Kota Kinabalu @ Night

After taking the sunset photos, I spontaneously suggested we go up to the Observatory at Bukit Bendera for some night shots. It had been a while since I last went up there. It is now rather neglected with no lighting inside the Observatory at all. Great place for lovers to hang out though :P by evidence of at least 4 to 5 couples there. Anyway, some shots from the Observatory on the Kota Kinabalu street @ Night.

Sunset & More in Kota Kinabalu. Man! I love it here.

OK! So I finally managed to take some photos from the Sutera Harbour Resort jetty. I had wanted to take some sunset photos from this location since 2 weeks ago but the weather in Kota Kinabalu was really being a b*tch for raining almost every evening. Had a great time taking photos with my friend Japrin & George. All 3 of us are photo-nuts you see...

Shooting Photos at Lok Kawi Wildlife Park, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

What a great day! For once the Sabah weather was kind on me and gave me a chance to take some photos. So happened I have a friend over from West Malaysia (xcaliber, from the amc.com.my forum) who is also a photography nut like me. I had never been to the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park so it was basically a blind leading a blind. :P But we got there eventually. Once there, we proceeded to do our photo-shooting mission. Ha! Did manage to take quite a few photos that I'm quite pleased with. All photos were taken with my Sony A100 DSLR.

This little guy is just sitting there pretty waiting for me to take the photo. How can I resist such a cutie? :) This was taken with an old Minolta 50mm f1.7 lens.

Now the owl was spooky. He was just sitting there staring at me. Gave me the chill. This shot was also taken with my Minolta 50mm f1.7 lens.

Asian Elephants. Elephants love water. This guy is so playful. He wll dive in to the water and grapple around for food. A total joy to watch, especially for the kids. This shot was taken with the Sony SAL75300 lens.

It was a great day with lotsa great photo opportunities. For more photos, please visit my flickr site: www.flickr.com/photos/kysham. Leave a post or comment there. Thanks.

Election Day!

OK, so today I went to do my bit to determine in some small part, the future of the country I so loved. Since the polling station for me is very near, I just walked there together with my sister. We walked for about 15 minutes. These 15 minutes I had used to reflect which political party I want to vote for. I looked around my housing area and ponder upon what had been done by the current government to make MY life more comfortable. It was a very interesting walk, and thank goodness the sun was not very hot this morning! So it was a relatively leisurely walk.

I looked at the road leading to my house is in good condition. Many years ago, this was not the case. It once was littered with potholes and we have to swerve left and right to avoid these holes. Our neighbourhood has a house break-in problem that is difficult to counter at the moment. Many people suspected that it is caused by the workers working in a construction site nearby but this cannot be confirmed since we do not have any evidence. Who is their right mind would want to go and confront the burglars when they are doing their deeds?! That is almost like suicide in a world where life is so fragile. When the police was called, they came, but of course, like in the movies, they always come after all the action is over. :)

I am actually pleased the main road outside our housing area had finally been converted from bi-way to four lanes! This project had been in progress for the longest of years but now that it is done, the traffic jams and road accidents had been reduced tremendously. Now, you can't say the government is doing nothing.

If you are wondering who did I vote for in the election, don't. Because I'm not going to tell. I can tell you this much though: the current government had done good, but not great. Gripes will always exists regardless of which government is in power. That is a way of life I had came to realise and live with. So who did I choose? The road I walked from my house to the polling station revealed that to me. :)

It rained! AGAIN!

We are supposed to have a TT session (i.e. a Teh Tarik session) where all the Sony Alpha DSLR system users that I know will meet at Sutera Harbour Resort for a nice sunset photo shoot. Also planned it in coincidence with a fellow amc.com.my member from Terengganu (xcaliber) who is in Kota Kinabalu for a short working trip. Oh well, the weather is one thing we cannot control. :(

First post!

Finally figured I may want to try my hands at blogging. Yes, I think I'm getting old and want to write down my mind somewhere so that I can recall (and also for the world to know) what I was thinking at that particular time in my life. Well, this is what I think blogging is all about anyway. Sue me!

It will be interesting to know how far I can go with this blogging thingy.