BRUNEI | STREET | TV on the street ....

.... I don't know whether people realised it or not .... there was actually a huge TV placed along the street during the procession... hmmmm....

.. it was a good idea .. buuut ... the day was very sunny.. and bright ...hence it was ultimately very difficult to see what's on the TV ... especially from the glaring sunlight ... the only thing that one can see... is the reflection of the street ....

.. perhaps.. they can put the TV under the shade .... nevertheless... it's the thought that counts .... I think ...


.. THE TV ... showing the reflection of the street ... LIVE! ....

BRUNEI | ABSTRACT | Hadrah Up-Close...

.. after hours of beating the cow's hide .... it can eventually becomes a bit loose .... so in order to regain its toutness ... the instrument can just be lied down under the sun..... to bring back the glory of the sound....


... personalised tar being "baked" under the sun ...

.. hmmmm.. on the lighter side of life.... since today is a sunday ... here's something for you ...

...... One nice thing about egotists: ........... They don't talk about other people.

..........Women like silent men, ........they think they're listening

. .........One of life's mysteries - How can a two pound box of candy make a person gain five pounds..........

.... If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge,...... would they call it Fed UP?

..... Early bird gets the worm,....... but the second mouse gets the cheese.

.......The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is........... that little extra

RANDOM | The Interview With The Traffic Cone ...

... as mentioned earlier ... we were out for an outing last nite ... but I personally did not capture loads of photo ... because ... I have actually took what I need from an earlier outing last year ....

.. for those earlier photos u can see it here .... Part I ... and ... Part II ... ( 56k beware .. pix intensive)

.. so whilst the rest were capturing all those lighting and stuff ... the GF Team had something else in mind .... ;)

.. if before ... the GF Team manage to interview the Traffic Light .... yeap .. u got me right ... the Traffic Light .... well now ..... the GF Team was "lucky" .. to be given an opportunity to interview ..... (drum rolls ....) ... the TRAFFIC CONE ....


(The Traffic Cone, TC - A Personal Legacy)

GF: hmmmm.... Hii...
TC: ... hi jua ...

GF: .. apa abarnya ....?
TC: ... not too bad... boleh lah ... napanya....?

GF: .. eh boleh cakap london jua ah ...? .. apa kan bahasa rasmi u ani ...?
TC: .. eh sure.. why not ... depends lah .. dari mana kami kena buat ... if Made in UK .. so mesti pandai bahasa English .... if Made in China ... bahasa cina... mun Japan .. bahasa Jipun and so on ...

GF: ... tapi paham jua bahasa melayu ... bahasa Brunei ani ... ah ...
TC .. eh awu eh.. mun namanya batah udah di sini .. inda kan inda pandai ... orang pilipin ... orang india ... orang thailand mun batah di sini lagi pandai ... eh ... tahun ani labih udah 10 tahun ku d Brunei ani ... labih 10 tahun tah jua ku inda balik kampung ... sadih eh .. ;(

GF: .. ( nah sedih tia plang ...) .. eh bukan jua apa eh .. apa nama u yang banarnya kan? ... Traffic Cone kah banar...? .. atau Kon Polis ...?
TC: ... awu .. Official my name is Traffic Cone ... tapi ada plang jua kena panggil Road Cone lah ... Safety Cone lah ... macam topi witch pun ada jua ... asal jangan panggil aku ConeDome udah .. lain bunyi nya bah ... ahaks ...

GF: .. kamu ani biasanya andang kena buat sama kah ... and sama saiz kah...?
TC: ... inda jua eh .. macam kamu jua bah ... ada basar .. ada damit .... ada yang reflective .. ada yang glow in the dark ..... saiz pun ikut ada nya lah ... ada 12" ... ada 36" ... depends on what u gonna use it for .... .. eh BTW .. tau kamu kah ... logo VLC media player atu bah ... pakai logo Traffic Cone jua tu ... pemes kali kami ani ah ... kalah Miss Universe ....

GF: ... so semua kamu ani kena import lah? .. nada yang local kah ..?
TC: ... yes .. as far as I Know ... semua pemain import .. nada local ... pasal... local mana ada buat cone .... But at least ok lah ... cannot blem anibodi ... if local udah ada buat .. then no need to bring in imported kone .... macam printing jua bah .. atau macam tukang gambar jua bah .... mun org lokal dapat buat ... behapa tah lagi kan ngambil orang luar .... inda jua payah tu ... lain lah kalau equipment nya atu no have in the local market ... macam kiranya zoomnya 1200mm ... kah ... atau ia makai Mamiya Digital 22MP ..... mun ganya kan ngajar style ngambar.... teknik tunggang tebalik kah .... ...? .. duiiii cari saja tia bah di internet ah .... tips ngambar .... teknik ..... apa saja....... dapat jua di Goggle kali ah ... eh google kah .... atau moogle .. eh mana saja tah eh .... inda ja ....

GF: .. eeehhhh biskita ani tah ... atu tia plang di kurapak kannya .. syyyhhh..... abis kamu karang eh .. senitip tu eh benda atu eh masa ani .... kena umban karang u dari building BIBD ah .. mun inda dari PGGMB ... apa rasanya ....
TC: ... napa kan..? .. inda dapat .. bukan pasal apa... pasal future ekonomi bah ni .... bukan plang pasal lain ... mun paham bisai ..... tapi inda apa... mun inda paham pun inda apa.... asal jangan salah paham ...

GF: .. eh ada gelpren kah ...?
TC: ..... astaaah.. kan di ubahnya tia topik ah .... alum lagi abis cerita ku atu ... btw... nada wah ... behapa kan begelpren .. sakit saja kepala ... baik tah ku makai gel rambut ...

GF: (.. eh out jua eh .. ada kah gel rambut ....) .... bah apa tah ada cerita menarik pasal cone ani...?
TC: ... u wanna know a fascinating story about cone ..? hehe ... I tell u one ah ... got this person meh ... who got caught by the police for performing an indescent act with a traffic cone! .. what the ...? ... so funny one eh the fetish ... what ... he think some sort of sexual toys what .... if u don't believe ... u go to the site lah ...

GF: ... waaaah.. true kah ..? so cyber ah u .. got internet again...
TC: ... heeei brother .. come on lah .. this is modern day lah .. got wi-fi everywhere what .... GPRS again ....

GF: .... BTW ... hold on .. gonna get your photo again ...
TC: .. bah take lah ... I eksen-eksen dunno lah ...


(The Traffic Cone in "Candid" Pose)

GF: ... eh bah ... udah tah ah ... atu saja kali .. thanks btw ...
TC: .. oh atu sajakah? .. eh buring jua... tanya lagi lah ... buring ku ni sorang-sorang sini ani ... eh bukan jua apa ... yang u tanya-tanya ani .. where u from?

GF: ... eh awu lupa.... dari gferro.com ...
TC: ... oohhh... apa kan tu ? ... pemes kah tu ... ? apa pemes nya ngan KDI?

GF: .. eeeeh.. ada ada saja jua eh .. cucuk plang karang .. biar masuk gol di aying ah ... beranang tah sendiri ...
TC: ... haha .. macam lagu tu .. lagu kanak-kanak Brunei ..... Cuk-cuk nang .. terubuk pandai basi ... c awang bertunggul tunang ... makan bubuk dangan nasi ... eeh ... gol-gol nang kali ... awu ah .... atu ... lagu cuk-cukundai tu .. eh konpius eh ....

GF: ... (bangang ...) .. antam tia eh ... jalan tah ku eh ... bye ... sayonara... spaghetti carbonara...
TC: ... ok tu .. same-same but different ...

(Note: Temuduga di atas, adalah rekaan semata-mata ... mun atu pun kamu percaya jua... ntah eh .. baik tah kamu check-up .... mun inda.... baik tah pakai Traffic Cone atas kepala kamu ah ....ahaks... )

BRUNEI | FILM OUTING | Red Post Box..

.. one of the first few photos that I took during the film outing ...

... the lighting was still quite harsh at that time .. but oh well .. could not find other interesting subject at that time .. so might as well ....


... funny thing about ordinary mail .. or snail mail... .. people would have thought that due to the increase usage of electronic media ... e.g. e-mail ... Instant messaging .. or even SMS .... the ordinary mail will be used less.... but instead....the British Royal Mail have informed that .. business is booming!

... I think the reason is that ... thou it is true ... people are frequenting the net ... but they are also ... ordering/ purchasing more online ... which .... affect the ordinary mailing industry ... so .. even if they do loss out in one area ... but they gained more on courier service ....

.. brilliant ... such business strategies like these... are the one we should not overlook ....

ABSTRACTS | Hijau Merah ...

... a very colourful .. and contrasting combination .... considered to be a norm in certain part of the world ....

KOREA | GwanAk-Ku ...

... GwanAk-Gu ... is one of the major districts in Korea .... about 20 mins or so drive from Seoul City ... this is where the Seoul National University is located ... hence... one might see lotsa students! ... ;) back to school now....

... a directional board of the GwanAk-Gu area .....

RANDOM | Of Glasses & Ruler ....

... ruler .... glasses ..... some of the important aspects of life ....

.. glasses are needed in seeing thing clearly ... otherwise... it's gonna be blurred vision .... atu main ramas-ramas saja tu ... bahaya tu eh ...

... ruler .... ruler to measure stuffs.... a guidance to make sure the line is straight ....

......just like our life... we need to see thing clearly in order to make a decision ... in order to plan the future... and at time... we need to see thing "outside-the-box" .....

... and in the same time... we also need guidance.... without guidance... we can't go very far ... and may be ... lack of it ... one might go in circle..... mungkin akan menyeleweng ..... tapi mudahan tidak ...

.... but hei ... both of them come in different colours... so yeah ... just to spice up our life a bit ... ;)

RANDOM | Forever Holding The Umbrella...

... one lazy nite on the street ... saw this figurine statues.... some holding an umbrella... there's another one doing something else... I guess.. just like in real life.... everybody is busy doing their own business ... especially during the rush hours ....

SINGAPORE | The Numbers Info ...

.... for those who frequently uses the public transport would know what the numbers stand for ... hmmm.. nope ... not the 4 Digit numbers .. nor the QMS (Queue Management System) ... it is the number of the buses for the designated destination...

.. BTW .. did u know that... there this hotel in Singapore .. where by... your hotel key card... can be used as the MRT travel card ... as well as for the buses .... ... and the key card can also be used to pay for your shoppings and your ticket to the movies... ( eeerr.. ignore the movie & shopping bit ... I'm just over exaggerating ... ;p)... anyway .... how cool can that be ... that's how the integration of electronic or e-thingy ... should be ... as well as the integration of the private and public sector ....

MALAYSIA | Steel & Glass ...

.... I guess .. this need no introduction .... despite of only showing a bit of the actual structure... people will already recognise what it is .... can't u ...?

... well... this is for sure one of the most photograph structure in Malaysia .... every tourist including the local tourist ... would have the photograph of these structure lurking somewhere in their album ....

... hmmm.. but now .. the challenge is ... how to capture it in a different angle ....

TRAVEL | The Beach | Rambat ...

.... so what else is associated with beach ... ocaen .... ?

... sunset? .... yeeaaa... but ... if you are looking for those typical sunset photos... you'll be dissapointed ... no such typical sunset photo here ....

... n would u believe it that.. I've come across one of the public photo forum which stated along the line something like this .... " .... we know u all love to shot sunset n sunrise, but we have tons of those already, so please don't post such photos anymore ..."

..... so with that in mind ... I'll try to capture not such typical cliche .... n what do I got?

... see it for yourself .... " Rambat Tersidai Di Batang Pantai Di Bibir Waktu Senja..." ...or in Speaking London .... " The fishing net, on the not so suspended log, at the beach not the ocean, at the lips of sunset ...." .... antam saja tia bah ..... ;)

TRAVEL | The Beach | "Sponge Rock" ...

... when traveling it's good to visit their beaches .... you just don't know .. how beautiful God's creation until you see it ....

BRUNEI | Di Pinggir Jeti ...

ppl: ... aiks.... isn't today Saturday 24th February 2007.... ?
GF: ... Yeap ... y?

ppl: ..... so where are the photos of the morning's National Day celebs?
GF: ... hmmmmm good question ... sorry to disappoint you but ....

ppl: .. u overslept? cannot wake up ah? alarm not working kah?
GF: .. nope but ...

ppl: ..traffic jem meh? ... forgot where u put camera eh? y no photos?
GF: ... issshkk... no lah ... I was in Bandar for the celebs...

ppl: .. but y? .. u cannot take photo kah? .. u follow the baris-baris thingy eh?.. not allowed to take photo kah?
GF: .... weeiiiiiii sabar bah inda bagi chance orang cakap .... I said ... I was there... and I did take lotsa photos .... so....

ppl: .... so? .. so u forgot to put memory card ah? .. not yet process ah...? all the gambar still in your memory card ah? ... you memory card still in your camera what...?
GF: ... noooooooooope..... nope nope nope nope .....Tidaaaaaaaaakkk........ diam bah eh .... the photos have been transferred to my hard drive .. everything is OK... Thank God ...

ppl: ... so why not upload? ... can't see any photo... already refresh but nothing happens .. still can't see photos.....
GF: .... eh ku payuk plang krg ...ku ikat arah pokok mangga ah ...... inda membagi chance ..... orang kan explain ... eh sudah eh .... nah eh liat gambar ani saja dulu eh .. biar tia dulu ... if kan liat gambar tadi pagi ... cek arah blog lain ..... arah blog lain ada tu... I think semua ada tu pasal tadi pagi.....mun nda caya liatnya.... banyak tu link-link durang di sebalah ah ........ esuk-esuk tah saja ku mempost ....

ppl: .... eh marah kah?
GF: .... eh malas eh kan layan ... agatah cakap sorang-sorang .... baik ku mliat TV dulu ....

... I think I saw this in my dream .... then waaheeeyyy .. what do you know ... it was there ... right in front of your very eyes ...... or was it still in my dream ... hmmmm.....

ABSTRACTS | Batang Kayu ...

... I didn't realize that I was posting about wood/timber/kayu for 3 consecutive posts ... just a coincidence perhaps .....

ABSTRACTS | Hole in Wood ...

....... hole in one .. is very synonym with golf ... but there is no skill in getting a hole in one... but it is merely 101% luck ..... but a Hole in Wood...? ....

.. is it a good thing or bad thing to have a hole in wood...?

Well .. depending in how u look at it ..... might be bad if u need the entire strength of the solid wood to hold or support some load .. or perhaps need to build something ..... and such ....

... but it could also be useful if u need the hole as a decoration .... or to use it to hold something ... or to put something into the hole .... or perhaps u just need a hole in the wood .....

SINGAPORE | The "Guardians"...

... the statues are some sort of "Guardian" for certain community ....
This was taken along the street of Orchard Road ...

RANDOM | Singapore | The Chain ...

Chains... depending on how people interprets it or how you look at it... it can be some kind of a restraint to your freedom .. or it can even be something to secure you.. something to protect you ...

1/250s | f/5.6

RANDOM | Wood Rope ....

... tomato..... potato.... .... wardrobe....... wood rope ... so what does it have to do with wood n rope ...?

.... hmmmm .... Wood n rope ...... though different in nature.... yet they co-exist with each other .... I guess .... the same as people.... different race.... different origin...... yet we are still one...... Human ......

f/2.8 | 1/250s

RANDOM | Obstacles...

Every now n then, we will encounter some sort of obstacles, ............ but nevertheless, those obstacles make us think more wiser,............... hence obstacles need to be look at positively ..... ;)

f/5.6 | 1/250s

RANDOM | Stuck On Wood ...

... abstract photography, is something which is very subjective ...
depending how photographers interpret the subject... and how they want to convey it to those who appreciate .... or even to the ordinary layman .... everyone have their own view on each subject matter ... their's no right nor wrong answer to it... the only thing that matters is ... will the photo be able to make people stare at it for quite some time ... or just a quick glance will do ...

50mm f/1.8 II | 1/500s