pangkor part 3...

We rented a motorcycle that evening for round island trip. It costs Rm30 for 1 day but most of the time the owner never fill up the tank before renting to the tourist. U can rent from your resorts or one of the shops near the beach. So be smart and check which motorbike has the most fuel and check that the brake and lamp is functioning properly.

why? Because when u round island with the bike its like a roller coaster ride due to the very wavy terrain. One second ur going up a steep hill and then the moto is like having barely enough "oomph" to carry 2 people up. Then another second ur rolling down the hill while u pray hard the brake is working..lol. The moto we used was half tank full but the brake was not very effective. Luckily we didnt rolled down hill with the bike lol.


Example of one of the shops renting motorcycles...

If u go round island u get to see the houses built by the shores and the people living around there...some involved in fishery business.



Another wooden plank house by the beach with a ?jetty. More after this....

pangkor part 2...

 

Keeping snapping pictures by the beach while listening to the tidal waves...

 

The budget resort we were staying..nothing fancy or spectacular...seem like government coffer is also draining out already...lol

 

A pair of hornbills resting atop the signboard...caressing each other like lovers..lol...hornbills are abundant in this island ...they are everywhere...and they make peculiar sounds...sound like monkey actually :)

 

Now no more love already..haha. sorry for the poor quality pics. My cam not great when the light is inadequate.

HIV course at Pangkor Island Part 1..

I attended a HIV course in Pangkor island lately. Been ages since the last time i was there when i was a kid...perhaps more than 10 years? lol. It was a 3-day course talking about HIV/AIDS. But being a delinquent doc that i am, of cos i would not waste any time in exploring the place as soon as the chance comes. The beach above is just a short distance from the budget resort we were staying called pangkor Bayview Beach Resort. My friend Yew and I went after the class finished around evening. so it was dusk oledi by the time we get to the beach. Nice scenery yes...nice beach no...the beach was littered with lot of rubbish unfortunately...my friend even stepped on a fluorescent lamp! Good thing he was wearing slippers. Local authority please take note if u read this!

Another landscape pic taken with my ancient nikon e3200. Nice breeze...

Me posing by the beach...yes i know i need to slim down my face...anyone can help?

A pondok by the beach providing canoe, boat trip and snorkelling services. But didnt see anyone snorkelling around here probably bcos the water around here is not too clear...

this is where i am now..

The is the first time i online since i went for my pangkor course on 11 mac. was staying at a budget resort there with no wifi (damn!) and on 13 mac moved here (Teluk Batik resort, Lumut) for kursus in-duk-si. There is nothing spectacular about this resort, just like a regular condo and without its own beach, unlike the marina cove or other more highend resorts.

Well the only thing i can say about this in-duk-si thing is that its really tiring with tight schedules. Its like waking up 6.30 or 7am everyday then exercise, attend useless lectures after lectures and then finish at 10.30pm everyday and the cycle repeats itself even on weekends. 

Just yesterday we were asked to go jungle trekking in the evening. Though im the type that never exercise one but still managed to complete the drill, fortunately. But the unfortunate thing is that on our way back rain starts pouring down and we were completed drenched and soaked... taken some pic but too horrible to show here :p

thats all for now. really tired. i think i'll post the pangkor and lumut experience later when i go back home. wish me good luck

when we were little...

 

 

some old classmates in facebook posted these 2 ancient photos of yesteryears when we were in primary school. My original photos dunno gone where already :P hidden under stacks of books or files maybe. Looking back some have really become lengzai lenglui, some retained their same face literally! while me...i think pretty different from how i look now.haha...can guess which is me? No present though hehe.

dsLR vs point-and-click camera

 

This pic was taken 2 years ago when i backpacked to  Cambodia with friends. Top left showing floating market of Tonle Sap Lake, followed by the scenic mirror-like reflection of an unknown river. Top right showing horses grazing on a grassland plateau just opposite the mirror-like lake just now. Walk a bit more over a bridge is some buddha statues and gate shown on bottom left pic. Bottom right are the cute children of Tonle Sap community. Centerpiece is sunrise pic of Angkor Wat :)

All above pics were taken with my old Nikon e3200 (3.2 MP point and shoot camera). Been thinking whether i should move on the dsLR or other more advanced camera on the market. On the other hand, i dunno anything about exposure, aperture etc. Never taken photography lesson in my life. So i just point and click whichever angle i like :) Really like the simplicity of point-and-shoot. Hmm...should i or should i not change? Any pro here can give advice? :)