Miserable Saturday!!!

Hello family and friends and fellow bloggers....I don't know how am I going to start to tell you my weekend because until now I’m still upset and really pissed off for what happened to me last Saturday. It was American holiday (Memorial Day) and my husband and my daughter has 3 day weekend means Saturday thru Monday, they are off. I want to go to Passau but my husband is not in a mood to drive 6 hours. It was beautiful and sunny day last Saturday so I told my husband “let’s go to Luxembourg!” since he doesn’t want to drive 6 hours in Passau.
From our place (Ramstein) to Luxembourg city is 140 km and it took us an hour and 45 minutes to drive there with some detour, it supposed to be an hour and 10 minutes only. This is our first time to go and see Luxembourg. But before we went to Luxembourg, I searched on internet what to see and do in Luxembourg. I found some places that I want to go and most of all I really want to see an American cemetery. I haven’t seen any American cemetery for soldiers who died in wars even back in states or back home (Philippines.) so I said to myself this is wonderful! I will finally see the American cemetery that is close or nearby where we live. We were in Metz, France last February but we didn’t have a chance to see the largest American cemetery in Europe. When we got to the city of Luxembourg, I took a lot of photos; we walked a lot from up hill to the ground. The city was too small; you can see the whole city by walking without taking any bus or the hop on hop off bus (sightseeing bus). For my experience and for what I saw, I didn’t like the Luxembourg, Trier is better than Luxembourg. After we have seen almost everything in the city of Luxembourg for 3 hours, we decided to see the American cemetery. We don’t have the exact address, so we asked people there but no one knew. We have the navigon system but the GPS won’t tell us where exactly the cemetery is. We’ve been driving thru city to outskirt but we couldn’t find the sign of cemetery. My husband and I are getting frustrated so we decided to go home. On the way home, at the Autobahn or highway, we saw the sign of American cemetery so we took that road and finally saw the cemetery but it was closed. Another disappointment journey but there is a good news though, there is an American family who have been camping in that area and told us that we can see the cemetery except the main office or other facility like restroom is closed. We told the lady that we don’t mind if the office or restroom is close as long we can see the cemetery. She took us at the back road, the long way to see the cemetery. I was so happy to see it. We started to take photos, read some histories and looked some names on the grave. There are too many, there’s some Jews and no names on their grave. We also saw the famous General during WWII, General George Patton Jr. After 1 hour walking on the sites, we decided to leave before the sun down.
On the way home, I was having trouble with my camera so I started to browsing and I accidentally press something and it got deleted all the photos I took. I was calm at first because I thought I cloud retrieve some photos when I get home but I was wrong. I tried to download it in my computer but no images showed. I started to panicked and mentioned to my husband and told me to read the manual how to retrieve photos when you did something unfamiliar. So that’s what I did, I read the manual and found that if I did what I did, it will erase everything. I was screaming and cursing and crying. I was upset to myself and most of all, I was mad at my camera. I kept crying for an hour until my husband calm me down and told me that I can’t do anything anymore or nobody can! Another reason why I kept crying is because I don’t really want to go back in Luxembourg, nothing special and it’s boring!!! He also said that it’s only photos but I told him that I’m finally gone to Luxembourg with no proof. He said that I bought some post cards, shot glass and magnet for proofs, what else I’m looking for? It’s better to have photos to remember things. I know I have some memories in my head but my memories won’t last forever…He convinced me that he will take me there again on Monday since he is off and he did! We went back at Luxembourg, we drove to the American cemetery first and then we went to the city of Luxembourg. We spent more time in cemetery than the city. It was amazing experience and I’ve learned more on the cemetery than the city. There’s more history in cemetery than the city itself. I felt a bit better than last Saturday. I have more to tell about our trip last Monday from cemetery to the city but I have to stop right now. I will tell you more on my next blog.

Have a wonderful and sunny day to y’all……

New Nikon D90

Hello friends....I'm back and I feel much better now compare for the past few days. For last 5 days, I had fever, muscle ache, headache, fatigue, cold, running nose and sore throat. Now, I’m just dealing with sore throat and no voice (minamalat). Anyway, since I feel a lot better, I can stay longer on computer. I started to browse on internet for new digital camera since my old camera is damaged and I found the one that is new and everything I need. It’s Nikon D90; it has good features and the price is ranging from $760-$1,583. I’m still debating whether I should get the portable light digital camera that it will fit in my purse and good on my budget or should I get the big one and expensive but lifetime warranty and good pictures. Can’t decide right now, but once I have the camera on my possession, I guess we know that I already decided, ha?

Here’s the Nikon D90 Camera with all the features:

Newly designed Nikon DX-format CMOS image sensor with 12.3 effective megapixels and Integrated Dust Reduction System
Incredibly low-noise performance throughout a wide sensitivity range of ISO 200 to 3200; can be set to ISO 6400 equivalent
Incorporates Nikon's comprehensive digital image-processing EXPEED concept
The world's first D-SLR movie function: D-Movie, selectable from 320 x 216 pixels, 640 x 424 pixels or 1,280 x 720 pixels in AVI format
Scene Recognition System, utilizing 420-pixel RGB sensor, improves autofocus, auto exposure and auto white balance performance and is also integrated with the new Face Detection System
Live View enables face priority AF with the 3-in., approx. 920k-dot, high-density color LCD featuring 170° ultra-wide viewing angle
Picture Control System offers new Portrait and Landscape options for more vibrant customized colors
Active D-Lighting for smooth tone reproduction in high-contrast lighting
Multi-CAM 1000 autofocus sensor module featuring 11 AF points offers fast and precise autofocus coverage across the frame
Viewfinder with approx. 96% frame coverage and an easy-to-view 19.5 mm eyepoint (at -1.0 m-1)
Advanced Scene Modes that automatically adjust exposure, image processing, Active D-Lighting and Picture Control settings for superior image quality
Extensive palette of in-camera Retouch Menus including several new retouch options such as Distortion Control, Straighten and Fisheye
4.5 fps continuous shooting and quick response of 0.15-second start-up and 65-ms shutter release time lag (CIPA standard)
Built-in flash with 18mm lens coverage and Nikon's original i-TTL flash control that commands Advanced Wireless Lighting
Highly efficient energy-saving design that allows approx. 850 images on a single charge of the Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL3e (CIPA standard, with AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR, with 50% of pictures taken with flash)
Versatile Pictmotion menu that creates slideshows combining five choices of both background music and image effects
Compatible with HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) output
Optional Multi-Power Battery Pack MB-D80 extends shooting capability and enables use of six R6/AA-size batteries
Included Nikon ViewNX software makes browsing and organizing your images easy
Optional photo-editing software, Capture NX 2 allows users quick and easy photo editing
Lightweight compact body

Specifications

Effective pixels
12.3 million
Image sensor
CMOS sensor, 23.6 x 15.8 mm; total pixels: 12.9 million; Nikon DX format
Image size (pixels)
4,288 x 2,848 [L], 3,216 x 2,136 [M], 2,144 x 1,424 [S]
Sensitivity
ISO 200 to 3200 in steps of 1/3 EV, can also be set to approx. 0.3, 0.7 or 1 EV (ISO 100 equivalent) below ISO 200, or to approx. 0.3, 0.7 or 1 EV (ISO 6400 equivalent) over ISO 3200, ISO sensitivity auto control available
Storage media
SD memory cards, SDHC compliant
Monitor
3-in., approx. 920k-dot (VGA), low-temperature polysilicon TFT LCD with 170° viewing angle, approx. 100% frame coverage, and brightness adjustment
Exposure metering
3D Color Matrix Metering II, Center-Weighted and Spot Metering
Exposure modes
Auto modes (auto, auto [flash off]), Advanced Scene Modes (Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Close-up, Night Portrait), programmed auto with flexible program (P), shutter-priority auto (S), aperture-priority auto (A), manual (M)
Interface
Hi-Speed USB
Power sources
One Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL3e, Multi-Power Battery Pack MB-D80 (optional) with one or two Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL3e or six R6/AA-size alkaline, Ni-MH, lithium or nickel-manganese batteries (Battery Holder MS-D200 is required when using R6/AA-size batteries)
Dimensions (W x H x D)
Approx. 132 x 103 x 77 mm (5.2 x 4.1 x 3.0 in.)
Weight
Approx. 620 g (1 lb. 6 oz.) without battery, memory card, body cap or LCD monitor cover