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

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...

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

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。

Sepang Gold Coast (26 Oct 2008)

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)

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

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)

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)

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

Second Visit to Bukit Tabur (7 June 2008)

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

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

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)

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)

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!!!

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

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)

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:

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

	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。

Choy Har's Wedding Day (2 Dec 2007)

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)

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)

"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/

Travel Around Singapore (3 - 5 Nov 2007)

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.