A little photo

Sorry for the long hiatus in updating this blog. Here's a photo for you to enjoy, taken at the SPCA shelter.

Those kitty eyes!

Just step into any animal shelter and you're bound to come across lots of homeless cats. And there will be those that will give you that 'Puss-in-boots' eyes! *you've been warned*

Do visit your local shelter, and when you can, open up your home and your heart to a pair of those eyes.

For those around KL, you can visit the SPCA Selangor (www.spca.org.my)

Seals!

There's so much wildlife in Kaikoura, New Zealand. Walking around the coast, you'll bump into a colony of fur seals. And they smell too.

Whales!

Finally the weather is nice enough on Kaikoura, New Zealand to go on a whale watching tour. The sea was still rough, but it was so worth it to see these majestic giant creatures (even if you only see the top of their head, and tail)

Dawg

Just a picture of a dog here. Enjoy

Photo taken at SPCA Selangor

Work work work

I am browsing through the photos taken during the 10-day trip to Kathmandu, Nepal last month. Took 430 photos altogether. Only now I just realised that they’re all work-related photos!

I wanted to take at least some photos with the new lens (uh huh – ultra wide lens), but didn’t have time. Or maybe I just didn’t put in effort to go out. Its been so long since I just take photos that I like (and actually have time to process them). Maybe that is why this blog is slowing down too. Haven’t even been downloading, sorting and filing photos too.

Gotta start doing it sometime… maybe next week.

Here’s a work-related photo from Nepal. Animals, of course.

Donkeys in Kathmandu

Donkeys are so cute.

And curious

But in Kathmandu, they’re used for work. They work here at the brick kilns.

 

 

Many donkeys suffer by having to carry heavy loads each day and being beaten by the donkey carers (who are mostly very young kids, who belong in school anyway).

But at least there are some people working for these donkeys.

Donkey treatment by car light, looked on by kids.

 

And abandoned donkeys have somewhere to go. 

More information available from Animal Nepal.

My little room in the new house

My family moved into our new house in January (yes, that’s the house beside the “hutan simpanan kekal” – hah!). Parents of course took the master bedroom. My brother joined 2 rooms for himself (one of it is for his toys – boys will be boys).

The room they left me must be like an afterthought, “what shall we do with this tiny room? Oh, right, we can let her stay here”. Even the storeroom is bigger!

Anyway, its cheaper to furnish a small room. And since I may not be there too often, I’ll dedicate it to the cats.

Cat platforms for them. To save space, my stuff hangs below.

View from the mirror.

 

Platform leads to above the door, where they can have a snug snooze.

The sofabed, where they can perch on and watch the world go by outside the window.

Unfortunately, handsome boy Kobe has went out of the house and has not returned since. Its been just over 3 weeks now. If anyone sees him, tell him to come home. We (and the dogs) miss you.

Dolphin watching in the Philippines

One of the nice things you can do while in the Philippines is to go dolphin watching (provided not too many boats/tourists are out there). But you’ll have to wake up really early (5.30am!) for this opportunity. That’s sunrise time.

After about 20 minutes out on the boat, we spotted a group of dolphins!! It was really nice to see them swimming freely and playing around. They were jumping out of the water, and doing some stunts even (show off!). They followed our boat for sometime, then just swam away.

A crab on a safari?

Our guide (cum driver) was taking us around the safari when suddenly he swerved to the side of the road and stopped. Then he looked out the window… what do you know, a crab!

Who’d expect to see a crab on an African safari!?

Apparently they live around the puddles that form in the safari. But they can withstand long time without water too. So, be careful while driving around, you might just accidentally squish one.

Tanzanian Geckos

Tanzania is so cool, even the cicak there also so colourful.

Isn't always a perfect picture for wildlife

Here you are in the safari enjoying the perfect picture.

 

Until you look closely, and realise life in the wild ain’t so perfect after all.

 

Getting attacked by lions is not fun. Run faster next time! 

How to spot a lion in a safari

First… look for footprints…

 

Then look for groups of animals that are on high alert…

See how the animals below are looking in one direction

 

 

Then search in the direction they are looking at…
See if you can spot anything or any movement in the grass.

 

 

 

See anything?? Look closely… 

 

Ah hah!

 

 

Then get your driver to go off the road and get face-to-face with a lion!

 

Zebras on your Desktop?

I have zebras on my desktop (wallpaper). Do you?

Click on pic to download for your wallpaper. Enjoy!

Safari in Tanzania, first sightings!

Went to Mikumi National Park in Tanzania, which is only about a 4-hour drive from Dar Es Salaam (the capital). It is much less crowded than the popular Serengeti at the north. (Our guide says you don’t spot for animals there, you just need to watch out for the cars/people, and there will be animals – takes the fun out of a safari).

Anyway, after just entering through the main entrance of the park, we spotted animals! Was so excited. So, out comes the binoculars and this was what I saw:

Giraffes!!! Yes, right in the centre are 2 giraffes. Can you see it? This shot above was taken with my longest zoon lens. Let me magnify it for you:

TA DAA!! Giraffes!! Yeah, now we’re in a safari!!

 

 

 

 

Then we drove around in the safari… and 1 hour later:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Giraffes were everywhere!! And we got pretty close to some of them

I love my new lens!

Just bout a new 50mm lens. So hot off the press that many camera shops (and large chains) don't have it in stock yet. And it was worth the effort getting it.

Below are some sample shots I took the moment I laid my hand on the lens... naturally, they are photos of my pets (and one of Grace's). Click on them if you want the higher resolution for your wallpaper.

The Doggie post

Random pics of doggies