Not So Peaceful Now In Taman Aman, P J                             

I’ve been jogging/brisk-walking in Taman Aman in the early mornings for a couple of years now. It is close to my house from where I would take about ten minutes to walk to the garden. It has a big lake in the centre and its environment is peaceful and serene. But things have changed lately when a walker clapped her hands loudly when in the park. I confronted her and told her to stop! Hopefully her civic consciousness would stop her from continuing disturbing the peace in the garden.

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The Arduous Lombok Trek

(11th – 14th July 2014)

Kenny, K C and I flew to Mataram, the capital of Lombok on 11th    July. From here we were transferred by car to Senggigi where we put up for a night.

Early the next morning, we were transferred by car to Sembalun Lawang where we met up with our Guide and three porters and commenced our trek.

We trekked to Sembalun & Crater Rim and reached the campsite of Plamangan II and stayed in tents.

At 3am the next morning we were to start our trek to Rinjani Summit. It was drizzling the whole night long. As I did not have a good night sleep and my back was aching, I decided to forgo the trek to the summit.

It was a good decision. Kenny & K C returned to the camp by 7am because the ground was wet & slippery and the sky was foggy. They did not reached the summit!.......read more  

       A couple of unexpected events in our resent sojourn in Queenstown

My wife & I left for NZ on 6 April 2014. The flight, 3K 686, left for Singapore on schedule at about 14.30 and arrived at Changi Airport at about 15.30. We were to continue with our journey with flight JQ216 departing at about 18.50.

We did not proceed with our journey until the next day! We finally arrived at Auckland Airport in the late afternoon, a delay of more that 24 hrs!

In Queenstown, we stayed in our apartment in Scenic Suites. But the mountain bike I left in the apartment's store was missing together with my half golf-set! - Read more

My MEMOIR

Book 3

ADVENTURE TRAVAL & RECREATION

Volume 1 – Off the beaten track

Volume 11 – Mt trekking & scuba diving

The launching of the above three books was first carried out on 03 March 2013 in The Orchid at the Royal Lake Club in Kuala Lumpur.

The launch was attended by my friends, ex-BR staff, neighbours, relatives and some invited guests. At the launch, 45 sets of the above 3 books were sold. The total amount collected (RM9,000.00) was donated to Kewanis Down Syndrone Foundation in which my son, Wei Ming & his father-in-law, Mr Yong Kar Kwee are Council Members. The price of each set of 3 books is RM200.00.

The book-launch event at The Lake Club was published in The Star Metro on 12/03/13....read more

Another launch was held in Canterbury Pub on 13/03/13 inconjunction with the latter's charitable event in aid of two orphanages.

Some of the photos taken during the launch at the Royal Lake Club are shown here... see photos

Some of those taken at Canterbury Pub are shown here .... see photos

Many thanks to those who have purchased the books.

In Pictures – Exploring Jordan’s relics

(14th to 19th Aug 2012)

Four of us – K C, Kenny, Kok Peng & I arrived in Amman from Nairobi after our safari-tour of Kenya. We spent five days touring Jordan.

The places we visited are: Madaba, Nebo, Kerak, Petra Wadi Rum, Dead Sea and Amman. The most fascinating place we visited was Petra……..

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Tussle Over Water Supply In  Klang Valley

The resent tussle between the Federal and the Selangor government started when the former announced that Langat 2 Water Treatment Project would be implemented now to avoid the impending water shortage in the Klang Valley.

However, the Mentri Besar of Selangor disagreed and contented that the state would have sufficient treated water by restructuring the water services, reducing NRW, tapping into ground water and steeping up water conservation efforts….. read more

The sad End To My Professional Career

Though I touched on my professional career in my write-up on bringing new technologies to Malaysia; I had not disclosed how I ended my professional career as a consultant engineer.

In early 1990s there was an immense distrust by the three other shareholders against me in the financial management of the company. After a short period of harrowing encounters, I finally sold off my shares in the company and quit.

It was the saddest turning point of my life… read more  

THE ODYSSEY IN SEARCH OF A REMEDY FOR My DIZZY VISION

This is my life’s latest episode. It depicts my traumatic encounters with many medical practitioners in Malaysia and Singapore, including a Chinese physician in a T&CM centre in KL for a minor dizziness problem.

During this period from early Feb to June 08, my liver was damaged due to consumption of Chinese medicines. My dizziness problem persisted even though I was advised by eye specialists that I had to adapt to wearing multi-focal glasses.

Part A – A Wild-Goose Chase…read more

Note: An abridged version of the above was published in Star Two on 2nd Sept 2008 ….read more

But after trying to adapt to my new multi-focal glasses for more than four months my problem deteriorated. Finally, as luck would have it and in the nick of time I found the solution to my problem and averted a serious damage to my left eye. My lens implant in my left eye was found to be dislocated and my dizzy vision was due to its movement.

Part B – Light At The End Of The Tunnel.….read more

After the new implant was installed, I recovered from my dizzy vision. But my Left eye's vision was not as good as before.

Six months after my new lens implant was installed in my left eye, I went scuba diving in N Sulawesi. After I returned I went for a follow-up examination and was shocked that the vision of my left eye had deteriorated and I had a “swollen” retina! Further tests by a couple of retina surgeons confirmed that I had “Epiretina Membrane” in my left eye’s retina!

Part C - A Long & Tortuous Tunnel ..... read more

CONCLUSION......read more

My Life's Recreation & Escape

In life, one must have recreations and escapes to enhance one’s life in order to live it to its fullest. I am glade that I’ve many of these throughout my whole life and also have reasonably good health to perform and enjoy them…..read more

* "Simple pleasures" Star Two 28/04/09 -- read more

Offbeat Travel Photos

In my travels to out-of-the-way places for mountain trekking, scuba diving or adventures and escapades, I captured a lot of exotic scenery in my cameras. But sometimes when I noticed unique and mind-boggling signboards and posters, particularly in some rural areas in non-English speaking countries, I also tried to snap them. This post contains some of the snaps I took during my recent travels. …. See more