It's blogging again...

I have to appologise to my fellow friends who's been asking me on my update...  I don't know why, I gradually felt like not writing...  perhaps thinking of my new job in Hanoi.. after relaxing for almost 3 months back in Muar.

So now, I have been staying in Ha Noi for more than a week... trying adapting to the local culture, trafiic, non english speaking peoples, hard to find halal food, and quite unwelcome weather... cold and dusty...
This photo were taken at the famous local and tourist spot, nearby Hoa Kiem Lake.... normally after office, me and my friend take a cab to the only halal restaurant .. have decent dinner.. and walk to this place... just watching the local enjoying the night... 
Vietnamesse like to going out at night, they just travelling in their scooters and motorcycles..  going from places to places...   hanging out in hundreds of street side cafe...  perhaps because of the French influence...
This is the lake near the Ha Noi Zoological Garden... I don't know the name but I need to go there early in the morning to capture the sight of unpertubated lake... later, and the perfect reflection would be lost... 

sunset.. sunrise... and no sun

This sunset photo was taken at my usual favourite spot... Parit Jawa, Muar fisherman port. The water was calm that day due to no tide... giving mirror reflection effect of the old jetty. Normally we can see water ripple on the surface ....caused by tide or boat movement...
Sunrise photo shot taken on the early morning as I'm preparing to buy some fish from the local market. The huge kampung durian tree give special visual effect....
Moon over my kampung house... photo taken using 15 second exposure, tripod and night scene setting. To get a steady night shot, use the timer.... in addition of using tripod, use timer to activate the photo snap... this is because, if you snap manually, there's a minute movement of the camera which will effect the photo quality... so use timer or remote control. My camera does not have remote control...

cat story....

Since currently I am free and bored... and I don't know what to write... probably I just told a short story about cats that live within my vicinity.... 
This is Pontelan.... fat, heavyweight, cuddly feline... belong to my brother, whose living next door. I caught her last time, whey she try stealing Whiskas which I kept for my cat.... She's very quite, doesn't meow much and sneaking like fat ninja from the Kitchen windows....  making her way undetectable barely, trying to climb the cupboard.. reaching for the purple packages of Whiskas...

As I caught her red pawed... she's in her typical expressionless face... trying to look cute.. and managed to pose for my photo shot... and walk away without shame nor remorse...
This is Pontelan trying to pick fight with my scared to the bone cat... Misai (her  other name was Macan Tutul).. I am sure Pontelan is just trying to make friend and play .. but this paranoid, nervous and low self esteemed Misai just scream and defence herself without reason... 

The statistic would say, she's will definitely lose to the heavyweight Pontelan.... but yet no sign of surrender nor social negotiation initiated by Misai... a very disturbed and not smart cat... 

My mother have other theory.. perhaps Pontelan is feeling resentful for our cat and want to get rid of them... so she can monopolize the Whiskas for herself... 
Misai is not just fearful with Pontelan, she's totally paranoid with people she's doesn't know... especially me... the person who supply the Food Aid.... ungrateful creature.....

Waitlah, when I am gone and start living away again...  don't dream to have crunchy Whiskas.... back to left over fish and rice.... 

2009 yang muram...

Akhir tahun  lepas, kira2 2 minggu sebelum 2009, aku terpaksa hantar anak aku ke kota.... utk bersama ibunya...Luqman akan tinggal di sana dan memulakan sessi baru persekolahan di sekolah baru. 

Tiba-tiba aja aku jadi malas dan hilang punca semangat. Hampir sepanjang cuti sekolah  hujung tahun, dia jadi teman tidur sebelah aku... teman jalan2 aku.... teman aku ambil foto... Kini bila dia dah berpindah, suatu kekosongan jiwa betul2 terasa dalam diri aku. Mungkin inilah yg dirasakan oleh ibu dan arwah ayah aku pabila anak2nya seorang demi seorang meninggalkan mereka...

Sepanjang dia duduk dgn aku, aku yakin mempunyai tujuan dan harus dilaksanakan. Sekarang, aku jadi slow, lembab, kurang berdaya maju dan malas....

Semoga dia happy bersama ibunya dan persekitaran baru.... dan aku tak ada kawan nak buat puzzle atau model kapalterbang.