Under the weather

090518 After Badminton, originally uploaded by Haris Abdul Rahman.

Been feeling under the weather for the last couple of days, hence absence from the web. My wife said it was 'Demam Man United' after our beloved United clinched another Premiership title the other day. I tried to brave myself by going out to see my friends playing badminton but no can do, felt back again right after.

I can assure everyone however that it was no H1N1. The conformed cases in Malaysia sure looked to be discharged in the next day or so. So, thank God, no death here. Imagine the panic if there is so! Just earlier today, I saw a lady on the car next to me at the traffic light actually was wearing a mask while driving. She noticed that I peeked around. It was worst then when my son Irfan started pointing and laughing at her. Luckily the light switched soon after and she took a turn! Phew!

The pics above was of my friend after the badminton game having a drink. I had some mee ladna of course!

090504 Makan

090504 Makan, originally uploaded by Haris Abdul Rahman.

This is essentially a trial post from my flickr account. See if it's neat!

Update on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 4:03PM by Haris Abdul Rahman

Success! By updating via flickr, it saves me from having to upload the pictures twice. I need to find out if it is possible to have a single blog entry with two pictures from flickr instead since the resolution and the scaling from flickr is much neater than manual uploads. The pictures appear sharper than I expected.

While I'm there, this is a picture I took on my LX-3 after our badminton games. They mainly features my juniors from MRSM Terendak. Most of them actually enter the college after my SPM, which made me feel kinda old!

This picture also neatly demonstrated the power of the Leica lenses and sensor on the LX3 despite being small-ish. It was almost SLR quality and with such fast lens (f2.0) and built-in image stabiliser, it was possible to handheld picture in such low light.

Oh! My Arm's Aching!

That guy in red is proper lethal! Watch out!I went down for the first time to join a few of my ex-Terendakians for a game of badminton as mentioned last night. Instead of catching the zzz very quickly after the game, I had insomnia! I just cannot sleep! I only finally managed to doze off around 3.30. I tried everything, glass of milk, even reading articles, but I was just wide awake! Must be extra adrenaline.

Woke up this morning slightly late as a consequence. Luckily it is Tuesday, when ward activity is lightest. Edmund led the ward round, so I just joined up halfway. My whole body is aching! I need some urut I think! How am I going to survive another session next week?

Deep down, I really enjoyed hooking up with the lads. They are all grown up. When at MRSM, I have a badminton partner from the opposite end of the spectrum. At school, I was the bookworm, very enthusiastic in school programs, holding posts and stuff, while my partner is a typical rebel in the year. Nobody believed that we clicked together on the badminton court, and we remained unbeaten during the school sports competition. He is now a teacher and happens to live near my Mum's house in Bukit Antarabangsa, married with four kids. He is the last person I would have thought to turn out to be a teacher. But a teacher he is. The pic on top right is me playing with Hasni (or Payut as we liked to call him, and I was called Asap, not because I smoke but due to part of my facial anatomy). He now works for Bank Negara. He will be giving me the lift this weekend to Malacca.

So I am off for my massage then ..... wishful thinking!