Proton Satria Neo

I say man this car have some good look but inside so so. At the price of RM I think it saleable product. Two door is not for a family man like me. I am still waiting for Proton MPV or the Wira Aeroback replacement.

My compliments to the new management who listens to the market's want. Proton must also embrace new engine technology to compete in the international market. A step behind is alrite but without even VVT is bad.

Seong &Tee - new addition to family 170606

Congrats to the new parent and their newborn. Finally a boy to continue the Lee clan. Born in Assunta after 12 hours of labor Seong was actually filming the entire show in the delivery room! Bloody hell. The grandpa will be coming down to see for himself whether baby really have a pee-pee..... Just to make sure. Okay first impression he got his mother's eyes &
lips and a bit of father's nose. Overall mummy's boy le

Birding in the wild - Gita Bayu near UPM Kajang

Today got to spot a pair Goldenbacked Woodpecker at the Bukit Gita Bayu enclave. They were pecking on the rubber tree trunks looking for grubs. I have only my wide angle lens but snap away. Last I saw a female was in PD during the raptor watch.

Birding in Ampang Forest Reserve Part 2

This time round we went early.... reaching the place at 9.am sharp after fetching Hui & Teng2. Spend half an hour at the carpark trying to catch the woodpecker but instead caught a grey and brown breasted bird which I cannot id from my book. Will check with the Yahoo birders guys later.

Started walking along the road and bingo all the birds just fly in and walla there are the woodpeckers.... 2 species at the same time. I was so excited

The male Brown capped (with red streak at its cheek) and then the Crimson winged. Usually in pairs which I also manage to photograph

At the same time a handful of curious Drongo flew in and it was a bonanza. The Greated Racquet tailed is quite a huge bird more than a feet long. Silky black with red eyes. It montane cousin is a half it size. Last saw them was in Pulau Jerejak but then I managed a silhouette shot.

Walking back to the carpark we managed to see the blue-tailed bee eater in action... catching insects in the air. It always perch on the same branch on its return before flying off to catch the next.

All in all it was a fruitful outing . All photos taken with the old faithful EF70-300mm IS USM lens. For handheld birding photography image stabiliser is a must.

World Cup 2006 - the eyes are on the ball

Time now 11 pm another hour and all hell break loose. First match is between Germany & Costa Rica. Prediction 3-0 scoreline in favor of the host country

I prefer Black Tea but what the heck........

25 Reasons Why You Should Start Drinking Green Tea Now.
by www.FineGreenTea.com

Green tea has increasingly become a very popular drink worldwide because of its immensely powerful health benefits. It is extraordinarily amazing what green tea can do for your health. And if you're not drinking 3 to 4 cups of green tea today, you're definitely NOT doing your health a big favor.
Here Are The 25 Reasons Why You Should Start Drinking Green Tea Right Now:
1. Green Tea and Cancer
Green tea helps reduce the risk of cancer. The antioxidant in green tea is 100 times more effective than vitamin C and 25 times better than vitamin E. This helps your body at protecting cells from damage believed to be linked to cancer.
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2. Green Tea and Heart Disease
Green tea helps prevent heart disease and stroke by lowering the level of cholesterol. Even after the heart attack, it prevents cell deaths and speeds up the recovery of heart cells.
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3. Green Tea and Anti-Aging
Green tea contains antioxidant known as polyphenols which fight against free radicals. What this means it helps you fight against aging and promotes longevity.
4. Green Tea and Weight Loss
Green tea helps with your body weight loss. Green tea burns fat and boosts your metabolism rate naturally. It can help you burn up to 70 calories in just one day. That translates to 7 pounds in one year.
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5. Green Tea and Skin
Antioxidant in green tea protects the skin from the harmful effects of free radicals, which cause wrinkling and skin aging. Green tea also helps fight against skin cancer.
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6. Green Tea and Arthritis
Green tea can help prevent and reduce the risk of rheumatoid arthritis. Green tea has benefit for your health as it protects the cartilage by blocking the enzyme that destroys cartilage.
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7. Green Tea and Bones
The very key to this is high fluoride content found in green tea. It helps keep your bones strong. If you drink green tea every day, this will help you preserve your bone density.
8. Green Tea and Cholesterol
Green tea can help lower cholesterol level. It also improves the ratio of good cholesterol to bad cholesterol, by reducing bad cholesterol level.
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9. Green Tea and Obesity
Green tea prevents obesity by stopping the movement of glucose in fat cells. If you are on a healthy diet, exercise regularly and drink green tea, it is unlikely you'll be obese.
10. Green Tea and Diabetes
Green tea improves lipid and glucose metabolisms, prevents sharp increases in blood sugar level, and balances your metabolism rate.
http://www.finegreentea.com/diabetes-and-green-tea.html
11. Green Tea and Alzheimer's
Green tea helps boost your memory. And although there's no cure for Alzheimer's, it helps slow the process of reduced acetylcholine in the brain, which leads to Alzheimer's.
12. Green Tea and Parkinson's
Antioxidants in green tea helps prevent against cell damage in the brain, which could cause Parkinson's. People drinking green tea also are less likely to progress with Parkinson's.
13. Green Tea and Liver Disease
Green tea helps prevent transplant failure in people with liver failure. Researches showed that green tea destroys harmful free radicals in fatty livers.
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14. Green Tea and High Blood Pressure
Green tea helps prevent high blood pressure. Drinking green tea helps keep your blood pressure down by repressing angiotensin, which leads to high blood pressure.
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15. Green Tea and Food Poisoning
Catechin found in green tea can kill bacteria which causes food poisoning and kills the toxins produced by those bacteria.
16. Green Tea and Blood Sugar
Blood sugar tends to increase with age, but polyphenols and polysaccharides in green tea help lower your blood sugar level.

17. Green Tea and Immunity
Polyphenols and flavenoids found in green tea help boost your immune system, making your health stronger in fighting against infections.
18. Green Tea and Cold and Flu
Green tea prevents you from getting a cold or flu. Vitamin C in green tea helps you treat the flu and the common cold.
19. Green Tea and Asthma
Theophylline in green tea relaxes the muscles which support the bronchial tubes, reducing the severity of asthma.
20. Green Tea and Ear Infection
Green tea helps with ear infection problem. For natural ear cleaning, soak a cotton ball in green tea and clean the infected ear.
21. Green Tea and Herpes
Green tea increases the effectiveness of topical interferon treatment of herpes. First green tea compress is applied, and then let the skin dry before the interferon treatment.
22. Green Tea and Tooth Decay
Green tea destroys bacteria and viruses that cause many dental diseases. It also slows the growth of bacteria which leads to bad breath.
http://www.finegreentea.com/green-tea-tooth-decay.html
23. Green Tea and Stress
L-theanine, which is a kind of amino acids in green tea, can help relieve stress and anxiety.
24. Green Tea and Allergies
EGCG found in green tea relieves allergies. So, if you have allergies, you should really consider drinking green tea.
http://www.finegreentea.com/green-tea-allergy.html
25. Green Tea and HIV
Scientists in Japan have found that EGCG (Epigallocatechin Gallate) in green tea can stop HIV from binding to healthy immune cells. What this means is that green tea can help stop the HIV virus from spreading.
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Now, your health is in your hands. You know you're smart. So, start drinking three to four cups of green tea every day for a drug-free and healthier YOU!

Why you are not the Boss

>All the organs of the body were having a meeting, trying to decide who was the one in charge.

>"I should be in charge," said the brain , "because I run all the body's systems, so without me nothing would happen".
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>"I should be in charge," said the blood, "because I circulate oxygen all over so without me you'd all waste away."
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>"I should be in charge," said the stomach," because I process food and give all of you energy."
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>"I should be in charge," said the legs , "because I carry the body wherever it needs to go."
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>"I should be in charge," said the eyes, "because I allow the body to see where it goes."
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>"I should be in charge," said the rectum, "Because I'm responsible for waste removal."
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>All the other body parts laughed at the rectum and insulted him, so in a huff, he shut down tight.
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>Within a few days, the brain had a terrible headache, the stomach was bloated, the legs got wobbly, the eyes got watery, and the blood was toxic. They all decided that the rectum should be the boss.
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>The Moral of the story?
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>The ASSHOLES are usually in charge !!

Birding in the Wild Taman Rimba Ampang Series 21

I say man. This is another wonderful place for birding. However you must follow birders with spotting scope. The birds are colourful and exotic but tend to perch too high to see. Spotting them need some patience. There are open ground from the tarmac road that you can set up your gear and wait for them to drop by.

Best time to be around is from 8.00-11.00 am in the morning. The morning sun just in the right position for you to have good lighting for digiscoping. Well I have decided to buy myself a secondhand Leica APO- Televid 77 spotting scope. Unlike Fraser Hill the birds here are a bit elusive and tend to stay high up in the canopies. Any one selling out there. I would have got a better picture of the Scarlett Minivet if I digiscope We are talking 100 ft up. Its very rewarding to sight the colourful species if they do come close to the low fruiting jungle trees. Met couple of birders and manage to sight with their spotting scope Just beautiful.










Too bad started late at 10am and finished at 12 noon. All in all sighted about 10 species of birds. The place also have some gorgeous butterflies and primate pig-tailed macaque if you see them. After the morning session and a bit of cooling off in the river you can have a sumptuous brunch or lunch of Ampang Yong Tow Foo. See my other post for the best restaurant.

Birding in AlorSetar Series 20

Went for a birding stroll at Taman Saga. Got myself a handful of new species sighting other the usual magpie, sparrow and squawking koel. the padi fields nearby are been filled and planned for development of houses. I think the yellow one is a common Iora basing from my bird guide


Meanwhile pockets of weeds, lallang and scrubs trees started to sprout landfill creating temporary habitats for a myriads of Munia besides the Baya Weaver. The BW nest are very well made and hang from the low shrub trees and they do have chicks inside them. so don't disturb them.

The Munia can be seen in cages of pet shops. My only guess is that they can be easy caught in the night when they are asleep perch on low lying trees. More often they are bought and released by Buddhist - "Fong sang" as a good deed.

Remnant water hole also create suitable habitat for waterbirds like water cock and the Cinnamon Bittern here seen flying gracefully pass me.

The tiny guy was doing its courting dance Its definately a long-tailed tailorbird darting here and there.