http://www.fh2o.kuchingkayak.com Adventures & Photography of a Kuching Kayaker & His Wet Life Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:06:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This past week I’ve been hearing from people who having attended a seminar/workshop are enthused about changing the world with their organic garbage! Then I started receiving invitations via email from people known and unknown to attend garbage enzyme workshops by a certain Dr Joean Oon. Having no idea as to ... http://www.fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/2008/07/04/garbage-to-save-the-world-on-garbage-enzyme/ I'd been feeling really lethargic for the past few weeks and the light workout at the gym after work didn't really help that much. But the sight of this really nice evening rainbow as I walked to my car really helped lift my spirits. So did the really nice Robin Wong ... http://www.fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/2008/07/03/rainbow-for-robin/ 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 ... http://www.fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/2008/07/03/ferry-ride-across-batang-sadong/ It has been a while but I went kayaking at Borneo Highlands with a few of my office colleagues and their relatives and friends. We put in at Bengoh and take out at Kg. Semadang.  Except for Desmond, it was the first time kayaking experience for them and there were ... http://www.fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/2008/06/30/sunday-kayaking-borneo-highlands/ While I'm on the topics of outrageous buildings in China; here's another spectacular one that is being proposed for the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. I think the design doctrine these days is to do it "just because I can!". That's the way it is for cheap thrills and 'up yours' ... http://www.fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/2008/06/27/the-ren-building-in-shanghai/ A colleague emailed me this story which I think is quite apt following my post on “Dubai Waterfront”; and which is a clear indictment of the insanity of man’s greed and excesses. You can read the full story – “Mall of Misfortune” from “The Nation” here. With 7 million square feet (that's ... http://www.fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/2008/06/26/mall-of-misfortune-or-mall-of-madness/ WET TALK: I wonder if I am making cursed calls! First I rang Bev to ask if she could guide a trip for me next Friday and she told me that she’s scheduled for an appendicitis operation in the afternoon. Then I called Kevin to ask him the same thing and ... http://www.fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/2008/06/25/1528/ Kuching Sky, 24th June 2008. I didn’t go to the gym after work yesterday evening but chose instead to go for a ride instead which I’m glad I did as I manage to capture this fire in the evening sky. Not the most spectacular of fiery skies I'd captured but a ... http://www.fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/2008/06/25/of-fiery-skies-sourpuss-who-cant-cut-bait/ Dubai Waterfront or now known as "Waterfront". Indeed. I was looking for some images for a waterfront development when I came across this stunning image of the proposed Dubai Waterfront which undoubtedly will become the largest largest waterfront and largest man-made development in the world. If the biggest and loudest turns you ... http://www.fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/2008/06/24/dubai-waterfront/ 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 ... http://www.fh2o.kuchingkayak.com/2008/06/22/sleepy-not-lazy/