Monochrome Monday - Eye on Malaysia & Bright Moon

Year-end school holiday has started. We brought our nieces and nephews for a treat ~ a ride on the Eye on Malaysia. Coincidentally, we had a bright moon on Friday evening when this photo was taken.

Isn't it beautiful to have the Eye on Malaysia together with the moon in one frame?

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Morning Om at the Park

A beautiful surrounding combined with a surreal chant of Om by the meditators across the pond is truly a calming sight on a Sunday morning. This is a scene that I captured at Melaka's Tun Fatimah Stadium last Sunday.

Wishing all of you a calm and restful Sunday.

Saturday's Line Dancing

Come to Jonker Walk in Melaka on a Saturday evening and you may see a group of line dancers gathering near the stage of this pedestrian night market dancing the night away.

A paddy field in Alai, Melaka, with ripening paddy.
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Hari Raya Haji's Promotion

Caught this little Roti Canai stall offering a Hari Raya Haji promotion where a roti canai & a glass of tea only cost RM1. So if you are in Melaka, do pop by this stall located at Lorong Panjang, near to the Tan Kim Hock Hotel.

As tomorrow will be Hari Raya Haji, I would like to wish you all fellow Muslims visitors Selamat Hari Raya Haji.

ABC Wednesday - 'S' is for Sharing

This week's ABC Wednesday carries the theme 'S' and my posting shall be entitled 'Sharing'. Today's photo was taken 5 years ago, featuring my niece and nephew sharing a cup of fresh orange & carrot juice at the Jonker Walk night market. This is what I would call sister-brother love!

Happy ABC Wednesday to all. Do pop by at the portal to find out what others are posting for the theme 'S'.

My World Tues - Morning Walk in the Park

The school holiday has just started. I went back to my hometown, Melaka, to spend time with my little nieces & nephews. On Sunday morning, we woke up early morning to go for a walk at the Tun Fatimah Stadium. Here's a photo of my 2 young nieces leading the walk in a crowded park.

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Monochrome Monday - Flights of Stairs

These flight of stairs really drew my attention when I saw it in KL International Airport. I knew it would be right for Monochrome Monday's posting. With all the lines, it would make an interesting subject. Hope you think alike too!

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Christmas Decoration - Mahkota Parade

Christmas decorations are already up in Mahkota Parade mall in Melaka. It's nice to see each mall offers different kind of creativity when festive season arrives. I am looking forward to KL's MidValley Megamall as every year it delivers awesome surprises to shoppers, in terms of its mall decoration. I wonder what is the theme for its Christmas decor this time around!

Rain at Jalan Kemajuan

A rainy afternoon captured at Jalan Kemajuan's junction.

(Please note that I have erased the car plate numbers.)

Skywatch Friday - Raining Season

Almost everyday we have gloomy sky and rainy afternoon. This photo was taken less than half an hour ago at Kesas Highway, before the ramp heading to UEP Subang Jaya. See those dark, stormy clouds hovering over the cranes.

I hope the rain will stop soon. We will be driving back to Melaka this evening. My friends are going for our cell group meeting. Safe driving everyone and go slow, yah! Safety is more important than speed!

Happy weekend everyone. This is the first time I am leaving my house empty for the weekend after it was broken in by robbers in early Nov. I pray hard that my house would be safe when I am away. Security has become worst in the Subang township. Crimes such as break-ins and snatch bags take place almost every other day. Sigh!!! I hope the police forces can buck up and do a better job at improving the security of our township!

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Bags for Sale

All kinds of imitation bags can be found at Petaling Street. It's a shopping paradise for tourists.

ABC Wednesday - 'R' is for River Cruise

It's ABC Wednesday again and for today's 'R' theme, the posting will be River Cruise. This is the night scene of Melaka River near the Stadhuys roundabout if one takes the cruise along Melaka River. The cruise takes about 45 minutes. Tourism Melaka has taken the effort to beautify the riverside with beautiful, colourful lights to make the cruise a beautiful one for guests.

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That's My World Tues - Night Hawkers at Jonker Walk

Jonker Walk is a night market located in the old part of Melaka town and held only on weekend. My family lives on the street where the night market is held. It is always fun to go home and join the tourists who visit Melaka and savour the local Melaka delicacies at this night market.

That's My World Tuesday posting features stories and photos about lives across the globe. Hope over to be a virtual traveller around the world!

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A video of Melaka's Night Life, courtesy of Malaysia Truly Asia TV website.

Monochrome Monday - Happy Bride

A photo of my friend, Lulu, on her wedding day. This was taken last year and recently we receive the good news from her hubby, Keong, that she is pregnant. Congratulations to you Lulu and may you have a safe pregnancy. Looking forward to seeing you and Keong being first time parents!!

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Playing Pool

On Friday night, my university juniors treated me to my first game of pool. Ha ha..it was really fun.....even when at times no snooker ball was hit by my cue...ha ha! There's always a first time to everything. I am glad that I had the chance to play pool.

To my fellow juniors, thanks a lot for a fabulous evening and introducing me to this game! Happy holiday to all of you and do have quality time with your family back home during this semester break. Going to miss all of you!

Lee Rubber Building

Lee Rubber is a well-known rubber plantation company in Malaysia. This is an old building owned by it located in Petaling Street, also known as Chinatown. This building used to house Public Bank but now it is occupied by Popular Bookstore.

Sunrise Over MPSJ Stadiium

Sun rised from the horizon as participants of the Diabetes Walk doing their warm up at the MPSJ Council Stadium.

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Street Photography: Petaling Street

Locals & tourists on the street of Chinatown or Petaling Street.

ABC Wednesday - 'Q' is for Quietude

This week's ABC Wednesday theme is 'Q' and I find it rather difficult. The last posting that I did for 'Q' was Queen of My Heart ~ My Mom. This time around I had to search through my Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary to find what can I post for this letter. I ended up with the word quietude. Frankly, I didn't know what it means.

The Oxford dictionary defined it as a noun that carries the meaning of stillness or calm. The online thesaurus associates this word with serenity, silence and tranquility.

I found a photo taken during my backpacking trip to the Silk Road 2 years ago that shows a very tranquil scene of a yurt with a lady doing her washing in front of it. In the background was the Karakule Lake of Xinjiang, China. I find calmness and peace in this scene. How about you?


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My World Tuesday - Grocery Shop in Petaling Street

It is very common to find Chinese grocery shop like the above in Malaysia. This photo was taken early this year, when it was nearing Chinese New Year celebration. So the shop is stock up with many goodies that is used for preparation of Chinese New Year celebration, for instance, Chinese mushroom, sausage, dried scallop, red dates and melon seeds.


What are the ingredients that stores in your city usually stock up in preparation for festive holiday?

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Young Soccer Stars

These young soccer players are training hard on early Sunday morning to be the future soccer star! This is a soccer training clinic for young children held at Subang Jaya Council Stadium. Look how dedicated they are!! I am also impressed by their supportive parents who were standing at the side of the field watching over them.


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Global Diabetes Walk

What a great way to spend a Sunday morning by waking up as early as 6am to get ready for a healthy walk at the Subang Jaya Council (MPSJ) Stadium. My friends and I have signed up for the Global Diabetes Walk organized by Sime Darby Health Centre, formerly known as Subang Jaya Medical Centre.

It is a walk to promote awareness of healthy living through exercise in order to prevent diabetes. We were all encouraged to do at least 30 minutes of exercise daily. In one of the speeches by the organizers, it is said that Asia is contributing 50% to the number of global diabetic patients. That is a really high figure!!

My late paternal grandmother was a diabetic patient and I know how it felt to take insulin jab daily and having one's leg being amputated. It's better to take preventive measure as early as possible!

Hawker Delights

Chicken Rice & Wantan Mee (Noodle) are two very popular hawker delights easily found in every nook and corner of Malaysia. Try them if you are here.

Sky Watch Fri - Grey Sky Over Twin Towers

Sky Watch Friday is back!! For today's posting, here's the Petronas Twin Towers, a popular landmark in Kuala Lumpur with the grey sky looming over it. It started to drizzle not long after this shot was taken.

It is raining season here in Klang Valley. We have grey, sad sky everyday. But don't let the sky dampen your spirit! The rain that comes with this gloomy sky makes the plants in my garden lush and green! That's good news to me!!! So I hope you will have a good weekend too!!

Klang Bus Station

This is the hub for buses that travels to Petaling Jaya and Klang. For those who commutes to those two destinations, they would be very familiar with this place called Klang Bus Station.

ABC Wednesday - 'P' is for Passing By

ABC Wednesday returns today with the theme 'P'. My posting for today's theme is 'Passing By' featuring a guy passing by this building in KL that has bright yellow door and roller windows.

My World Tuesday - White Orchid

A beautiful white orchid bloomed in my garden recently.

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Monochrome Monday - Adenium Blooms

Beautiful Adenium blooms from my garden for all of you on Monochrome Monday.

Theme Day: Nov 09 - 'Doorway'

Today is theme day and the theme is 'Doorway'. Here's the doorway of a shop selling rattan furnitures and other rattan-produced items. This shop is located at the 2nd Cross Street in Melaka.

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My house was broken in by robbers this afternoon. We were back in Melaka when it happened. Got a real shock that this happened to us! The house is a mess as the robbers ransack all the rooms. But I insist on posting for today's theme day before I go on to clear the mess. Happy Theme Day all. Hope you have a better day than me!