Day Out at Pavilion

The cherry blossom tree outside Pavilion.I had to do the morning round today and by the time I got back home, the boys were keen to go out again. They both spent the morning doing arts and crafts. The whole of my working table was smeared with paint. Luckily there were water-soluble. Cleaning up was not a problem. To be honest, I was not really that keen to go out since I went to bed pretty late after watching the football match. Yes! Rooney bagged four goals against Hull last night and at least for a few days, we were top of the league again .... the place where we were meant to be ..... sweet!

Swans everywhere!At the main entrance coming in from Bukit BintangCute fake waterlilliesThe main lobby was completely transformedIt's Pavilion today. Idlan wanted some miso. Yo! Sushi it was. The place was kinda crowded when we got there. We had to wait for a table, which got Idlan a bit worked up. After lunch, we explored the Chinese New Year decor at the main lobby. The lobby was rightly transformed. It was very nice indeed. However, the main attraction I must say was the fake cherry blossom tree lining the walkway outside the building. They were simply stunning. I was sure it will look even more gorgeous at night with the lighting and all. I must take Puan Anita out one of these nights, just the two of us.

Irfan exploring the flowersI have uploaded a slideshow of the outing here for you guys to have a look at.

Last Day with Teacher Kumari

With Teacher Kumari - while Idlan keen to go for lunch. Hungry apparently.Since attending Pingu School, Irfan has been fond of Teacher Kumari. Unfortunately it turned out that today will be his last session with her. Teacher Kumari planned to return to India by the end of the month. She might return in the future but we were uncertain if she will return to teach at Pingu again. The sad thing was, Irfan was not in the mood to attend school. He stayed outside while Idlan spent an our there.

Irfan with his shopping basket at Czip Lee earlier

Slideshow and video from Bird Park stroll

The last time I visited the Bird Park was in January 09, exactly a year ago. I remember coming here with my two boys with Idlan freaking out after being chased by a couple of peacocks. The owl was a big hit for them. For fear of an asthma attack, Puan Anita wouldn't let me take them near the lover's bird cage.

For the past year, there have been a few improvements. The giftshop ladies were more friendly for a start. There was also a new koi pond and a fountain being built with benches which I can imagine being nice to sit on while reading a book. The weather was pretty nice when I got there. I paid my RM15 entrance fee and started shooting away. A nice walk, listening to my iPod and sitting by the koi pond, I managed to get through some letters and emails on my phone. I guess work just wouldn't leave me behind.

For those keen to visit the place, yes, the entrance prize was rather steep at RM15. Apparently they charged more for foreigners. If you think that was expensive, they charged RM4 for a bottle of mineral water! Since it was a workday, there were hardly anyone else. The park is opened from the morning until 7pm. By the time I left just after 6, there were insects and mosquitoes. If you don't like insects, repellents may be a good idea. Another thing I noted was, the number of lover's birds, the small colourful ones featured on the slideshow was smaller than last year. I remembered heaps of them circling around looking for feeds. There weren't that many anymore. The usual attractions, owls, hornbills  and hawks were still plentiful. I am sure there will be more people during weekends, so if you are planning on snapping, maybe a weekday is better.

Late afternoon stroll at the Bird Park!

Since I have an extra hour after arriving home from my lecture at UPM, I decided to take my lens cap off and headed somewhere to shoot. The weather was pretty OK. So why not!

I arrived at the place just before 5. It should open until 7. One thing I noticed straight away is the lover's bird population is getting less. Are they being slaughtered in time for Valentine's? There is also a new addition in the ground, a new koi pond. A quick stroll, fill up the memory ard then home happy ..... I hope!

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More video uploads

I have been clearing up the clutter on my desk for the last couple of desks, and that included all the clutter on my PC, thumbdrives and my other USB drives at home. Most of the files had been streamlined, but some of them just need compressing. The ones that needed some work on were my video files. They needed conversion into smaller files that can later be converted into DVD movies. So I went to work.

Managed to transfer the ones I don't need and convert the ones I wanted to work on. The problem was, the files were all in HD and was taking up a lot of disk space. I managed to convert most of them into YouTube files now. I'll probably upload some in the next few days. The above was just some of the samples