Marine Park, Everett

since I'm fasting , I'll make full use of my lunch break time to explore new places around my project site. This place is about 10 minutes from my client's site - a nice marine park with ferry to a nearby man made island.

Marine Park with Mt Baker snow capped moutain top in the far distance



Fishing Jetty, you can fish and go crabbing here..a lot of crabs but most of them are still quite young



waiting for the crab



view from the fishing jetty , water is quite clear around here



fish jetty

seruling anak gembala

Hari rabu lepas aku dapat di dalam peti surat aku seruling yang aku beli online di ebay

seruling ni adalah itu scale Arabian - i think it is kinda melodic minor scale lah

took me a few days to get a proper sound of it..

the initial mistake was to blow into it , after reading some tips baru aku tau kena tiup across the blow hole.. it is a side blown hole

why seruling? cos I'm bored

tapi ada banyak faktor membuatkan aku nak beli seruling ini -

1) dengar seruling dalam lagu2 melayu traditional dan juga lagu seperti intro kepada Masihkan Kau Ingat by Kopratsa , Bila Rindu by Ruffedge (masa part ada puisi tu) dan intro lagu M Nasir Satu Hari di Hari Raya

2) ada satu waktu aku , Ayu , Nani , N dan Izatul pegi Taman Tasik Titiwangsa untuk bermain badminton dan sedang lepak2 di situ kedengaran ada satu pakcik main seruling..sungguh enak bunyi nya

3) lagu Seruling Anak Gembala by Jeffrydin , kisah seorang pemuda gembala kambing dengan seruling nya di tepi lembah sungai

4) tambah koleksi alat musik yang di gunakan untuk lagu tradisional melayu (tapi tak pernah rekod apa2 pun)

so itu lah kisahnya..nanti aku try record video aku main

sekian terima kasih


ps: selamat berpuasa kepada kawan2 muslim dan sewaktu dengan nya..yang bukan muslim , enjoy the buka puasa buffet! :D

floss gigi dan gadis cina amerika

gadis cina amerika dari San Francisco datang melawati ku di Seattle pada akhir bulan lepas

selepas aku mengambil dia di airport , kami terus ke pantai dan kemudian makan malam di restoran korean hoo soonyi

dalam perjalanan balik ke rumah , dia berkata 'do you have floss at your place?'

aku menjawab 'err no'

lalu dia hairan dan berkata 'so..errm don't you floss your teeth?'

aku kata 'err nope...'

dia melihat aku semacam bagaikan orang yang tak mandi seminggu

terus aku singgah Walgreen Phramacy dan beli floss

moral di sini: floss lah selalu, berus gigi tidak mencukupi

johnny cash

hari ni aku pakai serba hitam ke tempat kerja

baju ku hitam , sepatuku hitam, seluar ku lebih kurang hitam kerana ianya berwarna biru gelap dan kulit ku pun boleh tahan hitam dek musim panas di Seattle baru-baru ini

lalu salah seorang kawan sejawatan(?) bernama Karla bertanyakan pada ku ' all black? are you johnny cash or something?' aku hanya mampu senyum kerang busuk dan kata 'i look slimmer'

itulah kisah aku di kerja hari ni

edmonds' fishing jetty

kids playing around while waiting for their dad fishing..

i love alki beach

think I'll go jogging today

unite..lead

sometimes being away on some far cold land, one can't help but to think about Malaysia and her sunny days and warm rains. usually I'll make it a point to read all the news portal from Malaysiakini to Utusan to Malaysia Today/etc just keep up to date with what is happening in Malaysia.

at times I think our country is going down the shithole but then again I see hope in the aspirations of younger generations being actively involved with NGOs etc, trying to make Malaysia a better place

anyway , i think the message from this photo taken about a month ago in NY kinda related to the gist of this boring blog post :) The picture was taken inside NY's Grand Central Station

looking forward for my Raya break..until then take it easy!