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Kuala Lumpur's Public Outcry or Social Commentary or Street Vandalism?

I had a great city excursion today with two good friends. It is true when they say that it is not what or where or when, it is about who you are with that matters for they bring different context and fresh perspectives of seeing things.

And today, I don't want to 'steal' the creativity of these graffiti artists with some intelligent messages, but I would like to present you how this city of ours, Kuala Lumpur is getting interesting be it for the good or bad of it. Long live freedom of expression!

Anyway, this is my first posting in Blog It, a Facebook application developed by Six Apart, my blogging service provider. Damn cool! You can be on Twitter or Movable Type or Blogger and be able to publish once from Facebook and goes to your blogging system without double entry work.

Anyway, you will notice DSA (Defense Service Asia) in a couple of the photos here. Read more about it here: http://www.antenna.nl/~amokmar/publicaties/2002/nottomatos.html

Talking about arms made me relate my mind to the cab driver who took me to Mutiara Damansara earlier. The cab driver who has just started driving cab in KL is a retired army. He was telling me it is no longer attractive to join the armed forces these days as the polices are "GETTING" more money and can give relatively better live upon retirement compared to retired army who have to drive cabs for example or as my good friend mentioned some become security guards, earning less than 400 a month!

It is really is Kuala Lumpur public outcry! Damn the system!

KL Bird Park Series 1: Love Is All Around

Eye on Malaysia

Photos of Eye on Malaysia on the night of Dec. 30th 2007. Go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/haxa/sets/72157603586095757/ for the full set.

Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_on_Malaysia

Aqil Raya Celebration

Salam Eid Ul Fitr 2007. Maaf Zahir & Batin

I wish all my blogs readers Eid Mubarak 2007. Maaf Zahir & Batin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_ul-Fitr

First Trip to Indonesia: Jakarta

I was sleepy but I can't help it but to take out my camera and shot the beautiful view of dusk from the seat in plane with rays of light coming out from clouds. Perhaps the amazing view was an early sign of high aesthetic values of building architecture in Jakarta. Along the way from Soekarno-Hatta Jakarta Airport to downtown, I identified the influence of American building architecture on the skycrapers in the city.

It was a good business trip and I manage to do batik shopping at Sarenah Mall nearby our hotel. I had a great time at the top most floor which shelves a great variety of batik design of fabric and ready to wear

I look forward to visit Jakarta again to explore different parts of the city.

Baby Adib Says Hello World

Baby Adib's on his birth day September 25th 2007. He is doing fine and so does the mom. Aqil is learning to call him 'adik'  ;-) Congratulations to Nor and my brother, Dodi on second child.

Light is my Paint: Series 1

I can imagine getting all nervous if anyone ever commission me to do their photographs. With my sometimes inability to make split second technical decisions, I know I can rely upon knowledge on good compositional concepts and storytelling methods to be able to narrate my point of view to others.

Nevertheless, I really enjoy having iftar with Farah and capture the lighting tones, hues, saturations, contrasts, brightness of her brilliant range of lighting devices that she chose for her new home. These lights bring out the different moods she envision to have to each section in her rather cozy new condo.

The developer decided on monochromatic creamy paints on wall, ceiling, and flooring but Farah successfully highlights these section with fantabulous color choice for the entrance hall (as well as the adjoining hall) paint, furniture, and her lighting as mentioned before. Her color vision extends to the choice of sari cloth that she uses for her curtains. Brilliant!

In all, I am awe at her new nest! It's darn homey and cozy

Gunung Lang, Ipoh

Read more on Gunung Lang: http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunung_Lang
Here are photos taken at this hidden treasure in Ipoh. Simply breathtaking and full of potential to be developed into one of bio-tourism attractions in Malaysia.

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