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Urban Street Photography: Johor Bahru City

Azmeen — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:32:29 +0000

Last Sunday, I went on a street photography with friends from AlphaJB (group of Sony Alpha DSLR users in Johor Bahru) around town. Shooting started at around 8:30am and finished at noon. We began our exploration of Johor Bahru from the main post office and walked around the vicinity of Jalan Dhoby and Segget Walk. I’ll [...]

Malaysian Budget Hosting Faceoff: Exabytes vs Shinjiru

Azmeen — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:08:59 +0000

Many of us experience running our own web sites through blogging. The first steps are pretty straightforward; register with Blogger or WordPress.com and put our thoughts into writing. Then we learn a few tricks like embedding images and videos into our posts. Later on, we start to explore other blogs for ideas and inspirations; leaving comments [...]

The Ops Sikap Syndrome: Attitude Problem? Whose?

Azmeen — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:42:45 +0000

Photo Credit: Kojach So Ops Sikap ended yesterday and major newspapers covered the increase in road accidents and related deaths. Almost every interview that covered this topic has some politician or public figure commenting on society’s attitude towards road safety being the primary reason for our blood smeared roads. In a recent interview broadcasted on TV3, Malaysia’s [...]

Mostly Stealth Street Photography: Pasar Ramadhan Bandar Baru Uda

Azmeen — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:27:03 +0000

OK, a quick primer; Ramadhan is the fasting month for Muslims. During this month, Muslims must refrain from eating, drinking and other ill-natured indulgences from dawn until dusk. Ramadhan is also an excellent month to make extra money, especially if you know how to cook good food. Throughout Malaysia during Ramadhan, there will be thousands of [...]

An Experiment In Kitchen Macro Photography

Azmeen — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:58:36 +0000

When people talk about macro photography, they generally mean taking extreme close-up photos of an object. Typically, macro photography subjects tend to be flora or insects. This is hardly surprising though, because much finer details can be seen on these subjects through macro photography. Photography purist define true macro photography as capturing an image where the [...]

Sekolah Agama Bukit Zaharah: A Building Left Unappreciated

Azmeen — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:57:20 +0000

Sometimes when you revisit a place close to your heart, you’ll get overwhelmed with emotions. Surprise and nostalgia are some of the things you’d felt. A few days ago, I revisited such a place; the first Sekolah Agama (Malay for religious school) I went to. Sekolah Agama Bukit Zaharah is located within the compounds of Kebun [...]

Remembering Yasmin Ahmad, A True Malaysian Talent

Azmeen — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:31:22 +0000

Photo Credit: 水泳男 I’ll be honest and say it very early on; I don’t consider myself a fan of the late Yasmin Ahmad’s films. What I do admire her for is her work in the advertising sector. Yasmin has the knack of delivering strong messages in very short time periods. In TV advertising, what you can deliver [...]

Effective H1N1 Cure Found: Mystery Chinese Herbs

Azmeen — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:36:19 +0000

Photo Credit: xaminmo This is probably the most engaging and equally uninformative news surrounding the swine flu pandemic. Quoting Bernama: BEIJING, July 23 (Bernama) – Chinese herbs have proved effective in the cure of Influenza A(H1N1) in Ditan Hospital, Beijing where 88 out of 117 patients treated for the disease only on the herbs fully recovered and [...]

A Dark Day for Malaysia’s Education System

Azmeen — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:32:58 +0000

Photo Credit: pmorgan Lingua-nazis in Malaysia are having a field day. The government has decided to abolish the Teaching of Mathematics and Science in English (more popularly known in Malaysia by its Malay acronym PPSMI) in 2012; after six years of poor planning and implementation. In that six years, PPSMI has endured endless assaults by neophobic politicians [...]

Hutan Bandar Revisited

Azmeen — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:49:30 +0000

I’ve shared pictures of Hutan Bandar three and a half years ago. Last Saturday, I joined a group of fellow Alpha JB members for a TT session (a Malaysian term for a meet-up, TT is an acronym for ‘Teh Tarik’; a popular Malaysian drink) held at the same location. Myself, along with Jazli, Sanik, Adie and [...]