Zul133 Photo Journal

Japan! - Revisited

2009-01-25T09:19:00.001-08:00

Hi Guys,
Its been a while my blog hasn't been updated. Well yea, since last year November 23rd. Its 2009 now. February is coming, and time flies by. Well yea, on the 14th December until 21st December, me & my gang is going out to Japan one more time. This time for sure is a vacation & shopping trip :). We were using RBA to HK, then Cathay Pacific to Japan. This shorten the time of transit, like as before we're using the SG airlines, we have to wait in the airport for 9hrs.
Anyway, December is Winter for Tokyo, therefore the temperature ranges from 13deg Celcius to 3deg celcius. quite cold and windy. Some how this time we are more prepaid than before. We went for shopping places like Akihabara, Ochanomizu, Shibuya, Asakusa & Nakano.
We went sightseeing to Rainbow bridge, Tokyo Tower (pass by), Odaiba, Yokohama & some other places that I dont remember. We also went to schools for visits. Anyhow...enjoy the pics below.. the caption will explain you some. :) cheers..

night view from my host family's house. Nishi-Ogikubo.

Another night view from the other side.

Deputy Director of the Sunrise Anime Studio.

1 & only.....

in this screen, they show how the animation puts together and make 'em move..

see how they make gundam...its just like photoshop laah

one of the office for sunrise studio.

Bonzai farm...

Waiting to across the road. Railway ahead!

Draft of the anime.. they're just school kids ..

neat eh?

human size gundam!!.. Love it

KERORO!!!

Khdizah, Nazihah & Al Hakeem poses with the human size gundam.

A limited edition....1/2 size of the human size gundam.

Copper plate of Gundam!

World of Gundam!!

YOKOHAMA STADIUM

ehmm..nippon maru? maybe different ones.

some of the China Town...

whadya think? its skyline R35 wuhoooo

yeaaahhhh...R35 Skyline GTR

Yokohama view.

Karate Kid(s)

We & The Karate Kids

Khdizah trying to kick the kicking bag

Yazin tries out the kicking bag too

Its Hakeem time!!

KYAAAA!!!~~~

*REI*

Some of the Kendo besides

Us with the principal and teachers from the sports school.

Mr . Principal :)

Hey..meet exchange student Aziman. he studies in Japan for 1 year. *hmm hmmmmm~~*

Keem..nothing else, its always game on his hand.

We're on the trip to Yokohama.

Nazihah, Yazin, Hiroshi Ozawa Sensei and Me! @ Kobukan Dojo!!

KEndo~~

Warm up kendo

Ninomiya Sensei

Me, Naz, Yazin and the Sumo(s)

Look what ive bought?

Dawn.....

Mommy!!! prepares something for dinner perhaps..

Big Sis..Ryo-Ko chan...

Dawn....

early morning!!

Me & Lil Siss Yuko~

oh...thats a big cat. Her name is meo-chan

Papa Morishige...

Mommy Morshige...

and that big cat...his name is Hiroshi-kun...

ahaha sushi set yaww...its $10 bnd..

Sis Yuko & Gurei-chan..

We in our tour bus..

Hong kong Airport.

Hong Kong Airport again..

Waiting for the boarding gate @ HK airport

escala...eleva... eh... wat you call this? conveyor belt? :p

a view from the airplane..above the sky...wuhoo neat..

Frens trip to Japan..

yep..thats me, khdizah and Nazihah :)

Wicket of Crickets

2008-11-29T08:09:00.000-08:00

"Cricket is a bat-and-ball team sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries. A cricket match is contested by two teams, usually of eleven players each[1] and is played on a grass field in the centre of which is a flat strip of ground 22 yards (20 m) long called a pitch. A wicket, usually made of wood, is placed at each end of the pitch and used as a target." - Wikipedia

Recently, I went to Tungku Beach for chilling with a friend. Cool Sea Breeze will relax ur mind (if u're stressed out by that time). So there were a group of Indian/Pakistani citizens gathering around by the beach talking to each other, carrying wickets(cricket bat) along with them. So.. they were actually having a cricket match amongt themselves. Yea fair enough, they're not only come to Brunei for working, but they need to relax their mind & having sports by weekend. Every one needs that. Sports is a crucial thing to do in life. We should balance our lifestyle with outdoor activities or having sports once in a week.

So luckily I brought along with my camera and come out having lotsa action pictures of them playing cricket. Cricket, so far as I know, is one challenging game. Not far from baseball or softball, similar, but takes alot of time. Somehow, 1 game can ends for few days.

Below are some pictures that I took on that day. [Mode: Sports (auto), Camera: 400D DSLR Canon, Lens: 75-300mm USM II f:4-5.6].

Thermal Collision

2008-11-20T06:18:00.000-08:00

Hey Guys,

I feel like Im kinda bored, so just wanna post on something different now. It's not like a Journal but its about me & my band. Please support our local music industry & artists. Nevertheless we have found alot of new bands and singers are widning their mind to be one of it :) it shows a very good progress. We will try to keep this thing much more developing from time to time.

Thermal Collision is the name of my band (previously called "Sane Asylum"). Our genre is mostly all types of rock (i.e: blues rock, jazz rock, alternative rock, metal rock and alot of batu's) hehehe. I've joined this band by early September 2007 as they were actually looking for a guitarist. Where Keem (Bassist) found me and test my guitar playing. So I got hired. Previously Ash (2nd guitarist) played as a Drummer. but now we have a new girl drummer (age 16) named Nurul or we call her Nunu...hohoho.. Currently we have Yean (Vocals), Zul (1st Guitar), Ash (2nd Guitar/Keyboard), Keem (Bass) and Nunu (Drum). We also have featuring of a guitar player name Fizzul where he composed a jazzy song of our own named "Kerna" (lyrics by Yean).

We have made several songs of our own, where our 1st singles called "Gone" is the most favoured ones. We've been playing for some shows and gigs/party lately (ICC, Rizqun, Private functions and parties, and 1 battle of the band (place 4th). Soon on 26th November in Hua Ho Mall Manggis. Anyhow, I am currently make some demos for everyone to hear. But will post it later. So please wait :)

Below are few of our group band pictures and will be used as our 1st Album cover.

L-to-R: Zul, Fizzul, Yean, Nunu. Keem. Ash

P.S: guys please hear the demo I've just made below this page. right at the bottom..scroll it down n play.. :)

Japan oh Japan...

2008-11-17T07:31:00.001-08:00

Hi There,

I feel so bored, so I update my blog for my previous journey back in Tokyo, Japan. Went there for a Kendo Trip, and it was Awesome. We were there when it was just started to have a Cherry Blossom or the Bloom of the Sakura trees :)

Below are few of the pix. I have loads of them..but so "malas" or lazy to upload them.

Tokyo Tower

Disney Land Cinderella Castle

Sakura Flowers or Cherry Blossom

I'm at Hakone Skyline, height around 1000m++ (see the clouds)

Twin Towers of Tokyo

ahaha This is just a random picture I took at the basin outside the house :P

Enjoy~

Journey to Kota Kinabalu & Novotel 1 Borneo

2008-11-07T07:57:00.000-08:00

Hey there,

It's been a while I haven;t update any of my blog since the Hari Raya. that fiest has gone now. Next one is Haj pilgrimage.. But I wont talk about Haj Pilgrimage here now. :p

On the 1st November 2008, Me n My Brother had our shopping holiday trip to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. It was our first time to go there and It's by airPlane. Have you heard about the Largest Lifestyle Hypermall in Borneo...yea when it says its big...its really BIG!!!

Air-Plane view of Lambak Kanan Housing

Air-Plane View of Gunung (Mount) Kinabalu

Inside the NOVOTEL Hotel (flat screens, beautiful view, etc)

And the toilet is VIEW-able. Remind me of the Hotel in Rijswik, Holland. No worries, it includes with blinding.

This is the Centre Atrium of the Hyper Mall, 1 Borneo.

1Borneo is located 15minutes away from the Capital, Consists of a large block of building, 5Hotels, 2 still building (at the north side), and Tune shop (owned by Air Asia). According to the plan, they even have Hovercraft docks O___o!! Shops are mostly branded (i.e: Levi's, Bodyshop; F.O.S, Adidas, etc...) and on the ground floor consist of a wide range of restaurants which includes K.F.C, McD, Sushi King (nyum2), Japanese restaurant, Penang restaurant, Starbucks (nice!!)... and on the top level they have Cinemas (8 cinemas!!) Borneo Rainforest, massage places, and don't forget..the Arcade!

You will spend the whole 1 day to shop in this Hyper mall. To shop it is relatively cheap and can get variety of sizes i.e big shoes and big clothes and T's.. e.g 4XL or 5XL...ahaha. Places open by 10am till 11pm..I guess.... kinda like it. There's one Cigar shop called Trinidad which supplies Havana Cigars... Cool to look at it...but its gonna spend you deep-deep..

STARBUCKS!! TOTALLY DELICIOUS

1Borneo HyperMall Model. NOVOTEL is the one infront far left.

View inside the restaurant of Novotel. Free Breakfast

The Trinidad Cigar Shop :D

Classic VolksWagen Display at South Atrium 1Borneo.

Along the Way from City Centre to the Hotel are consists of a very beautiful views and nice Island. They even have very awesome Architecture of tall buildings and skyscrapers. The weather are the same as in Brunei, Raining!.. Nevertheless, people in Sabah is very friendly and helpful. Its not a regret to go there.

Ferrari Spyder Parked Outside wuhooo...

Borneo Rainforest's Hornbill

Fish massage..very murah. if the fish dead, then you have smelly feet ahaha

Front View of the HyperMall 1Borneo.

2 buildings (mentioned earlier) still on built.

We've spent 3days 2 nights for our holiday, Its really worth to stay in 1Borneo. But next time our journey back here is to stay in the City Centre and will be doing some pulau-ing (going to the islands) for snorkeling. especially the Manukan Island. view of the Corals are magnificent.

Enjoy reading. Will update more of my Journal. Probably will go Japan this December. So just wait or it. :)

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

2008-10-15T14:25:00.000-07:00

Assalammualaikum Guys.

1st of all I wanna express myself to everyone, Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir & Batin. Especially I'm sorry for having so long gone from my Journal.

Anyway, Everyone know the Feast of Syawal. Eating & visiting friends, family & colleagues.

Today, I posted some of the pictures during the feast of Syawal within my family. My life through out the Hari Raya celebration & what I have taken.

Enjoy the pictures below. :)

Jame Asr' Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque, A place to Pray for Hari Raya & Takbir.

An uncle of mine with his new born daughter. :)

Lil' cousin enjoying one of Hari Raya's fav delicacy - Mini Popia

Lil' ones posed for the best of Hari Raya

Caught the Hornbill in action of walking & jumping on the Power Cable from far away. ZOOMED x1000..

3 siblings from youngest to eldest :)

All cousins poses with a 'Free style'

Afraid of the loud sound of 'Badil' (fireworks) from outside..

Im Back..

2008-09-13T22:27:00.000-07:00

Hey there,

It has been a long time I havent make new posts. It's just there's not much thing to do nowadays. I don't know what stories to make & no journey at all. *haha* owh.. I did went to Miri, but I didnt bring along my Baby Canon *bummer* =_= yea i know. Well Below is just a random pic I took this Afternoon. Just wanted to get more new wallpapers for my laptop. Enjoying the Fun of the Technologies. *gahaha!*

Cheers YAww~

PSK Karate in Mumong Sports Complex

2008-07-07T02:17:00.000-07:00

Lately, there was a sport events held in whole Brunei called Pesta Sukan Kebangsaan (National Sports Festival) or PSK. I went to one of the event, a very famous martial arts known in Brunei which is called KARATE!. It held just the same where my Kendo Dojo is.. the Mumong Sports Complex, Mumong(obviously).

I took alot of pictures, mostly on the action, karate kata, kumite and faces of pepol around. With my so-so Canon 400D and 75-300mm lens, i could take some good shots of the partitioners in action. Good only...not the best..I still need to buy a very good camera ehehe.and probably the blurry effect of fast motion is because I need slow shutter but more aperture. due to so Gelap in the hall...using flash is useless.

Anyway.. enjoy to see some of the pictures below..leave some comments if you like ^_^.

Ippon!!!!! eh Sanbon!!!

yeaaahhh

FOUL!! ehehe shinpan sez : EHHHH!!

Tarian kata

KAta competition

BSB contingent

juri, time keeper, n puan penasihat

3rd & the Final day of Kendo Workshop

2008-07-07T01:21:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

Sorry if you all wait for so long. ITs actually tired to insert too many pictures to the blog kali ah. Anyway, the 3rd day and the fnal day of the June Inter-School Kendo Workshop was held at the Scouts Buildig Sports Hall. A very big space & very nice place to practice. It's airconditioned & very comfortable. But its costs high. Neverthelss its worth it :)

a very large turnout on the day, maybe because its Sunday & everyone are free? I duno..but the more they come, the merrier it'll be. Junbi taisho was lead by Senpai Combatto-kun... start with a warm up, then basi cuts and as usual the Haya Suburi at the end.

Then after they again got divided into groups. I was so malas that time, so I only go for photographs. Be the media man... wat I remembered was, they do advanced waza, kata & kirikaeshi. lot of pepol have diff style. later that tym, we all have a break for lunch.. much more better food this time. for some other pepol, they went out for food, such as eating at the millenium or some restoran downstairs. but I'm jaded...n fall asleep after.

In the afternoon, continue up wif waza n last but not least the final war...and now with the Seniors!!... well, we all got beaten up. Out numbered!! XD we're not rambo or the last samurai... ahaha. anyways when it came to the end, everyone seiza and mokusou. and also giving some experience talk given by the captain of eah schools & clubs. and the Group photography!!...

Well thats the end of the Workshop, hope it will held again same time, same place and same activity next year in June!! XD...gambarre yawwww...

LArge turnout of kendokas & The view of gadong!

guys took pix wif me!! XD & Group photos of everyone!!

Maktab Sains Kendoka! & Tall & Short..

kirikaeshi practice. & Dayat the hensome one!

what is wrong with this picture? & Kacau daun at the back! ahaha

P.s: More pictures for 3rd day kendo in my Multiply..please go to http://shinchan133.multiply.com/

2nd Day of 2nd June Inter-School Kendo Workshop

2008-07-01T01:36:00.000-07:00

The 2nd Day of Kendo workshop held on the 21st June, 2008 (Saturday).
Another brilliant day of kendo start in the early mornings. The morning session is an advanced technique session or more Waza practice. Firstly, the Nidan-waza.
Ni-dan means Two step or 2 stages. well basically saying Nidan waza means we attack 2 points in one time i.e: Kote-men, Men-do & kote do. This has to do fast at a time. The seniors again divide them into groups, so wat ever their technique of teaching, but its bascially the same. the purpose of doing this waza is if the 1st attack fails to get an ippon, but the 2nd point can be the good ippon.

Next was the..if im not mistaken the Kirikaeshi?? Its the most important thing every kendoka have to know n master. because in doing kirikaeshi, a kendoka can make their cuts very efficient during any time. its one of the "must to do" exercise. with one big men forward, and sayu men 4 times start at the right side forward, and backward 5 times sayumen start at the right side of the men. repeatedly twice and last one end with a big men.

3rd practice was the practice of Ni-hon Kendo Kata. One of the major practice for Kendo grading. Ni hon kendo kata have 7 kata using normal length bokuto, and 3 are using short length bokuto or kodachi giving a total of 10 Katas. but this day, they only practice kendo no. 1. I train one of the group for this kata. its kinda fun. n very efficient. Bear in mind that, this kata have to do in pairs, so if one of the team spoil, both of them will be spoil.

when it came to the end of morning session, we end with a warm down. and rei. Now its time for Lunch ..and its Onigiri time. Onigiri were prepared by Neeza senpai. We had a tuna mayo Onigiri which is so "nyaman". well its more delicious if you add up the onigiri wif WASABI!!! yarrr!

The afternoon session wat i remember was just a kendo war. but there was a session that i dont really know. because i keep on taking pics of everyone...literally. ehehe
Anyway, the kendo war was abit fierce n more life like this time.. but still i dont really like to se pepol doing the war without proper kendo techniques...if they think that they won..they're totally wrong dude... they are the one that lost..ahaha

anyway. thats the end of the Post for the 2nd day. will be post the 3rd day event sometime later..not soon due to bz situation. enjoy the pics below and their captions :) ciao

These are the delegates that came from Belait Kendo Club. large turn out (18 + me = 19pepol, but anothe 1 came late in the afternoon) total of 20pepol sacrificing their time n money to come all the way from KB to Bndr.

Lunch for Onigiri, see how keem make his own signature series of onigiri, wif mayo (mayo freak). the smiling face express how tasty his onigiri was...ahaaha

Kuroi & Noriko (Amal & Nazihah) poses during the lunch break. they change their clothes and went to excapade gadong. nda bawa org :(:(:(

Ali mendling with a dog doll that have small body, arms n legs, but have a big head. ahaha ada saja. He cant join in the afternoon due to be a medic for the PSK event.

Girls from PAP Masna poses in front of my kamera..wat to do, i have to snap the pix lah ehehe. LtR - Qisu, hmm...., Zizie..
3 girls leftover during the kendo war, lately owned by the enemy...ahaha
Faiz aka Combat kun rearranging his army for the war. with his shinsengumi head band, ready to die..ehehe :)2 white girls, questioned, dont know what to do next...totally going to be owned during the war! gahahah

Nah nah nah..yth tu war without wearing bogu...cani th jadi nya...kacamata planting n sponge kana mata...sakit yawww
Alvin..Look whose here??? eheheh Ms Onegaishimasu and frens :)
Yazin runs for his life!!!!! He ran over wat ever is blocking his way... eheheh
MEn!!! OWNED by Idzan!! nyahahahahaha!
Tell you that, see there is no point get by this two kendoka. that girl dont even got a men cut. obviously inda kana. then 1 hand men... no point!! for Cahya...1 hand do??? no point... and dats not Do...thats thigh? ahaha

Syazana ngalih lapas War.... kasian...
"Just let me do it...guys just let me do it...I love y'all..say good bye for my parents" says Aziz
WWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!
Idzan is always ready for the war...
MEn!!! this one good cut..with those kikentai ichi... yep...Noriko just got Owned!!

Naif came late on the afternoon...hey the workshop almost done!!!

Alex from Miri, while pepol rest, he still train. You all should take example of him.
No comment. what are you all doing ah??? looking at the pix?
Cute girl of the month!
The Onigiri chefs and crews poses dari atas...

1st Day of 2nd June Inter-School Kendo Workshop

2008-06-24T08:19:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone,

On the 20th June, 2008 (Friday), there held another big event for the fellow Kendoka Participants in Brunei. Awesome 3 Days event, the 2nd June Inter-School Kendo Workshop, which held at Maktab Duli Sports Gymnasium, Gadong & Final day at 5th Floor Scouts Building's Sports Hall, Beribi had started!

LArge turnout from various Kendo Clubs in Brunei, i.e: Pap Masna, Maktab Duli, Maktab Sains, SM Rimba, Belait Kendo Club & LAst but not least, participants from the Kendo Alliance Brunei Itself :) Started with mokusou( meditation) followed by Junbi Taisho(Warming up) and few basic cuts + Hayasuburi at the end.

Kendokas from Maktab Duli & Kendokas from PTEB

Kendokas from Pap Masna & From Kendo Alliance

Kendoka from Belait Kendo Club

Mokusou or the Meditation & Junbi taishou by stretching all the muscles

On this First day, all fellow Kendokas were divided into 4 different groups shuffled randomly by counting numbers. This is to give fellow participants an ice breaking session for each group. Amazingly knowing ppl from such different places & different personality. This can be knowing by asking them such questions on "why did they join Kendo at 1st place?". Knowing each other is one most important thing in our life, this is to increase more communication thus One of the major thing to have in Kendo Etiquettes i.e. the 1st session of the day. Kendo etiquettes started from Rei (bowing to each other & the dojo) to the disciplinaries & do's n dont's in Kendo. Below are some of the Happy Faces during the Kendo Workshop.

Amal from PAP Masna, Nazihah from PTEB & Hamizan from Belait

Syaz from MD and others.... ehehe

When the Taiko banged for few times by Mr. Takezo, that is the end of the 1st session. This comes up with the 2nd session which is one most important foundation of Kendo; the DDR or Ashi Sabaki (footsteps). every group have different senpai's or seniors, thus giving different way & techniques of teaching. Basically its just the same and it should be the same.

I tell you, this is not Judo or any dancing programme. This is one of the technique they use to teach on doin Ashi Sabaki practice.

When the 2nd session taiko banged by this guy -->

well thats the end of it :)

The session end with a lunch break by 11.30am till 2.00pm due to Jumaat prayers too. So most of or KBians went to the grand City hotel at Batu Besurat for a check in.

Time pass by and Afternoon session starts! 3rd session was doin basic cuts. The major MEN (head) cuts. Nothing much actually, I was bored by that time. when it came to the 4th session, which is the SHIAI!! SParring time! that's what I was waiting for. LArge turnout of bogu wearers this year, unlike last year. unfortunately, when I sparred, I'm not taking any pictures, so maybe I'll try to get someone for the Shiai pictures.

KIAI MEN!!! & Men Cuts wif Fumikomi & Ashi Sabaki

Bogu ready for the big Match.

The Shiai match, White vs Red (shiro vs Aka), therefore, White loses this time. Red wins, because they have more seniors over there, well I won tho in my 1st match challenging Hafiz, but I can say, he's one tough guy. IF i misjudge him, I cud have lost too XD ahaha

Well after the match, there comes the WAR Games, introduce to us during our intensive training in Japan. this time, we were using sponge bokken. Cool huh? Actually my intention on the war games was do the war in a proper kendo tehnique, but!! some other ppls just swing around the sword like crazy... Not Normal, really crazy.

Team A vs Team B

ATTACK!! Nadzif senpai, Yura Senpai & Emma Senpai watch the war

Finally, after the war, I forgot who wins , but that doesnt matters, Then it comes to an end. The clock shows its 4.30pm, parents were waiting outside for picking up their children. More events to come on the next day and next next day. The event is not done yet until the 22nd of June.

P.s: more pictures can be requested from me. cheers all.

Welcome to MY Photo Journal

2008-06-24T01:41:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone,

Thanks for visiting my Blogspot. Here I'll post most of my journal during my life in terms of activities, Tourism, travelling & Environmental Life of around the world. Photos will be attached with every new topics posted according to the timeline of the story. Please feel free to give out some comments on the pictures. In case of copy-ing my pictures, feel free to do so, but it is prohibited to re-published or make use of it for public usage as it is under Copyright laws.
Have Fun :)