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Penang Trip, Day 1

Thai Buddhist Temple, Burma Buddhist Temple, and Kek Lok Shi Buddhist Temple “Ok, we should turn here…” “where are we now…” “drive carefully son…” “why are they so close to us…” These are the few word that my parent keeps repeating today, I’m driving my parent at Penang here to visit some of the tourist attraction spots. And I don’t have a GPS…yet… so the only thing I can rely on is the map that I've got when landed at Penang Airport. But my dad is not good at reading map, and mom don’t know how to drive. Is all depends on my six sense now. I’ve been here 2 years ago, so roughly know the roads around. We stayed at Batu Ferringi area, so our first stop is to the famous Thai Buddhist Temple, and the Burma Buddhist Temple. I drive down the Batu Feringgi road, pass Tesco supermarket, pass Gurney Plazza, and if not mistaken the temple should be here somewhere. I asked my dad to keep at eye for a building which looks odd. So while I’m concentrating on my way, t

The Art of Nature - Thunderstrom

Just when I reach home, I saw a huge dark cloud formation (click to view the clouds) just in front of my house, and the win is blowing strongly. Looks like there are going to be a thunderstorm rain.... Then I saw some thunder, this is a good opportunity. I hurry went into my house and grab my Nikon D90, and this is what had happen for the next one hour... =============================================== Some historical Related Post on Thunder Thunder Strom @ Friendship Park The Art of Nature The right time again Before and After Friendship Park @ Night Time

Another visit to the Buntal Village for Sunrise photoshoot

Read my previous visit to Buntal Village for Sunrise photoshoot (click to read) I went to Buntal Village for photo shooting for the second time, but the weather is not as good as the first time. On my way to the village drizzling rain, fortunately when reached the village, it stops. I've shoot a lot of scene photos, but this time I'll show you some of the photos not related to sunrise. The fisherman getting ready for a day work, preparing the fishnet. A group of teenage youngster having a jumpshoot at the beach. Two of my buddies packing up their gears after finish shooting the sunrise. My flip Ultra HD videocam, mounting on a tripod. Checkout the video I've shoot below :)

Visitation to the Niah Cave @ Miri Sarawak

I visited the Niah Cave last weekend with my family and friends. That morning, I wakeup at around 6am. Our initial plan was to wakeup at 5am, and starts our journey at 6am…. Both of my younger brother Kerry and Jye came back home at around 2am last night, so I don’t expect they will wake up on time. We started our journey at around 7am; it takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes from Miri to the small town of Niah, and we had our breakfast there. Upon entering Niah town, a nice view awaits us, as I can see the Limestone Mountains surrounding the Niah town. There are only 3 – 4 rows of shophouses. My brothers are familiar with this place, so we had our breakfast at one of the coffee shop there. Most of the Chinese people here they speak Hakka dialect. I ordered my favorite food, the koko noodles, taste really nice :) however, the pricing here are a bit expensive compare to Miri town. My brother told me this is because all the food here needs to pay extra transportation charges.

The Climb @ Mount Santubong, Kuching, Sarawak

I’m very excited the day before I went to Santubong Mount. I didn’t manage to reach the summit last time because I’m not feeling well that time, but this time hell I don’t even care of my legs going to be broken or what, I must reach the summit! Start my journey at 08:30AM with 6 of my friends, it was drizzling that morning, and this is good because it’s gonna be a cozy climb. I start up slowly to save my energy, as the higher I reach the tougher it gets to climb up. There is a total of 15 check points, at F7 is 1960m above sea level. My journey from F1 t0 F7 the first 1000 meter still consider easy, as is just like jungle trekking. But after the 1000m I start to feel my heart bumping very quickly, and I start to feel short of breath. I reach the F7 check point at 09:12AM. We stop for a rest, and I took some photos of the surrounding. Ok, start our journey again after 5 minutes break. The tracks are getting steep, I walk slowly with very small foot step, and try to go in a zigzag direc

The biggest pet Python at Kuching

The Location for this Phython is at Jalan Stampin Baru, Lorong 22 B. I read the news once saying that a guys at Kuching owns a pet python at home, and the snake stay together with them since it is still a baby snake. Now it has grown for more than 20 feet, this is really a huge snake. I follow a bunch of friends to visit the python last Sunday, and also pet on the snake, it feel cold. What am I saying, it is cold blooded anyway. The owner feeds it with chicken, and he also raise a bat , and an iguana . What a wired hobby he has... Cheers, Wilson I've touch a snake for the 3rd time 2nd Time I've touch a snake is here at the Lok Kawi Park The first time is at the Penang Snake Temple

How to insert a Frame in a Photo

Hi Guys, in today DM tutorial I'm gonna teach you guys on how to insert a frame into a photo. You can do so by using a FREE software called Picasa, which is a google product. Ok, I'll use a photo of my dear mum as an example to teach you how to insert frame in a photos. Lets go... Download the free Picasa here. 01. First after you finish install the picasa software, look for the icon, and double click to run the software. 02. Then, we have to select the photo that we want to insert frame. If you select one only, picasa will select all your photos in that album. So the trick here is to select 2 photos, and click on the "Create Photo Collage" button. 03. Ok, here we remove that 2nd photo. You just point your mouse pointer there, right click and select remove. 04. Then, we have to make sure that the photo is fit into that canvas. So we have to manually adjust the photo, you do this by dragging the little round button with your mouse, hold and drag. 05

My local village trip @ Danu Village (Kampung Danu)

This is one of the local village in Kuching, Sarawak, called the Danu Village. One unique thing about this village is that to enter the village, we have to cross a suspension bridge. View the location here. <--- Click for Map The bridge is like a lifeline to the village, if it collapse the whole village people will not be able to either get in or out of the village. There is a huge river which separate the village and the outside world. When I reach there, saw kids swimming in the river. I step into the river to soak my feet, very cozy. And the stream water flows very quick. Is not hard to imagine the waterflow here after a big downpour. It will be like a moster... Upon entering the village, there is a mini flower garden, and they have a bunch of nice flower there. The village people park their cars outside the entrance, and life here are simple and quiet. Check out the scenery video I've shoot during my visitation. Cheers, Wilson I like to cross bridges

Lunch @ Macheree Homestay & Adventure

After my friends and I visited the Annah Rais hotsprin g... we went to the homestay just opposite the entrance of hotspring. The homestay is run by a local villages people there, and the mum is the hotel manager, the father is the chef in the house, the two young daughter are the waiterss,and the brother is the ..... nop when I was there he just sat there are ate his lunch. This homestay provided a variety of tour packages, they have a daytrip tour, and also an overnight tour package (A total of 6 to be exact). The food there is super delicious, the father told us the he made the food aroma with local herb and spices, and blend them by using traditional way. All organic, no pesticide. And he also charge us RM5 per plate of food, that is damn cheap!!! Check out the surrounding in my video below :) Cheers, Wilson I want to overnight here :D

The new Annah Rais Hot Spring

Before you read on, go read my ----->> first trip here (before renovation) <<----- :D Cause this is the version before the renovation of the place :) The video below is after the renovation The Annah Rais after the renovation Annah Rais is a village name, and just a few kilometer away from the Annah Raise village, there is a stream which according to the locals there few thousand ago it was a volcanic active spot. So that is where the hotspring came from. Check out the video here :) To go there, first need to head to 10th Mile (Padawan), then need to go to the direction there Borneo Highland is.  After you drive pass Borneo Highland, look for road sign for Annah Raise Village (Kampung Annah Raise). Is gonna be a long and lonely ride to Annah Raise village, surrounded by tress only.  Then, after you reach the Annah Raise village (longhouse), need to drive another 20-30 min road (bumpy rocks road), and make sure you keep an eyes on the road s