Finally!! Today after I came back home mommy told me the big news, WZ walked around outside in HIS SHOES!

It's kinda amazing, but according to the shot counter on my A350

I have already released the shutter about 1470 times already.

This is surprising because on my old Sony H1 according to the shot counter on that camera I only taken a total of 2450 shots only!

I guess having a DSLR does make you a bit trigger happy.

WZ recognizes people already, tell him Daddy and he looks and points at me, mommy and he points at his mother. But the thing is, he can't SAY daddy or mommy. Instead what does he say? He just keeps saying Ah Maa (grandma in cantonese) whenever he wants to refer to someone.

On the advice of my semi pro friend (he hates being called a pro) I set out to find a better rubber band to hold my Better Bounce Card so I hit the local hardware shop during lunch and asked them for.. a big rubber band. The store attendant looked at me blankly and told me they don't sell rubber bands. So I said "Anything that is shaped like a band, elastic and strong!"

He showed me a tray containing rubber 'O' rings of various sizes which they use in pipe connections. I picked up one that looked the right size for my flash head, stretched it a bit and... looks good to me!

And that must be the least exciting picture I ever posted on my site.

At night I knew I wanted to make a bounce card out of the foam material Peter was talking about in the video. After going through the other videos on his sit I figured the closest thing I have seen that resembles it would be the foam like material which is used in making rose flowers... or scrap book decorations. So I went to the scrap book shop at the Curve and lo and behold..

There I found a pack of foam sheets just sitting there in the shop. RM19.90 for 12 sheets. You'd think I'd be happy about the find but...

The pack contains a plethora of colors!!! There's only ONE WHITE SHEET!! Damn it!

But it works... the thing is malleable yet more durable than just a sheet of paper and thus can survived being rolled up and down to adjust the forward bounce. For other people looking for this stuff, it's called EVA Foam. I know of another craft shop in 1 Utama's connection bridge, and a paper shop in Mid Valley and I guess I'll hit them up over the weekend to see if I can buy just white sheets instead of a whole pack.

Of course... color filtering is an interesting experiment, and more pieces means I can experiment with some modifications.

The package from PA arrived and I got my Classic Mario Sound Drops!

It's the classic noise, the buttons are hard and make a satisfying click when you press them. Hopefully WZ will like playing with them.

But the shot clocks... are just sad.

First.. I got 2 of the same kind!!! MCH!!! Second and most importantly, they DON'T MAKE A PEEP!! No sound at all!! So it calculates how many button presses you can press in 10 seconds, but no sounds mean... WZ won't give a dam about them.

BAH!