our department teambuilding was held in jerejak island two fridays ago… it was exciting with numerous physical activities such as jungle trekking, flying fox, rappelling as well as navigating through an obstacle course of ropes and wires which required good balancing skills… while waiting for the boat home… we even had time for some beach soccer and volleyball… :)

the autocity carnival in juru was full of cars and chicks… with various events such as motorcross… drifting… mini parade… japanese super gt queens… eating competitions… as well as a beauty pageant…

yet another birthday dinner at paddington house of pancakes… mine was there too :)

post-sunset long-exposure shots at batu feringgi beach…

a couple more photos from mengkuang lake :)

on sunday evening… my colleagues and i traveled across to the mainland to mengkuang lake in bukit mertajam for some photo shooting… it was scenic indeed especially with the apparition of the rainbow halfway during shooting… by the way… the first panorama is from twelve portrait shots… while the second one is from seven landscape shots… on hindsight… i should have shot the second one in portrait orientation too… :)

during my last trip to ipoh a couple of months ago… i finally visited kek lok tong for the first time… meg and i were shooting everything from macro to landscape… here’s a three-by-three composite stitched from nine photos… the cave and its lotus pond were simply too huge to fit into one shot…

if only you could be spared from this hardship
if only you cried tears of joy not sorrow
if only you weren’t stuck in the relationship
if only you didn’t feel empty and hollow

cast the burdens that keep you from walking
paralyzing emotions which leave you broken
your fragile soul has taken too huge a beating
from actions unrealized and words unspoken

hanging on a thread of uncertainty
journeying into unchartered territory
your guardian watches over invisibly
as you tread along in search of your destiny

unexpectedly a devil in disguise
grave misconception, it came as a surprise
we mourn for truth and trust, their fall and demise
uncovering reality filled with ugly lies

punctured and stabbed, it’s no wonder you’re bleeding
wounded and scarred, it takes time for the healing
for they know not what they do, we’re forgiving
his steps must we follow in our daily living

fallen and unworthy, we should be ashamed
for our shortcomings, we have ourselves to blame
stepping forward, not going to where we came
renewed and changed, it will never be the same

after dim sum at anson road early on saturday morning… we made our way up penang hill… there were quite a number of tourists and a group of school children there too… so while waiting for the train… we took turns to shoot and pose :)

it was pretty hazy… and so the view of georgetown from the top was not as picturesque as i would have liked it to be… we also went to the canopy walk suspension bridge to enjoy the scenic nature amidst the extremely tall trees… and then hiked six kilometres down a steep road which left our legs exhausted…