OK, I cannot tahan anymore.
tonight, I shall post a couple of pics in that thread, with a
blow-by-blow account of how I took those pics and post processed
them. both taken with cheap compact.
thought process for both pics:
1. hmm that looks interesting
2. I should take a shot
3. turns on camera
4. chooses smallest iso, auto-everything else
5. *click*
6. turn off camera, go home
7. view pic in PC
8. do a bit of photoshooping to get the look I was after
9. done!
and it all took less than 5 hours 
