Archive for the ‘Random Pix’ Category

Nov 18

Almost every corner in Disneyland, you’ll see a Disney character posing with visitors. Most of the visitors are little children with an autography for their favorite character to sign. I felt like a BIG KIDDO queueing in line to take pix with Mickey. In fact, there was a father and daughter behind of me. The little girl was pushing me all the time - cant blame her because I think she was very EAGER to take pix with Mickey. So the father spoke some funny language with me - gesturing to me to let them go first. I gave him a nasty stare and said “Sorry, no.”. Politely, I told him to take his daughter back to their side. Guilty? ‘ell NO!

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Nov 15

It was really cloudy and cold when I arrived at the Eiffel Tower. But the lousy weather did not deter the determination of the tourists to climb the gigantic tower which stands majestically in the city. The tower is located opposite to the Musee National Des Monuments. The last time I visited Paris, I also took pix of the Eiffel Tower from there. It has the most perfect view of the tower.

At the foot of the monument is a small carousel where people with little children could let their kids go on a ride on the colorful horses before the adults continue to snap away pix of the gorgeous tower. Seriously, when you’re traveling alone, it’s really not so difficult to get some strangers to take pix of you. Of course, you gotta tell them exactly what you want by showing them first the background they oughta snap on the lcd of your digital camera.

If you’re staying on the Left Bank, there are lots of lines that go there. I stayed in a hotel on Boulevard Saint Jacques - so I took M6 from Glaciere to Bir-Hakeim. From Bir-Hakeim station you still need to walk about ten minutes before you reach the bottom of the Eiffel Tower. In Paris, if you are asking for direction to the Eiffel Tower - the locals don’t understand what is Tower - so you gotta tell them you wanna go to Tour Eiffel.

The most convenient way to move around Paris is the bus and the metro. I was surprised how easy it was to hop on and off the bus to get from one point to another. I only took the metro whenever I had to go to somewhere far from my departure point.

Nov 14

I rushed to catch the train to Disneyland Paris from Glaciere early Saturday morning. So, I was left with a great hunger pang when I arrived at Disneyland. The first thing I did when I got into Walt Disney Studio was to stop by a kiosk to get this breakfast meal which cost me 5.50euros. One minute maid orange juice, cafe latte and croissant. Damn Disney! Money sucker!

I spent 30euros alone just for junk food in Disneyland. Unbelievable!

Nov 12

I have to photoshop some pix abit cuz the sky was too whitish/ greyish in the pix that I took. It was true Fall weather in Paris. Partly sunny but no rain! I was carrying my samsonite umbrella - lightweighted - around for no reason. =S

Nov 06

I haven’t really taken a lot of photos because I was busy eating and taking care of my baby. Some Malaysian friends did come over for a chat. The food wasn’t enough to accommodate the many people who were there. But the desserts were good!

We had rendang ayam, otak-otak, broccoli with mushrooms, nasi kunyit, chicken wings, rojak, chickpeas, stirfry mixed veges and something else (can’t remember what was that). They were all made by the Malaysian ladies.

S’s rojak

J, P and L

P, L and M

H, L, J and P

H, L, S, P, J and daughter

RK our emcee for the evening - he’s awesome!

E and Z - Z is our rep from Malaysian Embassy - nice guy! E is from Malesia-Suomi Yhdistys

L and the crowd

Our desserts - L’s friend made the cake

L, YP and M

RK and M

Love this shot of YP - she looks gorgeous and sexy!

Erno - my boy’s favorite friend

Oh yeah and I overheard we had sarawak special brewed coffee that evening. No wonder it tasted ummpphh!

Nov 03

I have been monitoring two women who bring their kids to play nearby our place. They bring their kids - 4-5 of them depending on the time of the day so very often nearby our place which is TOO CLOSE to be playing around. That is very inconsiderate of them. I was out in the yard one day when they were like 1 meter away from our yard and the kids were shouting and the mothers were yapping out loud. So, I shouted at my boy, who happened to be singing quite loud too, to shut up. And told him that “he” is very noisy. Immediately, I heard some silence and slowly they moved away. I don’t understand why would anyone want to go so near to people’s place and do stupid things like this. Well, fine, this is tolerable and they are not too often too close to our place.

But, they are very often seen playing with things of our neighbors’ kids. Now, this is INTOLERABLE! I find the women to be very irresponsible mothers because they are cultivating bad habits in their kids. That’s the BEGINNING to bad habits. My parents never taught me to play with things that do not belong to us eventhough they were strewn all over a place where we had no clue who had left them there. But these two women really “impressed” me with their stupidity.

I remember my dad always reminded me, when I was a kid, if I saw money on the ground - do not go pick it up. First of all, it’s not our money. Secondly, how would we know if someone was trying to trap us? So, eventhough we have the intention to pick it up and bring it to the police - if we put something that’s not ours into our bags or pockets or even in our hands … that’s not right already. Alright, unless if someone left the thing in my house or in my car - then yes I have the right safekeep it until that someone comes and claim it back. But if it’s in a public place … it’s better left untouch.

Bwwaaahahahahahaha, my mom and aunts theory even more “keng” (great) … they said if we see something on the floor or chair - aiyah just anywhere lah - don’t pick it up cuz might be something to do with black magic and nanti kena pukau or jampi! Hahahahahahaha, yeah I thought that was hilarious, but I did so believe them. Duh!

Anyway, back to those stupid women, today they came again, one came with her own toy (green piece of thingy). It so happened our neighbors’ kids toys were lying around next to our neighbor’s house. They went and play with them. What’s more, I saw them taking some stuff back with them. OK I got no prove they are not theirs. But, by playing with things that do not belong to them - I think that’s a very GOOD ENOUGH accusation. They can blame nobody for accusing them for stealing because it’s a fact they are playing with things that do not belong to them and without the permission of the owners.

I took plenty of pix of them each time they come to our place. Here are the many pix I’ve taken of them today. I saw them taking with them 2 extra toys which I do not think belong to them.

All our kids’ toys are in the bush you see on the left of the pix.

Helping her kids to climb the dangerous stone.

See the pink object in the woman’s hand (light colored jacket) - I don’t think it’s theirs.

Took with her a piece of blue toy - which I do not believe it’s theirs.

See, I really don’t understand why there are women stupid enough to bring their kids to play in such dangerous places. VERY STUPID! Also caught red-handed for playing with others’ toys … that’s good enough to bring shame to them. See those blue and pink stuff in the women’s hands? They are not theirs - well at least that’s what I believe.

Moral of the story - do not touch things that do not belong to you. Do not go too near to people’s house. Cuz if they lost something, you’ll be the first suspects eventhough you’re not.

Nov 01

Whenever I play itunes on my imac … this screensaver would appear … and I really love it! Look at how well my album covers are being collated!

Love it!

Nice! iHeart!

Oct 31

I took this pix when I visited Malaysia. I kinda like how it turned out.

Maybe I should add more colors to it.

Oct 27

I’m so excited!

Oct 19

I’m so proud of my D90! It’s still in the box - unopened *haha*

It’s currently in California waiting for a transit back to Finland.

I’m also getting 2 lenses - 70-300mm and 50mm f1/4