My Housemate

Green iguana. da aruah da asyik kena lanyak dengan Red Iguana jantan. hijau ni betina

Red Iguana. Hari bawak balik rumah sangat jinak tapi green iguana liar sikit, sekarang mamat ni terus jadi liar terlebih-lebih

Ais Rashid

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wish i'm a boy again

it was raining and i felt really bored. Feel like sleeping but i had too much sleeping. Looking thru my window, i show group of kids playing football on the field.

remember when i was a kid, raining is the time that i enjoy myself at kampung with my friends. we will walked around the kampung collect mangos that fall because of the rain and wind, chasing each other with unlimited energy and giggle and laughing all the time.

we were young and fit, i didn't even get a cold.

nowadays if i get caught in the rain even for a while, probability to get headache or cold is very high. maybe the rain water carry more acid compare last time (excuses)

kamera pertama ku

ni gambar pertama aku snap bila cuba-cuba kemera Canon 40D kat kedai Tarita, BB Plaza. aku pakai hantam je, tak tau langsung apa itu ISO, apperture, shutter speed, metering dan benda-benda yang aku rasa akan pening kalau member bagi tau.

ni gambar opismate aku Umiey dan Azli. si Umiey ni da ada boyfren dan Azli pulak da ada anak 4 orang.

pada mulanya aku bercadang nak beli Canon 400D macam kamera kawan aku sorang tu, Hairman dengan lens Sigma 18-200mm. pada masa tu ini la lens yang paling best sekali sebab bole dapat wide dan tele. beginner macam aku, lens ni da kira paling best da.

mana la aku tau psal L lens, fast lens, prime lens, USM, IS, constant apperture yang sekarang ni da macam celah gigi je.

sedang cadang-cadang nak beli, ada sorang hamba Allah swt ni offer nak beli basikal Pegoreti CCKMP aku dengan group set campagnolo record dengan harga 7K. pikir punya pikir, jual je la. aku pun memang da lama tak kayuh. sebelum tu bulan Jun aku kayuh 3 hari dari Kl-Temerluh-Kemaman-Kuala Terengganu. hitam legam aku

dapat duit, besoknya lunch hour terus ajak umiey dan azli teman aku beli kamera. tiga tiga manusia ni tak tau langsung pasal kamera tapi aku beli jugak 40D sebab bole ambik sampai 6.3 frame per second. best tu..... aku memang nak banyak ambik gambar sports. sesuai sangat la dengan jiwa aku ni.

sebelum decide nak beli Canon ni, aku minat sangat dengan Nikon tapi lepas dengar nasihat dari 2 opismate aku yang pkai Nikon D300, aku terus beli Canon. dia orang cakap jangan pakai Nikon sebab after sales service teruk. Canon punya service memang best, Nikon tak bole lawan. Nikon da rugi satu customer.

pengalaman aku selama pakai kamera Canon ni, servis memang best. da banyak kali aku melawat Canon Service Centre kat Paremba, Subang, tak pernah dia orang charge aku walaupun warranty period da expired.

lepas puas aku belasah 40D tu sampai shutter count 62,000 dalam masa 1 tahun, aku jual dan beli Canon 7D yang terhangat dipasaran pada bulan October 2009.

lepas ni aku nak ambik pulak 5d Mark II

Zoo Negara

muka kesian

Darwin's cousin

'Kucing Batu' taking a nap

black leapord

Who's the strongest challenge

Green Iguana

Viper or Ular Kapak

Tiger having a quick dip in the pond

Buffalo

Teringan yang tersayang di kampung

when you need to do it, you need to do it

have been to Zoo Negara few times since 2008. pity that the management has not get their priority right. the last time when i was there, they have karaoke corner where they blast the music like a fun fare or a circus. when i look at them, a saw a big clown with microphone. zoo is suppose to be the place where you can visit and see some of the endanger animals and educate your children about it. the place must be kept as quite as possible, not for you show your 'katak' voice

Eryna Nardya

had the opportunity to shoot Nard at Heritage Hotel with some of my photographer buddies.
this place will be in memory since it has been closed down due to some unpaid rental. really hope that KTM will refurbish and maintain the look since it has it's own characters

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photography

Mula-mula aku beli kamera, aku takde basic langsung pasal photography. Aku ingatkan kita kena hafal berapa shutter speed yang kita akan guna. Aku buat benda ni untuk dua tiga hari sampai la aku tau apa dia metering. DSLR da cukup canggih untuk mengira semuanya itu, patut la mahal kamera ni, buat apa nak menghafal semua tu. Sejak tu aku cuba pakai metering.

Kawan aku Dean Johari perkenalkan pulak dengan mode P, aku pun asyik pakai mode P plak selepas tu. Ambik gambar semuanya pakai P, lama jugak aku pakai mode ni sampai aku godek-godek manual kamera, aku cuba manual mode pulak. Best jugak manual mode ni, semuanya bergantung pada aku untuk mendapatkan result yang aku nak. Masa ni da terasa macam terer da sebab da reti pakai manual je. Semua shot aku pkai manual, bukannya aku terer tapi aku da tau apa gunanya metering.

Untuk beberapa bulan, aku asyik ambik gambar, burst pun aku suka sebab 40D bole ambik 6.3 frame per second. Banyak tu.... Pasal effect apperture dan ISO aku x berapa tau. Ada sekali aku ambik gambar group photo pkai f1.8, aku rasa pelik pasal apa x semua in focus. pening pakcik dibuatnya. Check punya check dan dapat nasihat dari member, dia suruh pkai la f8 ke atas kalu nak gambar semuanya sharp. Laa.... tu je tricknya. Kecik nombor, besar lubang apperture dan tempat yang difokus saja akan sharp kalau kita pkai apperture besar.

Hujung bulan Oktober 2008, aku pergi ke Pulau Mabul dengan kawan-kawan untuk buat aku punya Open Water Diving Course. Masa buat course ni, banyak jugak gambar aku ambik dari landscape, potraiture dan street photo. Gambar masa tu aku rasa memang the best la sampai kawan opis aku komen kenapa gambar banyak yang kaler biru? Aku cakap mungkin sebab masa tu da gelap dengan confidentnya.

Kawan aku yang da otai ni explain white balance aku da lari. White balance..... apa ke jadahnya white balance ni. Lepas tu aku google dan baca info pasal white balance. Susah jgak nak ambik gambar ni rupanya.

Pengalaman aku pasal nak ambik gambar ni yang aku bole nasihat la kalau sesiapa nak belajar ambik gambar:

1.Baca la manual kamera tu betul. (RTBFM)

2. Baca dan paham la betul-betul tentang shutter speed, apperture dan ISO. Tiga-tiga ni saling berkaitan

3. Baca dan study pasal 'Rule of Third"

4. Gunakan focusing point. Jangan asyik pakai auto sebab nanti dapat la gambar auto. Benda kat depan lagi sharp dari subject

Nanti aku akan bagi nota pasal semua benda-benda ni supaya dapat ambik gambar dengan lebih baik lagi

Raya Sakan

Enal sebagai tuan rumah melayan kami

tuan rumah yang prihatin. Takde payung? Enal dan anak dia akan datang dengan bantuan

semuanya tergelak besar. masing2 macam budak2 kat Kajang High School

Buah Dokong menu utama kami kat rumah Enal

Masjid kat Bukit Puchong. Hari hujan masa kami bergerak dari rumah Enal

Rumah orang kaya di D'Kayangan. ada jgak kawan aku yang mampu beli rumah disini

tempt special untuk kami di tepi kolam ikan Koi

perut da kenyang...

Pojie dengan family dekat rumah Tina

Rumah Tina yang comel macam Tina jugak

anak dara Pojie

Mabul Island

Mabul Island from aerial view.

Mabul Island which is located about 15 minutes by speedboat from the famous Sipadan Island, Mabul has gained its own recognition as one of the best muck-diving (a term ysed to describe limited visibility dives at shallow sites with usually sandy bottoms) sites in the world.

Mabul is small oval sharped island fringed by sandy beaches and perched on the northwest corner of a larger 200-hectare reef. The reef is on the edge of the continental shelf and the seabed surrounding the reef slopes out to 25-30m deep.

Mabul is renowned for its amazing array of macrolife, making it an underwater photographer's dream location to capture some of the rarest ecological species on film. Flamboyant cuttlefish, blue-ringed octopus, spike-fin gobies, frogfish and moray eels are just some of the spectacular critters you will encounter beneath the waters of Mabul.

ni Sealantis Dive Centre. you can dive under the platform which the depth is average 15m. bole la kalau nak tengok Lion fish, Bat fish, small Baracudda and school of small fishes

Boy following mother with basket


Banjau Laut sleep in the boats at night but I noticed some of them will go to the beach in the morning. Seronok kot tido dalam bot, rasa macam kena buai

They do their normal cores in the boats such as cooking

Barber service also provided on the boat

Banjau Laut going out to the sea to catch fish early in the morning

Liz Barton and Fazlee with the local. Most of them living in the houses on the land that has been designated to them. Kira macam duduk dalam kandang sebelah hotel-hotel mewah. Most of them have converted to Islam. Alhamdulillah

This bird I saw at Uncle Chang which I cannot identify it's species.

Fishermen trying to sell some of their daily catch. In Mabul, you can buy Yellow Fin Tuna for RM5 for 1kg, at Samporna the will be double but when it's reach Kl......

Doing his early morning business

Kids playing some games. They don't even have any PSP, X-Box or internet but I can feel that they have a seehappy life.

Swing from the coconut tree

into the sea...

Ustaz Noor Bit with kids. He's from Bukit Merah, Perak and has been transfered to Sampoerna to teach for more than 3 years

After I took this photo, they asked me for some cash. I only gave them some chocolates or sweets that I bought from Sampoerna. Don't want to encourage them to a begger.

They boy on the left has color hair

Some kids playing at the beach. You can see the expensive hotel as the back

Very interesting kids. They just had their afternoon sand bath.

Uncle Chang Sipadan Mabul Dive Lodge. I'm recommend this place if your are looking for a cheap/budget place to stay at Mabul. For RM50 (diver), you will get a decent and clean room with 3 good meals. The meals will be repeatition but still it is good meal. Hot/cold water and bread is available 24 hour in case you still hungry.

The guests resting while waiting for the boat to bring them back to the main land(Sampoerna)

This is a normal routine for the guests to do whenever other guests leaving the lodge. They know each other since it's a small lodge. The guests will hangout and chatting among them when they have nothing else to do. Other than scuba diving, snorkeling, swimming, walk around the island (it will take you around 20 minutes to walk around the island), enjoying the sea breeze and scenery, there nothing much you can do . The place and the guests will make you feel comfortable with each other.

View of the modern Banjau Laut houses from Uncle Chang

Tan 'Taiko' is my dive buddy for our Open Water coursefrom the left: Sundrik my instructor, Noor Bit, Tan and me. I did my Open Water course at Mabul and I did 3 dives at Sipadan Island after i got my license. Sipadan basically is a wall dive where the corals located on the walls beside you. The drop off is around 60-80m deep. It's really a underwater heaven and voted one of the best dive site in the world.

Every nite there will be a live band performance by Uncle Chang's staffs. Can't expect much but it was really entertaining.

Some of the dives enjoying themselves. Uncle Chang himself will come to Mabul with few crates of beer and he will entertained the guests with free beer. Too bad there no free Coke or 100 plus

My simple room at Uncle Chang. They will supply the electric from 6 or 7pm until 7am. Can't expect much when you only pay RM50 for a room and 3 meals a day.

Lion fish under Uncle Chang Lodge. Took this shot in day time during low tide.

Sea urchin also can be found under the lodge

It's really sad after you spend 6 wonderful days at Mabul and finally you have to leave. We spend one night at Sampoerna and another night at Tawau before we fly off to KL.

One day I know I will come back again to dive all the 12 dive sites at Sipadan Island.