AaronWoolala

Every end brings about a new beginning - AaronWoolala.com

2010-01-29T17:24:00.005+08:00

Hi ladies and gentlemen, who have been following my blog, thank you very much for coming back even when I hardly update. My new blog is up but not at 100% yet. Not going to move anything from here, this blog will stay as it is, but I will no longer update here. That's it.

My new blog, well you should already know, is: AaronWoolala.com

Since this name is more well known than my real name, I've decided not to change it.

Once again, thank you. Thank you very much. =)

AaronWoolala

Mega Poison

2010-01-25T18:25:00.003+08:00

Went to Nikon Centre last Saturday. Was poisoned, badly.

Just a lil' bit more.

AaronWoolala

I saw Indonesia

2010-01-21T14:29:00.006+08:00

More photos of places I visited in Indonesia.

First:

Lots of temples and stuff, the carvings and architectures are rather similar to those I saw back then in Cambodia. Most of the stones were taken by people who lost their homes to the great volcanic eruption. What for? They used those stones to rebuild their homes. As a result, many parts of these temples are lost. Reconstructing the temples require a lot of funding, and it's difficult since they don't know exactly how those temples look like, originally.

Next:

I don't remember the name of this place. But the sea view is epic! You have to go there at least once and see it for yourself. It's superrr beautiful! One thing I do remember is that there are a lot of monkeys around this place. They are aggressive, and known for robbing things from people. They tend to go after shiny things. Spectacles, earrings, whatever stuff that shines. There is a reason why they grab those stuff. They want food in exchange of your stuff back. If you want your item back, offer food and the amount of food depends on the monkey's mood. You'd think you'll be able to scare them off before they come close enough, but they are fast, and they are everywhere. So I hid my stuff instead of risking it.

Next:

They have restaurants by the beach too, just like most... beaches. Yes.

And then:

Golden Retrievers on top of the Volcano, Gunung Batur. Inactive but very much alive. The steam alone is hot enough to cook eggs.

And again:

Unending lot of temples. Been shooting a lot of temples since Cambodia. Will I ever get a chance to go to Vatican City? Cathedrals are just as awesome.

Finally:

Wildlife in Bali, Indonesia. LoL~
I love this photo a lot. It's just a cat, but it looks wild here. Meow~

When will I see you again?

AaronWoolala

Woolala's New Journey

2010-01-20T12:43:00.005+08:00

Back from Indonesia! Awesome trip. Here is a group photo.

Now here's the thing, I'm going to stop updating this blog. Why? It's because I'm moving to a new blog. Not yet, but once I'm done, I'll make another announcement here to officially close this blog. A whole new level, a better experience.

Thank you for sticking around. =D

AaronWoolala

Many months later...

2009-12-20T15:08:00.003+08:00

It's been a while. LOL~

Blog is moving soon. =D

AaronWoolala

Off To Malacca

2009-08-24T01:46:00.003+08:00

My parents are now home, having a break from their work in Papua New Guinea. This time instead of hanging around at home, they want to go somewhere and spend some family fun time with my sister and I. So yes, we are going to Malacca, and coming back on Wednesday.

And so, my next update will be on Wednesday or Thursday. I didn't expect this trip, so I didn't prepare a blog-post beforehand. I don't do scheduled posting, it kind of feels wrong to me. But anyway, will return with photos of Malacca. Not any famous historical spots, but the beach resort.

Cheers!

AaronWoolala

Good Japanese Food

2009-08-20T18:17:00.004+08:00

Celebrated Daniel's birthday a few weeks back at Sushi Zanmai, One Utama. Enjoyed shooting food photos more than humans. lol~ And now, if you like Japanese food, I hope I make you feel hungry.

My favourite, the soft shell crab thing. And I didn't try the lobster. Maybe next time.

Going to blog about trips next.

AaronWoolala

The Target

2009-08-11T14:04:00.004+08:00

I've decided to update my blog at least once a week. Therefore I'm going to need a lot of blogging material. I can't update my blog on a daily basis. And I wonder how some people actually manage to do that. Where do they get all their blog-stuff from? It's probably the lifestyle. Meeting people every day, attending events every weekend, and what not. See, my blog is mainly about photos and well, traveling experiences. So, no travel or photo-shoot, means no blogging material. I've been offered quite a few opportunities, but well...... I guess it's not my time yet. How regrettable.

Next thing I'm going to do, get myself a diving license, equip myself with a waterproof camera, and explore a world, where most mysteries lie deep and waiting to be discovered - underwater photography, just wait!

But anyway, I'm going to post up a pic just for fun.

So, do you know where this is?

AaronWoolala

Woolala Really Returns

2009-08-06T22:50:00.004+08:00

Whoa! Stopped blogging for more than a month. Actually I've been thinking about getting my own dot com blog. Hmm.... Never mind that for now.

Anyway this is just a short post, just to get me moving again.

A pug. Fat dog!

Koay Zhiap! Penang food. Where can I find this food besides in Penang?

I need good food. Lately, the food served at home are rather strange. Since my grandma is sick and cannot cook like she used to, my grandaunt took over the cooking, and together with the hired cook, they prepare our meals. Sometimes it's OK, sometimes it's sooooooo not OK. Ever tried chewing fried chicken like rubber? Hurts my teeth and throat, especially now with braces, nightmare!

AaronWoolala

Woolala Returns

2009-06-26T23:41:00.003+08:00

My mind is still floating in Langkawi. So that's why I haven't been updating. :D
Anyway, I'm back and will blog about Runway 101 next. Woohoo~

AaronWoolala

To Langkawi, I go

2009-06-17T02:05:00.003+08:00

Langkawi Sunset
Originally uploaded by efphoto

Had a rather busy week doing stuff at home. Tired and stressed out. Haven't prepare the next Runway 101 post yet, it will have to wait until I come back from my next trip.
I won't be around from 18 - 20 June, going to spend a few days photo-shooting in Langkawi. Will come back with more photos, blog material. :D

Thank you for reading!
Oh, and the photo on the right is not mine. I only borrowed it. Go click on it! :D

AaronWoolala

Runway 101, HELP Uni-Coll

2009-06-11T21:47:00.002+08:00

Here it is, the first part of Runway 101. Took place in HELP University College on 5th June 2009 (Friday). Pretty interesting. Much thanks to Dennis and Satkuru for the opportunity. Looking forward to shooting more of these events.

A few photos I shot before the event started.

Crew members busy ushering the guests to their seats.
Some double checking on the stage settings.
And the band doing a little rehearsal before the real thing.

The backstage area, only crew members, VIPs, and media can enter.
Oh and of course the models.

Yes the plant is blocking, I know. lol~

Going to post up more photos in the next one.
The entire event, I didn't use telephoto lens at all. I left the close-up shots to Daniel. So you can check at his blog when he's updated.

AaronWoolala

To the Runway

2009-06-11T01:57:00.004+08:00

Coming up next!

I didn't design this banner, just added a lot of contrast to the banner I shot. Was one of the official photographer for the event. It was quite difficult because the of lighting, but this won't be too big of a problem after I upgrade my gear.

I'm still trying to sell my camera off, and buy something new. It's quite difficult, since I'm trying to sell everything off - lenses, flash, battery grip, probably giving away the survival kit to whoever buys the stuff as well. Jumping ship is a headache. lol~

AaronWoolala

Waterfront, Kota Kinabalu

2009-06-04T18:18:00.008+08:00

Kota Kinabalu waterfront, a hot-spot, most lively during the evening until midnight. This is probably where all the clubbing people hang out. But I didn't go there to club, so like usual, the gang took out the cameras and started shooting at anything and everything.

Like I said in the previous post, there were clouds blocking the view. No nice sunset photo. Lousy timing.

A whole row of clubs, restaurants, pubs, etc. Loud music playing everywhere.

See the gecko? :D

More adventures coming my way, I'm so excited. :D

AaronWoolala

Welcome To Sabah

2009-05-30T22:51:00.005+08:00

I figured there's nothing left to blog about MDG Season 2 Finale, so I'll be blogging about my trips again. I don't want to keep posting photos of ruins, so I'll be continuing with Cambodia only after I finish this one.

So now you know what is this about. :D

I'll cut the long story short.
I traveled to Kota Kinabalu on the 1st of May 2009 by flight. Arrived at Terminal 2, took a taxi to Terminal 1 to meet up with the rest of the gang. Took another taxi to the hotel for that night, checked in, then left the room to venture around for a bit, and to get some dinner. The town, at night, is a pretty scary place. lol~

We checked out on the following day to transfer to another hotel, and to meet up with the bigger part of the gang. More walking, food, then it was time for our boat ride.

Off to Manukan Island.

It's a pretty OK place, if not for the crowd. Seriously, to get from one spot to another, you have to walk in a line. Freaking traffic congestion.

Photos, photos, photos~

Anchovies, very small fishes. More well known as Ikan Bilis.

We did not play in the sea, spent most of our time shooting photos. And since there was nothing much to do, we called our boat and headed back to town for more food, and more shooting as we were walking back to the hotel.

I suppose most Shouters know who this is already :D

And we waited for the sunset, but later in the evening the weather turned crappy, the sun was blocked by clouds. Everything was covered in plain boring blue, no sun rays, no horizon.

After I returned from the trip, I learned from a friend of mine who stays in Sabah, that the first week of May this year, is a lousy time to go to Sabah. *slaps forehead*

Nevertheless, a good experience. And dang, I miss the beach.

AaronWoolala

Jumping Ship

2009-05-23T18:09:00.004+08:00

A short weekend update. Really short one. Only four pics, to make you feel hungry. :D
Oh and a little something at the end that explains the title.

It's been a long time since I last went food hunting. Saving up some money for trips and camera upgrade. In fact, I'm going to change camera brand. Going to buy Nikon. So, I'm going to sell my Sony Alpha gear. Anyone wanna buy? :D

AaronWoolala

MDG-S2 The 2nd

2009-05-21T16:47:00.006+08:00

Here comes a photo-post.

That's 10 photos. Maybe one or two more posts? Or should I go back to blogging about my trips?

AaronWoolala

Malaysian Dream Girl Season 2 Finale

2009-05-17T23:15:00.006+08:00

Before I continue with more Cambodia story, I'll post something different, something quite new.
The Malaysian Dream Girl Season 2 Finale at The Curve on 15th of May 2009 (Friday). Had a great time, shooting photos, laughing at weird jokes.

Anyway, here are photos of the event that I shot.

The entire event, I was shooting from this angle. Pretty difficult to get nice shots, because the background is the shopping mall.

The guys who started the show. Phat Fabes and Ben from Fly FM.

Ming.

She blogs too. Here's the link.

Ming again.

Pinky

She's the first runner-up in MDG season 2.
I'm not sure if she blogs. lol~

Will Quah & Elaine Daly the host and hostess, Andrew Tan, & Julie Wong the judges.

Ming again. lol~

Natasha, who won the most ferocious attack award. :D

Farah, looked at my camera. Alriiiight~ But the background. Tsk tsk~

Juanita, the winner of MDG season 2.

Pinky and Juanita.

Leica! lol~

And that's it, for now.
I wonder why I could not get any nice shots of Dawn.
In case you did not know, Dawn is the second runner-up in MDG season 2. And she blogs. lol~

AaronWoolala

A New Story

2009-05-01T12:46:00.004+08:00

Short announcement: I won't be around from 1st May to 7th May, so that means I can't update my blog for a week.

Click on the pic!

This is just sweet~ I love NatGeo, I love Earth!
Happy Labour Day!

AaronWoolala

From Wat to Wat - Cambodia

2009-04-28T13:41:00.004+08:00

The weather is freaking hot these days. Not a single day spent without feeling sweaty and sticky. I'm trying to cut down the electrical bill, so I don't turn on the air-cond as often. Plus Earth Day and all that, I suppose using less electricity will help. Doing my part as an Earthling. lol~

Aaaaaand, yeah still in Cambodia. Unending it seems. Perhaps something different in the next post to change the mood in my blog a little.

This time around, I'll be posting a few photos of temples. I don't remember exactly which is which though. Maybe I'll bring a diary in my next trip, suppose it'll help me blog better.

Satkuru, Angeline, and LeeMay checking the stuff she bought from the craft center.

The very famous face of Bayon.

Angkor Wat during sunrise.

It felt awesome to be there. The view was spectacular. You think you've seen it in photos and all that, but it's nothing compare to seeing it with your own eyes! I was like, woo... WooOO! Wowww.. Whoa! lol~

That's Ai Ling. This is actually the area in front of Angkor Wat.

With this and the previous post, I've linked all six bloggers who went on this trip with me.

An Algerian Orange-tailed Skink.

A lizard-type animal. It's very cute as its tail kept moving, kinda like a dog wagging its tail. I suppose it's a type of warning to possible threats or predators. Maybe I'm wrong, but most animals with striking-coloured skin are like that, no? lol~

AaronWoolala

Craft of Cambodia

2009-04-23T13:09:00.004+08:00

Still in Cambodia, and this time, I'm gonna post here photos of sculptures and carvings. We visited a place, I can't recall the name of the place. There are many centers like this over there anyway. I suppose they are all almost the same? Hmmm... Maybe not all, since this place I went, they train the mute and deaf to draw, and other works. You know, the usual.

And now, the photos!

From left: William, Satkuru, guide (I errr, forgot his name), Statue, LeeMay, Angeline (lol), & Emily.

It's fun to actually watch them at work, seeing a piece of wood or stone slowly change into a certain shape, and eventually become these work of art. Awesome! This usually take years to train. So if you like their work, maybe you can show them support by buying their work. Although for that to happen, you have to visit Cambodia. lol~

AaronWoolala~

Where They Live

2009-04-17T12:24:00.007+08:00

I'm updating again. Rare huh? lol~ More Cambodia photos.

Can you guess where this is?
Yes? No?
This is the largest lake in Southeast Asia - Tonle Sap.
This is how the dry season looks like, imagine when it's wet.

Them kids are cute, but they were asking for money as they posed for the camera. I didn't give them any money though. The tour guide told us not to, because if we gave the kids money, they won't go to school, and will spend all their time asking for money. Good point, but I feel sad for them, I think.

Last one, a happy photo. Koreans I think, funny people. Gave us the V sign, so we blasted our cameras at them.

Now now, when will the next update be? lol~

AaronWoolala~

The Filler

2009-04-14T21:53:00.008+08:00

Short update, just to keep the blog alive. Notice I haven't been updating for a while now, been rather busy with quite a few things. Maybe now I do shorter but more frequent updates.

Well, breakfast in Cambodia, pretty healthy stuff, I think.

Usually I don't even eat breakfast.
There, they serve breakfast for free, so I whacked everything.

I kinda miss Siam Reap. It's probably the full body massage. It was a rather funny experience. Now I feel like I need a massage.

No not this one, although I don't know what this really means... Birdy massage hmmm...

AaronWoolala out~

Another Day In Pain-dise

2009-03-07T16:07:00.007+08:00

Final day in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Well, we had only a few hours in Phnom Penh. Plenty of food I haven't try, it's kind of sad. This day was a painful one. Painful stories, painful bus trip, lunchless pain. My first time having that much bread in just a few days. That should explain the title.

I love the weather there. That morning, I woke up to a really loud music around 5:00a.m. "What the heck?!", I thought. Then later found out that there's a wedding right opposite our hotel.

This image is blurred due to the zooming during the rather slow-shutter shot. I turned the lens by accident, but like this shot more than the normal one.

And then we were off to see the wiz... No, uh, to the Genocidal Museum.

Whatever happened there was very bad, inhuman. What some people would do to others for anything, sometimes I just don't understand.

This room had its own story. There are a few buildings, loads of stories to be told. A rather depressing place.

Right after that, we visited the Genocidal Center.

It's a beautiful place, but more sad stories. Mass killing graves everywhere.

The many skulls inside the building. The number of skulls in this image is like, maybe only 2% of all the skulls you can find inside this building.

A few weeks back, around the time I came back from this Cambodia trip, I saw a news. "Killing Fields" trial to start 30 years after the fall of Pol Pot.

Enough of sad stories for now. Left the sad place, rented a "tuk-tuk" to scout for lunch.

Despite being a tourism spot, these guys gave me a feeling that they're not very used to tourists. I wonder why. Or maybe it's just weird to shoot at anything.

Even in Cambodia, can find Klang Bah Kut Teh. We didn't eat that, we never had anything for lunch that day. Scouting fail.

And then, we said bye-bye to Phnom Penh and headed to our next destination, Siam Reap. A truly awesome place.
Of course, that will be in the next update. lol~
AaronWoolala out!

The Cambodia Story

2009-02-05T15:42:00.007+08:00

Chinese New Year is almost over now. This year's holiday is rather boring, no? You know how people like to gather and play card games during Chinese New Year. I hate card games, but to some, Chinese New Year is all about playing card games, so instead of going to people's place and watch them play, I stayed home. And, since I have nothing much to do at home, I ate like no one's business. Strange though, I did not put on any extra weight.

I went on a trip to Cambodia with a bunch of friends, just before Chinese New Year. It's very much different from what I had expected, especially the weather. It's always cooling there. Their traffic system, is different from ours. I took a while to adjust to their left-hand side driving. Traffic is chaotic, and they really just cross the roads, and the number of honks one driver do in a day, is more than the number of honks I did since I 1st touched a car, and I think more than I would ever do in a lifetime. They honk at almost every car. Perhaps it's like a greeting? Or it's to alert the others of their presence?

Pictures time! Just a few that I shot during Day One of the trip - Phnom Penh.

What do the clouds look like to you?

Cheapest transportation you can get in Cambodia. They call it "tuk-tuk", known to us as auto rickshaw. Click on that link for more info on tuk-tuk.

Our first meal in Cambodia, is Khmer food, in a rather expensive shop - Khmer Saravan if not mistaken.

Angkor Beer, it's better than Skol, I think. lol~ At least the Angkor Wat logo looks nicer.

Plain white rice.

Amok Fish. Amok is a very tasty curry-type food. I love curry!

Sour Soup. What's in it? I think you can roughly guess from the picture.
It's a fish soup, so it tastes like the teo-chew-steamed-fish's sauce.

After dinner, we walked around town and shot pictures of almost everything. Also during this time, five out of seven of us complained about the cold temperature.

The Royal Palace. One out of many shots.

While our photo-shooting session, we noticed many people staring at us. It got worse when we lined up the cameras and flashes to shoot a group photo. Maybe it's because all 7 of us carried DSLRs.

And then, it was snack-time. What kind of snacks do they have? We spotted a shop and went to check it out.

Oh yeah! They sell quite a lot of stuff, sea-crawlers, creepy-crawlies.

This is a Tarantula spider, fried? It tastes better than I thought, kind of like dried meat. Click on the link for more info on dried meat.

We also ate crickets. I forgot to try their snakes, couldn't find scorpions. What a waste. Anyway, this blog-post ends here. Until the next update, have a good day!

Woolala~

Jingle all the way~

2008-12-24T16:31:00.005+08:00

Tomorrow is Christmas! So I'm going to fill my blog with some Xmas mood. :D
A little something I shot in One Utama and The Curve with Firewire.

There are a lot more shots, but these are the nicer ones, I think.
Merry Christmas everyone! And happy new year! :D
Woolala~

Combo Party

2008-11-24T19:00:00.008+08:00

Nowadays busy with film photography. It's very much different if compared to digital. Everything takes a lot longer, and you have to go through the whole chemical process for a single photo. Phew~

There was a small gathering last Wednesday, to celebrate William's birthday, and it was also a small farewell party for Angeline. She will be leaving KL for her hometown, she's graduating soon. *claps* Kita orangs mesti ingat lu!

William & Angeline

It took place in Niu Ze Xui (NZX), Ara Damansara. There's this Fullhouse place there that is rather nice.

Inside NZX

Fullhouse, Lifestyle Store and Cafe

The cute menu. Very cartooney.

Chocolate Ice-Blended

Chicken Chop. Not my order, but it looks good to me.

Rib-Eye Steak with Thyme Sauce. It tasted good, only, a bit too cooked.

It's a good place, but I'm not sure if they messed up the order or missed it out. They sent out all our food, except those of the two VIPs of the night. Poor them, waited for almost 2 hours. I don't think they are ever going back to that place. LoL~

Woolala~

Goody Food

2008-11-14T18:25:00.003+08:00

Ho! I'm hungry~ It's been a long time since I last went food hunting. Life's getting tougher by the day. No matter, photos time! Since I'm hungry, I wanna make you hungry too. Heh~

This is errr.. TGIF's Bluey-drink. OK I obviously forgot the name of the drink. Not bad, sweet and sour.

This is TGIF's Chicken-combo set thingy, I think. Comes with a dessert, although I didn't get to shoot it before it melted and its shape went off.

About this photo, the depth of field is too shallow, but you can still clearly see it's beef, so I think it's OK :P
Oh and yeah, it's good.

This one is not TGIF's, but a buffet restaurant in Le Meridian, KL. I have no idea what it is. lol~

Finally, the best waffle, Waffle World's Triple Nutz! It's crunchy and tasty, very nutty. For those who don't like nuts, well they have other stuff too. Maybe next round I try and let you know.

Woolala~

One Night In Genting

2008-10-06T02:43:00.006+08:00

There's nothing much to write about Genting, so I'll be posting only photos.

This is the final week to my holiday. No more lazing around. I have a new goal to set, and I need more money!
Woolala~

Kaboomey Art

2008-09-26T21:53:00.003+08:00

Here is a little something I've been delaying, Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC) is a nice building, especially at night with lights. But I was rushing to the highlight of the night, so I didn't shoot the building.

Malaysia International Fireworks Competition (MIFC) finale. I enjoyed the fireworks a lot. Here are 2 firework photos I shot.

It was my first time shooting fireworks, and the smoke gets in the way all the time. Nevertheless, a fun experience! More photo-shoot!

I need more practice.
Woolala~

Woolalaaa~

2008-09-26T08:47:00.005+08:00

I need an island trip!

Thanks to William's camera and Lasker's shooting.
Woolala~

10082008 Day Out

2008-08-20T21:56:00.004+08:00

The post title is actually a date. It was a Sunday, had something planned but somehow something went wrong and we had to go somewhere else.
Original plan was, meet up with Shouters at Berjaya Times Square for makan session, then join the Kbox people for karaoke session, then Jogoya for dinner.
What really happened, waited for the Shouters for a long while, and took photos of a fashion show while waiting. Decided to have lunch at Gasoline after walking around aimlessly for a short while. And then joined in the karaoke session one hour later than planned time. Jogoya was canceled due to a sad reason. Left the gang to join another gang for Korean food instead.

Who's behind the menu?

Gasoline's food were OK, very thick sauce with heavy flavouring, I think. Their drinks were good though.

And then the Kbox people at Redbox. My first, real group shot with them.

Since the much anticipated Jogoya dinner was canceled, I left earlier with Daniel to meet up with Jane and David for Korean food instead. Don't know exactly where the place is situated, but it was around Ampang. The whole place was full of Korean shops and restaurants, and well, Koreans.

My first time really eating Korean food, learned a few things about Koreans and how to eat Korean food, Korean style. The side dishes were all free of charge, we only had to pay for our beers, the meat and beef soup thingy? Yeah. It was quite fun. Food was good, and thanks to the beer we got pretty full in little time.

When are we going again?
And I still want that Jogoya dinner. Anybody?
Woolala~

I'm an Alphanatic

2008-08-15T04:01:00.006+08:00

Parents are coming back home on the 18th of August 2008. There goes my "home alone". Good thing is, I don't have to handle all the chores on my own. College life is changing, somehow. I'm beginning to get a clearer picture about something important. Also, learning how to be more creative in terms of photography, and I still suck in portraiture. -__-

There was a Sony Alpha Photography Seminar on the 9th of August 2008, in Le Meridian Hotel, KL. It was my first time attending a seminar of that level. Five-star hotel can? And yet it's free for Alpha users to attend. More than a hundred people turned up. The talk was interesting, now I know more about flash photography and got some ideas on shooting still life.

The lunch they provided was Arabian buffet. I never thought Arabian food was so good. Now I have something new to crave for. I heard there's one in Sunway Pyramid, anyone want to go eat Arabian food with me?

There was nothing much to shoot during the seminar, I think. Everyone was shooting each other, loads of group photos. Since I hardly blog with human photos, I didn't took many. From here on out, photos, photos and photos.

Arabian buffet restaurant in Le Meridian, KL. Good food with a very nice atmosphere. I'm going to check out more Arabian restaurants and see if they get any better.

Ted Adnan sharing his knowledge on flash photography and portraiture, and the heads of participants. There was another guy who talked to us about Automotive Photography - Darren Chang. I didn't shoot his photo, I kind of... forgot. -__-

Flowers on a table in the hotel. Wireless flash fired from the side and this is what I got. You can see pixels on the red flower. It only appeared after I re-size the photo. I think it's because of the colour, the re-sizer couldn't work it out.

This is where we had our tea, a little evening refreshment. Thanks to that, most of the participants were full and felt sleepy during the second-half of the talk. Nevertheless, great stuff from Darren Chang. You have to check out his blog, I think it's amazing.

The best thing that happened? They gave every participant an Alpha Survival Kit for free. So really, everything was for free, in a five-star hotel. I'm looking forward to the next Alpha camera, I hope they announce something soon.

Woolala~

Photo-Party

2008-08-01T13:42:00.006+08:00

My sister has left home for training in Hilton Hotel, KL. And with both my parents working overseas, I'm home alone all the time. Having the whole house to myself is kind of nice. Anyone want to come over to party? ................... Just kidding.

Two weeks ago I blogged about photos. Well this time, I'm going to blog about photos too. Hohoho~ Yes I'm still blogging about Redang. A lot of delaying, I know, and I don't want my posts to be too long, so I have to break it up into many posts. And I said there are going to be more words in this post. Well, I'll try.

So, Redang has this very blue sky with nice clouds. I used to spend hours shooting photos of the sky, but I'm not that noob anymore. lol~

The most famous spot on Redang Island, I think. Forgot what is it called, Laguna or Long Beach. Hmmm...

And then when we had nothing to do during the night, we tried our hands on anything we can find, including...

Scrabble. It was fun to watch them play. lol~

A very big Gecko, was like half foot long. Came out from the dark to feast on the insects. It was raining, therefore, many insects gathered around the lights.

Alright, time for more photo sharing.

A very blue post.
Thanks for reading!
Woolala~

Photo Sharing, Again?

2008-07-15T22:46:00.005+08:00

I'm having my semester break now, but even during semester break I have tonnes of work to do. Of course, I have to work on my photo shooting styles too. Learning a lot, thanks to all the photo-shoot trips.

Here are more photos. Random shots, first attempt at lightning shots (which was more difficult than I thought), and a group photo.

I gotta write more words in my post eh?
I'll do that in the next one.
Woolala~

Photo Sharing - Redang

2008-07-08T02:43:00.010+08:00

My blog is still alive! Yes it is. And here is an update! Continuing the previous post - Into The Blue.
Unfortunately I don't have a lot of time to make this post more wordy, and yes I've been receiving complaints, saying I should put in more words in my posts. Well, not in this post anyway. This is an all-photos' post, photos taken on the island.

Checking in!

People who were leaving on the boat we took to the island.

Rising Moon, seriously.

See that blue glowing thing? That's the Blue Sand.

Another photo of the moon. Unlike the one in the previous post, you can see more craters in this photo.

Woke up early in the morning and waited for this shot.

Shouters singing during karaoke session.

And that is all I have for now. Coming up next, more humans.
Woolala~

Into The Blue

2008-06-28T22:06:00.005+08:00

Haven't been blogging for exactly two weeks now. This time I have return, with more photos! I'm gonna skip the Bagan Lalang's photos for now, to show you a little something on my latest trip - Redang Island.

Once again, a Shouters' trip! Who went?
KL's side: Daniel, David, Lisa, Satkuru, William, and Woolala.
Penang's side: Angeline, Elise, HugoLim, Lasker, LeeMay, and Wendy.

KTM, my only option. lol~
A photo I shot while I was inside the train, well yeah I took the train to KL Central to meet up with the rest of the KL gang, and then from KL to Kuala Terengganu by bus.

Inside the speeding bus.
It was rather fun traveling by bus. Talked and laughed, shot a few photos, and slept all the way until we arrived at our destination.

Shops, at Kuala Terengganu Station.
And then we joined together with the other six from Penang, who were waiting for us because they arrived earlier. We went around to look for a little snack since everyone was hungry.

Photo of the Moon, shot during snack time at the station.
And when the transports arrived, we left the station and headed to the jetty. And in about 30 minutes time, we arrived and waited for a while before the boat was readied. And then...

We were on the boat! Off towards the island! And that point, it was really exciting. Thinking about it makes me miss the place. More photos!

Next up, shots taken on Redang Island!
Woolala~

Bagan Lalang, Fishy Food

2008-06-14T16:33:00.005+08:00

Continuing this post: Bagan Lalang, Sepang Outing. Also about the food we had there, none of us liked it. Here are the photos.

Milo Shake, and Steven in the background.
It was made to look like a tiny mountain, normally people would think it's more ice than the drink, but this one was totally not like that. It was superbly-crazily-overly sweet. And there were other drinks too, but they all look the same so I'm not gonna post them up one by one. And yes they were all very sweet too.

Mich shooting Jess shooting my drink.

Nath shooting his Ultraman-face-lookalike-drink.
Nasi Goreng USA:
Looks - OK
Smell - still OK
Taste - not anywhere near OK

And then we tried something common, which can be found in most restaurants at beach areas - Ikan Bakar. When the order came, it looked like this.

Not too bad looking, couldn't smell the food though. So like usual, we dig ourselves in.

And KABOOM! It tasted like some rotten crap, stinky fish, dead meat, gosh it was yucky! And that's it, I'm never going back to that particular restaurant. Maybe we'll check out the Sepang Gold Coast area instead, if there's a next time.

Anyway, what happened next, in Bagan Lalang?
I'll show you, in the next post.
Woolala~

Summer Squeeze

2008-06-09T00:02:00.004+08:00

Interrupting the Bagan Lalang trip flow, to show you this. Summer Splash at Sunway, Entrance. Was suppose to meet up with many other people, but didn't get to go in. I queued with Anston, Fattien and HungWei for about an hour and then we decided it's not worth our time, so we left the place.

HungWei and Fattien in the lower right corner. Anston hiding somewhere.

This wasn't even half of the number of people we saw there.
To have this kind of crowd to greet you after an hour of parking search, was really depressing. What I'm feeling right now, is that I won't be going to any event of this kind anymore unless I get special passes. lol~
Woolala~

Bagan Lalang, Sepang Outing

2008-06-04T02:27:00.006+08:00

Update on Bagan Lalang photo-shoot outing! Went with Shouters & Bloggers - Daniel, Eugene, Eri, Mich, Nath, Waiseng, Steven & Jess. Most of my photos are candid shots. First shot was taken by Eugene. And the rest, well, nothing much to talk about. Check out the Bagan Lalang action!

My own photo to start off the post!

The camera-setting session.
And then the actions started. Everyone were shooting at each other, or shooting at themselves. A lot of posing and acting, shutter sound clicking all the way.

Woolala flying to Lalaland.
No words can describe. More actions in the next post!
Woolala~

One Jump, Are You In?

2008-06-01T15:01:00.004+08:00

I have a lot of stuff to buy, and I'm broke. Photography classes require camera accessories, so I need more resources. Anyway, this is not exactly an update, just to show you what is coming up next. I have no time to work on the rest of the photos yet, because I have to go shop for my art stuff. Now I'm really broke, help!

Went to Bagan Lalang for the second time, this time with Shouters and bloggers. It turned out more fun than I initially expected. Thanks to Eugene for that jump photo! Will update more on this outing when I come online again.

Stay tuned!
Woolala~

What I've Shot

2008-05-26T16:34:00.005+08:00

Hora people! Here's another update. Since I'm currently doing photography, most of the assignments are about shooting photos. So, I'm going to post up a few photos I took around my house.

Close-up shot of a dragonfly.

My pet turtle.

Panning shot of a truck.
While shooting around for my assignment photos, I found a few cats and noticed that they are always hanging around the back alley of my house.

The next photo was originally for my assignment too, but the expression a little too siao, so I dare not use.

Woolala-style Kung Fu

I think you can tell what this is.

Found a spider on my floor mat. I love shooting insects, but it's so difficult without Macro lens.

This shot was taken by my sister, she tried to bounce the flash from my right, as in the photo, but the flash power was set too high, and this is the end result of the photo. Maybe I can use this as my header. Hmmm...

What do you think?
Woolala~

Coming back to life, with food!

2008-05-22T01:03:00.006+08:00

Hey yo! I'm back for more blogging! I've left my blog with no updates for almost a month now. I got people complaining about it. Anyway, since I'm back now, I will update again like old times, and I errr, think I need a new header. Yes it's been long over Christmas but it's still there because I like it. So, any ideas about what I can use for my new header?

I'm going to fill this post with food photos. I'm going to start with a restaurant at The Curve. However, I can't seem to recall the name of the restaurant. How typical of me. You don't need me telling you this too, but, I don't remember any of the dishes' names either.

I didn't eat all that, I had the one in the second photo. The food there was not bad, and the price was OK, I think.

And now, photos of Malacca food. It's nothing much, but my point is that they were tasty. I would love to travel to Malacca again for more food hunt, but unfortunately I have limited resources, the sadness.

Sungai Melaka?

This, I know! Air Batu Campur with Gula Melaka. In English, Mixed Ice with Malacca Sugar? Malacca Sugar doesn't sound right to me.

And then there is this famous Baba & Nyonya style Curry Laksa. It's rather different from the ones I normally eat. They added Tuna fish in it, and I like theirs a lot better.

The last one I had at Malacca, Curry Chicken Wantan Noodle. This was the best Curry Chicken Wantan Noodle I've eaten so far. Do you know a good one in KL or Selangor? Do let me know, and I will hunt it down.

Well, I think from now on I'm gonna start hunting down all the good food. Any suggestions, anyone?

Now then, what is next?
Woolala~

Burning Skies, End of Day

2008-04-29T01:08:00.006+08:00

Back from a long break from blogging. I've been busy with a lot of things, especially since my college life is starting all over. Apologies to those who visited my blog.

Went to Bagan Lalang with a bunch of friends to celebrate the birthday of a friend. Shot photos of the sun going down, so slowly, until it was totally swallowed by the sea. Here are the photos.

My first sunset photo-shoot. It's not the best, but I felt really good and satisfied, although there are obvious grains in my photos, because I forgot to change the ISO setting for a few photos.

That's all for this post.
Woolala~

Morning's Glow, Kanching

2008-04-11T23:44:00.006+08:00

I've not update my blog for a ridiculously long period of time. I'm dedicating a lot of my time to my college life and stuff. Assignments, projects, photo-shootings, presentations, you know the drill. The most unbelievable thing is that I have to do colour studies. Like you know, the artist's colour wheel thing, mixing of colours, it's exactly like what I did in secondary school. Only this time, more challenging.

This post is on Kanching Waterfalls. I joined a group of bloggers and we went there together. It was a rather tiring drive. The journey is not that far, but traffic was slow moving and the car in front of mine, the one leading, was driving slowly, so it took us quite a while to get there.

There are seven main waterfalls if I'm not mistaken. This one above is the second waterfall, I think. Didn't take a lot of waterfall shots, simply because, well, they look all similar to me.

Next up, as usual, the life I managed to capture at Kanching.

Monkey model.
There were many monkeys around the place. I took many photos of monkeys jumping and climbing on the trees. But I'm not going to post up too many of the same photos, so I'll just put up a few of my favourites.

A female monkey.

Posing for me to take photo? XD
The next one is rather scary. Some won't like it, some won't be able to stand it, some would think it's gross, but I'm going to post it up because it's rather unique to me.

The March of Million-Ants
Most of the people who saw this got pretty freaked out. Must be due to the many legs and weird shape. I think the world of insects is interesting. It's so alien-ish. I hope I get Macro lens! It's gonna be so nice shooting insects with macro lens. Sigh~

Thunder Lizard? lol~

Giant mosquitoes mating?

A Giant, Black Ant

Final shot at the longest waterfall.
Don't mind the people in the photo, they were having fun, and I couldn't wait for them to leave for the shot.

That's all I have on Kanching. The outing was rather short. We finished and left after this part of the waterfall to take our lunch and then returned home. And errr... The lunch wasn't good. Therefore, no food photos. And finally, the ending of this post with my photo.

Peace to the World!
Next up in line, Gua Tempurung trip, with my photos.
Woolala~

Still Shouting at Genting

2008-03-28T15:39:00.003+08:00

College started, and I'm going to college to study, and like any other students, I'm busy with assignments. Of course, first week is still fine. But I don't have enough time for everything, so updates were being delayed.

Continuing, this round, more photos on Shouters at Genting Highland.

I still suck in portraiture. Maybe I should find a model and experiment with thousands of shots before I actually learn something. Also, I need an external flash unit.

Firewire suddenly became quiet. I suppose he was thinking about something, or rather, someone?

So deeply in thoughts, must be someone special.

Nice expression on Firewire's face. I tried imitating, but failed.

Somehow, Firewire became the spotlight in this post.

Can you spot the Shouters?
Next up, Genting or Kanching? Hmmm...
Woolala~

The Shouting of Genting

2008-03-22T17:24:00.004+08:00

It's been what, 10-11 days since I last blogged? Yeah have been out for quite a while.
Anyway, went up to Genting Highland on 15th of March 2008 with a group of Shouters. Well that's, for now, the best Genting Highland trip I've ever joined. Traveling with a bunch of crazy people is really exciting.

It was freaking cloudy and misty.

It would have been a pain driving up if it rained, lucky us, it didn't.

The clouds were crawling everywhere, covering every part of the forest. Wanted to record a video on it, but suddenly I had something else to shoot.

Firewire moulala became a bit siao and promoted the rubbish bin.
For those who didn't understand moulala, it's cantonese, meaning - suddenly. As for siao, who wouldn't know? I don't think I have readers from anywhere except Malaysia. Uh, is there? lol~

The great big foot, I know not the reason they made the giant foot print.

I know not the reason of this too. Promoting exit sign?

This one is different. I catch no ball though.

Daniel again, this time trying to cabut the pagoda.
Again, for those who didn't understand cabut, it's Malay, meaning - extract? More like pluck.

Spotted a giant mozzie. And this was the best shot I could get with my 18-70mm lens.

And Firewire promoting the Gents.
It's truly fascinating, traveling with very very crazy and fun people. Next up, more Genting photos! Also, I might cut in with a little something else. Thanks for reading! Have a good day!
Woolala~

A Happy Ending?

2008-03-11T03:28:00.007+08:00

The General Election 2008 ended, and the results were rather surprising. A happy ending? Or Not? However, as much as I would like to discuss about the matter, I shouldn't. After all, this blog is not about politics.

So, about this update... It seems the Semenyih Trip post is taking too long to finish. So I've decided that this will be the final post on the Semenyih Trip. Yeah, the end.

I find this tree rather special. There is another plant climbing up its trunk. Plants are always competing for food, water and sunlight. Roots dig deep, trunks grow tall. lol~

Next, waterfalls. I'm not really good at shooting waterfalls, plus I don't have a tripod, and I'm too lazy to use Eugene's tripod. So, the longest I could do was one to two second exposure time.

Does the water look like it's really cold? Yes? No? Compare these with the one below.

Do you see the difference? This shot was taken with a shorter exposure time. Ah well, I'm sure that you'd understand. If you don't anyway, I hope you enjoy the photos.

And finally, the people who made this trip happen.

Eugene, crouching with style.

Fattien, pointing at a certain something.
Don't know what is he pointing at in the photo, so I put my blog name there, promote a bit. lol~ By the way, this photo was shot and edited by Eugene.

Me, myself and I.
Oh and my baby DSLR-camera, appearing in my own blog for the first time. So, this shot is obviously not taken by me. Thanks Eugene!

A group photo to end the post. Again, photo by Eugene. The rest of us are holding our cameras in the photo, right?

The trip was fun, I learned and experienced a lot, much thanks to these guys. After all, it was only my first, true photo-shoot session with a DSLR-camera. I'm looking forward to more photo-shoot sessions! More! More!! I want MORE!!!
*ehem*
Woolala~

Banana Eaters

2008-03-07T16:05:00.004+08:00

Yo! Back again. It's been a rather busy week for me. I have been working on the crap zone of my house, cleaning up the place again, and painting the house all over. Anyway, continuing with the Semenyih visit, this time we have monkeys.

Supposedly a notorious bunch. Known to grab stuffs from people, snatch bags, which is quite a big headache. But when we got near to them, they fled. My guess is that they were afraid of us, because we were all holding DSLR-cameras. Maybe they thought we were holding guns.

End of post.
Woolala~

Deep In Greens

2008-03-03T17:36:00.005+08:00

It's Monday and feeling a little blue. My father has left home for work, so the house is quiet all over again. Anyway, more photos of Semenyih.

We went into some forest, I don't remember the name. Well, here comes the photos.

There were all kinds of weird plants that I've never seen. Too bad most of the animals are either hiding or camouflaging.

There's a frog in the photo. Uh, I'm sure you can see it. It's not that hidden.

This is supposedly some kind of flying lizard. The black thing under its neck can expand, like wings? Of course, they don't actually fly.

Those are camouflage cases. Hiding cases, well, maybe in their nest?

A bird nest with no sign of birds. Maybe they were out for food.

Some plants are just hairy.

I wonder what are the functions of the hair.

End of post.

I'm still learning a lot about photography. And I've been thinking about this blog.
Should I continue posting a lot of photos, or should I write more? Hmmm...
Anyway, thank you readers.
Woolala~

Deep Sea Crawlers

2008-02-28T17:47:00.003+08:00

A little snack I had, brought home all the way from Papua New Guinea.

Can you guess?

Maybe this will give you a clue?

Bacons, I love bacons.

Still don't know what this is?
Lobsters, very cheap if you buy them at Papua New Guinea.

And that was my first time eating lobsters.
I suppose this post is rather meaningless. lol~
Next one will be something different.
Stay tuned.
Woolala~

Colourful Wonders

2008-02-25T05:34:00.006+08:00

What did you do during the weekend?

Normally, I'd sleep until noon and spend the rest of the day at home, doing nothing. But ever since I bought the new camera, my life's starting to change a little. No I'm not saying the camera is some magic, but I do a lot more meaningful things with the camera. Traveling around taking photos, is just what I like.

Sunday, 24th February 2008 - Semenyih with Eugene and Fattien.

The beauty of this place is indescribable. However, since it's rather far up, there are very few people around the place. I guess that's also why some people drove up there to dispose off their waste. We spotted a lot of rubbish. Old, unused furnitures, wooden boxes, racks, crates, et cetera. With no one around to look after the place, I wonder how long will its beauty last.

Misty Waters
It was still early morning when we arrived at the place. There was a thin layer of mist just above the water, as in the photo.

The water was clear and deep, I wonder what kind of fish will I find in here. Spotted a few guys fishing, but didn't wait around long enough to see what they can catch.

Now, time for the highlight of this post - Insects. I used 75mm - 300mm camera lens to shoot them, since I have no macro lens.

A bee working at its best, pollens can be spotted on its hind legs. And that gray thing is actually an ant.

Dragonflies, greater insects. Dragonflies used to be such huge creatures, but they grew smaller and smaller, and eventually became the ones we see now. Why? How would I know? lol~

Do you see what I see? Yes, a spider. OK spiders have eight legs so they are not insects. So what? lol~ From the way it looks, I think it's poisonous. And I can't get any closer since I have no macro lens.

Why do some butterflies open their wings like the one in this photo, and some close their wings up? To display their wings? Camouflage? Or are they simply two different types?

No idea about these two. But from how their wings look, I don't think they're designed for speed.

An ant, but not any normal ant. That thing was around 3.5cm - 4cm long, way over an inch.

This is not an insect. It's just an outer shell an insect has left behind. Or maybe its innards have been drained out by some other insects. Or it could be that it died after laying eggs, and its young ate its protein. Or it could be the work of a parasite. I really don't know. lol~

That is all for today's update.
Woolala~

Noob DSLR Shots~

2008-02-22T18:16:00.005+08:00

Chinese New Year is over! And with my new Alpha200, I took a lot of photos.

Lotus Lamp, Table of Gods
Taken at my grandmother's place, before we left for Chinese New Year Eve dinner. And this dinner, is quite the normal case. Uh, no one waited for me to finish taking photos, so most of the photos, the food a little messed up. lol~

Abalone & Vegetables?
All I know about this dish is that it's got abalone, sea cucumber, mushrooms, and everything else you can see in the photo. It was rather tasteless.

Shark Fin Soup
Very nice! But I don't like the idea of eating shark fins. Poor sharks.

I'm sure you know what this is.
It was good, but nothing like the best one I've tasted.

Fried Fish
It was always steamed fish. This year however, due to special reasons, we tried the fried fish, and it was very very good!

Sweet & Spicy Prawns
I deleted the clear version of the prawns photo by accident, so I'm left with only this. Out of focus, dang.

"Fatt-Choi" & Vegetables
"Fatt-Choi" is that hair-like vegetable. lol~

Glutinous Rice?
I don't know what to call this, but it was the most filling dish at that dinner. lol~

Yellow-coloured Dessert
Obviously I don't know the name of this thing. But I spotted Sago, and someone told me this dessert is a healthy food. Tasted like Barley to me.

That's all for today's update.
Woolala~

Penang Makan/Photo-shoot Trip, End.

2008-02-18T21:10:00.005+08:00

Last of Canon PowerShot A570IS photos. After this, I'll be posting photos taken using Sony Alpha200. Yes, it's a new toy I got. Have been playing with it for a while now. Anyway, let's get to the photos, still with Penang.

Big-white Building
I don't know what's it called, but it's right next to the fort, park, and sea. And uh, it was an extremely sunny day, but the photo looks dark, because I wanted it to look dark. But then the shadows, hmmm...

An Old Fire Hydrant
I suppose it still works? We don't get to see this kind around Port Klang.

An Insect
Uh, no I don't know what type of insect is this. A beetle? A tick? But ticks are arthropods, and arthropods are eight-legged. Anyway, it was rather cute, reacted to my movements. Ignore the rubbish OK.

Penang Trees?

Under the Penang Tree
Firewire posing. Was he trying to become a new God?

I forgot what's this called, but I like the sky.

Last photo I took in Penang, Gurney Plaza's stairway.

OK! That's it for this post. It's been a while since I last wrote a wordy post. Hmmm...

Woolala~

Zone, Fort Cornwallis

2008-02-13T04:47:00.001+08:00

I said in the previous post, that this update should be fun. Apparently, no. I mean, I'm not gonna update on that yet. For now, let's just look at more of my Penang trip's photos.

Went to Fort Cornwallis. Sadly it was closed, on a Sunday. Geez~ What kind of tourism spot closes on Sunday? OK don't answer that question. Uh, we took photos anyway.

It was a very sunny Sunday.

The only cannon we can see from outside the fort.

The Main Gate, I suppose.

Locked from inside.
I wonder why is the place closed on Sundays. Hmmm...
Anyway, we went on around the Fort, and saw a park.

It should mean 'Welcome To Old Fort Park' in English, I think.
And there was nothing else to shoot. Haha~

The only guy who posed, Firewire.
And then we walked across the street, just next to the fort, to find this...

The sea.
Too bad the sea is dirty, otherwise the photos will look really good.
Alright next update should be the last one? Hehe~

Woolala~

Bed & Beach

2008-02-08T14:39:00.001+08:00

Auto-City
Well yeah, still about Penang. More about us. We went to Bed in Auto-City. Uh, no we didn't sleep in Auto-City. There's this place called Bed in Auto-City. Never mind.

Satkuru & Wendy, uh, Firewire's hand at the back.
Nothing much to talk about this Bed place. We drank something, chatted, played game games, and then half the group went home.

What next? Daniel, Firewire, Willaz and I, went to Subaidah to meet up with Chee Hsien. He brought his friends along, but we didn't really talk to his friends. I feel bad for him, being in the middle. But anyway, we had fun laughing a little, and then left for our next location.

Feringghi Beach
Sorry, shaky hands and slow shutter speed. lol~

What did we do at the beach?

At first, it was boring.
And then Chee Hsien, toying with my camera, asked us to pose.

I can't describe this pose of Daniel's.

And then he tried and attack me.

This one, was not supposed to look like this.
The camera angle, make it feel as if he's going to kick me.
OK next post should be fun.

Woolala~

A Yummy Post?

2008-02-04T03:01:00.001+08:00

It's been awhile. I'm back with more updates. What's in this post? Hmmm...
As usual, photos of food.

Penang Laksa
Not the best Laksa in Penang, but still, a lot better than those you can find in Port Klang. You can really tell by just looking at it. The soup is full of fish! I wonder if they have Curry Laksa in Penang.

Penang Char Koay Teow
Not the best Char Koay Teow I've eaten, but still very good. And only in Penang, I see people Char the Koay Teow with prawns. Uh, my own food photo is making me hungry now. Crap.

Next, we went to Tambun for some seafood.

Capalang of Vegetable
Uh, yeah this is some healthy food, I think.

Prawn + Nestum = What you see in the pic above.
This is nice. I ate the prawns with their shell, very crispy, crunchy, etc.

Oh Jien!
Uh, "Oh Jien" means Fried Oyster in Hokkien. Somehow, they forgot about the egg in the naming process. Poor egg. Anyway, this "Oh Jien" is so far the best one I've eaten! The size of their oysters are much bigger compared to those people use in Klang or even KL, but not too big, just nice! And the taste, gosh! My food photo is killing me!

More Vegetable
I'm not sure about this vegetable. I think these are the leaves of potato trees? Why else would Chinese-Cantonese call it "Fan Shu Yip"?

Steamed Fish
I don't know what type of fish this is, but it tastes good! Very nice! No words can describe! Ushkaka!~

Crab with a lot of meat.
I guess that's why they called it "Yuk Hai" (Cantonese), meaning Meat Crab. About the taste, not bad. But I prefer it cooked in other styles.

OK that's all in this post. I will continue blogging about more food! But not in the next post, because I'll be posting images of human beings. Alright, thanks for viewing! Stay tuned.

Woolala~

A Trip to Paradise

2008-01-28T23:33:00.001+08:00

Well this post is about Capri. What is Capri? Where is Capri?

Island View

From above

Huh? Hey wait that's the wrong Capri. No I don't mean this Capri. I mean the one at Sri Petaling.

Well yes a lot of difference, I mean, between the Capri Island and the one I'm going to blog about now. Because what I'm about to show you guys, are just photos of food I took at Capri Cafe, Sri Petaling. No Island photos, sorry!

Longan Milk
This drink tastes and feels like ice-cream. I like it, not too sweet.

Chicken Chop with Spaghetti
HugoLim's order, not sure how it taste like, but apparently the noodle felt thick. Hmmm...

Braised Pork with Yam in Clay-pot
HungWei's order, I'm not much of a yam person, so... I don't know.

Onion & Ginger Fried Beef with Rice
Nothing special, but it was OK. The nice thing about this one is the sauce.

Crepe Durian Pancake
Not exactly a pancake. More like ice-cream. But this one is special. Every part of this bite, is so full of durian flavor. If you're a durian lover, you will love this dessert. I'm not a big fan of durian, but when I ate this, I felt like I was in durian paradise.......

Want a bite?
Guys, anytime you want to go for food outing, please let me know. I am definitely joining!

Woolala~

I was invited?

2008-01-26T02:07:00.000+08:00

I will be away for the weekend, so I won't be able to update until Monday!

Anyway, I got free ticket for the Special Screening of Rambo 4: John Rambo.
What can I say about the movie? A lot of blood! To Hell And Back is just about the right way to explain the movie.

Biggest ticket I've seen so far.
Sorry about the short update.
Next one will be on some food.

Woolala~

A Red Day~

2008-01-22T15:33:00.002+08:00

Went to ShoutOut's Karaoke Gathering at Red Box, The Curve. Well, I'm using a lot of HugoLim's photos, so you'll see his blog link on the photos. Why? Because he didn't send me, and he took most of the photos since he's got a DSLR camera. (What is DSLR? Hmmm.. Digital Shoot Like Real? lol~)

So, photos!

I hope this lot of photos won't slow my blog down. Those are most of the group photos we took in the room, thanks to HugoLim, again.

This photo was taken by Daniel. So bright can!
Well, after the karaoke session, we went on to look for something to eat. It wasn't lunch time, but most of us were hungry, and somehow, Red Box's food is just not that good. So, where did we eat? To Station Kopitiam, we went.

Beef Fried Rice
I'm sure by looking at it, you can tell that it's tasteless. Well yes it is rather tasteless. This time, the food photos won't make you feel hungry, I think. Anyway, I should have eaten at Red Box. Next.

Chicken Wing Fried Bi Hun?

Fish & Chips

Colourful, Unknown Dessert

Colourful, Unknown Drink
Sorry, I really don't know anything about the last two photos. lol~

Woolala~

Group Photos @ Gardens

2008-01-18T22:33:00.002+08:00

Well this is not exactly an update. Additional photos to the previous post. Thanks to Kellster for sending me these, group photos, exactly what I'm lacking.

Can't find me? Highest row eh?

Now if you can't see me in this one, you're blind.
Next post will come as soon as I received some photos from the cameraman.

Woolala~

Capalang-ish Saturday

2008-01-16T00:35:00.001+08:00

I attended a bloggers' gathering, organized by AMBP - All Malaysian Bloggers' Project - on the 12th of January, Saturday. It was more fun than I expected. Got to meet up with many new faces, and there were cameras everywhere!

Coffee? Chocolate?
Everyone got free drinks, and there were lucky-draw sessions. Many people, and I got to know only a few. But I think I will see them a lot more in the future.

Ricky, Sammy and Angeline
Sammy, a new face to me, a blogger too. I think that's some Yoga pose.

Well the whole gathering was all about taking photos, and posing. And we were the most active bunch, modeling and taking photos. Unbelievable.

And then, the gathering ended with a lot of big group photo, but I don't have any to post in here. So continuing, I wanted to have lunch with the group, but couldn't, since I was joining HungWei and Eugene for movie - Game Plan - and it was almost time. We left the group and ate simple lunch at McDonalds, met up with Hiew and his girlfriend, then proceeded to the cinema.

After the show, walked around and went to eat dinner with HungWei and Eugene. Also Eri and Fattien, who joined in for the dinner.

I don't remember the name of the restaurant. Dang, I always forget. Anyway, it's at Sri Petaling. Easy to find, and there are restaurants everywhere around that area.

Next, photos of the food we had.

Sizzling Bean Curd with Egg
I like Tofu and egg, I like this dish a lot.

Qing Chao Yau Choi
That's the Cantonese way of calling the dish. I don't know what's it called in English. I think I ate the most of this dish. Very nice vegetable. Hahaha~

Chicken in Herbal Soup
This dish was Oh-My-God nice! The soup was so good, I think I could finish the whole pot. Chicken's texture was really nice too.

Asam Fish
I like this dish a lot too. Very nice! Thinking about all these food, makes me hungry can! I will bring my whole big family there to try out more food, someday.

Woolala~

Aaron @ Alpha

2008-01-13T02:16:00.001+08:00

Went to Mid Valley on Friday. Met up with HungWei, and our main purpose, was to check out the Sony Alpha Roadshow. And I unexpectedly, bumped into Ricky, and so he tagged along. Well, before anything happened, we went to eat, since it was lunch time.

Ate at some noodle house, I forgot what's the shop called.

Sze Chuan Noodle Soup

Seafood Macaroni

Thai Style Tofu
And then, the Sony Alpha Roadshow!

I need 11-18mm lens man.

HungWei in action!

There weren't a lot of people, yet.

Sony Alpha200! And me, playing with it.
More surprises coming soon!
Hehehehe~

Woolala~

Food! Food!

2008-01-07T22:47:00.001+08:00

I'm back! Yes I am. Sorry for not updating for a long long time. Have been working on a song, maybe I'll record the play and post it up here when I'm done with it. Anyway, this post, is about food! I've been to Ipoh and Penang, I think you already know. So I'll post up photos of food that I've tried throughout the trip. Photos that I've posted before, I won't post again.

OK, photos!

Ipoh - Chicken Rice
Yeah well, this Chicken Rice is very famous, Onn Kee if not mistaken. But in my opinion, it's just so-so. A lot of sesame oil and pepper. And errr, no photos of rice.

Ipoh - Bean Sprout
This one came with the Chicken Rice set. The whole combination is the famous thing. The taste, is just like the chicken. Sesame oil and pepper.

Ipoh - Pork Balls
The soup was good, but the pork balls, a little too hard. Overall, this Bean Sprout Chicken Rice and Hor Fun shop, is not bad.

I also tried dessert at Ipoh, at a different place. I forgot the name of the street though.

Ipoh - Green-Coconutty Balls??
I don't know what's it called, but it's nice. A little too sweet though. One thing I like about this, however, is that when you bite it, the thing bursts like a small explosion inside of your mouth. Nice!

Ipoh - Yam Cake
This one is very very nice. The only yam I eat is yam cake, and I've not eaten any yam cake since many many years ago. This is really good.

And now, stuff I had when I was at Penang.

Penang - Crispy Fishy Thingy
Uh, OK first off, this one was taken at Manila Place, Gurney Plaza. And errr, I don't know what's it called, but it's very crispy and the inside tasted like fish, or prawn? Hmmm...

Penang - Unagi Rice
I suppose it's eel. I don't normally eat eel, but this Unagi Rice is not bad. Still Manila Place, Gurney Plaza.

Penang - Chocolate Ice Cream
Came with the Unagi Rice set. Not bad. Sweet stuff.

And then, Banana Leaf Cuisine at New World Park - Passions of Woolala! I mean, Passions of Kerala.

Penang - Banana Leaf Cuisine
We had Deep Fried Fish, Mutton Curry, Chicken Curry and a little bit of everything else. A very nice meal.

And the last photo in this post, I have no idea where this is. But it was so crowded, we had to wait for the table, and the food took forever to arrive.

Penang - Roast Pork?
Well, we had "Char Siew", "Siew Yoke" and Roast Duck. The duck was normal, "Siew Yoke" was nice, and the "Char Siew" was the best I've tasted so far!

OK, that's it!
I'm hoping to try out more food around Malaysia. Anyone wanna go anywhere?

Woolala~

Penang, The End

2007-12-27T14:43:00.001+08:00

Last of Penang trip! Very slow updates, I know. I've been busy traveling. Anyway, this post mainly photos. Well, begin!

First thing in the morning!
Yes, went to a food place for breakfast, don't remember the name of the place. Took photos around before food arrived. And once the food is in front of us, we didn't eat immediately. We are bloggers alright, we took photos.

Very nice, Pork Rolls?

Loh Mee
And then we headed to a Temple, just across the street.

The Temple was crowded.
We took a lot of photos of people releasing birds, mine wasn't taken from a good angle, so, many shots appeared rather confusing. Therefore, I'm not going to post them up.

Next! More food!

Auntie also posing!

Fish-ball & Hor Fun

Played posing outside the shop.
And then we headed to Khoo Kongsi for more photo-shooting.

They were experimenting with their cameras.

Khoo Kongsi's main building.

Old time signs, very nice.

Super Posers

Inside the hall.

Interesting wall-art. Look like guardians to me.

Behind-the-scene shot.
Yeah we took more photos behind the hall. After that, we left the place to look for a drink or something to cool us down.

Found this place - Takku Ice Cafe

The interior is quite nice.

Mango & mixed fruits.
Not the best one I've tried, but it's nice. Especially when the day is so hot, anything goes!

After that, we headed back to Ahlok's place to prepare for dinner with Shouters. Of course, we didn't go directly to the dinner place, we did more photo-shooting first. But I don't think I'm going to post up those shots, too many photos in this post already.

QEII Penang

And then dinner at "Big Tree Leg". That's direct translation from Chinese. It really means Under The Tree. So, Under The Tree Restaurant?

Group photo with Shouters and friends.
And then we had to run to the Ferry and Train Station, because we were late. We feared that we might lose the train. But the train was late! So, we took photos, again.

Final photo before heading home!
Do I miss Penang? Hmmm...

Woolala~

Penang, the 3rd

2007-12-20T23:16:00.001+08:00

Continuing the Penang trip, yes this is the third part. Went to Cherry Sweet to eat Tom Yam.

Their signboard a bit difficult to see.
Went on in to find out what's special about this place. Ahlok said this place has very good Tom Yam soup. I love spicy food, especially curry. Good Tom Yam is difficult to find.

Seafood Tom Yam
Well, not as good as I expected, but can do. It's not really that spicy, and it lacked some flavor to it, I can't find the right words to explain that flavor. Sour, fishy taste, maybe not thick enough.

Green Curry Chicken
This one is my favorite among the food we tried, mamamia~

Stuffed Crabs?
I'm not sure what they stuffed the crabs' shells with, but it was good. Tasted like fish-ball or fish-cake.

Deep Fried Kangkung
Not my kind of food, but it was OK, sweet and crispy.

Dessert of the Day
I forgot its name, but very nice. Water-chestnut, ice, and jelly. Sweeeeeeeeet~

After that, we headed to somewhere else to eat more food. Jason and Joshua both uploaded a video, that teleport one. Yeah we headed to the place opposite of New World Park, to eat more desserts and fried oysters with egg.

Cendol
That's what we call it. Jelly, ice, red beans, coconut milk and so on. The result is very sweet, and if you can't take too much of coconut milk, then this is not your kind of food.

Uh, Capalang of Fruits?
Obviously, I forgot the name. And the photo tells everything, so I need not explain.

Fried Oysters with Egg
This is the special, I never tasted this kind of Fried Oyster with Egg before. Very very nice, but a little too oily. The sauce is what differentiates this one with others I've tasted. And it's very crispy, unlike those I normally eat.

And then we stopped eating and took a few lean shots, I'm not going to post those here because I look funny in those photos. Next, Lovers' Bridge?

Yes it is! Lovers' Bridge.
Though, I don't see why lovers would want to come here. It felt like it's going to collapse anytime. But the sight was nice, and they did their jumping, but no leaning photos because of the fear of leaning into the sea?

Fishermen

smashpOp jump, behind-the-scene shot.
And then it's time to go meet up with Penang Shouters for dinner, for the first time. I didn't take photos during the dinner, so there's only a group photo.

My version of group photo.
Kind of dark, and blur because I didn't change the camera settings.

smashpOp's version.
Here, a clearer one.

Next post, should be the final post for this Penang trip.
Woolala~

Penang, The 2nd

2007-12-18T14:30:00.000+08:00

Continuing the previous post on the Penang trip with smashpOp, Douglas, Joshua and Ahlok - Entering, Penang! - We headed to the ferry.

Waiting for the ferry to arrive at the port.

Boats parked at the shore.

On the ferry.

Bloggers shooting their magical photos.

The ferry jump.
I actually kicked Jason's camera by accident during this shot. Good thing it was a minor hit. Anyway, sorry dude.

Nearing the port, that's QEII, I think.

Random shot.
And then we got off the ferry to meet up with Ahlok. A very friendly guy, now a Shouter. He brought us all for breakfast before heading to our next destination - Kek Lok Si.

What we had for breakfast - Toasts and coffee.
Kek Lok Si, a big temple. Why is it so famous? I don't know. Can anyone please explain it to me? Haha~ Next, a few photos of Kek Lok Si that I took.

There, my version of Kek Lok Si's photo.

I kind of like the plants in this photo.

Imagine with wide lens, fuyoh!

I find this part of Kek Lok Si rather relaxing.

Another photo of the temple.

Climbing the way up to the big Goddess Statue.

Construction in progress. We didn't get to see the rest of the place.

Guardian of the Temple.

And then smashpOp's leaning photos with me in as well. It was rather fun to do.

The Guan Ni Mah Lean

More Leaning action.

One leg also can!

That's all for this post. Next one will come as soon as tomorrow!
Woolala~

Woolala Penang~

2007-12-16T02:59:00.000+08:00

This is not Aaron, I'm just a trespasser with granted access.

I'm Wendy, by the way.

As you all would know, Aaron is currently in Penang (again) and he came up with some fellow KL bloggers to attend ShoutOut's Year End Barbecue Party as well as celebrating my birthday! And yea, he gets to party at the beach. He seems very excited about it.

Ah well, I'm just doing a good deed for updating because he's been kinda stuck lately, so I'm just going to spruce things up a little here. Woolala~

This is his current condition, with my cool looking sunglasses. -_^

Woolala will be back in action in er, 2 days? Well, if he doesn't you guys can just mass spam his blog till he does okay. Make him blog for you guys!

So that's it for now, I shall bid goodbye with a Woolala.

Woolala~

Here I come, again!

2007-12-14T00:50:00.000+08:00

I'm supposed to post about the 2nd part of the Penang trip, but I have a more important announcement to make.

I'm going to Penang again!

Starting Friday, until Sunday night. Why am I going to Penang again? To meet up with more Shouters, and a special occasion, ShoutOut's Year End Barbecue Party. It's held at the beach, so I don't want to miss this!

Here I come, again!

Will update a long post when I'm back at Port Klang.
Woolala~

Entering, Penang!

2007-12-10T09:59:00.000+08:00

Penang trip post? Yes I think it is. You've seen the photos at smashpOp's blog, a different version at Douglas' blog, and Joshua's, well, they all took good photos. The ones I took are only normal photos. Their tools, gosh, great cameras! Just wait!

Now, my turn to explain about the Penang trip. My style.

I left Port Klang and traveled to Kuala Lumpur Central station by KTM. Expected a boring journey, so I filled my hand phone with songs and it helped. Anyway, I gave Jason, otherwise known as smashpOp, a call to find out where he is at the Central station, and then I spotted him with another guy I've never seen. So we introduced ourselves a bit. Douglas Ho, guess I made myself a new friend.

Suddenly, there was an announcement, the train we're supposed to board is going to take off in a few minutes. But there was another guy, missing. Joshua, rushed to the Central station as fast as he could after work. Apparently his boss wanted him to stay back for a while. It's a good thing he made it in time. The doors closed right after he boarded the train. What's next? We did what we like to do best, taking photos.

Aaron, yes me, and Joshua, the guy who almost miss the train.
Douglas took this photo.
Next, I started taking photos too, with my digital camera.

Douglas & Jason
Then Joshua got hungry, so we went to the cafeteria coach to find something to eat.

The Cafeteria
Quite a noisy area, there were people playing cards and games, I wonder who played Jengga. The train was shaking all the while. Having nothing to play with, Jason took out his hand phone to connect to the internet.

ShoutOut!
So Jason shouted while the very hungry Joshua ate, since he had to skip dinner time to rush to the station. After a while, we grew hungry too. According to Joshua, the fried rice was not good, so we went for the tastiest possible food on the train, probably the cleanest too. Instant noodles.

The food we ate.

Uh, eating the food?
Thanks to Douglas for this photo.
After that, we went back to our berths to rest. We chatted, took more photos, and eventually, fell asleep.......

The next morning, we were awakened by the alarms we set. I looked out of the window, Penang bridge greeted me. Finally, after almost 10 hours on the train.

We got off the train, stretched a bit, talked about the nice shaky sleep. Really, the trains' shaking felt like a swinging bed, it was fun. And well, we took more photos.

This is what I got, from the Butterworth station.
Cameras' flashed, everyone took their photos, Jason did his "Jump". And then we headed to the ferry.

I wanted to continue writing, but it will become too long. 27 photos in a post is too many, no? So I'll update again in one or two days. I have them all prepared. Come back again soon!
Woolala~

An Evening at The Curve

2007-12-07T09:45:00.000+08:00

This is not a Penang trip's post.

Well, I went to The Curve last night with AlvinC to meet up with Firewire - a Shouter - to have dinner together, also to see Cherylyn and her boyfriend, Jason (a potential Shouter?), for the first time.

Here are the photos.

The Curve, ready for Christmas?

Empress Cafe

Jason & Cherylyn

Firewire, AlvinC, Cherylyn & Jason.

The same people, with different poses.

The Couple

Look at the picture behind Cherylyn.

I finally get to show my face.

Once again, Jason, Cherylyn, Firewire, Aaron, and AlvinC.

Next post, Penang trip?
Woolala~

Coming up next...

2007-12-05T00:01:00.000+08:00

I'm back from Penang! And I'm ready to update a bit on the trip. But I can't fit everything into one post. That'll take very long, and the post will be too long, too. So, expect a few posts on the Penang trip.

Anyway, this post is only here to let you know I'm back. I will update again, once I'm done with processing all of the photos.

A photo of Penang, foggy.
Just in case someone said I made up a story, like what happened in the past.
More photos on the next update.

And, before I end this post, I really have to say, I had a great time eating and taking photos when I was at Penang. Had a lot of fun meeting up with Penang Shouters too. Finally huh? It's been long. I will go to Penang again, real soon!

Penang rocks!
Stay tuned.
Woolala~

Night at the Port

2007-11-29T21:53:00.000+08:00

Went to Tanjung Harapan (somewhere near North Port, Port Klang) on a late night with a few friends, due to extreme boredom and well, we wanted to meet up to crap a little, and have supper. So, after supper, we walked to the port. And naturally I took out my camera. Suddenly, everyone started posing.

Acting Emo
Hmmm, the light around that area was yellow, so the photos I took are all yellowish too. I didn't edit the photos.

Standard V pose
And the two ladies on both sides, no longer acting Emo.

Ummm, I don't know what to say.
She's so thin, I kind of think that she looks like Olive? What's the name of Popeye the sailor's girlfriend?
Then we left the place, and I reach home to find a rather huge moth, the kind that have never appeared around my place before. So I took a photo.

Mega Moth
That's the moth, looking fierce. I love taking photos of stuff like that.

Well, and for your information, I'll be spending my weekend at Penang, so blog will only be updated when I'm back at home, that is on Monday.

And that's it!
Woolala~

Ten Feet Off The Ground

2007-11-25T23:38:00.000+08:00

*knock knock* "Wake up!", my sister shouted. It was early in the morning, and because I'm the driver of the family, I have to drive her to the cooking academy. So, I did that, and arrived home thinking that I can get back to sleeping, only to receive a phone call from my grandfather, asking me to follow him out. I was like, man, I'm struggling to keep my eyes open! But what the heck, Bah-Kut-Teh for breakfast, so I joined.

Ummm, no Bah-Kut-Teh photos, only photos of the place I went to. A house my parents bought, wanted to move there, but didn't move there due to rather personal reasons. And it's now for rent.

Weird taste of color.
Seriously, blue walls with green gates? Never mind, I only collect the rental and make sure the house is in good condition. And that little head over the roof, that's the head of my grandfather. What were we there for? To fix the freaking leaking roof, and my grandfather thought he could manage, so we went in without calling for help.

On top of the roof.
Normal photo-shooting is not fun enough? I risked my life climbing ten feet off the ground, on a ladder. Well, OK it's not that life-threatening. Anyway, I didn't go there to only take photos, I did help out a little too. A little help makes a lot of difference.

The other side of the street. Very cloudy.
Sure was cloudy. I was hoping for the sky to pour because it was very hot, but that would have been a disaster, because if it had rained, the leak couldn't be fixed, and I couldn't have taken these photos.

My grandfather, fixing the leak.
I was on the roof, a rather fun place to be at. My grandfather, is already 74 years old, and he can still climb up the roof. What a guy! Some people didn't believe me when I told them he's 74. They thought he's only 50-60 years old. I hope I'll be as strong as him if I ever live up to 80.

Did you just tilt your head?

That's it for this post!
Woolala~

Capalang of Places

2007-11-20T20:56:00.000+08:00

Went to the Gardens during the weekend. Nothing much over there for a poor fellow like me. So all I did was take photos. Nothing much to explain about the photos.

Nice errr, ball thingy...

Hmmm, it wasn't still Deepavali but the decoration was still there. Haven't update. lol~

I hope I have wide lens.
And the last photo, is my room. I have only one photo right now, because, well, I couldn't take photos from other angles. Furnitures blocking.

My new table.
Nothing special. Just more organized. And a few other things that I added to my room, so I can do everything in my room.

That's it for this post.

OLD Room

2007-11-15T00:11:00.000+08:00

It's been more than a week since I last blogged. Woolala~ I'm missing the blogosphere already! But anyway, I'm going to revamp my blog. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions on what my blog should look like? Colors? Should it be brightly colored, or dark like black? Even better, if someone can design something for me. Hoho! Yeah I don't think anyone will.

In the meantime, let me show you pictures of my old room.

What the heck, look at the mess!
I was cleaning the whole room, moving everything around, and was breathing dust. I think I have loads of stuff to give out to the poor. Books, stationary, files, and what not. Maybe I should donate them.

More mess. Loads of rubbish.

The messy Desktop area. My sister uses this PC, I use my laptop.

Crap Zone
Things that we don't want inside of our room, got here. And the bicycles, well, we have like, 3 or more bikes and we used to cycle around a lot, in a group of just family members.

Still Crap Zone
I think I need not explain the photo. Looking back at these photos, man, how did I ever sleep in my old room?! How did I get so messy? Not anymore! The next post should be about my new room then. And please, do give me feedbacks on how my blog should look.

Woolala~

A Short One

2007-11-05T22:19:00.000+08:00

Just a short one, to let you know, that I haven't been blogging because I've been busy. In fact, I couldn't blog. Why? My room, which is where I go online, my heaven, is currently being rearranged and I'm moving out a few old furnitures, and bringing in new ones, additional ones.

And yeah, I can't blog when I don't have a table to place my laptop, and all the connection lines, wires, were all so messy, it took me a few hours to finally set my whole table up. But no, I'm not done with my stuff yet. So I will return with photos, and a blog post as soon as my room is complete. And yeah, sorry to you who happen to come to my blog to find the same content from days ago.

My blog is not dead. I will be back!

Something fishy...

2007-10-31T10:01:00.000+08:00

Sorry about the delay. I wasn't at home yesterday and the day before, spent two days wandering outside, aimlessly. Clearly, I have a lot of problems going on lately, so please bear with my slow updates. And when it's over, I'll start working on my new template too.

Now, time to complete the story, continuation of the previous post.

The last time, I said they got lost, actually, they were in Cineleisure Damansara all the while. That means, I walked all the way back to The Curve for nothing, and have to walk back to Cineleisure Damansara, where I left Shaz and the gaming event. So errr, yeah, I walked, and they were waiting for me at...

The Manhattan FISH MARKET
What a market. They have so few choices of fish, but the atmosphere was okay. Every photo I took inside the place, is yellowish.

Tartar sauce, chilly sauce, and I-don't-know-what sauce.
Took this photo while I was waiting for my food to arrive. I was actually taking photos of everything I see, so errr, I have many random photos, but I decided not to post them up because they're meaningless.

And then the food arrived at our table. And please, forgive me for not remembering the name of the food. All I remember is the fish of the day - Dory fish. I was like, wow, am I actually eating that blue fish?

Dory - Finding Nemo
Back to the food. Since I don't know the names, I'll just show you photos that I took. I don't think the pictures will make you feel hungry. Probably because of the yellowish hue.

Dory fish, Dory dish
My sister's order. I'm not 100% sure, but I think it's Fish & Chips, or something like that. It was nice. How do I know? Well, she couldn't finish the whole thing, so I ate like, half of her fish. And those stuff on the fish, is fried squid? I remember the taste, rather milky.

Not Dory fish
My dad's order. It's not Dory fish, but I don't remember anything about it, except that it's the tastiest fish we ordered. So you should try other kinds of fish instead of Dory, if you ever go to The Manhattan FISH MARKET.

Dory fish with prawns
This is my order. They freaking burned my prawns in front of me! And, they never told me earlier, therefore, I don't get to show you the fire. So sad can. But anyway, the fish was good, and the prawns were just nice.

After we're done eating, we paid the bill and went to Ikea. Took a few photos there, but nothing worth posting. So, that's that. And then we went home.

Penchala Link Tunnel
It was Hari Raya puasa, the traffic was so freaking smooth. I think most of the Muslims were at home, waiting for 7pm to come. All hands standby! Ready to eat in three, two, one! ROAR!

Now, what will be my next post? Hmmm.......

A Curvy Day

2007-10-27T03:15:00.000+08:00

When was Raya? Last month? Well yeah it's been almost a month, and I have photos taken back then, when my parents were still at home, and we decided to go to The Curve since my parents have never been there. And they were rather happy about it, I errr, think. More like I hope.

From this point out, photos!

The Walk, The Curve
There weren't a lot of fun inside The Curve, so we walked out to errr, The Street?

Is this part The Street or The Walk?
I don't remember. But anyway, the shops around there don't allow people to take photos, which is rather sad. I mean, all I'm going to do is promote their shop, not that I have a lot of traffic, but at least it's better than nothing, no? (lol~) Okay maybe they don't need any promotion. I never needed their photos anyway. (lol~)

So we walked, and walked, and walked, and.. Eventually arrived at Cineleisure Damansara. So we walked in and gee.. There was something going on.

Astro's GAMING Championship Series
At that time, I thought, WOW! Be a pro-gamer and earn a salary? That's amazing! To play games and earn money out of it, what more can I ask for? So I went to check what game was on the screen.

Counter Strike? Is that not a Terrorist dude?
But no one was playing. Maybe they're using the CS screen to draw gamers' attention. Really, how many gamers are there, that never played CS for at least a few times? And to those who don't know what CS (Counter Strike) is, well, look at the next photo.

On the screen, CS.
A first person shooting game. There's nothing much to talk about it. You can choose to be either a Terrorist, or a Counter-Terrorist. You start off with some money, buy your weapons, armor and equipment, and go shoot down the opposing team. There are different type of maps, and different maps have different objectives. And the objectives, are too long to explain. I'll only say here, it's either plant the bomb/disarm the bomb, or, save the hostages/kill those who try to save the hostages, depending on which side you're on. A rather addictive game.

And when I was thinking about to join, the screen changed and the event started!

One on One!
Yeah one on one, but crap, that's no CS! That's racing! *sigh* I hesitated, and eventually dropped the idea about joining. Then after I watched them race, I thought, gee.. These guys are rather lousy at it. I should have joined! (LOL~) Then I noticed something else, errr.. Someone actually.

Can you tell who this is? The biggest guy in the photo.
Like, how can you not tell who this is? I could have recognize him from blocks away....... Okay I exaggerated. But anyway, I went to say hi, and fortunately, he remembered me. (lol~) So we talked and watched the games while my family went to cari-makan (look around for food). We even took a few photos together.

Me, with Shaz!
Yeah so now you know who that really is. Anyway, I had to go meet up with my parents, so I said goodbye to Shaz and left the event.

Went back to The Walk, inside The Curve, but couldn't find my parents.

What happened? Could they have gone lost?
Come back for the next episode and you'll know!

Wow, I can't believe I'm making episodes to my blog now. What to do, traffic so low, have to try something new to draw visitors. (lol~) Anyway, that's it for this post.

Fever Night

2007-10-25T02:15:00.000+08:00

Sorry for not updating more frequently. Am quite busy with a few things this late. Wanted to explain my situation here, but it's too long a story to tell, plus, it's rather personal. So, I think I'll have to come up with something else to blog with.

This time around, I wanna blog about a normal hang out that took place around 1 year ago. Not very special, but I had a lot of fun, because of the stuff we played. This post will help me remember about that time. All we did was play with Jenga and cards, but heck it was really funny.

A normal Jenga game.

It was too easy, so we played a taller version.

Took a photo since it's the tallest Jenga we played. Oh and that's Rycerain! I think she's busy with her assignments, therefore she can't update her blog that often.

Suddenly, everyone wanted a group photo.

And then it grew so tall, it was scary.

And it collapsed, so sad can.

And we played something else.

Everyone was trying different things.

Then we worked together to make a nice one, and wanted to push it down from a few sides, but it didn't turn out okay.
And that's it. The next update will be more, colorful, than this one.

If only I could turn back time...

2007-10-20T00:19:00.000+08:00

Tagged by Wendy on topic - Time Machine.
I mentioned in an old post, that I no longer do tags. But hey, if it's on an interesting topic, why not I use the topic and talk about what I'm really thinking? Like this Time Machine for example, I think it's quite fun to talk about times you wish you can go back to and why do you want to go back to then. The tag allows only one Time, but since I have a few to talk about, and I don't want to choose, AND I'm the boss in my blog, I'll talk about anything and everything I can think of. (Hahaha~)

The first Time I want to go back to, is the more recent past, just last year, the time when the gathering - Rojak Reunion - was held. What gathering was that? It's a little event we organized to bring all our primary school friends together, and wow, it was rather successful!

A group photo taken during the end of that event.
I seriously miss times like this, and hopefully I'll be having another gathering as such, I don't mind organizing one myself, but I can't possibly do it on my own. So, if there's anyone of you old friends out there that reads my blog, and happen to come across this post, come join me, and together we'll start something!

That's that.

Another Time that I wish I can go back to, is the time I had a lot of laugh, until I almost lost my breath. It was at Station One, before the Rojak Reunion gathering, if not mistaken. We play games, joked about everything, and we were the loudest bunch around for that particular night.

And well, the Time that I want to go back to the most, is when I was still a kid, maybe 10 or 11 years of age. I played with classmates, played at home, played all the time. I was a coward. I didn't dare to do anything. But whenever someone bullied me, I stood up and fight back. I even took down a brown belt when I was still a white belt, as in Taekwando. Why? Simple. That guy was taller than me by one head, but he made a mistake. He underestimated me. But that's not a story to tell here, now. And yes, I really want to go back to whack him up again.

Anyway, the main reason I want to go back to when I was still a kid, is because I have one regret. (Yeah I told Wendy I had no regrets, but I realized after, that I do have one.) I quited my music lessons! I was at Teachers' Grade when I quit. I should have continued. Imagine what kind of music I can play now if I hadn't quit. Music is all I had, and I let go of it. But it's useless to think about it and regret now, as I'll only waste more time. So, I'm slowly picking up my Keyboard skills back, and Piano, and hopefully guitar too.

I think that should be it. And no I'm not going to tag anyone.

Now, what's next?

FYI...

2007-10-17T23:26:00.000+08:00

This is to inform you that my blog is not dead! Not dead at all! It's only quiet because I've been rather busy over the weekend, had to deal with people, and have fun, because it's holiday!

Now that I'm back, I will update y'all with more stuff that I have, all prepared, and hopefully better!

I'm back and better!
Also, I will try and work on a new template, if you think I should change. Because, I think it's starting to look boring already.

And that's it!

Cartoonized!

2007-10-10T03:25:00.000+08:00

Got something cool from a dear Shouter. Benjipapa, thank you for making me a cartoon avatar!

That's me! Aaron! Woolala~
According to Benjipapa, I don't like taking photos with my normal look. Also, I'm the capalang that loves music, and does the eye move whenever I take photos. I think he's right. (LOL~)

And in case if you're wondering what the eye move is all about, check this:

The Eye move
I just found out that this Eye move is actually my signature pose. Thanks to the Shouters who helped me in realizing that. (lol~)

Thanks again Benjipapa!
Oh, and do check out his blog to find more cartoon characters of some other Shouters.

And that's it!

Woof~

2007-10-06T01:22:00.000+08:00

What do you feel from this photo?
I felt the emo-ness from the dog.

What about this?
Looks like it was emo-ing, but it was actually afraid of the camera. So it avoided direct eye contact with the camera.

This is its "play-with-me" look.
But no one dares play with it besides my grandma and I, because it's freaking dangerous! My dad, who's home for a short work-break, was bitten by it just hours before I wrote this post. I warned my dad not to go near it, but he just had to provoke the dog. So, I think he deserved it. Hahahahaha~

It cried...
Because I yelled at it. And I felt bad after that. Hahaha~

Dang, a dog's post.
That's it!

2007-10-03T18:50:00.000+08:00

Went to Pavilion on Sunday with a small group of Shouters, also bloggers. Well, it took me quite a while to get there because I have to drive there all the way from Port Klang. And when I arrived at the place, I forgot to take a photo of the sign.

But anyway, once inside, we noticed a huge crowd, and naturally we went to check it out. And we saw this.

PDI model show?
I have no idea. I took 1 photo and left the scene to look for food. Took some random photos on the way.

Post a random photo also can?
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And so, with nothing in mind about what to eat, we arrived at a really cornered place called Daily Kopitiam. And again, I forgot to take a photo of the sign. But anyway I ordered Ipoh Hor-Fun. It was actually quite OK.

Ipoh Hor-Fun, Ipoh Ipoh Hor-Fun~

Another shot, can see the pepper. Haha~
And err, the following shot is not about the person, but the food.

Penang Curry Laksa
Well OK that's Angeline. She's a Penangite, but eating Penang Laksa at Pavilion KL. Hmmm~ I wonder which one is better. But according to her, it's not bad.

Daniel with his coffee. All he ate was toast.

Firewire finished his Nasi Lemak before I took any photo. Even paid the bill!
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After that, we decided that we're going to take group photos. So we took turns. When it was Wendy's turn, she adjusted her camera and when she got up, bang!

She hit her head.
Hey Wendy, was it painful? Hahaha~ But anyway, we took quite a few shots and left.

There, a group photo.
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Another random photo. Apparently, this stage is for catwalk only.
And well, I tried taking a candid photo. But then...

Angeline gave a peace sign.
And it's no longer candid. So never mind, I tried another shot. I waited for the opportunity. And when it came, I aimed and shoot. But...

She was still faster!
So I killed that idea. And we headed out for dinner.

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Where's this?

Not in Pavilion, but Sungai Wang's top floor.

Our drinks. And Tomagogame in the Background.

This is what I ate. Normal crispy chicken with rice.

This is what Daniel ate - Fish N Chips. Looks nice.
And I took one last photo before we left the place.

Angeline with Tomagogame?!
Woolala~ Don't misunderstand. They were just sitting together. Haha~

And that's it!

Reporting for Duty

2007-10-01T23:26:00.000+08:00

Okay, I'm delighted to be guest blogging here and I'm returning a favour too. This is my first gig in guest blogging so, here goes! Aaron is having a blogger's block, he's apparently stuck somewhere. Probably the medula oblongata part of his brain? People, inspire him okay!

Anyhow, I've been given the task or should I say privilege to set my mark in his blog! I'm Wendy, a fellow blogger and friend of Aaron who hails from Ipoh but I'm currently studying in Penang and I wanna show you guys that Aaron, can be a camwhore too. He seems to be camera ready for every occasion, poser.

Do you guys noticed that he can never look normal in a picture?
There's always something different.
Must be the Woolala~

Aaron recently got a new car, lucky him. Previously he had a Nissan Serena but now, he has a brand new car! So now, he can go mad on the road and possibly tour around KL to enhance his navigation skills. Yea, driving a new car does seems good and leather seats, very nice. Maybe I should do what he did to get new car.

I was up in KL last weekend for a short trip and I managed to meet Aaron and other fellow bloggers. Although the meet was short for me due to unforeseen circumstances, it was great to have met my friends. We chatted for quite a while and we were definitely laughing ourselves silly. Looking forward for the next time I'm up for another meet, I'll be sure to laugh till my tummy aches.

Before I left, I camwhored with everyone and I bid goodbye. Yea, I have a camwhore reputation to maintain here! Well, I would've loved to have stayed longer but I couldn't. I very sedih can.

So thank you so muchieeeeeeee Aaron for letting me guest blog, it was urm fun! I have the MOJO on! Hopefully you'll be inspired to blog again, looking forward to see your posts aight!

♥ Wendy

Err.. Desktop?

2007-09-27T13:30:00.000+08:00

I got tagged by Criz. Gee~ I thought I stated at my profile that I no longer do tags? But never mind. Since this one is quite simple. All I have to do is post up the view of my desktop. So, there you go.

So plain can!
I... Don't think there's any story behind this wallpaper. Haha~ I use this because I want my blog to look err, cold? This one is supposed to be some icy-explosion thing. I guess that means I'm still not that grown up, huh?

And who am I going to tag? Hmmm~
I tag all the shouters can? Hahaha~ I want to know how your desktop looks like. Hehe~
Jeannie
ItchyHandseng
Iwan
Minny
Pauline

And who else wants to be tagged? Just tell me, I'll place your link here. Haha~

[TAG STARTS HERE]

My Desktop Free View Instruction:

A. Upon receiving this tag, immediately perform a screen capture of your desktop. It is best that no icons be deleted before the screen capture so as to add to the element of fun.
You can do a screen capture by:

[1] Going to your desktop and pressing the Print Scrn key (located on the right side of the F12 key).

[2] Open a graphics program (like Picture Manager, Paint, or Photoshop) and do a Paste (CTRL + V).

[3] If you wish, you can “edit” the image, before saving it.

B. Post the picture in your blog. You can also give a short explanation on the look of your desktop just below it if you want. You can explain why you preferred such look or why is it full of icons. Things like that.

C. Tag five of your friends and ask them to give you a Free View of their desktop as well.

D. Add your name to this list of Free Viewers with a link pointing directly to your Desktop Free View post to promote it to succeeding participants.

List of those who participated in the tag and place your link below:
- iRonnie
- skippyheart
- thesserie
- domlawrenceosb
- sasha-says
- maiylah’s snippets
- My Memoirs
- AniqueAnik
- Criz’s Sanctuary
- AaronWoolala

[TAG ENDS HERE]

Legs, and Dogs, and a little thing.

2007-09-26T02:38:00.000+08:00

Before I do my tags, let me show you a post with photos I took during my err, say, time of blankness. It was a morning, full of moist in the air. Unusually cold but it wasn't raining. And so, I went around shooting almost anything that was moving. Not with my camera, but with my N95.

smashpOp! Teach me how to use can?!
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And so, I took really random photos. But I wasn't really doing what Shouters like to do. I don't know how to cam-ho. lol~

You think sc_Bone is the only who have smooth legs? Hoho~
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And now, to introduce two pet dogs of my grandma's. The Dog and, the Dog. Yeah whatever, just check the photos. I'm not going to tell you their names, because their names are funny and I don't want them to feel bad. Hahaha~

Dog #1
Looks a bit sad? Or innocent? Well looks are deceiving. This dog is crazy! It bit almost everyone in the house, and will bite everyone who comes to visit. So, we'll have it chained up whenever we get visitors.

Like this. Don't fall for its sad look.
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And now for the other dog, which is nothing but just plain loud and very cunning, kind of like a fox. And heck, it even looks like one.

Dog #2
Not fierce like Dog #1 but very noisy and very naughty. Fun to play with, but can get on your nerves when it barks non-stop. Also, it loves attention like, 200% more than any other dogs we used to have. Likes to act like its the boss to Dog #1. Small bully big. Very successful, though. The big one tries to stay away from this foxy one.

Also, likes to create trouble, like digging soil and end up looking like a mud-ball instead of a fur-ball, purposely give us the panic look and sniff around the garden to make us think there's a rat or huge lizard when there's actually nothing, and well, keep barking until I carry it onto the little wall we built to keep the dogs from the plants.

This wall. That's how it stands and then the next thing is the barking.
How do we shut it up? Simple. We do this:

Chain it up. And will you look at its tongue?
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So after shooting my legs, the dogs, and everything else, I saw this:

My God. Can you tell me what insect is this?!
I think it looks awesome. So err, majestic! Kind of like a King of insects. Wide spread wings even when it's resting. I'm not sure if it's a beetle or a bee. Whatever it is, it sure looked dangerous to approach. And when I tried to get a closer shot, it flew away in a flash! I seriously mean a flash! Too bad I had only my N95 with me.

After that, I lost my mood to take more photos. What a waste!
And that's it!

Want to know what it takes to be the number one sucker?

2007-09-23T07:21:00.000+08:00

You want to know what truly sucks? I tell you!
Number 1, it sucks.
Number 2, it sucks like nothing else!
Number 3, it's omg-sucky.

What the heck, check out the sucky video for a sucky experience.

It really sucks!

Really, to suck a sucker from attempting suicide. What a sucker, no?
Speaking of which, I just sucked my whole house clean. I'm breathing dust now. *cough*
Oh and thanks to Criz for the video.
Ah well, end of sucker!

Candle in the Moon

2007-09-18T00:38:00.000+08:00

It's the Mid-Autumn Festival again! Well, not now but really soon. Some people call it the Moon-cake Festival, others call it the Lantern Festival. Well, whatever. Thing is, what are the few things that come to mind when you think about the festival? Moon-cakes, lanterns, candles, the full moon, your friends, your family, your whoever and what not. Well, there is a story behind every festival. What do you know about this one? Don't ask me, I don't remember it well. I was hoping someone could tell me, so I can blog about it. I think it's above love?

Love

Well, how do you celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival? Normally my friends like to barbecue in the moonlight. My family and relatives, however, like to play with fire. Not fireworks, just fire.

Like this
Yeah candles. We line them up to make them look like something. And since the candles drip everywhere, pictures don't always look nice. So I didn't want to focus, and tried another shot.

Heart ♥
I'm not sure if that's better or not, but I now know I can shoot without focusing. Haha~ But of course, we don't only stick candles around the place, we also put them in lanterns.

Not so bright?
Somehow this photo looks kind of scary to me. Took this one with rather high shutter speed, plus it was really dark. I think these cheap lanterns are more fun than those fancy ones. They come in all kinds of colors too, which will make your house look like some tree with glowing fruit all over if you hang them everywhere.

And that's it!

Now standing!

2007-09-15T00:48:00.000+08:00

Aaron@AxiaL, which is I, will be coming back. Well, I mean, this blog is going to become active again. I'm going to update more frequently. I mean, at least once in every 2 or 3 days. Unlike now, slow and dying. I feel sorry to those to visit my blog.

Genting Highland's Kenny Rogers

No this is not a Genting trip's post. Just to show you my hungry face. Haha~

Right about now~

2007-09-11T01:07:00.000+08:00

LOL
Yeah it's been a few days since my birthday. Thanks to everyone who wished me, my parents who called from their work place, my relatives, and my friends who celebrated with me. My first birthday celebration after so many years. I'm truly touched. Haha~ And of course, thank you Criz for this pic. I think it's funny. lol~

My next update, I think, will be a wordy one. And after that, a tag. And yeah, I will no longer do new tags from now on. I'm going try and finish off my old tags, and that's it.

Also, sorry for not updating more often. My brain is running dry lately. Plus, I have no photos that are suitable to blog with.

Alright, until the next post, I'm off!

Holiday at work

2007-09-05T02:22:00.000+08:00

Do you like the sea? Nice blue water, with schools of fishes swimming everywhere, while you enjoy the peace, or join the fishes in the water. That's the greatest feeling ever. Even thinking about it makes me feel calm.

What if I get to live by the sea? Wait, I do live by the sea. Just, you know, not that near. And it's not a really nice one. Port Klang is the busiest port around, so you should be able to imagine. The port area smells more like a market than anything else.

Well, I received a few photos from my father, and learned a little something about his workplace. Port Moresby is rather small, you should be able to explore the whole place in about 2 hours. The view is fantastic, and the seafood there is cheaper than everything else. A great fishing and diving spot, I think. But the area is not always safe.

I don't mind getting stuck on a road like this.

There's a building in the forest.

Nice view and a few ke-le-fes.

I like the sky in this photo.

I'd build my house here.

I don't like their houses, but I like the way they live.

Man, pictures are not enough. I want to get to the real thing. Is there anyone going on any beach trip?! Me joins! I can't believe my parents are actually working at some place like that! Maybe I should go, too. Hmmm~ What say you?

At times like this, we shout!

2007-08-31T16:56:00.000+08:00

The KL ShoutOut Meet! Well, not exactly at KL, but that's what we shouters call it. Well, it was fun meeting up with so many shouters and bloggers. I'm looking forward to the next one! And yeah, I might even go to Penang to join them in some fun. Any KL people want to come along? lol~

We first had a karaoke session at Sunway Pyramid's Redbox.

ShoutOut Family photo
Even Shaz and smashpOp joined us. And my pose err, never mind.

Sc_Bone singing with the remote control. Hmmm~

After the karaoke session, an all-guys photo.

Smashin' pOpstar Jason

smashpOp's "weapon"

Group photo at Sunway's Uncle Lim

The "swt-musketeers" of ShoutOut - AlvinC, Benjipapa and I.

Cousins! I'm the eldest, so sit in the middle.

Minny from Penang!

Angeline from Penang, but studying at KL. Why my pose so weird one? And we have smashpOp behind, spoiling the photo. Haha~

Wendy from Ipoh, studying at Penang.
And then we decided to go somewhere else for dinner and to hang out. After spending hours thinking, some decided to go home, some had other plans going on, and the rest headed to Damansara. And Andulu joined us, but didn't take any photo.

The Curve

They wanted to jump with smashpOp, but he left, so...

Spotted a fountain.

What's this?

Pellets?

It's water. Machine-gunned by the fountain. Nice, no?

I like water.
Then after that, they left for The Sanctuary. Me? I went home. Somehow, clubbing is not my kind of activity. All the smoke and alcohol. But the next day, before they return to Penang, they came down to Klang to claim their Bah-Kut-Teh from me. And Benghan joined!

ShoutOut Family photo again.

Then photo-taking session at Klang Parade.

Chee Hsien posing!

And then they returned to Penang. Sad, but we'll meet up again for sure!
And that's it!

Food + Art = Fart?

2007-08-26T15:44:00.000+08:00

My sister went to KLCC and took photos of really interesting food. So this time around, I'll show you a few photos that I think are really cool. Well, not just a few. lol~

Chocolate flowers anyone?

Teapot cake, woo~

That's a lot of chocolate!

This one don't look like it's edible, no?

How to eat?!

Ants?

Welcome to my house.

Check out the details.

A bee hive?

Not a tree.

Nice. Got furniture in the house wei~

How come don't have Spider-Pig?

This one is cool. Like real toy.

Alien VS Predator! The label looks tasty, too.

Again, the details. So nice.

Golden Paradise? lol~

Mini Rugby.

Looks rather gloomy to me. I don't like octopuses.

Placed on a mirror. Actually only two layers of white.

I see buaya!

How come don't have tiger?

That's it, for now.
More to come soon!
ROAR!~

The score of my music~

2007-08-21T06:08:00.001+08:00

This is a true story, based on the history of a boy, who had always been mediocre in everything.

The story of a boy
He was born in 1987, in a land called Malaysia. His first two years were spent like any other kids, he learned how to talk, learned how to crawl, and then walk. And by 3 years old, he was already attending classes at a kindergarten. Unlike others, he cried whenever he lost sight of his mother. That made his mother really frustrated because she had to accompany him until his classes end. And so, the third year of the boy was consisted of 1+1=2, biscuits in strawberry jam and Milo, and a lot of tears.

When he finally reached four years old, his sister, only at age two, joined the same kindergarten. And so he was convinced that it’s pointless to cry, mommy is not going to stay by his side all the time. He did what he had to, in fact, better than any other kids. He’s all natural, he never had to study. He spent a lot of his time reading story books and listening to classical music. And when his parents realized his musical talent, they brought him to the music school. They loved music and wanted him to learn more about it. Being a music lover himself, the boy joined the music school without second thoughts.

Years gone by, the boy reached age seven. That’s the age when kids must join a primary school and study for real. He learned a lot, made new friends, played all kinds of games and sports, and like any other kid, got punished for silly mistakes. And he was all average. No one noticed him, no one really talked about him. Even if they did, it was all bad stuff, like how stingy a person he was. But was he? No. They wanted to start a party at his house, he refused, but that’s because his parents wouldn’t allow it. Simple things like this caused him his loneliness. He began to hate himself for every minor mistake he made. His studies deteriorated. Teachers wonder why and called up his house, but could only talk to his grandmother because his parents were working. And so, his grandmother took charge of things, went to the school to see the principal and teachers, found this boy a tuition teacher, and things became good again.

On the final year in primary schools, the big exam was the most feared by all students. Everyone studied, but still played. The boy did his homework, played his games and sports, and even brought Digimon to school. And when the day finally came, he gave them his best. But the school teachers had to find out the answers to the questions and gave most students a nightmare, thinking they couldn’t make it, especially the boy. He was all down, but he had to put a smile on his face. And when the results came, he was shocked. In fact, everyone including the teachers was shocked. How could it be? He was number two for the whole of that years’ batch. He almost cried in front of the whole class.

And the time moves on, he’s already in secondary school. Due to his very small size, he was afraid of most of the bigger students, so he stuck with his old-time friends, who came with him from the same primary school. And when the homework became heavy, he couldn’t carry too many things, he dropped his music lesson. As time goes by, he learned that everyone wants to be a friend. Who would want enemies? So he started knowing more people, and participated in more activities. Life changed for the better. People bring more people, he started knowing people from outside the school, went to tuition with a whole bunch of other students, learned what an internet café is, hung out with friends during the weekend, and when girls came into the picture, relationships sparked.

Things became more and more complicated. Other people’s problem became his problem because he was being too helpful. That’s when he thought that he should always sit on the fence, to give only logical or rational responses, but stuff like this can’t always work, especially since it’s about relationships. As for himself, well, he was always alone because of his shyness. He’s the quiet guy when he’s in a group of people. He knew nothing about socializing with people. But his friends were good enough to help him. Teachers saw his problem and gave him more opportunities to go outside of the school, by letting him handle certain jobs, allowing him to participate in various events and so on. That’s when he realized his interest in organizing events. He joined the board of directors in the Interact Club in his school, participated in drama, helped in the Chinese Language Society’s event, was an emcee in many events, took part in a charity held by English Language Society, and he enjoyed all those.

When secondary school days were ending, everyone scattered. Some went to work, others went to further their studies, and life once again changed. The boy entered a new society, met more people, different people. With nothing much to do, and no one to hang out with, he started working on his music again. And when he talked to his long-lost friend on-line, he was introduced to this thing called Blogger, and he now blogs.

Surely, you’d realize who that boy is. And, I think that’s it, for now.

Ding Ding, Dong Dong: The 2nd

2007-08-16T15:20:00.000+08:00

Remember this - 1st Play? Yeah well, this post is my 2nd play. I've improved quite a bit.
Eh? You still don't know what I'm talking about? Never mind. Check out the video below.

The Truth That You Leave
Yeah. I'm experimenting on more songs. I hope I can come up with something fresh the next time. Peace!

Ze Garden

2007-08-12T22:10:00.000+08:00

Photos taken at the garden of my grandparents' home. I don't know most of the plants. lol~ Let's just look at the photos.

Looks cute to me.

Err, yellow flower?

Bitter gourd?

Wasp~

Another one!

What's this plant called?

Nice, no?

Cool plant!

Grapes?
In Malaysia? Yeah! It's in my grandpa's garden! Very sour, though.

End of post~

Last of Chirps

2007-08-09T01:42:00.000+08:00

Bird photos! The little bird has grown slightly bigger. You won't notice, though. lol~

I didn't think a little bird will ever return to its birthplace. Maybe it was around my garden all the while? I can tell it's the baby bird, because... It is lah~ lol~ Oh well, It's because it's difference from its parents and there aren't any other birds around besides pigeons, crows, sparrows, swallows and bats. Yeah bats. Okay so they're not part of the bird family, but they do fly, no? I'll try taking a photo of bats and post it up.

So, it was early in the morning. I arrived home after sending my sister to her Academy, and heard familiar chirps. Naturally, I looked around, and spotted the bird by following the noise of its chirping.

Between bars

Why is it always closing its eyes?

And so I decided to get closer. I thought it’d be more difficult to get close to it, because it’s no longer a baby bird. But strangely, it didn’t try and leave when I got close to it. Maybe it’s because of the previous encounter? lol~ That’s good, and bad. It’s good because I can take photos easily, but bad because if it thinks that all human are friendly, then it’s in a lot of danger.

No sign of fear, unlike its parents, which are both extremely cautious.

It looked at me, because of the noise my camera made.

That should be the last of the birds. I won’t be seeing them anymore, unless if they really like my garden, or my garden’s feng-shui freaking good. lol~

*Flies away*

E-mail Etiquette

2007-08-05T06:36:00.000+08:00

How important is your e-mail to you? To me, well, it’s more than just for convenience. I check my e-mail account on a daily basis. Almost everyone has an e-mail account. And by that, I’m sure that most people will agree to me that sometimes, some e-mails are just difficult to read or understand, no? I receive a lot of badly composed e-mails everyday, and so I thought, I should find out about e-mail etiquette and talk about it.

I looked around, searched on the internet, dug through my mountain of books, and found something which I think is rather good.

The importance of e-mail etiquette (taken from the last page of January-March 2007 issue, SriPentas magazine. I got it from my visit to err, SriPentas).

By Dawn M. Jeremiah

“E-mail etiquette refers to a set of do’s and don’ts that are recommended by business and communication experts in response to the growing concern that people are not using their e-mail effectively or appropriately.”
(Flynn & Flynn, 2006)

Why do we need e-mail etiquette?
Using proper e-mail language conveys a professional image. E-mails that get to the point are much more effective. It can also protect your company from lawsuits from badly composed e-mails.

Meaningful subjects
Try to use a subject that is meaningful to the recipient as well as yourself. For instance, when requesting for information. It is better to mention the subject matter and what it is pertaining to, e.g. ‘Thursday Nite Live: List of Invitees’ rather than just ‘TNL’.

Proper spelling, grammar and punctuation
Improper spelling, grammar and punctuation give a bad impression of your company. It is also important for conveying the message properly. If your program has spell checking, why not use it?

Proper structure and layout
Reading from a screen is more difficult than reading from paper. Use short paragraphs and blank lines between paragraphs. When making points, number them or mark each point separately.

Threads
Once you send that first e-mail, you will probably get a response. The wrong way to reply to that response is by starting a new e-mail message. This breaks the link (called a ‘thread’), making it difficult for readers to follow the sequence of messages, especially after several exchanges. This is an even larger problem if several people are replying to the same message. The correct thing to do is to reply to the original message (use “Reply to All” if there are many recipients).

Signatures
Try to avoid abbreviated names or numbers. Do include your e-mail address. It is best to include your title and company name in the signature.

Swift answers
Each customer e-mail should be replied to within at least 24 hours. If you’re busy, just send an e-mail back saying that you have received it and you will get back to them.

Personal e-mails
Personal e-mails sent from the office are regarded as official company communications regardless of content and could possibly expose you and your company to unnecessary risk. Scary, huh?

Chain letters
Do not forward chain letters. Just delete them when you get them.

Set meetings in advance
Don’t assume people will read an e-mail the minute they get it. Remember, e-mail is not designed for immediacy (that’s why you have a telephone), it’s designed for convenience.

You may not be working in a company, but heck, e-mail etiquette is as important as any other kinds of etiquette, no? So please, stop sending me chain letters already for God’s sake! And well, the ‘thread’ thing is important, too. I’ve been communicating via e-mail for quite some time now, and I realized how some people like to delete the previously written message so the e-mail looked clean. Now, that’s a bad idea. Why? Because I can’t always remember everything from the older messages, can I?