Rantings, Gadgets and Photography blog

Bersih 3.0 Photos and my side of the story

yuliang11 — Sat, 05 May 2012 05:37:32 +0000

Bersih 3.0 is very different from the previous street rally that I’ve attended to so far. Everyone or someone’s friend seem to be going to Bersih 3.0. Honestly, the authorities have tried their best not to demonize Bersih from the start. The previous Bersih 2.0 was deemed illegal and arrest was made even [...]

Samsung Galaxy W review

yuliang11 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:14:00 +0000

Update after purchase of Samsung Galaxy W Reality of Samsung’s Android Phone ? Samsung’s Galaxy Android smartphone has been a hype and pretty good alternative compared to Apple’s iphone. Now, Samsung has been endlessly churning out new models of smart phones every few months or so. These models seems to be [...]

Logitech Mini Boombox Price in Malaysia

yuliang11 — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:06:41 +0000

With the boom of tablets & smartphones comes new type of devices. You if are one of the tablets or smart phone geeks and looking for the sound effect that the built it speaker in lacking , perhaps you should have a look at Mini Boombox , the latest innovation of Logitech. The beauty [...]

Detect hack wifi at your home ?

yuliang11 — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:46:22 +0000

Are you using a wifi at your home? You may not know this, however your harmless neighbour may be snopping and cracking your wifi key while using your Internet for free. Using your Internet is still considered harmless. Once an attacker is on your network, it is not so hard to use other methods to get your [...]

Nikon D800 and D800E Price

yuliang11 — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:03:17 +0000

Nikon has finally released the news of D800 the long awaited replacement for the Nikon D700. For the first time, Nikon has announced2 models of the D800 and D800E. According to Nikon, the D800E is meant for professional use while the D800 is catered for serious hobbyist. The new D800 features a whopping high 36.3 [...]

Hsipaw

yuliang11 — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:44:04 +0000

River and buffaloes. A baby buffalo cost around 300 USD Hsipaw or Thipaw is a small town that is around 5 hours by bus away north of Mandalay. This charming small town is located in Shan State , 500M above sea level is inhabited mostly by Shan people and various indigenous people. The Shan [...]

Nikon D4 Price in Malaysia

yuliang11 — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:05:12 +0000

Finally after all the rumours, ranting, panting and news leak the top notch dslr , D4 has been officially announced. Nikon has been quite silent on 2011 except for some smaller format camera. This is possibly the biggest announcement from Nikon since the D7000 and the floods in Bangkok that has wrecked production line in Thailand. Here’s [...]

Travelling to Mandalay

yuliang11 — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:13:03 +0000

Mandalay would be the second largest city in Myanmar. This city is normally quite far up the north and would be in the list of tourist route to travel. There are plenty of licensed guesthouses at the downtown of Mandalay but it get cramped in the peak season at the end of year so booking [...]

Villages in Myanmar, Bagan

yuliang11 — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:46:18 +0000

It’s good to travel off tourist route once on a bicycle. Luckily there are plenty of local villages behind the to town Ngaung U, Bagan for me to expore around. I checked my maps and decided to spend at least one day exploring it. Most of the villages are wooden hut with bamboo fences and [...]

Myanmar street foods

yuliang11 — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:32:18 +0000

I finally tried the street foods at Myanmar without having any ill effects (thanks to my Indian trained stomach) . Nevermind the dozens of flies, sands on the rice and somewhat weird taste once a while. Myanmars local foods are rather thick with oil, soury and salty, but it’s definately cheaper than western foods and [...]

Travelling Bagan

yuliang11 — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:23:20 +0000

Bagan is around 12 hours bus ride from Yangon. It was rather relaxed with comfortable air cond bus and a tire burst in the middle of the journey.It cost around 15000 Kyat or RM 60 for this ride. We reached Bagan aroud 3am in the morning, refusing to check in to waste one day hotel [...]

Shwedagon Pagoda

yuliang11 — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:40:43 +0000

We walked around 30 minutes on hot blazing sun from our guesthouse to reach this place. We were looking to evade the entrance fees however the entrancee seems well guarded. This landmark is one of the most celebrated building in Yangon, if . It’s construction started during the years of Buddha and was said to [...]

Eating out at Myanmar

yuliang11 — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:22:22 +0000

If you think that Myanmar is some el-cheapo country which you can spend like a king then you are wrong. Despite the poverty and under development, prices of things at Yangon seems to be at par with Kuala Lumpur or even more expansive than Kuala Lumpur. Expect beers to be cheaper The price of a [...]

Yangon

yuliang11 — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:13:05 +0000

We got out from Yangon international airport which seems to be a little modern compared to LCCT and took a cab to central Yangon. The cars being used here are mostly from the early 80s and 90s, those that mechanic still keep for rough usage in Malaysia. Roads are considerably good at Yangon without much [...]

Travelling Myanmar

yuliang11 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:37:22 +0000

Swedagon Paya, photo credit goes to : Liew Fook Seng Budget travelling is my hobby and it’s quite a fuss travelling an economically sanctioned country. First of all there are only 12 ATM machines in whole of Myanmar and none of these are connected to the world. At Myanmar , credit card has almost no usage [...]