A visit to Sekinchan

Hunny and I joined the Shutterasia group for a visit to the paddy fields at Sekinchan. It was a straightforward journey down to Kuala Selangor. However, Hunny would never bring me down to these places as it is too far and may not be as fun as going in a group.

I have never seen or been up, close and personal with paddy fields before. We left almost an hour late due to some members overslept and when we reached Sekinchan, the sun was up high and might in full source.

The paddy fields were vast and stretched for miles. We were there a lil too early for harvesting as the fields are just turning yellow...

Some of the members taking photographs...

The farmers also grow other crops such as Noni, banana, and other fruit trees, veges such as brinjal, gourds, pumpkins, tapiocas to supplement their lifestyle and income.

As we were walking down the long straight road, I saw some beautiful pink color eggs that were clustered around. One of the members confirmed them as snail eggs. Really beautiful color, don't you agree?

My one and only shot taken with my Raynox Macro DCR-250 lens.

I think this spider just had a feast.

A beautiful water lily. I would have loved to get a closer shot but the land surrounding this lil pond was very mushy.

Next, as we were driving, we found this curious sight. At first, Hunny and I thought the trees were struck by lightning but in actual fact, the trees were deliberately set on fire as the villagers believed that the cocout trees housed some evil spirits.

This is the path leading to the haunted coconut trees patch. It was so hot that I retired back to my Hunny's car to wait in the air cond (oops...till the car overheated and the temperature bar was full and blinking).
  

It was nice coming here but it would have been perfect if it wasn't so hot. Next entry will be on the restaurant where we ate our cheap seafood lunch.

Kanjers Stroopwafels

Last weekend, I couldn't resist the temptation and decided to try the Kanjers Stroopwafels after being so curious as to why the Hollandse Club in Singapore is selling 2 pieces at SGD6!
















This is the regular sized Kanjers Stroopwafels Duopack. I always wondered what was duopack till I opened this packet and found that there are 4 individual packs of 2 pieces stroopwafels each in.


A handy pack of 2s that you can carry around.


Wow...the golden brown color of the Stroopwafel encased in a sealed packet. The wafel is still crisp.


Hunny heating up the stroopwafel over his cup of Sumatra Single Origin Bean Coffee from Coffee Ritual at Sec 14, PJ. Heating it to further liquidise the gooey caramel in between the wafels.

Sorry...we forgot to snap the photos of the after effect as we were both gobbling the delicious stroopwafel...no wonder SG is selling this particular brand so expensive. Fret not, If I do bring this brand in, I will not sell as expensive as Singapore.

Can you spot the ingredients in English? Concentrated Butter....yums! kekekeke..so sinful...!!

My Yummy Dutch Stash

Please check out my review on Stroopwafels and how to buy them from http://softbunnysales.blogspot.com/ and http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1149758 :)

Pusing Makan Time

Wooo....look at this piece of crispy roast pork skin...yum yum yum!!!



The full roasted pig...yummmmyy....!!

Inside view of the roasted pig....

Here's RM20 worth of Roasted Pork...to be shared between Wasabi, Shan, Hunny and I. However, I found the roast pork a bit too bland and not salty enough.

Bunny Learns at Jetfynn's Studio in Ipoh

Wasabi and Vixen wanted their passport photos taken for member and student card purposes and off we trotted to Jetfynn's Studio. Jetfynn is our acquaintance through the local photography forum shutterasia. We normally chat online but most of our friends have never met Jetfynn in real life before.


Jetfynn is currently lecturing at a college in Ipoh on top of his job as a full time photographer. He was kind enough to invite all of us into his studio for an inpromptu lesson in studio photography. He is also very professional in taking all photos as he is not those run of mill photographers who do not take decent photos. Jetfynn always captures poses at its best. Here's some of my shots.

Here is Wasabi posing...

Jetfynn is really an excellent photographer and his rates are affordable. Many couples and families look for him to take their photographs and he is very patient and motivational. Do give him a call if you are interested in getting any event photography done.