Ah CI and her hobby

Ah Ci like her drawing and she can spend long hours concentrete on her craft thing, may it be a bookmark, or small greeting card. One topic she like to write is ' l give mum, l love mum', she has since making a lot of thing for me. When she examine her act work, and she so satisfied with it, and the only person she want to present to is me, her mum. Sometimes when her dad scold her for some mistake, she would start to write something in a piece of paper, and later on she will showing me, ' no love dad ' with symbol and colours. Which I find it quite unique, because she make drawings as her source of expression of emotions.

But recently Ah Ci had been transfer her enthusiasm in craft to her television, she have been addicted to the television day and night, as long as she wake up she would automatically switch on the TV and stick the face onto it for hours. Seeing this may not be a healthy hobbies for a 6 years old child, I would restrict her time for watching, and try my best to distract her attention by sending her some tasks which she would not normally do, like cleaning the floor, tidy the room etc

Chinese saying it take 3 days to learn the bad habib and it take 3 years to learn a good one. My lesson is to try to avoid those bad hobby because it hard to get rid of once addicted.

Photography

Recently I have been in the madness of getting a new camera within my little budget, I have search tons of websites, from the auction site to those of review site to choose my ideal camera, in the process of the searching and survey, I manage to come up with my so called conclusion and two-cents opinions in the photography world.

Many photography fans would choose a DSLR (A digital single-lens reflex camera is a digital camera that uses a mechanical mirror system and pentaprism to direct light from the lens to an optical viewfinder on the back of the camera.) DSLR camera is different from that of the normal camera in the sense that we can use different lens to the DSLR in order to shot variation of scene, which produces special effect to the images/result.

When we said PRO in photography it means that professional shooting, e.g., shoot a sunset mode to a very high quality perfect picture which others normal camera couldn’t. Basically, when you are a pro meaning that you can shoot a good picture with your DSLR.

There are two types of most common and complete range of lens provider, which is Canon and Nikon. They are leading the market in terms of variety and quality. That also means if you want a DSLR it would be better to get these two brand as to the wide range of lens for choice in order for different photography needs.

As of me, the price of certain lens, telephoto, fisheye view, macro lens, is flying high without the reach of my budget, so what is the point of getting a DSLR if end up at the end we cannot purchase a lens to suit the needs?

In view of this, I have determine to change my target from a DSLR to a semi-pro camera, semi pro means that you can still do some of the pro-thing, without need to actually purchase a pro-camera. The alternative is purchase a more high-end digital camera, e.g., a Canon Ixus which can produces certain images equivalent to those of the fisheye, wide angle lens, and also standard focus point 18-55mm which in turn able to do some very satisfying image.

Green green Cameron Highland

We depart from Kuala Lumpur and take about 3 hours in good traffic, to reach the Tanah Rata, which is a small town since the British government, it had been a small town and centre for necesity since long long times ago.

there are now starbuck cafe in Tanah Rata, it symbolise that the globalisation is finally eating up the rural hill site without mercy.

Then we head to the Brinchang, it is further 40 minutes drive from the Tanah Rata.And here it is , the big strawberry farm, here you can find a variety of vegetable, cactus, fruits, flowers etc

 and many products from local fruits eg. dried strawberry etc

A  budget hotel which i would give a thumb up for its price and services and the cleanliness,but the king size bed is too hard for my weigh!

Steamboat is a must when you are at the highland

A tea plantation is a must visit during the stay in the highland - taste a cup of Boh tea and you will have the old British feel all over again.A historic church which became a hospital during WWII and now a school, its also rumour to be haunted with the WWII ghosts.Believe it or not?!Go find out for yourself it is just around the Tanah Rata area on a hilltop.

My best western food --you won't believe!

 Swiss Meat ball with fries/Chips

Tuna fish with Brocolis in special sauces

Fish & Chips

You won't believe me, these are my favourite western dishes. The reason for liking - simple, fresh and easy, no much unnecesary dressing, no extra sauces, easy to eat and full.

And don;t laugh if you have guess right - its from the familiar Ikea Restaurant.

相思豆

相思豆树

未成熟的相思豆，长在树杆上

相思(王维)：

红豆生南国，

春来发几枝？

愿君多采撷，

此物最相思。

that day when my parent going to board the flight back to howntown the next day, I think we would send them have a visit to my aunt's house at puchong, there at the middle of the garden & playground stood this red bean tree, which i promise for long would took my daughter for picking the red bean ever since she read the 'tang shi' and questioning me about how's it look.

Well it took more than five people ( my aunt, uncle,my parent, me and hubby) to pick for a 10 minutes or so, and we have just a bottom small bottle of the bean....it is fun though for a 6 years old.

It remind me that our school used to have quite a lot of this bean back in the 90s. I am not sure whether the tree remain there or not until these days. Its kind of good childhood memory to pick this bean along the mountain.