Haven't been updating for quite awhile...

Well, several things (happy ones) happened in the past two months. First of all, my Japan trip.This is the Nagoya Castle. How I managed to shoot it? PURE LUCK!!! I got a morning call at 6am, flipped open the curtain and TAHDAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Right in front of me was this fantastic sunrise view. It took me awhile to play around with the camera settings to get this perfect shot though... Million dollar shot!!!!

This 2nd one is non other than Mt Fuji. Where I am standing is about 2,500m up, two thirds up Mt Fuji. Damn lucky to be able to see the peak, considering the fact that the peak is overcast more than 1/2 of the year. 50/50 chance to see the peak only.

Last but not least... Tokyo Disneyland.... Wonderful atmosphere in there. You feel like a child again, cheerful tunes wherever you go, with all the Disney characters roaming all around the park. The parade is magnificent as well!!!

Of course the next good thing was the Beyond concert on 15th Oct. Its supposed to be their last ever concert before they offically disband. Its worth every single cent of it man!!! All the jamming and ramming of the drums and guitars, partying of the crowd, I feel like I'm in another world. But of course, py saw another side of me that is befitting of an offical Beyond fan!!! Hahahaha!!!! 

Well, these 2 items had cost me a real big bomb. Time to recuperate for now... Hahaha!!! When and where wil my next trip be... hmmm.....

Sigh... ICT cancelled... What a sad thing...

Hang on? Am I the only one who is looking forward to ICT?

2nd August 2005

This day marks my 1st year behind bars. Its my first year anniversary in Prisons Department, sorting out their accounts.

How time flies??!! Almost 1 year ago, I met up with some of the 4/1 gang for dinner. The topic was... Blogs. I felt quite out of place as I wasn't able to discuss much on the topics that night. That pushed me to start my own blog that very night.

1 year has since past, and I must confess that I have not been putting down my thoughts very regularly. Maybe I am just not that kind of person to share my thoughts so openly. I prefer to talk it out actually, but I also feel that I am a man with few words... (Hmmm.... So what am I??)

Looking back the past 1 year in Prisons: I have seen a not so much talked about side of society. I have realised that people get incarcerated not only because they committed crimes. Some go into Prisons because they are ill but poor. They will literally perish in society, and that is the cruelty of life.

I must admit I have been more than gainfully employed. Circumstances has also put me in a position to be able to lead my own team of staff and have my own section. It does enhance my career prospects, but not without a price. The stress level is amazing... Having to go to office everyday and endure stress levels right at my threshold is atrocious. I am still tryinng to graple with it. Wish me luck.

It really has been an eventful year. I have learnt and matured a lot. At the same time, I have been trying very hard to balance my life back, juggling between work, friends, family and of course PY (I am merely trying to meet up with friends...? sigh... ) 

OK, enough of my whining... Looking forward to big ICT in Sep and of course, my Japan trip in end Sep!!! Orders, anyone?? See ya real soon!!!!!

Cameron Highland

Some photos from the trip... enjoy!!!

http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/timncs/album?.dir=/516d

Went 3/4 of the way up north of Peninsular Malaysia over the weekend to CH. Going up was almost as smooth as one can expect. As the taxi snaked its way up the hills, the air started to get gradually cooler, a welcoming change in environment from the terrible heat.

After 1 1/2 hr's ride, we finally reached our colonial styled 'The Bala's Resort'. We checked in to our elegantly English concept decorated cottages and went on a combing task in Tanah Rata (one of the 3 villages in CH) for brunch.

We settled for a super cheap buffet (RM12 per pax). The food was reasonable, cant expect too much from the price. But it was welcomed warmth because of the coldness, brought about by the high altitude and continuous drizzling.

Soon, we were on our way to the famous places on CH. Huge, no… I should say hills and hills of tea leave plantations were a spectacular sight. Remember the stepped plantation methods that we learnt during our geography lessons? Well, you have to see it for yourself to realise how majestic the view can be.

We carried on with the visit to the strawberry farms. The air was filled with the light fragrance of huge, red strawberries that looked too beautiful to be eaten. The strawberry ice cream was most memorable… Hmmmmmmmmm…. Yum Yum!!!!

The 2nd half of the tour was brought us to the wet market where my friends bought vegetables and flowers which were to be brought all the way back to Spore (I just cannot understand why go through the hassle), a honey bee farm which I don’t see any bees because it was drizzling and finally a huge cactus farms with all shapes and sizes of cactus, which some looked like oio… (Well I live it to your imagination… hahaha!!! It was real funny)

Well, soon it was dinner time. After searching around for ½ hr, we decided to settle for STEAMBOAT again!!! Yes!!! It had rained the whole day and we were all damn cold and tired. The steam again re-energized us, the food were not as fantastic though. Passing by the pasar malam, we decided to buy ourselves some local delicacies back to our cottages. Maybe it was the cold weather that made us virtually hungry.

Going home was unexpectedly treacherous!!! Total hours journey up to CH, 9 hours. Total hours coming home, 13 hours!!! Man!!! It was damn terrible. Jam on our in to KL, jam way before the causeway in JB. At 1030pm, we were still stuck way before the M’sia custom in JB. Well, I got home finally at 1am Monday morning and now here I am unpacking my bags.