FGS : Dong Zen Temple

Its Day One of CNY (it still feel weird blogging bout CNY now). And once again, me and my family got bored and decided to head to Jenjarom to visit the much hyped Dong Zen temple during the CNY period.

I didnt like the journey to there, it was long as I think I drove bout an hour from my place? But nevertheless, it was rather spectacular and stunning. Loads and load and loads of lantern and lighting displays.

My favourite was the temple where the whole place was brightly lit with paintings at the side of the walls. Of course they made it compulsory for anyone who goes in to wear a ridiculous shower cap on their shoes for cleanliness purposes.

Food court prices are killer, but we didn't have our dinner there. We prefer non-vegetarian bak kut teh :D

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I know how much a website with loads of pictures suck big time, cause needed to wait for the loading and choke up the bandwidth.
So below are 2 flash slideshows which will do the job. And i think i will do this for the remaining photos (in huge amount) that i'll be posting in the future

This is a very good slideshow display, but just need to be patient to wait for the picture to load (depending on your connection)

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This one is really cool, you definitely have to try out the full screen mode. TRY IT. Of course the setback will be havin the pics in low resolutions, means the pics will appear to be a bit blurred out (not my fault, my pics are fine :P)

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Pre-CNY in Petaling Street

Picking up where i left out in blogging, this was one of my audio slide assignment for StarOnline Tv.
Me and Lisan were assigned to cover Petaling Street, discovering the major change in traffic and visitors.

I was there twice, once during the morning and another time during evening and night. Definitely there are less people getting there for their CNY supplies. The night was as busy as usual with all the foreigners (a.k.a guai lou) visiting the place as a major tourist attraction.

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!

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

Portraiture At Pulau Redang

Bout' few weeks ago, we (from the class of Economics Tourism) had a field trip to the famed Pulau Redang. Yeah, 'field' trip. We just enrolled the class to go for trips. Yeah, aren't you glad that I am THAT honest. haha. Lets just hope the final examination will be as easy as playing at the east cost island.

Anyway, some of shots are taken on the boat (or speedboat...although its pretty huge and slow). And remaining were shot on the cliff nearby Laguna Redang Resort (fyi, we didn't stay there). The spot is rather secluded and not that 'user-friendly'. You might just slip and be one with the sea there. But great landscape and view :)