Dogathon 2010

I haven't been posting for some time and would like to start afresh with the
recent Dogathon 2010.Things went on really smooth for us at the Universiti Putra Malaysia fair
grounds. Michelle and I had a great time with the kidz and met up with some Siberian
Husky owners.One of them, Thomas Chai, is a local breeder.We spoke quite a bit on the Husky Club activities. I told him that I haven't been
active of late and had stayed away from the internet forums for a while.There's actually no reason for me to participate in the forum anymore after the
domain owner had blasted some members for being inactive.As usual, we wrapped up early and found that there has been some changes
towards educating pet owners on heat stroke. This resulated in the death of a dog last year. The best part that we've enjoyed the most was the freebies and the good
company of people whom we met at the pesta site.

Tahan 2011

At the summit of Mount Tahan in 1989 with a tree-hugger dude who tagged along with our summit team..

TWENTY-THREE years ago, I made an attempt to summit Gunung Tahan (2,187m) which is the highest peak in Peninsular Malaysia.

It was a seven-day affair with plenty of preparation thrown in.

I had to turn back half-way when I came down with stomach flu.

My toenails were infected at the time and the only thing that came to mind, was to head back to the Kuala Tahan national park headquarters to seek treatment.

I had three of my toenails yanked out and was given treatment for the stomach flu.

Two years later, I tried again and succeeded in making it to the peak of the mountain.

I used my experience to guide a younger group of climbers and took my time to trek up to the summit.

That was 21 years ago.

Next year, Vincent, my brother in-law is planning a summit attempt from Merapoh.

This would be very interesting as Tahan pits physical fitness and mental strength.

I am planning to join him and see how far I can go.

The 'A' list

I guess I don't really have any luck when it comes to dealing with sales or marketing people.

Several months ago, I sent my Canon Powershot G-7 for service and was told that the pocket camera is as good as a write off.

Maybe I should just junk it.

My professional relationship with Canon Marketing Malaysia had hit a snag sometime back with a price issue.

I think it was resolved with a meeting to 'weed' things out.

During the encounter, I recall the head honcho mentioning something to his downline about a special pricing for the EOS 550D.

That was in April and I guess with August hitting the mid-month mark, its as good as gone.

Funny thing is this: I am thinking of getting a Nikon system.

Been using them and never did give up my old film set.