Malaysian Post

Story and lesson via images.

Spotted a bird, I have never seen before.

Looks like a cross between a kingfisher and a crow. A kingcrow?

Of course, if anyone can tell me the name of this bird, I would be most grateful.

p.s. Thanks to SS Khoo of MNS for the info that this is the White-throated Kingfisher, a very common kingfisher in Malaysia.

Just A Malaysia (16th June 2008)

Was at Dataran Merdeka this afternoon to witness the lighting of the Olympic Flame for the Malaysian Leg of the Olympic Torch Run.

The weather was kind and warm and the crowd was just overwhelming. People packed the field and I have to jostled my way through.

When the small band comprising of City Hall personnel played the National Anthem at the beginning of the ceremony, I felt a gigantic swell of pride and patriotism coursing through my veins. The last time I sang the National Anthem was decades ago when I was still in school.

I managed to make my way to the front and snapped some shots for posterity.

The full album may be viewed @ www.photographs.my

Click here to view the full album at www.photographs.my

Went to the Gerakan CNY Open House at Tesco Puchong this afternoon with my family.

There was a large crowd and we have to queue about 15 minutes for our food. Food was the usual fare consisting of white rice, fried rice, fried mee hoon, curry chick, popiah, satay, sweet and sour fish and stir fried cauliflower. Drink was orange cordial, cendol, and ABC (Ais Batu Campur).

We reached there after 1 p.m. and there were no cendol and ABC left. The lunch dishes were replenished from time to time. However, when we reached the serving table, the popiah, satay and fish were temporarily finished and were awaiting replenishment. Bad timing.

There was a short Children’s Lion Dance contest/demonstration before the VIPs gave their political speech.

Immediately after that there was an announcement over the PA system that the VIPs were distributing Ang Pows (red packets contain cash) to children. Immediately the crowd started moving towards the stage for the ang pow distribution. In the beginning the children were orderly. But after 10 or 15 minutes later the people at the queue started to get impatient and minor shoving and queue jumping starts.

It is Valentine Eve and while waiting for my bus, I chance upon a couple of young enterpreneurs selling red roses from a car in the car park.

I asked them for permission to snap a couple of shots for this blog but they were very coy. They agreed after a while but by then my bus has arrived. I managed to fire off a couple of quick shots before dashing off to catch my bus. The tail end of the bus can be seen at the left of the picture below.

Happy Valentine’s Day to all the lovers in the world.