Passing By Waterfront

Part of the series I took during last week street photography. Still got a few more inside the camera, hopefully got time to process it in the next few days. Browsed through quite a lot of furniture in the newspaper lately, most of it are quite pricey. But before all that,  hopefully can negotiate a "better package" this coming week.

Get Ready For ...

Hot Food

Bak Kut Teh at Ah Leong Kopitiam, BDC. It was exactly noon and down right hot. The weather and the food. :)


It's actually a cow backward. Don't touch the plate because it really hot! Else why call... hot plate right ?




Had this at After 3 after the street photography on Saturday. The bak kut teh was ordered by dear on Sunday afternoon after church.

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welcome to the street of padungan.

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Apologies to myself for not doing this type of photography for such a long time. Initially i really felt rusty but by the time I reach waterfront from Chung Hua No.3, I feel the excitement of street photography once again. I really like people up close and personal, to capture them when they least expected it. Fungus isn't the enemy of photography nowadays, it's time. When you just can't fit photography into your schedule, you have to stop and ask yourself, do you want to continue or just quit altogether ? I would say, take a break and try to rediscover the passion. Photography is very worthwhile and pretty much save me from boredom during the downside of life.

Test shot with static object first.


static and vulgar.

Forgot to check the image before walking further down the road, realize most photo are blurred by movement. Should have crank up the ISO setting. Remember, if you see something you like, just shoot it. Don't wait because it won't happen again. This is the advice that my dear taught me, and she is right. Spontaneous images don't happen twice at the same time, place and situation. Make that shutter count!

This time, last week

Back in our younger days, we are ask what are our future ambition ? I couldn't specifically remember what I wrote, it's either a police or the army, but I do remember a fellow classmate of mine wrote he wanted to be a prostitute (or gigolo). Yeah it kinda was funny not so sure about the reaction from the teacher though. Hey it was after all the 1990s. 20 plus year later, my perception on the issue of ambition never really changed much. Those that are fortunate and blessed are able to have an ambition on the grander scale while those that a blessed with normalcy, well normalcy is a scale by itself.

If there is a day whereby I'm given a choice to choose between being filthy rich and filthy happy, I would take filthy happy in a heart beat. My friends who I used to hang out back in the hey days of Grasshopper, Aaron Kwok (during a time where he used to do the pressing the nipple dance) and cassette was the IN thing, would beg to differ I suppose. I would always choose to be poor and happy, because by logic if you are rich, you will inadvertently lose your way somewhere down the line. That is purely my own opinion. Which is why whenever a friend came over to offer making money opportunities, I would flat out reject during or after the meeting.

For me, happiness itself is a wealth, the kind of wealth that is worth fighting for. In the house of God, everyone is equal. Social status means nothing. I sincerely hope people don't misuse the gospel from the bible as a money making tool, that is just so wrong. 

While waiting for you

While waiting for dear at the side of the airport.

Can't Find Parking

So this morning went to breakfast with parent at Ah Leong Kopitiam, quite cozy and nice in a very normal way. Had Kolo Kuey Tiaw although waited for like 20 minute, but still finish it in 3 minute tops as the portion is very little. Not that I'm complaining. After breakfast, I depart to town area to try to reignite the feeling for street photography. Unfortunately couldn't find any parking even after 45 minute of searching. Saw a lot of nice and interesting subject, hope able to see them again on this coming Saturday.

Went to Garden Park Kopitiam for lunch. My parent say this chicken rice stall serve very high quality rice, which I agree after eating. The rice is like those rice you normally eat at home. Some of the meat does still have some remnant of blood, not my liking.

My parent bought these corn together with some red meat guava from a guy selling nearby the kopitiam. Both taste very sweet.

So after Kolo Kuey Tiaw for breakfast and Chicken Rice for lunch, need to burn those calories away so I went to jog and stair climbing at 4.50pm until 6.30pm. Lovely I sweat a lot during these workouts. Here is a tip on how to get a foreground subject in normal exposure when the background is brighter. Point the camera on something not directly in front of the sky, in this case the staircase. Get the reading by pressing half shutter, and hold it. Recompose the shot with the exposure reading, and press to take the picture.

Wanted to take photo of the sun on the background but the camera phone keep focusing on the mirror. Looks very dirty after so long didn't wipe it.

It Never Stop Raining

It was quite apparent that yesterday was an all rainy day from evening onwards. The auction went quite well with average number of attendance and purchases. The cashier computer did hang once though. Had to watch the whole painfully slow restart in full view. Had a food-less lunch with Terence and Peter at Hui Sing before we depart back home. Thought of going to Main Bazaar in the afternoon and Siniawan later on at 6pm but the weather spoils it. It didn't feel quite good to be ignored when you say good morning to a person. That's just part of life I guess. Was it because I'm not a foo?

Dear went to KL this week on a mini trip with her friends. Specifically Genting Highland. I remember vividly, the last time I was there, I highlight my hair yellow sporadically. It was a wild wild days. Try again for photo opportunity tomorrow ? Perhaps, perhaps ... perhaps.

Jubilee Ground

Came here to drink after just one round of light jog last week. :P Dear was complaining that she was bolat to jog, so sunpien stop by here for a drink. Didn't manage to order metahon as the ingredients already depleted. Tried the sien chau with creamer milk instead. Yes ... very high fat drink. Beside assortment of drinks, you can enjoy Kolo Mee and Laksa too. Plus Jiu Hu Heng Chai (Cuttle Fish Kang Kong) and another stall which I didn't manage to see what they were selling. This eatery if you look from the sky is a hexagon shape and situated just behind Jubilee Stadium. But people nowadays where got give description like that liao... it's all about coordinates. So here ... piak kasih you itu 1.5499293N 110.3606674E

morning! oats

For breakfast these day, I chose Lowan's Traditional Rolled Oats over bread and maggi mee. Why ? It's more healthier that way and not so much fat fat thing thing. You can get Lowan at Choice Daily at RM 9.90 for 1kg per packet. Right now the stock should be expiring in next year march, so if you don't plan to eat regularly, wait for a newer stock. One packet should last around 1 month if 3 person consume it from Monday to Friday. I'm currently on my second packet through.  For those wondering what kind of effect of consuming oats ? Well from my personal experience, you won't feel hungry at all. If you took a cup for breakfast, it will help you stave off hunger right until dinner. But I'd still take my normal lunch and dinner just the portion is now halved each. In between lunch and dinner, banana consumption would give you that extra boost in case you got some sports activity in the evening.

In other news, today I receive a snail mail from Astro notifying on the increase of the sports package pricing this month. My response to the letter ? Kasih potong terus itu sports channel and revert back to family package only. Pretty substantial increase and quite unreasonable. Just have to switch back to watching highlight and follow in game commentary ala CM from website. So no more macam macam ada.

+Green Caterpillar

Saw these critters loitering around my dear potted plants. Lucky got bring the camera else sure the decisive moment also gone already. Taken with the Tammy 28-75.

Clean & Fair

My mum was having migraine for a couple of days already, most probably due to the stuffy weather. Fetch her to see a doctor at Kenyalang (Lim Medical) and tapao some Kolo Kueh Tiaw  on the way back home. Before that, woke up earlier in the day to wash the car. I notice the car always very dirty if drive pass the airport area leading towards 7th Mile. Since we regularly go for badminton now, the car had to be wash once every week nowadays. Washing car ok la .. consider it some form of exercise. Want to increase some hitting power on the racket, now I still hit like a 2 year old girl.

We stopped by Chan Chong Watch (or was it Joo Ming ?) in the afternoon for some catching up with Eric, Molly. Nice to see Eric's younger bro too. First time dropping by there, with proper light setup I can envision the place is suitable for a theme style photoshoot. Lots of retro and valuable stuff there. Before that dear went to Four Point Eatery for buffet with her colleagues (Taukeh Chiah, aneh ho sei ... but last week our accountant also nice enough to chia pizza hut although I'm kinda more health conscious now (on diet baaaa...)).