Keluarga di sana sini...

Weekend kali ni sibuk dengan hal keluarga...

Dekat kul 10.00 pagi kami bertolak ke Alor Gajah memenuhi jemputan keluarga di sana.

Makcik aku kawin. Panggil makcik pun ikut pangkat jer, jauh lagi muda dari aku sebenarnye...

Ni mak dia, Nek Ngah aku. Cukup liat nak amik gambo dia! Dah tu macam ada deria keenam lak- time orang elok-elok nak amik gambo jer terus dia kalih... :P

Meriah gak majlis, siap ada YB datang sume...

Lepas tu terus ke Port Dickson lak for a different sort of 'family' gathering. Ape lagi, Hari Keluarga Jabatan aku ler...

Acara dimulakan dengan poco-poco yang selayaknye aku panggil tarian cacamarba aje... Keras kejung sungguh bebudak jabatan aku ni ropanyer!

Ada gak event untuk budak kecik- antaranye tiup belon paling beso dan lumba lari dalam air.

Lepas tu baru lak game untuk mak pak budak! Dimulakan dengan Terompah Gergasi!

Charlie Chaplin- ish, hazab tul berlumba camni tau! Kena pakai sarong, topi, pegang payung... Dah tu kena kepit bola celah kangkang lagi!

Phua Chu Kang pun ade! Ko pakai ler but tu, gi masuk swimming pool kumpul air dalam but pas tu tuang air kat but tu dalam besen. Paras air dalam besen paling tinggi menang...

Lepas tu lumba naik pelampung gajah lak! Macam-macam tul akal manusia ni kalau nak pedajal orang kan?

Ada lagi 2-3 event yang aku tak dapat shoot... sebab aku pun kena pedajal gak!!! :P

Malamnye, dinner! Sebagaimana korang nampak alas meja tu, tema malam tu adalah 'Batik & Kontemporari'...

Makan malam (yang agak mengecewakan dari segi kualiti dan kepelbagaian) diselang-seli beberapa acara lagi- ni musical chairs untuk bebudak...

Ada pertandingan karaoke dan lucky draw. Beriya brader ni tarik lagu 'Lamunan Terhenti'- sedap bole tahan...

Orang tua pun tak mo kalah ni, ikut main musical chairs!

Lewat majlis selesai, dekat 11.30 malam camtu. Ada sampai tersengguk menunggukan habis...

Ciannn dia... Dapat tido kat riba mak pun jadi lar...

Esok paginye sarapan! Adeh... tetap kureng ler juadah yang dihidang...

Walaupun cukup syukur dapat makan, namun kurang berbaloi dengan harga yang dibayar. Salah sorang member keja aku yang biasa buat part time sebagai waiter pun perasan gak segala kekurangan dan dok bising komplen tak sudah!

Aku rasa puncanye sebab banyak sangat orang buat event serentak kali ni. Kalau tak silap congak, ada dalam 3-4 lagi event selain kami!

Ni anak Melayu tengah makan sarapan...

Ni lak anak mat salleh mana ntah... :P

Lepas sarapan tu free and easy. Ikut suka ler nak buat pe pun!

Ada yang ronda-ronda keliling resort naik beskal...

...tapi tarikan utama tetap ler kolam renang dia yang luas dan pelbagai tu!

Untuk dewasa ada, untuk budak ada, untuk orang yang adventurous pun siap ada water slide bagai. Cuma tak ler segrand A' Famosa ke, Desa Waterpark ke (kan Abang Apai, kan?)...

Sebelum menutup entry, seperti tahun lepas, aku nak highlight buah hati aku yang sorang ni- Syukri!

Syukri ni anak member keja aku. Langsung takde kaitan dengan aku tapi ni ler antara 'anak buah' faveret aku.

Comelnyer!!! Ish, nanti panjang umo insyaAllah, Raya ler baru dapat jupe dia semula... :'(

Exercising my lens...

After spending half a day stock taking last Saturday, I decided to blow off some steam at the Secret Garden, 1 Utama.

Which means... lagi-lagi gambo takde makne buat tatapan korang!!! Muahaha!

Admission is free but you need to get a pass from the Ground Floor Information Counter at High Street. This ensures that only a maximum of a 100 pax can clog up the place at any one hour.

You can smell the green as well as the subtle fragrances of the blooms upon arrival at the Upper Roof elevator lobby.

Other than relax, this visit allowed me to practice adjusting my shots manually. I really need to learn to make split second adjustments based on surrounding conditions.

Otherwise I'll be too dependent on the cam's auto function and not dare take that next step- buying one of those RM3k plus DSLR cameras.

It's really tough though. This time, I've fixed the lens opening to the smallest available value while concentrating on playing with the exposure time and focus.

In my opinion, a good shot is one where we, as the photographer, are satisfied with the result as is. No editing needed whatsoever.

A viewer's opinion is secondary as there's no way we can satisfy everyone. But if the image you captured manage to evoke some sort of emotion from most of the observers, that's a bonus :)

Another challenge is capturing the unusual in the ordinary.

Take these bunga raya for example. They are common, common, common (what with it being the national flower and all...). So how to shoot it in a way that make us sit up and take notice?

As you can see, I failed here. They look just like any other bunga raya. Well, better luck next time :P

And luck does play a big part in a shot. The light falling on a subject a certain way, a hat being blown away by the wind, a bird landing and cleaning it's feathers by a shallow pool...

All are chance!

So it's up to us, who love taking pictures, to capture that moment that would otherwise pass unnoticed by others...

Have you been good lately?

Apparently, someone thought so...

Therefore several colleagues and I were invited to this grand dinner as a 'thank you' from the administration :)

It was held at the above convention centre.

I've been here before and have liked the feel as well as the look of this ballroom ever since.

The most important event, in my opinion :P

Food was delicious!

The recipients numbered near to 300! To expedite the cert giving ceremony, we were asked to line up in alphabetical order...

That's a wrap! It's great that despite having to start 45 minutes later than scheduled (oh, i'm singin' the VVIP blues...), the committee manage to conclude the ceremony by 11.15 p.m.

I would like to congratulate them for doing such a fine job in organizing this huge event!

Property watch...

It was my turn to work 24-7 this week...

Despite that, I managed to finish by 1.00 p.m. on Sunday...

...to accompany my parents to a discussion about developing this piece of land in Sungai Merab that Pa bought a while ago.

It was just a preliminary meeting, but all the land owners present agreed that the compensation offered is less than what they are due.

We'll wait and see what the developer's counter proposal will be...

Then we went to sign off on another bit of property Pa is interested in. PKNS is constructing a luxury apartment complex in Section 15, Shah Alam.

Picture shows where the apartment building (marked by that extraordinarily large yellow pin!) will be in relation to Masjid Biru.

And circled in red is the apartment that Pa decided to buy.

You probably can guess somewhat that Pa is big believer in property. He was a civil engineer and very knowledgeable about such things.

Pa said that property value will always rise unlike that of a car so we will always be on the winning side.

Damn! I sure hope I'll be able to cope with all this responsibility later...

Kenduri, kenduri, kenduri..!

Another hectic weekend!

3 member 'pakat' buat kenduri hari yang sama. Abang Jenul lak kena balik kampung, suh Nazir dan aku jadi wakil...

Seperti biasa, kalau trip jejauh ni, tak koser aku nak merempit- sanggup belanja lebih naik public transport atau mengharapkan ihsan kenderaan orang...

First stop: Putrajaya

Punye ler lama aku janji nak datang tengok 'anak buah' aku sorang ni. Comel kan anak si Nazir ni? Mukri namanye...

Untuk jenjalan kali ni, aku mengharapkan belas ihsan si Nazir.

AlhamduliLlah, Nazir sekeluarga ni sangat sporting, termasuk ler si Mukri yang baru 3 bulan tu- 'hok' tidak, 'hek' tidak... cuma start menggelisah dan naik merah muka time kepanasan. Dapat air-cond keta jer okey balik, hehe...

Mula-mula gi majlis yang terdekat, area Putrajaya gak.

Khail ni lebih rapat dengan Abang Jenul, kami kawan gitu-gitu jer tapi dah abang amanahkan, kami pun gi ler...

Grand tul kalau polis kawin ek? Siap tabik hormat bagai time sanding. Dengan diiringi alunan bagpipe oleh pancaragam polis, si Khail dan bini potong kek pakai pedang oo...

Lepas tu berkejar ke Beranang lak- kenduri Faiez dan Fin.

Rasa ralat gak sebab lewat sampai, dekat kul 3.00 petang camtu. Tak dapat amik gambo diorang sanding :(

Faiez dengan Fin ni very sweet and photogenic couple so rugi peluang nak tambah portfolio.

Rumah terakhir kat Klang.

Huhu... first time aku gi umah orang kawin lewat camni- orang sume siap-siap nak kemas dah!

Tak sempat jumpa raja sehari, jumpa orang kebanyakan suami isteri sajork..! Sori lar ye, Lan! Janji kami datang gak kan? ;)

Pas tu Nazir hantar aku balik umah. Akhirnye dapat gak dia jejak kaki ke teratak buruk kami. Jamu diorang makan malam skit sebelum diorang bertolak pulang ke Putrajaya.

Sepanjang-panjang tu, Mukri releeekkk jer... suka lar baby macam Mukri ni. Untung Nazir dengan Ana :)

Esoknya teman Pak gi mesyuarat koperasi lak...

Pendaftaran sekarang lembab skit, leceh daripada dulu sebab diorang nak terus key in masuk duit untuk kehadiran :P

Kali ni penuh betul lar... Biasa most datang untuk kehadiran jer. Lepas perasmian cau cincau! Mebbe sebab nak bincang undang-undang koperasi baru agaknye...

Dan kali ni, alhamduliLlah, awal habisnye- kul 1.20 petang dah habis. Biasa tu sampai 2.30 petang!