Jiu Zhai Gou

Had a weekend in Jiu Zhai Gou and below are my panoramas of the World Heritage Site located in China, about 600km north of Chengdu, the capital of sichuan

Lying Dragon Lake

Shu Zheng Village

Peacock Riverbed

Panda Lake

Arrow Bamboo Lake

Virgin Forest

Long Lake

Stay tuned to my non panorama photos of Jiu Zhai Gou

Kek Lok Si Temple

It's the time of the year where the Biggest Chinese temple in penang is lighted up beatifully in conjuction with Chinese New Year. Every year, i have hiked up the same hill to take the same shots and basically same thing every year.

But i was still determined to hike up this hill for photos this year but this time, with a special twist. I decided to try my skills on time lapse photography and this is the results of 1 hour shoot with 147 photos and countless hours of editing. Do enjoy the video. I have another longer and hopefully better video coming up :D

Penang Floating Mosque

Penang Floating Mosque or also known as Masjid Terapung Pulau Pinang, is located in a town called Tanjung Bunga. We went there early today to get some shots of the building and here it is

More will come as i'm sick now so i can hardly do anything

Penang 5th International 12 Hours Walk

It's a non stop 12 hours walk round and round and round esplanade. I thought to myself, how hard could it be ?! Besides running was not allowed and all i had to do is walk for 12 hours. I have done Kinabalu which i walk almost non stop for 2 days without an issue.

So after thinking bout it for 2-3 days, i signed up and headed for hell. The "HOW HARD COULD IT BE ?" was indeed extremely hard. In fact it was harder than a half marathon. My first 10 laps i was cool... still going on.. my 15th lap, i was starting to suffer and motivating myself that it wasn't the pain. On my 21st lap, i couldn't continue anymore.

By then i had already done 4 hours of walk. I stopped for refreshments during the midnite and the next 45 minutes i finished my last 4 laps (about 4 km) to complete the needed 24km to qualify for finisher medal. The next 7 hours 15 minutes i only managed to walk another extra 4 laps. My legs was in so much pain and i was so tired i felt like collapsing on where i was standing. All in all it was a crazy experience

Motorola Paintball

Motorola (the company i work in) recently organized an annual Paintball competition. I naturally, joined this competition. We fought for our lives and made it to semi finals. There we fall and only end up in 4th place. It's actually a good achievement considering that it's my first time joining a Paintball competition :)

Year in review

And so another year passes by. So on the last day of 2009 i shall review my last years resolution and then make my next year's resolution. So here goes :-

1. Get promotion - guess this didn't happen so i must work harder next year

2. Save more money - YEAH this one pass. I finally have enough salary to save up money hahaha

3. Hike Gunung Kinabalu - Greatest achievement of this year :) my hike was on the October 26 to October 30th. I however wish to climb it again

Seems like i got 2 out of 3 of my resolutions :). How about this year..

1. Buy a House !

2. Buy a Nintendo DSi

3. Help Yoke Ming with her final year project

4. Bring forward get promotion and big big bonus from finishing my work project on time

5. "SECRET" lol (actually this is also brought forward)

6. Secondary but i wish to climb Mount Kinabalu again :D

Looks like i have set more resolutions for myself on the year 2010 hope i fulfill all these resolutions :D

Chingay 2009

One of the most unique parades in the world can be found in Penang. It is known as the Chingay Parade. What exactly is Chingay ? it a parade with big big flags. Trained people will attempt stunts with these flags. Besides these flags, there will be dragon dance and lion dance and not forgetting motorized floats. See Below for some photos