Short Trip in Muscat, Oman

I guess everyone is waiting for more pictures on Oman from me, here I come!!!

I wasn't feeling well for the past few days due to very bad tooth pain, my 3rd wisdom teeth now only came out, it's very late for me to have wisdom teeth. According to the facts, wisdom teeth will be occured in between age 17 and 25, and now my wisdom teeth is delaying more than 7 years! What a 7 years itchy from my teeth... LOL.

Alright, back to the topic, I managed to spend few hours to tour around Muscat town. Thanks to my working company's sub-contractor who so kind to offer me a ride in Muscat.

Mina Qaboos Port

Sea Side at Mina Qaboos

Historic buildings along sea side

Side side protection

Fort on top of a hill

Landmark of Muscat

Muscat City Gate

Al Alam Palace

Nice architectural at Al Alam Palace

After that, I went to another sea side via Al Bustan road. I really amazed with their hard work on rock hills to build proper roads on it.

Along Al Bustan road

Qantab Beach

Qantab Beach

Hole in the rock wall

I didn't took the boat ride since I was in hurry. That's too bad, maybe will try it next time when got time.

An old and broken building at Qantab Beach

A small and peaceful village at another side of Qantab Beach

View from top of Qantab Beach

Top view on the way to Qantab Beach

Most of the pictures were taken from inside car, as I said just a short trip and I don't have time to snap proper pictures. Anyway, as you can see, this country really beautiful with natural scene and clean.

Beautiful Muscat

Greeting From Oman

I'm safe and sound in Oman now, thanks to my working company's sub-contractor giving me a warm welcome and help for this trip.

This country is quite different from UAE, from the scenery till the people here are much better, they are more friendly and the scenery here are much natural and more greeny than UAE. The only different is no high rise or special iconic buildings here.

My 1st two days was so busy, after check-in hotel, I was rushing to bank to settle my working company's document. The next day went to the government office to submit some documents and met up with out sponsor there.

The hotel I'm staying now is normal but clean, that's my main criteria to stay in any hotels. It also provide free internet access for customers, that's great! Unlike hotels in UAE, they charge on everything.

Haffa House Hotel

Guess what opposite of the hotel I'm staying? I saw a big Nikon sign and I'm really excited to walk in and take a look.

Nikon & Rolex & Other Branded Shop

I guess it's a luxury shopping place since it is selling Rolex and main seller of Nikon cameras and accessories and other branded staffs. The sales person there are very friendly, they'll smile and greet you, I was quite not used to it since I never met this kind of services in UAE.

When I stopped at Nikon corner, the sales person very kind to me, we chat quite some time and he allowed me to test Nikon 10-24mm DX lens! Wow!!! I don't even want to buy but he purposely let me test on it. The price are cheaper than selling in UAE but not as cheap as we can get in Malaysia.

Tested on Nikkor 10-24mm DX lens

I really got poisoned of this ultra wide angle lens already now, the picture quality really sharper than I expected. I may get this lens when I back to Penang soon.

Safe in Oman

Going Off to Oman

*****Breaking News!!!*****

I'll be going off to Oman tomorrow morning. My boss just informed me this morning and I have to get myself well prepared to fly there in less than 24 hours.

This time I'll stay in Oman for about a week, then back to Abu Dhabi for a day, then back to Malaysia for my holiday!!! Then back to Oman again for 1-2 weeks time.

This time will be a special task for me and I never done it before, it will be a new challenge to me, furthermore I'm going alone! Sound like a James Bond right? The only different is no hot chicks around me like James Bond in the movie... Wakakaka.

I may away for a week depend on internet access availability there, so... wish me luck and can come back in one piece yah! *Sounds like go for special mission pula... LOL* I'll be alright, don't worry so much.

I'm Coming... Oman!

How to Go to Work Happily?

Are you satisfy with your current job? Are you happy to go to work everyday? I guess majority of you all are not that happy to go to work, included myself.

Even if you are workaholic doesn't mean you are happy with your job, unless the job you doing now is what you wanted or part of your hobbies.

So how you can make yourself happy when go to work? Now I found this comic from my email which is very usefull to everyone to make yourself 'look' happy to go work.

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Work Happily

I think I need to ask one of steel fabricators to fabricate this device for me...

Happy To Work?

The Lost Chambers at Atlantis Palm Jumeirah, Dubai

Last Friday my colleagues pulled me out for photography session, I wasn't so keen to go since I went there before, but they don't know the way to go so I have to sacrifice my own sweet time to guide them to go this 'money wasting' aquarium.

Nothing different from my previous post on this 'The Lost Chambers', the only different is this time I'm using my D90, the pictures quality is very much better than the previous post.

Big group of fishes at the entrance

Flower Hon? I don't think so

You'll get super power sitting on it... *joking*

Looks like flying

The 'man made' lost chambers

Weird but cute little fish

Colourful fishes

Coming to kiss you

Big mouth!!!

The giant grouper fish

Finding nemo?

Cute nemos

Jelly fish

Bloody jelly fish?

Whale shark!!! Largest fish among all

Hiding between stones

Lion fish

Ghost?

Sea Horse, long time never seen this

Through the hole!

Water Fish!!!

Brain Damaged

I'm confused and can't think now... My brain is dead now... I don't know what to blog now...

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Bored Till Dead...

Right now I really in the damn-bloody-super-extra-ultimate BORED condition living in this desert land... Reasons:

• No Badminton game available here
• No cheap golf balls for driving range
• No rock 'kakis' among all colleagues
• Very limited camera accessories selling here
• Sky-high expensive camera accessories if available
• No hawker foods like in Malaysia
• Full of dusts and fine sand
• Missed out all F1 races (Friday only weekend)
• Missed out all MotoGP races (Friday only weekend)
• No pubs (only available in hotels, too far)
• No live bands (only in hotel pubs, too far)
  
• No driving license even I'm entitled
• Crazy weather here
• Limited internet access
• No freedom to go anywhere I like
• No social life
• Nothing is FREE or CHEAP here
  

I don't know how long I can stand for this kind of situation, life here is only work, eat, sleep... nothing much can do, I don't crazy for girls so what can I do???!!!

I tell you maybe one day I gonna hit wall till dead, I really wish to come back for good. Working here doesn't mean can earn more as I work with a 'typical' Malaysian company, nothing special benefit is given like foreign companies.

Boring Ah!!!!!!!!!!