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Friday, June 12, 2009

Bako National Park - Part 2


Weird mushroom with net?


Huge tree with huge trunk

To our dismay, we were only to see one Proboscis monkey, even so, it was laying lazily on a tree branch having his afternoon nap. Sigh, so much for the hoo-hah to check out the monkey. And there were curious Dutch visitors who posed (yeah, they were actually posing for me) for my photo.



But not all was bad, as we continued walking, we came to out first beach check point. Gosh, given the clear weather blue sky, the sea was in its best color. The water was so clear. Ah... nature's the best!


Check out the waters


A ray of sunlight (will spoil my CMOS sensor, no?)


Hiding under the shade (except Sze Leng who is basking happily under the sun)





Half way through our journey to the Pantai Pandan Kecil, we took a breather at one of the shacks. We took out our food supply and guess what, we had a visitor... jeng jeng jeng...


A wildboar looking for food

It looked quite hostile at first because it ran towards our hut. We were quite worried that it would attack anyone of us should we retaliate. But thank God, some hikers came and when the wild boar heard sounds from behind, it took off into the wild again.

Phew, close call!

We huff and puff cuz the weather, to say it was very hot is an understatement by itself. We just kept our head low and continued our journey. After 1.5 hours of hiking, lo behold...


What is this? Why is the ground like that?

Actually I have no idea how the earth became like this, but one thing I am sure is it took more than millions of years to form it...


The scenery is simply breathtaking


Group photo - Everyone is withered but still managed to smile for this shot!


More stones with spectacular topography


The landmark of Bako - Stone Stack!

This is the first time I have seen it after 3 previous visits to Bako.


More nice views of Bako...

The photo of the day has gotta be this street fighting pose by Gameniac and Wahoo...


Haiiii---yak

It was a wonderful trip overall, and I not only brought back nice memories of Bako but also a nice tan. :P

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Bako National Park - Part 1

Was suppose to publish this much earlier but you know la...bz this,bz that....

Recently I have been actively indulging myself in outdoor activities. They just came fast and quick, which resulted to my being more tanned. But being tanned is a good thing, no? Last Saturday, me and my colleagues and friends went to Bako National Park.



At first I thought Bako National Park is located on an island, but from the map above you can see clearly that it's part of Sarawak mainland. :) Drove up to Kampung Bako at around 9am. Reached there after a 30 minutes drive. After registering at the Park's reception counter, we hopped into a speedboat and headed straight to Bako National Park.


from L to R: SzeLeng, Gameniac, Wahoo & Anna


Mind the crocs! There are crocs???

More camwhoring...




Bako is a fishing village


Calm sea and clear sky... the weather couldn't have been better


Boat No.5


A fishing boat returning to the village


Ah... we were greeted by our first boulder. The unique thing about Bako NAtional Park is that it's filled with this arrays of magnificent rocks. If you stand real close to it, you can actually see the lines of on it which gives you some idea how long it took for it to be formed... well, a couple of millions of years I guess.

After we had alighted from the speedboat (which was about 20 mins from the jetty), we headed straight to the information counter to ask for advice from the park ranger regarding the trails to take. Since it was already 10:30am, the ranger suggested that we should take the Teluk Paku (Gulf of Paku) and maybe the Pantai Pandan trails.


Treants from LOTR?


At the start of Teluk Paku trail. Our major objective was to spot some Proboscis monkeys because according to reliable sources, this trail actually leads to where most of the monkeys stay. We walked and walked...


Roots above the earth


Take a break, take a shot!

Stay tune to find out if we did see the femes Proboscis monkeys and the visitor who paid us a surprise visit right in the middle of nowhere...

Sunday, February 08, 2009

Family


Here's a family portrait of my best buddy, Steven and his lovely wife Helen and their angel Chloe (who was fast asleep then) taken on 2nd of Jan, 2009.

p/s Chloe is really a charm. Will post more photos of her soon.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Anna & Jin & Happily Ever After... - Part 2



As promised... here are more photos from Anna and Jin's big day.


Arriving at groom's house (which is also the couple's)


Isn't she lovely?


Nuptial blessings


Serving tea for parents and in-laws


Being served tea by younger relatives


Kids just wanna have fun


Dude, where's my bride?


过门 ceremony








Exchanging 汤圆- symbol of eternal unity


Taking off the veil and hairpins.... no sweat for Jin


Anna playing her role as a good wifey


Jin with his bradas...


Anna with her gang


Family portrait


Ahhhh........blissful

Stay tuned for more in Part 3...

Preview...


Back at Anna's house for tea ceremony

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Anna & Jin & Happily Ever After... - Part 1

3rd Jan 2008 - My first wedding assignment since I got my baby. It has been almost half a year now since I got my baby and this is only my first assignment! Can you believe it?

Well actually it's not an official assignment. Anna (my exclassmate in secondary school for 6 years) was kind enough to let me snap photos of her BIG day. Thanks Anna!

And thank God that me and Allen were not the official photographers that day because both of us actually woke up late on that day. I had to settle some stuffs at the Simpang Tiga police station on the night before Anna's wedding. I only went to bed at around 3am. The makeup session starts at around 5am and we missed it completely! -_-"

When Allen and I arrived at Anna's house, I think the ji mui (sisters) just finished having fun teasing the bridegroom and let her in to get Anna. (Missed that too....Bummer!)


Mr and Mrs Chong


Anna - the lovely bride


Tsong Jin - the dashing bridegroom


Anna's mom giving out ang pao - really a proud mom on that day and everyday!


Hand in hand, laughing out loud together...Aren't they a couple made in heaven?


早生贵子 - This is to grant them prosperity and bear children ASAP. So Anna and Jin, work on it!


Anna's so elated under the red umbrella...ella....ella....eh...eh....


Wedding Carriage

So they settled for some breakfast and photo sessions before leaving for the bridegroom's house for the marriage and tea rituals.


Anna is waiting for Jin to step into the car... (I heart this photo!)

And off they go...



More pichas to come in Part 2 of Anna & Jin & Happily Ever After - Coming soon...