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Elephant Rock of Penang 26 Aug 2013 | 08:36 pm

The mystical Elephant Rock or 'Batu Gajah' as the locals fondly call it is located at the foot of Bukit Dumbar, so famous of this rock that the road running beside is named after it but development is...

Chini Lake-it's now or never 18 Aug 2013 | 09:38 pm

Tasik Chini,our country's only Unesco Biosphere Reserve is in a verge of having it's ecosystem collapsing due to logging,plantation activities,excessive iron ore mining and even the effects of a natio...

22125 Telok Chempedak 11 Aug 2013 | 10:05 pm

This beautiful train locomotive,Telok Chempedak 22125, made by the English Electric Co in 1971 of KTMB Class 22 was named after a famous beach  in Kuantan. It's now on permanent display at The First G...

Labuan to Keningau trip 5 Aug 2013 | 01:11 pm

A successful short trip from Labuan to Keningau in search of a long lost relative. Labuan Express Jetty. View on arrival at Kampung Air Menumbuk. A make shift low cost bus counter. The ride acr...

Sambal Petai(Stink Beans in chili gravy) 29 Jul 2013 | 04:56 pm

Stinky beans in chili gravy or sambal petai is one of my family favourite food especially when cooked with fresh dried shrimp and belacan. Here is how my mum cook our Pekan Chinese styled sambal belac...

An evening at Layang Layangan beach 20 Jul 2013 | 07:58 pm

Sunset time at Layang-layangan beach of Labuan. Posing in the sunset. The tiny Layang-Layangan Island Fishing boat returning at dusk. View Layang-layangan beach in a larger map

Kinabalu sunrise from Labuan 12 Jul 2013 | 03:42 am

A sunrise view of the majestic 4,095m high Mount Kinabalu from the fisherman's jetty of Tanjung Aru in Labuan some 160 km away. A cloudy sunrise. Dawn at Tanjung Aru jetty. View Tanjung Aru Jett...

Phousi Hill of Luang Prabang 4 Jul 2013 | 06:34 pm

A 100m high temple top hill right in the middle of the historic city of Luang Prabang, Phousi Hill is is worth the climb for its beautiful panoramic view especially during sunrise and sunset. Panoram...

Klang - revisiting the hazy days of 2005 27 Jun 2013 | 09:25 pm

Klang folks paid a revisit to the hazy day of 10 August 2005 with an API almost touching the 500 level on the 25th of June. It seems that we humans are very forgetful and always take things for grante...

Tanjung Tokong Search Light Battery 23 Jun 2013 | 04:36 am

The Search Light Battery of Tanjung Tokong build by the British to defend Penang during the World War 2 might look real obsolete today but that's the best option available at the time when radar is y....

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