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There's still a few changes that needs to be done on this blog. So stay tuned for more changes.
Just wanted to share with everyone a very nice picture which I saw on Flickr. Special thanks to Flickr member Deniseop for allowing me to use this. Hope you don't mind letting me use this on my blog.
This is really a beautiful and lovely shot. Time to enjoy relax and have fun with your loved ones.
One of my favorite authors in the early 90s passed away on election day after fighting cancer. I didn't even knew he had cancer until it was on the front page of Yahoo.com. Among my favorite novels written by him are
1) Jurassic Park
2) Airframe
3) Congo
4) Andromeda Strain
5) Sphere
He was well known as one of the greatest science fiction writers and also a celebrity among the writers. He will be greatly missed.
Hope to read Michael Crichton's best selling novel - State of Fear in 2009.
Democrat Barack Obama wins the 2008 presidential election beating John McCain setting him up to become the first African-American to hold the title of President. This is history in the making.
Will he bring about new changes and progress to the nation? Let's just wait and find out.
Ever wondered what are the best times of the day? Well while sitting here at office I gave it some thought to it. For me while it is a working day the best times are when you are packing up and walking towards the car heading back home to pick up my wife. During that time is the time when the day is going to end and the sun is about to set as well. You experience that kinda feeling of another day has passed. Unfortunately I'm not able to leave work earlier to see the sun set, how I wish I could see it everyday. Other times of the day which is great is after a shower after getting back from work, the refreshing feeling kinda makes it feel great...plus you're not thinking about work anymore just resting and doing the things you like to do. On weekends it's another story all together. Friday evening is probably one of the best times of the week as it's the time when you get to enjoy the weekend..I personally call it the Merdeka Friday. Hey no wonder they call it "TGIF". Saturday mornings are best when you're planning what to do the rest of the whole day. Well not forgetting Sunday morning as well waking up to head to church to worship and fellowship with God and friends. It may sound kinda routine but this are the best times we look forward throughout a week and we will have to go through it routinely for many days, months and years to come. So which is your best time of the day?
Every single lap of the final race of the F1 2008 World Championship was worth watching. Lots of dramas and action right from the start till the very last lap of the race. Massa who won the race assumed he could take the crown with Hamilton in 6th position, there were cheers in the Ferrari paddocks but but BUT an unfortunate thing happened when Timo Glock's car stopped a few meters before the race line finish and that pulled Hamilton back up one position to take 5th placing enabling him to beat Massa for the overall championship lead by only 1 point. Who would have imagined Timo would be the decider of the world champion for 2008. What a way to end the last race of the 2008 F1 Championship. So it's the end for F1 2008. A next chapter of F1 begins 2009. That's quite a long way to go and I will be bored since that's the only sporting event I watch.
Another close season between Ferrari and McLaren, only thing is last year we saw Kimi battling with Hamilton. This time around it is Massa vs Hamilton. However Hamilton has an advantage over Massa, a 5 point lead. Massa also has another advantage a brand new V8 engine while Hamilton has a used engine from the previous race. In order to win Massa has to score max points or a minimum of 6 points which is 3rd place while Hamilton doesn't finish the race. But will Hamilton finish the race within the points range to beat Massa or will he screw up again like last year. Massa will have to play it cool and he has to do well in qualifying. If Massa can lead the race all the way to the checkered flag Massa will have an advantage only to wait for Hamilton to screw up or blow up an engine to score no points. Well another interesting season coming to an end. Looking foward to the last race of F1. Who will be the champion?
Our journey started 5am in the morning after a short sleep. Even though we worked 5 long days we were very excited about the trip. Along the way we picked up James and Uncle Raj and made our way to Cameron Highlands in hopes of beating the traffic jam which Sharon and I had gone through last Raya in 2007. Well beat the traffic we did and we arrived at the peak at about 9am. Once there we got out to enjoy the fresh air and it was absolutely wonderful, the air was so cool and refreshing and I was wearing shorts...legs were freezing.
Sharon, Uncle Raj and James with my Savvy along the way up to Cameron Highlands. We stopped to take a few shots of the highlands.
Raj the Photographer
One of the best moments up at Cameron Highlands is the visit to the BOH tea plantation, thanks to Uncle Raj who showed us the way to the plantation, without him we would never have found our way there. The journey up to the plantation interesting, there were lots of blind corners and each blind corner we had to press on the horn to warn people that we are coming up the hill. Once we reached there we got ourselves a cup of BOH tea and some cakes and sandwiches. Once we finished our tea we made our way up to the hill to enjoy the wonderful scenery and the cool breeze. That was the best experience we had up at Cameron. We stayed there for almost 1 hour enjoying the cool breeze. How we wished we could stay there longer.....
The various BOH tea bags
Enjoying the moment
Reflection
Having fun
Breezy Sharon
"Tong sampah"
That's a BIG tea cup
Man was it hot the time I was sucking on the strawberry ice cream. Once it hit 12 noon the cool air was gone and the sun was really making the temperatures high. By that time traffic also started to build up and it was considerably packed at Tanah Rata so we decided to head back down the highlands back to our lovely homes Penang. But of course we had to endure another 3-4 hours of driving.
Macro shots from Cameron
I'm a little bit lazy to finish this write up. Well just ask me if you want to know more. Back to work...if not my boss thinks I'm shaking legs.
