Some sleep on cold concrete bed.
Some on slightly higher ground. It keeps them away from curious stray dogs and cats.
Some on a bedsheet in front of the shops.
Some have their heads rest on bag pillow and a bike to keep them company.
Others on three-wheel mobile cushioned bed the al fresco style.
And some fortunate ones have the luxury of sleeping in their shop while their workers toil away.
Sleep well.
Cameras used for the shots are Olympus XA and Olympus 35DC on various types of film. If you are interested to find out the film type for each photo just click on them and they will link you to the details on my flickr.
For more of Penang photos from this trip check out the photo set here.
Filed under: Photography, Travel , Film Photography, Penang, People, Sleeping, Street
I wish I had a flatbed scanner of an A1 size to scan all the beautifully patterned tiles on walls and floors!
Cameras used for the shots are Olympus XA and Olympus 35DC on various types of film. If you are interested to find out the film type for each photo just click on them and they will link you to the details on my flickr.
For more of Penang photos from this trip check out the photo set here.
Filed under: Photography, Travel , Film Photography, Penang, Tile, Travel
Scenes of everyday life people, with different poses, at different places and at different time doing different things.
A man having his breakfast at a local coffeeshop. He saw me taking his picture.
Folks playing chess by the sidewalk. How comfortable it is to sit both legs opened wide apart like a peace sign.
A beca man pinching his pimple? I am not too sure.
An old lady and grandson at their home at Chiew Jetty. Notice her fair face? She had powder all over her face.
Some half naked man sitting on a bike talking on the phone. He was wearing shorts, by the way.
A lady at work in a mechanic store.
Men doing welding works.
A man at his rattan shop.
A petite Indian man in sarong. Looking kind of sexy.
Butcher resting his arms on the chopping board. Are you not ready to chop some meat?
Cameras used for the shots are Olympus XA and Olympus 35DC on various types of film. If you are interested to find out the film type for each photo just click on them and they will link you to the details on my flickr.
For more of Penang photos from this trip check out the photo set here.
Filed under: Photography, Travel , Film Photography, Penang, People, Travel
Any better reason why should you not visit Penang if it is not for this one? Penang is placed on the UNESCO’s World Heritage list.
The architecture, the colours, the patterns, the oldness, the rusticity of olden day buildings that still stand pridefully are the subjects of admiration to most photo enthusiasts of today.
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Filed under: Photography, Travel , Film Photography, Heritage Buildings, Penang, Travel, UNESCO’s World Heritage
Can you spot the man?
The morning thing to do – cup of coffee and daily news – to start off the day.
Chowrasta morning market.
The king of fruits – durian! Wherever the durians are there will you find the people crowd around.
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Filed under: Photography, Travel , Film Photography, Market, Penang, Travel
Penang is a place that spells F-O-O-D.
I won’t blog much in detail about the famous local food but I will just let some of the photos I took tell the story. Do google to find out more about Penang food if you want to know more.
Penang char kuey tiaw (sometimes spelled as char kway teow). Til today I still cannot really tell the distinctive difference between those in Penang and the ones in KL, but this one I had tasted really favourful.
Deep fried food – lobak, which are meat or seafood fritters.
This hawker stall uncle frying oyster omelette (or or chien in Hokkien dialect) with a style – look at his stylo googles! Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Food, Photography, Travel , Film Photography, Food, Food Heaven, Hawker Stall, Malaysian Food, Penang, Travel
BLUE.
It is not my favourite colour. It is not the colour I would wear. It is not the colour we would normally find in food. But it is the colour I love to see in the sky.
After coming back to KL yesterday the one thing I do miss the most is the clear blue skies in my hometown Miri. However, here are some of the blue photos from my Penang trip in June.
Are not the blue skies lovely?
The bridge you cannot miss when you are crossing from the mainland to the island – the Penang Bridge! Shot this photo with my eye off the viewfinder. The car was going too fast for me to even focus n my little Olympus XA anyway.
Some simplistic blue sky pictures of buildings.
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Filed under: Photography, Travel , Blue Sky, Film Camera, Film Photography, Penang, Rangefinder, Travel
Some notes I made when I was reading the book by John C. Maxwell – Failing Forward while waiting for boarding at the KLIA.
Filed under: Cartoon Illustration, Journal, Message , Airport, Book, Cartoon Illustration, Failing Forward, John C Maxwell, Journal, Lamy Fountain Pen, Message, Moleskine, Noodler's Ink, Notes, Polar Black, Sketch
This is the 5th time this year and that broke my past records of going back once or twice a year in the past, especially during those years when I was under employment, as most of you know it is not easy to take leave from work and go away as often as you want to.
When I was asked about for what particular reason or occasion that I am going home this time I said none, do I even need any? Miri is my home. It is good to be with family. Just a couple of days ago I found out that both my youngest sister and mom’s birthdays fall on this week! NOW, I have a good reason for coming home! Yes, their birthday presents are all prepared, will wait til the celebration day.
Coming back home does not mean I am on holiday, yo, work continues still. It is about working at the comfort of my home-sweet-home environment without having to worry what’s for breakfast, lunch and dinner today. But I prefer my workstation in PJ with my cat, Bebe around and watch her nap and do all the funny little stuff she always does.
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Filed under: Journal, Personal, Photography , Aircraft, Book, Digital Photography, Flight, KLIA, Lamy Fountain Pen, MAS, Miri, Moleskine, Sarawak
That’s my grandmother with her denture in her hand. A picture I took about 2 years ago during my short visit.
Been thinking of paying grandma a visit in Kuching next month…
Check out more pictures of her here.
Filed under: Photography , Family, Grandma, Grandmother, Granny, Photography, Polaroid
An idea is always formed first in the mind and then transferred to the paper before it is reconstructed in the computer.
Just as for the Amazing Kids logo it is client’s desire to have an image of a mother giraffe and baby giraffe’s necks formed into a heart shape which is symbolic of parental love and raising up of young leaders for this children educational center. Giraffe speaks of leadership character.
The process of the design :
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Filed under: Art + Design, Illustration , Children, Drawing, Giraffe, Graphic Design, Idea, Kids, Logo Design, Process, Sketch
Been a really hard at work this month and seriously need a good break but not so soon until all is over and done. I can only afford a short one for now, today, so I decided to do something to break the ice before getting back to work again.
This is it! I am taking some time off to talk about this project I am curently embarking on – Wheatgrass Project… LOL. What on earth would I want to grow wheatgrass?! Not something I thought of doing but it all started when I visited the petshop in my neighbourhood recently and stumbled upon this box of instant DIY wheatgrass growing kit. I thought it was funny as it is meant for cats! I do not know what struck me at the time but the next thing I thought to myself was, why not?? Why not give it a try?! Life is too short not to try something new, right? I mean, I have seen my cat, Bebe, eat grass outside the house compound before but I really have no idea how much she would approve this idea of home-grown wheatgrass! If she is not going to eat it I will keep it to myself then! Nothing to lose, really. 
Day 1 : Preparing the ground and welcome the seed of greatness
Got the ‘ground’ ready in the plastic tray and down all the wheatgrass seed.
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Filed under: Art + Design, Personal, Photography, Typography , Cat, Digital Photography, Feline, Growing Plant, Growth, Nokia 6300, Personal Project, Phone Camera, Typography, Wheatgrass
One thing in life that I have learned is to keep looking and moving forward. There are things in our past that are not always memorable, mistakes we made, failures we went through, relationships that turned sour – and those are already history!
I am reminding myself everyday is a new day. Nothing I can do to turn back time anf fix the past. It is foolish to dwell in the past and do not long for the good old days either. My best days are ahead of me. I am going to keep pressing forward! I am not going to let my past hold be back from achieving my dreams.
Ink : Noodler’s Ink Polar Black
Material : Moleskine Pocket Size Daily Planner 2009 (Soft Cover)
Filed under: Illustration, Journal, Message , Illustration, Journal, Keep Pressing Forward, Message, Molekine, Noodler’s Ink, Polar Black
Pen : Lamy Safari Charcoal Fountain Pen, Extra Fine Nib
Ink : Noodler’s Ink – Polar Black
Medium : Derwent Inktense Watersoluble Pencils, Staedler Karat Aquarell Watercolour Pencils, Daler-Rowney Acrylic Titanium White
Paper : Tracing paper
Filed under: Illustration, Sketch , Der, Derwent Inktense Set, Drawing, Illustration, Monastery, Noodler's, Noodler's Ink, Polar, Polar Black, Sketch, Stae, Staedler Karat Aquarell
We have a choice to choose which channel we want to listen to. We are what we hear. We become what we hear.
“So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” – Romans 10:17
Pen : Lamy Vista Fountain Pen Medium Nib
Ink : Noodler’s Ink Polar Black
Material : Moleskine Pocket Size Daily Planner 2009 (Soft Cover)
Filed under: Illustration, Journal, Message , Drawing, Illustration, Journal, Lamy Fountain Pen, Moleskine Pocket Diary, Noodler’s Ink, Polar Black
@ OldTown White Coffee, 3Two Square, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Filed under: Food, Illustration, Sketch, Urban Sketches , 3Two Square, Beverage, Breakfast, Food, Fountain Pen, Lamy Safari Charcoal, Lineart, Malaysia, Milk Tea, Napkin Art, Noodler’s Ink, OldTown White Coffee, Petaling Jaya, Polar Black, Selangor, Sketch, Western Platter
With my Nokia 6300.
On the day when I was out for have a brief meeting with client these were a few spot-on shots I could not resist to take even when I did not have a camera with me at the time. My camera phone (or is it phone camera?) is a good backup but minus the low megapixel and bad image quality, though.
A slumbering money changer in KL Sentral.
Even when there was a customer around?
On the train on my way back to PJ I took this shot of a man holding a packed lunch.
The power tower (or whatever you call it) shot when I touched down PJ. Got out of the usual route a bit just to get a bit closer to this gigantic thing. Funny how I had this visual in my mind at that time that the electricity from this thing was going to come right down and give me a good shock! Something like in those sci-fi movies.
The lady who has always been in this place collecting recyclable materials like aluminium cans, papers, plastic bottles and stuff. I even has a particular spot at the basement of this building where she works on the materials she collects from the big dumpster. I have so much respect for her diligence. Each time I walk through this place to and from the LRT station I see her there.
If not for people like her much more recyclable materials would have been wasted unnecessarily.
The above photos were digitally processed in order to be more presentable.
Filed under: Personal, Photography , Cameraphone, Digital Photography, Money Changer, Nokia 6300, Petaling Jaya, Phone Camera, Recycle, Selangor
My ‘Subway Club’ 6 inch Sandwich was made up of Parmesan Oregano bread, turkey breast, turkey ham, roast beef, cheese, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, olive, green pepper, onion, mayonaise, mustard, ketchup, olive oil, vinegar, salt, pepper and Parmesan cheese. To go with Coke. Very full.
I had my Moleskine with me at that time but the Subway napkin looked too colourful for me to resist sketching on it.
Filed under: Food, Illustration, Sketch, Urban Sketches , Jaya33, Lamy Fountain Pen, Napkin Art, Noodler’s Ink, Petaling Jaya, Polar Black, Selangor, Subway Sandwich
No, I am not a collector but an user.
This is a quite rare find of the Yashica rangefinder range. What I like about it is the 35mm f/1.8 lens! Wideangle and big aperture – just the right camera for streets and portraiture. Cannot wait to try it out soon.
Pen : Lamy Safari Charcoal Fountain Pen Extra FIne Nib
Ink : Noodler’s Ink Polar Black
Material : Moleskine Pocket Size Daily Planner 2009 (Soft Cover)
Filed under: Illustration, Journal, Photography, Sketch , Drawing, Film Camera, Illustration, Journal, Lamy Fountain Pen, Moleskine Pocket Diary, Noodler’s Ink, Polar Black, Rangefinder, Sketch, Yashica Electro 35 CC, Yashinon 35mm f/1.8
Live sketch on napkin when I was having my hot chocolate and some cream puffs at B2B Bakery Store at Menara Axis, PJ.
Filed under: Illustration, Sketch , Bakery Store, Fountain Pen, Lamy Fountain Pen, Live Sketching, Napkin Art, Noodler's Ink, Petaling Jaya, Polar Black, Selangor, Urban Sketcher
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