Eid, Hari Raya, Lebaran

Wishing every Muslims Eid Mubarak, Selamat Hari Raya to Malay friends and Selamat Hari Lebaran to Indonesian Muslim friends. Photos below were taken during the “Open House” event that took place yesterday at the No.1 Residence. There were only about 50 guests who came and those who didn’t come might be taking the opportunity for a getaway during the long Eid weekend.

Colleagues waiting for the arrival of guests..

Fire it up!

 

Some of my best ASEAN connections

The No.1 with some high-powered guests

More photos of yesterday’s event here

Ottawa 4 Sept 09

Parliament Centre Block. Home to the Senate and House of Commons, where government policies are examined and considered, and where legislation is introduced, debated and passed into law. Session will resume soon after the long summer break, and political parties seems to be gearing up for possible election later this year.

Tourist taking photo opportunity with RCMP guards.

Homeless guy showing his artwork. 

Cool…

Lonely…

One of our staff during his alone moment while waiting for guests to arrive for the thanksgiving prayer for His Majesty The Sultan And Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam’s 63rd Birthday.  More photos of the event here.

Beautiful Niagara

The Horse Shoe Falls – view from the Canadian side.

Vancouver Part II – Random

All shots in Vancouver were taken with the nikon DX VR 18-200mm of course attached to my Alexis. The lens is quite handy and light, suitable for those photo hobbyists or enthusiasts who wishes to travel light. To me it produces almost similar quality like the rest of my prime lenses (ie this and this) especially when shooting on a daylight, but of course those prime lenses are superb especially on low light shooting plus it gives more softer background and works well with Alexis.

Fresh trouts that could be found at Granville Island’s public market

Protesting against seal hunting at downtown Vancouver

An Asian lady searching for used plastic bottles and papers, which could be sold for few cents a pound at recycling vendors, while a man passes by and seems to enjoy his probably new wireless headset… There are still quite a number of beggars asking for money for food or coffee at most major streets in downtown Vancouver. Most of them are able-bodied, therefore I don’t really have the sense of guilt or pity towards them. At least they could do something similar like this poor Asian lady, instead of annoying pedestrians which they might end up getting less than a dollar from begging the whole day.

Bird Treats

Man feeding seagulls with pieces of bread at Vancouver waterfront..

Vancouver Walkabout Pt. I

Some random pics taken at downtown Vancouver yesterday…

More pics coming soon…

Away from D’Office

Currently in Vancouver on a working trip and picture below is the view from my room at 7:30pm…

Friday Get-Together

Pics taken during our informal get-together with the staff held on Friday last week. Most of the staff have been working with D’Office since it opened in 1996. All of them were originally citizens of our neighbouring countries immigrated to Canada at least 25 years ago. Since I started working in this office, I found all of them are very hardworking and helpful. Of course they had their bitter times dealing with me when things did not make any sense…

Indra, a Nepalese origin singing Indian song something called “Sanam”

Amelia originally from Taiwan, sitting politely whilst trying to understand Indra’s song… 

Manuel (far right) and Beloy (far left), both are from the Philippines, came to Canada slightly over 20 years ago

Mona our receptionist sitting comfortably on the ottoman against the bright light is also orginally from the Philippines, while Phet (man with the suit) is a Laotian who came to Canada more than 25 years ago. He drives for the D’Office’s No.1 and his hot papaya salad is also a No.1

Amelia laughing in a polite manner still had no clue what was Indra’s song all about

Names that I mentioned above (except Amelia) are the ones who have been working with D’Office since it started its operation in 1996. Some of you might want to visit here for more photos. Comments / criticisms on my photography style are most welcomed.

Another Modeling Attempt

When there’s nothing much to do on weekends, the gang usually end up hanging out at our place of course to eat, sing and photo shoots. More photos here.

The “tiger pose” was what Alan and Munir two tried to project…

…but it didn’t work out quite well…