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Tuck Foong and Wei Sum's Wedding (18 Jan 2009)

2009-04-05T22:49:00.004+08:00

Congratulations to Tuck Foong and Wei Sum for their wonderful wedding on 18/1/2009!

After Eng Kiat, Tuck Foong was the third brother among our gang who took the step to end his single life. Now, we are waiting for the next couple...

Birthday Celebration Lunch @ The Ship (22 Feb 2009)

2009-02-24T00:16:00.000+08:00

My dear treated me lunch at The Ship which is located at PJ, Damansara UpTown after watching the movie "The Wedding Game" at TGV, 1 Utama. Thanks, my dear. :*

Birthday Celebration @Red Box Ria, Sogo (21 Feb 2009)

2009-02-23T23:12:00.007+08:00

Thanks my dear for organizing a karaoke session with buffet dinner at Red Box Ria, Sogo, Kuala Lumpur for celebrating my birthday with friends. Thanks Hon Wooi, Kah Yen and Sharon for joining the karaoke session. We were having so much fun. Love you all so much :*

P/s: Thanks Hon Wooi and Kah Yen for the birthday gift. I love it so much. :*

Birthday Celebration @Hakka Republic (20 Feb 2009)

2009-02-23T22:05:00.000+08:00

My colleagues in NextVIEW treated me for a birthday celebration dinner at Hakka Republic Wine Bar which is located on the second floor of Menara Hap Seng at Jalan P. Ramlee, Kuala Lumpur. Although the restaurant name is Hakka, but it doesn't serve chinese food but western food. It has a story for the name of the restaurant. If you were to dine in there, you may look for the General Manager, Mr. Arby Leong, he would be glad to tell you the story of the restaurant. :)

The variety of the food there is not much but the food is quite nice and the service is extremely good. We were being served for complimentary desserts for testing.

Thanks Alain for organizing a such nice birthday dinner for me. Thanks Fion for the Secret Recipe's chocolate cake. Thanks Alain, Fion, Liu Qiang, Theresa, Winnie and Lau for treating me the dinner. Love you guys so much :*

Hakka Republic 欢乐共和国

Lot 2.05, Level 2, Menara Hap Seng, Jalan P.Ramlee, Kuala Lumpur, 50250 Malaysia.

For reservations, please call: +603 2078 9908

www.hakkarepublic.com

NTV7 十分红 Star Live Concert 2008 (13 Dec 2008)

2008-12-16T19:55:00.041+08:00

NTV7 十分红 Star Live Concert 2008 （13.12.2008， 8.30pm，八打灵再也东区草场 Padang Timur Petaling Jaya，Amcorp Mall 对面)是 NTV7 继去年的热烈反应，第二度主办的户外大型演唱会。

由于当天下午下过一场大雨，因此草场变成了一片沼泽。然而，还是有许多的歌迷都牺牲自己的脚和鞋子，踩在沼泽地上观赏演唱会。还有一些则选择站在马路旁的栏杆边观赏演唱会。幸亏我们是在VVIP区，备有木板盖地，双脚和鞋子才幸免。

当天演唱的歌手有哈林庾澄庆、周华健、范玮琪、JJ林俊杰、卫兰、泳儿、萧敬腾、神木与瞳、李志清、黄启铭、温力铭、ManHand和陈诗莉。

当晚的主持人是988DJ大宝（右）、NTV7的叶俊岑（中）和NTV7的May June 陈美君（左）。

此次的演唱会主题是《雪花飞扬大牌登场》，目的是提早庆祝冬至和圣诞节，所以演唱会以舞蹈配合人造假雪为开端。

	《花心》《有没有一首歌会让你想起我》《雨人》
久违的周华健大哥是首位出场的表演歌手。

	《我和她她和他》(与周华健合唱) 《心慌慌》
李志清

	《范范之辈》《如果你是我》(与周华健合唱) 《一颗心的距离》
范玮琪


范玮琪与周华健合唱

	《I Need Somebody》《月光下》
黄启铭

	《感应》《喜欢一个人好累》《小蛮腰》
Vincy 泳儿

	《圣诞闷人》《慢行》
ManHand

	《一起祷告》《Siapa》
Danny 温力铭

	《为你而活》《武装的蔷薇》《草戒指》
Y2J 神木与瞳

	《Baby》《一眼瞬间》(与萧敬腾合唱)
Desiree 陈诗莉


Desiree 陈诗莉与萧敬腾合唱

	《收藏》《原谅我》《海芋恋》
Jam 萧敬腾

	《不潮不用花钱》《小酒窝》《一千年以后》
JJ林俊杰

	《离家出走》《阴天假期》《大哥》
Janice 卫兰

	《叶子》《让我一次爱个够+情非得以+热情的沙漠+我最摇摆》《爱你的只有一个我》
压轴出场的哈林庾澄庆



最后演唱会以燃放烟花做为结束。

Skytrex Adventure @ Taman Pertanian, Shah Alam (15 Nov 2008)

2008-11-21T20:50:00.016+08:00

Have you experienced before a different kind of jungle trekking where you can move from a tree to another tree without touching the ground? If you love adventure and never have such experience like a Tarzan moving from a tree to another tree by swinging, gliding, walking, clambering and climbing, then you cannot miss this opportunities which is currently available in Malaysia - the Skytrex Adventure!

Last Saturday, a group of us with 12 persons (4 guys, 8 gals) were challenging ourselves with this Skytrex Adventure which is located in Taman Pertanian, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. 11 of us successfully to complete the whole adventure which took about 2 hours and 1 of us used the chicken exit at the half way to escape. The fee for an Adult is RM35 per pax. We got 10% discount as our group had more than 10 pax. Maximum number of pax allowed in a group is 50 pax. The fee including the locker and the safety equipment rental, except gloves which cost RM1 per pair.

The challenge that we experienced is called 'Big Thrill'. It has 23 trails from easy to diffulty level with the maximum height 17m from the ground. The trails including flying fox, zig-zagging, 'The Earthquake', 'Happy Hopper', etc. The flying fox is the most fun and exciting part. The whole challenge requires usage of both hands to hold on the pully and cables when walking, swinging, gliding and clambering. Luckily we rented the gloves; if not, most of us might have bruises on hands after finishing the challenge. This high rope course is very safe. It really helped to overcome our fear of heights.

After completed of our mission, we drove to Klang to eat Bak Kut Teh. All of us were enjoying the challenge very much. Thanks Alain, Liu Qiang, Winnie, Theresa, Fion and Coreen for getting friends and family to join this challenge and making it an unforgetful adventure trip to everyone. :)

For more information, you can visit Skytrex Adventure website http://www.skytrex-adventure.com. You can also download the flyer of Skytrex Adventure here.

If you would like to know the history of this Skytrex Adventure, you can visit this website: http://adventuremalaysia.com/20080210151/destinations/miscellaneous/take-a-trek-through-the-trees.html.

Sepang Gold Coast (26 Oct 2008)

2008-10-26T23:51:00.008+08:00

The weather was so good these few days. So Boon decided to go to Sepang Gold Coast to take photography. We was trying to make our way there yesterday evening, but we couldn't find the correct way. So we try again today by studying properly the road map to reach Sepang Gold Coast. We came across to Sepang Gold Coast from our friends' wedding photos where one of the series of their wedding photos was took place at Sepang Gold Coast.

We departed from home in Setapak, KL about 5pm. The roads we took to reach Sepang Gold Coast are:
1) We took the road of KL-Seremban Highway (which is continued on North-South Highway) and passed thru Sg. Besi Toll to collect the toll ticket.
2) Then we took the exit of E215 which is towards Nilai.
3) After turning left into E215, about 700m there is a toll where we paid for the toll fee cost RM4.70.
4) About 600m after the toll, there is a traffic light. Turn right.
5) Go straight all the way and will pass thru 2 roundabouts. Take 12 o'clock direction at both roundabouts.
6) After the 2nd roundabout, keep left. About 800m, take the exit onto B20 and take the ramp to B48.
7) About 400m, turn left at B48.
8) Follow the direction board of Sepang or Sepang Gold Coast (if you see it) to drive and you can reach the destination easily.

We actually referred to Google Map but the Google Map wasn't updated. Anyway, the direction boards are quite easy to follow.

We reached there before 7pm and we were able to catch up with the sunset view. It was so beautiful! The sunset scenery was matching with its name 'Gold Coast'. Everything under the sun - the sand, the sea, the rocks were in gold colour. It was really a breath-taking scenery there!

We were there until the sky fell dark. We then found a place to sit down and enjoy our curry rice cook by Boon's mom which we packed from home before we depart. Hehe... So enjoyed! We left about 8pm with an unforgetable experience there.

二姐的婚礼 Apek & Amoi's Wedding (18 Oct 2008)

2008-10-25T23:39:00.008+08:00

终于等到了这一天。

注册了5年，现在我的二姐(Amoi)和二姐夫(Apek)终于进行华人的传统结婚仪式啦！家人都等了好久哟！可惜爸爸已经不在了，无论如何，还是喜事一桩。

2008年10月18日，果然是个好日子。天气非常的美，还有许多的情侣也是在这一天共结连理或注册呢！

二姐的婚礼仪式非常简单，然而还是很愉快的度过了。

新娘的表情。

新郎“闯关”迎接新娘的表情。

献花求婚咯！

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Third Visit to Bukti Tabur (12 Oct 2008)

2008-10-12T22:52:00.001+08:00

Boon's third visit and my second visit to Bukit Tabur with CKY, Bryan and his girl friend, Carmen.

Eng Kiat and Mimi's Wedding Day (7 Sep 2008)

2008-09-10T19:14:00.000+08:00

Congratulation to Eng Kiat and Mimi ~ having a wonderful Wedding Ceremony on 07/09/2008!

After few years time, finaly, the second brother among our gang who took step after Tai Bao to end his single life... Who gonna be the next person? Let's see...

Photos took during the wedding day:

Travel to Phuket Island (17 - 20 Jul 2008)

2008-08-30T01:41:00.033+08:00

Traveled Duration: 4D3N
Traveled From: 17 July 2008, Air Asia Flight at 12.45pm (Malaysia Time)
Flight Duration: 1 hour 15 mins
Traveled Until: 20 July 2008, Air Asia Flight at 4.10pm (Thailand Time – 1 hour behinds Malaysia Time)
Transport to travel around Phuket: Rented a Honda Wave 200cc motorbike with the price 800baht which is about RM80 for 4 days
Accommodation in Phuket: The Orchid & Spa Hotel at Kalim Bay (Budget Hotel)
Weather: Mostly raining (not the right time to travel to Phuket in July)

Day 1

Rode from Phuket International Airport to Kalim Bay
- Took an hour to arrive the hotel
Checked in to the hotel at 4pm
Rode to Phuket Town for dinner
- The town wasn’t as what we thought in our mind (a very ‘hot’ town). We had our dinner at one of the restaurants which we saw there were quite a number of people having dinner there. We found that communication was a problem when ordering our food. The restaurant's workers did not understand English and we did not know Thai. =.=" Anyway, we still able to get food to eat, but the food of the restaurant that we went was quite expensive with small portion and oily. What a bad dinner experience!

Day 2

Went to Kalim Bay for photo shooting
Went to Patong Beach (the most happening and most crowded place in Phuket Island, especially at the night)
- Patong beach is a long beach. Along the beach, there are a lot of parking space for cars and motorcycles. What a nice and well-structured beach!
Second round breakfast at McDonalds (first round breakfast at the hotel) because it was raining. The price of the meals in McDonalds there was slightly higher than in Malaysia.
Visitng the largest shopping mall in Phuket named Jungceylon. It has 4 different zones:
- Zone 1: Silang Boulevard - food court, massage, botiques, sport complex, Thai art & handicraft shop and cafes.
- Zone 2: The Port - Featuring Jungceylon Water Fountain in an outdoor section where the Chinese Junk Boat and the Musical Fountain light show performances are held every night.
- Zone 3: Sino Phuket - A lot of stalls selling clothes and ladies accessories. There are restaurants, cafes and an archery center.
- Zone 4: Phuket Square - Carrefour is the anchor tenant. There is Robinson Department Store as well.
Visiting Karon Beach
- Karon Beach is a very long beach. There are a lot of beach accommodation, guesthouses, restaurants, street food, open air go go bars and Karon massage parlors. Besides Patong, Karon is famous with its nightlife too.
Visiting Chalong Bay at the South East of Phuket Island
- We spent about 40 minutes to arrive Chalong Bay from Karon Beach. As it was raining, so we settled down at the Pavilion. There was a hawker on her motorcycle selling fried noodles. Since we did not take our lunch, Boon then ordered 1 set of fried noodle from her. The hawker had a very good business there. A lot of people bought the food from her. The fried noodle only cost about RM4 and it was in a very big portion for 2 persons. Damn cheap if comparing with KL's fried noodle and it tasted very nice. Yummy yummy!
- After finished the fried noodle, we walked out to the bay to take photos. We saw there was few mini buses carried the passengers. Those passengers were back from diving or island hopping. After some photographing, we left Chalong Bay.
Visiting Wat Chalong, the biggest, the most famous and the most important Buddhist Temple in Phuket Island.
- It was raining, but there were a lot of visitors. We saw some prayers set off the fire crackers in a beehive-shaped oven in front of the temple. I read from the online article that it is to show the gratitude for prayers that have been answered. Since we were there, so I also made my prayer there.
- Inside the main hall of the temple, there were a few people kneeling on the floor and praying with the red wooden blocks made from bamboo roots and shaped like twin half of a mango. This is used to ask a question and get the answer 'yes' or 'no' from the buddhist's god. Some people were praying using the bamboo chopsticks in can to ask for fortune. I did that too and I got a good fortune as said in the paper. I hope it's true to me. I'm praying...
Went back to Karon Beach to catch up the sunset view.
Went back to Kalim Beach for evening view of photos shooting.
Went back to hotel for bathing
Went to Patong Town for dinner at a restaurant named OK Restaurant. The boss could speak mandarin and he recommended us food to order.
After dinner, we walked around the Patong Town to see the night life there.

Day 3

Photo shooting at Kalim Bay
Visiting Kathu Waterfall
- A very quiet waterfall, less visitors.
Visiting Rang Hill, Phuket Town view point
Walked around Phuket Town
Lunch at N.C. Kitchen, Phuket Town
Body massage at one of the massage shop in Phuket Town
Visiting Rwai Beach for some photo shooting
Visiting Phrom Thep Cape, Phuket’s famous sunset view
- There is a saying that "No trip to Phuket would be complete without viewing the breathtaking panoramic vista from the southern tip of the island".
- We were so lucky as the weather of our Day 3's trip was so pretty! We did not miss the breathtaking sunset view in Phuket. It was the best place I had visited in Phuket.
Dinner at The Pizza Company, Patong Town

Day 4

Visiting the Boat Lagoon
Went to Tesco to buy some local food to bring back to Kuala Lumpur
- Having some food at Tesco's food court
Checkout out from the hotel at 12pm
Rode (with heavy luggage) to Surin Beach
- There were a few hawkers. We bought some food to try there.
Rode to airport to return the motorcycle and to take flight to come back to Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia International Fireworks Competition (MIFC) - China Team (16 Aug 2008)

2008-08-23T18:24:00.003+08:00

Boon learned to photograph fireworks during the Malaysia International Fireworks Competition (MIFC). Below are some photos shot for the China Team's fireworks.

Boon's Birthday Celebration at Rakuzen (13 Jul 2008)

2008-07-14T21:04:00.003+08:00

Boon's good friends, Hon Wooi and Kah Yen, and I were celebrated Boon's birthday at Rakuzen Restaurant on 13th July 2008, which was a Sunday where only Sunday Rakuzen at Chulan Square offers Eat-All-You-Can lunch from 12noon to 3pm with the price RM55++ per pax (adult).

It was a different style of buffet where we ordered according to the menu and they made it fresh for us to eat. The food served in small portion according to the head count but you can re-order if you want to have some more.

Besides the food that we took photos of, we also had
- Fried chicken
- Grilled chicken
- Teppanyaki beef & chicken
- Stir-fried vegetables
- Garlic fried rice
- Steamed egg
- Fried soft shell crab
- Assorted tempura
- Mixed makimono
- Sashimi salad
- Seasoned baby octopus

The variety of food may be less than other Japanese buffet restaurants but the environment of the restaurant, the food taste and the food freshness are worth for eating there. Thanks, Hon Wooi for recommended us to have lunch at a such nice place.

KL Rakuzen Japanese Restaurant,
Block B Lot 2A Chulan Square,92 Jalan Raja Chulan, 50200 Kuala Lumpur.

For reservations, please call: 03-2145 6200

Lunch: 11:30am - 3:00pm (daily)
Dinner: 6:00pm - 11:00pm (daily)

Eat-All-You-Can Buffet: 12:00pm - 3:00pm (Every Sunday)
Adult: RM55++ per pax
Children: RM28++ per pax (below 12 years old)

Thing's Working Trip to Manila (4 - 8 June 2008)

2008-06-21T19:59:00.035+08:00

My company NextVIEW Sdn Bhd organized 4th ASEAN Rubber Conference (ARC) at Crowne Plaza Galleria Manila from 5th to 7th June 2008. It was the second time I involved in this conference for the conference registration. I would like to congratulate my colleagues for their hard work in making the conference success. We won the challenge once again this year. Cheers!

On 4th June 2008, I took Air Asia flight at 7.20am together with my another 7 colleagues to Manila. The flight took about 4 hours to reach Clark Airport. From Clark Airport, we took cab (Toyota Innova) for another 2 hours to reach our conference venue at Manila. The journey cost 2970 Peso, which was about RM237.60. It was a long and tiring journey!

Once we reached Crowne Plaza Galleria Manila, we took a short snap at the Business Centre which was temporary used as our conference secretariat room while waiting for the rest of my colleagues arrived. Crowne Plaza Galleria Manila is a Five Stars hotel. It was my first time to stay in a Five Stars hotel. I really appreciated the chance that my company gave me. :-P

The day before our event was a very busy day. We had to stay late night to setup the conference venue. My registration team members helped me on checking the participant name tags and the gala dinner invitation cards to make sure they were prepared correctly. I needed to make sure my registration system had zero error to be used for the 3 days conference registration. We were tension because we worried if any minor mistake happened which could affect the conference process. Anyway, we finally made it a successful event. Cheers for all! (Please visit our event website to view the photos taken during the event: http://www.aseanrubberconference.com/2008/photo_gallery.php)

After finishing the event, we were invited by our Co-Organizer chairman's assistant for a dinner. We called him Dandy. He is a very nice 'father' to us. He brought us to one of their famous shopping mall known as Greenhills Mall (http://www.greenhills.com.ph/) for dinner. The restaurant that we went was Gerry's Grill (http://www.gerrysgrill.com/ph/main.php?go=branch&show=greenhills). As being told by my colleague, Philippines has no halal food. Pork is their favorite dish and mango shake is their well-known drink. After the dinner, Dandy brought us to the only donuts shop in Manila called Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. He asked us to choose our favorite donuts to bring back to the hotel. What a kind man!

On sunday which was our last day in Manila, my company arranged a city tour for us to travel around the Manila city as our flight to back to Kuala Lumpur was at night. The city tour was arranged by our event's Official Tour Partner, Happy Travel & Tours Corporation. I couldn't remember much the places that we had been brought around during the city tour. :p I could only remember that we dropped by Mananzan Handicrafts shop in front of Fort Santiago to buy some handicrafts and souvenirs. Then we dropped by Tutuban Mall which is a bargain shopping centre. On the way to Tutuban Mall, we passed thru the China Town and the tour guide told us that most of the chinese in China Town doesn't have a home. They sleep at the roadside anywhere. What a bad life to them? After that we were dropped by at Greenhills Mall to have our lunch and some shopping at the bargain baazar in the mall which is known as V-mall. Honestly, we found that the prices of the handicrafts and souvenirs selling in V-mall are much cheaper than Mananzan Handicrafts shop.

After finishing shopping at Greenhills Mall, we took cab to go back to our hotel. Due to our checkout time was extended to 5pm, we had additional time to shop at the Robinson's Galleria next to my hotel. There, we found their local famous pearl products (necklace, earrings, etc) which are cheap and nice. We bought our dinner at Jollibee, the most famous fast food restaurant in Philippines. I bought 5 chicken burgers and 5 sausage burgers, it cost Php400 (which is about RM32) with a free beef burger and a free ice-cream. Cheap, isn't it? :p

We departed to the Manila International Airport from our hotel at 5pm with 3 free hotel van transfers as we had 18 persons of us. We took Cebu Pacific airlines at 8.55pm to go back to Kuala Lumpur. Unfortunately, our flight was delayed for an hour. OMG! We reached KL after 1am and I reached home after 2am. The next day I took leave to rest at home.

Second Visit to Bukit Tabur (7 June 2008)

2008-06-14T21:08:00.003+08:00

Boon's second visit to Bukit Tabur with CKY & CKY's girl friend, Zoey.

Hiking at Bukit Tabur, Taman Melawati (18 May 2008)

2008-05-20T22:50:00.015+08:00

My friend introduced me to a good hiking destination - Bukit Tabur, which is located at Taman Melawati, nearby the Zoo Negara. From the photos he shown me, this Bukit Tabur has a very beatiful and scenic view of KL city and large lake view, as well as the Klang Dam view. Being attracted by it, Boon & I decided to go for this adventure. We came across this website for information about Bukit Tabur: http://munkeatho.multiply.com/journal/item/7 Thanks for the author for giving us such informative and helpful guides to get to the destination easily.

We spent about 4 hours to climb up and down from Bukit Tabur. We did not reach the peak of Bukit Tabur as the sky started to look darker. We decided to go back to the starting point before raining. Yet, we felt that it was worth for this adventure hiking as we abled to catch the sunrise view and clear weather for photography.

Tanjung Harapan, Klang (17 May 2008)

2008-05-19T20:12:00.009+08:00

Boon was planning to take photograph on fishing village. The ideal place in his mind is Klang. So we drove from home to Klang about 4pm to look for any fish village for photographing. As we were not familiar with Klang area, so we headed toward Port Klang. We saw a sign board named "Medan Selera Ikan Bakar" and was thinking if it's nearby the fish village. Then we came to this place known as Tanjung Harapan which is next to Northport. We saw a lot of cars and people there. So we parked our car at the roadside and went down from the car to see if there is any beautiful scenery.

Wow! What a beautiful sunset view here! It was almost 7pm and we could catch up a breathtaking sunset view at this Tanjung Harapan. Boon quickly took out his gadgets to start shooting on this beautiful scenery. It was a windy place for relaxation although there was too many crows making noise. I saw a lot of families were there and most of them went to the "Medan Selera Ikan Bakar" for dinner. The restaurant was crowded with people.

Although our target was not the sunset view but fish village, we would still happy with our discovery this time. This discovery was open my eyes as it was my first time to see large cargo ships at the port.

Working Trip to USA (30 March - 14 Apr 2008)

2008-05-09T20:52:00.020+08:00

It was quite a long time didn't have a chance to travel oversea for so far. I still remembered the last time I had a long flight to Accra, Ghana (stayed there for 2 months) during work in my first company, Infopro. Even it was quite a long time ago (more than 3year already); I still remembered the journey as that's the first flight in my life some more had to travel so far alone. The flight departure at midnight, 2 or 3am, I took the LRT and exchanged KLIA Express at KL Central and reached to KLIA by 12am... Opps… this post should be about US trip perhaps I should have another post for Ghana, perhaps... Anyway, it was a good experience to flight and stay in Accra...

OK... Why do I have such a good chance to US? Thanks to my company, Wappsol Solutions, which work exclusively for a US company, SchoolDude.com, located in Raleigh, North Carolina, a company that providing web services and major market on Schools and colleges. 7 colleagues were invited to attend their Annual Big Event, DudeU Event (where conferences, seminars and lab training and etc activities will be organized by SchoolDude just for their value clients http://schooldude.typepad.com/sdu/ ) in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. We going to have opportunity to meet & deal the clients. And, also work together with the US team colleagues as well. The trip was about 2 weeks. At first, heard that only 5 persons were invited to US, after some times 2 more are invited for the trip due to some changed, at the end, I was invited also, I felt so surprised since I just joined this company for few months at the time they invite… Anyway, I just accepted the offer as I understand that US visa is not easy to get, at least for a normal worker, unless you have very strong financial profile to support you else the immigrant might think you intend to illegally working or even illegally immigrate to US. I still remember the time I was interviewed by the immigrant and be treated me so due to the answer and information given by my previous colleagues not tally with me since we have no proper communicated before interview. I remember he said “Our job is to make sure no one illegally immigrate or working in US. You know, everyday there are so many people trying their luck to get the visa to go US, my job is to catch those people…” by the time he said so, he looked at the people sitting behind me, even not very loud but his voice was clear enough to be listened by them. I understood, that is fact, they are many Malaysian trying to work illegally in other country even immigrated… but, I never thought of that at the point even now (eee… not so sure for future…) Can’t he just go and check or tell me that if my document not enough to support or to convince? That’s should their jobs, right? Anyway, some immigrant are just nice, some colleagues just passed the interview so easy. I’m always the unlucky one… hahahaha….

Most of my colleagues already set some expectation to have a crazy shopping there since the electronic gadget (iPod) and branded product such as Nike, Levi’s and etc are very cheap there compare to Malaysia. I didn’t set any expectation for the trip, just wonder took the chance to explore myself. Ya, it was a good experience also. I did explore something. People there are friendly and nice and the state (everywhere I been) also very clean not like Malaysia, felt so shame, people look educated and polite but like to little everywhere and no manner and selfish especially on the road. I believe some of the reasons are due to the “clever” governor & “strict” officers... Malaysia will be better if everyone really play their role and responsible to himself, family, friends and country. Do you love Malaysia? What contribution have you done to your country? I might have no contribution to the country for now but at least I trying to not spoilt our country… If you are not going to love your country yourself, who will going to?? Ooo.. out of topic again…

7 of us were separated into 2 groups, first group (4 persons) will be departure on Friday whereas the second group (3 persons) will take the flight on Sunday, I was in the Second group. My flight was from KLIA to Los Angela and will transit at TaoYuan (Taipei, Taiwan), then take another flight to Atlanta then only to Raleigh. The total flight time is about 21+ hours (whole journey about 30+ hours). It was long and boring in flight since there were only 3 things u can do: sleep, eat and watch movies… Lucky, there were some transits in between where we can have some walk on the airport and take a look around the airport and the shops there as well. Not much things we can see in the airport during the flight to US since most of the time we transit is either midnight or in early morning most of the shops were not opened. Among the airport that we been, I think Atlanta Airport are more impressed me since it is not large but huge and the airport look new. There are few concourse (A-D and T http://www.atlanta-airport.com/Default.asp?url=sublevels/terminal/termmap.htm ), each of the concourse look like a long and big corridor, you can see plenty shops a long the concourse. There is a big corridor connected each other at the middle of the concourses and underground there is a train for you to transit from 1 concourse to another. Train there are really punctual, in each station you can see a display board showing the time of train that arriving, it is count in second, by the time you see 0 second the train door will just open. This is amazing, just wonder why Malaysia Public transport so lousy and many terrible buses still on the road. If Malaysia public transport can be improved until this level and the network is broad enough, I believe there will no JAM in KL. No one willing to JAM few hours in traffic everyday somehow we have to. Those “governors” will never understand since they have traffic police open the way for them…

We reached Raleigh on Monday early morning, our Department Head, Lynn, already waiting there before we reached. After collected our luggage, she drove us to the Hotel and let us to have some break and shower. During the noon, we went to the SchoolDude office to meet the 1st group ppl and then we went to a restaurant for lunch. Can’t recall what restaurant name, but it is different from what expectation since most the restaurant I knew from movie are either fastfood or set by set but here the foods were served like our mixed rice in Malaysia, where various foods are placing on a long counter and there were some staffs serving you, you just have to pick then they will pour for you and all the soft drink & sweet tea were refillable. Time by time, the waitress will walk around and refill for you once they saw your glass almost empty. One culture you should aware when you in US, there is no service tax charged in your bill but you should pay the service tips (10% average service and 15% for excellent service). This not only apply to restaurants (except fast food restaurant since you need to tidy up table and throw the paper bags yourself, I like this culture hope Malaysia can imply it) but every servicing fields, even cab, we took a cab to airport at the last day we going back, the driver asking for 15% services tax even he didn’t serve us, we picking/loading the luggage ourselves. I not really agreed with this but we paid for it at the end not because this is their culture but also to not shame Malaysian face. We are not stingy but just wonder don’t this should be their job scope? In Malaysia, there is a service tax charge apply and it is fixed not based on the level of services you provide, and i think the reason to have this tax is to cover the cost for operation or to pay the workers. I admit that the way giving tips can improve the quality of services of the servant. Perhaps I’m wrong, look back to Malaysia waiters or promoter, it is hard to have a good service even just a smiling face also hard to see, especially government department not only muka masam and some will scold you. Just wonder Japanese's culture might be better…

After lunch, we went back to the office and start work. SchoolDude’s Office is big and great, there are few pantries, meeting rooms, conference rooms and printing area with full of equipment such as microwave, coffee machine, freezer, etc… the more nice thing is everyone have their own room… no wonder awarded with one of “The Best Place to work”. The weather here was cold but not too cold. Just like at Genting Highland or a bit colder some times. The environment and scene here are nice, plenty of trees (even some trees are different colors) and flowers. Traffics here are good even during working hour or after working hour. Not like in Malaysia, hazes and jam, jam, jam… But, the area is lack of public transport, there is no LRT or not much busses or even cabs you can see on the road (most are highway). You can see most of people here driving their own and most mini van, MPV, 4 wheels drive kind of big cars… A bit disappointed since I can’t travel my own, it is unlikely to walk out myself since out of the Hotel area, there was highway which need to walk for 15 minutes then able to see few shops, and you won’t see much tall shopping complex like Time Square or Mid Valley. I would say here more like a rural life style… emmm something like Langkawi, but of course the road, infrastructure and the building including the houses are much much better than those Langkawi kampung rumah. One thing you will notice that almost every house have their own yard and there is no gate/wall surrounding, there are peace and safe where in Malaysia, even a small flat also might need to have few stainless steel door/windows gate and with few locks to keep your property and your family to be safe. We are just hopeless with our government and policemen.

There are some activities planned by US team just for us, we had some team lunches and diners together with different departments, play bowling, shopping & etc... Unfortunately, I miss out most of activities since my position is different from them (they all are PM which doing coding and I’m IT Admin doing Support). I joined Meech, John and some CSC (Customer Services Centre) team member down to South Carolina at the morning for loading the equipment and setup for the DudeU. It is about 3+ hours to reach Myrtle Beach from Raleigh office. About noon time, we reach in Myrtle Beach ( I was told that Myrtle Beach are well-known in golf course training, ya, I saw lot golf court there), some how the track still not yet reach, hence we had lunch at a fastfood restaurant, Bojanglos, you can see many different fastfood restaurant everywhere, most I saw will be Burger’s King, Wendy’s and Bojanglo… After the lunch, they went to wal-mart for some drinks and stuffs for the next few days in the hotel room. After that we went back to hotel (Kingston Plantation - www.kingstonplantation.com ), We check-in the room and put our staffs into our own room. The hotel is look like a village resort with different kind of room styles/themes. It is really nice place to have vacation the room there are full with facilities, not only the spoon & fork or kettle but even freezer, washing machine, dryer machine, plate washing machine & DVD player also, but only some rooms have wireless internet access.

We took about few hours to unload the equipments and setup the demo servers in the training lab, around 7pm, we decided to go for diner, and they decided to have diner at a restaurant called Hooters ( http://www.hooters.com/), the environment of the restaurant is not bad and there are only waitress with sexy uniform (single with short pant) . They told me that the selling point. I and 2 colleagues had ordered 50 pieces of spicy wings), to me it was not that spicy and noticed that in there, spicy is not that spicy like the samba in Malaysia, spicy with some sweet, but their spicy is little spicy with sour. And seldom see chilli sauce in restaurant there also but tomato sauce.

Next day, I woke up early at 7am and went to the training Lab to continue the setup. At night, we went to a western food restaurant called T-Bonz, it is a nice place also and the food there is nice and not that expensive... too bad that I didn’t take any photo there. During the DudeU event I was standby at the IT booth at the corner of the Training Lab, time by time, I stand up on the chair and take our my camera to practice some shooting since this will be a first time shooting for and event. Try to catch the best moment if possible. Some how, my view have just limited since there is a big hall a bit far from my area (I had to use zoom lens to ) and the viewable angle is limited, my skill was not so well and have to standing on a chair which not so stable to stand on, hence only able to took few “ok” photos. During the days in Myrtle Beach, we have some Laser Tag, and visit to Ripley’s Aquarium. I had sacrificed a diner event to grasp a chance to walk around the area and shopping. I went out from 5+pm and went back to the hotel room around 11+pm. I bought pair of shoes for myself and girlfriend and some shirts for my sisters and sister-in-law. The shoes there are really cheap compare to Malaysia, USD20+ can get a pair of Adidas/Nike shoes.

After the event, we back to Raleigh and work as normal. We went to a place called Downtown to have lunch, that place look like KL city (of course is clean than KL 10000X ) where you can see lot of high building surround (that’s the place I wonder to at least I can walk alone myself), some how we didn’t have chance to walk around since during lunch hour. I only able to take some photos there and after lunch back to work again. At the last day work in US, I was joined my colleague, Andrew, to a Fitness Centre for Basketball game during the lunch time (skip my lunch again) Cool… there are 2 indoor full basketball courts and with few hundred of basketballs there ready for use. O no, in Malaysia, the larger fitness center (California) that we joined, there is only a half basketball court (smaller than a standard basketball court), not only outdoor but build outside the building and some more under the staircase and air-con must be very careful when playing not only beware of the staircase but also beware of the ball fall down to the highway (since just few steps distance and not gate cover) hai…. kns… Ya, it is nice game playing with them even I was not performing on that day. Thanks to Andrew!

On the last day noon time, we look so busy at the hotel lobby while waiting for someone to pick us to airport, 3 of us look so busy, busy taking the photos before we left. Hahaha….. We wait till no mood to take photos (after few hours shooting), we are been forgotten, forgotten that we (3 of us) are still in Raleigh. It is ok for us, we felt so guilty to her also as she took all of us travel to work, hotel, shopping and diner and many places also during the whole 2 weeks. At the end, we called a cab to take us to airport and we spent sometime in airport to walk around and take photos. Beware, some of the restaurant or place you can’t simply take photos as they might claimed that you offence the copyright of their idea of design. There are some photos took during the airport as well. Enjoys viewing!!!

I've got a new mobile phone - Nokia E65 (9 Mar 2008)

2008-03-09T22:32:00.016+08:00

Boon said he wanted to buy me a new mobile phone as my birthday gift. After few days doing research on the mobile phone to buy, I've decided to get this Nokia E65, which is a stylish slim slide phone with 3G, WiFi and Edge connections.

We went to a Nokia dealer in Low Yat Plaza to buy E65 which contained:
- Nokia E65 phone (Mocca color skin)
- Nokia battery
- Nokia charger
- Nokia headset
- Nokia connectivity cable
- Nokia carrying porch
- microSD 256MB memory card (additional purchase a microSD 2GB memory card)

For more information about Nokia E65:
http://www.nokia.com.my/A4498131

We've got a new bike!!! (24 Feb 2008)

2008-02-24T22:17:00.002+08:00

We spent RM230 to buy a new mountain bike this afternoon. But we haven't have chance to fully use it as we already sent the bike to Boon's youngest sister who is studying in a local university for temporary usage. Anyway, I was still able to catch a photo of Boon sitting on it. :p

Birthday Celebration @Chandelier (22 Feb 2008)

2008-02-23T23:24:00.015+08:00

Boon brought me to have my birthday celebration dinner at Chandelier Restaurant (halal restaurant) which is located at Jalan Syed Putra towards the Federal Highway and is nearby the Mid Valley Megamall.

Address: No. 22A, Jln 2/87 G Jalan Syed Putra (Off Taman Seputeh), 58100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Opening Hours: 5.00pm - 2.00am

The restaurant provides jockey parking service at RM5. The environment of the restaurant was romantic. There were big trees around giving cool air to the customers. The food was nice and tasted good too.

Drinks & food that we ordered:

Ice Lemon Tea (RM8)	Bloody Mary (RM16)

Chandelier Pizza (RM32) - chicken, turkey ham, pineapples, chillies, mozzarella cheese	Pollo Valdos (RM32) - chicken wrapped with ham, served with potato sauce and cheese

Mushroom Soup (RM14)	Fried Anchovies (RM11.80)

Birthday Celebration @Elcerdo (20 Feb 2008)

2008-02-21T23:00:00.028+08:00

On Monday, my "family members" in my company were asking me for a dinner on yesterday to celebrate my birthday which will be on this coming Friday. They finally decided to have dinner at a pork food restaurant, Elcerdo - nose to tail eating at Werner's place.(http://www.elcerdokl.com/).

My friend told me that the owner of this restaurant is a Malaysian lady and her husband is an Austrian. This restaurant served Spanish and German styled food. The area of the restaurant provided jorkey parking at RM10.

The food that we ate were as below which were recommended by the supervisor of the restaurant:

1. Lentil & Vegetable Soup with German Sausage served with bread

2. Jamón Serrano from Spain - Imported High Quality Spanish Cred & Air Dried Ham served on Rock Melon and Salad with Balsamico Dressing

3. Pan Fried Goat Cheese wrapped in Jamon Serrano - Coated in Bread crumbs and fried in Butter & Olive oil served on Salad with Honey & Balsamico Dressing

4. Oven Baked and Smoked Pork Shoulder served with Ravioli and Mushroom Sauce

5. ROASTED SUCKLING PIG “COCHINILLO AL ESTILO SEGOVIANO”
Half Piglet served with Bacon Potato,Winter Vegetable and Mustard & Beer Sauce

Because I was the birthday girl, I was requested to use a small plate to chop the half piglet into portions and then I needed to break the plate for luck and love. This is the culture from Spanish. This was our first time to experience their culture.

6. EL CERDO SPECIAL 22% A delectable Digestive consists of `Spirit, Wine and Juices’

My colleague bought me a strawberry birthday cake. After finished our food, my colleagues requested the waiter to serve the cake for me. The restaurant was playing a special mixed birthday song and the waiter was bringing out the birthday cake with a fireworks on it. Everyone were singing me the birthday song. I was so surprised for having a special birthday cake presentation. I was requested to make a wish before I blowing off the candle. One of the waitress told me that the piglet toy was a gift for me in which I need to put it together with me everyday as it will help me to make my wish come true. Putting together with the cake were 7 cups of "Elcerdo Special " wine.

I was happy for having an unforgetable birthday celebration with my colleagues. It was the most expensive birthday dinner that I ever have. The total charges on the bill was RM500++.

The environment of the restaurant was nice and comfortable. The waiters and the waitresses were friendly and helpful. But the food was a little bit salty to us Asian people and costly.

佛光山东禅寺 Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Temple (17 Feb 2008)

2008-02-18T23:41:00.012+08:00

昨天2008年2月17日是农历正月十一，即农历新年的第十一天，也是Boon的妹妹的生日。我们外出吃晚餐为她庆祝生日后，便开车前往仁嘉隆(Jenjarom)一间非常闻名的佛寺-佛光山东禅寺参观花灯展。其实从吉隆坡市开车到仁嘉隆需大约一个小时的路程，然而由于我们不熟悉到那里的路线，所以我们花费了超过一个小时的时间才找到目的地。我们到达的时候已是将近晚上10时。节目结束于晚上10时，而花灯则会在10时30分关灯。幸亏我们还赶得及观赏花灯，还不枉白走一趟。呵呵！

昨晚也还蛮多人参观东禅寺。或许是因为农历新年就快要结束了，再加上昨天是星期天的缘故吧！所以许多人都赶在这天来参观花灯展，而我们亦是如此。东禅寺的面积可真大呀！有宽敞的停车场，还有宽阔的寺庙，寺庙内还有一巨大睡佛躺卧在内，寺庙外还有很宽阔的花园供花灯展使用，园内还有许多雕像，另一端还有一片空地栽种了许多菊花。哗！果然是真有份量的佛寺！

虽然时间短促，然而我们还是来得及走马看花般的参观完毕这个闻名的佛寺，且还拍了一些照片。

佛光山东禅寺的交通路线:
http://www.fgs.org.my/events/cny/2008/memo/2008dongzen_Map.jpg

Photography Practise during Chinese New Year (8 Feb 2008)

2008-02-18T19:57:00.003+08:00

In the second day of Chinese New Year, Boon went to Titiwangsa Lake and Thean Hou Kong Temple in the evening to practise photographing. Below are some of his shots:

《光良与你不会分离》云顶演唱会 (12 Jan 2008)

2008-01-17T19:47:00.004+08:00

上个星期六（1月12日）我和Boon一起上云顶的云星剧场观赏了《光良与你不会分离》演唱会。这是一场以音乐为主的演唱会，没有华丽的舞台设计，也没有隆重的表演服，光良就只凭着他的声音和他的情歌而吸引了超过5千人的出席。我可以说我很享受观赏光良的演唱会，而且我向来也蛮欣赏他的创作才华。他创作了许多脍炙人口、老少咸宜的歌曲。更难得的是，光良每首歌曲几乎都会在舞台两旁的大荧幕上打上字幕，好让现场的歌迷可以跟着大合唱。多么贴心啊！

演唱会于8.05pm开始。光良以全白Look加上一件亮眼的银色外套，从舞台银幕前的升降台出场，演唱着他最新专辑里一首节奏轻快的歌《惊叹号》，为演唱会拉开序幕。

当光良唱完了第二首歌曲《你好吗？》来问候大家时，现场的气氛都很high。光良说，如果歌迷们再喊的话，而他也很high的话，他便会做出一些他从未做过，而歌迷也从未看过的动作，结果现场的歌迷都叫喊起来了。接着光良便脱掉外套，露出手臂来了。他害羞地说他从来没有穿过这样的衣服站在舞台上呢！哈哈！我们真有福呢！接着他便唱《都是你》。

光良的演唱会虽不华丽，然而现场的灯光效果很美，特别是当他演唱《若无其事》时，舞台高空中突然间有人造雪飘落下来。好美喔！真的好美！好感动喔！听着情歌，空中飘雪了！哇！那个情景真的很美也很感动！光良说从小他就希望可以看到下雪，生平第一次看到下雪是在北京工作时，当时的他特别有感触。

接下来光亮演唱他的首张个人创作专辑里的一首快歌《单恋》。他还在演唱这首歌的时候展露了他难得的舞姿呢！这是我第一次观赏光良的演唱会，所以也是我第一次看他跳舞。真的蛮搞笑的！文静的光良跳起舞真的好可爱！哈哈！

光良这一次的演唱会邀请了他的同门师弟们Boyz Frenz当他的表演嘉宾，和他们一起合唱了他的旧曲《朋友首日封》。Boyz Frenz的菲律宾籍成员Lance还首次公开清唱了菲律宾语的《童话》呢！哇！我们真的有耳福啦！

光良在这一次的演唱会播放他的童年照片以及家人的照片。他说因为在他十岁那年，有了一个新朋友，从此让他认识了音乐，也爱上了音乐，也因而让他有机会站在舞台上唱歌，所以他很感谢他的父母亲，而那个新朋友就是钢琴。接着他便弹奏着钢琴，演奏了《勇气》、《拥抱我》、《风雨同路》、陈百强的《等》以及周华健的《没有永久的爱情》。光良说《等》和《没有永久的爱情》曾经对他的影响很深。

光良以一身白马王子的装扮弹琴的样子好陶醉，而现场的歌迷也很享受。他说香港的歌迷说他演奏的钢琴曲太少了，而我们也是这么认为。他说，那么下一次他举办只有光良和钢琴的演唱会了。他问我们还会不会出席观赏呢？现场的歌迷都反应热烈和支持。我想我也肯定会出席。他还说，他可以考虑出一张用钢琴弹奏而他演唱的精选集。我想这个构思也很不错，我也一样会支持他的！

光良的演唱会邀请了小美江美琪为第二个表演嘉宾。小美说很感谢光良再次让她担任他的演唱会表演嘉宾，还有因为光良的缘故，她来大马的次数也多了。光良却说，因为他是大马的旅游大使，所以他有责任要多带人来马来西亚。哈哈！还真会打广告的！果然是尽责的旅游大使！光良和小美这次一起合唱了两首歌：林忆莲的《至少还有你》和他们的合唱曲《对你有感觉》。

光良以红色外套配以黑色上衣和白色长裤再次从升降台出场，演唱他的另一首新歌《双子星》。接着他一边唱《握你的手》，一边兜圈走和现场的歌迷握手。现场顿时一片热闹，因为可以和光良近距离接触兼握手。《握你的手》场完毕了，他继而唱《约定》和现场的歌迷握手。

回到了舞台，唱完了《约定》，光良要求现场的歌迷可以拿出会发亮的东西，譬如荧光棒和手机，举起来将现场点亮，以配合他的下一首新歌《爱可以点亮整个世界》。哇！现场真的很美啊！气氛也很温馨呢！

接着光良以《童话》作为演唱会的最后一首歌曲。唱毕，光良便退场了，可是所有的人都不愿离开，一直在高喊‘安哥’。Boon说至少会‘安哥’三次。

终于，光良又再次出场演唱所安排的‘安哥’歌曲《不会分离》。现场燃放烟花，银幕播放了谢幕词，光良站在升降台向现场的歌迷挥手告别，乐手们、和声者都一一离开了舞台，可是现场的歌迷依然不愿离开，包括我和Boon。光良的Fans Club会员依然在持牌高喊‘安哥’。

果然不负众望，光良不忍心让歌迷们等待，于是再次出场了。场面开始失控了。歌迷们都涌到前面了，其余的人都站立起来了。光良对于歌迷们的热情有些不知所措了。他说乐手们都不在了，难道要他清唱吗？由于还有钢琴，于是他就弹琴清唱了《如果你还爱我》和《天堂》。可是歌迷还是觉得不够，要求他再唱。光良说：“这是最后一次啦！你们想听什么歌？”有歌迷点唱《I Miss You》，可是光良说他不会弹，于是他就弹唱《第一次》和《童话》。现场的歌迷都和光良一起合唱，而《光良与你不会分离》云顶演唱会也就这样圆满结束了。

曲目：
惊叹号、你好吗、都是你、烟火、第一次、是你变了吗、若无其事、单恋、朋友首日封(和Boyz Frenz合唱)、Boy Friend(Boyz Frenz)、勇气、拥抱我、风雨同路、等、没有永久的爱情、掌心、想见你、伤心地铁、至少还有你＋对你有感觉(和江美琪合唱)、爱哭鬼(江美琪)、双子星、握你的手、约定、爱可以点亮整个世界、童话

安哥：
不会分离、如果你还爱我、天堂、第一次、童话

Computer Wallpaper Design (13 Jan 2008)

2008-01-13T23:02:00.002+08:00

This is the post Michael Wong's concert computer wallpaper design. Designed for fun. :p

NTV7 十分红 Star Live Concert 2007 (22 Dec 2007)

2008-01-10T14:59:00.003+08:00

	NTV7 十分红 Star Live Concert 2007 （22.12.2007， 8.30pm， Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil， Car Park A) 是 NTV7 首次主办的户外大型演唱会。由于入场免费，再加上有许多海外大牌歌手的演出，因此此次的演唱会获得了非常热烈的反应。由于Boon的妹妹是在NTV7节目组工作的职员，因此我们获得了NTV7区的入场票，可以站在舞台前端观赏此演唱会。我的同事们还蛮羡慕呢！不过我给他们的可是VIP区的入场票，也还未算是亏待他们啦！嘻嘻！虽然当天是冬至，可是仍然有许多人出席此老少咸宜的演唱会。听闻还有些海外的“仔仔”迷特地从外国飞来吉隆坡看他呢！大牌果然是大牌！帅哥果然是帅哥！厉害！当天演唱的歌手有陶吉吉、孙燕姿、草蜢、周渝民、卢巧音、张栋梁、戴佩妮、易桀齐、曾国辉、郭静、龚柯允、郑伟康、钟晓玉、大嘴巴、Boyz Frenz 和JNK。

王子-张栋梁是首位出场的表演歌手。

Stella钟晓玉

卢巧音

易桀齐

Penny戴佩妮和易桀齐合唱

大马创作才女-Penny戴佩妮

Claire郭静

Karen龚柯允

久违了的香港最大牌组合-草蜢

曾国辉

万人迷-仔仔周渝民

抱病演唱的David陶吉吉

天后孙燕姿

这是我们首次参与这种户外大型演唱会，而且还是全程站立的，虽然又累又热，然而能近距离看见歌手们，感觉还蛮high的。Boon还借此机会锻炼他的摄影技巧，以上所有的照片都是他拍的。 NTV7的第一次还搞得有声有色的，不过主持人的功力还有待改善呢！希望2008年NTV7还会再主办这种类型的演唱会。

Wedding Poster Design for Soo Chin

2007-12-10T21:23:00.000+08:00

I designed a poster for Soo Chin as her wedding gift.

Computer Wallpaper Design

2007-12-09T17:48:00.005+08:00

This is the computer wallpaper for Boon & me which was designed by me.

Choy Har's Wedding Day (2 Dec 2007)

2007-12-03T09:18:00.002+08:00

It was Boon's friends, Choy Har & Hon Kiat's wedding day. Boon was attended to witness their wedding event from Choy Har's house to Hon Kiat's house and to their own house. Boon brought the DSLR camera with him to learn to shoot wedding photographs. He said that the red canopy at Hon Kiat's house was hard to take photos. Nevetheless, I think that his photography skill has been improved. Anyway, he needs to practice more on photography.

Here share with you some photos he shot during the wedding event and the wedding dinner.

Eng Kiat and Mimi's Wedding Registration (27 Oct 2007)

2007-11-17T21:51:00.003+08:00

Congratulations to the lovely couple, Eng Kiat and Mimi!

27th October 2007 (Saturday) was their marriage registration day at Thean Hou Kong Temple, Kuala Lumpur. Boon and I were invited to witness their marriage registration. We were proud that we are the only friends who witness their marriage registration process besides their family members.

Boon was responsibled to take photographs for them. Below are some nice shots to share with:

Eye on Malaysia (11 Nov 2007)

2007-11-13T23:58:00.003+08:00


"Eye on Malaysia" - the world's largest portable wheel which is 60m height located above the Titiwangsa Lake. Although it has been opened to the public since this year February, we only planned to visit it recently. We are a bit outdated, aren't we? :-p But I believe there are a number of people haven’t visited this "Eye on Malaysia". Anyway, you still have few months time to plan your visit there. I know some people might say that this "Eye on Malaysia" has nothing special. But I think at least you should go there at night, especially during Friday and Saturday night to watch the crowd attracted to experience the ride on this giant ferry wheel and to experience the watersky spectacular show which runs daily at 9pm. In my opinion, this watersky spectacular show is running quite good and I think you shouldn't miss it. Unfortunately, the gondolas are badly maintained. Half of the gondolas, the lights on their bodies are not functioning. This really gives a large bad impact on the photos shot on it. =_=” I really hope the related department which is in charged of this "Eye on Malaysia" can fix the lighting problem. This really spoil the photos taken and spoil our country's image to the visitors as well. Although the sky was drizzling that night, Titiwangsa was still crowded with students, families and couples, and Boon was still enjoying his photo shooting (using tripod). :-P Below are some good shots by Boon to share with you.


For more information about the “Eye on Malaysia”, you can visit its official website http://www.eyeonmalaysia.com.my/

Visiting Hulu Langat Look Out Point (Menara Tinjau) (10 Nov 2007)

2007-11-12T22:11:00.004+08:00

My colleague, Collen, she introduced this Look Out Point to my other colleagues and I. From her blog (Chinese version)http://shiuanandkomei.blogspot.com/2007/10/nganga.html, the photos she took from the Look Out Point were so beautiful. Thus, I told Boon about this place and we planned to find the way to this Lookout Point. First time we tried to go there was last month, but we weren't able to find the correct way there. Finally, last Saturday we were able to get there and it was after a heavy rain in KL.

We reached the Look Out Point entrance was about 9.45pm. I saw there were a lot of cars driving upwards to the Look Out Point via the entrance. I was thinking why Boon didn't know about this place since he was born in KL. =_=" The road to the Look Out Point was a bit narrow due to the cars were parking on both side of the road. Anyway, we were abled to find a parking space at the car park in front of the cafes and restaurant. There has 1 cafe in the middle of another 2 restaurants. The restaurant at the left hand side which is the nearest to the staircase to reach the Look Out Point was the most happening restaurant. It was crowded with people.

We went to the Look Out Point first. There was a lot of people: groups of friends, couples and families. Wow! The night was so amazing! The night scene was so beautiful as the sky was so clear. We went there at the right time. :-P Don't jealous. Hehe... Nowadays it is hard can get a clear night view in Malaysia. The Twin Towers and the KL Tower were so outstanding. We even could see the Genting Highlands from the Look Out Point and there was fireworks everywhere in KL.

Although the night scene was so beautiful, it was hard to catch with a normal digital camera. I tried few times with my digital camera with normal mode and night mode, the photos looked blur especially using night mode. Too bad! Luckily Boon used DSLR camera with tripod and he was able to shoot nice photos, but due to people kept coming and leaving the Look Out Point, the tower which was built from planks was shaking most of the time, so a lot of photos are shaking too.

We spent about 2 hours taking photos at the Look Out Point then only went to the most happenings restaurant to try the food there. The restaurant was playing HK singer, Justin's Concert VCD when we went there. We ordered hot chocolate, hot coffee, chicken chop, fried shumai and french fries which cost about RM40. The drinks and food tasted good, but the french fries were a bit salty for me. :-P

As a conclusion, this Look Out Point is a nice place for gathering or birthday celebration. So don't miss it out!


Entrance to the Look Out Point	This is the Look Out Point

The night scene of KL	The view of KL Tower

Hot Chocolate & Hot Coffee	French Fries, Fried Shumai & Chicken Chop

Travel Around Singapore (3 - 5 Nov 2007)

2007-11-08T22:23:00.006+08:00

Before you start your journey in Singapore, you should get yourself an EZ-Link card which can be used for taking MRT and buses in Singapore where the MRT and buses are very convenient to reach most of the places of interest in Singapore. I actually went to Singapore on 1st Nov for working as my company's Headquarter is in Singapore. I went there by taking Aeroline bus from the Corus Hotel. Boon went to Singapore on 3rd Nov which was a Saturday for accompanying me and at the same time for travelling as well. :-P He went there by taking Konsortium bus from Pudu Raya, Kuala Lumpur. The bus reached a place called Golden Mile in Singapore. In this period we were in Singapore, we tried different food at different places and we explored to new things too. Honestly, the food in Singapore not really nice or perhaps we haven't able to find any nice food to eat. :-P What we realized was Singapore is a very safe country compared to Malaysia and we like its MRT system. We really don't understand why Malaysia cannot implement the LRT system as Singapore did?



Sunset View at Harbourfront Take North East Line (Purple Line) MRT to Harbourfront station. Follow the signboard to Vivo City. Take the escalator to the highest level of the Vivo City which is an open air park. From there you can see the view of the harbour, cable cars and Sentosa Island.	Night View at Clarke Quay Riverside Take North East Line (Purple Line) MRT to Clarke Quay station. Follow the signboard to Boat Quay and River Quay. Clarke Quay is a very happening place. It's located at a beautiful river side. It has Reverse Bungy Jump game, restaurants on the boat, pubs and bars, ect. My colleague introduced me to a pub named "1 Nite Stand" where it has the best band in the city known as "Six in the City". I quite enjoyed their performance.


Chinatown Indian Temple	Chinatown Market
Take North East Line (Purple Line) MRT to Chinatown station. Chinatown (Niu Che Shui) has many shopping centres and food courts. You can enjoy eating in Chinatown. As its name, Chinatown has a lot of China style buildings. If you walked around the Chinatown, you can see there is an Indian Temple and a small mosque named Masjid Jamae. Next to the Indian Temple is Chinatown Market which is similar with Kuala Lumpur's Petaling Street. There is a Singapore Tourism Centre in the middle of the market where we got some flyers about Singapore there.


Trail to enter the Chinese Garden	7 Layers Pagoda

View from the 7 Layers Pagoda	Statues of Confucius in the Chinese Garden
Take East West Line (Green Line) MRT to Chinese Garden station. As from its name, Chinese Garden is a garden with Chinese traditional style buildings, statues, bonsaic garden, fish pool and lakes.


Singapore Night Safari	Creatures of the Night Show Team
Singapore Night Safari opens daily from 7pm to 12am. We took North South Line (Red Line) MRT to Choa Chu Kang station and take bus service 927 to reach Night Safari. Then we took bus service 138 from Night Safari to Ang Mo Kio MRT station. You can visit the Singapore Night Safari Website at http://www.nightsafari.com.sg/ for more information.



Others Photos Taken
I was working on 5th Nov, Monday. So Boon was alone travelling in Singapore that day to take photos around. The day was hot. He got minor sick after whole day travelling in the city. Poor him! The next day, we took Konsortium bus from Golden Mile back to Kuala Lumpur.

Merlion Park	Esplanade

Singapore Art Museum	Statues of Sir Stamford Raffles

A big X'mas Tree outside Raffles City	Supreme Court

Click here for EZ-Link Card information and click here for Singapore MRT Route Map. You can visit http://www.visitsingapore.com/ for more information about Singapore.

"Fall In Love" Bridal Fair, Mid Valley (20 Oct 2007)

2007-10-21T13:05:00.004+08:00

We went to Mid Valley Megamall yesterday. Boon found that there was a Bridal Fair held at the Mid Valley Exhibition Center (MVEC) and there was a bridal fashion show too. Boon brought the DSLR camera with him. So he took this opportunity to learn photographing the models.

Travel Around Langkawi Island (21 - 23 Sep 2007)

2007-09-25T18:31:00.005+08:00

After last year unforgetable trip to Langkawi Island, we planned to go to Langkawi Island again this year as we had a complimentary hotel voucher which helped to save the hotel cost. This time our Langkawi trip's main purpose was to help Boon to practice his photography skills using our DSLR camera and at the same time for us to relax.

:: DAY 1 ::

Our flight was at 10.20am which had been delayed from its actual schedule at 8.45am. Anyway, the delay didn't affect our trip much. We reached the Langkawi Airport about 11.30am. After took our luggage, we then went to rent a car. Like last year, we chosen a Wira with the price RM100 for 2 days. After refuel the car, we then drove about 30mins to our first destination which was the Air Hangat Village. Its entrance fee is RM4 per adult but we entered the village free due to the village was under construction. What we saw only a Malay style wooden house, a few small hot water pools and a 18m-high carved river stone mural, which depicts the well-known legend of the earth-shattering battle between Mat Cincang and Mat Raya. After that we drove about 10mins from Air Hangat Village to the Bird Park (Bird Paradise). The entrance fee is RM12 per adult (by showing the NRIC). It isn’t only a bird park, it also consists of multiple kinds of wildlife. What we saw in the Bird Park was different kind of birds (parrots, flamingos, etc.) and different kind of wildlife (monkeys, bears, crocodiles, ostriches, etc.). Something very amazing and attractive was the ostriches. It was my first time to have a very close look at the ostriches. They were so tall and huge. Unfortunately, the sky was started to raining the time we were watching the ostriches. So pity! There was no rain shelter for the ostriches to rest. They could only sit down together under the rain. After finished visiting the bird park, we went into the Bird Park shopping mall to buy some chocolates and drinks. After that we drove back to Awana Porto Malai to check in. We took a short snap in the room, and then we drove out to Pantai Cenang. We walked along Pantai Cenang to Pantai Tengah to enjoy the sea view. Along the seaside we could see a number of villas, chalets and resorts. There were parachuting and water sports activities (banana boats, jet skis, water skiing, etc.). Due to the weather was a bit blurred, we couldn’t really see the sunset. The sun was hidden behind the clouds. That was bad! We spent more than 2 hours time at the seaside, we then walked back to the place where our car parked to get back to the hotel.
:: DAY 2 ::

The weather was quite good in Day 2 but the sky still looked blurred. We woke up at 8am to continue our Day 2 journey. We went to the Oriental Village which the Machincang Geopark was located in. The sky was so hot in the morning. So we didn’t go to the Machincang Mount as which we had been there in our last year trip. So we were just shooting photos around in Oriental Village. We spent about an hour there, and then we drove towards the Seven Wells Waterfall. On our way to Seven Wells Waterfall, we met a large road blocker which was a cow. =_=” Anyway, we were still able to reach our destination. When I got down from the car, I was shocked seeing so many monkeys around. It was a monkey territory! Scary! Those monkeys were not only blocking the road but also blocking the staircases. We couldn’t continue our steps until those monkeys left. At the moment waiting for the monkeys to left the staircases, Boon was taking that opportunity to take photos on them. They had many funny actions and were caught by Boon. Haha… Finally after 15mins, those monkeys left. We continued towards the waterfall area. The waterfall was looking as beautiful as it was last year. What a hot day! We changed our swim suites and immersed ourselves into the crystal clear water. It was a Saturday. Hence there were a number of visitors to the waterfall. We met people from Seremban and also foreigners from Japan and other countries. After 2 hours at the waterfall, we changed our clothes and left. Our next destination was Temurun Waterfall. On the way to Temurun Waterfall, we dropped by the Pantai Kok. Finally I saw the Summer Palace from far as which I couldn’t able to find it last year. Summer Palace was the place where the film ‘Anna and the King’ set there. Hence, it becomes a tourist place. We didn’t visit it as it needs entrance fee of RM3 per adult. We continued our way to Temurun Waterfall. We could see the 30m waterfall from the car park opposite the entrance to the waterfall. Wow! It looked great! We could hear the sound of the waterfall along the way we climbed to reach the waterfall area. When we reached the waterfall, it was so amazing! The picturesque of the waterfall looked like we were in the fairy tale world. The water looked much clearer than Seven Wells Waterfall. We didn’t take bath there. I only immersed my feet into the water while Boon was busy shooting photos. We only spent an hour there then left. We then went to the Sandy Skulls Beach. Boon likes that beach very much as it was a very clean and with white soft sand. The beach looked bright & charming under the hot sun. There wasn’t a lot of people there comparing to our last year’s visit to the beach. We only spent about 15mins taking photos there. We went back to the hotel to take bath as we wanted to go to the Eagle Square and Kuah town. We reached Eagle Square about 7.30pm. The sky was growing darker and the huge eagle statue was shining with the lights. We spent about 30mins taking photos there. Then we drove to the Langkawi Fair Shopping Mall which was located in front of the Billion Hypermarket and opposite the Legendary Park. We didn’t buy anything there. We only walked around the shopping mall. After that we went to the Kuah town. Boon was planning to buy a pair of sport shoes. We went to a large Nike shop in the town and there Boon was able to buy a pair. After that we looking around the town to find if there was any duty free shop which I could get the biscuits that Collen requested. It wasn’t disappointed me at all. There were a lot of duty free shops selling chocolates and alcohol. I walked to few shops and finally I found the biscuits for Collen. Collen, you were so lucky! It was about RM3 cheaper than in KL. I also bought some chocolates to bring back to KL. Hooo… After finished shopping, it was a bit tired. We drove back to hotel.
:: DAY 3 ::

It was the last day in Langkawi. We woke up quite late as we were not rushing for our journey. Our flight to back KL was 8.15pm. We decided to spend our morning time at Awana Hotel’s area to take photos before we check out. After checking out from Awana, we took our way to Gunung Raya which was the tallest peak in Langkawi. To drive thru the winding road to the peak of the mount, we need to pay RM0.50 per car as the toll fee. Before you drive toward Gunung Raya, please make sure your rented car has enough of petrol to drive about 15km upwards to the peak and 15km downwards to the foot. As from the information I read regading to Gunung Raya, it has a tea house, a museum and an art gallery. But what we found there was, nothing was available for us to see, except the sea view. The lookout tower and the lookout point were not available for us to enter. The Gunung Raya peak was having construction at the time we went there. That was a bad news to us. We could only see the blurred sea view and the cloudy sky. It was a disappointed visit for me. After finished photography at Gunung Raya, we drove to Tanjung Rhu Beach which was our last destination of our trip. We only stayed there for about 15mins as there was nothing to see and we had been visiting this beach last year. So we took a long road to go to the airport. We returned the car and we had our dinner at Kenny Rodgers restaurant inside the airport.

Sungai Lembing's Sunrise View (1 Sep 2007)

2007-09-01T22:41:00.003+08:00

This was the first time I brought Boon to Sungai Lembing, Kuantan (my hometown) to watch the sunrise view. Sungai Lembing was the world largest tin mine until 1970s. Now it's a town being decline as it is no longer produce tin. Anyway, it is still the best place in Kuantan to view the sunrise.

My brother, Boon and I woke up at 5am to start driving to Sungai Lembing to climb up the hill to catch the sunrise view. The weather was quite nice. We reached there about 6am but the parking space was almost full. We spent about 45 mins to reach the peak hill. Unfortunately the sky was cloudy. We were able to catch the sunrise moment but it wasn't beautiful enough. Anyway, the panoramic view at Sungai Lembing hill was really nice. We enjoyed the view and took photos until about 8am then climb down the hill.

After climbing down the hill, we had our breakfast at the pasar (market) there. Sungai Lembing is famous with Sungai Lembing mee (林明面) which the mee was made from the mountain spring water. Normally the local people will eat the mee in soup, curry or dry together with Yong Tau Fu.

Finally, we owned a DSLR Camera!

2007-08-05T22:27:00.002+08:00

After thinking, planning and doing some research for few months, we decided to get a DSLR camera. Nikon and Canon are in our consideration list. So we went to Lowyat Plaza and PC Fair at KL Convention Centre to check the best price that we could get yesterday. Finally, we bought one, but not Nikon or Canon, it is a Pentax DSLR - K10D. :-P I knew nothing about it, but Boon said he read some reviews saying that this K10D is better than Nikon and Canon. In addition, the technician and the sales person of the Pentax were saying good words about it. We told them that we'll think about it first. Then we walked away and discussed at a corner. Thinking of the price was quite reasonable and the most important was the best reviews from the camera website that Boon read and also from the comments of the Pentax booth staffs, we got back to their booth and bought it. :-P So fast, right??? Haha... And I owe the bank another RM4.6k! =_=" No turning back and no regret. I told Boon that he must earn back the money for me from that camera. :-P I trust he can and I hope so... :-P

The K10D we bought with about RM4.6k has the body, a short zoom lense 18-55mm, a long zoom lense 50-200mm, a tripod, 2 batteries, 1 battery charger, a 2GB SD Card, a camera's strap and a carrying case.

The review website about Pentax K10D that Boon read:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/pentaxk10d/

iPod Shuffle vs iPod

2007-08-05T20:09:00.002+08:00

We finally got our iPod Shuffle and iPod 30GB from the Silver Bird Group two days ago.

I won a iPod Shuffle as the lucky draw gift during the Black Fury Energy Official Launching Day at The Curve, Petaling Jaya on 4th July 2007.

Boon won the 30GB iPod for the best photo shot for the same event which the result was being announced on 27th July 2007. The photos he shot for the event can be viewed from http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluerover80/

Black Fury Energy Official Launch at The Piazza, The Curve (4 July 2007)

2007-07-28T13:33:00.002+08:00

There was a photography competition for the lauching event of a new energy drink known as Black Fury at The Piazza, The Curve on 4th July 2007. Registered messenger customers with Black Fury were entitled for free drinks redemption during the event and entitled for entry to lucky draw.

Boon posted his photos taken during the event to Flickr which won him a 30GB iPod for the category of Best Photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluerover80/sets/72157600714785121/

Travel Around Langkawi Island (16 - 18 Nov 2006)

2006-11-21T00:00:00.006+08:00

It has been a very long time that both of us not going to Langkawi Island. We were so excited. We spent so much for this trip to get our camera gadgets like tripod, 1GB Memory Card and battery. We really were bleeding a lot!

Our flight was at 10.30am. We took cab from our house at about 6am to KL Sentral. From there we took bus to LCC Terminal. We reached LCCT about 7.30am and we needed to wait for an hour for the check-in time, so we went to take breakfast at the restaurant opposite McDonalds. After finished the breakfast, was about the time to check-in. Boon took the camera to shoot few photos before we proceed to the check-in counter. After checking-in, I suggested we could go to the departure waiting hall since nothing to do. Ooo, it was boring there! So Boon was playing with the camera. The airport, airplanes, people and ME became his shooting targets. =_="

Finally, it was time to queue. Wow! Quite a number of people going to Langkawi. This was my first time to take Airasia airplane. The interior was clean but the seats were a bit narrow. Anyway, Airasia is budget airline, can't request much. :-P The flight took about 50mins to reach Langkawi Airport. The first thing we did after entering the arrival hall was to grab all the information brochures provided free at the airport then we proceed to the car rental counter. There has few booths for renting car and also activities packages services for visitors to choose. We rent a Proton Wira for 2 days with RM140.

This was the Airasia airplane that we took.

Finally we reached Langkawi Airport.

----------------------------------------------------------------- Day 1 -----------------------------------------------------------------

After we got the car from the car rental people, we went to the nearest petrol station to refuel the car. We refuel RM60 petrol. Due to we could only check into the hotel at 2pm and it was about 12pm, so we started our journey to Durian Perangin Waterfall which is located at the east Langkawi. Boon drove; I read the map and guided the way. Langkawi's roads are quite nice to drive, less traffic and not complicated.

We reached the car park of the Durian Perangin Waterfall about 12.40pm. It was a hot day and only a few cars parked there. There were two Malay restaurants at the entrance. We took a short distance walkway which will pass by a few pavilions for resting purpose to reach the lower tier pool. We saw few kids were enjoying swinging on the cables and swimming in the water. Unfortunately, the water wasn't clear and wasn't able to attract me to jump into it. :-P We just stayed there for an hour and left for the next destination. Our next destination was Tanjung Rhu Beach which was about 15 mins drive distance from Durian Perangin Waterfall.

We saw a lot of cars parked nearby the beach. There were two rows of wooden shops doing restaurants or selling clothes. There were people selling activities packages as well. The beach was so beautiful and so clean. The sand was soft and purely white. The biggest attraction to me was the limestone formations of the nearby islands. They looked so cute. We took a lot of photos on the beach until the sky was drizzling. Then we went to 1 of the restaurant there to have our lunch. We enjoyed our lunch there until the sky stop raining. We continued our photos taking session there until 4pm then left the beach.

Our next destination was the Black Sand Beach (Pantai Pasir Hitam). Unfortunately, the beach was very disappointed me. It was very dirty and oily. It wasn't well maintained at all. Anyway, there is a small market selling clothes, souvenirs, shoes and snacks. We weren't staying longer there as there had nothing for us to see. So we left and went to Awana Porto Malai to check-in. Before we go to Awana hotel, we stopped by the Pantai Cenang to look for some activity packages for tomorrow. There was a Malay guy who recommended us to join the island hopping which is a 4 hours trip. We agreed to take that trip with RM38 per person.

Awana Porto Malai is a 3 stars hotel. It is located at the seaside and it is jetty point for Star Cruises. We were given a King-sized bedroom, but it wasn't facing the sea view. Too bad! We took rest and bath then we went out for dinner at 8.30pm. After the dinner, we straight went back to hotel to save energy for the trip next day.

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We woke up very early about 7am. The sky was so bright and clear. We decided to take a short morning walk behind the hotel. The morning sunlight given us a fresh breathe and cheer us up. After a short enjoyment on the morning view, we went to have our free buffet breakfast at the Seagull Restaurant. The buffet breakfast had variety of choices and tasted good too. The environment of the restaurant was well decorated. We were satisfied with the breakfast. After finished our breakfast, we back to the room to prepare for island hopping. 9.15am the driver was there to fetch us to the departure point which was nearby the Awana Hotel.

We departed at 9.30am. There were 15 people on the boat. The boat was passing by few small islands which we don’t know the names before reaching the Pregnant Maiden Island (Pulau Dayang Bunting). Our tour guide stopped the boat to allow us to take photos with the Pregnant Maiden Mount. Then only proceed to the Pregnant Maiden Lake (Tasik Dayang Bunting) to drop us there for an hour. This Pregnant Maiden Lake is the largest lake within Langkawi Island. The water was surprisingly clear. There were people dipping their legs into the lake to allow the fish nibble the feet, and there were people swimming. There were water sport activities like banana boat, paddle-boat and water boat available. We paid RM15 for a 45mins water boat riding. It was quite tiring riding but the scenery was so beautiful there.

We back to the boat at the jetty to continue the next tour for eagles feeding at an unknown estuary. Our tour guide was throwing some dead fish into the water. Then the eagles were screeching down across the water to grab up the food. Wow! So amazing!

After 15mins watching the eagles feeding show, we continued the tour to Wet Rice Island (Pulau Beras Basah). The tour guide dropped us there for an hour to enjoy swimming or sunbathing. It is a white sandy beach. The crystal clear water was attracting us to jump into the sea immediately. We were enjoyed ourselves there. But sadly, the good time passed so fast. It was time for us to back to the boat to get back to our hotel. Anyway, we were happy with this 3 hours island hopping tour.

We went back to the hotel to take bath then we went to the Underwater World which is nearby to Awana Hotel. The entrance fee was RM28 per adult. We visited the Underwater World by following the walking trail provided.

We firstly entered the Fresh Water Section where we could see different kind of fish and marine life from Southeast Asia, Africa, Australia and the Amazon. Then we entered the Tropical Rainforest Section where we could see the tropical fish in a big aquarium and other rainforest inhabitants such as anaconda, marmoset, flamingos and etc. Next we entered the Nature’s Gallery Section where we could read some displayed information about the natural’s life. Then we could see the Southern Fur Seals from the Seals Section. We could also see the African Penguins at the African Penguins Section and the Rock Hopper Penguins from the Rockhopper Penguins Section. There were Wildlife Gallery Section and Photo Gallery Section for visitors to read some information. We attended the 3.30pm 3D anime show at the 3D Theatre Section where everyone was given a 3D spectacle. But we felt that this show was more suitable for the kids than the adults. There were souvenirs shops and cafes in the Underwater World. After finished visiting the Underwater World, we went to have our lunch at the food court outside the Underwater World but the food there wasn’t tasted good. We left the place at about 4.30pm to go to the Eagle Square (Dataran Lang) at Kuah.

For more information about the Underwater World, please visit its official website: http://www.underwaterworldlangkawi.com.my/

Entrance Fee:

	Malaysian	Non-Malaysian
Adult	RM28	RM38
Child	RM18	RM28

Eagle Square is situated near the Kuah jetty which is quite far from the Underwater World. We must go because it is the landmark to Langkawi. It has the huge eagle sculpture which is proudly facing the sea and welcoming visitors to Langkawi. The square is also featured with picturesque terraces, ponds, bridges, restaurants and barrel vaults, made of bricks. Boon was trying shooting the eagle with the tripod from different point of view of the eagle. We spent about an hour there because the scenery was beautiful. We then drove to the Royal Langkawi Yacht Club which was nearby the Eagle Square. The sky was growing darker that time as it was going to rain soon. There were a lot of yachts there and the scenery was taken our breath away. The sky was drizzling, but Boon insisted to catch few photos on the yacht club before leaving there. We then went to a duty-free shopping mall to buy come chocolates to bring back to KL. After that we went to the KLG Restaurant to buy our dinner to eat in the hotel.

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Finally, it was the last day in Langkawi. Same as Day 2, we woke up at 7am to have the buffet breakfast at the Seagull Restaurant. The breakfast on Day 3 was slightly different with Day 2 but it was tasted good. After finished the breakfast, we then went back to the room to pack our luggage and check-out from the hotel. Our first destination on Day 3 was the Machincang Mount (Gunung Machincang). Before that we dropped by the Kok Beach (Pantai Kok) to have a look. Nothing was there but the view of few yachts on the sea. The cable car station to reach the Machincang Mount was located at Oriental Village. There were shops selling souvenirs and clothes, and also restaurants. There was a geopark in Oriental Village. The ticket for the cable car to reach the Machincang Mount was RM25 per pax. From the cable car, we could see the panoramic views of the surroundings forests and the Seven Wells Waterfall (Air Terjun Telaga Tujuh), as well as the Andaman Sea.

The cable car took about 15mins to reach Machincang top station. The air was cool although it was under the hot sun. There was a 360 degrees view platform but the sky was a bit blur. We couldn’t see the sea and the islands clearly, but the scenery was fantastic. There was a 125m Curve Suspension bridge platform, pedestrian bridge across a deep chasm linking top station with Machincang moutain range. I felt a bit scary walking on the bridge because it was really high for me to look down and I could feel the bridge was shaking when there was a strong wind blowing. =_=” Anyway, it was a great idea to have this wonderful bridge in Langkawi. I think this is a good experience where anyone visiting Langkawi should not miss it.

After an hour spending time taking photos and enjoying the panoramic view, we took the cable car to go back to the Oriental Village. We needed to go to the next destination which was the Seven Wells Waterfall. Seven Wells is a series of cascading waterfalls that fall into seven natural pools and is the most famous waterfall in Langkawi Island.

When we reached the waterfall car parking area, we saw a lot of monkeys loitering around there. There were few wooden shops of restaurants and selling clothes. We passed by those wooden shops and came to a staircase. We saw another sign board showing waterfall on left side of a tar road. We decided to climb up the staircase first. Oh My God! I couldn’t see the top! It was a very long staircase. We climbed about 30mins to reach a pool area. It was so hot and the pool was so calm and clear. There was a displayed map regarding to the Seven Wells. We found that there was jungle trekking path to reach to the peak where there is a lake for swimming located. We were trying to take the path there but we couldn’t find the trail and we gave up. We were thinking that we need someone to guide us in order to reach the peak. So we took few photos at the pool area then we climbed down.

We then went to the waterfall area by following the signboard. It was another long journey with steep stairs but we could hear the waterfall sound. It was so tiring, but when I saw the 90m waterfall I was so excited. It was so beautiful and the air was cool and fresh. We spent about an hour swimming and taking the photos. We really were enjoying at this waterfall. After swimming there, we felt hungry and we took lunch at one of the wooden restaurant. We were very careful of those monkeys while eating. The monkeys were so furious. After finished the lunch, it was about 2.30pm. So we went to our last destination which was the Sandy Skulls Beach (Pantai Pasir Tengkorak). There were a lot of people at the beach. We spent about half an hour taking photos there then left and taking the way to the airport.

Our flight which was scheduled at 5.35pm but it was a bit late. Anyway, we were still able to back to KL. After having a 3D2N trip in Langkawi Island, we still couldn’t forget this beautiful island and we hope that we can visit it again.

Taiping Lake (12 May 2006)

2006-05-14T15:45:00.004+08:00

We drove from KL to Taiping in the very early morning on 12th May to attend Boon's friend's wedding ceremony. After the ceremony, we still had few hours time before the wedding dinner. So we planned to drive around this small town - Taiping. It was a rainy afternoon. Taiping town was so quiet. We were thinking to go to the Taiping Lake as it is the most famous place in Taiping, but we didn't know the way to go there. We just followed the sign board blindly. :-P

Finally, we found the way. The road entering the garden was so beautiful. A row of big trees was well aligned on the left hand side welcoming the visitors to this land. The trees, the flowers and the grass looked so pretty and greenish after being pouring water by the sky.

I like this lake very much. It is so peaceful and clean. It is a good place for mind relaxation. There were people jogging, families having picnic and couples dating there.

Hooray! We got our 1st Digital Camera!

2006-04-15T21:04:00.002+08:00

Today is the 2nd day of the PC Fair in KL Convention Centre. Boon and I planned to go there to get some computer accessories. The PC Fair was crowded with people. We visited all the halls to see what were there. Then we came to a Sony booth. We were looking at those digital cameras. Suddenly thinking to get one. :-P After listening to the descriptions about the cameras by the sales person, my heart was a bit shaking, thinking to buy since I have credit card, can use installment and the price is affordable.

Boon and I never have own digital camera. Everytime we need to use camera, we have to borrow from Boon's sister-in-law or friends. So we decided to buy the Cybershot T9 which is advertised on the TV. The price offered to us is RM1599 with a mini tripod, a camera case, a camera's strap, a battery, a 256MB Memory Stick Pro Duo and a Sony laptop bag.