Gua Tempurung Trip

This is the 1st trip that i have with my colleagues after more than a year in the company, apart from work visit to Singapore. That doesn't count =)

This trip was organised by Joe though he's the person who join latest in our team here. He been to Gua Tempurung before and he's recommending it to us. Actually this is not my first time visiting Tempurung. It's my second time. I had a feel of it when i was 12 years old. ha ha... i don't remember much of it, but things does changed alot here.

We've 10 person in this cave trip which is primarily consists of iHR and TRI team plus Joe's and Teng Foong's friends. The plan was to reach there at 9 and it tooks around 1.5-2 hours journey. I think you can figured it out what time we depart from KL.

We divided into 3 cars, 1 from south, 1 from north, and another one is 1 way trip car(for those going back hometown to Ipoh). I'm from the south, so i'm travelling together with Joe, Joe's friend, and Kelvin. I have to reach OUG at 5.45am (supposed to be) to meet up with them and have a breakfast with them before departing. Um.. well.... i did reach at 6am+, not too late right =)

Taking breakfast @ mamak opposite Shell petrol station (6am).

On north south highway trailing Jimmy's car.

Teng Foong, his friend and Lee Chyee at our back.

The scenery along the journey.

This is what will happen when your age is catching up on you.

After approx 2 hours of driving, we finally reach the place. Exit Gopeng from the highway and you'll see road sign directing to here.

The price list. 

They have 2 types of tour. Dry and wet. Wet will be more adventurous and it'll cover the whole path, while dry only covers till certain section in the cave and which is the one we're going for (since a lot folks not keen on getting their legs wet).

Enjoying the scenery there.

he tour will start at 9.30 am, so we'll need to wait awhile for that.

Inside the cave. Everyone is very excited. The guy in black/orange is our tour guide (even him complaints Sasha talk too much).

The path is long and have a lots of stairs.

It's extremely dark in there and most of the picture that i took in the cave is not viewable =(

This is the bad of PS (point & shoot) camera in low light condition. But atleast Jimmy took some nice picture inside of the cave.

They have spot lights at certain interesting point in the cave and that enhance the beauty of it. Some of the scene inside is spectacular. Even gives you the feel similar to LOTR (the part when they're in the cave). The space in the cave is very huge and it has some drawings left behind from those staying there during the war. Some section in the cave is very windy and some stuffy.

One of the picture took in the cave.

That's all bout Gua Tempurung. Next we're heading for Perak Cave and Kek Look Tong in Ipoh. Teeng Foong is our tour guide now.

We had our lunch before heading to the next cave at Ipoh dai shu giok (eatery place under a big tree). 

Kek Look Tong cave. 

This cave is famous because there's a lake behind it. And well kept too.

This is the place for dating as i can see quite some numbers of couples there. Even Joe been there before with his ex gf.

Nice place to relax.

2 dslr worshipper exchanging techniques.

Leaving Kek Look Tong.

After this we proceed to our last cave of the day, Perak Cave. We couldn't do any more walking after this one. It's freaking lots of stairs!

You can write your name at the tiles. with some donations.

Kelvin got a (siong siong chim) dunno what it called in english. future forcast?

Half way to the top.

Haih, why everyone so slow one... can walk faster or not? 

This is only one of the picture. There's alot of steep stairs. It's very tiring to reach the top.


This is top. Lee Chyee and Teng Foong is enjoying the view.

There's another viewing point opposite our's.

It's already 3pm+ after visiting Perak Cave. and we're heading back to KL and call it a day. We stopped by Bidor for the famous duck noodle and by some fruits before continuing back to KL. The rains accompany us all the way back to KL and i reached my house at 8pm+.

After all the tiring walking and hiking, overally it's a great experince and should do it at least once? Hope Lee Chyee didn't regret following us for the trip at the last minute =)

Terima Kasih Indonesia

Here's a cool music video from our local Malaysian talent.

Slam Dunk Manga Greatest Moment

I'm always a big fans of Slam Dunk manga. I started reading it way back during my secondary school and i instantly got hooked to it. I would buy the new episode every release each month and a month is a very long period for me to know what going to happen NEXT! Being not able to read chinese is a big drawback if you're comic lovers as most to the japanese version are translated more accurate and faster(available in market faster) to chinese version. So i can only resort to a malay version as it's the only available version in the market that i understood. But it still good.

But, back then i can't get all of the episode because few of it not available from the market as they skip the episode. I don't know bout other place, but this is what happen in KL. I really got frustrated that time, but what can i do? I missed few episode in the middle and 2 episode at the end. Damn! And that's the situation until last week.

Last week i reading back some of my old comics and SNAP! why don't i search from the net? I googled for it and found torrent for "Slam Dunk Manga"! all of them.

Finally, after all these years..... i able to complete the story..... hahaha.

And here are the greatest moment in the entire story that i've waited for so many years.

My Girlfriend Ryoko Hirosue?

I was surfing the web, reading some blogs and i came across this interesting stuff from kennysia blog. We always talk among our own group of friends who looked similar to whom and we laugh our heads off when they're matched with someone hideous or funny. Well, here's some easy ways to get all the similarity faces without cracking our brains for practically anyone with a copy of their head shot photos.

I tested it out eventually with available photos that i have hold possession of. Me and my girlfriend. and i got myself this.....


Highest percentage for kp, Ryoko Hirosue? hmm..... didn't know that i've a Japanese artist looked alike gf.


Second highest score, Son Ye-Jin. a Korean artist? i think i'm kinda lucky huh.


As for me, dang! i got Leslie Cheung? damn... i'm no gay man.... maybe the second score is better though i don't know who is him.


Second highest score.

It's pretty fun and you could test it out yourself at http://www.myheritage.com . When you're bored to death and got nothing to do maybe you can check it out. Just for fun though.

Peace.

Canon in D (Rock Version)

I've always loves this song as it gives me kinda inspiring feels. The song title is "Canon in D" by the famous Johann Pachelbel. It's full title would be (Kanon und Gigue in D-Dur für drei Violinen und Basso Continuo or Canon and Gigue in D major for three Violins with Bass Accompaniment) if you wanna know. It was written in 1680 but still a popular song now.

That's some history about the song. I've done some search on this song and to my suprise i've found some interesting variation of this fantastic song, Canon in D Rock! This special arrangment is done by a guy called JerryC from Taiwan. Here's the video links let me know if you too find it nice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmOBTP0iDqY

Growing Grass in Your Office

We all know plants are pleasant to eyes and gives you some relaxing feels when they're somewhere around or within your visual sights. But how often do have the chance to growing or planting one? Obviously not with our usual hectic schedules and we can't just plant something without any knowledge about planting.

Well, if you like some living greenery beside you (you can grew it in your office), there's a way for you to easily achieves it. There's some prepacked grass beans in some medium sold out there. I got mine from my Cameron's Highland trips at RM10 for 5 units. They're made in all sort of shapes and sizes. It's very easy to grow it. Just put some water at the bottom of this thing and just leave it anywhere that there's lights. The grass will start growing after approximately 1 week after you consistently supply water to it.

Here's the progress snapshots.


Initial Stage.


After 1 week.


After 3 weeks.

Doesn't it looked cute? You'll feel the statisfaction of growing something yourself (especially for those who never planted anything before in his/her life). It's quite pleasant to have some nature stuff sitting nearby you while you're surrounded by all sorts of electronic machines and gadgets.

So, if you think you might wanna grew something like this, maybe this would be a good startup. Have fun!