01-FEB-2009
A Lion On An Escalator
Have you seen a Lion riding up an escalator? Well I saw one, in the midst of going to the first floor in a shopping mall to bring luck to some shop owners. The Lion Dance.
07-OCT-2008
Painted News
One of the characters for the opera show held in conjunction with the celebration of the Nine Emperors Festival 2008 in KL. Checking the latest update of the news
10-JUL-2008
TV Aerial
These are link houses. You can see the respective TV antenna's erected on the rooftops. Do you think owner A has the right to erect his TV antenna in such a manner it protudes out to Owner B's roof? Yes it's an empty space, still it doesn't look good from the outside with all TV antennas protuding towards Owner B's house/rooftop. Would the rest concur if Owner B were to do the same to his/her house?
27-APR-2008
The KL Fashion Week!
The heat is on...it's fashion week. Unfortunately I didn't carry my big gun with me, but the mobile phone did come in handy! This was taken at The Gardens at MidValley shopping mall.
10-MAR-2008
Our Prime Ministers
We have gone a long way and we just celebrated our 50th Independence last year. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was sworn in for a second term on Monday 10 March 2008.
08-MAR-2008
Malaysia Decides
8 March 2008 was the election day. The Barisan Nasional will form the next Government as it has won more than half the parliamentary seats. However, the coalition suffered some of the greatest defeats in its history. While it managed to keep Terengganu and will form the next government, it lost Penang, Selangor Kedah and Perak to the Opposition and failed to recapture Kelantan. Right in front you see a car with a big sticker pasted at the back of the car of an opposition leader and also the former Deputy Prime Minister.
23-FEB-2008
The Heat Is On
Politics, politics, election, votes, you name it, the heat is on - Malaysia's 12th General Election. Not exactly everybody's cup of tea, again we are expected (encouraged) to do our part to vote. More gossips, back stabbing among the opposition parties. I won't be photo-blogging about it as all of us know that talking politics is a `extremely sensitive issue'. Here is just a snap shot of the election spirit, funny I did't see that many banners up in town, just this resident who put up numerous flags representing our current party - Barisan Nasional in front of his house. A very patriotic person indeed. 8th of March 2008 is the polling date.
23-JAN-2008
Waiting For Action
The Federal Reserve Unit FRU red trucks were nearby the temple. In the event if there was a riot, the team will take the necessary actions to disperse the crowd e.g hosing down the crowd, baton and protective shields. Click on this thumbnail for another image:
23-JAN-2008
Reporter
Saw this pretty young looking lady at the corner of the drink stall. She appeared to look like a reporter joting done some notes of the Thaipusam event.
23-JAN-2008
Towering Inferno
The other side of the celebration of Thaipusam other than body/facial piercing. This was taken during Thaipusam 2008 at Batu Caves.
23-JAN-2008
Typical Fight
As expected in any gathering be it political or religious, there is bound to be some sort of `fight'. Spotted this two men having a small disagreement which ended up physical during the Thaipusam 2008. Shortly the police intervened and all settled down.
20-JAN-2008
Multi-Coloured
The Malaysia K9 Day 2008 was held today - 20 January 2008 at Central Park, Bandar Utama, Kuala Lumpur. It is an annual event dedicated to all dogs, be it a mixed breed dog or pure breed dog. I spotted this cute multi-coloured dog in the park. Looks like dogs are not even left out in terms of `grooming' and looking beautiful.
19-JAN-2008
Celebrating Chinese New Year
The Chinese New Year is the biggest social occasion in the Chinese calendar and is celebrated all over Malaysia. Marking the first day of the first new moon, it is traditionally an occasion to settle old debts and begin the year with a clean slate. Many of Malaysia’s larger towns and cities host some kind of public festival which typically includes fireworks displays, cultural performances, food and drink stalls and traditional lion and dragon dances. This is an important family festival, and many celebrate the occasion with family, friends and loved ones and many children receive small gifts of “lucky money” from their relatives. In 2008, the Year of the Rat, Chinese New Year will be celebrated on February 7th. The above image is a shot of a group of Chinese acrobats (from China) performing in one of the shopping mall. Taking this opportunity to wish all my fellow friends who are celebrating this ocassion. And many thanks again to you guys for your continious support. I feel very bad not able to reciprocate as I am presently quite busy. I will be back, once situation settles down.
17 Jan 2008
Cyber Danger
Are the young at home on the internet protected from the dangers of the World Wide Web? Many of the youngsters sought internet as a place of `haven' to socialise. Is the WWW a safe place for us as adults also? No matter how easy it is to get access to the internet, we are always at risk of being a `cyber victim' be in the form of bully, intimidation, sexual harassment/abuse or even scams. Take for example of a recently reported scenario of a 17 year old boy who was taken advantaged of. He was challenged by a girl whom he had a crushed on to e-mail him a picture of himself nude. The boy did exactly that, one look at the picture, the girl freaked out and forwarded it to her closests gilrfriends who in turn forwarded to their friends. This is a generation that embraces technology eagerly, there are tools which allow better communication eg. webcam, forums, video sharing sites but these can also be misued. In Malaysia, 42% of users who go online are youths aged 24 and younger (based on the statistics by the Malaysia Communications and Multimedia Malaysia in 2005 - taken from The Star 16/01/2008). It's our duty to highlight the safety issues to help young people to stay safe. A practical joke is no longer funny when it involves a human life at stake - suicide.
16-JAN-2008
Open Burning
When you burn trash outdoors, the potential cost to your health, your home, your neighbors and the environment far exceeds the cost of adequate collection services. Protect yourself, your family, your neighbors and your wallet by knowing the rules - what can you burn and where?
NB: Open burning is defined as "the burning of any matter in such a manner that products of combustion resulting from the burning are emitted directly into the ambient (surrounding outside) air without passing through an adequate stack, duct or chimney." Generally, anytime you light a fire outdoors, you are open burning.
12-JAN-2008
Missing
The Star Newspaper 12 January 2008:
It saddens my heart to hear more and more `Missing Children' cases being reported.