Nocturnal

Like an owl

I'm nocturnal

Staying up late at night

Waking up late in the morning

But I like being nocturnal

It's the time when lots of thoughts comes to mind

Journey To The Jewel

Escape from the city

Embark on a journey

Take me across the sea

And reach Pulau Langkawi

If Penang is my favourite holiday destination in Malaysia because of it's food

Then Langkawi is my second favourite because of it's completeness

Natural beauty

Man-made marvels

Green mountains

Blue sea

White sandy beaches (and even a black one)

It's almost the complete package

Minus the presence of special food

They don't call Langkawi the Jewel of Kedah for no reason

This is my second time there

First trip there with friends

Previous trip was with family 7 years ago

My footsteps all around the island

Recorded in pictures

Oriental Village and Cable Car

Designed like a big garden compound

With shops, cafes, ponds, bridges, as well as animal farms

And scenic mountains as the backdrop of the whole place

Mountains whose peak could be reached by a cable car from the village

But I don't like the idea of cable cars

Not even the ones in Genting Highlands

So I did not went up

Instead I look up the mountains from below

It's beautiful

Rate: 4 / 5

Seven Wells Waterfall (Air Terjun Telaga Tujuh)

On one side you have a waterfall

On the other side you have a great view of the faraway mountains and even the sea

The only downside of this place

Is that to reach here

You have to hike quite a distance of stairs

Which in turn are pretty steep and energy draining

But in return

You get what I wrote in the first 2 sentence

Rate: 4 / 5

Telaga Habour Park

A man made marina

The spot of many private yachts

Had lunch at the nearby Petronas' KFC

Perhaps the best KFC in Malaysia in terms of view

Rate: 3 / 5

Cenang Beach (Pantai Cenang)

The Batu Ferringhi of Langkawi

A beach full of tourist and beach activities

Perhaps not the most beautiful beach on the island

But certainly the most crowded

You could be in for a shopping spree at the shops by the road along the beach too

Rate: 4 / 5

Kilim Geoforest Park

A park which we did not enter

Because it involves a boat journey

In which we weren't prepare for

This is the jetty

On a river that leads out to the sea

Rate: Unknown

Air Hangat Hot Springs

Quite a big letdown

It seems like the place were closed down for maintenance

Or abandoned completely

The hot springs is small

And the water ain't hot

7 years ago when I went there

It was much better

And understandably the place was much more crowded then

Rate: 2 / 5

Tanjung Rhu Beach

To me

A beach is not just about sand and sea

It's also about the view

The trees

The faraway islands

And so

This is my favourite beach

The above pictures says it all

Mountains and seas

Look further from the beach

You could also see an island which is part of Thailand

Had Nasi Goreng Kampung as lunch in a wooden shed under the palm trees by the beach here

What a nice atmosphere

Rate: 5 / 5

Black Sand Beach

Legend has it all

But science still couldn't fully explain

If it wasn't for the black sand

This beach would just be like any other beach

Rate: 4 / 5

Temurun Waterfall (Air Terjun Temurun)

A fascinating 30 meter waterfall

The tallest waterfall in Langkawi

The amount of of waterflow is highest in September to October

We came at the right time

And this time around we don't have to hike till we sigh (refering to Seven Wells)

As it's just by the roadside

The water is freezing cold by my standards

I did not swim in the waterfall pool

But that didn't stop me from enjoying the splash of the waterfall

This is the best waterfall I've ever been to

And the 3rd picture here is the best picture I've ever taken

Rate: 5 / 5

Underwater World Langkawi

I know it

You know it

We all know it

A place where you find all those familiar and unfamiliar fishes and sea creatures

The penguinarium was a sight to behold

A place worth going for first timers

But not so much for second timers and so on

Rate: 4 / 5

There you go

Those are the places that mark my Langkawi trip

Isn't it ironic that the 2 places that got my highest rating

Is also relatively not as famous as other places on the list?

Maybe like what some said

The unknown is always better?

Anyway

Had a great trip

And even more so

Spend a great time with my dear ^^v

旧街场

说起旧街场

总是先想到

槟城

马六甲

怡保

甚至吉隆坡的茨厂街

这些地方的老店

对我来说很有味道

充满上一代甚至更早的马来西亚华人的味道

人

偏偏就是向往离自己远的东西

而不留意自己身边的东西

我在巴生长大

也常忘了其实巴生也是其中一个古早的华人聚集点

以上照片里的老店

坐车时不懂经过了多少次

不过就是没留意到

那天下车到街上其中一间相框店

才发觉到这排店

其实也很有那‘槟城马六甲’的味道

Traffic Light

Traffic light

It could cause two cars originally back-to-back to be separated far apart

It could also make two cars originally far apart to be lined up back-to-back

Wrong place wrong time

You would end up losing a lot of ground to a person just ahead of you

Right place right time

You could catch up somebody who should be far ahead of you

When the red light shows

You missed your opportunity

When the green light shows

Everybody starts at the same starting point together again

Underdog

Sometimes it's good to be the underdog

Rather than the favourite

Like that

Nobody expect you to win

So you got nothing to lose

And if you win

You would create even bigger news

Simply because you are an underdog

I want to be the underdog champion

一周后

一周前的今天

首都被高度封锁

一场前所未有的集会正式展开

一周后的今天

黄衣革命还在延续

少的只是集会的人群

和警方的封锁

Bersih 2.0

我是支持的

老实说

政府对此事真的太看不开了

组织

是非政党性质

宗旨

就只是要个公平选举

可是我们的好政府

却说该组织被反对党利用

之后还把他们当作反对党来看待

最后甚至干脆把他们列为非法组织

该组织要求个公平选举

这目的也不过分啊

试想想

论全国票数加起来

投给执政党的和反对党的各有差不多一半

是很接近的

不过

看看国会议席

执政党接近三分二

反对党只有三分一

票数和议席根本不成正比

可见得我们选举委员会在分配议席方面是多么的’厉害‘

地区A

人口10000

一路来是反对党强区

所以给他们1个国会议席

反对党再怎么赢都只有1个议席

地区B

人口5000

一路来是执政党强区

所以把这5000人一分为二

形成2个国会议席各2500人

这样执政党就可以赢得2个议席

公平吗？

不赞成街头示威

可以理解

Bersih组织答应移至体育场举行

不过最后还是没拿到准证

Bersih之所以一早就宣布集会

就是希望政府一人让一步

希望政府给他们一个平台

给他们一个适合的场所进行和平及安全的集会

也让警方可以维持秩序

不过政府就是看不开

知道他们要集会后

就拼命压制

不给他们一丝生存空间

政府啊

你们有没有想过

Bersih大可以秘密筹备集会

不做任何宣布

直到那一天他们的成员集体突然涌现在吉隆坡街头

进行示威

把你们吓个措手不及呢？

一周后

网上还流传着当天一些丑陋的画面

这些我全不谈

心知肚明

一周后

我怎么想都还是想不通

为什么政府怎么想也想不开呢？

Rediscover

Sometimes

It's not just about exploring

It's also about rediscovering

Things that were locked deep down within ourselves

Feelings that were long lost

Stuffs that were long forgotten

When you rediscover them

It could turn out to be better than how it was once were

It could turn out to be better than exploring new things