by FH2o on July 11, 2008
Amazing Kuching skies and amazing that people actually read this blog! 10th July 2008
I must admit that I’d been kinda slack in updating my blog of late and this was pointed out to me by Aylwin who startled me on Thursday evening after I came down from the gym when the beautiful evening skies caught my attention and I was busy enjoying the changing colours and formation of the clouds.
I’ve seen Aylwin in the gym before and had grinned at him like I normally do with people I’d make eye contact with but never get round to exchanging pleasantries with. Anyway I was surprised when he knew my name and asked me what I was doing in Fiji. He reads my blog after a friend recommended it to him. Gee.
Anyway while chatting and occasionally taking my eyes off the skies, I took these snaps of the amazing evening sky. And I’m quite pleased with the results. Enjoy ‘em Aylwin and all those who reads or chance on this blog. Thanks.
Stunning Kuching evening skies. I hope you saw it too. 10 July 2008
by FH2o on July 3, 2008
2 Saturdays back, after lunch I decided to drive to Simunjan with my other half after someone mentioned to me that he saw dolphins while on the ferry ride crossing the mighty Batang Sadong river. This person doesn’t drink and is quite serious and this is something that I’ve got to check out for sure. I love ferry rides anyway.
However we did not get to see any dolphins but I managed to capture these moody shots while waiting for and on the ferry “Primrose II” itself. After getting across Batang Sadong; Simunjan on the right is 22kms away while Sebangan and Sebuyau on the left is respectively 17kms and 43kms away. Due to a lack of time we did not check out Sebangan nor Sebuyau but I would one day.
Oh, and the drive (we only saw a few vehicles) to sleepy Simunjan and back is rather uninteresting except for the fact that you can ‘help yourselves’ to the abundant bananas and papayas lining the gravel road sides. It’s really sad a pity that there were no durians. *sigh*
Evening sky from “Primrose II” crossing Batang Sadong, 21st June 2008
by FH2o on June 22, 2008
I’m never too sleepy or lazy to notice interesting cloud formations - and an uncanny knack in doing so!
It’s not for a lack of ideas or things to blog about; quite to the contrary. It’s just that whenever I find the time or inclination to sit down in front of my notebook, I feel incredibly lazy drowsy! *sigh*
On account of my lethargic state, I’m not inclined to think of a clever caption for the above strange clouds that I snapped. Any suggestions anyone? *yawn* Thanks!
by FH2o on June 14, 2008
Yesterday evening I was on standby at KLIA to take the earlier 20.50 instead of the 22.15 flight so that I can get into Kuching an hour before midnight (otherwise my other half would not be picking me up!); when I spotted the setting sun from the check-in counter queue. Not wanting to lose my line, I picked the best framing I could from where I was and took a few snaps, and I’m quite pleased with the result.
Magical moments are with us constantly. We just need to know how to tune in to it - by being fully present in the moment; wherever and whenever we are.
Here’s wishing that you are fully present this weekend wherever you are in whatever that you are doing. Don’t miss life - be present.
by FH2o on June 11, 2008
Untouched photo of a golfer on the green of The Australian Golf Club taken with my Nokia 2630 with un-peeled plastic protective lens cover still in place! 1st June 2008
My Sony Ericsson K750i handphone died on me just before my Fiji/Sydney trip and I hurriedly did a quick ‘research’ and bought a basic Nokia 2630 handphone for a very reasonable RM280/- as an ‘interim’ phone as I am lusting waiting on the new 3G Apple iPhone. I already have the wonderful Apple iTouch and I know how great the new iPhone is going to be. Anyway even though the Nokia 2630 is quite a ‘basic’ phone it still sports Bluetooth, fm radio, speaker phone and even web browser. Really. And it is easily the slimmest phone around.
Anyway, I buy it to use it basically as a phone (duh!) so I was not too concerned about the quality of the camera. But I was quite surprised with what I thought was the ‘filter’ effect of the cheap lens that produced this rather attractive effect of the golfer putting while I was dining in comfort (and luxury) at the prestigious Australian Golf Club in Sydney where my sister took me for lunch when I arrived on Sunday, 1st June 2008 from Fiji. This was one of the first few shots I took with the Nokia 2630.
The second time I used it was yesterday morning of the ‘bulging bumper’ car when I did not have my camera handy. The results were less than desirable - and for good reason when upon closer examination of the lens that the protective plastic cover was still there! Smart huh?
Photo of Kuching morning sky taken with Nokia 2630 - this time with the protective plastic cover over the lens removed!
I’m not saying that the camera of the Nokia 2630 is exceptional but I’m quite happy with the pictures of the clouds I took this morning with it. But then again I think I can take good photos with even a pinhole camera! *ahem*
Kuching morning clouds. 11th June 2008
