Hotel Lima Puluh Pound

Trip ke London dulu ada satu missing. Tempat kitorang bermalam. Malam yang bertanya di rumah member lama, Syam dekat Hickory Docks di mana ada banyak bangunan-bangunan baru kalau nak dibandingkan dengan central London.

Malam kedua kitorang decide tinggal di budget hotel. Tempatnya di Kensington Palace, ntah mana kami sesar malam tu. Kitorang check in lambat..pukul 11 malam sebab tak jumpa tempatnya. Budget punya pasal, ambik aje hotel 50 pound ni. Dalam description in the Internet (booking through internet je) dia cakap biliknye kecik aje. Tak kisahlah camtu..

Dari luar memang cantik, kemas dan bersih..

Dapat tingkat 3. Tangga yg tirus dan curam. Lepas satu hari suntuk berjalan kaki, nak memanjat tangga curam ni memang mintak 'nyawa' kata orang.


bilik 3.3 to be exact. (Diorang dah modify floor ni sumbat bilik banyak-banyak)


Silalah masuk...


Diorang cakap kecik...Tapi takkan la KECIK macam ni?..Thaqif pun check balik map betul ke hotel nih. Inilah besar bilik ni, queen bed dan pintu tu ialah pintu tandas. TV tergantung kat siling, kalau nak pakai kena bayar 5 pound kat bawak untuk sewa remote dia pulak.Hmm.kalau dah penat ni asal sorong bantal aje dah cukup..no complaint, u got what u paid.



bilik air kalis air. Agaknya kalau tendang jamban tu mau tercabut tu.


Janji ada bantal..ada tilam..ada bilik air. Alhamdulillah..ZZZZ

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Cardiff Daffodil Girl

We went to Cardiff, Wales . We met a Malaysian Girl while walking down Bute Park. The blooming daffodil make the girls crazy over the colourful yellow. I politely ask to make a photograph of her. I'm losing the sunlight pretty quick and need to shoot fast. Here it is with the Millennium Stadium in background and the nature beauty in foreground.


Ah-ha..sebenarrnya, nilah Jacqueline, a Malaysian makes a living in Cardiff, UK. Thanks for the hospitality. Bila mau turun Manchester pulak bah?

you need to print them biglah!

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Most Eligible Bachelor

On the way back from Sheffield to Manchester, we stopped by the lake for some pictures. We didn't realize we broke into a private property area. However the owner who just got back from fishing gave us 2 minutes to finish the photo shoot. I had this shot set up in just 2 minutes..

Head on for individual shots for these guys..


Macam celebritiy Hong Kong bah..

After the 2 minutes ended, we continued shooting from outside the wall.

Albert...If I'm not mistakenlah..:)


I dig the shoes.

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Sheffield Malaysian Games 2009

First held in 1992, organized by Malaysian Students in Sheffield. The response was overwhelming. I took part with the boys from Manchester for volleyball. A sport that I haven't played for almost 5 years. Pretty rusty here and there and my vertical jump is just high enough to turn on the exhaust fan in my bathroom (which is located not quite high on the wall). Luckily, the height of the net was just nice to provide a lot of action from the boys.

Fresh from the oven. Mr Lan, the one holding the ball was our team captain . The travel wouldn't have been possible without your help. Thanks man! We got two teams for volleyball and another team for badminton. Err..aku tak kenal yg paling hujung kanan..

The boys brought back gold to Manchester. Caya kau!

Yeah!...This is how the picture should be...if you're winning!

Let's see how the boys do it.
Sorry man, I got a fast camera but a slow lens. I would rather enjoy my basmati rice than save for behemoth lens for now lah..:)

More action pics after the jump.

In this game you got 21 points or 10 minutes, which ever came first. Points from the serve was important. This one showed no mercy..

Obey your master dude..!

Some of my fav shot..

He believed he could...

One of the game where he did wonders.

Geram nih!

Sets the basic straight, and the team will be strong

From the final game I guess..

Tony can fly as well!

No...I'm not going to block his spike man..!

Wearing jogging shoes gave some advantages I guess

Fadeaway shot or jumping set?

If only I got the ball in the frame.

Sweet memory last forever!

We did have a lot of fun after that.

Check out my gallery for other shots..here
If you guys wanna use the pics, appreciate it if you can give credit to the photographer and link to my blog as well.
Thanks!..sakit belakang aku sudah!

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Happy Birthday Ayu!

I just got back from Sheffield Malaysian Games. My wife invited me to join her friend's birthday party at Shere Khan Restaurant, here in the Curry Mile of Manchester. Yes, along the road you will get the taste of curry and halal foods with affordable price. A place for Malaysian not to be missed when travel to Manchester. (Postcode M14 XXX for those who wants to install the map in the Satellite Navigator lah).

I got load of pictures from Sheffield to upload but I got to publish this first since these ladies love their pictures to be taken, I gave them the go first. Anyway, it's her birthday!!

Let's see what did we have for the party

It looks like similar thing that we have with Chapati, Rot Chai etc..but it's not. It's for the salad.

The Birthday cake..apa lagi!

The wishes..

the blow

and beautiful friends last but not least

after 5 frames..I got them loosen up. That's why I need to take couple of exposures for you guys. :)

I got no problem with Jannah & Zaid :)

Now, for the modelling session pulak..Syura (paymaster that nite..)

Wan..

we went outside the busy road. Saturday nite in Rusholme is packed with hungry people and traffic jam. Doesn't stop the girl away from the camera. Sportinglah.

Gambar-gambar lain korang boleh download kat sini okay.

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Piala Perantau 2009

Piala Perantau organized by Kelab Umno Salford & Manchester. Held in Brookhouse Playing Field, Buckthorn Lane, Peel Green Eccles. (Panjangnya alamat!)

I guess sports photography is not everybody cup of tea. This will test your equipment limitation and experience handling the camera parameters. Viewing the subject through the viewfinder is a dissappointing event where the ball move across the field faster than the autofocus motor. All I wanted to do is tight shot with the ball in the frame. Wide shot easier but not that compelling. Somebody who has been long enough in sports photography told one need to learn to use both eyes, one to frame the shot and the other one to predict the movement. Hail to sports photographers!

Playing football in cold winter must be very exciting to the boys. They need to keep running to manage the cold weather. Wearing gloves while playing must have been their dream like sports figure in EPL.

Sharing some pictures..I thought it's the shot of the day.

Unfortunately, that's not the opponent goalkeeper but the referee. Chit! Hampeh! Or else must have been dramatic.

more pics after the jump..

Action...close but cropped ball & slanted horizon. dang!

Another cropped one :(

Penalty shoot out..kacang je I thought. That meshed net confuse my autofocus. Sharp net but out of focus subject.

Manual focus saves the day however.

Goal!

Berbetov spend some time with the boys..

He must be a dangerous striker. 3 orang jaga.

Celebration

Credit given where is due. Kudos to volunteers

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