Saturday, September 29, 2012

Me and my Nikon D90

A sudden detour in life brought me to the world of blogging
and also my Nikon D90.
Life is never certain,everyday is a new day to me
and tomorrow is another gift of god
that's if i am still around,
so cherish each day,
 for you will never know if there is still a tomorrow...

 

At the Sungai Palas Boh Tea Plantation,Cameron Highland.







At Bukit Jugra in Banting.







The old light house of Bukit Jugra.



At Tanjung Gemuk Beach,Port Dickson taking a shot at the Grand Lexis.









At Telok Gong,Malacca spying on a pair of nesting Sea Eagle.





Shadow play at Tanjung Batu Beach,Bintulu.





manfrotto

Friday, September 21, 2012

Wind Turbines of Pulau Perhentian

It fits the tag of sustainable,renewable and green power
but it didn't last even a year. After a colorful launch
these two wind turbine which is part of a Hybrid Power Plant,
a mix of diesel engine,solar and wind meant for the villager on the island
failed and had been down since.
If the wind turbine had been running well there would be some extra power
that could be eventually sold to the hoteliers on the island
who have been depending on their own individual diesel generating sets
for power thus contributing to air and noise pollution with the risk of oil spillage
on a beautiful tourism island where diving and water activities is a major attraction.
The big question posed by most of the islander is
why can't somebody get it repaired?
or is it going to be another white elephant?

 

The two wind turbine manufactured by Northern Power.









The beautiful stairways to the jetty about 100 meter down.



Fencing dotted with holes.







Monday, September 17, 2012

Back to the 80ies-Kuantan

I have many fond memories of the eighties
where i finished my studies and move on to join the workforce.
Here are some old photos that i scanned from my old album,
photos taken with a Nikon FG SLR camera,
my second one after the first one a Ricoh KR5 was stolen.
After 30 years most of these color photos have faded
especially the earlier ones on Fuji paper
except the last one of the Vietnamese boat
with Kodak paper which still maintained the color it once was 30 years ago.
Talking about quality paper!

A night shot of the Bukit Ubi Road Roundabout
which have since been replaced by traffic lights.

 

Telok Chempedak Beach viewed from Hyatt Hotel.



Night view of Kuantan Riverside from nearby the present municipal's office.



Night street view of the Main Street,
taken from the old bus station side



The eighties also saw the opening of the biggest and tallest shopping complex in the east coast
of Malaysia,the 28 storey Teruntum Complex,
here are some shots taken from the roof.
The old bus station can be seen by the riverside.





A view of Bukit Ubi Road with the Darul Makmur Stadium and Bukit Sekilau at the back.



A new pedestrian bridge across Mahkota Road.


Bukit Ubi Round about.



Eighties was also the era of the Vietnamese Boat People
after the fall of Saigon.
A shot on a  Vietnamese refuge boat which landed at Telok Chempedak,
this boat is now part of Hyatt Hotel,Sampan Bar



Sunday, September 9, 2012

Mesmerized by the Hunchback Rock.

A beautiful silhouette of the Hunchback Rock at sunset
is enough to leave me mesmerized for the rest of the day.
This is my choice for the best sunset view on Labuan Island.












According to local folk story,
The Hunchback Rock or 'Batu SiBongkok' in malay
is a rock said to resemble a hunchback man sitting in yoga position
who turned into stone after being touched by his wife during meditation,
apparently it's a taboo for him to be called or touched when he is doing his meditation.
It's situated about a km from Kampung Rancha-Rancha Laut
and can be reach during low tide.
Folk story on Batu SiBongkok in malay





It seems to be holding a plate with his hand.







The small stream which flows out from Kampung Ranggu.



A sea snake in the stream,if bitten an additional
rock will be in the making.









View Hunchback Rock in a larger map
Related Posts with Thumbnails

Followers

Labels

50ies (1) 70ies (2) 786 (1) A Moment in a Million Years (1) Abandoned (19) abandoned anchor (1) AEON Bukit Tinggi (1) AES (1) Aifa Hotel (1) Air Benutan Dam (1) Airasia (10) Albino Crocodile (1) Alley Cats (1) Alsthom (1) Alstom 13E2 (2) Altar (1) Amman (1) Android Phone (1) Animist (2) Anjung Ketam (2) Antique (3) Antique Collection (2) Antique Umno Signboard (1) APC (2) API (1) Archaeological Remains (1) arches (9) Army Museum (1) Asiatic Bear (1) ATR 72-500 (1) Attap factory (1) Ayam Pansuh Recipe (2) Ayam Sabong (2) Ayer Tawar (1) Babcock and Wilcox Boiler (1) Backpacking (1) Bakun Dam (3) Balok (2) Balok River (2) Balui River (1) Bandar Saujana Putra (1) Bandar Seri Begawan (1) Banting (3) Barracuda Fish (1) Bastion (1) Batang Berjuntai (1) Battle for Gemas Memorial (1) Battle of North Borneo (1) Batu Balok (1) Batu Gajah (4) Batu Hitam Beach (1) Batu Linting (1) Batu Luang (1) Batu Manikar beach (2) Batu Pelanduk (1) Batu Selungun (1) Batu Si Bongkok (3) Batu Tenggek (2) Batu Tunjuk (1) Batu Uban (1) Bear Rescue Centre (1) Bearing no 1 cover removal (1) Beaufort (1) Beech 200T (1) Bekenu (3) Belaga (1) Belian wood (1) Beserah River (1) Biggest Durian Replica (1) Bintulu (33) Bintulu Waterfront (3) Birding (2) BLNG (3) Boat (12) Bomb (1) Bomb Craters (1) Bombies (1) Borneo International Kite Festival (1) Bridge (1) British WW2 PillBoxes (12) Brunei (7) Buah Dabai (1) Buah Isau (1) Buddha Park (1) Buddhist Temple (6) Bujang Valley Museum (1) Bukit Besi (3) Bukit Besi Mines (3) Bukit Jugra (1) Bukit Pelindung (1) Bukit Tanjung Batu Beach (1) Bukit Tebuk Tunnel (1) Bunga Alpinia (1) Bungai Beach (1) Burial Pole (2) Camera (1) Cameron Highlands (1) Canada Hill (1) Cape Rachado (1) Captain Speedy Bungalow (1) cat (3) cave (3) Central Electricity Board (1) Central Wetland (1) Chain Ferry (1) Chalet (1) Charas Cave (1) Chicken Cooked in Bamboo (2) Chimney (4) Chinese New Year (1) Chinese Temple (2) Cigarette cans (1) Cliff (2) Cloud (7) coastal erosion (1) Coat of Arms (1) Coconut trees (1) Coins collecting (1) Colonist (3) Commemoration Flag post (1) Connaught Bridge (1) Connaught Bridge Power Station (5) Contrail (1) Cooling Water Pump House (1) Coral Bay (1) Corpse Island (1) Crocodile (1) Crocodile Rock (1) Crocrodile Farm (1) Crystal Mosque (2) Dam (3) Dawn (16) Dead Dolphin (1) Defensive Driving Course (1) Diesel Power Station (1) DIY (3) Dog Head Rock (1) Dragon cloud (1) Dredging (1) Dungun (5) Durian (1) Dusk (24) Dutch East India (1) Dutch Fort (1) Eel Rock (1) Eighties (1) Electric table fan (1) Elephant Rock (2) Environment (4) Estuarine Porosus (1) Evil Eye cloud (1) Falling Gas Turbine rotor (1) feeding bottles (1) Ferry (1) FGS Dong Zen (1) Fighting Cock (2) Fishermen (3) Fishing (6) Fishing Boat (19) Fishing pond (1) Flea Market (1) Flight (1) FMSR (6) Folklore (10) Food (4) Fort Supai (1) Fort Sylvia (1) Freedom Fighters (1) Frogman engraved rock (2) GE 9FA (1) GE FR 9 (5) GE FR5 (1) GE FR6 (3) GE Frame 5 Major Inspection (1) GE Frame 6 Turbine Rotor (1) GE MS5002C (1) Gelanggang Kenyalang (1) Gelugor (1) Gemas (1) Gemencheh (1) Genting Sanyen Power (1) Georgetown (2) Google AdSense (4) Grand Lexis PD (1) Green Energy (1) Groynes (1) Halo (2) Halogilat (1) Haze (1) Head shaped cloud (1) Heart shaped Cloud (1) Heart shaped rock (1) Heritage Trail (1) Himpunan Hijau (1) Hindu Temple (4) Hitachi (3) Hlawga (1) HlawgaPower Station (1) Hmong (1) Horse Head Arch (2) Hot Gas Path Inspection (2) Hunchback Rock (3) Hutan Lipur Lata Jarum (1) Hyatt Regency Kuantan (1) Hybrid Power (3) I-City (1) Iban (2) Iban Headhunters Machete (2) Independence Day (1) Iron-Ore Mine (5) Japanese War Memorial (1) JEL (2) Jelutong (2) Jenjarom (1) Jerunai (1) Jerunei (1) Jetty (23) John Brown Engineering (1) Johor (4) Kampar (2) Kampung Air Patau-Patau Dua (1) Kampung Balik Batu (1) Kampung Bebuloh Laut (1) Kampung Beserah (1) Kampung Che Lijah (1) Kampung Orang Laut (1) Kampung Pandan (1) Kampung Pasir Hantu (1) Kampung Rancha-Rancha Laut (2) Kampung Ranggu (2) Kampung Sri Cempaka (2) Kampung Sungai Rinting (1) Kampung Tellian (1) Kamunting (1) Kapit (4) Karpal Singh (1) Kaul Festival (1) Kedah (14) Kedayan (3) Kek Lok Si Temple (2) Kelamah River Memorial (1) Kelanang Beach (2) Kelirieng (2) Kellie Castle (1) Kelong (1) Kelupis (1) Kemasik Beach (2) Kemena River (3) Kg Pandan (1) Kidurong (1) Klang (14) Klang River (3) Koleksi Nusantara (1) Komplex Ikan Bakar Terapung Kuala Sg Baru (1) Kong Kong (1) Kota Bridge (1) Kroh Memorial (1) KTMB (6) Kuala Abang (1) Kuala Belait (1) Kuala Besut (1) kuala Dungun (1) Kuala Kedah (1) Kuala Kedah Fort (1) Kuala Kubu Baru (3) Kuala Linggi (1) Kuala Lumpur (8) Kuala Nyalau (5) Kuala Penyu (6) Kuala Selangor (3) Kuala Selangor Nature Park (1) Kuala Sungai Muda (1) Kuala Terengganu (3) Kuang Si Waterfalls (1) Kuantan (57) Kuantan River (9) Kubung Bluff (3) Labuan (47) Labuan market (2) Lahad Datu Standoff (1) Lamin Dana (1) Landscaping (1) Lang Xang Avenue (1) Lao Airlines (1) Laos (13) Laughing Mynah (1) Layang-layangan Beach (2) Lexis Port Dickson (1) life (6) Light House (2) Limestone Crystal collection (1) Limestone Karst (2) Linsuk Beach (3) Livery (1) LLN (1) Load Coupling (1) Long House (1) Look Out Point (2) Lord Muneswaran (1) Lorong Kulit (1) lotus (1) Luang Prabang (5) Lubuk Temiang Beach (5) Lumut (1) Lumut Power Plant (2) LYNAS (1) Macro (1) MAG (2) Mah Meri (1) Makan Tahun (1) Malacca (21) Malacca Straits (2) Malacca Straits Mosque (3) Malayan Gharial (1) Malim Nawar (2) Malim Nawar Power Station (2) Malware (1) Manfrotto (1) Market Teresang (1) Masai (2) Masjid Bandar Di Raja (1) MASwings (1) Matang Historical Complex (1) Matilda Tank (1) Meadow Park 2 (1) Mekong River (2) Melaka Duck Tours (1) Melanau (1) Menumbok (1) Menumbuk (2) MEPE (3) Merbok (1) Merdeka Beach (1) Merimbun Lake (1) Methanol Tanker Fire (1) Middelburg Bastion Malacca (1) Mini Hydro (5) Miri (7) MISC (1) Mixing Chamber (1) MLNG (2) Modified Boat carrier (1) Monkey (1) Monkey Rock (1) Monkey Trap (1) Morib beach (1) Mosque (6) Mosque Minarets (1) Mount Kinabalu (1) MPK (1) Muara (1) Mukah (3) Murum Dam (1) Museum (2) Myanaung (2) Myanaung Power Station (1) Myanmar (3) Mystic (2) Nam Khan River (1) Nam Song River (1) National Day (1) Natural Arch (4) Natural Mural (1) nature (2) Negeri Sembilan (15) Nenasi (1) NEP (1) Ngah Ibrahim Fort (1) Niah Caves (1) Niah Caves Painting (1) Night View (4) Nikon D90 (2) Nikon FG (4) NIOSH (1) Nuffnang (3) NuffnangX (1) Old battery charger (1) Old bottles (1) old calculators (1) Old Fort of Malaysia (4) Old Land Rover (2) Old Malaya (27) Old maps (2) Old mines of Malaysia (2) Old mobile crane (1) Old phones (2) Old Trains of Malaya (5) Old Wells (1) One Fathom Bank Light House (1) Orang Laut (1) Orchid shed (4) Oriental Pied Hornbill (1) Otter (1) Overhead crane failure (1) Padas Gorge (1) Paddy Fields (3) Pagan (1) Pahang (79) Pahlawan Power Station (1) Paka (1) Paka Beach (1) Pakatan Rakyat (1) Palace of the Golden Horses (1) Pancur Hitam Beach (1) Panorama (2) Panorama Hill (1) Pantai ABF (1) Pantai Batu Hitam (1) Pantai Pelindung (2) Pantai Purnama (4) Pantai UMS (1) Parang Ilang (1) Parang Nyabol (1) Parang(Machete) (2) Parsons Steam Turbine (1) Pasir Panjang (1) Pasir Panjang Beach. (1) Patuxay Arch (1) Payment (4) Peace Park (1) Pekan (9) Pekan Museum (3) Penang (24) Penang Bridge (3) Pengkalan Balak (2) Penor (2) Perak (22) Perhentian Kecil Island (6) Permatang Badak (1) Permatang Damar Laut (1) Permatang Sedepa (1) Petronas Methanol (1) Phonsavan (4) Phousi Hill (1) Pigeon House (1) Pillbox (3) plantation (1) Port Dickson (15) Port Klang (1) Powertek (1) Preventive maintenance (1) Projects (4) Puchong (3) Pulau Bunting (1) Pulau Keramat (1) Pulau Ketam (1) Pulau Konet (1) Pulau Kuraman (1) Pulau Mayat (1) Pulau Melaka (1) Pulau Rusukan (1) Pulau Rusukan Kecil (1) Punan (1) Putra Perdana Lake (3) Putrajaya (2) Putrajaya Power Station (3) Radiation (1) Radiator fan motor (1) Radio (1) Radioactive waste (1) Railway Bridge (2) Railway Station (1) Rainbow (1) Ramsay Point (1) Ranca-Ranca Industrial Estate (1) rants (1) Raptor watch (1) Raub (5) Raub Australian Gold Mining Company Ltd (2) Reclamation (1) Reclining Buddha Statue (1) Red Bricks (1) Reflection (1) Religious Tolerance (1) Renewable Energy (1) Restaurant Seri Idaman (1) RH Aloh AK Suduk (2) River Pollution (2) Riverside (1) RMAF (1) rocks (40) Romantic Beach (1) Rope Walk (1) Roro Ferry (1) rose (1) Sabah (25) Sabah State Railway (3) Salak Tinggi (1) Salong (2) Samalaju (1) Samsung Galaxy S3 (13) Sanglee Estate (1) Sarawak (52) Sawangan (3) Sawangan Beach (3) Schenck H90T Transportable Balancing Machine (1) Scooby-Doo Rock KualaPenyu (1) Scorpions (1) Sea Gull Rock (1) Sea Lion head Rock (1) Sea Nomads (1) Sea Snake (1) Sea Stack (1) Search Light Battery (1) Seastack (1) Sebauh (3) Seberang Pintasan (2) Secret war (1) Segamat (1) Segamat Railway Station (1) Segari (3) Selangor (39) Semangat Harimau Muda (1) Sempam Mini Hydro (2) Sepang (2) Seria (1) SESB (2) Sg Asap (2) Sg Koyan Ringlet Highway (1) shadows (3) Shah Alam (1) shark cloud (1) Ship Fire (1) Ship Temple (1) Shivalingam Temple (1) Shutdown crew (18) Sibu (2) Siemens V94.2 (1) siltation (1) Similajau National Park (1) Singapore (1) Sipitang (1) Sipitang Esplanade (1) Site 1 (1) Site 2 (1) SJ Patau-Patau (1) SKVE (1) Skylines (1) Sleeping Buddha Statue (1) Sliding rock (1) Smart Phones Rebate (1) SMSL (1) Solar Energy (2) solitude (1) Souvenir Copy (1) Speed camera (1) SPLASH (1) Sri Maha Mariamman Temple (2) Steam Engine (2) Stupa (1) styrofoam (1) Sultan Abu Bakar Museum (2) Sungai Chempedak (1) Sungai Karang (2) Sungai Labu Beach (1) Sungai Lembing (6) Sungai Lembing Underground Tin Mines (1) Sungai Palas Boh Tea Plantation (1) Sungai Selangor Dam (2) Sungai Selungun (1) Sungai Sitompok (1) Sunrise (29) Sunset (35) Surrender Point (1) Sustainable Energy (1) sustainable logging (1) Swamp (3) Synchronized Kite Flying (1) Taiping (5) Taiping Museum (1) Taman Seroja (1) Taman Tasik Ampang Hilir (1) Taman Tasik Stadium (1) Tanah Putih (2) Tanjung Agas Oil and Gas Park (1) Tanjung Aru Beach (2) Tanjung Batu Beach (4) Tanjung Batu Nisan (1) Tanjung Bendera (1) Tanjung Bidara Beach (3) Tanjung Bungai (2) Tanjung Gemuk (1) Tanjung Kubong (3) Tanjung Kubong Beach (1) Tanjung Langsat (1) Tanjung Layang Layangan (1) Tanjung Layang-Layangan (1) Tanjung Pagar Railway Station (1) Tanjung Tembeling Beach (1) Tanjung Tokong (1) Tanjung Tuan (1) Tanjung Tusan (2) Tapah (1) Tapah Road Railway Station (1) Tasik Puteri (1) Tatau (1) taxi (1) Telok Anson (2) Telok Bidara Beach (1) Telok Chempedak (4) Telok Chempedak Beach (6) Telok Gadung (1) Telok Gong (4) Telok Gong Power Station (2) Telok Jawa (1) Telok Kemang (1) Teluk Bahang Dam (1) Teluk Cempedak (2) Tempurong Beach (1) Tenom (1) Tenom Pangi Hydro Power Station (1) Terengganu (21) Terengganu Museum (2) Terumbu Warisan (1) Teruntum Complex (1) Tg Similajau (1) The Great Wall and Statue of Liberty at Kg Merbau (1) The Lion Rock of Labuan (2) The Plain of Jars (3) Thermometer (1) Tibow (2) TNB (1) TNB Remaco (8) Tombolo (1) Tombstone Rock (1) Toyota Avanza (4) Tras New Village (3) Travel (21) Travel preparation (1) travertine waterfalls (1) tree frog (1) Tree Poem (2) trees (2) TruthBound Sdn Bhd (1) Tsunami 2004 (1) Turtle Rock (3) Tusan Beach (2) Twilight (1) Ulu Dong (1) Ulu Dong Mini Hydro (1) Ulu Jelai Hydroelectric Project (1) Uma Belun Leodian (1) Uma Daro (1) UMS Beach (2) Unesco World Heritage Site (1) uprooted (2) UXO (1) Vang Vieng (2) Vanishing Landscape (7) Victoria Hotel (1) Vientiane (5) Vietnamese Refuge Boat (1) Village on stilt (2) wajik (1) Walk (1) War Memorial (3) War Monument (1) Warisan Perdana (1) Water Reservoir (2) Water Taxi (3) Wattay International Airport (1) Waves (2) Wedding (2) Whirlpool (1) White bellied Sea Eagle (3) White elephant (3) Wild Boar (1) wild orchid (4) William Kellie (1) Wind Energy (1) Wind Turbine (2) wooden Sculptured Horse (1) Worksite accident (1) WW2 sites (16) Xieng Khouang (3) Yan (2) Yangoon (1) Yellow-vented Bulbul (2) Zodiac (1)