from Belawai---smoking shrimp

Building up fire,surrounded by smoke,the heat of the place is imaginable,this is smoking process !
After this the half dried prawns' meat will bring under the sun,this is real hard work !

from Belawai---smoking and drying shrimp process

From cleaning to arranging of fish

/ shrimp,then to smoking and drying,all these long process brings hard work with patience. These are famous products of Belawai,they called ' sesar' (Malay language) , ' kupas ' (Melanau language) , 'dried shrimp' is what we ordinary called. The salted dried fish is 'ikan masin' .

Price of kupas is rm60 per kilogram.

images from Saratok---the rare mantis

My first accidental unaspected lucky close encounter of this rare species of mantis at Kapitan Tay's garden ! We 're looking for spider webs,then,i discovered this lovely pretty guy on a leaf ! My heart was beating fast ! Without hesitation i gently moved closely to him/her.It moved too as i slowly carefully approaching,holding breath i just fired several shots for security captures ! After a while,maybe he realised or smelled i 'm a real good guy ( lol ...),he seemed to co-operate and posed for me !! Damn luck for me :-)

images from Saratok---the ants

my proud day---panorama photo contest

Organised by Epson International Pano Awards,the panorama only photo contest . This year i managed to grab hold of bronze award for both of my entries,not as good as last year 2 silver awards,yet this is my self challenge,and will keep on trying for better results !

images from Saratok ( part 4 )

images from Saratok ( part 3 )

These are the flora fauna taken at my Kapitan Tay's heavenly garden ,so attractive so beautiful !

images from Saratok ( part 2 )

i travelled to Saratok on 4th of May to visit a photo-enthusiastic friend living there,Kapitan Tay Hock Chai.

His humbled house is a single storey detach house with carefully trimmed heavenly compound.All the trees and flowers are well planted and organised which attract many different species of insects visiting his place everyday,It's a place of heaven to live,and a place of heaven to capture insects/flora fauna.

Hereby,i take this opportunity to thank Kapitan Tay and his loving wife with their respectful courtesy and great hospitality while me and my wife had a very comfortable stay while at Saratok .

images from Saratok ( part 1 )

sunset at Mukah

The golden romantic atmosphere with very relaxing activities on the beach of Mukah. Now the road from Sibu 170km has completed,a nice drive down there and very nice scenic capture there.

my proud day---Passion for Red

' Passion for Red ' this is the title of this image of mine,and it striked 3rd placing in the photo contest at the category 'The Colour Red '. So happy,so honoured :-)

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