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Image stabilizer for any camera

$1 Image Stabilizer For Any Camera - Lose The Tripod - video powered by Metacafe Here is a very neat way of making a very inexpensive image stabilizer for your camera. You don't need to spend hundreds of dollars to buy an image stabilized lens. All you need is a nut and a bolt. In case you are not familiar with the image stabilizer, it is a mechanism that reduces camera shake when you take photos. See this video to see how to make an inexpensive image stabilizer.

How to address a person properly in Myanmar

In Myanmar, if you want to be seen polite, you should be able to use proper title when you address somebody. Burmese use appropriate titles and pronouns when addressing each other. When you are talking to an elderly male, you should put “ U ” (pronounce Oo) in front of his name. Thus, Mr. Ba becomes U Ba . This is also true if the person you are addressing is a government official or somebody of high social status. When addressing an elderly female or a female official, address her with “ Daw ” in front of her name. (E.g. Daw Mya ). When talking to a male of the same age and social status, you should put “ Ko ” in front of his name. ( Ko Mya ). If a female of the same age, use “ Ma ” instead. ( Ma Mya ). To a younger male, you can either use “ Ko ” or “ Maung ”. ( Ko Mya or Maung Mya ). To a female of younger age, use “ Ma ” also. ( Ma Mya ). To address children, use “ Maung ” for a boy and “ Ma ” for a girl. You should also be able to use proper pronouns when talking to Myanmar pe...

Yangon Taxi

Like any other cities in the world, Yangon has a lot of taxis running the streets of the city. Unlike other cities in the world, taxis in Yangon are not metered, that means there is no meter to calculate the fare. In fact, there is not a single taxi with a meter in Yangon. (However, this might change in the near future as the Yangon municipality has plans to install meters in taxis). So you have to bargain with the taxi driver when you hire a taxi. Usually most taxi drivers ask for a higher price, especially if you are a foreigner or somebody coming from up country. If you don’t know the usual price, you might be cheated. So a good bet is to bargain for around half the asking price. It is cheaper to hire a taxi using the CNG (Compressed Natural Gas). Look for the CNG sign on the side of the taxi. Another thing to keep in mind is that it is cheaper to hire a taxi driving on the road than the one parked on the side. Those parked around shopping centers would ask for higher than normal pr...

Methodist English High School Alumni Website (MEHSA)

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Here is the alumni website of the Methodist English High School , from Myanmar (formerly Rangoon, Burma). The high school is now famously known as Basic Education High School No. (1), Dagon , or Dagon One . It was a very famous Christian missionary school in the past. Even now, it is still considered the most prestigious high school in Myanmar. My father studied in that school when he was young and they did the reunion in Bangkok this January.

Back from Kunming, Yunnan, China

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Well, I was just coming back from Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan province of China. I stayed there three days (two nights) only, sent there by my organization. It is always nice to go somewhere with other people's expense actually. Well, my stay there was a nice one. Kunming is situated at about 6200 feet above sea level. Although it is at the same level as Hakha, the capital of Chin State in Myanmar, it is not as cold as in Hakha. Here in Kunming, the temperature during the day is around 20 degree Celsius, a very nice temperature indeed. And the city in situated on a flat land, possibly a plateau. The city itself is very clean, a lot cleaner than Bangkok, and quite modern. And there are also no dogs on the road too. Looks like they killed all the strayed dogs there. There are fewer restaurants in Kunming than in Bangkok. Here in Bangkok, there are lots and lots of restaurants, both cheap and expensive. Over there, there are no road side paddlers, at least in the city center. ...

Independent Camcorder Review - CamcorderInfo.com

If you are intending to buy a new camcorder, and want to read an independent review of the camcorders in the market - Sony, Panasonic, Canon, JVC, Samsung, here is the must view site for you. With quite detailed and independent professional reviews on camcorders, you will never make a mistake in your choice for a camcorder. You can also compare prices from various online retailers and do your shopping online, although I prefer to see it and shop it live.

Ulead Movie Factory – A Simple but Elegant Video Editor

I recently started using the Ulead Movie Factory – a simple video editor from Ulead. Although a simple one, it can create VCD, SVCD and DVD as well as HD DVD if you have an expensive burner. You can import video footages from your camcorder, camera, cell phone or a file in you hard disk, apply some simple effects and enhancement, and apply titles and transitions. Options are quite limited. However, the one thing the Ulead Movie Factory shines is in the DVD menu section. There are more than 30 menu templates, which are beautiful and elegant. I found these templates more beautiful and eye catching then Adobe Premiere Elements. You can also customize the templates as well as create thumbnail preview templates. The camera support all common file types including AVI, MPEG, Quick Time, WMV and many more.