Picnic @ Morib :(

Middle of last month, I suddenly felt like going to a beach. As usual, my loyal companion... my mother said yes. It has been a while since I brought my beloved mother for a recreational activity, so I thought bringing her for a picnic at Morib, Selangor was a great and wonderful idea. Plus, it has been a while since I entertain the 'landscape photographer' in me. I was hoping to get a wonderful shot at the beach.

My sister & cousin joined us as well. Who would want to say no to a beach & a picnic right?

We woke up early that Sunday, prepared Nasi Lemak (sedapnyaaaa...) and other foods & drinks for our picnic. I drove about 1.5 hours to get to Morib. We took MRR2 towards Klang, exit Banting... passed through Banting... I don't remember how far Morib was from Banting. I was too excited to get to Morib. I still remember how beautiful that place was when my father brought us there. That was a very longggg time ago.

But, when we arrived there... I don't know about the rest of my family, but I was immediately dissappointed. Frankly speaking... it was not beautiful there. It was hot & stuffy (beaches suppose to be hot & windy right?), the water was brown (muddy I think), the beach dirty. We cancelled our intention to dip ourselves in the water as we planned. We were afraid of contracting skin disease... even though we saw a lot of people having a marvellous time in the sea. We were paranoid, perhaps?

The beach was about 1.5km, if I estimate correctly. For a reason unknown to me, they built walls at the other part of the beach.

The only attraction there are the food stalls... there are so many of them and the 'ikan bakar' looked so inviting :) However, that's not why we went to Morib, so we ignored the food stalls.

We set up our tent and had a picnic there, nevertheless. I shot pictures as well. But there were no heart in the picture that I took. The only best thing that day was, the Nasi Lemak prepared by my Mom, the great cook... and sweet mangoes and nescafe ais... MasyaAllah :)

After about one hour, we packed and headed home... with dissappointment.

Morib is such a different place now... I didn't see anymore beauty... so sad!

Dunno whether I should say enjoy the pictures below or not... maybe not. The pictures are merely information...

For your own judgement...


The beach...











The water...












The walls...












The stalls...












The sampah... *sigh*

Take That - Never Forget

We've come a long way, but we're not too sure where we've been.
We've had success, we've had good times, but remember this.

1.Been on this path of life for so long,
feel I've walked a thousand miles,
sometimes strolled hand in hand with love,
ev'ry body's been there.

With danger on my mind I would stand on the line of hope,
I knew I could make it,
once I knew the boundaries,
I looked into the clouds and saw my face in the moonlight,

just then I realized what a fool I could be,
just cause I look so high I don't have to see me,
finding a paradise wasn't easy but still,
there's a road going down the other side of this hill.

Never forget where you've come here from,
never pretend that it's all real,
someday... soon this will all be someone else's dream,
this will be someone else's dream.

2. Been safe from the arms of disappointment for so long,
feel each day we've come too far,
yet each day seems to make much more.
Sure is good to be here,

I understand the meaning of 'I can't explain this feeling' now
and it feels so unreal.
At night I see the hand that reminds me of the stand that I make,
the fact of reality.

Never forget where you've come here from,
never pretend that it's all real,
someday... soon this will all be someone else's dream,
this will be someone else's dream.

We've come so far and we've reach so high,
and we've look each day and night in the eye
and we're still so young and we hope for more.
But remember this,

we're not invincible,
we're not invincible, (No)
we're only people, we're only people, hey
we're not invincible, we're not invincible.

So agaon I'll tell you,
never forget where you're come here from,
never pretend that it's all reall,
someday... soon this will be all someone else's dream,
this will be someone else's dream.

Zubir Ali - Doa

Tuhanku
Dalam termangu
Ku sebut namaMu
Biar susah sungguh
Mengingati Kau
Penuh seluruh

Tuhanku cahayaMu
Panas suci
Bagai kerdip lilin
Di kelam sunyi

Tuhanku
Aku hilang bentuk
Kembara di negeri asing
Tuhanku
PintuMu ku ketuk
Aku tak bisa berpaling

(lagu nyanyian Zubir Ali, pernah dipopularkan Aishah)

Shark Fin Soup

A BIG NO NO for me...

I think I made friends at my table uneasy during a dinner. It was very hard for me to explain why I don't eat shark fin while you guys were enjoying the meal.

I apologize for what I did... I'm terribly sorry you guys.

I hope this video can help me explain the reason why...

I hope you guys will join me in this fight.

Remember, when the buying stops, the killing can too!

Kiss the Rain

and I mean that... literally...

Past 2 weeks had been burning hot. If you stay outside, still quite okay with all the breeze & air circulation and all. But, if you stay inside your house with no aircond... gosh... I was almost cooked (what an expression :P)

When it started to rain last night, I was so grateful that I texted my good friends. I was out at that time... when it's time to get out of the car, I took the chance to feel the rain on my face :)

Some of my friends said this is only 'panas dunia'... that's true. If I already complained this heat, how can I even begin to imagine the heat of hell. Na'uzubillah...

My friend Ayien said, this kind of heat makes her scared thinking of global warming.

I hardly stand this heat... I definitely don't want it to get any hotter.

What can I do to slow down or stop global warming? I don't use aircond at home, I try to reduce the usage of plastic products, I hardly drive my car, I very seldom use aerosol, I definitely don't use fertilizer, I don't happily keep the refrigator door open... I try to be as environmental friendly as possible...

But, is it possible for just one person to help the world?

I think so... If each and everyone of us think and act responsibly, we can all make this earth a better place.

Try as much as we can. There are a lot of guides on how to do things the environmental friendly way. We have to do this for ourselves...

The environmentalist signing out.

A Question on Theory of Human Evolution

I received an email from my friend on Darwin's theory of human evolution. The email is quite funny. It started with a picture of a monkey and ended with picture of Andy Lau sitting nicely on a leather chair. If you look at the illustration, you can see the resemblance...

People are getting too creative these days... Keep it cool Andy :)

Anyway... I never bought the human evolution theory. There are a lot of questions... I found the theory unacceptable. But most importantly, I just cannot accept that human species originated from monkeys.

A question that keeps on lingering on my mind... If human species actually evolved from monkeys... then what the 'tuttttt' are the monkeys still doing here on earth?

Should we start observing the monkeys and see whether they'll evolve into human in the future?




p/s: I have another question on Neil Armstrong 'moonwalking'. But it's actually the same questions that people have been wondering about all over the world.

A Self Contemplation

My colleague Derek, has been diagnosed with dengue fever, after being sick for a couple of weeks & MC for a 5-6 days... If I'm not mistaken... I wonder why the diagnosis took so long... hmmm... We are all so worry for him.

Anyway, he was admitted to SJMC last Tuesday. I heard a not so good news yesterday. Haemorraghic dengue... that's bad :(

Today, the hospital calls for platlets donor. Male donors. A lot of male colleagues came to the rescue :) This is when the not so macho look so macho, the uncool looks so cool. There is a hero in each and everyone of them...

This is one of the times when I contemplate on my life. What kind of impact I have on the people around me. If lets say (God forbid), I need such donation, platlets or blood or anything like that... how many will come to my rescue? hmmm...

Our life is truly a reflection of who we are, isn't it? We know how we want our life to be but... what have we done to make sure our life go the way that we hope for?

Treat others the way you want to be treated. The old sayings got it accurate...

Live a good & healthy life everyone!