The Journey to the Buddha

Went to Lautau island on the 3rd day of the HongKong trip. Took a cable car there. Inside the cable, beautiful scenery everywhere...like paradise. Too bad the picture had reflection when i took inside the cable car. Maybe CPL filter can help at that time...







The main highlight of this place is the Big Buddha.







It is a tiring trip but worth it.

Review of HongKong Disneyland

i went to Disneyland on the 2nd day of my HongKong trip (20/7 - 25/7). Woke up early in the morning around 8am, took a train to Disney station and transit by Disney train to our destination.

Nicely decorated Disney theme train and station.



Here we are... The HongKong DISNEYLAND



Before purchasing of the Disney entrance ticket, there is a big fountain where Mickey mouse is surfing in the sky..... nice location for a family photoshoot.



The cost of the Disney entrance ticket is not cheap! After Hk to Sing $ conversion, it is around $70 per adult.



Once inside the Disneyland, this is the first building you will see is the railway station.



Proceed further, hoping to see Disney character walking around but to my disappointment, there is only tourists around.. WHERE IS ALL THE DISNEY CHARACTER??

Thereafter, i saw a status of a Disney character. STITCH :)



Behind it, there is a nice castle. Maybe all the Disney character all hidden at there.....



Disappointed AGAIN... no Disney character when i am at the castle....

Forget about those Disney character liao, so walk around while shooting.

Nice Forest tree house.. wanted to go up to see but due to the long queue, i give up. Maybe POOH Bear is staying there.



XIAO REN GUO castle





I was about to go out of the castle, i saw alots of people gather around a open area infront of the castle, i was wondering what happen... then i realise that there will be a walkabout by those Disney character that i am waiting for... COOL!!!

Standby the camera, ready for the SHOOT! Finally i manage to see them but they are shooting water... DAMN!!! i cant get close up shot, afraid that those water might damage my camera.. no choice, i applied SHOOT and RUN techniques.. LOL









After about 15min, show ended and i thought to myself.. well, $$ not well spent :(

Last thing to do before i get out of here.. take a family picture with Mickey mouse.



Conclusion... my first and last HongKong Disneyland tour.

Reason:
1. Entrance fee too expensive ($70 can do wonder than going in)
2. The duration of Disney show is too short (15min.... i was expecting 1hr ^^)
3. Not much of fancy structures or building.
4. Many gifts shop. (Spent too much $$, damn)
5. Area is too small (SG Botanical garden is bigger than that)
6. Too much queueing (i hate queueing.. )

2nd day at Cosplay

A hot weather. This time round, i will use my flash during outdoor to get more detail. Today is the last day of cosplay and i can see there are more people (photographer)as compare to yesterday. I also saw many cute anime character but too shy to approach them for a photoshoot.










Through this event, i had fun and the most importantly, the opportunity for me to practise portrait shooting.

Cosplay at Downtown East

A very interesting event. There are many people dress themselves into anime character and compete at the Cosplay Competition. I even saw my favourite anime character 'NARUTO'.

There are alot of photographers taking photo and those model are kind enough to pose for us.

i am using Nikon AFS 24-70mm f2.8. Regret that i sold off my 50mm f1.4 or else i can get a better bokeh for the background.



Budget constraint due to recession.....




Tomorrow will be the cosplay competition and i will be going again to enjoy the fun!

KL Marathon 2009

This is the worst organise marathon... -_-''' No more next time!!!
Now the finisher Tee-shirt is use to clean the floor if my kid pee.

ugly finisher tee - Go learn how to design from Adidas.
Expensive registration - Kena Chop one time is enough!
Running tee - Reebok uses old dry fit material that no one buy? OMG, buy from Adidas then
No drinks - Recession does affect. Good way to save $$

One day trip to Malaysia - MUAR

Wake up at 5am, travel to Sembawang to catch the coach which will ferry us throughout the tour till 10pm.

Arrived at Malaysia around 8am, have a light breakfast at nearby coffeeshop then proceed to YOYO native food product. This place is nearby YONGPING.



This place sell alots of delicious stuff such as LAU PO biscuit, LAU GONG bisgcuit etc..... since there are free food testing for all stuff, i tried all the FREE stuff but i didnt buy anything..

You can see how crowded the place is. BIG $$$



After the free food, i continue with my journey. The next destination is MUSHROOM farm.



They make use of some special soil and fill it into a bottle..



Those workers are sealing the bottle after the machine had filled the soil into it.



These are the growing mushroom after these READY soil bottles are placed at a moisture area. There's LINGZI over there too (1st pic).... All the mushroom are fresh and selling at cheap price.





Mushroom sun tanning.



The highlight of this trip is visiting durian plantation. Arrived at our destination and i look around, not a sight of durian trees -_-'''. Then saw alots of durians in th baskets and you can eat all you want. Sadly that most of these durians are from Thailand...



Proceed to "SAN CHYE YE" temple. Its a very old temple and i heard that it can bring luck.. lets see whether i will strike 4D for the next weekend.





The wind is so strong over there.. i had failed to light up those candles.



After the temple, we went to a shopping mall kiakia then followed by dinner. By the time we finished our dinner, the time is 8pm. i arrived back home around 10.30pm
It was a tiring day......