I’m getting old. I took a bunch of photos and saved them on my computer for my blog. Now, quite some time later, I look at those photos, and have no idea whatsoever when I took them, and I don’t even know where some of them are. So… I’m going to make up a fictional… [Read more…]
July 27, 2007
Recently, I tried to get another writer/designer to help me out in one of my publishing projects. The price she expected nearly knocked me over! But she said something I have always thought myself, “It’s a lot of work for so little money, it’s not worth it.” This little incident came to me while I… [Read more…]
May 9, 2007
No, not Johore… Sepang, more like… Recently, I’ve been doing a bout of travelling within the Klang Valley for photography for an article (all of which were not used for the article, unfortunately). With a deadline looming, and rainy weather, one Saturday, I prayed hard, and headed off to Putra Jaya and KLIA. It was… [Read more…]
March 22, 2007
I just got back from Bangkok, and boy, was it polluted, unlike my last visit about two years ago. Anyway, the trip to the LRT station, and from KL Sentral to the LCCT and from the LCCT to Bangkok were all smooth. The new airport at Bangkok was also pretty amazing, very brutalist architecture and… [Read more…]
February 10, 2007
I can’t believe I wrote this two years ago. This follows my adventures in Dubai, but before my travels into Israel. I kept this aside, hoping to sell an article on Petra, and finally I did, now available in the Jan/Feb issue of PYO Holiday. Here is my personal write-up, with pictures not available in the… [Read more…]
January 11, 2007
Jalan Pudu Lama is one those areas in Kuala Lumpur which takes you back to the good old days. It’s tucked away from the crowded main Jalan Pudu, and walking along this little hillslope backlane, you wouldn’t imagine the dusty Pudu Bus Station is just a stone’s throw away. Sitting right next to… [Read more…]
January 7, 2007
It is possible that I might want to retire in Malacca. It has so much character, and offers so much heritage and yet has modern amenities. And who wouldn’t want to retire in a place which has some kind of character? Saying that, all the things I find curious and charming are most likely pedestrian… [Read more…]
November 27, 2006
In October, I signed up for a silent retreat at Maranatha House in Tanarimba Janda Baik, on the border of the Selangor and Pahang state line. The retreat was set in a property development, which had country homes of people who have much more money than I do. The retreat and surroundings… [Read more…]
October 22, 2006
Recently, before I left my old job, I had the opportunity to go up to Ipoh. However, since it was a rushed trip (I mean, how can anyone enjoy holidays done during one teeny tiny weekend?), I only managed a few photos. And since the two days whizzed by so fast, I just remembered it… [Read more…]
October 5, 2006
The first time I went to visit my friend at her office in Saujana Resort, I was gobsmacked! Coming from ugly ol’ Kelana Jaya, it was such a shock to know that there was beautiful office space just a stone’s throw away. But wait… the first shock was to see the old airport road has… [Read more…]
September 20, 2006
Oh well… It’s been ages and ages. In actual fact, the full duration of my short (or long, depending on how you look at it) tenure in a ‘multi-national’ company. Of course, lots of things suffered: my blogs, my writing, my dogs, my fitness (I put on five kilos of FAT!! I look like a… [Read more…]
February 4, 2006
Church of Annunciation, Nazareth The Wall Seperating Bethlehem (Part of Palestine) From Israel Greek Orthodox Brothers Outside The Church of The Holy Birth, Bethlehem Traffic Jam In Bethlehem Church of Peter Gallicantu, Jerusalem View of Jerusalem (beautiful rainbow after a rainy morning) The Wailing Wall, Jerusalem Little Sculpture In Garden of Gethsemene, Jerusalem Caesarea Jezreel… [Read more…]
January 25, 2006
The following day, we checked out of Nazareth, and headed northwards to Haifa. We went to Mt. Carmel along the way (right pic), where Elijah defeated the prophets of baal. The chapel on the hill was really beautiful. We ended up in Jaffa, where Peter had the vision of the food coming down from heaven… [Read more…]
January 15, 2006
We went into Israel by bus via the Allenby Bridge crossing, so we passed by Mt. Nebo in Jordan, where Moses saw the promised land. There is a small chapel on the mountain (pic above), and the view was just amazing (pic below), you can see the whole of the Jordan river and the dead… [Read more…]
August 31, 2007
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