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Somewhere in Pandora

| UPMKB - Bintulu - Sarawak |

A normal slow shutter photo came out uniquely with its magical colours. This photo remind me to the magical planet, Pandora in the Avatar movie.

Good Night Sarawak River

| Kuching - Sarawak |

It was my first visit in Kuching on December 2013. The Sarawak River separates the two parts of Kuching City, which are North Kuching and South Kuching. One of the mode of transport available to cross between this two parts is by boat.

Tanjung Batu Beach

| Bintulu - Sarawak | 

Golden sunset view of the Tanjung Batu Beach (also known as Temasya Beach), one of the well known beach among Bintulu's community.

UPMKB Little Autumn

 | UPMKB - Bintulu - Sarawak |

This is an unique tree in my campus (Universiti Putra Malaysia, Bintulu Campus) because of its autumn like appearance after all of its leaves fall and new reddish leaves emerged. This scenery is uncommon in a tropical country like Malaysia.

1, 2, 3, Smile

| UPMKB - Bintulu - Sarawak |

A photo taken during Senyum 1 Malaysia program and UNIPUTRA 2011 Sport in my university.

Free the Lights

| Mid Valley - Kuala Lumpur |

Unique lights decoration in a restaurant at Mid Valley, Kuala Lumpur. Light in bird cage, they needs to fly free.

Stages of Life, Dandelion (Taraxacum sp.)

| Kundasang - Sabah |

Dandelion or its botanical name Taraxacum sp, is a flowering plant from the family Compositae. I named this photo (as suggested by a friend) 'Stages of Life', where you can see few different stages of the flower blooming. They are growing wild in Kundasang, Sabah.

Galinsoga

| Kundasang - Sabah |

Galinsoga species is a flowering plant in the family of Asteraceae or Compositae. This photo was taken in a vegetable farm in Kundasang, Sabah, where they are growing wild. I like the bokeh created in this photo.

Kedawang Village, Langkawi

| Langkawi - Kedah |

Paddy field in Kedawang Village, near kuala muda road, Langkawi. This photo was taken during my visit in Langkawi in December 2013. This tiny island (480 km2) offer great tourist attractions such as hills, forest, waterfalls, beaches, island hopping, diving, snorkeling, bird watching, villages, duty tax free shopping, etc.

Row of Flowers (Turnera subulata)

| Sibu - Sarawak |

Turnera subulata is a flowering plant species of family Turneraceae known by the common names white buttercup, sulphur alder, politician's flower, dark-eyed turnera, and white alder. In Malaysia, this plant is introduced species (not native), usually planted along roadside of an oil palm estate to attract insect pollinators. It also a common flower used in landscape design. This photo was captured in August 2010, during a sampling trip in an oil plam estate in Sibu with collegue. I like the arrangement of the flowers.

A Maple Leaf on a Forgotten Hand

| Kundasang - Sabah |

Maple trees are planted as ornamental tree in few places in Kundasang. It gives autumn like scenery when its leaves turned red. You can forget a person, but not the memories with the person.

Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), Low angle

| Kundasang - Sabah | 

An ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) also known as marguerite or moon daisy. This plant have medicinal value, and usually consumed as tea, extract or applied directly such as in healing external wounds. The photo was captured from a low angle, which was not a big deal with Nikon D5000's swivel LCD live view.

Great Mormon (Papilio memnon)

| Poring Butterfly Farm - Ranau - Sabah |

A female great mormon butterfly (Papilio memnon) at Poring Butterfly Farm, Ranau, Sabah. It was captured using 18-55 mm lens at close distance (approximately 20 cm). Took the opportunity for a shot while the butterfly statically collecting nectar.

Little New Zealand

| Kundasang - Sabah |

Dairy cows of holstein breed grazing in the Desa Dairy Farm located in Kundasang, Ranau. The farm is located on high altitude gives cool temperature. This view is rare in Malaysia and one of the famous tourist attraction around Kundasang. The public usually referring  this place as little New Zealand of Malaysia. This photo is one of my favourite photo and also recognized in few photography and instagram groups.

Layers of Hills

| Kundasang - Sabah |

Common hilly landscape of Kundasang, Sabah. I like the multiple shades of hill.

Malay Lacewing (Cethosia hypsea)

| Poring Butterfly Farm - Ranau - Sabah |

A male malay lacewing butterfly (Cethosia hypsea) captured from a close distance.

Oil Palm Field

| Miri - Sarawak | 

Oil palm field from a commercial air plane taken somewhere over Miri. Oil palm is primary agriculture commodity of Malaysia and the second World's largest producer of palm oil.

An Old Man of Sungai Asap

| Belaga - Kapit - Sarawak |

A friendly old man living in a traditional longhouse (Uma Kulit), located in Sungai Asap, Belaga in Kapit Division of Sarawak. I stayed in this longhouse for a night (17-18 Sept. 2013) and it was an unforgettable experience, together with my friends and former students.

Child of Ba'kelalan

| Ba'kelalan - Lawas - Sarawak |

Child of Lun Bawang tribe of Ba'kelalan. A primary school's student during a visit for a science camp there. Education is a must though they are living in rural area. This photograph was taken in July 2011.

Misty Morning in Ba'kelalan

| Ba'kelalan - Lawas - Sarawak |
Misty morning in Ba'kelalan, 910 m above sea level in Bario highland.