Mar
15
Sorting Out Photos..
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Sunday morning – sorting out all the thousands of photos taken for the past several months, editing and deleting the duplicate, blurred or redundant pictures.
Much as I like to snap picture, I hate to categorise them.
And owing Parames her engagement photos that I promised to burn to CD and post to her, I finally burnt it. And I was thinking to burn a copy to all the others too but I would have to burn another 4 copies. Too lazy for that. 
So, guys, if possible, do bring me your thumbdrive or external harddisk if we do meet next week.
Here are a couple of my favourite pictures during the engagement.
Colourful and pretty~
In the room, waiting for the ceremony..
The picture is blurred coz we took our mirrored. No one else to take for us in the waiting room.
We chatted & laughed.. I love this pic of LY, doesn't she looks so sweet!
Ah, the groom and of course the guys came too. =)
Dec
5
Seafood Dinner at Langkawi~
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My friend asked if I remember the restaurant which we had our seafood dinner 2 years ago when we were in Langkawi. She said the food price is pretty cheap compared to the one she had on her next visit. She insisted that I should visit the restaurant again.
How could I remember a restaurant which I had only been there for one time with my lousy sense of direction and a poor memory and we do not know the restaurant's name.
Anyway, when I passed by this restaurant, I felt that it was the same one we went last time. I remembered seeing the 'Orkid Restaurant' before and it was in the same row. The restaurant name that we went was 'Yong Leong' seafood at Kuah town, by the main road.
My family seldom eats seafood as it was not as cheap in our hometown and my father wasn't a fan of seafood too. But my mum insisted of having them since we were there! S
o, yeah, after some compromising, we have fish, pork, tofu soup, vege and I insisted on squid too (my all time fav; the cholesterol level can wait!)! The dinner for four pax was at RM76, quite cheap and nice too. ^.^
My mum saw others ordering crab and it looked pretty good. So we came back the next night for crab, 2 plates of fried oysters (which I didn't think was good as it was too soft but well, they liked it), pork and vege at R M96.
The crab was very yummy and we enjoyed it very much although my brother didn't eat any of the seafood coz he hate them. (good for me, coz he is a big eater; less competition u see). And the boss was a little too arrogant for my liking!
But well, it was a pleasant 2 dinners. For lunch we went to a normal Malay stall and had expensive and not nice mixed rice (RM20 for 3 plates with a drink at lousy shop!). But I had a very nice young coconut pudding! Yummy yum!
Dec
4
Cable Car at Langkawi
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On the first day, after short rest in the hotel from the island hopping, we went to the cable car. It is a must-go when you are in Langkawi, according to my cousin advising my mom.
My brother and I was happy to see, pet and feed the animals there near the cable car; rabbits, monkey, deers, turkey, small birds (geez, I don't know the name of those small green love birds) and parrot!
There was this cute, green, amusing parrot which wasn't tied down but it won't fly away. It was perching on the stand outside a souvenir shop. But the bird, Lisa was very agile and wouldn't let anyone touch it!
My brother and I also took photos with huge phyton for RM5 per person but my mom was terrified of snake! The snake was already about 75% of my weight, ah so heavy! The fella said it fed on 4 chickens a month (only 4? I doubted it!) There were also 2 trained eagles which you can pet and take photos at the same price too. We also fed the deer and hungry bunnies that were practically begging us for food!
Back to cable car. It was RM25 (or was it RM28) for adult but if you show them your MyKad, you can get them at only RM15 per pax! Good to be Malaysian, sometimes.
There were two stops at the cable car and you can stop for pictures or fresh air. By the way, my mum hate to be photographed but my father is very cooperative as he was ready to post for me! 
There were suppose to be a bridge where you could cross at the 2nd stop but it was close for maintenance. We had green cotton candy to munch on at RM2. =)
Nov
27
Island Hopping in Langkawi
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It is my second visit to Langkawi as I have visited this island in Nov 2006, yeah, exactly two years ago. I went with my close friends back then and I found it enjoyable. Since my parents have never stepped into the island before, well, why not?
During the Matta fair, I almost booked the island hopping basic package as it was RM58 if I book on the day. But if I walk-in, it would cost me RM68! Luckily I didn't book it!
My housemate told me that it was only RM35 when she went last year and I couldn't remember how much I paid for during the my previous trip (coz I didn't blog much about it - only 2 paragraphs for the whole trip! - which I regretted now and so I am going to write long, grandmother posts for this trip! So bear with me! )
So when I was at the airport, this guy approached me and offered me RM40. I bargained as I have 4 persons and I got it at RM35 too! Yay! I didn't pay on spot and tell him that I would call him the next morning, in case I could get RM30 from other company. He laughed and said he would refund me if I got it at that price! Anyway, I did find a RM30 package on the last day, after the island hopping trip.
On the 2nd day morning, we went to Pulau Dayang Bunting (Pregnant Maiden Island, I think ), where you have to climb up the stairs and descend to a lovely lake. It was a little difficult for my mother to climb up or down as she always have knee pain problem. But slowly and steadily we made it!
The bear-in-the-photo-idea was stolen from Keone & coincidentally this is the bear that he bought for my birthday about 8 years ago which I almost lost and I was scared he would be mad but he didn't; and knowing him well, I bet he remember none of it. =)
We have an hour in the island. You could kayak/canoe or rent the paddle boat there or simply relax and dip your feet into the lake where there are garoupa fishes 'cleaning' up the dry skin on your feet for free!
It is like those fish spa in KL. If you buy some fish food and throw them on your feet, all the fishes will come swimming around your feet! It feels ticklish to have them touching you. My mom, bro and I tried but my father wouldn't! My father bought 3 keychains there (see, he is like me, like to buy small useless small stuffs).
There were many monkeys at the island too and one should be watchful of their belongings. We stopped to eat some breads and those monkeys wanted to snatch the food from us too! We fended them off with umbrellas. By the way, there are toilets in the island too.
Next we went to see eagle feeding nearby an island (which I forgot the name, or never knew the name, in fact). I was told that they feed the eagles with chicken skin! Yikes, high cholesterol, birdie! It was amazing to see some big, strong eagles swooshing about! Beautiful!
Lastly we went to the lovely island of Pulau Beras Basah (Wet Rice Island?) which is a stretch of beach with fine sands and no water supply, which means no toilet. If you have to do your business, you go to some bushes and do it there.
There is a small hut where a lady was selling some cold canned drinks and hot beverages (I had coconut there before too) and chips too. Very pleasant and relaxing island with beautiful girls in bikinis as well as obese ladies in skimpy bikinis too! Ooops! 1 hour there.
You could go swimming, play sands or go for banana boat.
The whole island trip takes around 3 hours only, do bring your own foods. Wear shorts and sandals (and hats and umbrella if you are scared of sun like me). It was the first time seeing my father wearing shorts when we go out. He is always in his long pants! ;D
Nov
27
Air Asia VS Firefly @ Subang Airport!
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Most of us are familiar with the LCCT as most of the time; we took Air Asia flights as it is rather affordable. And for the first time last week, I took the Firefly instead and have to go to the Subang airport, or also known as Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport.
It is an old on airport, built back in 1965 with the longest runway in South East Asia! Most of the places are under construction to turn it to an ultra modern hub, SkyPark.
Currently there are only banks, a diamond shop (who does diamond-shopping while waiting for flight?!) and the competitors, Air Asia counter in the airport! Not to mention, a small "mamak stall"-café known as 'Makcik Café', selling prepacks food!
And flying back from Langkawi, I was surprised to see the 'baggage claim' area which is at the entrance of a door. People were standing there, waiting for the flight officer to put our luggage at the door. The respective owners would then take their own bags. I saw a small conveyer belt by the corridor, which was for baggage claim in the future I suppose.
Well, although it was a little empty and boring and 'traditional', I find that it is more convenient to go as it is in Subang. I could take a cab from my house in PJ and it cost me about only RM25 per trip. I have to buy taxi coupon from the counter on the way home and it cost me only RM22 to go back to PJ. Much more affordable and save time on travelling to the airport compared to KLIA and LCCT.
And the Firefly plane was quite ok too. It was small planes like Air Asia's and it could seat 52 people. Check In baggage is free (oppose to AirAsia's baggage charges) and they even give refreshment in the plane. Just some biscuits and orange juice but still better than Air Asia.
And you get seat numbers in the plane as well. I am not sure if the numbers are assigned during booking or check-in though. 
Another thing that I like about FireFly is there is not as many passengers like in Air Asia, which means less queue and less crowd. But then again, it doesn’t fly to as many places as Air Asia. So yeah.. =)
Nov
27
A Picture Speaks A Thousand Words..
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I have become photography maniac when I got my 3rd current digital camera (Canon Digital Ixus 75) that enables me to take great pictures! I practically snapped everything new in sight, food, people, events and stuffs!
I took pictures of my new shoes, small silly or fancy stuffs that I bought, the flowers, people, anything! Whenever I have dinner/lunch during weekend, I took pictures of them even though I have dined at the same restaurants many times.
Whenever I go for trips, I would take a minimum of 500 pics, sometimes more than 1000! It is easy to take photos, just snapped on a button. It is digital, so it is free to take as many as I want.
But the thing is to organize, select and keep those pictures that I have taken! I tried to put every picture in respective folders with the date taken. Next, I have to delete those duplicates pictures, blurred pictures and ugly pictures. After that I have to reduce the size of pictures that I will never develop so it wouldn’t be too huge in size.
Then, I touch up those dark and dull pictures! That is plenty of work! There is more work when I want to develop some of the pictures, I have to select from the hundreds.
Not to mention for blogging purpose, choosing those pictures, arranged them nicely and put captions. Man, it is tiring! I spent four good hours last Sunday, arranging and organizing some of my photos taken in the last 5 months and it is still not completed yet!
After I am done, with it, I will have to burn them into DVD for backup, not one copy but two! *tired*
Nov
2
Deepavali @ 2008~
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This year Deepavali/Diwali seems to be simple. However I am happy to visit both my best friends’ houses although they couldn’t make it to visit each other with perfect good reasons!
This year, I became the volunteered organiser and sent out sms invitation to everyone. We met at Renu’s house at 11.30am and it was good to meet up with my childhood friends since… June. We were served a variety of cookies and muruku and next, the always drooling feast of tosai, nasi beriani, mutton rending, chicken curry and putu mayam. Yum~
Prem joined us with her sister when we were having the lunchie and she was getting married in December. All of her got an invitation at her wedding in December at a temple in Seremban! =)
And I insisted to take a group photo (for memory’s and blogging’s sake!)
Next, we visited Parames and well, this year she didn’t manage to get her Punjabi suit (I think she gonna kills me if she ever reads this). I guess it is the first year she wasn’t in her traditional suit! Too busy at the hospital, I guess. And I was very curious about her stories and experiences as a doc!
I had a good time taking pictures of her cute niece too! I think she just look perfect, like a little smiley angel which makes me very fond of her. Isn’t she cute?!? (a quarter chinese)
It was more of a catching up session with good food and best friends at Deepavali 2008. Hope it still stays the same when someone got married next May! 
Oct
16
Cycling at Botanical Garden, Putrajaya~
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I need to exercise. Or so I have been told.
I need to exercise. Though I am skinny.
I need to exercise. For health reason. For cholesterol reason.
It’s end of the year already! Which means I’ll be going for my annual medical check up again! This time it will be critical as I want my cholesterol level to DROP. To borderline level at least. And thus I am making extra effort to exercise. No, it’s not cheating.
And thus I tried to make the effort by going to the TTDI hiking a few weeks ago. On Monday, I wake up earlier for a jog at nearby park. Two weeks ago, we tried cycling in Botanical Garden at Putrajaya. It didn’t sweat as much as the one at Bukit Cahaya (Taman Pertanian) Shah Alam.
But the Botanical garden is quite pretty, and so I ended up taking more picture than doing the cycling.
It is open from Tuesday to Sunday and you can rent bicycle or tandem there. Bicycle 1 hour is about RM3/4 for a bicycle on weekend (2 hours on weekday). Tandem is RM7 an hour. It opens from 9am onward.
Here are two pictures of non-me, the beautiful Putrajaya.
Oct
8
RM2 Sushi King Promotion on Kaiten Belt 2009 ~
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I suddenly thought of it early this October. It was suppose do be every Sept and March/April. But this year I didn’t hear of it. None. Have I missed it? Oh no… O.O
I have been religiously celebrating it for about 3 years already, twice a year. And I just couldn’t wait for it to come again.
And then I do what I do best, I googled : RM2 Sushi King Promotion Bonanza 2009 on Kaiten Belt. Yes, RM2 for a plate of sushi of rice based!
And ah, I found it! What a relief. I suppose they have postponed it to October instead of the usual September due to the fasting month for Muslim.
After a tipping of PinkCotton from her blog, I decided to get Sushi King membership for Year 2009 myself! Yay!
And do not miss great event of cheap sushi. I will pounce at those yummy unagi and prawns and let’s forget about cholesterol for a while. It will be a reason for us to meet up again, me & my girls. ^.^
The auspicious date is from 13 – 15 Oct 08 for West Malaysia and 20-23 Oct 08 for East Malaysia. Can’t wait!
Click for clearer picture~
P/S : And for a taste of dark and twisted (if you ain’t get enough from my previous post), do check out this cool set ‘I Destroy Angel’ pictures which is the highlight of PhotoKaki.com forum, Malaysia’s Top Photography Forum.
Oct
8
It is rainy season again due to the Emperor Gods Festival or otherwise famously known as the “Kau Wong Yeh” festival. It wasn’t a festival that I celebrated as a child or when I have grown up.
It was something very unfamiliar to me as I do not know what it is all about. But I have heard that to some people it is grand festival.
KW brought me to the Kau Wong Yeh festival in Ampang after work on Friday. When I reached there, I realise that I have been to there before a few years back. But I couldn’t recall who did I go with and when.
It drizzled a little when we reached and the place was kinda muddy. There were many stalls there selling all kind of stuffs, from colourful candies, to wind chimes, incense, red bun tortoise for prayers offering, bracelets, fengshui stalls and even Maxis were there. Of course there were plenty of food stalls selling vegetarians food and other delicacy.
Besides that, there were many old beggars begging for me money as well. I was informed that the temple was next to a huge old folk’s home. I felt sorry for them as there were so old and still have to beg for money at the last few years of their lives. What are the stories behind them?
Anyway, we had some expensive and not so yummy vegetarian food and also yummy yau-char-kuai that were sold there. We didn’t pray as we were told that you have to be vegetarian for a whole day before praying there (not sure if it is true).
Anyway it is quite an experience. =)
Jul
23
Day 2 : Sungai Lembing Trip~
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Yes, we got up at 5am to go to the Rainbow Waterfall, a much harder attempt since we were already deprived of sleep. But thank God, we were brought to the ‘pasar’ for a quick breakfast first. 2 half boiled eggs, toasted bread and teh-si-peng~ (^.^) My ideal breakfast~
Next we climbed on a lorry and sat there for one and half hour of trip on the ‘jungle’! It was a very bumpy ride as there wasn’t any paved path but only a track full of stones. The lorry even waded small streams and the uneven journey was really a horrible one!
We have to grip tightly or else we might slipped off our seat, which was just bench on the lorry, with no cover on top of the lorry. We were just exposed to the rain or the sun (or those tree branches during the journey). (=.=)”
I was glad when we arrived and I thought that’s it, where was my rainbow??? To my dismay, we have to hike for an hour through the jungle. It was not an easy one since we have to go through some rivers with the slippery rocks and stuffs.
I wasn’t mentally prepared for it and thus find it even tougher. But finally, after being bitten by 3 leeches I finally reached the waterfall!
And… it wasn’t a huge one as expected too. But boy, wasn’t I glad to be seated down and enjoy the scenery and gobbled down the ‘chee cheung fun’ that we we brought along.
And not long after that, many tourists arrived and the place turned into a market with all the noise, people cheering and shouting, smoking, cooking instant noodles and stuffs. (=.=)"
And yeah, I saw the rainbow around 10am when the sun shines and it was quite constant. Anyway, we were told that we are lucky as it doesn’t appear everyday. (^.^)
And I braved myself back to the hiking which took 45 minutes and 2 hours of bumpy lorry ride under the mercy of hot scorching sun!!! T.T
That’s it. I shall never be back Sg Lembing. Those who have never go before can go at least once for experience. But twice is a little too much for trip like this. =P
This picture is taken while roaming the small town of Sg Lembing. Colorful houses of the small town. ^.^
Jul
22
Rainbow Waterfall Trip~
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I have bitten by the virus of I-m-so-lazy-to-update-my-blog. And I must admit the virus attack has getting more serious by the rate I am blogging; from every single day to twice a week and I fear the rate going to drop even further and I am forced to close down the blog. /_\
There are things I can write about which is the Sungai Lembing trip which I bet everyone else would have already written about it. I am 9 days late..
It was a trip of 12 people, not everyone know everyone else but at least each know at least other 3 and at least one person knows everyone, yeah being the co-organizers.
It is a place known for the famous rainbow waterfall and probably nothing else as it is a super-hot small little town which is almost dead. The small town is so peaceful that the villager could just leave their keys on the motorbike! And during the afternoon it is hard to find a place for lunch as most of the shops are not opened, not that there are many to begin with.
We left KL around 9pm after work and reached there after midnight and ‘checked-in’ to a hostel; exceptionally clean wooden house with 4 rooms and mattress that you can choose from.
On Saturday morning, hardly having a wink of sleep, we have to wake up at 4.15am to climb the small hill to watch sunrise! With almost empty stomach, unless you are willing to eat junk food in the morning; which all that we have.
It was a 45 minutes climb which isn’t too difficult if you have some stamina. It was a starry night and the weather was cooling and very fresh! But we reached the peak quite early, around 5am-ish and the sun didn’t rise till around 7am! Plenty of time for those professional photographer to set up their SLR on tripod and the rest chatted and complaining how hungry are we. It was quite a pretty view when the sun finally rose!
After that, we hiked down, had delicious breakfast, and roamed about the small town on foot (which took less than an hour) and back to nap.
Lunch at Kuantan since we couldn’t find a shop that opened for meal! Actually we were glad to escape Sg Lembing as it was unbelievable hot, hot, hot weather!
At night, we had BBQ dinner which we bbq on our own. It was rather fun although a lot of food was wasted. And my insomnia seemed to perish with the lack of sleep the day before. The next morning we have to get up at 5am! Hey, I thought it was a holiday?
<to be cont..>
