今天早上和一班朋友去Taman Pertanian。几天前他们一组人就报名参加Skytrex Adventure。 我一向对高有恐惧再加上那几天的活动又非常忙碌，所以迟迟都没有决定去参加。昨天晚上看完了电影，决定和他们去Taman Pertanian，不过我去的目的只是为了微距(Macro)摄影。
清晨起来，天已经开始下雨。绵绵的大雨在启程时还没有停止过，心理一直祈祷希望雨可以停止。大约八点左右到达了目的地，心里还是叽咕着雨为啥还没停。Taman Pertanian 的大门贴了一个告示今天开放的时间延后到11时，后来友人联络了skytrex adventure 负责人，我们通过另外一条出口进入了植物公园。 我还是依然抱着要拍照的心情，直到载送的巴士开车到skytrex adventure中心时，我想既然雨还是不会停，就加入游戏当中。
在游戏还没有开始时，我们先把安全装穿上。接着我们的指导就带领我们到一个比较小型的 空中游戏站。指导做了一系列的示范，从安全措施到如何越过每个挑战点，都详细的解说。解说完毕，我们就开始在这个小型游戏站练习。当我们把所有的简单的演戏做完，我们开始挑战正真的空中游戏。其实这个时候我开始犹豫了，在17米高空上飞来飞去，跳来跳去可不是开玩笑的。可是都给了钱只好上去了，而且我在我这组里可是唯一的男生。
从地上一直攀爬到17米到的树上，其实真的需要很多的力气。我这个天天运动的家伙也要在半空中休息。恶劣的天气使到这次的游戏难度加深了，雨水不断的打在身上，到处扶手都非常的滑。开始的攀爬和过吊桥我都还可以，当到了第一个飞天狐狸时，我开始有点害怕，要悬挂在半空。不过没有办法下，由于后面还有其他人正在过着来，所以只好跳了下去。原来悬空飞过这么爽快的。我花了1个小时30分左右完成整个游戏。Skytrex Adventure的入门票成人RM35小孩RM25。那里的工作人员的态度真的很好。
游戏给我一个启发。整个旅程就像我的人生。
在攀上树上时，我发现自己原来不能一次就可以上去，我需要休息。
在过吊桥时，我要小心翼翼的过，就像我的工作，要做的好
在要飞过障碍时，我要面对选择，飞或不要飞(虽然一定要飞)。就像人生总要面对一些难关必须去克服。
在抓住绳子往前跳时(Tarzan swing )，我必须相信自己可以克服也可以面对.
人生就像当我到达终站时，回头一望原来我可以那么精彩。
This morning I went to Taman Pertanian with a group of my friends. They plan to go for Skytrex Adventure but I plan to go macro shooting. While we leaving from our house, it was raining. I was expected the rain will be stop when we reached Taman Pertanian. However, even we reach at Taman Pertanian about 8:00 a.m., it was still raining. Because of raining, I can’t do anything beside went together with my friend for the Skytrex Adventure. I chose to go for the Skytrex Adventure. After wearing all equipment, we were lead a instructor to a mini Skytrex Adventure section. With a demo from the instructor, we did some simple practice before we went for actual games. The games were located at 17m from the ground. I had to climb up to 17m from the ground. While at 17m from the ground, we did flying fox, Tarzan swing and so on. The game is really cool, and I am very excited with it. Actually I had phobia of high, but I overcome this in this game at least.
You can click on the picture of the booklet for the detail if you wish to have a trial. Better hurry up, as this game still under maintenance. The fee for a game was RM35 for adult and RM25 for children. I strongly recommend this game to you all. All the staff there was very “User friendly”.
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有一家餐馆，请了一个厨师。由于厨师的经验不够，主管把这位新来的厨师安置在材料部。餐馆后来又请了一个新的员工专做客户接待的工作。这位员工很努力的工作，把工作做的井井有条。这位员工同时对厨房的工作很有兴趣。主管看到了，觉得他是可以造就的人，就决定把他调到厨房工作。主管让他和先前的厨师一起学习切菜。两人相处的很好，大家一起彼此的激励对方，希望有一天可以成为厨师。由于厨师的位额有限，所以两人都没有机会加入厨师行列。酒店的生意开始越来越好，厨师的工作越来越多。主管决定要加添厨师，加上先前做接待的员工有意成为厨师就决定把他升为副厨，而剩下的一个厨师依然做着原来切菜的工作。身边的员工都对厨师说，去跟主管谈是否可以把他升为副厨。厨师说：“我既然被聘为厨师，那我就应该是厨师里的一分子。他可以要求转换原来的岗位，因为他原来被聘的时候不是厨师。我欣赏他的上进心。问题是在于我本来就是要被训练成为厨师，现在竟然要我去要求主管把我从原来应该是厨师职位的我变成厨师。难道应该成为厨师不是当初聘我的时候就应该是了吗？难道本来就是父亲的孩子，还要要求父亲认同做孩子的身份吗？”后来这位厨师决定离开这家餐馆到另外一家餐馆另谋高就。
其实今天这种事情不单是发生在我们工作环境里，也发生在我们社会里头。身为一个国家的公民，却拿不到国家公民的身份，结果沦落为二等公民。这些公民永远无法了解自己为什么不能成为公民。你是否了解你的身份呢？还是你会循着故事里身边的朋友的劝勉，向主管要求自己也“可以（记住你本来就应该是厨师）”成为厨师呢？
大学毕业将近5年。这五年来分别工作了2间公司。第一间公司工作了一年多就离职了。第二间公司就一直工作到目前为止。来到第一个5年的尾端，我突然仔细的想，这5年一路走来，我是否已经达到5年的目标？我一切的付出是否是朝着我人生目标前进呢？我答不出，因为5年来，我没有为自己的人生定下任何的目标。5年来，我虽然好些学了好多东西，但是我不晓得是否对我的将来有所帮助？那我接下来的5年道路应该怎么走？我在想如果人生一直到退休55岁，那我还有多少个5年？仔细的算，我剩下仅有的4个5年。如果来到下一个5年的尾端，我是否依然还是和今天一样，像一艘没有方向的船，继续的航行？我应该要思考….
Where will I be after next 5 years? I don’t know. For the past 5 years, I found that I really don’t know what I am doing in my daily life. I had wasted my pass 5 years. I lost my first 5 years. Before i begin my next 5 years journey, i should think... what is my life aim....Think......
打从大学毕业以后，生活就没有停止忙碌过。早出晚归的生活已经习为平常。记得第一份工作，每天都要在清晨五时四十五分左右起床，为的是要趁在六时十五分可以出门，避开吉隆坡的车龙。忙碌的工作以致每天差不多九时左右回到家，随口啃一些食物就睡觉。一年半的工作，让自己突然苍老了许多。那一年的工作，让自己的生活圈子突然缩小了。后来换了一份工作，工作量虽然少了，不在早出晚归。私人时间也相续的增加，开始为自己的时间填满许许多多的活动。运动，旅游，摄影，兼职几乎把时间挤的满满。放眼看一直到明年的三月中，我的活动表，周日和周末几乎已经开始爆满了。几乎天天都有特定的活动有去处理。
前几天遇到空闲的星期六，终于不必忙碌了。一个人静静的坐在床前，好好的思考，才发现自己好久没有好好的休息了。身边的人好像远离了自己好远好远。
太忙的生活，让我没有时间好好的看待生活。忙碌的脚踪，让自己不晓得爱自己多一点，也不晓得关系身边的人。多久没有拨电回家问候家里的父母，多久没有和老友好好的聚餐。多久没有好好的写一封电邮给远方的朋友？什么时候电邮进来就转发出去？什么时候传出去的短讯是别人传给我的呢？发现忙碌的生活，迷路的心已经不会关心别人，也不会好好的疼爱自己。
听到这一首歌的时候，感触特别的深刻。人生不断的追逐，忙忙忙。为了理想，为了生活可以过得更好。耗尽力气在追求生命里头认为重要的目标，却把身边的人给忘记了。那一天当我们达到目标时，停下步伐想和身边人分享时，发现他已经不在了。
Finally, I decide to join Photo Marathon Asia 2008 organised by Canon. It was a big event, and this year it attracted more than thousand people to join.
I had to wake up by 5:00 a.m. early in the morning although i felt like very sleepy. After checking all my camera stuff, i drove my car to Puchong waiting another friend. We reach Time Square about 6:45 p.m which consider quite late. However, at that moment the queue was not that long. Because I did my registration online, I manage to bypass the queue and go to get my tag in another line. By looking at the online registration name list, I was in number 735 which is much more at the back. The problem not only this, there are a lot of people walk in to registered at the counter. After registration, and my muscular buddy - Muskular man and Maskular women arrived and did there registration as the compact categories participant was not as much as DSLR.
8:15 a.m. we get out first Theme which was "indulge metropolitan". Sweat to me, I totally cannot think of how to get this theme. I only manage to get the one I felt ok in the evening time. Working from Time Square, we were moving toward Pavilion to get our second theme "Mess in rules" about 10:00 a.m. This theme, I also have no any idea what to snap. Finally we walk toward KLCC to get our last theme: Goes Green. And to me this is the most simple but how to get a creative idea on it was a big problem.
Without thinking much it was 12:00 p.m. and we had our lunch at KLCC before walking back to Time Square to upload our picture to the server. (See it is a marathon)
We reach Time square about 4:00 p.m. sitting at star buck to choose the picture to upload to the server.
The result was expected announce about 7:00 but yet it was delayed to 8:30 p.m. (This is the part that made me not happy with the organiser as they never mention anything occur to delay the session.) For sure, I am a freshies in the DSLR world, and it is unlikely I can win the contest.
I should share some of the picture I took during the event.
说出去的话永远不能收回
一句话可以建立别人
也可以毁灭自己
也许我们不经意，也许我们不留心
它却深深的烙印在心中
一句话可以建立一个人的形象
也可以粉碎一个神话
Without a high pain threshold, you can't be a successful President.
Bill Clinton(1946-)
When i read this quote, something came into my mind. No only become a president, but to sucess in our life without hard working and work smart, we never get it done in our life.
Leaving in the instant mee generation, a lot of people though that something can be learn without work hard. A friend of mine asking me the opinion on the quotation on hiring a photographer during his wedding. He told me the photographer quoted RM800. I was very suprise as this price was quite cheap for a wedding photographer (I haven't have a chance to see his photo shooting). When i shared with my others friends, there were few reactions:
1) Very Expensive.. Haiyo.. use digital camera enough, can get a good picture. Don't be stupid
2) Wow, so cheap... he get a good price
3) Er.. no Comment
My friend told me that photographer is his friend and he is using quite professional camera (DSLR) to took the picture (i saw on the day of the wedding). To me, those free lance photographer spent a lot of money in their accesories to get quality picture where sometime will more then few ten k. Beside that, these group of people also spent their time to polish their skill either by taking a lot of photo or attent some class or do further reading and research. So, can the job worth RM800? or shall be more?
Turn around and ask, if you are lawyer, do you expect people pay you less than what had you invest to become a lawyer.. I don't think so.
like bill clinton said: Without a high pain threshold, you can't be a successful President. To be a president, they work hard for it, similar like engineer and lawyer and the others. Nothing is free in this world.
Well, a white parrot having its lunch, apple before he start to work at photography booth.
This handsome guy looking for food. if you bring some peanut and give him some, he will follow you, like Digi...
This fellow actually is waiting for coconut drink. A family was having their tea time on a stall. This fellow come across and keep looking on their coconut drink. 
Handsome guy with more attractive hair
This is the only peacock I saw he open his tail. He knew we want to take picture of him. So he purposely saw it tail to us and turn around to show off its tails.
Nonstop marathon eating. 
I guessed this group of parrot was hungry ghost. Remember give them some sun flower seed and they will stand on your hand. By the way, they may eat too much, then you need to give them some water.
This guy when I touched its leg, he bow down his head to me to allow me to “saying” him. So cute. However when anothe white parrot saw this, he felt jealous and shout to this parrot.
He look like smiling, don't you think so?
This fellow was fall in sleep when I trying to get some picture from him. I guessed he was too tired that day.
These 2 birds were standing on the timber finding some bugs. When my friend first saw them, she thought that it was 2 head bird. This picture was taken when I was watching the birds show. They were just 5 feet from my place.
This fellow was looking for some fish. I hardly felt that there were any fish inside the pond.
I like this boy. He was dancing on the pedestrian street. When I try to shoot some picture from him, he gives me a few nice posts. The most attractive part I like it his eye
This handsome peacock was the first peacock in the garden I saw. He was working with another friend in the zone 4 finding some food.
Guess what was this animal? Initially I thought it was ostrich, but well my general knowledge fails. It was emu. He is looking for food as well. I did feed them with some vegetable. Anyhow quite dangerous when you try to feed them as they make accidentally bike you hand while getting the vegetable from you.
