Segari Turtle Hatchery

This is one of the place i visit when i am on my trip to Lumut.Its a nice place to visit and know more about turtle here.Its was actually located at Pasir Panjang beach.






The Pasir Panjang beach here used to be the favorite place for sea turtles to come and lay their eggs before going back to the sea. However, due to human intervention and pollution, there are not many occasion where one can see this happening.

In the effort to ensure the survival of these turtles, the government has taken the initiative to breed the green sea turtle here and released them to the sea. According to some source , turtles that visit this beach are the Green Turtle (Chelania mydas) and Olive Ridley (Epidochelys olivaecea). They land at any time during the year, but are said to be seen more during January to July. From the statistic , we actually can see the turtle which come visit here is decreasing from year to year.




The Segari Turtle Hatchery is actually devide onto two part.One of it is the visiting area where we can walk around to visit the turtle. Another area is the hatching area where we are not allowed to go in.

Hatching area






Little baby turtle



Turtles













The centre is open everday and visiting hours are:

Mondays to Sundays except Fridays
10:00am to 12:30pm
2:00pm to 5:00pm

Fridays
10:00am to 12:00pm
2:30pm to 5:00pm

Entrance is FREE


Overall Rating : 7.5/10

Thai Fish Bao from Pantai Remis , Lumut

Try this food when i am on my trip to Lumut. It is actually came from Thailand and brought here by the grandma of Aunty Eng (英姨 aka 吉麟姨）.



Aunty Eng (英姨 aka 吉麟姨）with the Fish Bao and Mr. Wang Tao (王涛）


It was actually looks like Otak-otak and the taste also almost like Otak-otak. But the "daun sireh" used in this Fish Bao is something special here.

The Fish Bao outlook


If you look at the outlook , all the wrapping ingredient is made from the nature stuff such as Banana Leaf and the coconut leaf stick (lidi)

Inside look


Is it really looks like Otak-otak.? :-)
In the photo above , the dark green stuff below the "otak-otak" is actually "daun sireh".

Middle look


If you break the Fish Bao into 2 , you will see in the middle of the Fish Bao is actually a piece of fresh fish. Some said that this actually looks like Penang's Otak-otak but i am noto sure about that.

The ingredient of this Fish Bao


In the above photo , there are the ingredient to make Fish Bao such as ginger , "daun sireh" , etc.. And from the traditional research about these ingredient , it's actually good for our health to prevent cancer.I am not sure about this statement and this is what Aunty Eng told me.

Overall Rating : 7.5/10

Kow Po Coffee Shop, Bentong

When you are in Bentong and asking what is famous there, i think most of the people will introduce the same shop. Kow Po Coffee Shop. What is so special there.? Lets explore this.

The things that so special here is the home made ice cream. Believe it or not, Kow Po Coffee Shop said to be have one of the best ice-creams and ice kacang in town.

ABC Ice Kacang Kow Po Special



Ice Creams



The signature dessert here is the ABC Ice Kacang Kow Po Special which show in the photo above. Beside that , they also have Jumbo X-tra where customer can choose the ice creams from a variety of flavours, such as durian, pandan, chocolate, banana and peanut, to name a few. The Cendul Kow Po Special which has red beans, ice cream, cendul and attap seeds is another dessert which is quite famous here.

For the price , Beside the Jumbo X-tra which cost RM 10, most of the dessert cost RM 3.


Overall rating : 8/10

Address :
No.2 Bentong Heights,
28700 Bentong,
Pahang
Contact : 09-222 1258 / 016-931 0391

Operating hours : 10am to 7pm every day, except Mondays

TongKok Hotel , Kuala Lipis.

Stop by in Kuala Lipis when i am on my way back to KL from Kelantan with my buddy , Ah Chew.
Get to know that there is a nice place to have some roti (bread) .So decide to have a try.

Its is a real old style classical kopitiam.
GPS Coordinate: N4 11.192 E102 03.248
Map here

What special here is the steamed and toasted breads with homemade kaya. The other thing is this kopitiam is still cooking with charcoals!There is another nice food here which i am not trying as its finish when i reach there. The half-boiled eggs.Believe it or not , even "Ah Xian" from Astro came here for interview before.

Steamed Breads with homemade Kaya


Look at this photo , even the plastic knife also looks so old school style


Toasted Breads with homemade Kaya



Overall Rating : 7.5/10

Canton-i restaurant

The outlet i go for dinner is the 1 in The Garden.Canton-i is a truly Hong Kong cuisine restaurant. From the restaurant design , the service finally to the food , you can see that it is actually hong kong style. It is a non-halal restaurant.





They have quite many choice of food, but i will only share the food that i ate only.

Plain Wonton Noodle (净面）


Its looks quite simple but the taste quite nice.

Hong Kong Signature Prawn Wonton (香港新鲜虾云吞）


This can say to be the best Wonton i had try as at this moment. The meat and the prawn is so tasty and so fresh. The soup is quite normal here. Lets see what is inside the Wonton.



Highly recommend to try this.

2 Combine (Char Siu and Roast Pork Belly)


Another nice food to try.

Char Siu


Roast Pork Belly (脆皮烧腩）


The Sos


This is what we eat together with Roast Pork Belly and Char Siu.
The taste is something like wasabi but not really wasabi.

and finally , this is the last i gonna share here.

Signature Egg Tarts (招牌蛋挞）


This is also one of the best egg tarts i had try.

Overall rating : 8.5/10

Below is the price of these food:
Plain Wonton Noodle : RM 4.00
Hong Kong Signature Prawn Wonton : RM 11.80
2 Combine : RM 24.80
Signature Egg Tarts : RM 5.00
Jasmine Tea : RM 5.00 / pax (min 2 pax)
Wet Tissue (non food) : RM 1.00

** Price subject to 10% Service Charges and 5% Government Tax

Address:
Mid Valley City
Lot 202 & 203A, Lower Ground Floor,
Lingkaran Syed Putra,
59200 Kuala Lumpur
Contact : +603-2284 6888

How Apperture (f-number) affect DOF

I had running a test on how apperture (f-number) affect DOF while i am doing macro in Bukit Gasing.
It is actually the basic of photography. But still, a nice thing to share with all.
From the theory , stated that the smaller apperture used (big f-number) , the more DOF you can gain. Let see how this work..

Fungus Weevil @ f4


Fungus Weevil @ f6.3


Fungus Weevil @ f8


Fungus Weevil @ f11


Fungus Weevil @ f13


Fungus Weevil @ f16



Lets look at the details of the bugs (Fungus Weevil) and the blurred background, from f4 to f16, the higher f-number (smaller apperture) used , the more details on the Fungus Weevil we get and background is less blurred, means that the more DOF we gain. So in conclusion , if you want more details in your shot , use a small apperture (e.g landscape, macro, etc..) and if you want blurred background, use big apperture (e.g portraits, etc..),
However , we are been advised not to use f number more than f16 as it will make your shot looks soft.

Food in Pantai Remis , Lumut

My first station in our Lumut Trip is Lunch at Pantai remis.
We have Curry Mee and Laksa for lunch. It was a stall there and believe or not, they have running this stall for more that 60 years already.

Lets have a look on the stall.


I am not sure what's the name of the stall.But the food is quite special here.

Some price of the food


The price is quite cheap compare to KL

Curry Mee , KonLow Mee, Chicken Mee and Laksa :
Price for small portion : RM 2.20
Price for Big Portion : RM 2.50

Curry Meehun


What special here is the curry is made from asam fish rather than chicken which we normally eat.Very nice taste food.

Ang Tao (Red Bean) Kar


Jagung Kar


The colour of Ang Tao Kar and Jagung Kar is quite similar but different taste.It is something like ABC blended. Nice taste too.

Iced Bobo Cha Cha


Another nice taste food here.

Basically, the overall foods here is quite tasty. Special thanks to our tour guide Mr. Wang Tao as well. Without him , we will not reach here.And just because of him , the boss had keep 4 Curry Meehun for us.If not , we won't be able to taste it also.

Overall rating : 8/10

Leaning Tower @ Teluk Intan

Its located in Teluk Intan (安顺）, Perak . I visit there when i am on my way to Lumut..

All the way from KL using highway, exit at Bidor Tol and heading towards Teluk Intan.
Another tourism point in Malaysia.

Quite many people visit there in weekend.Can see the crowd in below photo



Operating hours :


Monday to Friday - 8am to 5pm
Saturday, Sunday and Public holidays - 9am to 6pm
Admission free

Here some of the architecture design inside the Leaning Tower.











Overall Rating : 6.5/10