Happy holidays...

Wish you were here....

As usual, my wife seems to have a knack for these sort of thing. This time the gift came in the form a signpost that got in her way as she was parking the car at the local hypermarket - wide open parking spaces ?

Selamat Hari Raya

End of season

Now, we wait for the next round...

Flying men

Ooooo my back....

Hot air balloon

Skimming the skies by hot air. A lot of fun which could either be therapeutic or scary but quite some work is involved before we can get to the fun part.

Arrival on site. Wide open spaces is essential.

Testing your propulsion system, err just like turning on your kitchen stove to make sure its alight and there's fire to heat the air that will carry you up.

Lay out the huge balloon and blow air into it using a fan - or you could try huffing and puffing into it...

Once the balloon took shape, put the vent cover in place.

Make sure the vent cover is securely in place.

Check and double check and start the flame to heat up the air. Lighter hot air will rise...

See, its rising and starts to climb vertically up. All aboard, well two or maybe three thin persons.

And we are up...

... and away.

Tea ?

Today is a particularly hot day here. Staying indoors under the air-cond duct somewhat soothes the blistering heat. Saw these photos and I suddenly have a craving for some meeting food. The sort of unwritten tradition/practice in Malaysian meetings (especially government agencies) where they serve tea accompanied by two type of snacks. One sweet and one savoury. You may get lucky and have three but the more extravagant ones come with a buffet.

Snakes - Sungai Congkak

Rush, rush, rush before the place is invaded by humans...

Phew, made it. (See its tail ? )

A second one appears. A bit smaller but a bit faster than the bigger one. This is taken at Sungai Congkak early this morning. The rest of the crowd did not notice, as the snake got closer to a lady sitting on a rock, I calmly told her to lift her feet out of the water. She asked why ? I said, seems like a school of fish wants to pass through...

Most likely these critters follow the same habit its landed counterpart has as mentioned in my other post. So to those getting into the streams in the early hours, be aware of your surroundings. They will not attack unless if you step on them or block their ways etc. I think...

Maal Hijrah 1430

Dusk, my favourite time of day. Also the marker for a new beginning. May the new day be better for all of us. Inshaallah....

Lunch - the Fly

I wonder, if the spider could write a blog, how would it review today's lunch ?

SK Kampung Tunku - soccer

Boys having fun on the wet muddy field. Mummy is not going to be pleased...

Qdees 2008 Concert

Snapshots from the recent Qdees SS3 2008 concert.

Photos by Akmal.