U-Sheng Arowana Farm visit

I had the opportunity to visit an arowana farm in Bukit Merah, with my friend, Kok Yong. It was a wonderful experience, to see arowana swimming in the ponds, the harvesting process, anticipating fries.. never ending excitement. Im amazed by the natural color of the arowanas under natural condition. It's so much nicer than those kept in tanks and have to rely on artificial lights and the whole tanning process to bring up the colors.. natures still the winner!

Thanks to Dave Goh, the person in charge in the farm, to introduce and bring us for a tour around his aro farm. Thousands thanks to him and my friend for the ride there.

Here's some shot that i manage to shoot, although have to pump up the ISO to 800, and thus, noisy shots.. For more photos, visit www.flickr.com/photos/harnsheng

Look at that! Amazing color of the Chilli Red/Super Red arowanas!

Jumping aro! and landing.. ouch...

And see... how clear the water and how tame the fishes were.. thanks to the weather, rainy day, and feeding time, the fishes decided to gave us some nice nice treat to our eyes! What a sight to behold!

Stunning isnt it.. i hope i can afford one someday.. again, thanks for the chances to visit and take photos of your farm, Dave! Thanks!

Frogs again... =.=

This one were at my house, looks quite similar to the Four-Lined Tree Frog, but i dont see the lines, and the color were bright, peach/light brown color..

My fav shot

Macro Outing with SA

I had the chance to join ShutterAsia geng again, this time, macro outing! One of my favorite, but i do not have any macro lens :( We went to Penang Botanical Garden, at around 8am and the outing was organized by Untung. Around 10 members joined us for shooting with their real macro gear and creative DIY.

So, what do i use? Erm... 50mm 1.8 with Raynox DCR250! The result? More like a close-up.. here's some of my favorite shots of the day :D

Micropoecilia sp. or Poecilia wingei?

Got some of this fishes recently from a friend. It has a very striking color, but i have no idea what species is this. Most probably a variant of something.. it is code-named Scarlet on the bag, but no other information. Have a look, and for those who knows.. pls do let me know. Thanks!

Bidor famous foods

During my trip back to Penang, i had my breakfast in Bidor, and had the chance to taste the famous foods in the small town.

The famous dish, which is the Duck Drumstick in Herbs, are prepared and served in Restoran Pun Chun, right in the middle of Bidor town. The nice rich aroma and meaty drumsticks is definitely a must-eat dish when you visited Bidor.

Besides that, there's also biscuits which are famous it's "kai chai peng" and few others.. here's Fried yam filled with meat, very tasty snacks

To summarise, yeah, it's worth visiting Bidor for it's foods, and i recommend Restoran Pun Chun for it's good food and acceptable price :D

Shihlin Taiwan Street Snack

During my short trip to KL recently, i went to Shihlin Taiwan Street Snack, located at Subang Parade ground floor for dinner. It was a fairly new experience with taiwanese foods and flavor, and it's a good one. Something interesting and tasty, although it felt a little less flavor to me. Perhaps we Msian are used to take dishes with heavy flavors, spices and strong taste :p

Anyway, it's tasty and i'll probably visit this shop again for other dishes :)

XXL Crispy Chicken

Homemade Oyster Mee Sua

Four-Lined Tree Frog (Polypedates leucomystax)

Found these frogs around my ponds, where it uses the water bodies as a breeding ground. Lots of tadpoles can be found in my ponds, numbering up to thousands at one point. Decided to take some shots for identification and here it is: