Amsterdam Canal Night View

Another picture taken with long exposure with my D3000.

Surisit Taman Tun Dr Ismal

The wife requested for a dinner for her sister who came visiting us in KL with her boyfriend. Dinner venues were discussed and finally short listed. We were going to visit a Thai food restaurant this time around. A place where I did not fully approve of but looking at her enthusiasm looks like the decision was done. I only hope that they would not made me wait like the last time for more than and hour and a half for a decent meal. This is one place that I think it is seriously always short of staffs and always have a good flow of other visitors to make your dinner experience a long one.

A note that This is not ordinary Thai food joint. This place serves pork.

We ordered Tom Yum Pork (featured below in steamboat), green curry, omelet and fried kang kung.

Surprisingly, service was quick and the dishes were served speedily this time around. I was a happy dinner camper.

This pork tom yum tastes not bad. Even visitors from Penang liked it.

I like to eat this omelet with fish sauce.

Closing Time at Restoran Famous Seremban Favourites

Went to gym on after a half day work on a Saturday afternoon landed me on the way back home looking for food. 4 pm in the afternoon was a challenge if you are looking for quick chinese food in PJ as most shops are closed after lunch and not ready for dinner.

I happen to be at Aman Suria and I was really trying hard to avoid nasi kandar or any mamak food and I really don't see myself chowing down another double cheese burger from Mc Donalds's after watching Super Size Me on Youtube.

I remember there was this noodle place in the neighbourhood so I went. It has been some time since I dropped by.

The restaurant had some slight makeover and it now looks cleaner than several years ago. I came here during lunch rush hour before and it was really packed.

I ordered a large size hakka noodle for myself and another Char Siew rice packed to go.

The noodle was awesome and I had refills of the green chilis, I would never enjoy these noodle as much without this stuff.

The noodle again close up. You can see the minced pork. Chow down time.

A snapshot of the famous Char Siew here. The waiter was smart enough to separate sauces for later on consumption. The rice would become really dry if they mixed it.

I would say the operating hours are Wednesday to Monday, 8 am to 4 pm. Closed on Tuesdays.

And here is the location map.




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Amsterdam at Night, Jul 2012

Other than biking. another passion of mine is photography. 

I took up this hobby when I had my first baby boy, that was back in 2009 when my son was 1 years old. My wife and I took many photos of him using our phone camera and decided that he deserves better hence we invested on a Nikon D3000. 

3 years on the camera had really taken many thousands of pictures for our little family. And thanks to my loyal friend, who was a moving information desk answered everything I needed to know about taking photos using a SLR. 

Honestly, taking up photography was one of the most interesting hobby for me to date. One thing to note about it is that it does not come cheap. Any photography enthusiast will tell you the same thing. But here I am using a compact size SLR and complaining about the cost of it all, while I have not even speak about full frame FX format cameras or even the Mamiya or the Hassleblad medium format which would cost you an arm and a leg for owning them. 

My experience with Nikon has been a bitter sweet one. I really enjoy comparing photos taken with mediocre cameras with a proper SLR and seeing the difference just makes me enjoy having the knowledge of understanding how the art of capturing lights works for a person like me. However, I always believe it is not about what gear you carry, but what kind of opportunity you present yourself with.

It may be a neighbour's kid birthday party, or a family outing or even a big trip to explore the other half of the world, with a good camera and loaded with some knowledge, you could actually take some decent photos that could last you a life time. 

This picture below is a picture I took with my Nikon D3000. In fact, it is the very last few pictures that I took with this camera as I already rewarded myself with a nice upgrade to the very noble D7000. But that story should fit in another blog entry which I would be happily share with you, very soon. 

 

dam square 

f8

exposure: 6s

iso 100

focal length: 27mm 

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