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| Wednesday, 18-Jul-2007 09:48 |
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In the Name of Development
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The house built by late father sometimes in 1968-69 ago is just few metres away from the government land and affected by the ongoing road widening project. Those days you can build your dream house without even seeking the Municipal Council of Kuala Lumpur’s approval. The “L” shape house of half brick and half wood was once the pride of 7 siblings. Initially the house has 7 rooms, one dining, a living area and a kitchen. It later expanded and now has a total of 10 rooms.
Since I am the youngest, when I got married, late father had asked or I should say sort of begged us to stay. I am fortunate to have a very understanding hubby, he is well aware that he is marrying a molly-coddled daughter and when late father passed away five years ago he understands more/better why late father wanted us to stay in the house...none other than to look after mom.,,(others already married out). The news of road widening project in our area was made known long before late father passed away. I can still remember late father had shown to me the marking of the affected area. But my late father was a “cool man”, he told me “let’s pray that they (the developer) will try to avoid this pillar” …The pillar is actually leads to our entrance, if it is affected, the whole house (front portion) will have to go down. To hubby, the road widening project is quite disturbing news, he is very concern ever since the road widening project started months back. He was trying to figure out where the shack that has been protecting four cars will be moved to. He’s been suggesting on the next possible entrance to the house..Well actually I am not too worried since late father had built alternative entrances ever since we heard of the widening of the road project years ago. Late father was the architect of the house, he loved constructing entrance at every corners of the house and at present we have 2 big gates and 3 smaller gates.
Last Thursday, 13 July 2007, the main contractor of the project (happened to be hubby of my friend ) and few other officials came to inspect and measure the affected area. Hubby was around, they had discussed in details alternatives to the entrance, the parking space and the geese and chicken barn too. The rambutan and mango trees will be felled, that goes the same to the apple, grape and palm trees. The rambutan and mango trees existed ever since Hadee, our son wasn’t born yet. The palms were planted by late father when each was about 3 feet and now has grown to almost 20 feet. There are many memories of late father will be “erased” in the name of development or so-called road widening project...it started with the dismantling of the 10 feet sliding gate and removal of potted plants on 16 July 2007, and today the felling of the rambutan and mango trees..there are more waiting to be ”erased/deleted” permanently…..
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| Wednesday, 11-Jul-2007 11:13 |
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7.7.07 - Erni and Anas Big Day: Yan the lady photographer
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wei belek apa tu..
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ni betul2 expert, satu blind shot satu garu bijik mata...
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alahai actually sebelah tgn lagi tu pegang bakul telor..tersorok
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Erni Fadilah, my niece got married to Anas recently..yes on most sought after date by couples viz 7.7.07..yet to upload pictures captured..whatever, below picture captured by Yan, my niece too, ...like aunty like niece ..she is also NG photog wannabe cum OP for her cousin Erni..ha ha...ha...seriously, Yan is expected to do her Phd..sama2 kita doakan impian Yan tercapai...Aaamin.... 
more pictures of Erni visit http://ayana.fotopages.com/?entry=1219392&page=0
Ini wedding photog pemalas..duduk dari meja and shoot!!!
see..I told you..Yan is a pro..tgk tangan dia ada tiga... 
satu pegang kamera, satu utk garu mata..sempoi.... 
satu lagi untuk tolong beri bunga telor..tak nampak sebab munger mak tehnya beso beno... 
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| Tuesday, 10-Jul-2007 15:02 |
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Adeeba is Fifteen Today
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Our darling daughter Adeeba is fifteen today. As usual we celebrated at home first with a secret recipe cake and a special doa and proceeded to a place of the birthday girl's choice for dinner. This year she had chosen MOMO, a Japanese Restaurant at Centrepoint OU. Her brother Hadee passed a remark which started a "cold war" between the siblings. Hadee is as conservative as his dad, he prefers a place which ensures/proven good food served. I've to admit Adeeba is more like mother like daughter, we do not mind trying as long as it's halal. Well, after all the food was good and the damage for Adeeba's fifteenth birthday simple celebration was good too
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| Sunday, 1-Jul-2007 12:34 |
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Kuala Lumpur Bird Park (KLBP)
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KUALA LUMPUR Bird Park (KLBP) is just fifteen minutes drive from home during weekends (where normally traffic is expected to be lesser). Yesterday I've promised my son to take him to the KLBP but he changed his mind due to fatique
Hence, I decided to go there alone by myself. When I arrived, it was already 5.30 and just half an hour before the last ticket sold. I was stunted when asked by the ticket counter lady "do you have IC?" (Cik ada IC?) She was actually wanted to know whether I am a local or foreigner, because the ticket sold will be a bit higher for the latter Whatever, I rushed in and discovered not many visitors left except for a family and few couples. The sun almost set to rest for the day and you can imagine how I raced against time. I just looked at the signages and zoomed to the one I was already had in mind. Captured few mynahs pigeons, ducks and flamingos before I took sometimes at the hornbills confined aviaries. I got the angle that I had wanted and left the Park at 7 pm!!I considered mission accomplished!!! 
For the record abahwafi did informed the importance of image editing in the fotopages.com forum, he did edited one of the images but somehow "dissappeared" from flickr link.. LOLBelow image has been edited by rburn (Syahrul), thank you dear...you did a great job!! Both abahwafi and rburn had given constructive comments in fotopages.com.my , reallly appreciate it and I'd welcome more comments here too
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| Friday, 22-Jun-2007 01:56 |
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People of East Java in Kundang vegetables farm
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It’s 2pm when hubby called informing that he’ll be going to Kundang fishing. He had mentioned that the place is secluded and quite far in from the main road and without a 4X4 vehicle the journey will be longer. What had attracted me to join him and his friends was when he mentioned that there are vegetables farms around the area.. I quickly settled what needed to be settled in office and left early to join the anglers…nope..not to fish but to shoot the surrounding area especially the farmers/gardeners??.
We arrived at the area around 4.30 pm and I was really frustrated when first stepped down from the pickup as I’ve seen nothing really interesting to capture. Well, as the anglers get their rods and baits ready, I also get my camera and monopod ready..Say what you like…yes .my intention to have joined the anglers was to test the capabilities of my new lens again..
I lugged the heavy camera attached to the mono pod, looking for angles and subjects..First I saw a row of harvested vegetables with only supporting sticks left. Then I walked to another area where I saw rusty barbed wire fencing. I realized the stretch of un-tarred road was a good subject too, so I tried to capture the road and was fortunate when suddenly a motorbike passed by. I waited and shoot. I walked and from a distance saw farmers were doing something which I wasn’t sure of…I tried to capture them but they looked very tiny. I looked around for the entrance to the area. I walked and walked and discovered the entrance and had braved myself to go nearer to the farmers. And suddenly my hp rang…its hubby checking on my location..”Don’t worry I am around few meters away from where you are” I told hubby..And before he hung up he advised me to be careful.
I introduced myself to the farmers/gardeners which were actually engrossed with the works there were doing. Some were removing weeds, one was spreading fertilizers, and another was spraying pesticides? ..They were very friendly and some even posed for the camera…to Sharudin,Sugi.Amy and Alfiah..of East Java (Jawa Timur) , thank you…I had great time yesterday with all of you…
Amy, Sugi dan Alfiah
ditujukan khas buat askme, an FMDC friend now in vietnam dgn ucapan..naaah amik ni Amy buat lepas2 rindu
yg ini utk zul (badang) dgn ucapan...jika sakit2 tu gilah jumpa sugi...mungkin dia boleh bantu beri jamu ke "peret"
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| Wednesday, 20-Jun-2007 03:37 |
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Online photo editor
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The whole morning I've been "playing" with the online photo editor..it's fun and quite interesting but yet to master it...
wanna try editing your photo online?? visit this link http://www.blibs.com/editor/
The results..
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| Saturday, 16-Jun-2007 03:36 |
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Congratulations to both Adeeba and Syafiqah!!
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Fiqah looking at the agenda of the day
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fortunately, I managed to capture this slide show..
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there she is..waiting for her turn to be on stage
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This morning both Adeeba and her cousin sis Syafiqah received awards of excellence from the school.Adeeba had sort of warned me not to take her picture during the presentation of the award ....okay fine I agreed but this morning without her knowledge I tried to capture the moment on stage and it failed!! I did not kept to my word so I deserved God punishment..I forgot to adjust the ISO and adding insult to injury, I’ve forgotten to switch on the IS too…serve me right…however, I managed to capture few moments before the event proper, which I think good enough to be kept for future reference…
THe plaque (captured at home since she was really againts the idea posing with the plaque in school...grrrr)
The blue cert and the smiles ..nasib dia tak sedau...
Fiqah n her plaque
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| Wednesday, 13-Jun-2007 06:56 |
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Malaysia National Zoo
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apa pandang2 ada utang??
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sssh..kat sini tak leh..ada org nengok..
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ni tengah mandi lulur..
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Aha...just came back from our National Zoo, located in Ulu Klang, which is just stone throw away from my son's college. Actually, this morning I took annual leave to send my son to his college* and decided to get myself familiar with the new lens in the zoo, (while waiting for him to finish with his OSH paper) yes!!..you're right... shooting two birds with one bullet!!
*Hadee, not allowed to drive yet as advised by the doctor... 
vegetarian diet for breakfast
green tea to quench the thirst
digesting while waiting for the next meal 
excuse me!!!wei ..ni nak tango ke nak lawan montot montok..
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| Sunday, 10-Jun-2007 01:29 |
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Second outing with Dr.Malek, FMDC Macro King
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In Orchid Garden
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FMDC Gentlemen!!At Tasek Perdana
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another group photo at tasek Perdana
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As scheduled some 17 FMDC members had gathered at Orchird Garden to be with Dr.Malek again...This time we had the opportunity to test Dr. Malek's new toy, the C1R1 flash for macro photography.We left Orchird garden around 5pm for Tasek Perdana. We had diverted from macro photography to some other unplanned activities. After that around 6.30 we headed Central Market and coincidentaly the Pak Ngah Group scheduled to perform for the Citrawarna 2007 cultural performance...so bet you know what we did after a light meal at Restoran Yusof just opposite CM!!
To Dr.Malek, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us, and to the FMDC members thank you for supporting such outing ..
Visit this link for more images of the outing
http://www.fotopages.com.my/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4564&sid=9aa76345250bf53faef838245ad26775
The King and Amin.. during hands-on session
The group photo at Orchird Garden
Zul aka badang perkasa during hands-on Dr.Malek's newly acquired C1R1 macro flash
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| Friday, 8-Jun-2007 02:20 |
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Test shots
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camner nak dpt aweks??hidung comot!!
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kata hubby, it's rare species..poda chitt blambak kat sana
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it's best to use 16-35 but since just testing the lens,blasah je
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Here are some of the test shots captured in Fraser's Hill yesterday Actually we left KL for Fraser's Hill a quarter to one pm. Initially we planned to sit in the new myvi, but hubby changed his mind taking into consideration that the new car is not fully run yet and to ensure we have a safer journey..and of course. the pickup was our choice of the day when comes to climbing a hill...
ISO 200, AV 2.8, TV 1/1250 n focal length 200..blasah jer
ISO 400, AV 4.0 , TV 1/60 n focal length 200mm
ISO 200, AV 10, TV 1/400 n focal length 70mm
ISo 100, AV 9, TV 1/250 n focal length 195mm
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