacking trip to quench my thirst for some travel adventure. I wish I can find the time and energy to do it in the future when I am less busy and committed to my work.

Enough writing English, need to write some Python codes now