Walkaround, shopping in KL

Sunset near Korea. ↑

We’re (Xinwen, Sharen and I) flying back to KL from Korea, on the night of 27th Oct 09.

I met ahboy (alex) in KL. He’s the roommate of xinwen.

and this is Xinwen.. the next morning, we had..

breakfast, (photo by ahboy / Alex). We saw..

hmmmm..

and saw..

Wan Yean, Pei Ni and Wan Zhen. Didn’t know that they are studying there. We had lunch together..

Next, ahboy and I went for..

…shopping..

and saw this. Similar product of ‘my little museum’ seen locally. There is more pattern in KL.

We visited toy shops..

and tried on their mask. ↑

Saw larger version of TOFU SERIES from Gift Square.

It’s halloween season~ Center of the mall is decorated with Pumpkin Plastic Halloween lantern.

We saw this digital videocam capable of getting up-close video.. as close as our eyes. Recognise him? he’s xinwen.. ↑

Ah Boy’s eyes. ↑

KC’s eyes. . ↑

and mine. (walao, juling ah, like monster, one eye big one eye small) ↑

We had kebab.. and 10 minutes later..

We had ‘you tiao’ + porridge. it’s one of the best!

Re-introduce, this is ahboy, alex phoon..  ↑ and behind him is..

hmm..

We visited book store in Curve,

Left : Guys’ interest, Right : Girl’s interest. ↑

Another book store from the Curve..

reading seems acceptable here.. or did they ‘rent’ ?

Visited a store selling these as pets..

Spider..

“Stop taking pic of me with your big big camera” -

Little turtle. It is trying to get some oxygen by raising its head above the water level. don’t you think it’s cute? =p

Did the turtle stretches its nose? why so big one?

We went to IKEA showroom. Im speechless.. it’s very pretty and stylish.. for every design and concept..

who wouldn’t fall for these..

and these. .

and these. . and me, kidding

and these..

these!

Trying to get the feel of living in it.. there’s a lot more design, visit my Flickr for more “KL Shopping Photo”.

So comfy.. ↑

Had Ayam Penyet before we headed to ..

.. airport. Long traffics. One of the thing that I missed in Brunei is the chance to drive around in your own vehicle, with less traffic + big roads. KL City is too busy. However, Brunei is too relaxed. lol

Last photo for this post. View from xinwen’s apartment. handheld. Aint a spectacular photo, but I love the feel of it. I don’t know why too.

 

Thanks for visiting, hope you guys like it. The end of my trip. I hope that I can visit KL again soon. and Korea, muahahah..

4th KPMC Day 4 in Korea

We had day trip on the 4th day of KPMC. We took a short walk from Core Riveria (our hotel) and reached a place where anyone can play with Professional Dan players.

This is a game where PRO Dan players (R), plays with multiple go players at the same time.

Just outside the hall, there are mini games like the one above. ↑

It’s like a see-saw where two people jumps on the side of the plank, with right timing for smooth continuous jumps.

Kids trying on it. Hey, it’s wrong to step on the middle on the plank. ↑

Another mini game where players throw the ring (he’s holding it), into a pole around 2 meters away.

This is the place where we had our lunch during the day trip. ↑

Normal small appetizers / dishes are served, as well as kimchi. But the main food is …

Bibimbap, vegetables and meat are mixed with rice with a raw egg placed on top. Before we eat, we should stir thoroughly, which looks like..

Bibimbap, tasted very good indeed. I missed it. much better than kimchi. lol

Sharen and Elias.

The kid on the right looks cool with his long hair.

Sightseeing.

Children were dressed traditionally and played tug of war. I’m not sure it’s because they know we are coming, or it’s their everyday routine.

She’s cute, and very enthusiastic in winning. Happy girl. ↑

After their game, all of us played the game too with other players. We lost the game. ↑

Korean kid. ↑

Sun, an interpreter. testing Mr. Kim’s Sigma 18-50 f2.8 macro

This is Mr. Kim from OROMEDIA, the Sigma belonged to him.

Hmm, Xinwen have yet to tell me the story about this statue. ↑

Testing the Sigma 18-50mm’s macro on Handy’s eye. Nice

Addicted and tried the lens’ macro on plants. Click here for more shots of flower and plants

Macro on the insect and plant. ↑

It’s a nice lens. I was very very close.

 

Saw this spider nearby, I don’t dare to get up close with the sigma, got this with the Canon 55-250mm lens.

He’s said to be the king who took all chinese characters and converted into korean character, hence the korea language. ↑

2 female dressed traditionally waiting for their commercial shot at nearby. They were waiting for passerby to help them get a shot. I approached them and used my camera to snap it as well. Who do you prefer? Korean, Asian and Caucasian.

The last picture for this post. - “How may i help you”? -

for more photos of the event on Day 4 of KPMC, click here

4th KPMC Day 3 in Korea

Baduk Instructor’s Workshop 2009 is held on the third day of the KPMC event.

Representatives and baduk instructors from various countries ↑

Instructor’s workshop this year focus on the behavior of a beginner go player  in detecting threat and ‘atari’. A new method in determining the level of go players have been introduced.

Certificate of Completion.

Group Photo

Sun and Sharen.

Xinwen from Brunei

Brunei Flag.

Someone’s good luck charm.

Salmons!

Hyori anticipating on the player’s next move as “Game Recorder”.

Contentrating..

Place we had our dinner. ↑ ↓

After dinner, we had a walk to the busier area near jeonju, with cars and streetlights….

.. and peoples.

CD Shop in Korea. I guess SS501 and SHINEE is very famous. CDs are cheaper here.
I got 2NE1 for around BND$13 only. Bought Big Bang for my sis.

That’s all for now~

More photos of Day 3 is available at my Flickr

4th KMPC Day 2 in Korea

Checking on the pass events of KPMC. We saw many familiar faces like peng hui, lydia, queenie and hazim, and of course Xinwen

Handy from Indonesia.

Group photo of the VIP with Lee Chang Ho, Pro Dan Player. (3rd from the left)

Representatives from around the world with Lee Chang Ho.

A friendly guy I met from the event. We exchanged lens and shoot around.

This photo is taken by the lens the guy used above. There’s no AF, just manual focus, with f1.4.

It’s rare to see nice cars in Jeonju, so I snapped this. 80% of the population uses their local cars. I guess Hyundai is a more popular brand there.

They just got married, lucky to get this shot as the car is moving. I wonder if everyone does the same thing, as in sitting at the hood of their car.

Candid shot of a crying child.

Korean girls

Cute dog =P

Representatives from Malaysia, Hock Doong and Billy. (L to R)

Candid of someone about to propose (i think). Looks like he’s bored from the waiting. =p

Hmm..

There was this costume competition on the street. For more photos about different costumes, please visit my Flickr

Death Note?

Hmmm~ ↑

Korean sales assistant of a book store.

Jia Cheng (Singapore), Handy (Indonesia), SooYoong (Korea), Xinwen (Brunei) and Me. (L to R)

Street stall selling accessories.

Xinwen, representative player of Brunei. Click on the
picture for a larger view. This is taken using Canon 24-70mm f2.8L.

Photo of me, from the Canon 24-70mm f2.8L too.

 

More photos are available at my Flickr, for more detailed post on GO (Baduk), visit Xinwen’s blog.

The entire album of photos will be available in my Facebook – photos.

4th KPMC Day 1 in Korea

I am now blogging at CORE RIVIERA hotel in Jeonju, Korea. I’m here with Xinwen and Sharen Tay. This is my second visit here as a “Baduk Instructor” *cough , representative from Brunei.

Ive uploaded my pictures from day 1 to facebook, and to flickr.

 

View from the window, Sunset near to Korea

Saw this photo from the Muhibah, RBA’s inflight magazine. It’s a photo which I took during my trip to Ulu Temburong National Park.
hm, where’s the copyright? lol

I love the big advertisement there. Nice colours.

A snap of the hotdog which i bought from the short ’stop over’ before reaching our destination.

View from the CORE RIVERIA hotel, JeonJu.

Traditional styled roof. This is the citizen’s resident. nice right.

Street shot of a senior citizen on bicycle. He’s curious about the big group of foreigners (go players) from my direction, hence the eye contact.

Sunset from the hotel’s room.

Xinwen, Sharen and my signature on the guest book.

Traditional instrument player. At the opening ceremony.

Second traditional performance.

Modern dance performance.

 

I’m currently at KL, was too busy to upload and blog about the trip when Im in Korea. More to come. =]

 

Peggie & Elaine

Peggie, a make up artist from IA Salon, Mall Gadong.

Make up artist unleashing her skills on Elaine, a model for IA Salon.

She look Korea-ish. Hyori maybe?

More photos can be found on my facebook, enjoy viewing! =]

dog’s life

Dog A : Hi! I want some food.. got any?

Dog A : got food got food ?

Dog A : hmm? no food? =(

Dog A : *sad* don’t wanna layan you anymore..  ↑

Dog A : sigh.. im hungry laaaaaa… o_O

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Dog B: (to Dog A) Heys, why you look so sad?

Dog B : Harrr? you don’t have food? HAHAHAHAHA

Dog B : I’ve eaten all already. HAHAHAHAHA!!

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Jayden : for the whole set, find it at HERE @ My flickr

Full Moon

Full Moon, originally uploaded by jayden.sia.

My first full moon shot. Lucky there’s no disturbance from the haze in Brunei.