GoPro Blue Hour

After a day of meeting, I was ready to have some chill out time. Anita asked if I can drive her out. Sure. And that gave me the chance to bring my GoPro out since it had been such a clear sunny day that day.

I reached Bukit Bintang at around sunset after negotiating some heavy traffic. Many people were doing their preparations for Chinese New Year and the road had been busy. I immediately noticed that the blue light after sunset that day would be gorgeous.

There were definitely plenty to snap at Bukit Bintang with people mingling about. GoPro jpg rendition definitely favours blue sky. The blue just popped, contrasting the neon lights on the ground.

My walk took me to the famous Bukit Bintang intersection by the monorail station. There were live street musician playing which I recorded of course. I also had the chance to do a bit of time lapse - which in the end turned out to be too short.

I then doubled back to Pavilion to join Anita for dinner, again taking some photos of the famous fountain. All in all, the GoPro coped well with the high ISO needed to capture evening scenes after sunset. Captures up to ISO 1600 seems to still be useable. I didn't dare to leave the setting above that.

More New Lights

Anita was determined to make the balcony even more cosy than it already has. Her latest addition was a string of colourful lights, powered by AA batteries making them readily portable.

She only bought a single strand to try it out but I was pretty sure there would be more coming. They look so amazingly cool. It would look great come festive season.

Hopefully they are as waterproof as they claim to be as they would be soaked exposed to the elements out there. Let's her a few more ...

Pulau Langkawi?

The first season of Star Trek Discovery ended a couple of weeks back and Anita finally managed to catch up with all the episodes. I must say that the series was more gloomy that I would've hoped but it ended up on a happy note. But there would be plenty of twists to come I was sure.

We also finally learned where Captain Georgio wasn't from Ipoh but Pulau Langkawi. I was sure that would be an important information for future quizzes.

On the whole I felt that the second season should be more upbeat. I could only take solemn tone a certain amount. It would be no fun it it was too serious like it was with Battlestar Galactica. The franchise had however carried enough for me to root for the second season ...

Lunch at Common Grind

It was the day after Valentines, Chinese New Year Eve. With everything happening at home, we didn't make any special dinner plans. As I had some time during lunch, I decided to go out for quick meal with Anita.

Anita wanted to go to The Row at Jalan Doraisamy and check on the cafés there. Not many were open during lunch. We settled for Common Grill located the end that street.

No grinding seen ...If you prefer sitting outsideWe prefer the air-conditioningA serene surrounding in the middle of the city, with greens all around. They served sandwiches and pasta as warm selections. More pastries and coffee than anything else. But the ambiance was nice.

Both of us had some pasta and they were delicious. My mocha wasn't half bad. A nice place to chill actually but the problem would be parking. That area was not exactly blessed with plenty of space for the car. But there is a Monorel station nearby or you could park at Quill City Mall just across the road.

Checking out the menu ...We started with some iced lemon teaInvitingThe place was worth another look should I need a quiet place to meet up with friends.

CNY Outing

The morning ward round turned to be a long one in the New Year Day. By the time I was done, it was almost time for Friday Prayers. I decided to stay in Subang until after the prayers.

That famous cube in front of Lot 10There were still plenty of lights at the startHowdy!Plenty of activitiesBy the time I reached the apartment, it was already time to leave to meet Specky, an old classmate from Terendak. Anita and the boys had other ideas. They wanted to have a late lunch before heading out to the park.

Reaching the fountainThe top tier ...There is always time for selfies ...By the time it was done, I still had some errand to run. We decided to hop on the MRT from KL Sentral to get my stuff done and along the way had the chance to try my new camera setup.

Inside PavilionCute cat ...Packed ...Happy faces ...Plenty of tweaking yet needed doing.