Cycling Tour.

Recently I went to a street in Kuching  City and ended up clicking this tourist couple enjoying the cycling tour.

Yellow Flowers.

 

I saw this tree with golden yellow flowers,I stooped and snap.

Walking Down Memory Lane in Sibu.

This building used to be a cinema before I left Sibu 25 years ago.To-day its a shop.

So long ago we didn't have any money to go to the movie,so we did try to see the movie free.This is where the Lido cinema in Sibu and its the Hotel now.I still remember sneaking into the cinema for free movie.

The old Rex Cinema.

Yeah...I miss the old cinema those day 0.50 cents for a movie for front row seat.

Cathay Cinema .Now its Star Cineplex.

Life during school days are full of mischievous fun....Skip class and go to the cinema in school uniform to watch Hindi movie.Those were the days of 60's & 70's.

Caged Hens.

I like early morning outing & wet market is my favorite place, where I can see many business activities by fish monger,vegetable sellers etc,etc.Many people like to buy live chicken during festive season & like you see in my photo here caged hens have no perch or litter to peck and no space to flap their wings or move properly.

Caged Hens...........for sale.

Balik Kampung Rush in Sibu.

Selamat Hari Gawai Gayu Guru Gerai Nyamai to all Malaysians who will be celebrating the Gawai on 01 june 2010.

 

 

The mad rush............

Congested at Sibu express boat jetty...........

The Gawai Dayak rush has begin in Sibu Express Boat Jetty  last Sunday,as members of the Dayak community return home to celebrate the festival in their respective longhouses.

Long Weekend....

I’m sure many people are looking forward for a long weekend which will start to-day (Friday) especially for those in Sarawak . Many are taking the opportunity to travel around be it locally or go somewhere outside Malaysia.

Vesak Day Year 2010 falls on Friday, 28 May 2010.

Vesak day is celebrated by Buddhist around the world, and in different manners all over the world. Though some countries occasionally use different date for this festival, most would fall on this same day.

Gawai Day or Gawai Dayak is a festival celebrated in Sarawak on 1 June every year. It is both a religious and social occasion. The word Gawai means a ritual or festival whereas Dayak is a collective name for the native ethnic groups of Sarawak: the Iban, also known as Sea Dayak and the Bidayuh people, also known as Land Dayak. Thus, Gawai Dayak literally means "Dayak Festival". Dayak would visit their friends and relatives on this day.

Happy Gawai Day & Wesak Day to all Malaysian or popular known as 1Malaysia.........

Malay Woman in Tudung.

KUCHING, the capital of Sarawak, is a fairly modern city and it is striking to see the difference between the wealthier city people, many of whom dress like westerners, and the people from the country areas (mostly Malays) who dress in a more traditional and conservative way. The woman below looks like she has come into the city from one of the outlying villages (know as Kampongs in Malay). The headscarf she is wearing is called a tudung but in the west it is better know as a hijab.

The Malay woman .

Malaysian Federal Reserve Units.

The main role of this unit is to disperse illegal assembly, riot suppression and to carry out other functions relating to Public Order. This unit is self-contained and capable, highly mobile and become Public Order Reserve Units. When this unit is not involved in Public Order duties, this unit can be assigned by Commanding Officer to assist the Chief of Police, State police, Criminal Investigation Division and Special Branch in general or special task which include:

• Crime prevention as special patrol in addition to regular patrol unit / Patrol in the area of high crime frequency;
• Disaster relief (flood, fire, landslide, air crash and others ), evacuation and large scale operation;
• Setting up roadblock and check points, media censorship, intensive patrol and others.
• Safeguarding the VIP visitors, events, parades, assemblies and others.

Owed to his role more important, this team was augmented to 7 units, with a total membership to 2003 as many as 2,481 people. Per unit, containing 3 troops. Beside that FRU has also a water canon unit, horseback unit and training institution at Sungai Senam, Ipoh, Perak. In line with current needs and law claim, and supply smoothing job performance, a woman special detachment have been spawned and this detachment based in Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur. It has since been moved to its own base located in Cheras.

FRU's performance is known globally. This was evident during United Nations (U.N.) apply to PDRM to house riot guard force under U.N. flags in Timor Leste. This team assigning to control riot and tranquility in public a country whose just come at independence.

Malaysian Police Traffic.

Royal Malaysian Police Traffic high powered motor bike.
Honda ST1300
This is now the standard bike for the Traffic Police Highway Patrol and the Special escort Group. Highway Patrol Units will have new dayglo strips on front and rear.

Satok Suspension Bridge.

Can’t see the bridge? That’s because it isn’t there anymore. This is the remains of Satok Suspension Bridge. The 78 year-old bridge, one of Kuching’s oldest landmarks, collapsed on the 7th October 2004.

The remain of Satok Bridge.

Poor Kids..........

They work hard, they are not poor, because of their will. They are poor because that is how they were born. All they need is people to care and an opportunity.

Lonely Protester.

This protester is clearly passionate about his cause and I don't know if its is good for him. The only problem is, he seems to be the only one.

Picture snap yesterday evening . Anyway let's the picture tell the whole stories.

Foot Reflexology.

This is my photo a day that keeps the boring away.This is a foot reflexology open palour at Kuching waterfront.

Black & White Photography.

Black & white photography, for me, is one of the most interesting and inspiring aspects of this art form we call our hobby and passion. It’s raw & refined, natural & unusual, bold & subtle, mysterious & open, emotional & impassive, simple & complex, black & white & everything in between. The monochromatic image has been with photography since the beginning, but what began as the only way to capture images has turned into something much deeper.
There are still some photographer out there concentrating on black & white landscape work.I'm here practice,practice and practice.

Kuching Waterfront-Solar Energy.

 

The new Kuching City waterfront extension is environment friendly,They are install with eco-friendly electrical power or solar energy.This is clean energy and lower cost to the city council to run the new two water fountain build near to the waterfront.

The solar panel and the fountain but the ugly building is yet to be make over to new image.(perhaps the owner is looking forward for sponsor from the city council)

What about the local people of Kuching.,are they environmental friendly .Oh my God, just look at the rubbish.They don't even bother to say thank you (not to me) but to the government who have spend so much on tax payer monies to beauty the little city of Kuching.

Kuching Waterfront extension.

Photo taken on 21/10/2009.
This evening I took a walk along the Kuching waterfront extension to see for myself what had been done to the waterfront.Reconstruction is almost done.

Photo taken this evening 15/04/2010.
I pleasantly surprised by the beauty of the extension of the waterfront.It is nostalgic for me because this is where the old wet market I use to go.
The old section of water front is from Hotel Margareta until the old court house and the new area is to the Brooke Dockyard.The distance now is more than 2KM .This is good for sweat in the morning and evening.

COOLIRIS-Photos of the day channel.

 

 

I couldn't believe my eyes to-day ,I view the cooliris photos of the day channel dated 14.02.2010.

I submitted dozen of my stock photos from my flickers a few days ago and I am very glad that three got selected .What's the big deal here???

Where else can you possibly get your photos to be viewed more than 10 million times each day?

According Laura Holmes, Product Manager of CoolIris’s Discover Channel, and Discover Team Member Maria Ignatova, the thumbnails that appear in the channel’s Photos of the Day are viewed a total of 10 million times each day.”

Wow!!! I'm nearly famous:)

So I would like my photographer friends ,give it a try.Who knows you might get lucky too,just like me:)

Read here for more info:

GET YOUR PHOTOS DISCOVERED ON COOLIRIS

The first two photos selected....

 

And the third one.

So friends give it a try :)

Hot Day......

It's hot to-day,I saw this stall not far from my house so its time to refresh myself with guava juice or jus jambu batu in Malay.

Framing.

Framing is one of the ten basic tips to take better picture. And the most interesting part the method is adopted by amateurs and professionals alike and it never looks boring if it is done effectively. I am still in learning process & below is the list that I read from one of my secret mentor and idol  , you can visit  his blog ZAIN's PIX & TEXT

Framing serves a couple of purposes in composition that can make your picture stand out from the rest. Among the purposes of framing, are:

    * It directs the viewer’s vision straight to the subject
    * It gives a sense of depth and a perception of three-dimensionality to the two-dimensional picture
    * If the frame has some similarities to the subject it creates a harmonious combination
    * It adds more interest the picture and diversifies the viewpoint
    * Framing can also act as foreground interest for the subject at the background

Normally wide angle lens is used when framing in order to get the maximum depth-of-field by rendering both foreground and background sharp. But there is no hard and fast rules. Sometimes out-of-focus framing succeeds in bringing out the subject without the framing competing for attention especially if the framing has little relevance to the main subject.

Landscape and architecture photography almost always adopts framing in composition with proven success although it is not limited to only the two genre of photography above.

This is my trial on framing and you can see here the similarities in shape between the frame and the subject maybe create harmony in picture beside acting as frame.

I don't know if this fence frames  that I try on both picture above can present different viewpoint to viewer instead just common postcard style snap shot.Perhaps most photographers out there can do better then me.

The flyover ahead can acts as a composition frame to the subject that is the Satok building.

The fence again used as frame.

The plant framing the building.

Anyway I did not stop here as I'm keep on practice & practice.