tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83062532024-03-06T06:46:19.589+08:00my happy ending???the scribe of a multinational company slave who loves the underwater world and hope that he can do more dives in 2009 compared to this yearnajibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-50165822594503703232009-01-07T11:25:00.002+08:002009-01-07T11:31:25.561+08:00Longhorns and RocketsThe Longhorns missed their chance to play in this year's National Championship game Presented by Fedex by losing to Texas Tech on the very final second. It was a real heartbreak as I was hoping that Texas can win it all this year. However, they made up for the snub by winning the Fiesta Bowl against Ohio State though only by 3 points. Well a win is still a win no matter how you look at it. Now let's hope we can get a high enough rank next year and hopefully the defensive unit would be way better next year. <div><br /></div><div>Now about the Houston Rockets, what's up with them. They started strong and was at 1 time the 2nd best team in the West. With all the injuries that they're facing, it was really an impressive feat. However, things have been going downhill since them. They're sinking faster than T Mac can dunk a ball and has been losing to sub .500 teams. They're playing like they've never met before and it's a shame for a team that's starring 3 star players to play like that. </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm losing faith on the Rockets for this season and maybe the next 1 too. Until they get their attitude straight, don't think I'll even be following their game anymore...</div>najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-68649179500531657692009-01-07T11:17:00.002+08:002009-01-07T11:24:19.523+08:00Upgrading Yellow TigerI've been continuously upgrading my Yellow Tiger since I bought it in November. Here's the list of parts that have been upgraded:<div><br /></div><div>1. Stem - Kalloy to used Jamis stem</div><div>2. Seatpost - Kalloy to used Scott seatpost</div><div>3. Shifter - Shimano Revo Shift 6 Speed to SRAM X7 9 Speed</div><div>4. Rear Dearailleur - Shimano TY 18 6 Speed to SRAM X7 9 Speed <br /></div><div>5. Cassette - No brand 6 Speed to Shimano 9 Speed</div><div>6. Chain - No brand to Shimano HG compatible 9 Speed chain</div><div>7. Hubs - No brand hubs to Shimano 9 Speed rear hub and Scott components front hub (both disc compatible)</div><div>8. Rear Rim and Tire - No brand to Mavic X138 V Brake compatible rim with Kenda tire</div><div><br /></div><div>The list ends there for the time being but I can foresee more upgrade coming soon. My wish list would be as follows:</div><div><br /></div><div>1. Front rim and tire - Mavic X138 and Kenda tire</div><div>2. Seat - Selle Royal</div><div>3. Front derailleur - Shimano Deore/LX or SRAM X7</div><div>4. Crankset - Truvativ Stylo</div><div>5. Fork - RockShox Tora</div><div><br /></div><div>When would I be upgrading to these components? Only time would tell (and not to mention how gafiL would react to me spending tons of money of my bike hehehe)...</div>najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-29569428290313341422008-12-02T10:35:00.005+08:002008-12-02T11:28:27.483+08:00My Yellow TigerWOW!, I've been really lazy to update my blog. I would blame that on Facebook and the people who influenced me start Facebook'ing in the 1st place :). <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Anyway, I've restarted an old hobby/interest of mine. Way before I started playing volleyball, basketball, golf, going diving and many more hobbies/interest that I currently have, I was an avid cyclist. When I was 11, I was accepted into my state's cycling program after I finished 3rd in the annual cycling event that was held to identify up and coming talents in bicycle racing. But that did not last long as I went to boarding school 2 years later and had to leave everything behind. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Frankly speaking, up to 21 years old I owned only 1 bicycle. And it was stolen after a week or so :( back when I was 9 years old. Afterwards I shared my brother's bicycles and when I was training I was lucky to be loaned 1. I remembered that it was a Colnago, though I'm quite sure it's a replica. Fast forward to my college years, I bought a bicycle to make it easy for me to go to classes and have a quick stroll around town. Bought it from Walmart and it was damn heavy not to mention pooly built. Following the Lance Amstrong craze as he was from Austin and can be seen around town sometimes, I decided that I wanted a road bike and I actually built 1 (will post the pictures once I can get a hold of them). However, due to the lack of experience, I actually bought a frame that was too big for me and decided to sell if off before returning to Malaysia. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Now, 3 years later, I found out that some of my diving friends are also avid cyclists. Since I won't be diving again anytime soon due to various factors (too many that won't even explain them here) I guess, why not pickup cycling again. Some consulatations and countless hours searching online, 1 fateful Sunday afternoon I came back home with this</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1r-7TctoneChldKQOdd5sQpb4wrYsyDJ1N5UPOe-qJVr_JVIVm9nengqDJii-IIpaoGDSepN9gcsDNNsXFW49TPn_-J94yb2rRjZodD4OE3lkRElX0w4e698k1h_1fuucidnG9Q/s320/PB275944.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275021759327902082" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrVKBeKes6pBMF9gRp4GYCUdIWfKkWppWYRd7Ocn6LE81l9-Tep8g4b9tyVrv9ckPIWpJW3LQi1rP6mjpe1PawMDw6igXT5GtDA_p8_20CDEjs1m0mdI3OgObbst8ZK-rafJGz8Q/s320/PB275938.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275021764396107714" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxDGxUTFJq-0-A-QtK__qRQIUpyhV9srt3mMt5rhqSIWl2rNhnJPH08sgcKzRbhl0i69VKbknSkGU2m0WCVGPKp4qPs-n84sgF1w9EByROikzdv0YCGI5-qYbLiSrAxW9Sqxb_Ag/s320/PB275941.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275021764448184706" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's a T-Blaze and yes it's a Proton so I now drive and ride a Proton. I named it "The Yellow Tiger" as the color scheme that it came with is actually named Yellow Tiger. Question is Why Proton? Well the main reason would be that since they're going out of the bicycle business, they're unloading all their bicycles for cheap. I didn't do myself much of a favor by getting the T-Blaze as it's just a few hundred bucks cheaper than the higher spec T-Bolt but I prefer hard tail bikes. Also since it's cheaper, by any chance should I decide cycling is no longer for me, I would be able to unload it or just keep it and would not lose too much money. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It came with a very low end group set and cheap parts, the frame itself is the only consolation. Right now I'm just planning to do some recreational cycling so the low end groupset and components should do it for now, but if i ever got serious, I think everything need to be changed. Anyway for the time being I'm just replacing some parts to make the bike fit me better since obviously I can't do anything (well except for maybe to lose some weight) to fit the bike. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'll post more pictures of the up an coming upgrades to the bikes and any rides that I would be doing (if i ever do any that is) so stay tuned!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><br /></div>najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-50877516778620047312008-11-14T20:55:00.003+08:002008-11-14T21:09:26.517+08:00Omar<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; ">A CLEANER, who climbed into the enclosure of three Sumatran white tigers on Thursday was set upon and mauled to death. An Australian couple, who did not want to be named, said that they heard a splash and saw the worker making his way across the 10 metre-wide moat at 12.15pm." </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; ">"Waving a broom and pail, he approached the big cats, each weighing over 100 kg.The largest tiger lunged at him and he fell and quickly recoiled in a foetal position while trying to cover her head with the pail. The horrified Australians and other visitors at the enclosure thought it was part of a show until one of the tigers bit Mr Nordin's back and started dragging him to the tigers' den."</span></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">-from <a href="http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_301826.html?vgnmr=1">www.straitstimes.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Pic from our previous Spore trip...</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggf78gNAwnqdoZhftln6wbTI4q0uSMSPpewVAxeq5d3E3OTkQ-b45Mznue7YJ0q7LfNdO1Kak5ZzGz45L9rhQIm6LwxfzZoqhLm1wzdZe47dLPHL09qdI2BJFAyUioU3q3wzQU4w/s1600-h/omar+2.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span><img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggf78gNAwnqdoZhftln6wbTI4q0uSMSPpewVAxeq5d3E3OTkQ-b45Mznue7YJ0q7LfNdO1Kak5ZzGz45L9rhQIm6LwxfzZoqhLm1wzdZe47dLPHL09qdI2BJFAyUioU3q3wzQU4w/s320/omar+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268497080219853682" /></a><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEDsD1bE5o8SQ83Ne40ROl8h9KBRUPKJaXFPqr2nLd9Tx9kXZ5_8qWL_wq94p39of8A-UFiFuV0wNbGHB_7fL3rGDHGC_3Fq-OXhzjVpmBMLLnSRVXh28RA_IyA3GQYWRJmyMlzA/s1600-h/omar+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEDsD1bE5o8SQ83Ne40ROl8h9KBRUPKJaXFPqr2nLd9Tx9kXZ5_8qWL_wq94p39of8A-UFiFuV0wNbGHB_7fL3rGDHGC_3Fq-OXhzjVpmBMLLnSRVXh28RA_IyA3GQYWRJmyMlzA/s320/omar+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268497078240645154" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8LE_wdvYA6Cv4mqmuttS9ESTnyPSXUNNbJX-kobdVtHTInQbmud4-nTLq6Rb0T-1PIJmNLmzsF5qZjinmOsGdo2GAT0BLJtqT3dUryD0p3eGPBeOAZEyDCAO2ZWMPsmJFSVcQg/s1600-h/omar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8LE_wdvYA6Cv4mqmuttS9ESTnyPSXUNNbJX-kobdVtHTInQbmud4-nTLq6Rb0T-1PIJmNLmzsF5qZjinmOsGdo2GAT0BLJtqT3dUryD0p3eGPBeOAZEyDCAO2ZWMPsmJFSVcQg/s320/omar.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268497075550312930" /></a><br /><div><br /></div></div>najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-84863708366988060782008-10-28T15:36:00.004+08:002008-10-28T16:00:04.931+08:00Backplate and Wing BCD for SALE (OMS wing with Oxyceq SS plate)<div style="text-align: left;">Yup, I'm putting my BCD up for sale. It's not that I'm going out of diving, it's just that I'm thinking about buying something else that would fit my diving needs better. Details as follows:<div><br /></div><div>- OMS 32lbs wing </div><div>- Oxycheq Stainless Steel backplate with hograthian harness</div><div>- Plastic Cam buckle</div><div>- Should fit anybody 6 ft 220 lbs and below (hogarthian harness can be adjusted to fit your body)</div><div><br /></div><div>Price: ~Rm1500 (negotiable)</div><div>Freebies: Deepoutdoors pocket</div><div><br /></div><div>Pictures:</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVmaRq3og-4dDIv44QaxBiLbN41bGzJnHYGD756DAWSvc8HZvVhfGUe3B4_ELWldvUddXyA7sQILqbEz5JKMk5MsQ8V4DRuRpV_hVzcCptoYtrwepatwTrbYy3GQL41dneGMJwuA/s320/all+included.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262107331665899714" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMG_GdNrtk_tvdTRzzVE28LHYJfSZEnRIq8RBe1XwC8-UWGRg3RMXxaMyFAyUBnG6VBJRay_8z2jObnlqtaHVTpE47Kwth5qIRzoSPXPhj8pG-9gP7b7yievy7mhI8eecQsWg9w/s320/backplate+and+hog+harness.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262110465732666178" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG8BchCfp0F0GLCYwlWePtz0r2jjlQ1LSyT7BiQYZcdnWRiWDPOFpiERMFrwR1mfBiwcBhdG6idQhrUwVKcnssUTI9wjPuyIxzsFL29LT1zVeoVUiOkVCDqoem3NVkwx_76MizQA/s320/oms+wing+back.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262107336187958930" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEuI8qaUmKbaPdZp8TtrflzoOSdP-j7ugVmDot4cEO0LvN9rWq3sfaduE0Fhd8POsiNpDQQgjWqk_7g89nJJxGmuclM3WxsdE7pTfrHt2T2MxVvgA8MqebuOg5OLKbdLt8olnp4w/s320/oms+wing+inflated+.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262107340216282242" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-s4ABDif3TnvINQ4lIf1bJ_Xtz_2EIm751O8UqA3J3gSaW4x5ZJkgPXAqH9Rr3IMPaQXwKoWvXpLb59t7iewtR-leuzpSHeqMQtPIRGWFa-cdkPG1NC-JJyFavnbh0UcwCN7bQ/s1600-h/wing+and+bp.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-s4ABDif3TnvINQ4lIf1bJ_Xtz_2EIm751O8UqA3J3gSaW4x5ZJkgPXAqH9Rr3IMPaQXwKoWvXpLb59t7iewtR-leuzpSHeqMQtPIRGWFa-cdkPG1NC-JJyFavnbh0UcwCN7bQ/s320/wing+and+bp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262110470569319794" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>TQ</div>najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-3277471159427778602008-10-21T01:01:00.003+08:002008-10-21T01:25:59.937+08:002 Trips in 2 Weekends<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgWRjeHOPzFhhv1JVJESz4_FETMtAzNQ7mweG-YCnwrPVKgBqXe5MWX9vrpvbVjQOkGC3yGKjPtstweC0PCBmVwbZYI44q1r_9S5SoaI6OLh-O8GJTJfzRv0gr6uP_PHO8Dvhvzg/s1600-h/flipflop.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgWRjeHOPzFhhv1JVJESz4_FETMtAzNQ7mweG-YCnwrPVKgBqXe5MWX9vrpvbVjQOkGC3yGKjPtstweC0PCBmVwbZYI44q1r_9S5SoaI6OLh-O8GJTJfzRv0gr6uP_PHO8Dvhvzg/s320/flipflop.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259288609951232738" /></a><br />The last time I went for 2 dive trips in 2 weekends was last year when I went to Redang to complete my AOW course. This year I have not been diving much and I really thought that the Sipadan trip last March would be my only trip. <div><br /></div><div>After the Redang trip last weekend, I was already cleaning up my dive gears and ready to store them away for next year's trip (wishful thinking :)) but I somehow got coaxed into going to Tioman. The trip was just a short 2 day trip but it's really worth it as the viz at Tiger Reef was stunning and I had a wonderful time around Labas with all the swim throughs. I think I'll just do a 1 post for both my Redang and Tioman trip later but unfortunately for me this time, I got no underwater camera thanks to a broken latch! </div><div><br /></div><div>Stay tuned...</div>najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-1272679613056273662008-10-17T14:34:00.006+08:002008-10-21T01:00:36.510+08:00Making Laksa Mee the Traditional Way<div><div>(I wrote this last week but didn't manage to post it as somebody persuaded me to go to Tioman)</div><div><br /></div>I got the chance to see this Makcik making Laksa Mee the traditional way when I was visiting gafiL's grandma back during Hari Raya. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjNmKzsQ2pYj1bG0JC1tbI2ZohfkTjhQrOUmCoLZv50KrhXemJXhornYKSfO186zd_cwezOmHkPhSQPSQwjpTM15GqYe4oVw80eBl8Qpy2kF6S4t48-hLg3ro7blE7j4VxGfeVCw/s1600-h/2let's+spin.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjNmKzsQ2pYj1bG0JC1tbI2ZohfkTjhQrOUmCoLZv50KrhXemJXhornYKSfO186zd_cwezOmHkPhSQPSQwjpTM15GqYe4oVw80eBl8Qpy2kF6S4t48-hLg3ro7blE7j4VxGfeVCw/s320/2let's+spin.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259281153607122850" /></a><br /><div><div>She told me that the brass Laksa Mee maker was inherited from her grand parents and thus it's really old! It's really heavy and take considerible effort to spin around. </div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6VFRXhSv9R5P96Gb3-3prbq_thrqrhtP-lq8ufC_z94jC-Ix_n3uHr_1jUMda9-En52hzU_sO7_2XHBwCxCA3HF94ryNPpBRpWyINP2D7C9Y50cXL1xbVd-9yYsPVUIj43b9olQ/s1600-h/PA025218.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6VFRXhSv9R5P96Gb3-3prbq_thrqrhtP-lq8ufC_z94jC-Ix_n3uHr_1jUMda9-En52hzU_sO7_2XHBwCxCA3HF94ryNPpBRpWyINP2D7C9Y50cXL1xbVd-9yYsPVUIj43b9olQ/s320/PA025218.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259281159292425330" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJP9eKvRya8yI4Tc44k4T1xka-vr3cGsqKF9opGorA5kFE1fA74v7U6c6m_uuaIUQKR3ftQlF2BL1dDhY0iu1nJUhW4G9LHSKTY2sxUK30hdGQmaRL0RFGg_9sJy3SA5LL1zfVQg/s1600-h/PA025213.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJP9eKvRya8yI4Tc44k4T1xka-vr3cGsqKF9opGorA5kFE1fA74v7U6c6m_uuaIUQKR3ftQlF2BL1dDhY0iu1nJUhW4G9LHSKTY2sxUK30hdGQmaRL0RFGg_9sJy3SA5LL1zfVQg/s320/PA025213.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259281168420206018" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd23ZZAypJsTFzgrecdaidbO6JfQkamuf0p4w4ums8GAoLTJjUxYccDTLuU265CKIlTreVfR8bjtMchcJ4D6VzsZIMizkRTkgt_rxUVT_QBbcPbd8HvccpQb6NezNfevurNSWFlQ/s1600-h/PA025207.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd23ZZAypJsTFzgrecdaidbO6JfQkamuf0p4w4ums8GAoLTJjUxYccDTLuU265CKIlTreVfR8bjtMchcJ4D6VzsZIMizkRTkgt_rxUVT_QBbcPbd8HvccpQb6NezNfevurNSWFlQ/s320/PA025207.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259281170469165154" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTL4U1etGStXgeJq2HtxUqrvXVXx8e-etGuJq0wqTKsUqoI3FX-E8xj2_L_YQC-L84nGQmgUcq45etUzMBZJwLV0-scRKuACxZPau_2d2evvEK52-6WNLka2srchrozuLCoaJehA/s1600-h/PA025195.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTL4U1etGStXgeJq2HtxUqrvXVXx8e-etGuJq0wqTKsUqoI3FX-E8xj2_L_YQC-L84nGQmgUcq45etUzMBZJwLV0-scRKuACxZPau_2d2evvEK52-6WNLka2srchrozuLCoaJehA/s320/PA025195.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259281176262452786" /></a><div><br /></div><div>She took just RM2 "upah" for each kg of Laksa Mee that she makes, you need to give her all the flour and other ingredients, and for me that's way cheap considering all the hassle that she has to go through. </div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-84565479818149056532008-10-09T09:16:00.002+08:002008-10-09T09:20:44.542+08:00I'm going underwater againYes! finally after almost 7 months being dry, I'll be going underwater again tomorrow. Unfortunately don't have my camera this time as the casing is broken. Will update on the trip when I got back.....najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-65038633880079829772008-09-26T23:12:00.003+08:002008-10-09T09:21:09.911+08:00Happy Birthday HoneyTomorrow's Honey's b'day. Though we won't be able to celebrate it tomorrow since she's already back home :P ..maybe Sunday :) <div><br /></div><div><div><object width="420" height="307"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/k6iQrVeyZL3Il84HmV&related=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/k6iQrVeyZL3Il84HmV&related=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="307" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object><br /><b><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xo07t_the-archies-sugar-sugar_music">The Archies - Sugar Sugar </a></b><br /><i>Uploaded by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/valentin73">valentin73</a></i></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:arial;font-size:19px;">The Archies (Sugar, Sugar) Lyrics</span><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sugar, <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, Honey Honey. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You are my candy girl, <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and you got me wanting you. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Honey, <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, Sugar, Sugar. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You are my candy girl <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and you got me wanting you. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I just can't believe the loveliness of loving you. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(I just can't believe it's true). <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I just can't believe the wonder of this feeling too. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(I just can't believe it's true). <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sugar, <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, Honey Honey. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You are my candy girl, <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and you got me wanting you. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Honey, <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, Sugar, Sugar. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You are my candy girl <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and you got me wanting you. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When I kissed you girl, <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I knew how sweet a kiss could be. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(I know how sweet a kiss can be) <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Like the summer sunshine <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">pour your sweetness over me. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Pour your sweetness over me). <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh pour little sugar on me honey (sugar) <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pour little sugar on me baby (honey honey) <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When you make love so sweet (Yeah Yeah Yeah.) <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pour little sugar on me (oh yeah) <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pour little sugar on me honey <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pour little sugar on me baby <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm gonna make love so sweet (hey hey hey) <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pour little sugar on me honey. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ah sugar. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh honey, honey. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You are my candy, girl, <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and you got me wanting you. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh honey (honey, honey, sugar, sugar) <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sugar, sugar <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You are my candy girl.<br /></div></span></div>najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-52978481603214128942008-09-15T22:07:00.003+08:002008-09-15T22:10:44.506+08:00gafiL got a new one<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGk0KTvJGoHXl9lQwLjTJByM4EXiFLY0Pql18XxNABaocoJE0q-Zzq1xUsY0IvR4-q1VbopH8QkCBgdhY4V5r4upLM-E0LM9dIA0MVSYB1GbooBuGzMIFSfR_paKlp24J8RO9dQ/s1600-h/P130908_18.13%5B01%5D.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGk0KTvJGoHXl9lQwLjTJByM4EXiFLY0Pql18XxNABaocoJE0q-Zzq1xUsY0IvR4-q1VbopH8QkCBgdhY4V5r4upLM-E0LM9dIA0MVSYB1GbooBuGzMIFSfR_paKlp24J8RO9dQ/s320/P130908_18.13%5B01%5D.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246250101698240274" border="0" /></a><br />not it's not mine heh :)....gafiL got another niece last month...najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-27124705137059351872008-09-15T10:05:00.006+08:002008-09-15T13:23:48.133+08:00i just don't understandWOW!...it's been ages since i last updated my blog. well frankly speaking i've been lazy of late and same goes to gafiL. she kept on pushing me to update the blog with something that she wanted to write but she's too lazy to do it herself (sorry honey heh)<br /><br />anyway it's been more than 3 years now since i moved to KL and to continue with the trend of moving every Ramadhan, i've moved again, now from Cheras to the City Center (previously i moved from Damansara to Cheras). the reasons why i moved again are listed below:<br /><br />1. want to live closer to work<br />2. contract expired<br />3. my new home not ready yet<br />4. STUPID MANAGEMENT!<br /><br />well here i would like to highlight the 4th point. it was also 1 of the main reason why i moved from damansara to cheras initially. well lets just forget about old stories and focus on the current 1. i'll let the notice below explains part of the story<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVONdeo6Z9TrORjA2eZnLSD1BNNO9x7_cB7tVZ7A5VYp-cbFUoZVtphe2iSiOTV8bUgNv5N3nEL047VYBvbM7lAE66777MgbsM955j_DBJNQVqtJJ4VS-UsKwV-CZXj6h6Y9RG5Q/s1600-h/P130908_21.07%5B01%5D.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVONdeo6Z9TrORjA2eZnLSD1BNNO9x7_cB7tVZ7A5VYp-cbFUoZVtphe2iSiOTV8bUgNv5N3nEL047VYBvbM7lAE66777MgbsM955j_DBJNQVqtJJ4VS-UsKwV-CZXj6h6Y9RG5Q/s320/P130908_21.07%5B01%5D.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246066349348767842" border="0" /></a><br />i've been living in cheras for the past 1 year and was living happily. that was until about 2 months ago when the management of the apartment was supposedly handed over to the residents/owner by the developer.<br /><br />anyway without any meetings or whatever, suddenly the announced all sorts of new rules that was making life miserable. they even hired somebody who definitely has no management experience to handle the management office. having no experience is 1 thing, having no MANNERS is another matter altogether. oh well since this is Ramadhan, i don't think i would want to go into details about that.<br /><br />so lets focus on the notice in the picture that i posted above. if my memory serves me right, when we live in a apartment, we do pay a certain sum of money monthly that's called MAINTENANCE FEE. and the purpose of the maintenance fee is to pay for the operational aspect of the premise and that includes cleaning up the premise, cleaning clogged drains etc. up to now i still can't comprehend the logic they use to punish all the residents in the block that drains got clogged. it's just like living in the dorm at high school where if the dorm is dirty, everybody need to clean it up.<br /><br />well i guess that's what happened when you hire somebody who have a high school mentality to run a management office at a used to be well run apartment. lucky me i'm out of there......<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >notes : </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >a) Hempuk meja depan pompuan sebab tak bagi lorry masuk after 6pm.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >b) Jerit2 marah his workers (bukan dia jd boss pun) at 9 am Saturday morning.. bising gile!</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >c) membebel pasal kerja dia padahal dtg nak bayar bil air jek... 1/2jam nak dgr dia meroyan</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >d) visitors parking = jd parking dia (ni plg marahhh....)</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >e) cat pili bomba to red colour, n depan pili buat parking berbayar (rm 30/month).<br />f) hire 2 "geriatric" guards utk take care of the apartment<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Sorry dear, "Mr Satan" in me yg suruh </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >tulis tu.</span>najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-57653275911568310962008-07-17T23:01:00.005+08:002008-07-18T15:02:35.657+08:00Durian with MusThis was suppose to be posted late last month but I've been very lazy so I'm just posting it now.<br /><br />Anyway Mus (a fellow Longhorn) came all the way down from Houston and was in town for a week last month for his "Balik Kampung" and South East Asian tour. I was competing in KKP 08 when he arrived and I was surprised to found out that nobody took him around as everybody was either away or busy for the 2 weeks he was in Malaysia.<br /><br />So I took the initiative and took him around town (which is kind of ironic since he's actually from KL) and he told me that he wanted some to visit Pasar Malam and wanted some Durian since all those frozen Durian that can be found in Oriental Shops around Houston tastes like paper. So I took him near my place and we bought some Durians that are selling for RM 10 for 3. I have no idea whether that's cheap or expensive, seriously heh....<br /><br />Anyway people say pictures tell a thousand words so I'll let pictures below do the the of the story<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprUdWm7SHJNUYTMvWPdgxQjgAR9ouFRBgGaA_H3C6TQqzS-t9teKSc5W9HbByrhnSKBdndhA5301x35IJaoJn_BiTzRCu3rVZo0B2uraiyslpD3e6fGFYULlPgSU9T3PcNFdKsw/s1600-h/durian1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprUdWm7SHJNUYTMvWPdgxQjgAR9ouFRBgGaA_H3C6TQqzS-t9teKSc5W9HbByrhnSKBdndhA5301x35IJaoJn_BiTzRCu3rVZo0B2uraiyslpD3e6fGFYULlPgSU9T3PcNFdKsw/s320/durian1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224241402642105442" border="0" /></a><br />Let's eat some Durian<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwmSdp0MQV-NzTprXHxccN-soT5tjWdA38dOT4btrRU1J1VHwEHXZTsHpI_lju8XOL6_B-Tp42M7n-1YUPKCpa0k8Uj-PZ_dSS3segko6dgmYM3Yv_ugpxUc98EuI0R3gA6plAqQ/s1600-h/durian2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwmSdp0MQV-NzTprXHxccN-soT5tjWdA38dOT4btrRU1J1VHwEHXZTsHpI_lju8XOL6_B-Tp42M7n-1YUPKCpa0k8Uj-PZ_dSS3segko6dgmYM3Yv_ugpxUc98EuI0R3gA6plAqQ/s320/durian2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224241406869034946" border="0" /></a><br />1 done, 2 more to go!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTO43nEBtE34ByJCKEz8BKVCrPyVqedwoGJmzj90SYO4h738Ysxl6I-UF3Hpt12s7uj-PdT2X-VFTxAUoNlL6eRrOJmG1abbtuK8CD3svSrOVqevm6LCWCksr7BZBtS2kZ9tKDfg/s1600-h/durian3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTO43nEBtE34ByJCKEz8BKVCrPyVqedwoGJmzj90SYO4h738Ysxl6I-UF3Hpt12s7uj-PdT2X-VFTxAUoNlL6eRrOJmG1abbtuK8CD3svSrOVqevm6LCWCksr7BZBtS2kZ9tKDfg/s320/durian3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224241412262144978" border="0" /></a><br />Houston guys enjoying his Durian<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL60s0J6_K4RtSsAKlBIzYZrt0IgTKGIUP1phQWnsk6p-6LpRuZqbHdpEnHQ8px88RsLrJCrN2exzQU1_cFYjsrDD5ifS2zCZPYJgbBb5oSP6RHfNiitD3XkZCvZGxsQ4vEJOGfw/s1600-h/durian4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL60s0J6_K4RtSsAKlBIzYZrt0IgTKGIUP1phQWnsk6p-6LpRuZqbHdpEnHQ8px88RsLrJCrN2exzQU1_cFYjsrDD5ifS2zCZPYJgbBb5oSP6RHfNiitD3XkZCvZGxsQ4vEJOGfw/s320/durian4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224241420642550946" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The aftermath! Pay close attention to the tummy area :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks to gafiL for the pictures as I was busy eating Durian and was so bloated afterwards hehehe....<br /></div></div>najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-10759669945117045782008-06-09T10:54:00.003+08:002008-06-09T11:42:35.030+08:00The Recent Fuel Price Hike and its Effect on My LifeReality bites. Realizing that my Gen 2 was almost out of fuel today, I went to fill up at my neighborhood Shell station. I fill about 20 Liters of fuel and it costs me RM55! Filling up a full tank would now cost me around RM100 assuming that the fuel price won't go up anytime soon. TV Smith has a good one on the recent fuel price hike which you can see <a href="http://www.tvsmith.net.my/duasen/080608_fainted.html">here</a>.<br /><br />I still remember that when I started using my car, a full tank was only around RM60 and now it's up by almost 40%. Now being used to filling up at market price back during my student days, I definitely understand the effect of the recent global fuel price crisis on the price of fuel over here. But what I don't understand is, what happened to all the money saved during the low oil price days?<br /><br />The cheapest gasoline price I ever encountered was USD 0.78/US gallon in Florida back in winter 2001 which translate to around RM0.78/Liter using the previous USD 1 = 3.80 currency exchange that was still in effect that time and 1 US gallon = 3.78 liters. At that time, we were selling petrol for around RM1.30/Liter which is about the same price as the gas price I found in Texas. To make it even more perplexing would be the fact that the gasoline price in the States already included all the taxes that makes their roads free and their public transportation cheap.<br /><br />OK now, enough politics as looking at the Malaysian political culture, transparency is at the bottom of the list and lets examine the fuel price hike effect on my life. Using the old fuel price, I spent close to 15% of my monthly salary just for transportation charges (fuel, parking, tolls and car maintenance). With the current hike, it's likely to break 20% and that does not include the expected food and services price increase. So in summary I'm getting poorer by the day as any salary increment that I get would be greatly offset by the fuel price hike.<br /><br />I've put off diving for close to 3 months now since my Sipadan trip in March and looking at the current situation, I think it'll be put off even longer now. Now, I'm just hoping that I would be able to squeeze 1 dive trip before the end of the year and the only way to get as many dives as possible in a trip would be by going for an LOB trip (Kaleebso anyone?). Any unnecessary traveling also have to be put off for a while pending budget review.<br /><br />So now, how to survive in this challenging time? 1st and foremost, I would need to reduce the usage of my car. However, since busses and LRTs are not an option unless I'm willing to go out to work at 6.30am to travel less than 9km to work, I would still need to use my car. Lucky me gafiL is moving back to KL for work so at least we can now car pool and she gets free parking, so at least now we can utilize only 1 car and thus saves on fuel and maintenance cost. 2nd, I would need to travel more as company traveling claims can be of substantial amount :). 3rd, I guess it's time to eat less and outside of KLCC. It's good for health, and cost less. A nasi lemak ayam in KLCC used to cost RM5.50, can't imagine what's the price after the hike. 4th, keep and eye on AirAsia and MAS free tickets promotion. "Balik Kampung" trip costs RM500-600 with the old fuel price. With AirAsia and MAS free tickets, I can get return tickets for only RM100/person and that's just 30% more than a bus ticket but saves traveling time by 80%.<br /><br />Some long term solution would be to move somewhere closer to an LRT line (which is unlikely as I'm moving to my own place later this year), get a motorcycle (which gafiL strongly oppose) but seems to be a good option now, fit my car with NGV or buy a more fuel efficient vehicle. However, the last 2 options I think would have to wait as our government seems to change their mind constantly and like to implement new measures in a flash that might effect the feasibility of the options.<br /><br />So there you go, some thoughts about the recent fuel price hike. Lucky me I'm no soccer nuts and I dont' have Astro to watch the NBA finals, so at least I'll be saving electricity bills from all those late night TVs :)najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-63122823062147050732008-05-24T12:50:00.007+08:002008-05-24T13:16:11.460+08:00Singapore Revisit<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Ib7cnaGBGXp5QBhya2Fs8fFyR7g4V-QNrhBXdIUXtz6K2SsBpXFveiErQ4SA271Vl02wCWjPilJpEzVvLa_ox3k4D6sCkt-9zqaMT1qlsjeFKkJCUU89cIqjcTcdVNVY8XmKqQ/s1600-h/Camera+Anis+May+08+059.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Ib7cnaGBGXp5QBhya2Fs8fFyR7g4V-QNrhBXdIUXtz6K2SsBpXFveiErQ4SA271Vl02wCWjPilJpEzVvLa_ox3k4D6sCkt-9zqaMT1qlsjeFKkJCUU89cIqjcTcdVNVY8XmKqQ/s320/Camera+Anis+May+08+059.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203803262096912034" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBIJnTRjeTEEH8n2iiXa-l2q6FKF_GxFcnwx9Cmd_BwcNcPZGS6dvtR37LYrz9YC1kfO56_NRqy3r0D4Bc-YDBQnxs8DR_nbPft_9sS_L5fticCHvtNWGG6H7inHdPjk6V8668A/s1600-h/new.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBIJnTRjeTEEH8n2iiXa-l2q6FKF_GxFcnwx9Cmd_BwcNcPZGS6dvtR37LYrz9YC1kfO56_NRqy3r0D4Bc-YDBQnxs8DR_nbPft_9sS_L5fticCHvtNWGG6H7inHdPjk6V8668A/s320/new.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203805147587555010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggICzGeyMJnSFTBKNhlwnJ3hHLtGr5f3mVHqeF2PpA1l7Rrx4k1LdFhwcBuRVpmGAiFjAmNdHqT0tnPtUARM-IIZ_4o6mhUy_KpNvI3weneMU8hvMl6NY34D1MMtGv50deG-j9ew/s1600-h/Camera+Anis+May+08+119.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggICzGeyMJnSFTBKNhlwnJ3hHLtGr5f3mVHqeF2PpA1l7Rrx4k1LdFhwcBuRVpmGAiFjAmNdHqT0tnPtUARM-IIZ_4o6mhUy_KpNvI3weneMU8hvMl6NY34D1MMtGv50deG-j9ew/s320/Camera+Anis+May+08+119.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203807415330287330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfh2mxbsSAYEZDhmUAPhNZs7qSHq0yFwmUz9Ty9P3VFzLcs-6A-jMRpT_xTld_atBRDTS8kQRFyaDSYlCaS4Ok6VSNRrJm-HhK9baF9eKM7v17WYjwk2iAY59XqJUPtgVx17B_DA/s1600-h/Camera+Anis+May+08+112.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfh2mxbsSAYEZDhmUAPhNZs7qSHq0yFwmUz9Ty9P3VFzLcs-6A-jMRpT_xTld_atBRDTS8kQRFyaDSYlCaS4Ok6VSNRrJm-HhK9baF9eKM7v17WYjwk2iAY59XqJUPtgVx17B_DA/s320/Camera+Anis+May+08+112.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203808003740806898" border="0" /></a>najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-32367224486313754432008-05-15T00:03:00.003+08:002008-05-15T00:14:06.304+08:00.....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkw69-wt3OuvJZE_dl1nPSJ-HarSBU9TgIdRszh8Y7nlhb4qAqDRq98pF3DUI9sypBS2MawKsOjs_zC7FhHu9lzi0WyVKzifIUbab-w0QXMR9bOccBLlOMEyeDJpM3HJcrohR7_g/s1600-h/Bukit+Keluang.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkw69-wt3OuvJZE_dl1nPSJ-HarSBU9TgIdRszh8Y7nlhb4qAqDRq98pF3DUI9sypBS2MawKsOjs_zC7FhHu9lzi0WyVKzifIUbab-w0QXMR9bOccBLlOMEyeDJpM3HJcrohR7_g/s320/Bukit+Keluang.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200267347312218322" border="0" /></a><br />Since I do actually have an SLR now, I guess I'll be posting pointless photos in my blog. I'm just too lazy to setup fotopages account.<br /><br />As with the pictures of cats in the previous post, this picture is from my recent balik kampung trip...najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-25516528178295854292008-05-11T11:32:00.001+08:002008-05-11T11:40:35.976+08:00Pics of The Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0x1mU3Xv7vxIEL64gPJPABVL3EuAnvd_D8VbVUkg_VJzmDKFUkDtJHMU23VjtzrubXxVBXxejNdEWXNjZILa91m0xvHDwKmyr4ZB5uO1YfaQi4zRuXFxKqUXfDnlt9MBsEPhDxg/s1600-h/2+of+a+kind.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0x1mU3Xv7vxIEL64gPJPABVL3EuAnvd_D8VbVUkg_VJzmDKFUkDtJHMU23VjtzrubXxVBXxejNdEWXNjZILa91m0xvHDwKmyr4ZB5uO1YfaQi4zRuXFxKqUXfDnlt9MBsEPhDxg/s320/2+of+a+kind.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198959863197473810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwUmD774FUQ75A52PG-IninYi9uMNZFERqDGPNVkW1vi-QUbidSy8irXqNZg-ELAMPeTHGGfp3FVCNTsMrMoXSdo9-PEZBbA6mRhi8qoLm-42YPMur9FmdtfA9q5GKApbqkBiPHw/s1600-h/meow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwUmD774FUQ75A52PG-IninYi9uMNZFERqDGPNVkW1vi-QUbidSy8irXqNZg-ELAMPeTHGGfp3FVCNTsMrMoXSdo9-PEZBbA6mRhi8qoLm-42YPMur9FmdtfA9q5GKApbqkBiPHw/s320/meow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198959867492441122" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Y1HZCEX12VooRmBgCtoQJk7wI70FNod6hNleX84E7v6czL8eXRppUJIGL5qFTXtZBFrYGfc1g0-T3CDGKcIQSwqUbtVP2GwBdWHXy0puo7AwRZe7ck9T5P_mG4Bha6oJ5np6Bw/s1600-h/what+you+looking+at.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Y1HZCEX12VooRmBgCtoQJk7wI70FNod6hNleX84E7v6czL8eXRppUJIGL5qFTXtZBFrYGfc1g0-T3CDGKcIQSwqUbtVP2GwBdWHXy0puo7AwRZe7ck9T5P_mG4Bha6oJ5np6Bw/s320/what+you+looking+at.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198959867492441138" border="0" /></a>najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-35655095123724722962008-04-29T19:27:00.002+08:002008-04-29T19:42:23.605+08:00Things I Would Like to DoI don't think I would be diving anytime soon due to many commitment that I need to attend to for the next few months (there goes my target to get my 100th dive this year).<br /><br />So I need to figure out what to do with my spare time and also where to waste my money :). I've already wasted a big sum of money getting my 1st ever dSLR to keep me occcupied. Anybody wanna go for photo outing?<br /><br />Basketball should also do it as I currently trying to get into the EXPRO team and a friend of mine asked me today if I would like to play for his team in a basketball league that's going to start sometimes in June.<br /><br />Other than that I guess it'll be work for me. Although the deadline is the end of the year but I'm already behind schedule and need to pick things up fast.<br /><br />Also some great shows are coming up in the next few months that I think I would like to go and they are:<br /><br />1. Beauty and The Beast The Musical @ KL Convention Center<br />2. Air Supply Tour @ Genting<br />3. High School Musical On Ice @ Bukit Jalil - I think I'm going to take my nieces for this one<br /><br />I really wish they would stage Phantom of The Opera here (even though I had watch it before back in school) though I don't think it would be happening anytime soon.<br /><br />Traveling is also something that I would love to do but hey, I've been out of the water since my Sipadan trip so I guess the next time I travel it would be for a diving trip :) .....<br /><br />Anybody has any idea on what else can I do?najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-66765430411282585652008-04-21T00:03:00.004+08:002008-04-21T00:41:01.628+08:00We did it!Back in 2006, I played basketball for EXPRO in the East Coast Regional Games for my OPU where we got trashed by Oil Business by 30 points. I was attending a course the very same year that prevented me from playing for the KKP games held in KL where we also lost to Oil Business.<br /><br />But on Saturday we finally got out taste of victory! We managed to beat an almost full strength (the exact same team that beat us by 30 points back in 06) Oil Business team in the KSRP mini games held at TTFC.<br /><br />The road to victory wasn't easy though. Our team was first to play that morning with everybody still sleepy having to wake up early on Saturday morning and won the 1st game against another team also from KL by a miracle 3 point shot at the buzzer to avoid going into overtime (no the shot was not by me, I can't shoot 3s heh).<br /><br />A really shaky start during the 1st half of the 2nd game saw us behind by double digits at the start of the 2nd half. We bucked up and held the EXPRO team from Kerteh (which I used to play for) to 7 points in the 2nd half but luck was not on our side as we lost by 1 point. I hold myself responsible for the loss as I kept on missing free throws and with 4.5 seconds left on the clock, I managed to grab a missed free throw by the opposing team but threw the ball too far that my team mates got no chance to catch it and try to take a shot for a win.<br /><br />Despite losing the game, we was seeded no 1 in our group as the Kerteh EXPRO team lost their last game and was out of the running for the semi final games. We were up against the PGB team and managed to come out with a 4 point win and everybody was clearly tired at that point. Anyway the win set us up for a final game with Oil Business and me and Hussen were really pumped up for the game.<br /><br />Everybody was on top of their game during the final and we were never behind during the 1st half. I took myself out of the game for a breather for the 2nd half as my body's aching all over but went back in just 2 minutes after. Just can't keep myself out of a game against a team I've been waiting to play for 2 years. Things got really close and heated up I would say; elbows were flying, shouts were exchanged and few technical fouls were called. They managed to equalized the game 3 minutes before the whistle but we managed to hold on. Despite a late technical foul when we were leading by just 4 points (they got 3 free throws, made 2 of 3, and also the possession) we kept it cool, got a steal, scored a basket and held on for the win!<br /><br />Can't remember the last time victory tasted this sweet. Anyway, got home around 6.45pm that day (somebody was suppose to come by and take some pictures but she couldn't make it, so blame her for having no pictures to show heh) and just lie on the couch all night my body aching all over......<br /><br />Anyway now I'm really looking forward for this year's KKP games and if this is how we play, mind you that we were missing some core players due to various reasons, things are looking great. Now I need to rest.....my feet's still hurting....najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-71711162766307315312008-04-17T21:55:00.006+08:002008-04-18T10:24:16.574+08:00My New Baby !!!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo6KfO_YfHk_L5uGaD4lZ0p2hw99MwFgc-2E476c5kSprqCpObYu5wvy-GhHgNHiprELttw01vBSohkloncxD54UWcWoVdxnCXgMDnTmuF7ba7ggBz2waoI4vgqQl7rfHSDQq98Q/s1600-h/17-04-08_2047.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo6KfO_YfHk_L5uGaD4lZ0p2hw99MwFgc-2E476c5kSprqCpObYu5wvy-GhHgNHiprELttw01vBSohkloncxD54UWcWoVdxnCXgMDnTmuF7ba7ggBz2waoI4vgqQl7rfHSDQq98Q/s320/17-04-08_2047.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190405205989318434" border="0" /></a>najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-36377536875715222152008-04-07T15:53:00.002+08:002008-04-07T16:08:18.066+08:00Sipadan Part 4More for you viewing pleasure...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfbj76x1_6NDgihopDq1rxBh6hiRCzBLOI6Bu25e2d_6O2Z_kxZWb9kLm0gsgfRsnyUPDPBy9FNUhV75iGMgLrKQgU6K4K5w1i1LHzMvOu3OfPPlLuw1SK6ZMgTZMYiGyr4Jt_A/s1600-h/Sipadan+March+08+027.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfbj76x1_6NDgihopDq1rxBh6hiRCzBLOI6Bu25e2d_6O2Z_kxZWb9kLm0gsgfRsnyUPDPBy9FNUhV75iGMgLrKQgU6K4K5w1i1LHzMvOu3OfPPlLuw1SK6ZMgTZMYiGyr4Jt_A/s320/Sipadan+March+08+027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186411268075695762" border="0" /></a>Morey Eel<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF7bUvzCjT8swVBVxrY8GeEdT9-vMbz_bIANZ_Q1ZbFMgkCUP52EiawC1fqUv3ELjWQMAQsFuoCJmOV0Ca06kT196NSDPFIa-fDy6BcmD4K1j80WJFejZBsWRe5gpEwFkXqU4P0g/s1600-h/Sipadan+March+08+040.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF7bUvzCjT8swVBVxrY8GeEdT9-vMbz_bIANZ_Q1ZbFMgkCUP52EiawC1fqUv3ELjWQMAQsFuoCJmOV0Ca06kT196NSDPFIa-fDy6BcmD4K1j80WJFejZBsWRe5gpEwFkXqU4P0g/s320/Sipadan+March+08+040.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186411272370663074" border="0" /></a>Nudi<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIdGlZGZrp-0I9ioxbXM3hkyYU2KdOPI6FvSasXXi5jrHwmJIY9Iwlljwgxq354qvO2znnWlIVx2nNyY_f_IcuAbCu8mEXGP2_VdeHwD3tDCxFRQoFs4m46IgqU2BOroqGkLk3WA/s1600-h/Sipadan+March+08+065.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIdGlZGZrp-0I9ioxbXM3hkyYU2KdOPI6FvSasXXi5jrHwmJIY9Iwlljwgxq354qvO2znnWlIVx2nNyY_f_IcuAbCu8mEXGP2_VdeHwD3tDCxFRQoFs4m46IgqU2BOroqGkLk3WA/s320/Sipadan+March+08+065.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186411276665630386" border="0" /></a>Nudi Couple<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwPkBOncXZaZ6MC4BJEg0gS1Ud1uz-W8TLWwWD4UuUBi-INTRfE7OWpe6sUHEsdBEfIsNNTS0QMymZM2cN0tZ870vBFjGtxm6oYIG2DTr_FFykChwVG7RuGkO9sX-wwUIZi3dfw/s1600-h/Sipadan+March+08+073.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwPkBOncXZaZ6MC4BJEg0gS1Ud1uz-W8TLWwWD4UuUBi-INTRfE7OWpe6sUHEsdBEfIsNNTS0QMymZM2cN0tZ870vBFjGtxm6oYIG2DTr_FFykChwVG7RuGkO9sX-wwUIZi3dfw/s320/Sipadan+March+08+073.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186411280960597698" border="0" /></a>Even more Nudi<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDwF9AwSt2ziJHfMt3_27tau6lV9w30aal59AVkx0g6_q48o1KwisEQK4yqR117bsODqdl3T_Ik3HCTlg2bcAPzRD_Dzhq1DeZgQ6GlTNsK4tY4JQFjtjr9hbZ3tpUHcDJLYHFw/s1600-h/Sipadan+March+08+075.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDwF9AwSt2ziJHfMt3_27tau6lV9w30aal59AVkx0g6_q48o1KwisEQK4yqR117bsODqdl3T_Ik3HCTlg2bcAPzRD_Dzhq1DeZgQ6GlTNsK4tY4JQFjtjr9hbZ3tpUHcDJLYHFw/s320/Sipadan+March+08+075.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186411285255565010" border="0" /></a>And the highlight of the trip, Flamboyant Cuttlefish<br /></div>najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-50551607257482453772008-04-02T18:42:00.001+08:002008-04-02T18:48:13.292+08:00Sipadan Part 3The journey continues again. Now the underwater part :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZ6-NxhJLwL7qE5tg7BvSAfe7tEySrj77g974S9tOz3bGrXTWbY1eSWTX82EVyKYttDlz_OknfS-7Pz6lz01EnWEbV6_CnVBXILBWglmFNBt9HtQXTaXxARydn1zqenBXNZza6w/s1600-h/Sipadan+March+08+005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZ6-NxhJLwL7qE5tg7BvSAfe7tEySrj77g974S9tOz3bGrXTWbY1eSWTX82EVyKYttDlz_OknfS-7Pz6lz01EnWEbV6_CnVBXILBWglmFNBt9HtQXTaXxARydn1zqenBXNZza6w/s320/Sipadan+March+08+005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184597361652674114" border="0" /></a><br />Banded Pipe Fish<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxV4yXCMZn29DFIuUqa_gvaivXfiDhI7M9XLLDbQVtSdsUu8eJ01XV5gWrrJ6MP5pbLMfgWcuwBVKLjON-g5f4r36hksh41GIm_5C5bxC3wxeUuxWirqPoipkKYW4PJ1vqv5y8g/s1600-h/Sipadan+March+08+006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxV4yXCMZn29DFIuUqa_gvaivXfiDhI7M9XLLDbQVtSdsUu8eJ01XV5gWrrJ6MP5pbLMfgWcuwBVKLjON-g5f4r36hksh41GIm_5C5bxC3wxeUuxWirqPoipkKYW4PJ1vqv5y8g/s320/Sipadan+March+08+006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184597370242608722" border="0" /></a><br />Frog Fish<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkkM3fPEqm2zCJnrJMht2cW55tqPEyY4M7BYtw_enS_Ga_PRwZsknNzqGxlT4aFyjmMOtphlScVwJJFzlhh_i_8VzWHVCTGPKe71Z71CTg9iLzm3A1TJ7xOAAvuBOCMy5F_JYm_w/s1600-h/Sipadan+March+08+012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkkM3fPEqm2zCJnrJMht2cW55tqPEyY4M7BYtw_enS_Ga_PRwZsknNzqGxlT4aFyjmMOtphlScVwJJFzlhh_i_8VzWHVCTGPKe71Z71CTg9iLzm3A1TJ7xOAAvuBOCMy5F_JYm_w/s320/Sipadan+March+08+012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184597374537576034" border="0" /></a><br />Crocodile Fish<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKKJdCG3kItOM4aVcgzOEmHT3vnmlsGaVq0cv1-BFluFCBVeQLdSvyWMboeJPbIxaCIEuUMV1mK9tjqyI36a9BFsH9zIg-ALd-022Qzx2IbBi8_o_KjAy5gwpwaiSB7LxW1PbiOw/s1600-h/Sipadan+March+08+016.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKKJdCG3kItOM4aVcgzOEmHT3vnmlsGaVq0cv1-BFluFCBVeQLdSvyWMboeJPbIxaCIEuUMV1mK9tjqyI36a9BFsH9zIg-ALd-022Qzx2IbBi8_o_KjAy5gwpwaiSB7LxW1PbiOw/s320/Sipadan+March+08+016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184597374537576050" border="0" /></a><br />Err....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPAg5sKq8Kz5t7fJK5Ct3dCoFHA8Qbt_gkh2ZXysbeSUz5tpmsob0f4W_uSboXwdzdHKWWsJ2ZHgBv36vgWK4md_fWFZ739Zn3zvKGJiP2yX4atgXT6pKPB-gCVbG4tLFb5APkA/s1600-h/Sipadan+March+08+022.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPAg5sKq8Kz5t7fJK5Ct3dCoFHA8Qbt_gkh2ZXysbeSUz5tpmsob0f4W_uSboXwdzdHKWWsJ2ZHgBv36vgWK4md_fWFZ739Zn3zvKGJiP2yX4atgXT6pKPB-gCVbG4tLFb5APkA/s320/Sipadan+March+08+022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184597378832543362" border="0" /></a><br />Ghost Pipe Fish<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">More coming soon..<br /></div></div>najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-27951518553672970352008-03-31T10:36:00.003+08:002008-04-02T18:49:48.640+08:00Sipadan Part 2OK, now the journey continues :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigA-vGUgVWIsG-1GN4_oSGnno8gc3AUD_h_-VG7w21ExS0AAlbdciGvlGv4XyyfqhMkOozD2WBCg7BxnVWyvM2fI-XbJGe_4GPUbmohbvnyP0fSsQEDfpapegAckge-2zCcK6S6g/s1600-h/PICT0014.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigA-vGUgVWIsG-1GN4_oSGnno8gc3AUD_h_-VG7w21ExS0AAlbdciGvlGv4XyyfqhMkOozD2WBCg7BxnVWyvM2fI-XbJGe_4GPUbmohbvnyP0fSsQEDfpapegAckge-2zCcK6S6g/s320/PICT0014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183856862046203378" border="0" /></a><br />Everybody's busy sorting out seats on the boat<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUih-jblriA7k9FoiDJ-KnbmY0zUKWMp5WuEia6AWyX89MtNLJRhWdabCEiIzvTlzYuN0tBwNwj37mTvEc1SZMYZRpeHfusRqv_fB6JohKyS7l3o0dNwALXjtDfWlWNd4DnpRcFQ/s1600-h/PICT0018.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUih-jblriA7k9FoiDJ-KnbmY0zUKWMp5WuEia6AWyX89MtNLJRhWdabCEiIzvTlzYuN0tBwNwj37mTvEc1SZMYZRpeHfusRqv_fB6JohKyS7l3o0dNwALXjtDfWlWNd4DnpRcFQ/s320/PICT0018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183856870636137986" border="0" /></a>Hey, got rainbow<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAs7Pb3qu_e4yQLTdstljUBSv5Gac0djdZ2OXKiKvsH6lyplXDWbPzpiJkrJSO264AxhGCLJt3nhzbon1xiw6p6Y4mh_nU9NsakbbyKvZUUgGUQA6_diJ4I41IA2g15__um-krA/s1600-h/PICT0023.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAs7Pb3qu_e4yQLTdstljUBSv5Gac0djdZ2OXKiKvsH6lyplXDWbPzpiJkrJSO264AxhGCLJt3nhzbon1xiw6p6Y4mh_nU9NsakbbyKvZUUgGUQA6_diJ4I41IA2g15__um-krA/s320/PICT0023.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183856879226072594" border="0" /></a><br />Finally we got to Mabul. Can't wait to get wet!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirkbJ-Dh77HSC7jaYCBKRI4Jf1hjA_Cl51U2iAlUTfytXTBiCN3CnD_oxSsdX_11u5vcnjc9PTpsHtixPu12khGPLFN9DwnF0pgZj-Tgc2BT4mQU41Z4nhBdn27OD8nAPO5LTjSA/s1600-h/PICT0027.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirkbJ-Dh77HSC7jaYCBKRI4Jf1hjA_Cl51U2iAlUTfytXTBiCN3CnD_oxSsdX_11u5vcnjc9PTpsHtixPu12khGPLFN9DwnF0pgZj-Tgc2BT4mQU41Z4nhBdn27OD8nAPO5LTjSA/s320/PICT0027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183856883521039906" border="0" /></a><br />Everybody's busy pretending to listen to the briefing while they're actually thinking "can we go dive now..."<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9l86sruRiJRe4nsyHZ8nZzH7i4JmJnkCXHxp1T9uIvc5VjxYKHc44dUQIIga8GRCqURmp3UtAKQV5G4M_t5RG_MRKGc8qo3pSDxSwmcIU0AluS0RBL9XgnUkGOD_VR7rYGriwxA/s1600-h/PICT0029.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9l86sruRiJRe4nsyHZ8nZzH7i4JmJnkCXHxp1T9uIvc5VjxYKHc44dUQIIga8GRCqURmp3UtAKQV5G4M_t5RG_MRKGc8qo3pSDxSwmcIU0AluS0RBL9XgnUkGOD_VR7rYGriwxA/s320/PICT0029.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183856887816007218" border="0" /></a><br />Ikan busy handing out keys<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Next would be underwater pictures, in the next post that is....<br /></div></div>najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-81580836513487775962008-03-30T13:18:00.005+08:002008-03-30T19:32:24.043+08:00Sipadan Part 1I know it's a week late but I've been really occupied with work since I took a whole week off during my Sipadan trip. So here goes my Sipadan Picture Trip Report :)<br /><br />My trip started at 11pm March 17th. After some logistics arrangement I took the 1st bus out of KL Sentral to LCCT at around 3.15am.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vc_fqGDUeOTAW_VUvqqS6XB_JNs7eI81E2qI2SstRDUFh8yGva2tUZnpF-fdSz1B8q-AlCTD599IyPqFw-dIg2UebHtF8n3ECIljqP91YsIN5HFQopP_KfexaDjvFF6MQT7UNg/s1600-h/PICT0002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vc_fqGDUeOTAW_VUvqqS6XB_JNs7eI81E2qI2SstRDUFh8yGva2tUZnpF-fdSz1B8q-AlCTD599IyPqFw-dIg2UebHtF8n3ECIljqP91YsIN5HFQopP_KfexaDjvFF6MQT7UNg/s320/PICT0002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183403648507194786" border="0" /></a><br />This is part of the luggage that took us about 1.5 hrs to check in. Check in was a chaos as we had to 1st declare our extra luggage as sports equipment (to enjoy the RM30/15kg additional allowance) then check in the normal luggage, then bring the extra luggage to another check in counter to get in checked in, then to another counter to pay for it. 3 counters just to check in our extra luggage? I wonder why can't we just do everything at the check in counter.<br /><br />I slept all the way in the plane and also all the way from Tawau airport to Semporna so no pictures there. Anyway, we reached Semporna near noon and checked in at Lee's Resthouse as our boat out to Mabul island is only the next morning.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9O83unBxB2jBtlupbMJ7TrGf_RNANCfEhMAAZqMP_UNOxzOVaRRPn-LrADZz8oFSOhHlFUScJCaXDtGeg62jdBgdRLq2WS9SW4c3Q9CTFk4v-zeryRSWnmNdI9RwDUAwTaWoMw/s1600-h/PICT0003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9O83unBxB2jBtlupbMJ7TrGf_RNANCfEhMAAZqMP_UNOxzOVaRRPn-LrADZz8oFSOhHlFUScJCaXDtGeg62jdBgdRLq2WS9SW4c3Q9CTFk4v-zeryRSWnmNdI9RwDUAwTaWoMw/s320/PICT0003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183403657097129394" border="0" /></a>Semporna town<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjC1h46AwTlPTjZPwFPNQXoEr0CzBsNxgiIcxEntPoCjeC7OtjMkfVuDmapHJ9XvHY5fpWZ7ufwY1dw34X6fhr-9ncOKWw17pDA3ptAFLQ9uI5KjuqXB8-n2t5FAIzn1Tk9sCNA/s1600-h/PICT0005.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjC1h46AwTlPTjZPwFPNQXoEr0CzBsNxgiIcxEntPoCjeC7OtjMkfVuDmapHJ9XvHY5fpWZ7ufwY1dw34X6fhr-9ncOKWw17pDA3ptAFLQ9uI5KjuqXB8-n2t5FAIzn1Tk9sCNA/s320/PICT0005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183403661392096706" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFfTBA2CmP-A7JUQa4Y1Ranzvs8ppFTpd1fYlyCi4QsAYvNUqb4SMhRGe_PI03emIfY7DYWDnWypwE1IvgMG-acvLHuM4AJTQBp8Cm6YFOq8uWpT8WskJdEk57QCS7Soim0T6yRg/s1600-h/PICT0006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFfTBA2CmP-A7JUQa4Y1Ranzvs8ppFTpd1fYlyCi4QsAYvNUqb4SMhRGe_PI03emIfY7DYWDnWypwE1IvgMG-acvLHuM4AJTQBp8Cm6YFOq8uWpT8WskJdEk57QCS7Soim0T6yRg/s320/PICT0006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183403661392096722" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Lee's Resthouse<br /></div></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGk9Pz6qVWJMJfYWUkVeFA36MwRe2ECBiN9mTtHuuiPmo0_UFP8gswM8WoezmUMzcYuaBvROJy8ZH6YCo0xlZ8bshj15xxun1aS0n2aZrGVDDTPBTpaJjm8LbNB-xle9C30JF8CA/s1600-h/PICT0009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGk9Pz6qVWJMJfYWUkVeFA36MwRe2ECBiN9mTtHuuiPmo0_UFP8gswM8WoezmUMzcYuaBvROJy8ZH6YCo0xlZ8bshj15xxun1aS0n2aZrGVDDTPBTpaJjm8LbNB-xle9C30JF8CA/s320/PICT0009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183403665687064034" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Another look at the variety of diving gear waiting to be loaded in the van to the jetty<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">More pictures coming up soon in part 2 :)<br /></div></div>najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-60397916158006464002008-03-24T15:14:00.003+08:002008-03-24T15:21:56.577+08:00I'm Back!I'm back and feeling tired and sleepy. I only got home around 2.30am this morning and still having the so called "Post Diving Syndrome". Mocha has been asking for pictures (sorry for you camera bro) and I'll try to upload them tonight should I finish unpacking and cleaning my diving gears. I'm sure they're smelling quite nice now at home as some are not so dry when I packed them and it was raining when we touched down at LCCT yesterday.<br /><br />Anyway, overall it was a good trip. Sipadan was not as I expected due to unfavorable weather condition and bad timing. But I did have fun at the other dive sites namely Si Amil, Kapalai and around Mabul island. It was a long 1 week journey and now I think I'm hooked. I'm already looking at the calendar to see if I can slot in another trip this year (yes honey, I'm thinking about going back there but this time I'll take you along heh :) ) should I be able to come up with the money needed that is.<br /><br />Pictures coming soon.....stay tunednajibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306253.post-26048805432851901992008-03-17T11:45:00.002+08:002008-03-17T11:59:13.426+08:00The Day is Tomorrow...I've been keeping my diving equipment dry ever since I came back from the Kaleebso LOB trip last December. Yup, not a single dive since then, not even in the pool, although a miscommunication made me miss one of the pool session that I was planning to attend. So tomorrow I'll officially start my 2008 diving season diving in Sipadan until Sunday. It's my first time to Sipadan and I'm hoping for the best there. After all those stories and pictures, it's my time to personally experience it.<br /><br />I don't know how many dives would I be doing there, but I'll try to slot in as much as possible. I do by all means plan to break the 100 dives barrier this year (so far I have no luck breaking 100 in golf so maybe I'll try it in diving) and I'm planning to do the bulk of the dives earlier in the year this year.<br /><br />I'll definitely be posting lots of pictures for this trip that I'll be taking 2 cameras with me for trip (thanks to gafiL for lending me her camera) so that I can capture every single step of the journey. So stay tuned for reports soon.... :)najibesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754095496993651536noreply@blogger.com6