Wednesday, October 31, 2007
10/31/2007 07:36:00 AM

Hidden Discovery

posted by FH2o

James and Hayley on a date @ Secret Waterfall, Borneo Highlands 30th October 2007



While James Reece and Hayley Parsons from England were discovering the hidden delights of a rainforest kayaking trip down a rainforest river at Borneo Highlands with Azmi; I was to discover to that no matter how many days (and nights) you spent preparing for a Board Meeting presentation - there's always one or two little things that you might inadvertently missed out and which invariably a Board member would ask for! *sigh*

However for James and Hayley all the hidden discoveries on a rainforest kayaking trips are invariably pleasant and wonderful and are more than happy to share it when "grilled" about their holidays when they get back home in the UK!

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
10/30/2007 09:51:00 PM

These Boots Are Meant For Walking

posted by FH2o

Certain things never go out of fashion or style and a prime example are boots! So it makes sense to spend a bit more money to go for quality boots such as Rocky Boots and Bates Boots which have all kinds of designs of boots in various quality materials for both men and women in classic black or desert brown colours.

And you can find the above and other brands of quality police and military boots in a complete range from CopShoes. As a specialist shop with an established reputation for quality and competitive pricing, their customer service is outstanding as evidenced by their customers’ testimonials. Their boots certainly look smart and you don’t even have to be in the police or military to wear them!


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10/30/2007 06:58:00 AM

Sweet Sixteen

posted by FH2o


I was a little apprehensive at first when my daughter Skim, who'd just turned 16 in August, sought our permission to be a studio model for a friend of a friend for her college's photography project; a couple of days after which she showed us these photographs - which surprised as well as delighted us (besides being a relief!).

Talented Amber, who took these amazing photos is still as studying photography but I think she and Skim are both professionals already! What do you think?


This is my favorite shot! (It's currently my laptop's wallpaper)

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10/30/2007 06:20:00 AM

Catch The Wave - Bloggerwave!

posted by FH2o

If you are looking for opportunities to earn some pocket money from your blog; here’s another pay per post break for you from Europe this time – bloggerwave. And the good news is that they are looking for bloggers and they are committed to making their opportunity worth your while what with other competitor(s) abound.

I’d just signed up with their easy registration last week which was promptly approved the next day and I’m now offered the first opportunity to earn USD10/- for this 50 plus words buzz post! Catch the wave - bloggerwave.

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Monday, October 29, 2007
10/29/2007 08:27:00 PM

My Toy Camera

posted by FH2o


People who looked at the amazing photographs in my blog assumed that I'd must have used an expensive DSLR to take them with; and I think they must either be quite disappointed or think that I'm a big bald fat liar when I tell or show them the little 'toy' camera I use - which is a 4.0 Megapixels Pentax Optio43WR that I bought about 2 years ago. Actually Robin helped me to get it quite cheaply from Singapore (it was not available in Kuching) as it was on sale at the time as it was an old model. I got it primarily for my kayaking trip as it is light, compact (no protruding lens), reliable and most importantly it was water resistant.

Anyway I'm very happy with the camera and results I got from it and you can read a review of it here; but if you're thinking of getting one now, I don't think it is in production anymore. I recommend getting one if you can still get hold of it as it has served me very well. Using cheap SD card for storage and easily available AA batteries, it's therefore very convenient. I must have taken thousands of photos with it on my kayaking trip and it has not let me down despite being dropped and submerged underwater on various occasions.

I love this cute little camera despite its poor zoom, weak flash, tiny LCD screen and poor performance in dim lighting conditions. But once you know the limitations, you can work around it and still come up with great photos. Actually I'd been meaning to write about it for quite a while now but somehow some other ideas would come up when I sit down to blog about it. So here it's my long over-due tribute to my cute little toy camera - the Pentax Optio43WR.

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10/29/2007 07:29:00 PM

Looking For Unbeatable Van or Other Insurance?

posted by FH2o

I’d never looked at van insurance until I got my own van for my kayaking trips business. But if you’re looking for Cheap Van Insurance, you should check out Autonet Insurance as they offer the cheapest online insurance with a money back guarantee if that’s not so.

Besides Cheap Van Insurance; you can also get an online quote for your car, bike, home, courier, quad, truck, commercial, travel, caravan and even pet insurance! This is worth your trouble as for example if you can find cheaper car insurance elsewhere; you’ll get a full refund from Autonet Insurance. If you're in a hurry, they can also give you a quote over the telephone.

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Sunday, October 28, 2007
10/28/2007 11:53:00 PM

Working On The Weekend

posted by FH2o

Blue skies and office blues ...


I trust that your weekend is spent out in the great outdoors instead of being cooped up in the office with work like yours truly. *sigh*

To console myself I took these two grab shots of the blue skies when I dropped by the bank around lunchtime to drop off a few checks.

Again I didn't notice the bird in the photo on the left when I took it until I looked at the photos just now.

Oh, I manage to do a paid post before dinner time.

What a disjointed weekend ... *sigh*

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10/28/2007 05:04:00 PM

Online Tutoring

posted by FH2o

TutorVista’s mission is to use the global educational resources, the internet and technology to help students worldwide achieve their education goals. As the leading online tutoring company in the world, TutorVista is able to offer K12/school and college tutoring, supplementary education, homework help and test prep for a wide range of subjects including Math, Algebra, English, Physics and Exam prep such as SAT, GED, GMAT and many more for a flat rate of unlimited tutoring available 24x7.

Online tutoring is really helpful for students who needs homework help especially when it is available 24x7 meaning that you can schedule your tutoring and homework for your Math or English whenever you want them and as many times as you need them. This is really personalized online tutoring and homework help services by expert tutors – not some computer program!

To encourage to get you to sign up with them, TutorVista has a special offer where you can get unlimited tutoring at a discounted rate for the first month in all subjects. World class online tutoring is just a click away!

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Saturday, October 27, 2007
10/27/2007 10:36:00 PM

In A Hurry & Taking Your Own Sweet Time

posted by FH2o

Put-in at Sungai Abang, Borneo Highlands, Saturday 27th October 2007


Jimmy Wong, a travel agent from KK, Sabah with fellow Korean agents Yun Soo and Scott(?) were on a flying visit to Kuching to check out the attractions here only wanted to do short kayaking trip. So they take-out at Kg Danu with Azmi.

However Vincent Ong and friends Ming Li, Jacky Lo, Siew Peng from Kuala Lumpur; joined by Canadians Raymond Ta and Valerie Bertoldi definitely want to savor the 3 hours float down Sg Sarawak Kiri today. They want to smell the roses and not want to miss a single thing. What a nice way to spend a Saturday in Kuching.

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10/27/2007 08:58:00 PM

Getting Paid To Post

posted by FH2o

I finally signed up for Pay Per Post (PPP) after deciding to give it a go and to find out what the buzz was all about – can one really get paid to blog? And the answer is affirmative; and it is a whole lot easier than I thought it was going to be. And you get to see the money faster too – about a month after your post have been approved. Sure beats putting up ads on your pages which would take months before you get any income from it. In fact I’m going to ‘clean’ up my blog to omit some of the cluttering and annoying ads! Writing paid posts is a much faster and direct way to get paid – in fact you get the first opportunity to be paid USD7.50/- to review the website that introduced you to PPP. As well I’m getting paid USD20/- to spread the word about PPP! So clicked on the PPP button to the right to earn your first paid post by reviewing FH2o!

Because it is a self-service concept, you can choose to write about web sites, products, services, and companies that you like and earn cash at the same time by doing so as your opinion and feedback is valuable to the advertisers. I think that this is incredible. And if you do a post a USD10/- post a day (which I intend to do); that’s an easy USD300/- a month! Yes - you really do get paid to blog.

You are paid via your PayPal account which gives you monthly pocket money to go shopping online. I’m looking forward to buying some kayaking accessories and products in about a month’s time! So what are you waiting for?



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10/27/2007 06:56:00 AM

Spontaneous On The Waters

posted by FH2o

Beautiful Sungai Abang @ Borneo Highlands, 26th October 2007





Photography is all about capturing the moment and the best photos are spontaneous grab shots. And here are some grab shots that Azmi took and which I cropped of a group of 6 tourists he took out to enjoy the beautiful waters on Sg Sarawak Kiri in Borneo Highlands yesterday. And I love the dynamic composition and the contrast between these two shots of tranquil and moving waters. Nice.

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Friday, October 26, 2007
10/26/2007 09:55:00 PM

Cool Custom T-Shirts & More

posted by FH2o

Custom T-Shirts are cool but the company that sells them online is even cooler! You should read their story and then you’ll be wishing that you’re working in a company like that!

You can customize a range of products from T-shirts, hats, bags, fun stuff, etc which you select first then you can browse to select the design ideas from various categories. Or you can to their “Lab” which have a really cool program to start creating your own design and which you can see instantly! You add your own custom text, choose the art or download your own! When you’re happy with design, you can get an instant online quote from them and also email them to your team.

Check out this really cool company of “inkers” if you need custom T-Shirts or other products. I think they are really neat and they have a lot of happy customers having delivered over 3 million custom T-Shirts in 2006! And shipping is free in the US and Canada and they even offer a money back guarantee.

Go to the "Lab" and get your own cool custom design T-Shirt in no time flat!

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10/26/2007 07:48:00 AM

Buffalo Gave Birth To A Human Baby?

posted by FH2o

I received quite a lot of non-work related emails from friends and office colleagues everyday but the one I received yesterday afternoon was quite startling and I rushed opened to read it first ahead of my other work related emails!

I have my own theory about this - but I wanna hear from you first; so what do you think? These days my postings usually generate little comments if any (especially the paid posts - duh!) but I guess this post will garner more than a few comments! And this for sure is not a paid post lah!

Anyway here's the freaky Friday post. Oh and do have a freakin' fascinating weekend ahead! (But stay away from 'em buffalos!)

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10/26/2007 07:17:00 AM

Mailboxes Make A Place

posted by FH2o

Mailboxes add so much character to a house and it’s the first thing we head for in the morning for the newspaper and the last thing we check when we come home from work; well for me anyway.

So it makes sense to have high quality residential mailboxes instead of el cheapo ones and which makes the place looks so temporary. High quality mailboxes make even modest homes look good. And mailboxixchange have over 1500 high mailboxes as well as curbside décor products to choose from to match your house design and/or your tastes.

They also have commercial mailboxes so your workplace can look good and classy too! And you can choose lockable high security locking mailbox system. For apartment or condominium blocks there are available cluster designs as well.

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Thursday, October 25, 2007
10/25/2007 09:16:00 PM

Saved By The View

posted by FH2o


I was having a darn boring meeting with some darn boring and lifeless officials in a building in town yesterday afternoon. But luckily the room where we have the meeting has a panaromic view overlooking the old kampong part of town with the meandering Sarawak River and Gunung Santubong in the distance. Most charming.

So when there was a break in the meeting, I discretely (you don't want to wake up dead people infected with the T-Virus) and promptly strolled over to the window to take a few shots. Here's one that I like.

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10/25/2007 08:28:00 PM

Seeing Sydney?

posted by FH2o

I’ve only been back to Sydney once since I graduated as an architect from UNSW. So if I visit Sydney the next time I’ll certainly check up on the new as well as the old attractions there. It is an expensive city so looking for a Sydney hotel accommodation would be a priority which is a whole lot easier with online booking. I’ll be looking for and comparing the last minute as well as all year deal for cheap hotels in Sydney.

I’ll consider staying in Darling Harbour as it is centrally located on both the City and Pyrmont side of the main Sydney Harbour. There are a selection of 3 star to 5 star hotels there and there are lots to see (exhibitions at the Darling Harbour Exhibition Centre and nightlife), do and eat there.

You can get cheap Sydney hotel accomodation from as low as AUD40/- in places such as in Manly Guest House and the ferry ride there is good way to see Sydney Harbour.

If you decide to venture outside of Sydney, you can also look for cheap hotel bargains and deals in the other Australian cities.

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10/25/2007 06:44:00 AM

Sweet Innocence

posted by FH2o


Children and puppies are like bread and butter - made for each other; sharing an affinity borne out of innocence, curiosity and pure sweetness!

A sweet moment captured on Sunday afternoon at Kpg Bengoh while waiting for the rain to abate and our guests to show up. Do be sweet today wouldn't you?

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10/25/2007 12:30:00 AM

Looking For Lights

posted by FH2o

The thing about shopping for light fittings is that you want to have a lot of choices to choose from – you don’t know what you really want until you see (the light) it!

But now you don’t even have to drive from shop to shop as you can select from hundreds of thousands of light fixtures both indoors and outdoors in a wide range of styles and at the lowest prices from dozens of top manufacturers at Farreys.com using their friendly lighting product search tool to narrow down your selection. You will find your perfect lights should it be chandeliers or your bathroom light fixtures.

How I wished I could order them here in Malaysia but unfortunately Farreys.com is currently only accepting orders for delivery to the United States and Canada. Ah, well.

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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
10/24/2007 11:05:00 PM

How To Use Your Kayak To Stay Dry!

posted by FH2o

Azmi & Juri keeping dry in the downpour!




It was pouring down on sunday afternoon at Borneo Highlands and even though they were going to get wet later when kayaking; sometimes you just want to stay dry when you're on terra firma!



Left: Rain or shine; Azmi's always smiling! Staying dry at Kpg Bengoh

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10/24/2007 10:15:00 PM

Aristabrat For Your Adorable Brats!

posted by FH2o

My youngest is already 15 years old so it’s been quite a while since I even thought about baby stuff!

However if you are looking for some classy high end baby bling from rattlers, to pacifiers and baby clothes then you should check out baby bling available online from The Aristbrat Shop where “you will find the latest trendy fashion or perfect heirloom treasure for your distinguished little CelebriTot”. Yeah!

Although AristaBrat is a new, up and coming brand, a number of celebrities are already endorsing their products. I supposed it’s never too young to start as “fashion icons aren’t born, they are made”; really? But then again there are the haves and the have mores … so true when it comes to shopping for classy high end baby bling from Aristabrat. Amen.


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10/24/2007 09:24:00 PM

Splashing Time For Katie & Kerry

posted by FH2o

Katie, Azmi & Kerry @ Sg. Abang put-in on 22nd October 2007




No monday blues for either Katie or Kerry who had a splashing good time with Azmi on Monday, 22nd October at Borneo Highlands; taking a well deserved break from their teaching jobs in Thailand.

Azmi's turning out to be quite a good photographer; but I suppose all kayakers have an affinity for the beauty of nature and are therefore 'naturally' good photographers!


Left : What a splash! Great shot by Azmi of Kerry & Katie shooting the rapids of Sungai Sarawak Kiri.

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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
10/23/2007 10:31:00 PM

Real Trip Planner & Travel Guide

posted by FH2o

There are many travel sites but realtravel is the travel guide and trip planner site that is driven by advice from real travelers; where you can discover places to go and things to do and learn from real people and their travel reviews. You can therefore plan a better trip with a Free Trip Planner thereby saving on (time as well as money) on travel deals selected by their editors.

You can plan your trips based on destinations of things you want to do. Easy navigation and comprehensive information will certainly guide you to where you want to go and do. After your trip you can share your travels with free travel blogs. You can even subscribe to their newsletter to keep in mind for future trips.

It’s any wonder that this site have been Voted one of "twelve essential travel sites" by Forbes and "Best of Web for Trip Planning" by BusinessWeek.

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10/23/2007 01:49:00 PM

Getting A "Star" That You Don't Want

posted by FH2o


I discovered a "star" crack on my car windscreen probably caused by the impact of a flying stone as my car was parked next to a busy road near my office. Ouch!

My children are more imaginative saying that a giant spider had descended to nest there! I can probably live with this 'spider' as it's on the passenger side of the car as I can imagine the replacement of the windscreen would be quite a bothersome and costly affair.

I trust that such stars or spiders do not take a liking to your car windscreens! And unfortunately if they do, I trust that you'll take it in a positively imaginative manner. Ah, well.

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10/23/2007 12:43:00 PM

Sports Memorabilia

posted by FH2o

If you are a sports fan and especially of baseball, football, basketball or hockey then you would be interested to check out Sportsmemorabilia.com as you can find a wide range of sports memorabilia such as authentic signed baseballs, footballs, basketballs, jerseys, photos and more. They also have a great selection of tennis, golf, boxing (autograph items from Muhammad Ali!), NCAA, soccer and NASCAR memorabilia on sale as well in a wide range of prices.

And if you are price sensitive or looking for bargains, then you should check out their Clearance Sale items. They have discounts on their autographed baseballs from all the major players with some at clearance prices as well. And if you purchase over $200/- shipping is free. And if you buying for others you can also purchase gift certificates of any price.

It’s a pity there are no sports memorabilia for kayaking … *sigh*


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10/23/2007 07:32:00 AM

ONE World

posted by FH2o

Veria, Greece - September 2007

I've just received an invitation to to contribute to the private blog: ONE World - Imagine A New World.

With contributors from around the world with great photographs of the enviroment such as this sunset posted by Shinichi Ishii of Japan on the left and the river at Veria, Greece on top posted by by Itelli; I think this is a wonderful idea; and I have signed up. At the least it will put humble Kuching on the blogosphere's world map.

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Monday, October 22, 2007
10/22/2007 10:20:00 PM

Online Backup

posted by FH2o

With my new job I uses a note book exclusively instead of a desktop for my work and although I backup my work, I must admit that at times it’s too much of a hassle when you are constantly busy with deadlines to meet on a daily basis. And so much valuable data is at risk should I loses my notebook, have a hard disk crash or corrupted by viruses.

So it’s of interest to come across an online backup service provider, IDrive-E that offers secured online backup for free (up to 2GB – no kidding!) and unlimited storage for only for USD4.95 per month or USD49.50 per year. Because their service is easy to use, fast and secure; the chances are that I’ll use it more often. Compared to their competitors their features win hands down; and it’s any wonder that they are the leading online backup service provider.

I don’t know about you but I’m going to sign up for the offer of 2GB of FREE online backup without any backup and restore restrictions or bandwidth limits or file type restrictions! What are you waiting for?


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