Colours of Malaysia 2007

In conjunction with Visit Malaysia Year 2007, Colours of Malaysia Festival was launched on 26th May 2007 at Dataran Putrajaya. The festival was opened formally by Malaysia's Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and followed by a string of cultural dance performances. Guests from more than 50 countries around the world came to witness the launching and performances. The performances was very colourful, interesting and exciting...

I reached Dataran Putrajaya at 7:00pm sharp. Suprisingly, there was no traffic jam along the way to Putrajaya. Without wasting anytime, I start my shooting while walking to Palace of Justice, the launching venue... Enjoy...



The welcoming banner...


Most of the people come with cars and motorbike, but this mum and son opt for 'Harley'-bike 'cycle'...


The launching venue...it's 7:30pm and still not many people come yet...


An Indian family selling balloons...


"Hoi..!!!...Ini jalan aku...Pigi dari sini!!!...."

A troop of Rela members marching to launching stage...


Palace of Justice...one of my favourite shot of the day...


While waiting for the arrival of Prime Minister, I was given a clapper...but with my clumsiness...the clapper fell and broken into pieces... :(


Felt 'malu' with my clumsiness, I left that place and find another good spot for shooting...Along the way, I saw this interesting yet useless architecture structure of Perbadanan Putrajaya complex...

The guests from all around Malaysia and the world...

Men at work...

Some flag-bearers waiting for the arrival of Prime Minister...


The launching and performance stage...


Malaysia's Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, giving his speech...


The festival was officially launched...with some minor fireworks display on Palace of Justice...

And followed by several cultural dance performances...


'Orang Asli' performance...


'Sumazau' dance...


After enjoying the show while waiting for fireworks display...I walked around and saw few traders selling this colourful alarm clocks...


Firework 1...


Firework 2...


And firework 3...and after that...


BYE-BYE...

p/s: I apologies as some of the photos above were blur. All shots taken above was hand-held because I never bring my tripod along with me... :)

Frightened X2

Another two friends and me went for a movie yesterday at Cineleisure Damansara. While lining up to buy ticket and still unsure which movie to watch, we decided to watch 28 Weeks Later because no other movies are more attractive than this one.

This movie is about a deadly virus which annihiliated human in the whole Great Britain and evolve them into undead; in short, zombie movie. It is like Resident Evil, but the zombie in this movie was fast and active. At first, I thought the virus will spread to the whole world in 28 weeks, but the story is not. The virus already spreaded in whole Great Britain.Within 28 weeks, the zombie starved to death and the so-called U.S.-led NATO troop came in to take control and rebuild the Great Britain. 28 Weeks Later, 15000 refugees who are not infected by the virus was given the responsibilities to rebuild their own country together with the U.S. troop. One of them who managed to escape from the zombie was the virus carrier and overturned the situation...

Personally, I think this movie are frightening, scary and unexpected. Not the kind of movie I will pay to scare myself... Hahaha :)

After the movie, we went our own way to go home. I parked my car in IKEA parking lot (don't know why I so stupid to park there) and walked a long way to my car. When I enter the parking lot, I get frightened for the second time. The environment was so smokey and hazy, like what happen in Malaysia few years back. Well, it's just mosquito repellant gas spread by IKEA staff (I guess...). I moved to my car quickly and drove away, afraid of snatch thief because my E-500 was with me that time...

Below are some photos I managed to take while walking to my car... Hoho....dangerous man...

The route to my car...

I cannot see beyond 20 meter...

Finally...my car.....

It's 12:02am...Let's get home...

Sunset at SILK Highway

Last week I saw a thread in DCM forum where one of the hyperactive member had invited everyone around Malaysia to take sunset shot of 13th of May, at the same time. I took the challenge but not managed to take any shot on 13th May because of Mother's Day dinner, so I took my shot a day before. The location is at Kajang SILK Highway. The sky's condition seems good in the afternoon but getting cloudier around 4:00pm onwards. I start my shooting around 6:30pm and end at 7:30pm.

Below are some good shot i managed to take. Most of the photos had been heavily processed and some may not like it... Anyway, your comments & critiques are welcomed. Enjoy...


The sunset started to look interesting after 7:00pm...


Cropped from photo above...and heavily processed...


At 7:10pm, the upper angle...


And the lower angle... Which one you like???


At 7:20pm, the sky is getting nicer and more interesting...




And finally, at 7:26pm, the best shot of the day...



p/s: All shot taken using manual mode, which is not an easy task. Some photos maybe look dark to you, but personally, I think it's OK... :)

A Day in Zoo Negara

After 15 years from my last visit to Zoo Negara, I finally get a chance to visit the zoo again. Some may say ; "Haiya...Zoo also want to go ar???...That place is only for kids-lah...". But to me, zoo is a very relax and educational place to visit. Well, nothing much changes since my last visit as far as i recalled. There are; still having Multi-Animal Show daily (the most memorable event from my last visit), train ride, giraffes and elephants, big horn cows, huge tortoises, caged macaques etc etc...

I reached Zoo Negara at 12:00pm and end my visit around 5:30pm. A very tiring day and I learned the way to take nice telephoto shot a lot here. All the shots below was using 40-150mm lens except the entrance photo, the map and the last photo.

Enjoy...



The entrance. The ticket price for adult is RM15.00, it's quite expensive to me...


This is the map I used throughout the visit. The coloured lines on the map are the routes I took. I stopped for 4 times to rest during the visit...


The first animal I met was Mr. Long Neck, a giraffe...


Opposite giraffe's house is a lake full of cranes...


Then I saw elephant...chained due to safety reasons...


I entered Bird House with high expectation but it was disappointing...


Well posed crane...


A giant black squirrel having his meal...


Then I saw a tiger walking around...


...and a puma resting. I took a short break before entering Mamalia Kingdom, Ape Centre and Savannah Walk.


Mr. Cow looking at me curiously...maybe hoping I can light up his cigar...


Mr. Bison with his handsome blonde hairstyle...


Inside Ape Centre, there were only 4 chimpanzee-like ape and an Orang Utan...That's Ape Centre...


"Hey dude...my teeths clean ar???"


Suprised to see hyena in Zoo Negara...


This is the so-called biggest spesies of rodents in the world - Capybara, also nicknamed heated leg (kaki bara).. :D


Long-horn deer resting on Malaysia-made savannah...


Later, I saw the front and the back of rhinoceros.


There are two types of flamingo - the white type and the red type... :) And then I take another short break...


I continued my visit to otter's house. They welcomed me by fighting with each other... There were 1st Round, 2nd Round, Quarter-final, Semi-final and Final Round...


I leaved the otters alone and saw a bear sun-bathing... =/


The boars were resting in the dry mud. I think they are quite old now...


Mr. Hippo cooling themselves in the pond....


Then I get to watch the daily Multi-Animal Show while taking another short break... First was the Orang Utan Jr. showing how handsome and strong he is... by 'kopek'-ing coconut...


Then come the main show by Mr. Seal... Really suprised the Seal show is still available until today. A very enjoyable show from Zoo Negara...


Then, I moved to the aquarium. Nothing special inside...but managed to see some you-never-see-before large fish...


One of the you-never-see-before large fish was the Arapaima. Accordding to the zoo, this fish can grow until about 4.0 meter. The fish in photo above have a length about 3.0 meter...


Then, I moved to the caged macaques section and saw this cute little pity macaque looking for something to eat...


I wonder why the butt of this baboon is bigger than others...


After that, I entered Children's World, acting as huge child...hahaha...... The colour of this parrot is so saturated...


This super-tamed eagle showing off his feather... Then I took my final break before entering Reptile House...


Saw a black-eyed crocodile resting on the rock...


And an iguana resting on the tree....


Also, I saw this two tortoises 'paktor-ing'...


While night is approching...the bat become more active...


While on the way back home...the sky was so blue and nice...


During this visit, I saw almost all animals was caged and chained, in limited space, as some animal have been living there for almost a decade or two. It's just like a prison, an animal prison. a crimeless prison. Everyone knows the reason why animal being caged and chained in the zoo. Everytime I saw an animal looking at me, no matter it is carnivore, herbivore or omnivore, there is a sad and sorrow mood in their eyes. What if the one being caged and chained is human being???...