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2011-08-17 Pisang Waterfall -revisit-

2011-11-13T23:59:00.001+08:00

Exactly a month from my first trip to Pisang Waterfall which located somewhere near Karak highway in the region of Gombak, I went again.. this trip more focus on macro photography, with Kevin and Isaac. It's the best place to be.. getting away from big city life once awhile beside my favourite Sekinchan. Haha! Dip our feet inside cool running water is just nice early in the morning.. but after soaking for awhile, you might find leeches trying to stick on ur feet and leg. Haha!

Red dragonfly.. hardly to see them in "still" mode. Mmm.. I saw a photography book in Kinokuniya, the dragonfly capture with rainbow bokehs.. so beautiful as the sun shine through the morning dew that stuck the wings and bodies of the dragonfly. Wish tat and working hard.. one day I will take such beautiful photos.

Greenish bluish dragonfly

As I getting myself closer and closer to the dragonfly.. I notice that it is harder to focus as I manually focus for all my macro shoots. Even though the ring of the 90mm Tamron is easy to slide in and out, still struggling to focus if I want to get nearer. Weeks later, I read in the photography magazines that adding extension tube can help to longer the focal point thus no need to get closer to the insects which explain most of the photographers can shoot the eyes of the dragonflies or flies very sharp. Oh ya.. non-electrical extension tube will cost you around RM30.. haha! Yea! RM30 compare to original by manufacturer of the camera brand will be around RM2-3k but "electrically" connected.

A day in the woods is refreshing.. and good workout. Strange enough.. the woods in the Pisang waterfall is not humid neither too hot.. the air is cool all the time.

There are a lot of spots with water streaming through the rocks and roots.. it is a good place to have a tripod and practicing your slow shutter skills.

Lastly a black dragonfly camouflage the wood.. but still SPOTTED! Haha!

There are fewer photos posted compared to previos trip post as this trip more focus on macro instead of scenery.

I gotta tuck into bed as tomorrow is MONDAY!

Next blog update will be my belated trip to Bangkok few months ago.. eham.. many many months ago. =D

Moses Moments

2011-10-30 Sunbathing @ Pulau Ketam 2.0

2011-11-12T22:32:00.000+08:00

Let's continue from previous post, here's part 2.

After walking around for almost 2hours, we decided to break for early lunch as HW is hungry. There ain't inspiration when we're hungry.. huh? Haha.. just kidding!

The "siput" extremely large here.. compare to Penang's or Sarawak's. But it didn't taste as good as the smaller size one.

But the "lala" wasn't bad.. it was quite good especially they put some wine inside. =)

With mixed veggie and fishball soup.. the fishball soup is quite good too.

So after lunch.. rather quite heavy with seafood.. it's time for another round of walk before going home.

"It's the inner part that strengthen you"

It was low tide during the time we visit Pulau Ketam

Dog footprints.. dogs are everywhere in Pulau Ketam. stray dogs.

As we explore further from the jetty, we will find more fishing boats and existence of fishing village as the part of township nearer to jetty is more commercialise..

Straight after shooting this wooden peg.. i have a strange encounter with the local people of Pulau Ketam. An old man knocking his walking stick signalling me to go into his house.. mmm.. reluctant at first but end up go in.. realise tat the old man is mute and he is lonely. Using hand signal, he told me to go to the certain of the Pulau Ketam to take photos.

It's been a while tat I went for a photography outing with HW and TM.

We end the day with fried oyster.. Pulau Ketam's style and in the same time, we took the opportunity to re-hydrate ourselves. Haha...

That's all for Pulau Ketam's photos. Will surely visit the place again next year!

Moses Moments

2011-10-30 Sunbathing @ Pulau Ketam 1.0

2011-11-08T23:19:00.002+08:00

Finally I have own internet line! Finally I can sit down and blog.. I have missed so many blog posts and aiming to catch up although work quite tight, tired and tedious. It is a been awhile that I went for photography with HW and TM. It is been a long time.. hmmp.. that I went for a street photography too. Have been hungering for that to release the stress.. the salty smell of sea calm me.. and photography pump energy into my soul! double "geng"ness to counter Monday's blues. Haha!

It is been more than a year since I went to Pulau Ketam, been wanted to go so much since stay quite near Klang for now. The previous visit was in March last year, 2010-03-28 A re-visit to Pulau Ketam, and in year 2009, Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. For this trip, I used only 50mm just like my second trip but with additional of a film camera and my Holga. Didn't capture much using Holga but more on film camera as I try to finish the roll of black and white film. 36frame le.. not so easy to finish it.. I got more than 20 shots. Haha! I will post up as soon as I finish the roll of film and got it scan. =)

The smell of ikan bilis greet us as we reach the Pulau Ketam jetty

Presume.. Assume.. that alcohol is cheap here as we easily spot crates of empty beer bottles

After so many rounds of photography in Pulau Ketam, I try a different and artistic approach..

There is always no. 2.. without no. 2, there will be no no. 1.

Reflection of the cyclist

A Penang motorplate.. didn't surprise me as majority is Hokkien speaking community settling in Pulau Ketam. The only portrait photo in this Pulau Ketam post part 1 and part 2. =)

The sky is so blue.. it remind me of Monday. Haha! ok ok. No more lame joke. The sun is scorching hot that I got sunburn again after a week from the Putrajaya dragonboat competition. Haha!

Want to dunk?

The wiring so crazy here... everything just connect to the pole.

Bokehlicious!

My favourite photo from this trip.. another different approach to compose the bicycle.

LOVE is missing.. that's most of everyone is missing in this world

A young "racer" dashing to avoid my camera.

I end this post, Part 1 with this photo. "Riding a bicycle but dreaming riding a motorbike"

Gotta tuck myself to bed and really hope that all of you enjoy the photos. =)

Goodnight.

Moses Moments

2011-07-17 the secret FLOw of the DEEp forest (Pisang Waterfall)

2011-08-29T01:10:00.001+08:00

The tittle of the this post might sound over describing.. but it wasn't the first time I took slow smooth shutter of the moving streams or waterfall.. oopsie! bocor already.. hehe! Yup.. previously I went to Ulu Yam in April last year as soon as I got my first car.. haha.. you can still view the post tru this link: Ulu Yam Photo Adventure which is actually much easier compare to the photo adventure that I will reveal in awhile.. Hehe!

Basically I have photographed most of KL.. in fact up to Sekinchan (my favourite spot).. north up till Penang then South till Malacca till Muar till JB. And even the tip of Borneo.. I am there. Just not the the top of Mount KK. Haha... Thus, I will scratch my head everytime my buddies call me up for photography. The main headache is where we will go for photography. As we have different style of photography but we have the same liking.. nature photography. Mmm.. thus we decided to go to the infamous Pisang Waterfall that located in Gombak districts nearby the Karak highway.. in the orang asli settlements. well, in order to reach the waterfall.. we need to go trekking for 40-45minutes but we took almost 2hours.. hahaha! It's because we are busy taking photos and photos. We spend most of the time along the river.. cool and refreshing water! and inside the river.. alright! photos time!

We are greeted with rows of ferns as we start our journey deep into the forest before reaching the tunnels.

Some of the photos taken might be over-exposed due to the fact that I didn't used any ND filter.. poor photographer mar. =P But I like the effect of over-exposure to create some dreamy effect. well, different ppl have different liking and sometimes rules are meant to be broken. Food for thoughts.. "how do we improve or grow in photography if we keep sticking on the rules all the times?" =) Just my 2 cents..

There are a lot of roots growing along the river.. and it create wonderful flow of water as the river pass through the roots.

It's a very very hot day with bright sun.. till the lights are reflected on the leaves.. mmm.. but we didn't sweat much because the forest is cool and refreshing as we progress deeper into the forest and nearer the windy waterfall. =D

Finally we reached after 2hours! Haha!

The infamous Pisang Waterfall. Good for photography! Good for picnic! Good for a nice dip inside cool refreshing water! Haha.. and good for trekking.

Although extremely over-exposure.. I still feel for this photo that it's my liking. ^^

Presenting.. I can't remember the name.. failed blogger! hahaha! it's one of the toy that I bought from Taipei 101. It remind us of conservation of our nature and nature. Will find out the name in the future ya! Haha.. thus, in the future, I might go and try conceptual photography too. ^^ =P

Morning ray penetrating through the thick "viscose" forest.

And ended up with a few macro shots. In total, I bought 3 lens with me.. 50mm, 18-70mm and 90mm macro so you can imaging how heavy is my bag! hahaha!

In the following trip to the Pisang Waterfall.. do expect most of the photos are focused on macro as I keep trying my best to improve my macro photography. =) I really enjoy the trip to the waterfall after weeks of hardwork and photography have helped me to relax greatly. ^^

Goodnight ppl!

Moses Moments

of SMELLY.. of DELICIOUS..

2011-08-14T23:53:00.000+08:00

My last update was in Feb this year.. wow! such a long time that I have been missing in blogsphere.. with lotsa spams in my chatbox. Haha.. thinking of removing the chatbox. Life have been a journey with me, a long journey of both hardships and blessings. It isn't fair to point at God, telling HIM that life is tough.. "can pls make it easy?" Haha.. no.. no way. I really feel the pressure of working adults.. earning for a living and surviving alone is getting pricier and harder. But why do we keep on sighing on life itself.. when we can live to the fullest with the challenges, excitements and fun? Alright.. after such a looooooooong break, tonight's update gotta be special post! I gotta post my favourite food in Taiwan when previously went there with b and her family in June this year.

So.. let's get SMELLY!!!

The best food in Taiwan.. in my opinion, are found in street market and even my tour guide know how to say, "pasar malam". Haha! Our first night.. we found ourselves in Shilin Night Market. Longer and larger than our local Taman Connaught Pasar Malam le.

Shilin is full of clothes on the other side.. and the other half is full of food. The most common food there is sausage.. and sausages.. and smelly taufu! Sausage tasted so.. so.. only la but I love the most is smelly taufu!

According to my tour guide, smelly taufu in Taiwan is divided to 3 main types.. wow.. sound like in lecture hall. Haha.. The first time is the most common one, the fried version.. which is not so smelly and can be found everywhere easily in a Taiwanese night market. Even when you put the taufu inside ur lubang hidung also dun smell anything one. =P Haha!

The second type is the steam version.. which is the smelliest among all the version of smelly taufu. Usually it is very spicy.. and the smell is like the taufu is dip into air longkang then fermented in air longkang. Really #^#^$^$^ smelly!!!

Well, most of the tourists will settle for the fried version of smelly taufu.. it is similar with our Malaysian version. Sometimes the steam version.. the soup is black in colour instead of reddish spicy colour. But dun be fool by the colour.. Haha! It can be spicier!

We have several rounds of the fried smelly taufu! Really can't have enough of them.. b love the fried smelly taufu. The fried version usually served with lotsa cabbages and chilly sauce. It is good but I feel that..

The "air longkang" version is nicer! The smell is very POWER!!! no need to put near.. 1 metre away can smell d for this portion. Haha! Really love the steam smelly taufu.. from the taufu till the soup.. the soup is quite spicy but really delicious and tasty. Can't.. Unable.. to describe the feeling. mmm.... =)

For the grilled version.. of smelly taufu. We found one stall in Jiu Feng. The smell not as strong as the steam version but stronger than the fried version. It is grilled using something that used to panggang our satay back in Malaysia. It's quite hard to find the grilled version compared to the fried version.

It's also served with generous amount of cabbages. The taste is quite good also! But I already fall in love with the steam smelly taufu! Hohoho!

The best partner in combination with smelly taufu is.. Taiwan Beer! It will be the best! =P So next time! Don't judge the book by the cover.. although smelly.. and really smelly, smelly taufu is very very delicious!

That's all I have for this post.. Gotta tuck myself with blanket and snoring off d.. Hahaha! =P Hope that I have the time and motivation to blog again. Till next time.. Take care and Goodnight! Chaos~

Moses Moments

Reminiscing colourful lights..

2011-02-10T02:41:00.006+08:00

Well, it is kinda late.. 2.03am in the morning but finally I have the privilege to blog.. ya but during this odd hours. This post gotta be about i-City.. a garden that artificially and beautifully lighted up by millions of LED that located in Shah Alam and nearby the highway to Klang. Well, it share the similarity with Broga Hills.. very packed with ppl! I went there twice.. first time was with HW, TM and Ben (that just came back from London for a short break) last August.. haha! it is very belated post that will combine with my second and last visit to i-City last month with Kuang Siang, Kaybe and her friends.

Well, the initial plan was trying some street photography at Petaling Street but were caught with rain after picking up HW, TM and Ben.. so avoiding the rain with a late lunch at one of the restaurant in Petaling Street.

since TM was hungry that time so we spend the time talking about photography and deciding the place to go.. out of nowhere.. i-City! and since HW have brought along his tripod, we decided to go up to i-City once the rain stopped.

As soon as we reached there... we are quite early.. in fact very very early and the sky is still so bright. haha!

I dunno why but I love this photo.. maybe I was flying most of the time for my work. haha!

Soon, the LED started to light up one by one..

The sky started to get darker and darker..

The best time for night photography is still the dusk time.. transition period from clear bright sky to dark sky.. those period is the most magical moments.

And ppl started to flood this place too.. =P

After capturing the scenery.. it's time for small details especially when you have f1.4 to play with.. =D

I just love the bokeh.. so colourful. hehe!

f1.4 + lotsa colourful lights = amazing bokehs~!

After a few hours of waiting and photo shooting, it's time for supper.. by skipping the dinner due to late lunch. We went for some place around Kelana Jaya.

Mee Raja.. but i still prefer the mee raja at Murni.. cheap and big and delicious! this one really quite bad especially very tough and "iron" beef.. haha!

From 2010.. let's fast forward back to January 2011 as I make the second visit to i-City.. actually it is also last minute decision to go there. Haha! Plus the parking fees is so expensive ya! compared to my first visit which is actually free of charge.. haha! because we went there so early that the guards are haven't there. haha! But i am not the one paying since I am not the driver.. hahaha! =P

This trip was more focused on group photos and some portrait shots.. lesser focus on the scenery and details thus I won't post a lot but selected 4photos only. =D

Typical i-City group photo.. with help of external flash. Oh man.. really still struggle with outdoor flash photography. haha! maybe it's time to invest in a good wide angle lens. haha!

A very cheerful couple.. haha!

and I saw some new deco.. so switch my lens to 50mm for some detail shots. ^^ But going to i-City twice is my limit.. as there are nothing for me to try on new stuff unless maybe portrait photography.. haha!

Gotta sleep now.. kinda sleepy d.. tomolo gotta start to do my "homework" despite of my hols. Haha! Goodnight! Keep anticipating for the next photo post ya! =P

Moses Moments

Insomic Rush..

2011-01-20T01:43:00.000+08:00

I might never got my photos published in any photography magazines or exhibitions.. neither win any photography contest or competition.. but seeing.. the photos that look so familiar to me.. being printed and framed and displayed at friends' houses as the memory of their precious moments.. it really touched deeply inside my heart.. especially the photo that I took during my first photo outing when I just got my dslr. It's the photo that taken with my humble kit lens. It's the way that God remind me.. don't give up.. but continue to give your best! It always shocking and surprising to see the photos that taken by you displayed at the racks in the living room.. especially happy family moments.. I feel that it really more than win any photography competition or contest or being published in magazines.. because your photos will be there for a long time and treasured by someone.

Attending the first cell group meeting in the new year.. and after so long "group-less".. my new cg leader remind me when I first came to KL.. it was 5years ago.. I still remember what God have put inside my heart. It have been always the same before and after.. just that it's now buried deep inside my heart covered with my busy schedule. I really want to start over again.. although I may have fail over and over again.. with acceptance and forgiveness from friends that I have hurt and disappointed in the past.. finally I able to forgive myself after such a long painful period. But true enough that there are still good souls out there that never give up on me and never cease in praying for me. Forget all the promises.. this new year it will start with Matthew 1 and this year will end with Revelation 22 as my first step to discipline myself as a man of God. It's the time to rebuild the faith of a mustard seed. =)

Haha! Paiseh.. it's been a long time that I write a long "wordy" post.. Since it's public holiday tomorrow.. oops.. it's today! Photos will be up later.. =D Gotta sleep d.. Goodnight ppl!

Secretkeeper1986

2010-11-21 5th visit to Sekinchan

2011-01-02T00:58:00.000+08:00

Everyone might be moaning by now.. "arr!! not again? Sekinchan again?" Haha! I know that I have been to Sekinchan for 5times in the year 2010.. and might be going again this year bcos I still missing the harvesting part!!! Recalling.. that the first time I went there is with HW and TM. Since I have new lens in my bag.. which is macro lens (lately I quite indulged myself in macro photography.. can't help it but really love it!) and Sekinchan also a good place for macro photography if you don't mind the burning sun even early in the morning.

This trip.. plan to catch the sunrise bcos I wanted so much to try to capture the spider webs with morning dew.. lighted by the ray of the sun (which is beautifully captured by Adam). But I woke up bit late.. thus we started the journey.. chasing after the sunrise with sun slowly rising behind us. By the time we reach Sekinchan, it is fully bright and the sun is half way to the top. But we are greeted by generous.. a lot of morning dews. (I didn't realised that morning dew can be beautiful bokeh!!!)

This trip, I decided to capture the grass a different way.. with the harsh light.. I want to try to slightly over-exposure and it is worth the try. =P

The brownish and purplish patch.. is actually the path between the paddy patches.. which turn out to make the background a bit unique. Both photos are captured using my 50mm. I already used to 50mm focal and now I have another homework to do.. 90mm focal. =D

With raining during previous night and plus morning dew, I got beautiful bokehs lighted up by the morning sun! =P

Found a spider web but didn't have morning dew on it but I still try to compose and took a shot.

Diamond of early morning.. that disappear into the air when the sun rises..

I think that I need monopod badly.. as my stamina and strength drenched out quickly.. as I still not used to the weight of 90mm cum camera body. I managed to find some insects.. but I like this photo the best. =)

I would like to describe.. as.. the heart of the rice.. so amazing that I discover when the ray of sun trying to go through the unripe husk.

Here go my first post for the year 2011.. I gotta end the post with a note, Happy New Year! Another chapter to be written.. May the year be plentiful and bountiful with blessings and happiness! Oh my.. I still coughing badly.. Gotta rest now. Goodnight everyone! Take care!

Moses Moments

Chasing dragonflies..

2010-12-18T23:59:00.000+08:00

Last month, I manage to spend more time on macro photography.. must work harder on macro photography especially my stamina. haha! We drove all the way from KL to Taman Pertanian.. was lost.. detour from the right path ended having breakfast first then surf the wifi for the route to Taman Pertanian. Haha! The thing that I love the most is lotsa dragonflies.. really a lot.. flying in the calm blue sky..

I love their eyes.. it so purely beautiful. I know that my photos ain't that sharp but step by step.. I know that I won't give up and will be there one day. =)

Red dragonfly is the hardest to capture.. haha! I mean to be photographed. Chasing after red dragonfly really need lotsa patiences.. remind of the song, "red dragonfly". Chasing after the red dragonfly is not easy.. it is a like dream, if you do not hold still.. the dream will fly away.. once you caught the dream of your lifetime, hold onto it.. nvr let it go.

Photography is part of my dream.. Photography is more than passion to me.. It's my life. I can't describe how much I in love with photography.. each shot.. each click.. to me, I just like an artist that used camera as brush and light as my colour to paint the world.. painting with lights.. I am a lightsculptor. No matter whenever I am sad, disappointed, happy, stress.. sleepy.. as soon as my eye put into the viewfinder.. I am completely a different person.. with the soul of ryuuko. =P All i want is just to be a good photographer.. Goodnight ppl!

Moses Moments

2010-09-06 Sekinchan 3rd visit

2010-12-14T00:47:00.001+08:00

The place that I called.. the land of the whispering grass.. as the wind blew, whistling against the long tall paddy.. making the rustling sounds. It is one of my favourite spots for photography.. and a place to put behind all my stress and burden, just want to feel close to the green green grass. Since May, I have been to Sekinchan for 5 times! this year alone.. haha.. yet i still waiting to go back there. I still missing the part when they do the harvesting. This trip, i went with my roommate and just to sip the porridge too. =P

Nice porridge.. If anyone wondering about the location of the shop, just key the coordinate into your GPS.. 3° 30' 16'' N, 101° 5' 56" E and the shop is located opposite an old small local firestation but don't go too late.. it will close around 2pm. =P

That's all I have for this post. Gotta tuck myself to bed now.. another long day at work tomolo. Goodnight, ppl!

Moses Moments

A trip to Paris of the East (Part 2)

2010-12-08T23:51:00.000+08:00

Listening to "this is how we overcome.. " by Hillsong.. remind me how was once was my faith.. but I believe tat hardworks and life's struggles keep us fit in life for challenges ahead. I have been holidaying for 4days.. and now back to work today in KL. Lotsa paper works to follow up.. but I surely enjoy every bits of my hols. Spend time with granddaughter and Lemin.. watching Rapunzel. Oh man!!! I fallen in love with Rapunzel.. and the lanterns floating up in the skies.. it is so so.. beautiful if i able to describe with words.. simply magical! Also spending time with Tidus and Eric who outstation in KL for few days. And went to Kuala Lumpur International Motorshow 2010 with Kuang Siang and his bro (will post the photos after the Sekinchan post.. will be blogging frequently this few days before I am going outstation again.)

Let go to the finale of Shanghai photos! I kinda miss Shanghai.. the night scenes and the world expo.. feeling tat I was part of the billions ppl tat have visited Shanghai expo.. and all the funs tat I have.. alright! photos!

Some of the taxi drivers in Shanghai is even friendlier and nicer than the taxi drivers here in Malaysia.. but some are really talkative. =P hahaha... but well, we always will get the best info from the taxi drivers on whereabouts.

I am not quite a shopping person.. but when I came here.. wow! this is surely shopping paradise!!! Zhen Huan Temple where the beautiful Yuan Garden is located (but didn't manage to get into Yuan Garden bcos it's late in the evening).

I think that policemen in China is fit and tummyless.. Haha!

There are lotsa shops selling fans, chopsticks and seal chops.. chopsticks tat can cost you RM1000 a pair. Haha! but there are cheaper one too.

I get myself a black coloured fan, a seal chop and.. a polaroid camera! Haha! (ps: it was months ago.. ) Haha!

I am sure that i did mentioned how i loved the leaves in Shanghai... there are more photos on the leaves.

The atmosphere is just as humid and crowded in world expo except the long queues are just for famous xiao long bao (soup dumpling) but didn't try bcos of long queues.. really extremely long queue. Haha!

The skies didn't get dark early here.. bcos Shanghai is fully lighten up with lights! =)

I have dinner in McD.. i love the peach pie! and i love the yam pie! simply yummy!

On the last trip to the world expo, my tripod spoil with the screws falling off.. Haha! I took this photo by leaning unto the wall. Haha! Amazing what we can do just for the sake of photography! But of course do remember to have the sense of humanity sometimes before taking any shots. =)

I asked for permission to take his photo.. and he show peace to me. Haha! Nice taxi driver tat allowed us to take photos with his "trishaw". Haha!

My last day.. last night in Shanghai is spend strolling along the Bund. A street tat full of modern architectures.

And it is a large crowd too here.. and they didn't sleep early. =P Haha! As it's almost 1am.. Haha!

I miss Shanghai.. but I still prefer to stay in Malaysia.. especially my lovely Sarawak. =) Gotta end this post.. it's almost midnight and better to grab as much sleep as possible. Hope that you guys enjoy the photos! And expect for more great photos as I will work harder! =P

Goodnight!
Moses Moments

2 months ago... when 4 men and 1 boy drove down South.

2010-11-26T19:49:00.000+08:00

Currently back home at Kch for the weekends before I resume a tight working schedule ahead.. yet I still have tonnes of photos to share and blog about. =D I still have the Shanghai photos pending.. =P but i will finish blogging about the Shanghai trip once I back to KL.. hopefully ya. Hahaha! I also still have two posts from Sekinchan to be updated.. the latest trip is last Sunday.. Ok! For this post, I will share the photos from the Melaka trip with my housemates. It is a good fun trip cum with lotsa great food. =P

One of Melaka's delicacies.. chicken rice ball

Wonder what he is reading??

Nothing!?!?!?! Haha...

Went back to shop introduce by "grand daughter".. cendul there taste not bad.. quite good but nothing beat Kch's jagung peng on hot sunny day.. =P

Asam laksa quite good too

Wonder what happen to him? Hehe...

We went for fish spa.. hahaha!

Overall it is a good trip although it is quite short and packed.. have lotsa laughter, fun and sun... no forgetting good food. ^^ It is great to end the trip with world's best otak-otak.. Muar's otak-otak before drove back to KL.

Recently I quite indulge myself with work and work.. there are tonnes of work to deal with, to think of solutions.. guess that I really into working life but but.. I still have photography to salvage myself during the weekends.. hehehe! Gosh.. I am dreaming of going Japan... =P

Take care till my next post. =)

Moses Moments

How many times does a butterfly blink?

2010-10-26T23:39:00.001+08:00

Recently, I still busy engage with my work.. as usual. Hardly have the time to spend to blog.. my thousand apologies. =P Haha.. But since I have well-spend off day today, I want to spend some time to update blog. I will skip Shanghai trip temporarily.. will jump to Penang trip post. Previously I went up north to Penang with my roommate. I went to the Penang butterfly farm.. testing my newly bought lens, Tammy 90mm macro lens. Well, I wasn't disappointed as hundreds of butterflies greeted me.. but I hoping for an adventure with macro lens.. searching for the insects.. hehe.. ok ok. photo time! =)

How many times does a butterfly blink..

It's my second outing with the lens.. with "baby" knowledge and experience with the lens.. I hope that I can adapt well with the 90mm lens like my bond with my 50mm lens. I shall end this post with my favourite photo from the outing. =)

If you guys wondering about photoshopping.. I just did some vignette and little basic light adjustments. I glad that 90mm Tamron blend well with my Sony system. Ok. Gotta tuck in bed now.. tomorrow back to work. Goodnight, ppl!

Then it will learn to fly...

Moses Moments

A trip to Paris of the East

2010-09-23T23:05:00.001+08:00

After missing in action from blogsphere for a long and long time.. I shall continue the long and long belated post from Shanghai.. Haha.. In all my life, I always thought tat KL is a very big complex city.. LRT is always congested with ppl.. pack like sardines.. the jam very bad.. but once I step down in Pudong International Airport, I amazed by how many planes landed in the airport within an hour.. my flight back to KL was delayed for almost 2hours due to the planes lining up.. queuing up just to take off.. more than 20planes?!?! and tat's just one of the terminals.. (little i did know.. if catch a cab to airport, we must tell the taxi driver which airlines tat we using.. bcos there are two main terminals.. each terminal have almost 100 depature gates? Haha..

Let's continue the photos.. =)

The speed traps... amazing? Haha!

Shanghai is an amazing place for photography.. street photography.. and we can travel to HanZhou for nature and scenery photography but me and my friends spend the weekends in Shanghai World Expo.

The Pearl Tower.. the famous tower. It is amazing tat we used to see the photos or movies or videos.. and now it is in front of our eyes.. life sometimes is like a dream.. ^^

LiuZaiJui.. a busy street during the night.. Shanghai probably one of the cities tat nvr sleep..

Spend a few days eating the spicy hot Szechuan food.. it is oily too.. some are nice but some are just too hot! for my tongue.. hahaha! some dishes contained more chillies than the food itself...

Photo taken tru the rainy blurry window of taxi..

HuaHuai Road.. the road full of restaurants.. branded stuff shops.. and shopping complexes and shops selling junk food.. haha!

One of the night we went to XinTianDi for our dinner.. cum walk around.

I have the habit of taking back alley.. mmm.. different places have different feel. haha!

We ended up with Vietnamese food.. with our Vietnamese friend guide us on how to eat the pho.. in a more delicious way. =P Vietnamese beer is great with the food!

Delicious pho.. (beef noodles)

Sometimes I miss my food back in Malaysia.. but it is good to spend the time to relax and rest.. take a break to walk around.. enjoy food and taking photos. =P

Remember to look up.. especially you surrounded by skyscrapers... hahaha.. tat's dun mean tat u are "sakai"! Haha...

I love the leaves along the streets of Shanghai.. =)

A much quieter road in Shanghai..

Lol!

That's all I have for now.. more photos and last post from Shanghai coming up next.. =) I gotta tuck myself in bed now.. tomorrow will have a long day.. Haha.. Goodnight~!

Moses Moments

2010-06-26 A Trip Up North

2010-09-04T19:30:00.002+08:00

Well, I know that it is a long long belated post... but the purpose tat I blog about it bcos it will be the direction tat I am going tomolo.. Yup. It is the start of my holiday.. a week long hols.. Haha! Finally I have a break from work thus gotta spend it well on my photography. It will be a photography journey up North.. hope tat I have the time to blog daily. Hehe! Ok ok.. back to post.

I always have a great time with my MCMC friends.. have great companions and great food too. This trip is organised by Kevin.. we went to Bukit Melawati for our first stop.

Everyone knew tat Bukit Melawati is fully crowded with monkeys.. lotsa them. Haha! And monkeys are good posers.. =P

Bukit Melawati is located in Selangor state.. and on hill top.. quite a distance from nearby shores.

After Bukit Melawati, we went up further north to the next destination for our lunch.. Sekinchan (my second time to Sekinchan). =P One of my favourite places for photography outing. I reckon tat my next trip to Sekinchan, I will go for macro photography outings. =)

Shark porridge.. very nice and sweet.

Few more dishes.. stirred fried shark meat.

Steamed fish

Another shark dishes..

Seafood dish.. sea cucumber.

After lunch, we went explore the paddy fields.. for more photos of paddy field can view the previous trip to Sekinchan. After Sekinchan, we went back South to Kapar for kite competition and sight seeing. =)

I still miss Redang beach.. =P

PINK CROCS sighted! =D

I love this photo.. and i think tat it goes well with this caption.. "It takes a lifetime to teach, guide and care for a child.." Quoted from my dad.

I will be back with more posts especially my Shanghai trip photos, Bon Odori, i-City trip and Muar trip.. Hope tat all of you enjoy the photos from this post. I will be going up North soon.. Hope tat the trip will inspire me into the next level of photography.. beside food hunting.. Hahahaha!

Moses Moments

All the small things..

2010-08-31T02:11:00.002+08:00

This will be the last post from Shanghai World Expo 2010 but more photos will be coming from my Shanghai trip. I will try to update my blog when I have the time despite of my heavy working schedule and photo outing with my buddies. In my brain now, I am considering the places tat I am plan to go for photo shooting.. I have promised a lot of friends to tag them along for photo shooting but I really dun have the time to do so as most of my photo outing plans are last minute planned. Seriously less than 24hours then decide the place to go for shooting. I am thinking of Pulau Ketam revisit.. FRIM revisit.. and Cameron revisit especially with new "requirement" into the family of lens tat I have. Hehe!

I have posted all the main photos from the expo but in this post.. I will post "all the small things..." that sometimes we might didn't notice.. as we just sometimes tend to focus on the bigger things.

To others.. reflections or shadows might be something normal.. but reflections and shadows are so important in photography. ^^

Photographer is just an artist.. using a imaginary canvas with a brush and colourings.. to "paint" using lights to create something wonderful call art. It was all the small things that matter as they make the bigger whole to look better and good. =)

I fell in love with photography when I first have my camera phone.. then upgrade myself to compact camera.. and now owning a dslr, polaroid camera and two film cameras with my youngest sis taking care of the compact camera. Hehe! It is a long journey.. as I nvr stop learning new things about photography and keep upgrading myself in new chapters of photography. Hope that you enjoy the photos that I have taken all this while and continue to support the chapters of Moses Moments. =)

God bless!

A lifetime Taste

2010-08-21T15:14:00.001+08:00

After showing the photos of the great architecture and designs, I will share with everyone on my dining experiences in World Expo 2010, Shanghai. =) My first dinner or meal in Shanghai was in the Korean Pavilion.. having typical Korean food but no photos from the Korean Restaurant.. Haha! Maybe I do not fancy Korean food that much.. but I love to see fresh salmon.. seaweed.. oh yes, I have soft spot for Japanese food. Haha!

My second trip to the expo, I have an Argentine dinner. It is too bad that I didn't try that red wine as I just love to drink beer compared to wine. Haha.. maybe white wine is good! Haha.. I told my friend once, "I am a rough man.. I do not how to appreciate red wine but I love beer." Haha!

Corona beer.. An Argentine product.. quite gassy but strong. Squeeze a small slice of lemon into the beer to reduce the gas.. sometimes I do not prefer drink a beer tat have lotsa gases.. easily get full.

I have pork steak for my meal that night.. ermm... it is good to have pork to eat.. especially with some fats in it. Oh my... now I started to crave for bak kut teh.. Haha! ok.. back to the post.

We didn't make the wrong decision to go into Austrian Restaurant..

I love the concept.. it is very clean, spacious and quiet with just classical musics from Austria Pavilion itself.. band playing live! =D

It is really a nice design.. Agree? =P

How can I resist to try the beer from different country when they are selling everywhere in the World Expo and its price is almost the same as Coke. Haha.. Trumer Pils.. very nice beer. Not very gassy.. yet very strong.. just love its bitterness but not the best yet to come.

Medalion of Pork.. quite nice. =)

Served with Spatzie.. cheese?

Another pork dishes.. this is bit salty. Haha!

Cordon blu.. not bad also.

I finishing this post with an expensive cup of coffee.. brew using the water from mountains.. Mountain Brew Coffee.. very fragrant yet its bitterness is to my tolerance.. but i still prefer my normal hot Nescafe in my mug.. Haha! There will be another post on World Expo then I will post about Bon Odori perhaps.. then I-City? Haha.. I gotta go now.. my stomach is calling me.. Chaos~!

Moses Moments

我是一只小小鸟

2010-08-17T00:07:00.000+08:00

World Expo Shanghai 2010

2010-08-13T00:53:00.000+08:00

Since 1851, the first ever world expo was held by London, UK.. I am blessed and lucky enough to see, explore, experience and be in the 54th edition of the world expo, World Expo Shanghai 2010 with theme, Better City - Better Living. So far, it is the most expensive Expo and the largest expo to dated.. that I took four trips just to cover several zones but it definitely take a week to finish everything and go into each different pavilion in expo. It is so big that my first trip to the expo.. I was lost as I dunno where it is the ticket counter. Haha! It is said that it is worth it to at least to visit the World Expo at least once in lifetime. Haha..

With more than 190 countries participating in this edition of world expo.. there are so much to see and there are a lot of great architecture works that will awe you when you stroll along the very big area of the expo. I feel tat I lost in time.. when I am in the expo. There are so much to see and explore.. how i wish that the time can stop ticking for once so I have the time to explore in more details of all the pavilions. But however, I manage to get into few of the pavilions.. around 20 pavilions bcos some of the pavilions, the queue are crazy! Haha! But the real deal is the architecture of the pavilions!

Polish Pavilion.. the pavilions are brightly lit up with beautiful lights during the night.. it is so much a bliss to see awesome designs of buildings with amazing lights. Most of the pavilions have restaurants too.. to introduce their food and of course you need to pay for it beside the exhibition of their culture and country. The entry to any pavilion is free as we just need to pay for the ticket to go into the expo.. 90yuan for evening pass and 160yuan for whole day pass. After converting to ringgit.. it wasn't expensive as it is a lifetime experience.. I never know whether I still have the chance to go for another world expo. ^^

Australian Pavilion.. one of my favourite pavilion. It is so good that it is quite late in the night and they still allow visitors to go in and there are no queue so me and my friends quickly seize the opportunity to go in and walk. It is really worth entering! There are lotsa things to see.. the history of Aussie.. the BIG LCD display of Better City - Better Life.. There are no much city that emphasize of the theme.. Hehe! The pavilion itself look like the Ayer Rock. =)

Singaporean pavilion.. resemble a music box. But i didn't go in bcos every time tat I reach the zone area.. it is either a very long queue or it is closed. The expo open till midnight but some of the pavilion closed very early around 9pm or 10pm. But i can always go south to Singapore to explore the city itself. Haha! Maybe this year end for Christmas?

Japanese pavilion.. one of the highly recommended pavilion. Yup.. i did enter the pavilion but after almost 5hours of queueing.. Yup! 5hours! Under 40 degrees Celsius! It is really a very very long queue.. but after queue for 5hours, we went inside the pavilion for an hour. The exhibition tour took us an hour.. which we able to see the newest robot tat can play violin.. do housekeeping.. and history of the ties between Japanese and Chinese.. and lastest Canon camera that it is so cool.. it is use infra-red touch sensor at the lens to zoom in and out and of course with multiple face detections. Japanese is really good at showing how they are advance in technology especially photography. =P

Korean pavilion.. the wall of repeated words of Korea in Korean language.. my first meal in Shanghai is the Korean meal at the Korean pavilion's restaurant. But i didn't enter the pavilion.. Haha! Bcos it is a very long queue.. as it is also one of the popular pavilions. Strange enough.. i did go into the souvenir shops to shop for souvenirs. Haha!

Malaysian pavilion.. which i didn't go to have a look. Haha.. it is rumoured that they sell bak kut teh inside? Just wonder.. why they didn't introduce our local delicacy like nasi lemak, char keoy teow.. laksa.. but bak kut teh? Shanghai also got bak kut teh le.. =P

German pavilion.. made out of linen canvas tat is water proof.. didn't went too as i heard tat the queue is super long tat it took 3-4hours just to queue up to go in. One of the highly popular one is Danish pavilion which they fly in the Mermaid Statue from Copenhagen to Shanghai just for the world expo.. need to queue up for 8hours! Of course i didn't queue up.. but i just manage to catch the glimpse of the famous mermaid from afar.. and i only can see her backside.. Haha! They are clever enough to position her to face inside and reveal of the back of the mermaid to lure ppl to go queue up to see them.. but tat's not only the reasons.. they serve free welcome drinks too at their bar. Haha!

English pavilion.. UK. Made out of fibers.

The world champion pavilion.. the Spanish pavilion. Resemble their traditional basket designs.. ^^ I didn't manage to go in but i wore Spain jersey to the world expo! Haha!

One of main exhibition centre.. it house the halls for cultural performance from around the world with daily performances but i didn't manage to go in bcos I can't really walk finish the rest of the zone already. Haha! My friend commented that it look like an oyster from the reflection.. =P Haha!

One of my favourite photos! In fact my favourite photo from the world expo trip. ^^ Waited for 30minutes for the pool of water to calm.. and passerbys to be less.. and snap.. Hehe!

I gotta sleep d.. Tomolo gotta work and give training. =D Hope that everyone enjoy the photos from World Expo Shanghai 2010! The next world expo will be held in Yeosu, Korea in the year 2012 with the theme, the Living Ocean and Coast. Mmm.. hope that perhaps I have another chance to visit another edition of world expo. Haha! Yawning d.. Goodnight ppl! =)

Moses Moments

the Beautiful moments

2010-08-07T02:39:00.003+08:00

Ohaio! It is been another long time since I update my blog.. I will skip the Shanghai updates (there are lotsa photos thus I do not where to begin.. Haha!) first as I have the urge to blog about something that have been in my mind for few days.. It is been more than a year that I do photography.. and I hope to capture all the Beautiful moments.. all the imaginary Beautiful things.. all nature greatest treasure.. wish tat I can capture it (see with my own eyes too) and share with everyone.. curious about what's I thought of the Beautiful moments?

It is been a long time dream.. to go Japan.. just to witness the blooming of the sakura flowers.. the pink flowers tat decorate the street.. just perfect as pictured in "5centimetre per second" anime. The dropping of the sakura "was compare to 5cm/s"... but I do not care about how fast or slow it fall.. I just love the flowers blooming.. and some fallen off.. "dancing" in the air before landing on the ground.. with all the trees full with magnificent pinkish colour.. with a lady in traditional kimono holding to her lover tightly as the guy cycle slowly tru the falling sakura.

Seeing many photos taken on the sunset in the Swan River, Perth.. I was tempting to go Perth! Enjoy the peaceful serenade of the evening.. watching the swans in pairs.. touching each other at their "forehead" on the calm and still water... with the blend of purplish.. orangery.. reddish.. beautiful perfect evening.. it must be close to heaven! Then drove miles away.. to catch the sunset on the Ayers Rock.. as the sun set... the Ayers Rock "shine"! Or catch the dolphin jumping from the sea.. mmm... Australia.

How i wish that I am good with swimming so tat I won't scare of drinking sea water again? Haha! I really love marine life... the beautiful decorated corals.. the living creatures.. the fishes.. Nemo!.. all colourful fishes.. if given a chance to choose any animals as pet.. i will still keep fishes as my pet... Haha! It will be wonderful just to submerge myself under the sea for hours to photograph all the beauty of the life beneath the sea.. but i think tat it is impossible after i suffer from "sea water flu" from snorkelling but i still love fishes. A school of baracudas? Haha!

It will be awesome if I can catch the trails of the aurora.. as the light keep "sailing" away.. in the cold winter night.. and snow started to fall down. Making the hands numb.. blowing air to keep the hands warm. Then I can move on to capture penguins in their natural habitat rather than capturing their photos in the "cold room" in the zoos.. they might be "sweating" a lot in tropical countries. =P

That's are all in my mind currently.. I can't imaging more.. mmm... maybe I already sleepy.

Maybe a last one before I tuck myself to bed.. I always want to capture a photo just like the Chinese scenery painting of the mountains.. the thick clouds.. the hanging trees.. the river.. with the junk moving slowly. It will be wonderful if I can witness it with my naked eyes.. and capture the moments when the sunrise for eternity memories...

If you are wondering about the flower photos.. those are taken at the Putrajaya Floral Festival during photo outing with Kevin and Abraham. Hope that u guys enjoy my rattling early in the morning. It is 2.34am now..

Of course, I also hope tat u guys also enjoy the photos of the flowers.. hope tat I have move to the next level of flower photography. ^^ Something tat I love, passionate and enjoy. =)

Have a nice day!

Moses Moments

p/s: It is been awhile I update in blogger.. the new flickrs feature is awesome! I just love it! =P

Coming soon..

2010-07-21T00:37:00.001+08:00

Sorry for the lack of attention to blog due to heavy working schedule tat required me to travel to a lot of places.. but as promised.. here's a peak shot of my next blog update!

Stay tune with l secretkeeper1986 l moses moments l =D

Take care and more photos to come! =)

Thoughts after thoughts...

2010-07-06T02:36:00.001+08:00

I wish that I can have the time to blog and share with u guys the joy of photography but I am too busy recently. Fully engage with work.. when I flew back from a destination.. it is time to repack everything again after few days and ready to go "war" for another round.. Every working trip come back not only with extra weight but also extra wisdom.. extra confidence.. as I used to fear to go into customer's lab which is problematic and troublesome.. horrible! but I started to adopt a different approach.. started to face it rather run away.. get my work more organised than before.. discipline myself to work extra mile.. making friends with them.. started to share each other experiences and jokes to lighten the hard day of work. My superior may push me to the edge but i know tat it is for my own good to be the best just like my seniors. In the end, it still the job tat I love to do.. challenges, meeting ppl, travelling.. My body getting fatigue easily from heavy travelling.. just pass my 4th month.. I have been flying over 20flights! Just manage to spend a week in KL.. or simply just a weekend. But it just good enough for me to spend the time with my friends especially my housemates and MCMC friends catching up a futsal game.. spend time cooking.. when not going for any photography outing. Good news is I will be flying home soon.. I mean Kch! for two weeks! Maybe tat the time I catch some real quality rest while working.. and enjoy slurping Sarawak Laksa? =P I have the chance to shoot pre-wedding again.. hope tat I will work hard and take the photos tat the couple will love and cherish for their wedding. Well, I may wish before that I want to be a good wedding photographer but after shooting so many types of genre.. I still love street photography and nature photography.. but sometimes portrait.. Too much work, make Jack a dull boy? No worries.. photography is one of my entertainments.. Haha! I gotta go to take a short nap.. before started my journey to airport. This time will be flying to an unknown country to me.. a "banana" going to country tat speak less English.. but pure fast spoken Mandarin with lotsa sign in Mandarin! Hope tat I will do well during the training and spend the time enjoy myself with the trip too.. especially World EXPO! =P I will be stepping my feet in World EXPO in within a day time.. 5hours flight longest flight ever dated in my life. I will share with u guys more photos ya! Promised by Ryuuko! Goodnight, ppl!

p/s: no facebook.. no google.. no blogger.. till next Friday. =/ But i am going to explore Shanghai! =D

2010-05-15 The land of whispering grass...

2010-06-21T01:50:00.001+08:00

Ohaio gozaimas.. u guys must be wondering why I still unable to sleep during this early hour in the morning. Well, I plan to blog and my mind quite actively thinking right now. Haha... I want to skip the random photos from Brunei to the next post. Pardon me... bcos I want to post about my previous trip to north.. Sekinchan.. the land of paddy field. Why i put the title "the land of whispering grass"? Bcos have anyone heard of the song by Tom Jones, green green grass of home...

The song that remind me of how much I miss home...

Photos time~!:

My two buddies tat always travel together till lately.. we are busy working outstation recently. Can't wait to be back on the road travelling again... ^^

Sekinchan is famous for its long and wide stretches of paddy fields... it is so GREEN!

First time we travel with my new car for a photo outing.. our first and more to come.. =) Oh ya.. my car have been scratched by my own clumsiness.. =/

I love the idea of lotus "pond"... in between the fields.. it is so lovely to find lotus blooming and growing in between the paddy field.

Paddy that going to ripe soon... =)

I still can catch some morning dew even though we arrived quite late around 10 in the morning.

Golden dragonfly.. something we rarely see..

Peacock shaped flower!

On the way to work? Or.. back from work?

Lovely flowers by the river side..

Purity..

Reflections...

This one is artificial reflection.. =P

From paddy field.. we went to the other side of the town.. which is the fishing village. ^^

We have our lunch.. at two places.. the first restaurant, we have three dishes.. mainly fried bitter-gourd which is nice and delicious. =D

Butter prawn.. tat rather disappointing.. and the prawn really not fresh...

Curry shark meat.. which taste ok and quite acceptable. Then I want to check my facebook status and Yi Mian actually suggested and insist tat i must try the shark meat porridge at the other restaurant nearby the signboard in the previous photo.

Then we found ourselves.. second round lunch.. having shark meat porridge. Ermm.. I know that it is not good to eat shark meat but this is once in a blue moon (but I will go there again next week =P). The porridge taste excellent and sweet! The best porridge ever! =D

Slurrpppppp...ing...

Fishing village.. we didn't explore much due to humid weather and we are exhausted so we went to KL for well deserved rest after a great trip. Hehe!

Btw, who say that Broga Hill is famous for the lalang.. Sekinchan also have lotsa lalang.. and the plus point here is we no need to hike any hills.. as it just by the road side. =P

Haha.. I gotta go now.. Need to catch some winks and rest.. as tomorrow I will be flying in to Penang for more work. Catch up with u guys till then.. next week! Take care. Chaos~!

An Exquisite Taste

2010-06-19T19:10:00.000+08:00

Words unable to describe how much I have been falling in love with Japanese cuisine especially shashimi and noodles such ramen.. and delicious unagi kabayaki. Due to my work, I have the chance to try myself the famous Japanese food.. not in Japan (one day.. i will visit Japan.. =)), but in the land of liquid gold.. Haha.. Brunei. Brunei is partly well known not only for its oil industries but also for its exquisite and exclusive Japanese food that well known for its freshness and delicate taste. That's why some of the Mirians will actually drive up north to Brunei at least once a month for Japanese food.

The most famous Japanese restaurant in Brunei is the well known the Excapade Sushi.. that will surely full house everyday.. and fully packed with waiting lists during the weekends. Haha.. dun ask me but I really fall in deeper love with Japanese food.. Haha..

Mini California Roll

Hamachi Shashimi

Hen Clams.. Nice.. =P

The shashimi tat melt in the mouth... fuyoh!!!

*speechless*...

Beside Excapade, my friend also brought me to the other Japanese restaurant which I feel is quite good too.. by its taste and variety of choices.

Very very nice.. baby octopus.. it is very delicious! =P

They called it volcano.. it is actually salmon with special cream.. bit sweet, bit spicy and creamy.. =D Heaven...

Different style of serving of salmon shashimi.. (noted tat the colour are actually differ due to different indoor lighting in the restaurant)

TOFU! (beancurd)

Lastly.. delicious Japanese pizza.. yummy! Haha...

That's all I have for now.. Japanese food post.. Next post, I will update about random snap shots tat I took during my outstation work in Brunei. Stay tune! Hope tat u enjoy the foodie post! =P

2010-04-10 A walk in the "Wild"

2010-05-30T13:48:00.000+08:00

As the the tittle stated... it was very very belated post. Haha.. I still have tonnes to update and blog with my photo adventures and food photography. I organised a half day trip to Zoo with TM and Guo Siang. HW was away with work I guess.. hardly remembered. Haha.. It is my first time shooting with Guo Siang and the second time for me to go into the zoo. The first and last time was 4years ago.. in the year 2006. I do not know why but photographing animal is very exciting to me especially I am very keen to capture tiger photos! Haha! Oh ya.. that's why "Wild" is used for the title.. bcos simply we are shooting inside a zoo when the animals are in captive.. I feel that it is quite challenging to capture reckless looking and inactive animals. Haha! =P

During this trip, I used my Sigma 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 DG using manual focus all the way.. (due to some mounting problem between my Sigma lens and Alpha body) but it still serve me well although I need to focus fast and captured the moments.. bcos simply we can't order the animal to pose for us to take the photos, right? Haha! It is a good training for me.. before I go for 70-200mm f2.8?? Haha.. Photos time~

We are greeted by elephants and giraffes at the front section but the elephant attracted me more.. "the wrinkles of age"

The feather of... well, I will leave the imagination to u guys to figure it out! Lol!

I thought I saw... a Kangaroo!!?!

The buck tat drying up after a mud bath.. to keep the irritating insects away?

Beautiful doe... have nice brownish golden fur with white spots..

I twist to the max.. 300mm and the tiger just shy away.. far far away into the deepest area of the closure and unwilling to move around. I guess that nature especially animal photography required great deal of patience.. Hehe!

A little bit of detour.. taking leaves.. natural photos. ^^

In Malay.. we would call the tree.. Pokok Semarak Api. =)

I forget the name.. but this animal (mammals) is very common in the South America countries.. especially in the amazon. Ah.. Capybara!!! =P Ok.. I've checked with the encyclopaedia from my home's mini library. Haha!

This leaf caught my attention.. it is so nice! =D

Playful chimpanzee.. and the mural on the wall in the background, it look like the mural at Pudu Prison.. Haha! =P Talking about the freedom.. ^^

We ventured into the insect farm area.. for extra RM5 which is fairly worth going in for lotsa variety of bugs and butterflies. Really beautiful butterflies...

At the right spot.. At the right lighting.. At the right background to serve as smooth silky bokeh.. I just love this photo. =D

"Oops~ I just broke the fence.." *shy* Haha..

The rhinos just lazily lying down.. playing with mud..

Guess what.. I not getting enough tiger action! I went back to patiently wait for the tiger to start roaming and I manage to get some tiger photos in action! Finally patience pays off! And thanks to TM and Guo Siang that willing to wait for me.. Haha.. I spend almost an hour on the tiger part alone! Haha!

The signboard written.. Sumatran tiger. I guess that I can't wait to see a Bengal tiger or a white Siberian tiger in the future. =P

I got lotsa flamingoes photos previously in my trip to bird park (at Taman Tasik Perdana there) with TM and HW but this time around, I try a little bit more artistic shots. ^^

It is not kangaroo.. but it is a type of marsupials.. Gosh! It is so long ago.. I forget the name of the marsupial.. I dunno how to describe it.. it is a type of wallaby (a smaller version of kangaroo?) Someone do correct me if I am wrong.. =D

Everyone's favourite.. Chubby baby hippo!

We decided to go to aquarium sections.. and this point, I changed my lens into my 50mm tat can work in dim lighted areas as I can used large aperture. =)

RED EYES~!!! watching you...

A hydra.. i just love fishes and ocean creatures. =P

Soon.. we called it the day.. and off back to civilisation from the "wild". I took this "sunset" photo from Wangsa Maju lrt station.. It remind me of the sky back home in Kuching.. I am not bias but admit tat Kuching is one of the places with great amazing late evening skies.. =P

I gotta go.. must finish repacking everything and will be flying off again for routine outstation works. For the next blog update, I gotta blog about food! Hehe.. till the next post, take care ppl!

2010-04-24 Quest for Ulu Yam Loh Mee

2010-05-28T22:24:00.000+08:00

I will continue with second part of my previous outing trip to Ulu Yam with HW and TM. For the first part, I have posted photos of waterfall, sceneries and natural photos.. but for the second part, I will post the photos of the town.. and some parts that we went to explore by walking around. ^^

When we arrived the civilisation part of Ulu Yam.. we are greeted by "flags war".. Haha! It was a by-election the following day and everyone is busy with the flags on their cars and booth.. and some thinking that we are reporters (maybe judging from my dslr.. Haha.. =P)

However, it is still peaceful small town.. despite of the by-election.

Sudahkah anda mengundi? ^^

A solemn looking dog.. staring at us.

After awhile, we went back to the car and we drove to the older part of Ulu Yam.. where there are rows of shops selling loh mee. Haha!

I thought tat liquor is toxicating? =P

Hunger.. after a morning adventure make us settle down in one of the shops to have our lunch. We didn't know which one is the right or the best or the famous shop that sell the loh mee but we just blindly choose one. Haha! We ordered fried fouzhou.. which is nice! =D

Kolo beehun (Ulu Yam style..) which is nice also! =P

The "famous" Ulu Yam Loh Mee tat live up to its rumoured reputation.. *thumbs up* It is worth to try the taste and its' "stew" have stronger vinegar taste. Hehe.. I gotta go now. I will update again tomolo with my previous photo outing with TM and Guo Siang to Zoo Negara last month. Take care and keep anticipating for the next update! =P

Deep inside my heart...

2010-05-26T01:06:00.002+08:00

I was chatting with my buddy.. and we are talking about work and photography as usual.. suddenly he pop up with this question after a long long time ago.. question about relationship.. hahaha.. it supposed to be taboo in my "dictionary" since I really busy with my work recently (and probably till end of this year as there are a lot of stuff for me to learn and experience).. same excuses that I gave to every of my friends that prompt out with that question.. but HE remind me of this article that I stumbled upon few months ago.. adapted from a Brunei blogger:

Don’t let someone become a priority in your life,
When you are just an option in their life …
Relationships work best when they are balanced.

Never explain yourself to anyone,
Because the person who likes you doesn’t need it,
And the person who dislikes you won’t believe it
When you keep saying you are busy, Then you are never free.
When you keep saying you have no time, Then you will never have time.
When you keep saying that you will do it tomorrow, Then tomorrow will never come.

When we wake up this morning, we have two simple choices.
Go back to sleep and dream, or wake up and chase those dreams.
Choice is yours…

We make them cry who care for us,
We cry for those who never care for us
And we care for those who will never cry for us
This is the truth of life, it’s strange but true
Once u realize this, it’s never too late to change

Don’t make promises when you are in joy
Don’t reply when you are sad
Don’t take decisions when u are angry
Think twice, Act wise

Time is like a river, You cannot touch the same water twice
Because the flow that has passed will never pass again
Enjoy every moment of life...

I know that busy is lame excuse to cover up.. but I actually gave a deep thought about relationship. I may able to provide the time.. but does any girl will able to accept a bf tat fly here and there every month for work? Someone that will only stay awhile in a place.. 2-3weeks.. then started to travel extensively due to his work and its repeated every month.. like one of my close friends told me, "You're a just a bird with wings but without feet.. unable to stop and keep flying.. and flying.. " which is kinda true. My home in KL and Kch (for now) is like a "rumah tumpangan".. unpacked my stuff after back from outstation work then repacked again after 1-2weeks to start same routine again of outstation work.. but I didn't complain and didn't mind travel so heavily bcos I know that young man should work hard for career and I quite like my work.. in the end I manage to get a job that I love to do and within my interest..

And everyone know that I passionate or addicted to photography.. Haha.. or most of them feel tat I am crazy about shutter speeding.. but I know my priority.. I won't invest big lum of money for one lens after one lens without proper planning.. considering my dream lens list.. actually totalled for almost RM20k for just 2-3 lens investment so for me, photography isn't about spending flee but making smart choices and making use of what we have. I am satisfied with my lens tat I have in my bag.. until the right time come, it will be the time to explore a new lens investment. Photography is about fun.. something to enjoy and not about burdening us.. Most of my weekends are filled with photography outings with my buddies as a way for me to relax myself and improve myself in photography. Will she be able to accept and support my photography?

In the end, the most important thing is accepting and respect me as a Christian... I faced the problem during my previous second relationship and it is so suffering to persecuted by someone tat close with you and someone that might be spending the rest of your life with.. my faith had been "rocky" all this while.. but I know that HE never give up training and shaping me to be a man.. a man worthy to carry HIS cross. I am not seeking perfectionist but all I want is to be her other half.. love her.. and in the same time to be myself.. someone tat she truly love..

One day.. at the right time..

p/s: One more thing.. is my white hairs.. I think that my hair will fully turn white next year.. Hahahahaha! =P Just kidding.. I seldom write about my thoughts in my blog but it always comforting to write down the thoughts then leaving them flying around my head. Haha.. Gotta sleep d and will wake up early to get ready and prepare to give training tomolo. Goodnight ppl!

Warm ramen of ryuuko's soul... =)

2010-04-24 Journey to the land of Loh Mee

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I know that it is a belated long post that waiting for me to update. Sorry for the slow updates. I still working hard to cope with my busy work. For past one month, I have been travelling in 6 flights within 3weeks.. and more flights coming soon till the month July. But for me, it is good to me.. I have learned so much and much more to go.. Along with my work, I learnt to cope with my stress more and learn to be even more organised than I am now. But I am now safely back in Kch for a week of outstation work and of course more rest. I will be flying back to Brunei again for two weeks which I hope tat I might go to explore the famous Kampung Air in Brunei... with my dslr. A lot of things happen recently tat I myself find them hard to accept.. but I know one thing that I must continue to be strong and be positive. For me, I still enjoy going out every weekends with my buddies for photography outings and do not mind driving up and down just for photography and to relax myself. Hehe! Let's go to the post.. talk less and photo more! =P For the photo trip to Ulu Yam.. i will divide the post into two part.. one is nature waterfall part with the lake at the Ulu Yam dam.. meanwhile the 2nd part will post about the Ulu Yam town itself. =) After the Ulu Yam posts, I will update secretkeeper1986 with my photo trip to zoo negara with Teik Min and Guo Siang.

I went to Ulu Yam with Teik Min and Han Wee.. and it was the first trip with my new car, WTU 1395 for photo outing. We drove all the way from Batu Caves and we arrived with fresh morning air.. something really rare in KL. Haha! Ok.. photo time!

I always waited to take photo of green bamboo but still didn't get the photo and feeling tat i wanted but i will keep searching for the right moments for green bamboo. ^^ =)

I love this photo the most.. at right moments.. at the right sunlight.. with tripod at the right shutter speed with aperture.. PEACE... =P

Han Wee with tripod.. taking the photo with slow shutter to make the strong current move like smoke on the stones.. ^^

The little boy enjoy his bath on Saturday morning..

That's all I have for now.. I hope tat u guys are anticipated for the Ulu Yam post part 2. To be continued.. Gotta tuck in bed now as tomolo work resume after a rest during the weekends with Sarawak laksa.. =P Chaos~!

2010-04-17 Sneak In.. Sneak Out..

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Almost a month ago, I went for a day photo outing around KL with Kevin. We went to Pekeliling old flat for photo shooting as they will demolish the buildings anytime by this month. The old Pekeliling flat located just nearby the Titiwangsa monorail and lrt station to pave way for new buildings development. So we drop by Pekeliling and survey the area.. finally we manage to find an opening tru the fences and we went in without much thoughts started to take photos. Enjoy the photos~ =)

After Pekeliling flat, we went to Pasar Seni.. for me, it is a revisit to the old KTM station but this time I didn't focus on architecture of old KTM station that I went previously with Han Wee. This time I learn in a deeper knowledge about shutter and gain more experiences. Enjoy the photos~

Then we went for quick dinner at Petaling street.. we decided to go to my favourite asam laksa stall. =P Then we went to shoot traffic light trails at overhead bridges located around Pudu area. =P

That's all I have for now. Sneaking in.. Sneaking out.. Hehehe! I gotta go now for my weekly futsal game with my church friends.. Take care and more photos coming out soon! =D

2010-03-28 A re-visit to Pulau Ketam

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aLoHa! I know that I have been neglecting my blog for awhile.. till it grow spider webs! But fear not, I am back with more photos updates. Recently I am really busy with my work as I am new and there are a lot of stuff for me to learn and follow-up. And my weekends are filled with photography outings.. been going out regularly with Han Wee, Teik Min and Kevin to fill up my weekends. Gosh, I missed the recent photography outing with Kevin and Yii Mian to Sekinchan due to my outstation working trip. This weekend will be having a rest after weeks of working like a log and yea.. I am back in Kch for the weekends before off again to Brunei. There are a lot of things in my mind recently.. but I will share about it in my next post. As promised! Pulau Ketam trip photos! Photo time!

I arrived late at Pulau Ketam around 4something together with Han Wee and Teik Min as we started our journey around 1pm from KL Central as I attend to some matters in the morning. That left us with 2hours of limited time to go around Pulau Ketam but we still enjoy ourselves and slowly take our time to frame and compose our shots. ^^

The only bank in the town.. very old Maybank. ^^ Decided to take it with a vendor on bicycle. =P

Each of us took a turn to jump and try to dunk.. haha! despite of the heat! =D

Guess the shadows belong to who and who.. =P

Pulau Ketam without any bicycle shots will be incomplete... this is my favourite photo from this photo outing. ^^

Somebody's kitchen..

Specially modified bicycle.. I think to transport all the ikan bilis, shrimps..

Nice food! =P

I can't express how much I love preserved green chillies tat I will take the photos of green chillies everywhere I go.. Hahaha!

"Shower" used to have almost same kind of photo as above for his profile photo in facebook. It remind me of him so I went to take this photo but with different angle. =)

I shot this wall before during my previous trip to Pulau Ketam but this time with different approach.

Photography isn't about powerful dslr.. but small and humble compact camera too can produce great photos! =P

As I shoot this.. an old lady pass by and ask me loudly, "What you taking photos of.." "Got things to take?".. Haha.. I just laugh and laugh.. =P

The reflection of the identification number of the boat at the murky river caught my attention..

Anything.. as long as we try our best with our heart to compose and plan.. it will become an art instead of something without value. Just my 2cents.. =)

We back to Port Klang by the last express boat of the day.. and we ended up in DOME, KLCC! Haha!

That's all for now.. Thanks for the patience tat it took to load the post. Sorry for not updating regularly as I used to be.. without any excuses, I will try my best to update as frequent as I can. Hehe! Take care, everyone! =)

Current Hiatus~ (11April - 16April 2010)

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As many can observe that my updates pattern had been once or twice a week, I am sorry that I didn't have any photo posts updates this week as I spend the time with my friends celebrating my own birthday and went for Zoo Negara photo outing with friends yesterday (5hours of photowalk in Zoo Negara.. so who say tat photography can't help to keep fit?), and soon be going off to KLIA for working trip to Brunei. Yea, I will be in Brunei from 11April till 16April. (Ya, Mel.. U win.. I changed ringgit into Singapore Dollar instead of Brunei Dollars so u will have my treat once I am back to KL. =) ). Currently I adapting to my working lifestyle which is can be free sometimes and be busy for most of the time as we do not have fix working hours. But nevertheless, less reasons, I will try my best coping with it and bring more updates and more photos for everyone to enjoy and relax. =P Wish me with a safe journey and working trip to Brunei ya! I will update www.secretkeeper1986.blogspot.com next Friday.. 16April. See ya ppl! =P

2010-03-07 Kek Lok Tong

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Before we checked out from hotel, we decided to take stroll along one of the cave temples after such a heavy dimsum breakfast. Since Kek Lok Tong is one of the biggest cave temple.. and a garden behind the cave, we decided to go there for those who haven't been to the cave temple and some photography session.. Haha!

Chien Wei leading to the way to Kek Lok Tong from Foh San.

A group photo.. minus me n Chien Wei. =D

I took this photo so show.. how tall is the peak compared to us.. Haha!

Guppy fish!

I took this photo before.. but this time I try with different angle and editing style. Smiles.

"Miniature" of Great Wall of China..

I feel like I am in China.. Haha!

Sleepy Jeff... he is main star for the Ipoh trip posts bcos he is our organiser. Haha!

Jia Yi, Karen and Tracy.

I love my 50mm.. it is sharp so I can delayed my investment in macro lens since I looking for a wide angle lens and zoom lens but it will be after 6-8months then I will re-invest in the lens and perhaps new body.

Another view.. feel like China. Haha!

Silhouette shot! =D

Jeff and Jin Yung

After we checked out from hotel, we went for some white coffee.. grab light meals and yamcha.

They really fell in love with white coffee! Haha! Tat's 3ppl's portion only oO.. I only have one glass of iced white coffee bcos the weather is too hot. Smiles.

Tat's all I have Ipoh trip.. thanks for the patience tat it took to load the page as I know tat I put a lot of photos and squeeze them in a post so it will take awhile to load since streamxy is slow lately. Haha! Next post, I will post selected few photos from Putrajaya.. more to come! Till the next post, take care!

2010-03-0607 Ipoh Trip = Food = Friends

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Recently was quite busy with work so didn't have much time to blog as most of the time after work if I go home early, will spend the time with my friends and church. But since I am free tomolo, I will update the last part of the Ipoh trip tomorrow so after the Ipoh trip, I will update on the photos from Pulau Ketam (revisit trip) and Putrajaya (Haha! I know tat it delayed so long d.. very old post but I gotta post a few of the Putrajaya and combine with my recent visit to Putrajaya =D). Ipoh is one of my favourite place to hunt for food beside Penang and Melaka in West Malaysia.. so this post will only have photos on food and the travelling gang! Enjoy the pics~!

Straight from Kampar, we went to "Dai Shui Kio".. for the famous Ipoh yong tau fu.. I really love the yong tau fu there when my second visit to Ipoh with Yen, Yet Mei and Sheling as "tour-guide" Wai Peik brought us there for lunch.

My selection for the day.. Yummy!

Eat together with asam laksa or curry mee..

After lunch, we check in hotel and rest..

Sleeping princess.. Ms Vivian. =P

Ursula and Tansra =D

The youngest in our course when we studied together.. Jin Yung.

Next morning, we went for dimsum! Hohoho! Dimsum is a must when visit Ipoh.. although I prefer Penang's dimsum. Dunno why.. maybe more delicious and cheaper. Foh San quite a price nowadays..

Karen, Tracy, Weng Foong and Jun Hou

Tansra, Naresh, Ursula and Jia Yi

Jia Yi, Vivian, Jeff and Jin Yung

Jun Hou, Chien Wei, Tansra and Naresh

Jeff and Vivian with Wai Peik's little bro in the background.. Hahaha!

Tracy and Karen

Tansra, Vivian and Jun Hou

A group photo of the travelling gang... all of us. =D

new Foh San.. still taste good but still the same expensive price.. Haha! =P

Next post, I gotta upload n post the photos from Kek Lok Tong. Stay tuned for updates! Smiles.

2010-03-06 Gua Tempurung: Aftermath and Kampar: Detour

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As mentioned in previous post, I will continue the Ipoh trip posts and no photos are captured during the Gua Tempurung "expedition".. Ermm.. not expedition but tour. Haha.. After I have bathed and changed new set of clothes, I begin to look around for food and photos. Haha! Let see what I got from outside Gua Tempurung with some scenery, nature and portrait photography. Smiles.

Some of us are hungry and fill our tummy with light food before leaving Gua Tempurung. Jeff, the organiser for this trip. Thanks for making it a reality tat we can meet up with each other. Smiles.

It is a hot weather and till now.. It is still hot (it feel like sauna when I go futsal today with my church friends.. very very hot! Thank God it rain! =D)

Naresh and Jin Yung.

I love this photo.. the small leaf's shadow overlap the big leaf. =)

After everyone is ready, we went to Kampar (a detour.. to find Sheling Ng as Chien Wei got something to pass to her for her lab stuff). So we just explore a small part of UTAR Kampar and I met with Dr Gideon.. He still remember me.. Hehe! We share same interest in photography as we have same brands in film camera, Yashica. =D Followings are photos selected from Kampar...

Actually this photo had a meaning, it struck me then I quickly compose the photo.. "If we keep waiting instead of start climbing up the stairs, we are forever won't be successful.. First step to success is to move up the first step of stairs."

The hall is clean and can reflect voice.. wow! Canggihnya! Haha.. even well-equip with sound system.. compared to Setapak? UTAR Setapak's hall got one very small speaker tat do not work sometimes. Haha!

One of the view tat I manage to capture. Smiles.

Tracy, Karen, Jia Yi, Jeff, Naresh, Vivian and Tansra.

Sheling Ng! My "daughter".. didn't see her for months. =P

I end this post with the last scenery photo tat I captured before we left Kampar for Ipoh. Stay tune for the next update: Foods in Ipoh! Haha! Hope that I can blog more frequently since now I can online back. =D

2010-03-06 A Breakfast in Gopeng

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Two weeks ago, Jeff managed to organised a short gathering trip for biomedic friends to meet up and enjoy "caving". On the day itself, we drove up north to Gua Tempurung meanwhile the Penangites drove down south.. The afternoon, we went to Kampar then spend the time in Ipoh.. so I will cover this short trip in 4parts with around 90photos to choose. Haha.. so the first part is actually our "detour" as we arrived earlier than we expected so we go spend time go into Gopeng wet market for our breakfast and while waiting for the Penangites to arrive in Gopeng.. I decided to explore a small part of Gopeng old town. I love old buildings structures and peaceful town life.. =D

I kinda miss Teluk Intan's chee cheong fun... however, the only similarity tat I manage to find between the chee cheong fun in Gopeng and Teluk Intan's is the green chillies. It's yummy! Haha.. simple breakfast is good to start the day.

I might tend to slightly oversaturate this photo but I feel tat it is just nice and it suit the mood tat I wanted to present the photos from Gopeng in this post. =)

I purposely include the red signboard into the composition.. =P

I am not a fan of Tiger beer but it's Tiger year! Yeah! Haha... I prefer Heineken or Stella Arnois. Haha!

I love this bicycle shot.. dedicated to my friend, Paul that love bicycle photos. I wonder how is he doing now with his volunteering conservative work. I hope that one day I can directly or indirectly contribute to nature conservation.

Handsome Jun Hao.. one of the travelling gang for this gathering trip.. will introduce more of the gangs in the following posts. Stay tune for the next part, Gua Tempurung (but just outside environment and random shots as my dslr unlike 7D or D300 tat build for those toughness. =P) Haha..

2010-03-13 Taman Rimba Kiara

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Most of us opt to sleep longer.. slumber tight and longer in our blankets especially early in the morning of the weekends that we didn't happen to go to work. No work means longer sleeping hours especially stay awake longer during the night before. Haha! It took me the determination to wake up early to join Kevin for some "macro" hunting in Taman Rimba Kiara located somewhere at TTDI (dun ask me where bcos I am not familiar with tat area.. haha!) So actually not so early too.. woke up at 7.30am and got ready by 8am. We had a light breakfast at nice mamak stall tat serve nice roti kosong and its dal is one of the best tat i tasted.. full of herbs.. =P Since we are going for macro shooting, I brought along my Sigma, 70-300mm that had "macro" effect for the focal between 200-300mm. I didn't use the lens for a long time. for 5months? As the lens itself got autofocus problem thus all the photos are taken using manual focus. The following photos are taken using 70-300mm and my 50mm. Enjoy the photos~ =D

For this photo, I do some cropping.. I seldom do cropping to my photos but this photo is exceptional as the ant is hardly to capture due to its rapid movement. No worries as after I taken the photos tat i wanted.. I saved the ant using a leaf to put it into a dryer and safer ground. Smiles.

After scanning for insects, finally I manage to find a dragonfly.. among the insects, dragonfly is one of the easiest to be photographed as they will always fly back to same spot for few times. =D

The closest that I can focus and zoom in.. =P

I end this post with my favourite photo of the day.. No cropping is done and I manually focus as I waited at the certain spot for the ants to pass tru and clicked! Haha.. I love the "togetherness" of the ants carry the food to their nest on the the tree trunk. =D Next is trip to Gua Tempurung and Ipoh post! (but dun have cave photos of Gua Tempurung ya). Keep anticipated!

2010-02-2526 CK's family trip to the Cat City

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Before I flew back to KL last month, I have the chance and opportunities to spend the time to bring CK and his family around Kch city but this time, I had an extra role of helping to take care of his children too. The kids are enthusiastic with questions.. multiple questions to ponder upon and I amused myself by answering their questions one by one. Haha! Their first stop is the Cat Museum.. since the kids excitedly wanted to see cats as Kch city itself have more stray dogs then stray cats. Haha!

"Uncle, this is cat mummy.. how they wrap the cat?"... Hahaha!

Pretending to be tiger.. well, tiger is belong the cat family.. in the big tree. =D

I wish tat I can have one of the tiger doll.. as I myself is a tiger. Haha!

One family photo.. and i think tat's the only one full family photo of CK's family. =D

We visited Waterfront during the night but we didn't walk for long as Lucas wasn't feeling well thus I sent them back to hotel for a rest.

The next day I bought them to the museums before I brought them to Semenggoh Wildlife Centre tat I posted about it in the previous post.

Ah di and ah Mei are not camera shy but loved to be taken photos off.. Lucas is camera shy. Haha!

They sell one of the best preserved "man ke long".. best eaten with chillies tat makes it spicy and sour.. Just nice! =P

That's all I have for CK's family trip to Kch and ended with two posts. Next! I will update next about my trip to Taman Rimba Kiara with Kevin before blog about my trip to Gua Tempurung & Ipoh with my gang of friends then very outdated post on Putrajaya and wedding assignment in Sitiawan. Hmmm.. lotsa pending posts ya! Haha! Yeah! Every weekends will be going out for photography. Next weekends will go for Putrajaya Hot Air Balloon Festival.. anyone going? =D

2010-02-26 Colours of the Wild

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Hehe.. it's been awhile tat I update my blog. I am coping and adjusting my timetable but I am doing well. Smiles. I am not sure about others.. but usually will go work with a cheerful and positive thoughts. I know tat my body is tired recently as I slept early around 12. 12.30 is the limit as I woke up at 6.30am to get started for work. For me, as long as I doing something tat I love.. I dun mind the tiredness and will get positive once I woke up for work. I dun work for money but I work for HIM and my passion. I admit tat money is important thou as I saving here and there recently.. and doing some part time earning some small extra pocket money. I had my plans for future.. beside camera upgrades and lens etc.. perhaps i really can make it to Perth end of this year with my family? Yea.. I plan to sponsor my whole family to Perth. I can't hardly wait to meet Jiun Jiun n her family le.. it is been 3-4years tat i saw them? And I miss my uncles too! Haha!

Ok. Let's move on the post.. Haha.. Last week, CK and his family went to Kch for jalan-jalan cari makan and vacation. I post the rest of their photos in the next post but I gotta post about our car trip to Padawan. Previously i went with Han Phin, Bkb Ting, Sing Hie and Sing Hui last October.. when Han Phin and her friend went to Kch for vacation too. (click here) So we drove up as Ck's children are very excited to see orang utans. As we arrived earlier, I brought them to the Pitcher Plant and Orchid Garden. It is good to find some orchid finally blooming and it is still full of mosquitoes there. Haha! Forget to bring mosquitoes repellent again. Haha.. ok. talk less now.. Photos time. =D

Pitcher plant.

Father helping the son to take photos of the orchid. =D

The black netting of the roof.. provide little sunlight tat penetrate tru the roof.. gave nice bokeh background. I love this orchid. ^^

Ck's wife and eldest son.

Camera-shy Lucas.. but he not longer shy when he is playing the cat.

After spending 15-20minutes (yes, it is a small park.. Haha!), we went to Semenggoh Wildlife Centre.

No editing to the colour of the ferns.. preserving the original colours. ^^

Lotsa ppl waiting for orang utans to drop at the feeding "stage"..

We waited for almost an hour... but the orang utans still dun show up...

Nice coloured leaves... red on the bottom.. green on the top. =D

Shadow of the fern... Nice? Hehe!

Disappointed looks on their faces.. but I glad tat Sing Lio and Sing Hie brought them to Matang Wildlife Centre to see orang utans although caged and not freely roamed but they can get to see deers, monkeys and crocodile.. porcupines.. Haha! And black hornbill? =P

I love this flare... got this flare accidentally when i try to find the nice angle for the creeping plants. =)

Antz!!! Haha.. this is last photo tat i have for this post. Stay tuned for the part 2 of Ck and his family's visit to Kch.. Smiles. I gotta be industrious like an ant.. Hehe! Thanks for the patience tat it took to load this post.. 25photos. It is been a long time tat I posted over 15photos. Haha! Hope tat u guys enjoy the nature photos. =D

This photography outing to Padawan with Ck's family had been refreshing, inspiring and it pushed me to the next level of photography. Hehe... =P Gotta sleep d.. Goodnight everyone. =)

2010-01-30 Portrait Outing with Sheryl (Teluk Batik)

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Well, well, well... It is roughly a month old post. Haha.. We travelled in a group of four, Simon (as our host), Robin, HW and me to Sitiawan on 29Jan as we are having a wedding photoshoot on the 31Jan (that i will post up soon after I update with CK's family trip to the East.. Kuching). On the day itself, I manage to drag myself to wake up early after a midnight journey from KL to Sitiawan. Had our breakfast and off to Teluk Batik for our model shooting. I admit that I am not really good at model shooting especially thinking of the pose for the models as I more into landscape, street and nature photography but nevertheless, pls do enjoy few of selected photos from the model shooting. Photo time!

I love this one as I capture without her realisation as she didn't actually pose for me.. as you all can see, I love natural expression rather than posing for photographer.. Hehe..

Missing anyone lately? =P

I gotta go and check my camera gears ready for tonite's MCMC's Chap Goh Mei's celebration.. can't wait.. great homecook food and lotsa fun activities. In conjunction with Chap Goh Mei..

Started to miss this? Pineapple tart cookies... yummy.. Haha! Happy Chap Goh Mei! Dun let me caught anyone with my camera throwing oranges into the lake ya! Kakaka! Gotta go.. take care everyone! =D

Light Sculpturing =D

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This is my last post on CNY 2010, the Year of Tiger. It's been a long time since my first try on light sculpturing.. eham.. light painting. Haha.. but this time i dun try completely dark environment or room as I want to take the moments my sis playing with fireworks. Haha.. and have fun photography moments with my youngest sis. As at first, the firework is kinda messy for me but i still like it.. it is art produce by combination of my sis n me.. my sis spinning the firework and me taking the photos. Hehe! A night full of sweat but fun!

Quite messy.. maybe the firework produce too many flare and i set the shutter slightly too long but it is lifelong lesson. =D

I asked her to dance like a ballerina.. imaging to dance like a ballerina.. and we produce this effect. "Dance of Joy?" Haha!

I want to capture the photo like she capturing the stars but ended up like statue of liberty with backside. Haha! =P

Before the CNY celebration end.. I want to wish all of u..

Happy Tiger Year! Roar!

My sis wrote too! Haha! Why Donkey? Her favourite teddy bear is a Donkey. Haha!

Haha.. light painting isn't easy as we need to plan firsthand.. and complete the drawing within the time tat the shutter set to close within 15-25seconds? Fast? Haha.. all the writings need to be imaging to writing like reflected with a mirror. ^^ I end this post with two photos.. one masterpiece from me and my sis each. Hope tat u guys feel inspired! Hehe...

Goal!~!!! It took me 2-3times to get this result.. but it is fun and challenging!

My sis try something even more challenging.. try to draw piggy! After so many trials and failures, it is the best tat she draw and we got.. I really proud of her. Bangga eh! Haha..

I quite anticipated to start work next Monday.. I knew quite a lot of my new colleagues especially my future teammates. I am the youngest in the company too! Everyone is asking about my job.. I will be working as Application Specialist. Wondering what i will be doing? I will learn a lot about machines and learn about solving troubleshooting.. busy driving and travel here and there.. but it is the job tat I love to do. Smiles. I love the quotation by Joshua Teoh.. one of the photographers tat i had followed their blogs since last year when I started photography, "it is hard to be photographer's gf" but.. I guess tat "it is harder to be photographer and application specialist's gf?" Haha! Ryuuko, let's gambate!

the Year of the Tiger

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I didn't took any photos during visiting.. maybe I was thinking of getting something more mobile like a crumpler bag then maybe i tag my dslr along. I will definitely prefer to "travel light" especially during visiting time when some of the relatives' houses are crowded. ^^ So the photos posted here are random CNY photos from Day 1 to Day 3.. mostly taken at my grandparents' house and my home. Smiles.

Bird is singing on the first day of spring~

The sound of firecrackers filling the atmosphere of the morning..

My grandma and my aunt actually prepare mee sua (vegetarian) according to the number of people in our BIG family starting from my grandpa till my nephew. Small bowl represent the babies and kids meanwhile the big bowl via versa. ^^ It is my family custom to eat mee sua on 1st day and 5th day of CNY. Just my family's tradition.. from the my ancestor's root.

I ate two bowls.. =P

Best eaten together with cashew nuts... yummy!

Random CNY decoration at my grandparents' home.

"Kam".. Mandarin oranges. I guess most of ppl eat too much of Mandarin oranges.. haha!

I found out tat dried pumpkin seed is nice! Hehe!

I did took a few portraits of my parents..

My parents

Afterall, I did enjoy my CNY this year with mostly visit to relatives' houses and few old friends' houses catching up the news with each other.. but I spend most of the time at home and grabbing as much rest as I can. I haven't started sorting out the Aussie stamps tat Jasmine jie jie sent to me from Brisbane. It is really a lot of stamps.. more than 100Aussie stamps! Not much ppl really know my love for stamps as Jasmine and my sifu's' (when everyone just know tat i love travelling and photography). Haha! But now u guys know! Hehe! I gotta sleep d.. it is kinda late. Goodnight and everyone take care!

"The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything they have." I taken this from one of my friend's fb status.. it is meaningful if you ponder upon it! =) It make me treasure my family, friends and things more.. with all I have now. God bless!