Langkawi Island

A number of people have been asking for photos from Langkawi. Truth to be told, we have not even send the films to be developed yet! Wanted to do so today but our local photo shops were closed.

Since I now know how to put the pics taken from my PDA on-line, I thought I just put some here until we get the 'real' ones!

Pulau Dayang Bunting (Pregnant Maiden Island)
One of the islands that we went to during island-hopping. There's a lake in the middle of the island (which reminds me of Lake District). The myth says if you drink from the lake, you'll be able to conceive .. if conceiving is a problem that is!


Pulau Beras Basah(Wet Rice Island)
A small island but with superb white sand beach



Sunset at Burau Bay
A priceless experience... just surreal!




Sunrise at Awana Porto Malai
Just beautiful... without even having to leave the room!




View from the room during the day

Cuti-cuti Malaysia (part II)

Thanks to azid, I have finally figured out how to convert pictures from my CLIE into jpeg forms. So, here are some of the photos that I took during Nada's visit.
p/s For better viewing, check out community.webshots.com/user/ryzah


National Mosque


Sultan Abdul Samad Building
A view from Merdeka Square



Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) Building



KL Twin Tower
A view from afar


Melaka Sultanate Palace
A replica!



Cheng Hoon Teng Temple in Melaka
The oldest chinese temple in the country


Waterfall at FRIM
FRIM: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia

Lost comments

Sigh... I've lost my comment section 3 times now. So I've decided to finally change the provider from Blogspeak to Haloscan.

Hope this will be better.

Birthday wishes

I'm 28 today... 2 more years to the big 30.. what a scary thought!

I don't normally bothered about age and birthdays apart from enjoying the outings and gifts ( I just like to be at the centre of attention you know!) But so many things happened in the last few months that made me start thinking of my own life. I'm more aware now how life can be so fragile and vulnerable...one day you might be sipping coffee at a trendy cafe yet the next day, you might be attending your own funeral. One day you might be driving a mercedes but probably struggling to even afford a decent meal in the next week.

Flashing back, I couldn't decide whether I was better off in the last year comparing to the year before or not. On one hand, I've got a new job in my own country, closer to my family, as well as fortunate enough to have new friends that I can already call bestfriends. On the other, I'm still missing the country where I've grown up the most (emotionally that is)... where I learnt the meaning of independence, self-belief, true friendships and yes,back-stabbing and heartbreaks too. A country that have seen my lowest and highest points in life so far. In the last year too I've lost a number of people that were once closed to me.. Not an easy thing to take in considering that the last death I've encountered was in 1979 when my granddad passed away ( I was only 3!).

Anyway, I just realised that when people asked what I wanted for this birthday I didn't once give a definite answer. I guess for this year, my birthday wishes are...

to have the best of health
to lead a peaceful life with the person I love

May sound corny, but hey, it's my birthday!

Happy New Year

Hope it's not too late to wish all of you a happy new year. Hope 2004 will bring us happiness, success and the best of health.

Sorry for not updating this blog for quite some time as well as for the delays in replying your emails. I promise all will be back in order soon...

Welcome 2004!