Thursday, November 18, 2004

Pouring: Emotion + Feeling

To be honest, I don’t really understand myself. I would say most of the time I make decision base on my emotion. When this happen, I just couldn’t think straight and you can’t imagine what silly things I may do. This only happen when I’m totally down or in anger. Believe me; you wouldn’t want to deal with me at that moment. Usually when this happen, it’s noticeable, I would just sit by myself or refused to talk to anyone. As if I am invisible.

Few weeks back during my duty as a trainee in college, something happened and it affected me very much. In fact, I hated that person. We were told to ask signature from this person. In my head, I was yelling “… forget it!!!” I’ve spoken to some of the seniors over the matter. I had lost the enthusiasm of continuing it. Deep down inside, a part of me was broken and it cannot be restored. Only time can heal the wound. I kept hearing voices telling me “… don’t give up, not yet. You’re doing fine, that person can do you no harm. That person is just like a roaring lion with no teeth”

Exam is just a week to go? Why isn’t there a warning? We were told to have 6 weeks of training before the exam and now we only have 5 and a half week? They are not abiding to the agreement. What about those that need that extra half week? Would that make them happier to see them fail? I don’t care. If I happen to fail, I would just kiss it goodbye.

All these did not come to waste because I’ve made the best out of it. There are friends that I can really trust and they are there to help me through. I’m grateful for that. (You know who you are)

** Mood: Warning-Low 4/10 (While writing this)

Monday, November 15, 2004

Zoo Negara

Went to the zoo early in the morning on a public holiday. The place was really crowed in the afternoon. If you’re complaining the zoo is smelly, wait till you visit the SPCA. The weather was pretty good in the morning. It only started to rain in the afternoon. I really wonder what happen to those who just entered the zoo few minutes before it rained. The entrance fee for adult is RM8. Quite a nice place for a family outing with kids.





Saturday, November 13, 2004

SPCA - The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Went there just for the photos. Of course I wish I could adopt a pet but I have other priorities. Having a pet requires much love, care and responsibility. It can be costly too.




** Photo taken by Kevin









Thursday, November 11, 2004

Putrajaya

It was a public holiday and my mum’s cell group planned an outing to Putrajaya. 4 cars drove there on a cloudy afternoon. According to Yahoo!’s online report on the weather, there was a 50/50 chance of rain. The rain only started pouring late in the evening during our journey home.

We went to places like Putra Mosque, Dataran Putra, Botanical Garden and Alamanda (shopping complex). The streets in Putrajaya were rather straight compared to Kuala Lumpur, and their street lights came in so many weird designs. No fences around most of the houses there, unlike what most of us in Kuala Lumpur are probably accustomed to. And the city area looked a lot more open.

Didn’t manage to get any good shoots though.




Prime Minister's Office complex. There are probably countless other photos identical to this one.




Pretty clouds and clear blue skies..




"...three quarter of the beautiful dusky pink mosque floats on Putrajaya Lake." - Virtual Malaysia - Malaysia Tourism Portal




Part of the Botanical Garden. We didn't get to see much of the place due to limited time.




Sunset.




Upon special request by "Anonymous", here's a photo of my boyfriend in action. :)

Monday, November 01, 2004

KL Bird Park

Early that morning, my boyfriend and I went to KL Bird Park (it is known as “The World Largest Covered Bird Park”) for photo shooting. We arrived there at 9 and it opened a minute later. Entrance fee for adult is RM12 (not too sure about the fee for children, probably half price). Fish food were sold for RM0.50 to feed the fish in the park.

We spent nearly 2 hours in the park taking photos. Most of the photos that I took didn’t turn out that well because I’m using an ordinary digital camera. While my boyfriend was photo shooting using his Canon EOS-10D with a super lens (70-200mm f2.8 telephoto zoom).

In the covered area, some birds were moving freely. The birds are well fed and the place is well maintained compared to Malacca’s Zoo. The birds are taken care of when they are sick.

The weather was good that day, not that hot. But we got bitten by lots of mosquito. Overall the trip was fun. The last time I visited was with mum, during my primary school days.




These birds are placed at the entrance to greet visitors. They can imitate human speech but do not understand human language. So don’t expect them to respond.




Lovely peacocks. They were moving freely all over. Didn't manage to catch any with their tail unfolded




This parrot was placed under the sun to dry after a shower.




Japanese Carp. They looked pretty hungry.




Some long beaked bird. Big, tall, with a long beak. Haggard looking. Does it look like a statue to you? It’s a real bird. This bird nearly bit me when I tried to touch it. Not sure what it’s called.




Doesn’t it look like the owl from the movie “Harry Potter”? I somehow managed to get close enough to take this shot. It was pretty tame. It was standing under the sun to dry its feathers.

It looks so adorable! :)




This bird was also standing under the sun to dry its feathers. A close relative of the Taucan.


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