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A Trip to Sekinchan Paddy Fields with Shutter Asia – June 2nd

So after getting up early on Saturday morning we met at the Caltex before the trunk road to Kuala Selangor, after driving for about an hour we reached Sekinchan, just after Kuala Selangor towards Teluk Intan. Sekinchan is known as the ricebowl of Malaysia with a lot of paddy fields and some pretty interesting fishing […]

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Paradise?

I’m back, and burnt like a lobster. Will update soon, or something.

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Anak Anak Jalan

I was in a Jakarta for a few days a week or so ago to sort out a couple of issues, I had a couple of hours spare so I took my prime lens and went for a walk around the streets of Jakarta. This beautiful child caught my attention staring at me, with no […]

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I Went to EUROPE!

Not really.. But guess where I was? Can you? I have to admit I know Selangor Valley pretty well, and I’ve never even heard of this place, let alone been there. Europe indeed, was a hectic day, need to sleep now…and *sigh* back to work tomorrow, why can’t I get the whole week off! Had […]

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Memories of Minehead

The last few pics from my trip to Minehead back in August last year, the weather was pretty overcast so I went for Black and White conversion and a couple of HDR thrown in for good measure. Happy Train Man Thirsty? (more…)

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Thaipusam at Batu Caves – 1.5 Million People!

Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb). Pusam refers to a star that is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates both the birthday of Lord Murugan (also Subramaniam), the youngest son of Shiva and Parvati, and […]

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Singapore – Little India

After visiting Bugis Street I proceeded on to Little India, which is located just behind around Jalan Besar. There’s a Little India MRT station so you can get off there if you wish to visit. It’s a very vibrant area with a lot of colours, sights and smell. With hustle and bustle everywhere, even better […]

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Singapore – Bugis Street

A while ago I was in Singapore so I decided to head to the famous Bugis Street market, and on from that to Little India as it’s nearby. Again I was limited to a 50mm and a 90mm prime at this time as I had no other lenses! Bugis Street is an explosion of colours, […]

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Hotel Reservations with hotelreservations.com

Herein lies my review of Hotel Reservations (hotelreservations.com), for the purpose of the review I will refer to the site as HR. The interface for HR is reasonable, quite plain and grey in colour, I would think for a holiday/hotel kind of site it should have a more colourful and exciting interface to get people […]

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Welcome to my Life – Pictures of Saudi Arabia

Well seen as though some people asked, and well I was personally interested to see if I could convey my boredom here.. Here is a series of pictures intended to show the loneliness and boredom I feel here. Can you feel it? Here’s my cubicle and my lifeline to the rest of the world, just […]

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