Orchard walk from air itam to balik pulau

0630 in the morning, we went to a famous curry mee stall at the road side of Air Itam for breakfast. It was my first time seeing the seller squatting down in the floor to heat up the soup with charcoal fire. The taste of the curry was nice and the spicy level is like 7/10. 

0745 we started the hike up to the Air Itam dam through tar road. The road was pretty steep but it was not too far before we reached the dam. 

We have seen quite a lot of interesting plants and fruits along the way to balik pulau through the orchard.

We saw dead body of a gibbon on the floor beside the tar road along the way. Hope it rests in peace.

This was an interesting letter box at the front of a house at Batu Itam. 

We were told by the local that this stair case shown in picture below was mounted on the big tree so that people can climb up to the tip of the tree to get honey from the hives.

1100 we reached the town of balik pulau and take our lunch at the wet market food stall beside the bus station. It was famous with its nutmeg juice and the pasembur which taste pretty good. We took the bus back to kek lok si at the cost of RM 2.70.

This was a great and educational workout over the first day of long weekend!

Gurney 8 - Sunrise

These photos were taken along the beach stretched along the corner of gurney drive closed to Gurney hotel. It was a pretty big sandy beach for family to bring along their children or pets as play ground in the morning. It was my first time visiting that place so I walked a long way down the beach. I saw a few old houses and interesting big and old trees located just next to the beach. Then I found this sort of divider that literally separating the beach into different compartments and forming a "V" when it intersects with the edge of the beach. So I just climb up the divider and start to set up for the shooting. I know the rocks looks messy but I did not intend to clone them out because it shows some degree of representation on the quality or cleanliness of beach in Penang Island.

On the divider

On the rocks

Old and new architectures crossed over

Old tree

Penang Run 2013

I have never thought that I will have another long distance run of 17km with incline trail just about 2 months after the Penang bridge run last year. With the encouragement from fella running friends, this is my first time participating in the Penang run 2013 which will be held on 27 Jan 2013. I did not get much information about this run before I signed up for the run. Last week just got to know that this event coincides with the big celebration of indian festival. I can feel that it is inconsiderate to hold such an big event on festive day. I hope the organizer learnt a lesson and do not repeat the same thing again next year so that every citizen has a chance to participate in the event.


First time couldn't complete a marathon. I stopped at 8.28km due to sprain at the knee that totally stopped me from running. I wished I could continue the run but I can't. So I stopped and waved for transportation back to usm. I need to consult doctor and really need more rest.

Sungai Batu - Sunset Shooting

Every time I thought of taking seascape photo for sunset in Penang, I will think about Sungai Batu. This place is located slightly outskirt to the south of Penang island. I have been to this place a couple of times but most of the time I am just stopping at the pier and wondering how to get deeper into the rocky beach. This time I keep the constancy of purpose and explore deep into the urban area and finally I found the rocky beach by myself. It was kind of insecure to go by yourself because it is a "Kampung" and it is quite dark after the sun set. So, make sure you bring torch light and insect repellent and go to this place in a group of people. All in all, this is a nice spot for sunset shooting that landscape photographer must go! 

http://500px.com/photo/23641441 (Taken 1/20/2013)

90 seconds after dark - (Taken 1/20/2013)

http://500px.com/photo/7306374 (Older photo taken in year 2012)

http://500px.com/photo/8009215 (Older photo taken in year 2012)

Wedding Slideshow - Soon Siang & Yue Ping - St Anne's Hall

Wedding Dinner
at St Anne's Hall
Dec 23, 2012

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