FB Games

Hooked to games on Facebook recently, especially the Farm Town and Restaurant City .

Someone told me to be more realistic, don’t get too fond with the virtual world .
Is it so ?.

Maybe he is right, maybe I am trying to run away from the reality .
It is not so a wonderful world out there
Life is harder in reality .
Mistakes were done, lives still need to goes on . . . can't stop, can't pause, can't undo
But whatever done is done, can’t be forever forget and definitely can’t be undone .

In Farm Town, I choose to have an integrated farm, with various crops, and animals .
Do away with the conventional plantation agriculture .
I will start my own farm, self-sustainable, environmental friendly, bio-diversify, for food security, not for capitalism .
a tool for teaching too, perhaps.

I will add in all the good stuff, make it a better place .
If I can't practice what I learned in the real world, at least I do it in the virtual world .

Won't buy a mansion, its expensive
Won't spend money on fancy accessories either
Won't repeat the mistakes I made in the real world

A new start

River of Slum

These are photos i took on 5th June, 2009 over the Klang River
What a sight !

i forwarded the photos to DoE, Irrigation & Drainage Department, MBSA and some other government departments, MPs and ADUNs. Surprisingly, it was hard to google out their emails. Finally after i emailed then, the mails were all bounched back !

Only the one to MBSA get through, yet they replied, : "Hasil pemerhatian aduan sampah di sungai bukan di bawah bidangkuasa MBSA dan di bawah pihak JPA. Harap maklum."

Haze

Haze is now a part of Malaysia's weather, normally occured around draught seasons. It is caused by local Hotspots, as well as neighboring countries' as a result of open burning in agriculture.

The haze was once so bad that the state o emergency were declared in some part of Malaysia.

The photos i took during the latest worst haze were on 12th June, 2009 in Klang. The reading was an unhealthy 120.

The air quality in Malaysia is described in terms of Air Pollutant Index ( API ). The API is an indicator of air quuality and was developed based on scientific assessment to indicate in an easily understood manner, the presence of pollutants and its impact on health. The API system of Malaysia closedly follows the Pollutant Standard Index (PSI ) developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency ( US-EPA )

The air pollutant index scale and term used in describing the air quality levels are as follows :

0-50 Good

51-100 Moderate

101-200 Unhealthy

201-300 Very Unhealthy

> 300 Hazardous

the CAQM stations measure the concentration of 5 major pollutants in the ambient air, namely, suspended particulated matters ( PM10 ), sulphur dioxide ( SO2 ), nitrogen dioxide ( NO2 ), carbon dioxide ( CO2 ), and ozone ( O3 ). These concentrations are measured continuously on hourly basis. The hourly value is then averaged over 24-hour running perioud for PM10 and SO2, 8-hour period for CO2, whilst O3 and NOx are readhourly. An hourly index is calculated for each pollutant. The highest index value recorded is then taken as the API for the hour.

Manukan Island, Sabah

canoes resting on the sand

an island nearby, is it Sapi Island?

water scooters heading out

1,2,3 jump

shaddy Casuarina equistefolia

baywatch

Pangkor Island

boys too need sunblock lotion !




fishing village

searching for a spot along the beach

wandering what kept the boys so focus

sandman in making

a trip to Pangkor Island is not complete without a dip in the sea

photos by Emily & Ongzi

Putrajaya Botanical Garden

Located at the northern section of Precinct 1, this park is designed as an arcadia or a national sanctuary for Malaysian plant taxonomy as well as a centre for education and research. The first phase of the park is now open to the public.

At the Canopy Bridge. The trees are yet to grow big enough to form a nice shade over the bridge. Come back another 10 years, maybe, if the bridge is still there.

Trying out the feel of the carpet grass, Zoysia matrella

Mike feels like flying. Guess why?

Standing tall

by the lake, overseeing the Putrajaya Mosque

Taman Botani is open to the public 9.00 am - 7.00pm daily while the interactive exhibition in the main building is yet to open from Tuesdays to Sundays; 10.00 am - 6.30 pm

Skywalker - a photo-blog

first, to conquer a tree...

zig-zag walk

after the bamboo crossing, a swing-walk ahead

this is the easiest one

away i swing !

. . . landed on a cargo net

finally, a flying-fox finale








photographed by Emily & ChongWei

Confidence, Trust, Hope

Once, all village people decided to pray for rain.
On the day of prayer all people gathered and only one buy come with an umbrella.
That's CONFIDENCE


Trust should be like the feeling of a one year old boy
when you throw him in the air,
he laughs...... because he knows you will catch him.
That's TRUST


Every night we go to bed,
we have no assurance to get up alive in the next morning,
but still you have plans for the coming day.
That's HOPE




This article manages to catch Ongzi's attention, spend time reading and pondering upon, and decided to 'steal' it for his own blog. Guilty for 'copy & paste'.