(PHOTO) Oh Turki.. what is happening???Istanbul rocked by new deadly shoot-out .

• Woman wielding assault rifle and grenades is shot dead by armed police as she storms Turkish police HQ in third attack on government buildings in two days

 Turkish security forces on Wednesday shot dead a female assailant after she and an accomplice sought to attack the Istanbul police headquarters, as the city reeled from its second deadly shoot-out in two days. 

P.s  Turki  (Turkiya ) has a special place in my heart...

"The Girl on the Train," held on tight to the No. 1

Author Paula Hawkins' debut thriller, "The Girl on the Train," held on tight to the No. 1 spot on the US bestsellers list for the eighth consecutive week.

Data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors across the United States is used to compile the list.

Hardcover Fiction                    

1. "The Girl on the Train," by Paula Hawkins

2. "All the Light We Cannot See," by Anthony Doerr

3. "Last One Home" by Debbie Macomber

4. "Prodigal Son" by Danielle Steel

5. "The Assassin" by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott

6. "Endangered" by C.J. Box

7. "A Spool of Blue Thread" by Anne Tyler

8. "The Buried Giant" by Kazuo Ishiguro

9. "The Nightingale," by Kristin Hannah

10. "Cold Betrayal" J.A. Jance

Source: The Malaysian Insider

- See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com

I am looking for this book!!! 

Thai temple 'pissed off' by tourists from China

A famous temple in northern Thailand will build separate toilets for Thais and other non-Chinese tourists after Chinese tourists apparently made lavatories unusable for others, German news agency DPA reported on Saturday. -- PHOTO: ELAINE NG CHIN CHIN.

BANGKOK: A famous temple in northern Thailand will build separate toilets for Thais and non-Chinese tourists after tourists from China apparently made lavatories unusable for others, German news agency DPA reported on Saturday.

Wat Rong Khun, better known as the White Temple, in Chiang Rai, will add new toilets as a solution to complaints about alleged grossly inconsiderate behaviour by Chinese tourists, reported DPA.

"They had defecated on the floor, urinated on the walls outside and left sanitary pads on the wall of the bathrooms," a temple official who requested anonymity was quoted as saying.

The temple's designer, Chalermchai Kositpipat, said in a television interview that it was "impossible" for other tourists to use the bathrooms so he would build new ones, DPA reported.

The temple had previously banned tourists from China altogether after Chinese tour groups left the toilets in a state of disrepair.

Mainland Chinese account for the biggest source of tourist arrivals in Thailand, but a spate of alleged misbehaviour by Chinese tourists have left many Thais incensed.

Last year, 4.62 million Chinese visited Thailand, accounting for 18.7% of all international arrivals, more than any other nationality, Bangkok Post reported.

In another recent incident, a tourist identified as a Chinese national was filmed kicking a sacred bell at Wat Phra That Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai, the Bangkok Post said.

A video of the incident posted anonymously online drew widespread condemnation.

Reports of tourists relieving themselves indiscriminately in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai have also sparked complaints.

Officials in Chiang Mai have taken to putting together a Tourism Etiquette Manual in Mandarin and distributing them to Chinese visitors during the Chinese New Year holidays, reports said.

The booklet asks tourists not to touch or deface artworks, not to relieve themselves in public, and to drive more responsibly. – The Straits Times/ANN

DSLR: Beginning of the end???

Assalamualaikum.. Peace to all.

Last 4 or 5 years we kindda saw many people walk around with a bulky camera with strap and happily snapping photo in mall, on the streets and in front of the food ,in other words its everywhere!!

The trend now see a diminishing number of dslr camera,  my opinion. I don’t have the stats by I believe the number of dslr sold shows a declining trend.

The reason: The smart phone.

The main culprit is the phone. ,,,a super duper advance smart phone has a decent photo quality

Its light and easy to use.

May be DSLR should be left to professional like SLR era…

I am no pro but I have two dslr(s)  now.. what to do..????

where have the all the benches gone?

At Alamanda tonite..run errands and buying some stuff
Just bought a tent for camping
It seems...ermm..they have taken away all the benches along the walk alley.

Even at shoe store you have to wait to sit in order to try your purchase..

What happen with all the chairs and bench.? Make away for all the kiosks?
i dont like this..

Ayub Al Ansari Mosque

 Masjid Ayub Al Ansari , Turkey

Photo: Tokyo Disneyland : Part 2

The photos in this series were taken around mid day. There was a Parade at the Tokyo Disneyland..
And there were some photos that  taken in late afternoon next posting maybe ..cheers!!!...


Click images for bigger view..

Jalan jalan Japan: Tokyo Disneyland Part 1

Assalamualaikum bloggers,readers..

These are the photos toward the end of our visit to Tokyo Disneyland. In Part 2 it will be uploaded with the photos at the start of the day when we visited the "home of the Mickey".

After doing the bit and pieces , here and there, entry about our visit to Japan....now i trying to update my blog entry from the "photo essay" perspective.

When you are in the foreign country, a basic knowledge of their language could do wonder. Thanks to my "take-for-granted" Nihon-go class those days....

Here we go...

click some of the photos for bigger view....

to be continued...

Photoessay: First 10 minutes of her life

Assalamualaikum bloggers,readers..


10 minutes of her life.

Welcome to the world...Happened few years back but i ddn't have the blog at that time and dont know how to blog.. Hahahaa.. Ok ok dont laugh.pls.

She had gone through quite dramatic first few months of her life as well, but not as citical as Along ( Nabila), but she had to go full blown photolight theraphy due to,,guess what , severe jaundice.. Here the photos i franticcally snapped during first few minute after she was born.


Welcome to the world...
Allahuakbar..Our Creator is the Greatest




Look into her eyes..looking at me. Who is he??(Might be her thought at that time)
Calm .... after Iqamah



Holding my hand.. ( 2 days old)

Photo: Sunset Series (xii.i)

Sunset.

Photo of sunset from the hill overlooking the town.

Sunset .. Photo taken from the hill overlooking the sea.

top 10 ugly building???

— A recent opinion piece in the New York Times resurrected the age-old debate about whether ugly buildings deserved preservation if deemed historically important.

While the staff and travellers at online travel advisers Trippy.com (trippy.com) may be undecided on that issue, they can certainly tell you which buildings they’d put on the list for consideration. Here are their choices for the World’s Top 10 Ugliest Buildings. Reuters ( and blog2shout) has not endorsed this list:

1. J. Edgar Hoover Building (FBI HQ); Washington, D.C.



Even the architect was unhappy with this one. Upon the building’s completion, a displeased I.M. Pei admitted himself there’s little harmony in these conflicting shapes.

3. Sharp Centre for Design; Toronto, Canada

Although some call it innovative, there are others who call it intolerable. While the building’s black and white squares combined with pencil-like stilt supports make it look like a clubhouse for crossword puzzle enthusiasts, this building is actually part of the Ontario College of Art & Design.

4. Aoyama Technical College; Shibuya, Japan

Ever wondered what you get when you cross a Transformers figurine, an oil well, and a curling rock? Now you know. The school’s site offers that the building “represents a new order...through the tolerance of chaos.”

5. Geisel Library; University of California, San Diego, California

This library is one of the best examples of Brutalist architecture ever built, and that’s not a compliment. Named after Audrey and Theodor Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss), we think it would have been a whole lot prettier had its benefactor also been its architect.

6. Chang Building (“The Elephant Tower”); Bangkok, Thailand

It’s not that we think the design is that bad and we even like the intended humor. It’s the half-hearted execution that turns this potentially fun idea from attraction to eyesore.

7. Epi Apartments; Seattle, Washington

Yes, the building is carbon neutral, but how many Olympic mascot pins had to die to make it? While we love that the building is self-sufficient (they even collect their own rain water on the roof), we just wish it were a tad more subtle.

10. Royal National Theatre; London, UK

Yes, Shakespeare wrote that “All the world’s a stage...” but he might not have had he lived to see 1970s. While we love the idea of the theatre and the world-class productions mounted here, our feelings don’t quite extend to the actual building. — Reuters