Seiko 5 : Automatic Watch and Warm Fuzzy Feeling

Went back to UK (as in Ulu Kelang) to buy a watch for my mum in law to be given to her brother.


cheap and chic

Why UK? Well, for one, i could actually get some really nice looking Seiko 5 for a bargain. The uncle which i frequent to change watch batteries and anything mechanical and got to do with watches is the man to go to.


already sounded like some secret code...

Now, instead of getting a watch for him, i ended up getting one for myself too. Can't help it as the one me and wifey saw was like "WOW".

See to believe.


Luminous hands are so...luminous...


Once the lights are switched on...

Beautiful, ain't it?

LIke Kelvin would say, it's not easy to find a watch where the date and day is the same colour as the watch face. The usual day in this edition comes in two language, English and ARAB. Nice touch.


See or not, the Day in Arab...

My mistake for trying to capture the pics in low light condition. It didn't do the watch justice of course, but the luminous hand was bright enough to allow my phone to focus and snap two nights ago.

Totally forgotten that i could play with the EV setting, here is a series of 3 photos which i take with different EV Settings, using my phone!


0 EV, -1EV and -2 EV

The middle pic above brings out the watch's element, no?

This watch is sold online here skywatch. Selling for USD 75...that's a rip off. I paid about USD39 for it only!

Speaking of watches. I remember, about 11 years ago, my mum, being the clean lady that she is, broke/spoilt one of a gift from RMC which was given to me in 1993.

It was a simple penholder, with a piece of tile that has a clock stuck behind the tile and the clock's hand infront to tell time.

She took the whole unit, walked almost a km to the shop(one way...meaning she walked 2km!), paid RM30 to fix it.

Till today, as i'm writing this, makes me feel, not sure of the word actually...a lil bit of warmth, fuzzy feeling. Bordering on emotional (as in wanting to cry) as i never do expect her, or wanted her to fix it. The unit most probably cost less than RM30 to begin with.

Such is a mother's love.

I still have that gift with me, it reminds me of the distance my mum went to give me back something i treasured. But since it was fixed, i treasured it not because it was a gift from RMC, but because my mum went out of her way to get it fixed for me.

I Love you mum. Though i might not had said it to you directly (what to do, typical chinaman family...i get some lashing from wifey about this sometimes), but you know i do love you to bits.

Here is some pics which i took when me and wifey went to her partner's house for Mooncake Festival.

This is their dog, a Jack Russell named Dino.

Hyperactive and mightly playful, she tires me out as i played with her.



not easy to take her pics...

I showed wifey the pics that Loctor took these...

Adorable!

And these are adoreable too...orange lilies! i like!


Beautiful!