Bora Asmara

Bora Asmara. A Balinese theme styled restaurant placed amidst bungalows. A nice quaint little place with a very interesting seating arrangement; like below.

Privacy is something that is easily gotten when you eat here. Not like your usual makan places where at times, having a decent conversation means close to shouting... and yours truly is one that likes to have a certain constant voice level.


One can have a choice of either seating outside, i.e. smoking section (with ceiling fans) or if you don't feel like sweating it out, there are the covered options which entails air-conditioned dining.
Water everywhere... and lighted candles all over the place.
Having the K7 made my shooting life so much easier. More so when one was there until close to midnight and not many lights were still switched on. Lovely, yes?

Food wise, it's ok. You're there more for the ambience than anything else. So how does one get there then? If you have a Garmin Satnav and you're using MalFree, key in Bora Asmara.
General location wise, it's near the Mofaz building opposite Mutiara Damansara.

Else, as they say, Google is your best friend!

Oh, I also forgot, music!

"Oh joy, I'm being serenaded!"
Now this is how to be a buaya! :P

Gowns a choosing

The time has come to choose ma cherie's gowns, be it wedding or dinner for our photoshoots. Basically, we're in a room with... masses of gowns. The sheer number is breathtaking, easily somewhere around 500 maybe?
Ma cherie getting swallowed by the dresses!
The evening gowns that we have narrowed down from the massive number... 14!
And after 90mins for the evening gown, came the wedding gown. Yeah, i'm tired too sweetie...
So that's it. Much as I would like to post pictures of the gowns, one gotta respect privacy of what had transpired last tuesday. Until I get the photo's and the go ahead, you'll just have to be patient! he he

Ma Cherie's Birthday!

It's my darling's birthday TODAY! So happy 26th Birthday sweetheart!

Wishing her many blessings of joy, love with loads of hugs and kisses from her hubby! :)

Buah hati... :)

Fancy a heart shaped pomelo? You'll definitely get lots of lovin'......
And you can say you "opened" a heart! ha ha...

Thunderbirds in Malaysia!

This aerial display team needs no introduction...

1st up, the famous diamond formation.
Flying close
This caught me unware and it was really difficult to shoot because of the masses of people as well your wondering where are they crossing in front!
The famous Thunderbirds design
I point here, you point there... wonder what they were up to?
Coming through...
And crossing right in front!
See...
The diamond formation again.
One of my favourite shots of the day. Getting the way the air flowed over the F-16 was cool. Frankly, I was just trigger happy and didn't know that this had been taken. But it's beautiful anyway...
Upside down...
And turning slowly...
Flying slowly in front of us...

And hitting the afterburners... this another favourites of mine!
Beep beep! Coming through! :P

I purposely darken this shot... it's cool as the trails show the turn...

Corkscrew in front of the sun amd going vertical! Wooooot!
In a straight line...

No... no F-16 exploded but this was interesting how this shot turned out! :)
Passing by...
ANOTHER of one of my favourite shots... Pity about the grey sky. Blue would have been really cool!
Arrowhead formation
Upside down again. But with all 6 of them.
And coming down...
And going up again...
Let's stretch it baby!
And curve it!
And split it all UP!
Tbirds 1-4 doing a flyby. You need to see it in full pix and you'll spot the numbers on the F-16's...
Mirror formation
And that's it! Pity about the sky but it one thinks about it, maybe it's better coz out in the blazing Malaysian hot sun might not be such a great time to be at! But then again, that means no blue sky. Ah well... win some, loose some. But i'm happy over this as this is my 1st time! :)

Ode to by old friend!

I feel so naked without you... so exposed. And it's so ...sad that I had to see you go... all because of my BIG mouth! *sigh*

But you had done sooooo well. Thought me sooooo much. Gave me wonderful memories that is now living as bits and bytes in my hard disk. You have gone with me to beautiful and wonderful places; from Siem Reap in Cambodia to Geneva, Zurich, Nyon, Einsedeln in Switzerland to Konstanz in Germany to Paris in Franch to the stinkiest place on earth in Goamantong Caves in Sabah.

You flew at 30,000ft and sped on dry land as fast as 300km/h!

And left me with tons of fond memories... but none as best as the above image; showing a relationship of trust, love and companionship.

So long and fare thee well my good friend. May you serve your new master well. Just as you have served me well and left me with years of enjoyment... and seen through my ups and downs.
Au Revoir et Merci Beaucoup K100D!!!

Desert Rose...

I'm told that is what they are called. But to me, they are just fun to photograph! And of course, after a downpour, it's even better. UNFORTUNATELY, no blue sky... ah well...

Au Contraire, these 2 shots were basically:
a) no framing
b) no "person" focus
The below one is basically, my failed attempt to ...er... liven things up. Now you know why I don't do Post Processing! I suck at it... BIG time!!!
Now lest you think this particular "tree" is big... it's not. REALLY. Honestly! They are just your average size. It's just the illusion of shooting upwards. Hence, why I mention the 2 criteria above. I basically just took my SLR, squatted beside the pot, aimed at what I thought should be my frame and fire away! And of course, it helps with a 50mm/f1.4 stop'ed to 2.2 helping... he he

Not bad results eh?