Charcoal factory in Kuala Sepetang.

I’m so completely lacking of blogging urges these days it’s not funny. I’m a pathetic excuse for a blogger…people should just call me booger instead.

Anyway, I went to Perak/Penang for Shutter Asia‘s 2nd Anniversary. It was a fun trip except that I was completely immobilised on the 2nd day due to menstrual cramps. Yeah, I guess you don’t have to know that but it’s my boog.

On the first day, we went to a really picturesque charcoal factory in Kuala Sepetang near Simpang. It was my first time seeing how charcoals are made, it’s pretty fascinating. I took about 80 pictures, but they mostly turned out crappy. I really need to practise -_-

Here are some of the decent ones:

#1 – Charcoal factory.
Charcoal factory.

#2 – Workers on a break.
Workers resting

#3 – Old man chilling out. He’s worked there for the past 40 years.
Chilling

#4 – Sorting out the bits.
Sorting

#5 – Personal belongings.
Personal belongings.

#6 – The river by the factory where they transport the logs.
Boat

#7 – 62 year old former fisherman.
62 year old former fisherman.

p/s: All pictures were taken with Nikon D70s / 50mm.

p/p/s: Some were not watermarked because my batch action fucked up and I was too lazy to fix it.

Stupidest thing I’ve ever bought…

is this.

Skittles Spray Candies.

I’m a big fan of Skittles. I never really got it why they made the original Skittles smaller when they’re already small but I do now. It is because the people over at Skittles have creative ideas that don’t work. Fortunately the severely miniaturised Skittles can survive by the virtue of its taste alone.

Anyway, when I was in Singapore and saw these Skittles Spray Candy, I had to try it. Spraying candy onto tongue…wow! So I bought 3 tubes. About 1sing per tube.

I tried it as soon as my feet touched Malaysian soil. My excitement soon turned into utter disappointment. I had genuinely believe the sweet liquid mist would crystalise upon contact with my tongue, it didn’t. You can get the same effect by filling up a spray bottle with any flavoured syrup you like, aim at your tongue and squeeze. Yes, Skittles Spray Candy is that stupid.

p/s: And I guess I’m more stupid to have fallen for it.

p/p/s: Yes, this is a filler post.