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Kota Kinabalu Revisited

I was in KK for few days last week for DVMC meeting. I walked around town on sat to see what has changed since my last stay in this magnificent city.

Hotel Promenade, where I was booked. This is not my preferred hotel, otherwise known as "Malayan" Hotel to Sabahan because if you hang around in the lobby, you will see many of your fellow "Malayan" friends doing business in KK. I think their staffs need retraining in customer relation. And would you believe that to use WiFi you need to pay RM20 for two or three hrs while many other hotels give it freely to their hotel guests. What a kampung mentality

Sutera Harbour at dusk from my suite

Another shot
This was once the bus stop in KK, now bustling with new complex

Fifer other photos

Afifah (or Fifer) complained about photos posted in my other entries about her. These are the ones she want me to post ;-)

Odd Info

Someone alerted me to this url:
http://www.odd-info.com

Check it out for many interesting facts

The Wedding in Kg Bakar Baginda

Nope, this is nothing to do with Altantunya, but I was invited as a friend and an official blogger for the wedding of the daughter of Prof Wan Mohtar and Prof Mek in Kg Bakar Baginda, near UKM.
Here is some of the picture, the whole lot is in my PICASA Web Album, here. The streamyx line is damned, so slow that I can't even read my emails. I will repost when the line is better later.

Syafiq First Day in School

On 3rd January 2007, Syafiq started his kindergarten school and it was a big experience to him. Here is photos for the record.

Syafiq getting ready, being assisted by his sister Afifah

And sure lah... his equally excited mom

Yeah I'm ready to go to school !

Kinabalu That Dr Naim and Family Ought to see

My good friend Dr Naim Yunus wrote his frustration at the cloud that blanketed Kinabalu when he was Jalan-Jalan in Sabah. Well, seasoned traveler to Mt Kinabalu know just that how lucky you are if the mountain is "open" for you to see for just few minutes. I was in this place many times since 1982, often spending overnight because I am an associate of the Park Research Unit.
The photo above is taken last year, and truly magnificent shots. Take a peek to all collections in my picasa web album.

My family and Rafflesia

Returning to the campus from Sungkai WS, I made a quick pit-stop at home to take shower because it will be along night in the lab to do some autopsy on Rafflesia bloom taken home to study characters of this flower from southern Perak. To the delight of my family (I seldom take home Rafflesia bloom) they were excited in seeing their dad's favorite flower in person. And doesn't want to miss opportunity to get photographed with Rafflesia.

Cautious note here: we do not take all and every bloom home, this is unintentional detour. And not everyone can take Rafflesia from their habitat, only RRMT members for scientific purpose and intention only (we need to study it and then keep it as a record in the museum as a botanical specimen).

So with this caution, I posted pictures of my family with Rafflesia.

Pakdin's Latest Official Photos

Syafiq birthday bash on 10 Sep 2006

The birthday boy

The cousins invited !

Big present from Kakak Asma

Syafiq and Safwan

It was said that I have 4+2 children ! No, not that I have two wives but the first 4 and the last 2 children were 14 years apart...

The first of the last two was Khairul Syafiq, born 6 Sep 2001 and the second was Kamal Safwan, born 25 Jan 2004, both in HUKM, Kuala Lumpur

Recent picture of Syafiq (left) and Kamal

Syafiq while visiting Kota Kinabalu in 2003

Here is more photos of Syafiq

Syafiq with his computer


And more photos of Kamal ...

Kamal in 2005

Siti Afah, the youngest little American

Siti Afah Ilyati is our 4th child and bear the prestige of being the only American in the family. She was born in Lansing Hospital, Michigan in 1989 when I was busy starting my PhD program in MSU. She is a grown-up girl now.

Asma in March 1999

Two japanese friends came for a visit on 5 March 1999 and took this picture after picking-up Asma from school

Kutai in Secondary School

This was Kutai when he was in Darjah 4 Jujur in SK Kajang. The President of the PIBG at that time was none other that certain Dental Surgeon by the name of Dr Khir Toyo, who operate the Dental Clinics nearby.

Kutai in Darjah 5 Jujur

and then off to Sekolah Alam Shah, Cheras