It has been a long while...

An end of a day is a start of another.

As the sun rises, a lone man unloads his boat.

Entangled in the net, are his catches of the day.

Bounty from the sea.

Preview

Sg Kanching, Selangor
Malaysia
2009

Dorin & Jeffery

Wedding took place on 09.05.09
St. Mark's Church
95 Remuera Road,
Auckland, N. Zealand

Congratulation Dorin & Jeffery

Jumping Joy

Whakatane, New Zealand
2009

Fall

Roose Commerce Park, N. Zealand

2009

Traditional Drummer

Bali, Indonesia. 2008

Bangun pagi ke sekolah / Awake in the morning to school

Jakarta, 2008

Abang Bajaj / Bajaj Man

Jakarta, 2008.

Arches

Rome Coliseum, Italy.
2007

Fallen columns

Rome Coliseum, Italy.
2007

Pisa, straight up

Pisa, Italy
2007

I've done what the Italians 'failed' to do: 'unlean' the tower!

Ciao Firenze

Florence, Italy.
2007

Streets of Florence

Florence, Italy.
2007

Rain

Rain and traffic jam in Florence, Italy.
2007

Italy - Genoa

I was in Genoa, Italy for work related stuff. Average temperature was around 13 Degree Celsius. Genoa is somewhat off the beaten track. Not as touristy as Rome and Pisa. As I was based somewhat in the town centre, all I saw was mostly the town. The sun set around 5pm. Shops mostly close around 7.30pm.

Genoa from the airplane

On the bus to the hotel

First Impression

Looking down from my hotel room

The sky above, the city below

Selling origami

Piazza de Ferrari

Deserted alley

Neptune knocking the door

Early birds

Last tree

Room with a view

I live here

Melaka, Malaysia

I bumped into this lady during "kids klick" outing organized by online community Photomalaysia. I met her at the corridor one of the lots along Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock, Melaka. She has been living there for more than 60 years. She even invited me and the boys under my charge inside for lunch. I would love to go in an see how an antique Peranakan house looks like. Unfortunately by then, my boys were already far away. So I took my leave but not before asking the lady's permission to take her photo. She was reluctant because she said her 'baju'(or in english, attire) is 'buruk' (old/not nice). I wanted to take of her colourful baju but have to obliged her wish and took only her headshot in front of her house.

Behind bars

I'm compelled to explain this picture because it is not what it seems.

1. He is not a juvenile offender who gloomily look through prison bar. He's a jubilant Kid Klick participant.
2. He's not looking out from inside a building. It was the opposite (i.e. he's outside the building)
3. Isn't it ironic to have roof at the corridor but not inside the building

Picture taken in Melaka during recent Kids Klick program by Photo Malaysia.

Busking in the Sun

Photo was taken last Saturday, during an outing in Melaka, Malaysia

Everything in the photos explains something about him.
Why don't I just call him a guitarist? Because he didn't just play the guitar. He also sings. Does he gets paid to sing? Not really, but he accepts whatever you put in his guitar case. How long have he been doing this? Judging from his half empty water bottle, most likely since morning. Looking at the shadow directly underneath him, it was already noon. From him baked glistering skin, most likely since a long time. It must be hot to sing underneath the sun, but the little stones on the bank notes show us God have mercy on him and gave wind to cool him. Where is he singing? The slab and wall behind him tell us it's in some old historical site. But not too old that nobody visits it. There's a bit of Malaysian Flag and tourist at the background. It's a tourist spot in Malaysia.

Trip to Kemaman, Terengganu

After a long drive, we stopped at the famous coffee shop in Terengganu

Checked the whereabouts of other entourage

Bored waiting for the others, a little fight was on the menu

Then the coffee and toast came
And then the rest of the entourage. After the engagement ceremony, we took our leave.

Before we left, the bride-to-be tried to catch a glimpse of the groom-to-be

Once satisfied, she waved 'bye-bye'.

We stopped for 'sata', 'otak-otak' and 'pais'

And of course, 'keropok', before heading home

Ke hujung jalan

Alamandar, Putrajaya, Malaysia

"ke hujung jalan" roughly translate to "to the end of road".