Pak Idrus's Blog

As I had said in my earlier posting on the function of the EFM  11-22 lens it could do Macro too. So I tried and found it to be one easy shot to take. Above is a shot that I  took a few days ago in my little garden. I edited it and voila it turned out to be one good image.   Have a nice day.

Last week I got a new lens for my mirrorless camera the Canon EOS M10. This is a Wide Angle lens which also allows for taking Macro shot. With this 11-22 mm lens I could get into another level of photography. It would be a new adventure in the world of photography using the Mirrorless camera. Because of its advance technology many aspects of photography could be done with this single lens thus it a good lens to have when travelling. Above is a wide angle photo that I took using this lens. Amazing indeed.  Have a nice day. 

It was past seven in the morning. I decided to walk to the beach. It was drizzling and I was alone. I walk to the beach up to where the waves pound the beach. It was a great feeling to get my feet wet as the waves bashed the shore of the wet sand where I was standing. I have been to this beach thousands  of times before, from my childhood time up to this very moment. I  always felt good to be here and get connected again with my root at this beach of Teluk Cempedak which I referred to as my beach. This time we stayed for three nights at the Hyatt hotel fronting the gorgeous beach. This image of me was taken at 7.33 am on 8.7.2020. Standing there does made my day.  Have a nice day.

I was at the balcony of the Hyatt hotel at the Teluk Cempedak beach in Kuantan.  It was evening and turning left I saw the sun ray in between the pillars. It was going down. I then took a few shots with my cellphone and below is an image of the sunset. A magnificent view indeed. Have a nice day.

We decided to take a break at Kuantan, my hometown. With daughter Lin driving the Accord I just sat behind and enjoy the trip. My spouse sat at the front seat. The weather was fine all the way from Ampang to Kuantan. Left KL at 10 am and arrived in Kuantan at 1.pm. We got to the Hyatt hotel at Teluk Cempedak and because the hotel was fully booked we had to wait for the rooms to be ready. Eventually we got two adjacent rooms at the ground level, partly facing the sea. Sort of lucky to get such good rooms with a view of the sea.  We had brought our lunch and enjoy the Nasi Lemak in the cool comfort of the room. Then took a rest. Would be here for three days. Memories of my youth came coming back; the days we used to camp on the same ground where this Hyatt hotel, the first five stars hotel build in the seventies stand proudly, with rooms facing the sea of Teluk Cempedak. I was then probably just 10 years old and now at eighties plus blessed with the opportunity to sleep on the same ...

The MCO has been relax and folks could now do whatever they did before the pandemic occurred like go to the park or just jog around the neighborhood for exercise. I decided  to start jogging around the neighborhood again. So this afternoon with a walking stick I  start walking slowly like I normally did and enjoy the walk. It was indeed refreshing. Today I did not seen other people doing that like in the past. Maybe like me they may start doing it one of these days. Last week in the early morning I saw one of my friend already start to do his morning walk. He stop and we chat at a distance to avoid contact, following the Distancing SOP. It looks like this pandemic did change our norms which folks now call the New Normal, like not shaking hands when we meet friends and at the same time wear mask to protect ourselves from  getting infected. Because of the lockdown which the government call the Movement Control Order  or the MCO the country under the leadership of the ...