Kerang Kuala Kurau

It was a Saturday. After attending a wedding 30 minutes away from Teluk Intan, I headed to Taiping for a days rest and decided to continue my journey early morning the next day. The clock struck 12 and I was clueless to where I'd be heading tomorrow. Will it be Kuala Gula? We'll see...

I left at 6am and headed the highway. Took the north Taiping exit and found the route towards Kuala Gula and Tanjung Piandang.

It was still pitch dark and I had no idea what the town had to offer. I lingered through the small town and found myself in it's sunday market (pasar tani) and had myself a yummy 'personal order' of Apam Balik Jagung Lebih at only 60sen each (harga biasa 50sen, jagung melimpah kasi 60sen je...murah gile!).

After happily fueled (though eyes still half opened), wandered off and found this spot where fishermen or should i call  them 'kerang-men' were starting their daily operations.

Have a look at What Eyva Saw

 

'Kerang-man' chucking out those empty shells

Kerang buckets

'Kerang-man'

Ruins near the shore. I was told by the 'kerang-men' that 

they too were affected by the previous Tsunami hit.

Next time you pass by Kuala Kurau, be sure to stop by and get some fresh kerang.

Yummy for Char Koay Tiaw!

Chinese New Year Open House @ Balik Pulau

GONG XI FA CHAI!

It's the year of the rabbit and I'm all hippety-hop to find an open house event open for public. So I though it'll be held in KL but only did I know that just like Merdeka, a federal event, they rotate states and this year's federal open house was held in Miri. 


Sad that I couldn't fly across the south china sea, I was determined to find a state level open house and so my wish came true. I googled and came across this guy's blog and he said that this year's open house for Penang will be in Balik Pulau, my favorite place for laksa. Yumm! The event started from 6pm onwards.

Could this be chinese chess?

This is Chin-gu.

I'm impressed how these guys can balance a 30 feet pole on their chin, forehead and back.Bravo fellas!

Flashes were prohibited during the lion dance performance. They claimed 

'takut silau'. So everyone turned off their flash but the lion did trip a few times. 

No bones broken though. Otherwise we''d all be having lion chop.

Y.A.B Tuan Lim Guan Eng meeting his Penang-ites.

Best part is that I was actually in the middle of this circle made by his bodyguards and RELA.

Other photographers were outside of this circle. JUST MY LUCK!

On going performance during the night.

This is the Yang Di-Pertua Pulau Pinang

TYT Tun Dato' Seri Utama Dr. Haji Abdul Rahman bin Haji Abbas

By the time I had finish snapping and went to look for the free food,

the stalls were already closed and without wanting to leave Penang with an empty stomach,

I headed for Gurney Drive.

Before I crossed over the street, I found people releasing

lanterns and their wishes for the New Year.

Have a great Rabbit Year everyone!

Le Tour de Langkawi

Le Tour de Langkawi is one of Malaysia's highlighted events beside the F1 and monsoon cup. I've never been foe a shoot of this prestigious event but this year, I'll give it a go. As I arrived, caught a familiar face among the press photographers: Mr. Shamshahrin. Idon't know im personally, but he had been to my faculty previous semester to give a talk on photojournalism.

Do enjoy the rest of the event's pictures...

Dato' Shaberi Chik hands out a plaque to the yellow jersey winner

Dato' Shaberi Chik receives a gift

The overal winners of LTDL 2011