Broga Hill-ing

(A LOVEly cloud!)

It was quite a spontaneous morning hike with Meng Hui, since she wanted to go hiking and i'm still hunting for sunrise pictures. Thanks to the trusty GPS, finding the place was quite a breeze. But basically its just going along the Kajang highway and turn in upon seeing the Semenyih exit. After that would be going straight and make a left turn at one of the traffic light in the town area. Just head towards Nottingham (not the one in another continent) and till you reach a more isolated road.



Honestly the entire stretch of road beside palm oil plantation is pretty scary, especially in the wee morning. Just go along till you can spot the rabbit farm on your right and you shall turn left into a dirt road and park there inside the plantation. Yes, that's another spooky spot as well. Torch lights are mandatory.



The hike up was alright, easier than what i did in Sungai Lembing which was around 45 mins as well. Just that it will be quite easy to slip since half of the part are quite steep and the ground dirt are rather loose. Not to forget there's couple of paths, btu i believe most of it will lead you to the top. Just make sure you remember which path you took.



My strategy was just keep on taking the right. Lol. Quite a lot of split roads. But of course it will be dumb to take a right turn which leads downhill instead.



Unfortunately no clear sunrise, still rather cloudy on the horizon. But the breeze was wonderful :)



Below is the known as the first check-point. Best spot for sunrise watching

Kuching Town

Its another outstation work trip and this time its all the way to East Malaysia! And i'm proud to say that I've been to every state in Malaysia *grin* In a nutshell, Kuching seemed to be a small and simple town. Not too much of a busy and occupied environment. Maybe KL's rush hour traffic jam is just bad for mentality.

Took me a few tries to get this shot right. Ever noticed those gift shops where they don't allow photographing? Yeah, I did that anyway, since I have no intention of stealing their 'interior' or souvenier designs. Its the same damn friggin keychain in every shop. Anyway, just hang the camera around your neck and rest both of your palms on top of it. Now just pretend you're looking closely at an item while you use you index finger to autofocus and press the shutter release. Of course you must turn off your AF-assist light.



(Yeah, 2nd pic and i'm already showing you a random crack on the wall/pillar)

This is Waterfront...because its in front of the river. Nvm that, but seriously thats the name of the place.


He's practically there the entire day. I thought he have a day time job when I first saw him playin at night. You know, IT technician by day, street rockstar by night




A 50 cents boat ride across the river(the one beside Waterfront). Same rate as crossing to Taman Negara at Pahang. DIfference is that this ride seemed more worth while




Postcard shot




Nearby shop/hut after crossing the river






Tadaa...Fort Magherita. Brooke's holiday house






The 'insert inspirational quote here' shot




Memorial for his wife...i think. She better not be burried under, since we're just walking everywhere over it






And I end it with a letterbox 16:9 movie style pic of...clouds!

Taman Tasik Titiwangsa

Its the post-Eye On Malaysia period. Means no pretty ferris wheel wih funky lights at night. Its another outing with Esther. Suppose to be shooting at Sentul Park, but security wouldn't let us stroll around and take pics. Lousy YTL development areas. Not like anyone will ever wanna copy their 'designs'.

So yeah, we detoured and ended up at titiwangsa lake.



Its BORING. Just like any other park...only boring-er. Its so boring that it deserve a grammatically wrong word. Hence, explains all my shots. I would like to call it abstract and artistic shots. You dunno what i'm shooting...i dunno what i'm shooting, but of course you're not suppose to know the latter.



I'm kinda pleased with the reflection of the lake (a very dirty 1 indeed, can barely find any suitable angle to it). After some cross-processing and blends, there came the dreamy effect :)



In case you're wondering if this signifies any religious sysmbol. Yes

...and by saying yes will make you think i'm such an insightful 'artist'. haha. Actually its one of the markings from the ground where the Eye On Malaysia was built on.


Here are the the few 'dreamy' shots :)

Twisties Bingit! In Penang

As you all might probably know I work with this corporate training company called D' Jungle People. And DJP is involved for this Twisties event called Bingit! Don't ask me why its called as Bingit. It will be better as Rockit.

Anyway, its like a rockband search thingy with the usual American Idol style. Competition will take place every Saturday at different venues. Starting with The Curve, New World Park Penang, somewhere in JB, somewhere in Kuching and final 2 weeks in 1 Utama. So 1 band will be eliminated each week as they are touring around Malaysia (although i don't really consider 4 states as the whole Malaysia). Decision made by judges, I have no idea who are they. (Don't give me that stare k, as I admit that i'm not much of a local rock band fan)



As said, DJP's job in this event will be crowd engaging and getting the audience to be hyped up. So basically we'll be playing instruments (stuffs like sticks, shakers, washboards, drums) and getting the people around to play with us as well.

Apart from that, we'll be conducting 3 main games on the stage during the intervals of the competition to keep the hype and crowd going. Awesome prizes if you ask me.



Anyway I didnt take that many pics during the event as all of us were wearing the 'crew' tshirt, so we're not suppose to stand in the middle of the crowd as 8tv is recording the entire thing




For this week's performances, there are some English mainstream rock songs being played like Linkin Park's One Step Closer, Red Hot's Can't Stop and Gavin Degraw's I Don't Wanna Be







And the crazy people I'm working with during the event :)

Exam Rants

As you all may notice my 'lack of updating', although it's not really known to 'my' culture.

I will keep on stressing this till i leave my formal academic education phase of my life, exams are meant to make your life miserable. May or may not apply to private or overseas' examination, but as general assumption to Malaysia's way of exam, it is THAT bad.

Anyhow, this is not meant to be an angry post, just some of my twisted and bored thoughts. Ever sat down in the examination hall, looking at the clock and thoughts kept on flowing in? Yeah, especially during times where you have no clue what to answer for those forsaken questions. These are the times where your day dreaming and thoughts flow in faster than ever.

Probably these are some of the things that usually go thru my mind:
1. I'll just take a nice bath and lie down on the bed once i get home (I'm pretty sure everyone lined up their itinerary for the next 2 hours after gettin out from that hall)
2. Which pathway will I take to get to the toilet later?
3. Should I finish my paper and exit the hall earlier before the time is up?
4. How much do they(the assistants for the examination) get paid to just collect and give out question and answer sheets?
5. Oh look, someone actually finished his/her paper way earlier! I wonder if he/she is really that good or just gave up?
6. Once again, should i leave earlier? (Peer pressure kicking in)
7. How nice if this is the very final paper for this semester.
8. The chick who is leaving is kinda cute (Totally subjective, don't take it so serious)
9. It will be kinda of a bummer if suddenly i ran out of ink or battery for my calculator.
10. Crap, I still need to finish this question(s)...but look at the time, still an hour left??

Okay, too much information there.

I'm pretty sure everyone did essay exams before and there came the instruction where it says:
"JAWAB HANYA 3 SOALAN"

Immediately you feel like there's a brink of hope, knowing that you have the 'choice' of avoiding tough questions. The hope lasted till the point where you start flipping and discover that there's only 4 questions looking right at ya. And just to add in to your frustration, you only have the confidence and ability to answer 2 of it.

At this point I realised that they should have just instructed:
"PILIH SATU SOALAN YANG ANDA TIDAK INGIN MENJAWAB"
At least that will give me a different perspective and mental preparation.

The 2nd thing that bothers me was, why aren't we allowed to leave 15 minutes before examination ends? Sure, I understand bout the first 30 minutes or so. To make sure you at least make some effort to write down your name/ID correctly and seemed like you are takin the exam seriously.

But why the 15 minutes before ending? Afraid of causing some irregularities or congestion? It seems fine to me as long everyone stops writing and hand it in when the time stops.
Usually I'm already done when they announced the 15 minutes 'confinement'. I wouldnt wanna give myself the adrenaline boost. Since there's is nothin more exciting than knowing you are running out of time.

Talking bout adrenaline rush, nothing is worst than the time is up while you're still writing down your answers. Answers which are really gonna earn you some points! Nothing will shake more than your hand holding that pen.

2nd top exam adrenaline rush...when you're done writing your 'overtime' answers and discovered that you still have to tie the answer sheets/booklets together with that small, tiny piece of thread. I call it a thread, since its not long enough to be a string. Just to add to the rush, you are one of the last few who have stand up from your seat...and there comes the invigilators/assistants standing beside you to make sure you tie those booklets faster with your huge hands.

Anyway good luck for those who still will be taking exams. I know msot of us from the public uni will finish by next week. Have fun!

P/s: I always wish my mates have fun instead of good luck. It makes more sense as well. Since basically you either know the answer...or not. No lady luck gonna help you with that. So if you have no idea what to do, just enjoy the ride ;)

Pulau Redang Chapter 2

Once again I've returned to this island. By referring to the previous post, its a field trip for one of my elective subjects in UKM.
Its' a pity that the weather wasn't tht pleasant. Since it's near the closing of the season for east coast beaches and island. Hence, its been drizzling for 2 mornings and there goes my sunrise =\

But heck, i still got a shot of that.

As for the snorkeling part, barely any fishes. It's time to blame the extra crowded Marine Park. But seriously, from our group itself we have like 110 ppl. Plus another few hundred more. More floating life-jackets than decent fishes.
But to be fair, when i went around May, it was beautiful and crystal clear. So it could be the rain causing all the murkiness.



















I've you're wondering how and where. Its taken when i'm on the boat. Its been cropped pretty extreme. But the details' rather amazing.


Africa shot. I dunno, but it just gave me tht feel :D