Old Raiway Station, Kuala Lumpur (1 May 2010)

3 Jun 2010 under Photography | 1 Comment

Few days ago Bryan asked for a photography outing but he couldn’t make it to it. The few of us later on spontaneously had decided on a short trip to the old railway station after having a duck rice in Seapark, Petaling Jaya.

This is my second visit to the railway station. The first visit to the station was few years back when I was commuting, not photographing.

It was a good trip but we have not figure out on how to get to the roof top yet. Many wedding shots are done up there.

And some of the shots taken on the day. You can access to its full resolution and of course, EXIF details are intact.

The Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM is simply superb. Tack sharp at wide open with beautiful bokeh! But not to forget that my copy is not sharp when I got it but after a visit to the Sigma service center at Damansara Perdana, it’s my favourite now!

You can read more about the Sigma and browse for more real life sample photos at mylensdb.com.

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Navigating the Halong Bay

19 Oct 2009 under Vietnam | 1 Comment

Halong Bay

Alright, this round I’m going to tell you the story about our second stop during our days in Vietnam. As the title can tell, we are heading to Halong Bay on the second day of our 5 days tour.

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World second largest rice exporter

8 Oct 2009 under Vietnam | 2 Comments

One week before Hari Raya, Wendy suggested on going on a trip somewhere to kill the free time on the Raya week. So, I went and searched around for cheap tickets on places around. Too bad, in the end of planning, Wendy needed to stay put at home to take care of her parents. I’m sure we can go on trip again in the near future when her father gets better!

Anyhow, I went on with my parents in the end. It was a 5 days 4 nights trip to the world second largest rice exporter country. The country with over 3 thousands kilometers of coastline. Insane.

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We traveled using MAS’s as it offers hassle-free transit and it’s actually slightly cheaper than Air Asia. Furthermore, we don’t need to pay a single cent for the meal served on board.

Flying for 3 hours plus without (FREE) food and drinks can be starving and thirsty.

Quan An Ngon

We had our fist lunch at quan an ngon in the Old Quarters after arrival. It’s a well known place among the locals and tourists. Many have recommended this place so we gave it a try.

bo bia What you see on the left is what Vietnamese love to eat. Often, they like to wrap their food around like this. It’s something similar to Japanese’s temaki.

Well, I must say that we are not really “into” the local foods over there. Nevertheless, it is a very good experience!

Just enjoy the photos I took during the trip and I’ll tell you more in the next post.

Staying alive is a key to another great trip, you will know why in the next post.

Till then, take care.

PS: Oh ya, if you are viewing the photos in the photo album, make sure you try the slide show feature ya!

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