At the Zoo ....Part 1

Paid a visit to the Zoo Negara ....and this is my first visit after a million years !!!! But look out for Part 2 where it will be on the tigers and lions ---such majestic creatures !

MY FAVOURITE "LONG-SHOT" SHOT OF 2009...(1)

MY FAVOURITE BUILDING SHOT OF 2009...(1)

This was taken after a heavy downpour.

MY fAVOURITE CANDID SHOT OF 2009 ...(1)

.......NOT IN ORDER OF PRIORITY, HERES THE FIRST ONE....

My Favourite Kid Photo of 2009 .

Taken at the Taman Tasik Titiwangsa on a Sunday morning ! I was trailing this kid while his mother was doing aerobics !

A reader has just given me an idea. Write your captions for the three photos  and I will  post them.Here's the first :

From Leas

First pic: I'm sweating man...no need to aerobic.

Second pic: Well...i have a plan for myself, let see urm like this...

Third pic: Hrmm...when they're going to finish.

From me

First pic: mmmm is my mom watching me ?

Second pic : Maybe if I give Mom this worm, she will take me home !

Third pic :Hey ! This aerobic is quite fun !

From helas
From helas

1stpic: i hope that girl didnt see me hiding behind this big tree..

2nd: emm should i go aproach her or not.. go or not, go or not..

3rd: OMG. her dad bring her home pla.. haizzz... well maybe next time *sigh..

haha

 

Sparrow s- from my balcony

Butterfly - from my balcony.

This is for you ASH !Again - thanks for the camera ! I was soooo happy when I managed to snap this beautiful creature ! It was about 7-10 metres away.

My Favourite Find (from my storage boxes) of 2009

This has got to be the best of the decade for me. Its the vital statistic of our cat Mana, done by Hannah, my youngest , when she was only 7 years old !

TRANSLATION

 Physical Mana

Height : 74 cm

Front Limb : 25 cm.     left and right

Hind Limb : 27 cm (left),   30 cm (right)

Tail length : 21 cm,  width : 5cm

Ear length 6cm,   width: 5cm

Stomach circumference : 42 cm

Mouth width: 4 cm

Length of longest left whiskers : 8cm,    shortest: 1.5cm

Length of longest right whiskers 8cm,    shortest : 2 cm

Left eye : 3.5cm

Right eye : 3.5 cm

Well Hannah did this when she was  about 7 and I wondered then  in what profession she would be in when she grows up ! This year, 2010, she would be in her final year as a Law student in UM ! hmmmmm...

ps. I never did asked her why she took these measurement because I didn;t want to know what poor Mana must have gone through for her to get these measurements !

My Favourite photo( not taken by me ) of 2009 ....(1)

2010 ....

So -- I surveyed my neighbourhood for the best position for viewing the fireworks ! From the hill-top behind my house, to a street in a housing estate to a pedestrian crossing bridge and to the platform of the Jelatek train station. Whatever it is , I got my modest share of photographs without having to go to town !.

and to the rest of the world......

HAPPY NEW YEAR..

2nd morning at the balcony.

So, the second morning and I was still waiting for that elusive squirrel. I was lucky this time but not altogether happy with the results.

 

From my balcony in the morning !

I'm on leave again, and I don't start work until next year ! Yahoo !!!

Woke up this morning feeling good but not good enough to get out and take some photos. So , instead stood at the balcony and hoped to get a good shot of any of the squirrels that run about in the garden. So far I have been trying to get them the last few months. They were either too fast or I was too slow !

Anyway I was ready with the A300, but instead only a few birds came and stood on the branches. Oh well--- better than nothing I guess.

 

Photo-hunt on New Year Eve !!!!

I would love to do some photo-hunting on that night. For sure there will be a firework display . The problems are :

• Will it be at Dataran Merdeka or KLCC ?
  

• Driving on that night would only be a waste of time because of the expected massive traffic jam
  

• Taking the train will be 'hell to pay' as the crowd can be a little rowdy and high spirited and I wouldn't take the risk of damaging my camera

 There was a time when a group of students took the train to be at the KLCC to celebrate the eve, and the train was so packed that it broke down and they spent the new year eve in the train ! I don't really fancy such an experience !

Probably the best thing to do is to look for a high-rise spot ( could be a hill or a high-rise building) not too far from the city-centre  .

Anybody having any plan to go photo-hunting that night ? Or can anyone suggest a good vantage point outside the city-centre to photograph the fireworks ?

Maybe I might park the car at the Setiawangsa station and risk a short journey to KLCC..........maybe..............maybe..................( wish I'm in Singapore ....)

...LET THERE BE LIGHTS !!....

I'm feeling much better today although a little weak. The coughing is still there but at least I had a good sleep last night. Have not been doing any photography either and I do not think I am up to going anywhere too.

So after dinner , decided to do the lights in my house , since I think I have run out of still life objects .

An offer from ph !

ph said...

If you and Helas were here, i'll take both of you to meet my Sifu. He'll stick a few needles here and there and you will be feeling brand new.

December 27, 2009 2:26 PM

When ph found out that both helas and I are down with fever (check above from previous posting) , came an offer to bring us to her sifu . Then a few needles in our head would put us right. I can;t help ( inspite of my condition ) imagining what we would look like.

Perhaps like this ? heheheh.

or, like this,

My third morning !

4.30am Sunday morning. My third morning of misery. My blocked nose woke me up and see no point in trying to sleep when I can't. Went to the kitchen, put the kettle on and soon just having mugs of hot plain water,

Next, turn on Astro and watched all the re-runs of According to Jim, Friends, How I met your Mother and so on.

Was feeling the chill so wrapped myself in blanket and just sat in the easy chair feeling so uneasy !

Every cough brought terrible pain to the throat and got to do something to keep my mind off this misery. Whatelse can it be than to blog.......sighhhh.....