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kam rate ayam first try at "cinematic" style

quadcube — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:19:19 +0800

winter over ayam sad, have to wait another 8 months for winter...
looking back at my snowboard trips footage helps scratch that itch, so this year I tried video editing for the first time

first video was an uncut backcountry run..fast forward slow sections, slap a few title, subtitle and ending text in iMovie and called it a day...low effort
2nd try I wanted to put more effort and see where it goes..so another uncut single run at almost 100km/h video using Final Cut Pro. dayum, not easy to use no see tutorial straight jump into it, only could add some transition effect, logo. this one look great eventhough it was a relatively simple one.

this time is the 3rd try with even more effort "invested". trying to do more story like video..
- no real plan (probably my biggest mistake), just dump all available clips, filter through them, then put them into a chronological sequence
- wanted to work on adding some background music but waifu said raw best, so raw snow/wind/background noise it is
- 2nd video footage all in HDR, exported also in HDR with ProRes422 HQ, fukken big file such for a short clip somehow youtube didn't pick up the HDR metadata properly and the comments i got was oversaturated on non-HDR display. so this round converted everything to SDR, export SDR with ProRes422, 50GB for a 6 min clip

background story is based on this thread

here is it, do enjoy and rate my 3rd or first proper attempt
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Winter car camping & backcountry snowboard trip

quadcube — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:26:57 +0800

Preface: massive thanks to waifu for taking care of baby, allowing me to donate all my money to the mountains every week. without ya sacrifice, these would not be possible

This year winter has been pretty odd, crazy temperature swing, sometimes massive snow dump then next heat wave same everywhere in europe and america..
Weather forecast hasn't been good, so signed up for a backcountry tour at Nozawaonsen to escape to nature

Since this trip is planned for a 3 days and 3 nights trip, kei car camping time!!
free as a bird
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setup for 3D3N, winter sleeping bag, mattress, pillows, blanket, lots of food and snow gears

long drive to Nozawaonsen, reached there at 2am straight tidur...

next morning view, exterior of the car froze a little..wasn't cold, about like -2c, very comfy

today's backcountry route map to Higashi otaki village from Nozawaonsen ski resort, about 7-8km total journey

Nozawaonsen kinda overrun by tourist nowadays, crazy morning gondola queue...
syukur we get to board first before the gondola officially opens

blue bird view of mt. Myoko, such a great view!

exit the ski resort boundary and the start of the backcountry tour

this time the backcountry party is made out of 3 skiers and 4 boarders, 2 guides included.
going through the woods

such a beautiful view from here you can see everything from the sea of Japan, all the way to the mountain ranges in Niigata (Yuzawa, Kagura, Naeba, etc.)

more snow shoeing...

guides checking out the slopes to make sure the conditions are ok. avalanche risk is pretty high with the crazy weather, many ppl died buried by snow this winter in JP, europe, murica, etc.

Short getaway to Kusatsu, Gunma..

quadcube — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 11:32:09 +0800

just 2 weeks from such a long vacation..travel itch strikes again
this time domestic travel, looking at google map...scroll up down left right of central Honshu...
then I remembered a place that I wanted to visit since I always snowboard in the adjacent mountain: Kusatsu, Gunma pref.
was mainly interested in visiting its famous yubatake, so another impromtu trip..

saw a cool mini cooper at the service area

inaka national road..that backdrop of the mountain range, such a beauty

stop by some sushi joint at some random town for a quick lunch

sushi set lunch

3 diff item set lunch, value af

i always like to stop by the local michi-no-eki (road station)...last time when i used to go car camping, the road stations are the usual spots I would stay for the night

Otw to Kusatsu onsen, we stopped by Yamba dam. I always loved visiting dam, crazy huge concrete structure are a sight to behold

Mini map of the dam area

Paranomic view from one of the viewpoint

A week in Kaohsiung TW..continue the makan journey

quadcube — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 22:28:55 +0800

Continue from 30 days MY/KK trip: -> here

yesterday back to Tokyo via Narita...today head back to Narita, really tired die

grab a free beer at the lounge first...

view of Kaohsiung 85 tower

view of Kaohsiung music centre, that perculiar white hexagonal building and it's port

check in, fancy yet tiny designer suite at a small boutique hotel

bathroom facing main street

Ruifeng night market

not sure what to eat in the night market, round2 in the end chose this spot because of that big cooler fan hot die

oyster omelette..so so, still prefer MY version

Octoberfest Yokohama, jom moginum!

quadcube — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 20:51:12 +0800

couple of days ago saw a thread in /k about octoberfest, thought i share this year Octoberfest pics

some backstory before the main content..
some years ago, a Swiss guy i randomly met on the net invited me to yokohama's octoberfest, can't say no to free beer
turns out he's a pretty nice and cool person to hangout with, we became toast brothers

the legendary beer-bonded bromance continues...

this week he came over to Tokyo again for holiday, took him out for yakiniku to meet my son

after some good sizzling, i invited him over to my place to lepak and try some of the new liqours that I just brought back from Kaohsiung Taiwan last week
so after testing out the award winning lychee sweet wine, the stronger lychee liqour, red sugar cane rum and lihing that I brought back from my KK trip..
he said lihing is the best in his opinion. Malaysia boleh

the swiss army knife that he promised to get me the next time he visited so pretty! and also a lot of chocolates

yesterday night we met up again before his flight..

at first I wanted to invite him over for homecooked "Best in Tokyo Malaysian food" or Octoberfest, but since he don't like the taste of fish or the sea..i thought maybe it's safer to just go with beer

Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel (dark beer) as always, sooooo delicious

mine glass kecik miao some assortment of wurst

more snacks

waifu drink strawberry milk since she don't like beer

some pics of the event

Pt.3, staycation at Shangri-la Tanjung Aru

quadcube — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:59:30 +0800

Main thread 30 days MY trip -> here
Pt.2 continue from -> here

last year august KK trip we stayed at Shangri-la Rasa Ria, junior suite (can read about it here -> 2024 Aug KK trip)
so this year decided to stay at Shangri-la Tanjung Aru, executive suite for the last leg of the KK trip

Day 20
check in at Horizon lounge

living room so biggg

bedroom

master bedroom bathroom

2nd bathroom (living room)

view from balcony, rainy cloudy day

now to the baby stuffs
complimentary rental playpen aka sleep your own bed, don't kacau your parents

complimentary rental sterilizer and bottle warmer

Pt.2, Kota Kinabalu visit waifu kampung and makan2

quadcube — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 08:31:53 +0800

continue from this thread...

Part 3: -> here

late night flight to KK

midnight drive back to waifu kampung, syukur got nice straight pan borneo to drive

Day 15
sang yuk mee in Pekan Papar
https://maps.app.goo.gl/dNzptShNVxEc4cpB9

gooding

random snooker joint in town

waifu kampung free range chicken

head down to KK for a good massage..and after massage walk to Suria Sabah

YOYO pudding milk tea
https://maps.app.goo.gl/eFkZ5kavpPoefUm66

Sandakan dan gong mee with fried pork and century egg dumplings, gooding
https://maps.app.goo.gl/afvvd5rV5WyWowzA6

2nd round Gamtong next door just for nostalgia
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Q3L8zNAWPcYCYMjP8

Another impromptu trip, Balik kampung makan3…

quadcube — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 12:11:09 +0800

KK part 1: -> KK makan2 Day 15-20
KK part 2: -> KK staycation Day 21-22

Was waiting for MY embassy to get my baby’s passport..they said 3-4 months..so wait wait…but they delivered at 2 months syukur.
Buy ticket next few days straight fly, cannot tahan the urge to go back eat goood food

Day 1
Check in…technically overweight but so nice of them

Service very good, just plane so old

Ah loke a…aero train still rosak. Have to carry the stroller up bus

Immigration part really terrible…since got stroller, went to look for manned counters. One officer just simply ask us to go to the other end de counter, okay…
Walk to the other end, Krik3…no ppl at all for the Malaysian counter. Ask another officer near the pejabat, they pointed back to the same empty counters.
So we stood in line for empty counters for quite some time until some officer noticed oh got ppl and notify his colleague..
Slowly walk over, sit into the booth…tap3…
Ok, immigration rant over.

Time for good food.
Random roadside nasi lemak

That sambal sotong n udang petai is so worth the cholesterol

Lunch drove over to Sunway mas for some of the best char siew in town

Hakka mee to go with fat shiny succulent char siew

Juice potong kaki…convenient since they opened a branch in my taman

Liew fish curry at semenyih, delicious as usual

Day 2
My annual kopi peng…coffee one year drink once

Jalan2 Yokohama, fireworks & seafood dinner

quadcube — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 13:45:22 +0800

Summer in Japan is typically oppressive, overly humid with crazy temperatures
but sometimes, late evening have some pretty mild weather, good for walking

also, share me some Kaohsiung, Taiwan makan/sightsee spots..heading there for business + leisure trip end of next month, hopefully no typhoon

seems like there's some dog event, so many big dogs..no idea how there keep such big dogs in tiny shoeboxes in Tokyo

red brick warehouse in the silhouette

ASUKA III docked at the intl. terminal

Mt. Fuji viewable from this angle

normally i would actively avoid going out during firework events as I do not want to squeeze with the crowd, but only knew of the firework event when I was there

Yokohama dog festival

Makan time..difficult to find a spot after firework event, most of the restaurant fully packed.

Yuzu lemonade for the sweaty summer

From land to sea

Ayam fat fk, eat 2 rounds of dinner..

quadcube — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 21:24:42 +0800

Took half day maternity leave meet up with friend go makan2 again..
Since I had some restaurant I wanted to try but lazy/impossible to queue during normal times..
my crazy plan was to first eat a very popular hamburger joint in Harajuku then rush to Shibuya to get the reservation ticket for a Michelin soba house in Shinjuku.
Glad to have a wingman to go makan..

Meet at Shibuya n walk to Harajuku

First we stopped by iyoshi cola and bring bos go try 10k yen cola, ktard all 20k very kaya sup sup sui can afford

Then we had early dinner at Hamburg YOSHI..usually this place queue long like setan…but since we started dinner at 5+pm, no queue

Hamburg YOSHI
https://maps.app.goo.gl/rhg6jrYfWwSsbp5n8?g_st=ic

Waiting for them to grill the wagyu hamburg…

Dinner served. Actually this only one piece of the hamburg, later u eat halfway they will serve u another piece so u will be eating freshly grilled meat throughout the meal

Soooo juicy, press down all the zhap squirt out

After makan, we rushed to Shinjuku and gam gam 6:30pm the soba house open and there’s already a queue..so we took a reservation ticket for 7:30-8:30pm..then spent the next hour wandering around trying to digest and burn off those calories..
Window shopping…b40 cannot afford, only can teman bos see

Back to the store…no queue anymore. Turns out Friday night no ppl come eat soba, all probably go TGIF drink and party..syukur

Soba House Konjiki-Hototogisu
https://maps.app.goo.gl/5a9cyxSV18Sd6V72A?g_st=ic

1 Michelin star awarded back in 2019

Hnnghnnn…ordered Shio soba
It’s one crazy soup, super nice although I don’t really like the noodle it’s way too soft, like I cook maggi and leave it soaked in soup for 30 min kinda texture.

Siap makan its time to go home..say goodbye then walk down the streets of Shinjuku

Dinner with ktard..20 items omakase course

quadcube — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 21:47:38 +0800

Met up with a ktard that every year would help me brings over luggage full of groceries from MY, like 15-20kg..
But this year probably the last time… so we went out celebrate along with waifu’s birthday

I wanted to try this particular omakase spot in Ginza for quite some time..since bringing the baby along with stroller, we got the table instead of counter seat

Course of the day

Appetiser..boiled pike conger and eggplant with sesame sauce

Seared yellowtail with grated radish n ponzu sauce

Southern bluefin, fatty and medium fatty..sooo damn delicious

Simmered octopus 🐙 never had such nice octopus before, so delicious

Kombu-cured seabass, kinmedai, striped jack and snow crab

Fried fish cake with sweet corn

Chawanmushi with unagi..got rice underneath the chawanmushi, so more like chawanmushi-unadon

Short getaway trip to Atami with luxury JR train

quadcube — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 12:43:13 +0800

Since waifu now already become tai tai (backstory), thought it would be nice to treat her to a nice getaway

Ever since the China HSR business class experience, she been become train otaku a bit like kampung2005, want to try Japan special trains

So this trip is about Saphir Odoriko, which typically runs twice a day along Tokaido..more details about the train here: https://www.jreast.co.jp/saphir/en/

Turns out this train was bloody popular even among the locals, stupid difficult to secure a seat on the premium green car..even one month ahead already booked out
But I always believe that last minute got ppl cancel one, so one night I checked...really got ppl cancel their reservation.
Immediately snapped both seats and booked hotel, the trip is a go!

Waiting for the train to arrive

Lai liao the Saphir Odoriko..

Fancy cabin

Motorized leather seat (no lie flat though) with nice wood and carbon fibre exterior

Nice sea view along the trip

Change seat with waifu so she can enjoy view for the rest of the train ride

Reached Atami station..Atami station 100th year celebration

Random assortment of local tobacco

Walk around the area to grab some snacks

Celebrate waifu last day of work, makan2 tokyo

quadcube — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 20:14:48 +0800

Waifu last day of work, so went over to her office to help her clear her desks and carry them home

The usual view while walking to her office

After helping waifu clear her desk, meet her colleague, bos and company president...it's time for celebration
Colorful izakaya along the way to the restaurant

Sumiyaki Unafuji Yūrakuchō Branch 炭焼うな富士有楽町店
https://maps.app.goo.gl/AwUWVFpyYN8YnzYR6

So nice of them to give us the private room

Food is here

Juicy unagi the sauce is pretty light, so even after eating 1.5 bowls, I don't really feel too jelak

Salarymen and japmois in their natural habitat

Jalan2 cari burger around Meguro, Tokyo

quadcube — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 17:47:28 +0800

First stop, Burger Mania at Ebisu

Inside kedai

Ordered cheeseburger with the original BBQ sauce

Verdict: not worth the money? cilaka that BBQ sauce inside burger a bit only add 220 yen total damage ~1.7+k yen..after eat still hungry

after makan, jalan2 around the area and found a SG chicken rice shop. why not right?

waifu ordered chicken rice, i ordered half chicken rice + half curry

Verdict: although the steamed chicken portion and taste/texture so-so only, but the rice, fuuu the best in Japan. would come back again just for that chicken rice.

After chicken rice, continue jalan2 around Ebisu..and Ebisu has? Beer museum

This year is the museum 1st anniversary, too bad wasn't able to get the free glass as it already ran out

Art works

[FRA->TYO] siap jalan2 makan2, time to go home....

quadcube — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 18:42:38 +0800

Day 1-2: Tokyo -> Frankfurt -> Idstein
Day 3: Idstein->Wiesbaden->Frankfurt
Day 4: Frankfurt -> Heidelberg
Day 5-6: Heidelberg
Day 7: this thread

Time to go home, waifu already complain
Great weather!

Taxi back to Frankfurt airport. Spotted a PornHub casting car

Departure.

Lenglui at counter upsell business class, kena racun cibai
Skip the queue

Cilaka if I knew the VAT refund got queue, wouldn't waste my time looking for the counter

Frankfurt airport business lounge

Light dinner and more beer

[Heidelberg] short trip 2 germany, jalan2 makan2

quadcube — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 17:19:08 +0800

Day 1-2: Tokyo -> Frankfurt -> Idstein
Day 3: Idstein -> Wiesbaden -> Frankfurt
Day 4: Frankfurt -> Heidelberg
Day 5-6: this thread
Day 7: Frankfurt -> Tokyo

breakfast is decent at the hotel but 3 days of eating the same breakfast really jelak

lunch, they called this "The German", basically a deconstructed burger without bread delicious though

Italian again, this time for dinner

Ordered risotto again but shouldn't have ordered anything with seafood. Turns out Heidelberg is pretty much the furthest of any direction from the sea, like 1000km away

Typical weather in Heidelberg during winter, gloomy, wet and cloudy

Dinner at one of Heidelberg famous microbrewery, Vetter

Look at those big copper tanks

Order a seasonal beer, very fruity with deep flavor

[Frankfurt -> Heidelberg] short trip to germany

quadcube — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 16:43:35 +0800

Day 1-2: Tokyo -> Frankfurt -> Idstein
Day 3: Idstein -> Wiesbaden -> Frankfurt
Day 4: this thread
Day 5-6: Heidelberg
Day 7: Frankfurt -> Tokyo

Took a taxi from Frankfurt to Heidelberg, an hour trip for 155 euro
Check in at Heidelberg city center

Hungry af, quick lunch at local Italian restaurant. heard from the local that its authentic as the chef are from Napoli

View across the street

Mushroom cheese risotto, always been a big fan of it since my first taste of it in Paris in 2018

Continue jalan2

Such a nice view of Neckar river, Heidelberg castle could be seen on the far right

Street views on the way to the Philosopher path

Heidelberg is also a university city, home to the oldest university in Germany with many prestigious institutes

[Idstein,Wiesbaden,Frankfurt] short trip 2 germany

quadcube — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 21:56:51 +0800

Day 1-2: Tokyo -> Frankfurt -> Idstein
Day 3: this thread
Day 4: Frankfurt -> Heidelberg
Day 5-6: Heidelberg
Day 7: Frankfurt -> Tokyo

Saturday morning market at the Idstein town square

colorful local farmer eggs

Lots of political booth, since Sunday is their election day

beautiful fachwerk buildings, felt like entering a fairytale

Breakfast at the local Turkish cafe

Cappuccino and Rote Linsensuppe

Falafelteller

Next, uncle drove me to the city of Wiesbaden, about 30 min drive from Idstein
Wiesbaden's casino

[TYO->FRA] short trip to germany, jalan2 makan2

quadcube — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:51:34 +0800

Day 1-2: this thread
Day 3: Idstein -> Wiesbaden -> Frankfurt
Day 4: Frankfurt -> Heidelberg
Day 5-6: Heidelberg
Day 7: Frankfurt -> Tokyo

Beautiful morning at Haneda airport

Not a beautiful sight...security queue so long and some how the express face scan didn't worked for me, must have been b40 face punya pasal

Almost 15 hours flight RIP ass...

Clear view of Fuji-san abd the massive sprawling concrete jungle of Tokyo

Teriyaki chicken, would never go wrong with this.

Dessert

Goodnight.

Flying over Arctic since russia-ukraine war..
Such a beautiful view of Greenland

day dreaming of coming to here for snowboard

Jalan2 Ginza, try out fancy Peking duck for dinner

quadcube — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:14:28 +0800

Tonight become waifu’s beer boy deliver beer from Yokohama to Ginza to her office

Christmas lightings

Try out this restaurant in Ginza, recommended by Chinese friend for their Peking duck 🦆

Dayum…fancy

As usual, order gu lou yok..so fancy the plating, kena chop liao this time

Hnnghn…roast duck lai liao

Chef perform Kung fu on the duck