Meatworks @ Solaris Mont Kiara

Solaris gave me a perception of a super happening place but sadly, the restaurant which I was supposed to dine closed down its operation due to the level of 'happening' over there.

We were about to leave when we spotted MEATWORKS! Wouldn't it be a perfect place for a meat lover like me? :)

Too hungry to remember the names:
Eh, I remember this though, Melted Mushroom Burger. 200g of beef is certainly too much for me to digest.
The burger was great especially the thick fries.....below is the classic aglio olio
Enormous club sandwich (the bread!)
Overall, the food was good except the super slow and slack waiters that made the service REALLY bad!

Janzen is 13 months old

Janzen has not been appearing in this blog for a long while. He grew a lot, in all aspects. Now, he can walk, run, crawl and baby-talk. Super dupper cute fellar but very naughty as well. I guess that it is about time to try out my lens!

Benefits of Cicular Polarizer (CPL) Filter

Circular Polarizer Filter aka CPL filter is well known amongst landscape photographer. Well, I am not a landscape shooter but I may start shooting more of it though. Purchased a CPL filter recently and decided to give it a simple and short test.

Some say that CPL enhances contrast and brings out bluer skies! After some test, I can assure that yes it does make the picture more contrasy!

Below is without CPL:
This is with CPL!!!!
Noticed the difference? Both picture has been slightly brighten during post processing.

A night @ KL City Centre

25 years living in KL, this is my very first time walking around the busiest street in Malaysia - The Bintang Walk. The objective of this outing is to capture scenes to show how busy KL city is. Converted the colorful pictures into black & white and I found out that it adds more impact! This is my favorite shot for the entire night. The red man and a busy city....!
Take some time off to think about what we missed in life, "busy" is a word that is becoming an excuse.

Yan Fay anticipating for something to happen, wandering and wondering......

Here are some colored version pictures.
It was indeed a great outing! My first time shooting 'motions' in a busy city. Stay tuned for my next assignment :)

Snapping away for wallpaper

These are paper flowers which I find it interesting. Therefore, I gave myself an assignment to snap em' and make them as my pc wallpaper. I am seriously in need of a new set of wallpapers to be used on my pc. So, do you like any of em'? There red line on the left is very annoying, couldn't crop it off from the pic! Sigh..

A pic converted into black and white, increased the contrast to show more mood.

I love this!

On a 2nd thought, this is better!

At last, best shot of the day!!! Creamy bokeh! I am loving my new lens!

Bei Hai Restaurant @ Selayang 2

This will be my 2nd visit to this restaurant. I was here last year and the post can be found here. We came here again this year to celebrate Janzen's 1 year old birthday.

As usual, you have to pick your seafood from the seafood wholesaler next door. For starters, we got ourselves some fresh oysters. Perhaps I was really hungry, all of the dishes tasted great!
Cheap and large tiger prawns. Best served by boiling it till it cooks. Yummy!

Geoduck sashimi. A bit too chewy and I did not really liked it. However, it went really well with the garlic sauce that they served.
Steam Tiger Garoupa. Not bad, they overcooked my fish the previous visit! This time, it was perfectly done.
Japanese Snails baked with cheese. Isn't edible snails called Escargot? It tasted like pizza + pancake! Not bad though.....
The last and most awaited dish of the night. Snow crab in salted egg. Very tender, sweet, fresh and simply amazing! However, the king crab that I had previously was slightly better!
A picture of Janzen cutting his first cake! he was afraid of the candle though. Hilarious~
All pictures taken with Canon Powershot! :)

Asian Festival of Speed (AFOS) 2010

8 years ago, I was here watching Formula 1 Malaysia Grand Prix. Thanks to Jo, I have another chance to get myself here to witness the Asian Festival of Speed (AFOS) 2010. This time, I wasn't given a hillside pass but a Paddock Pass! WOOHOO! Ready for some steamy hot actions? 4 of us attended the event, Yan Fay, Jo and Kok Hoe.
Group shot using Ultra wide angle, thanks to Sam for lending me his camera!
Some coaching going on before the real action starts...
The sky was really nice over there in Sepang Circuit. Blue sky with a lot of clouds which I cant find it in KL.
The GT3 cars lining up, show casing the cars before the race!
The ladies were called the angels. I pity them because they have to hold the heavy pole and stand under the hot sun!
while waiting for instructions to go out....haha
The GT3 drivers are out to meet the fans
This is the first time I stood this close to the track!
Cars are coming back into the pit lane preparing for the race
It seems that it is a must to take pictures of the girls and I did what has to be done too :)
While editing my pictures, I realized that the girl below look a bit like Nicole Scherzinger.
That's all, and let the race begin.....burn the tires~~~~~

Spotted a blue Lambo at the car park!
It was a tiring yet fun event! This is my first time shooting in a race! Panning was really tough because the cars were REALLY FAST! The next thing I want to try is to shoot F1!

All pictures were taken with D90 + Nikon AF-S 18-105mm lens. Hope that you liked it......