Category Archives: Olympus OM-D

Stunt Boys

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I ran into a nice bunch of teens visiting the landmark Stadium Merdeka. One of them had a dSLR. As I stopped to observe, another boy climbed up the gate. Thought he was going to pose with a peace sign (V-sign). He did. Then without warning, he flipped and somersaulted across the roof. This is a stacked double exposure of that moment  I photographed from the car.

Asked them later where they were from and the shy and polite kids said they are from a school in Puchong. They rode a motorcycle to town to sightsee. I am not sure if this is safer than street racing though.

Other Moral Of The Story: For street photography, keep your camera in continuous low burst mode instead of single. Or 4 fps in the case of the OM-D. Its high burst of 9 frames per second mode is even better but it can shorten the camera’s shutter life if used indiscriminately.

Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f11, 1/400 sec.

Stunt Boys

Street Art

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I was exploring the little enclave of Kampung Attap when I saw several murals and patches of wall art signed Black Fryday. Turned out to be the work of Malaysian street artist Kenji Chai. (http://www.kenjichai.com/). According to him, there’s a fine line between street art and vandalism. Still, I like how the unsanctioned murals and graffiti add life to the ghost town atmosphere there.

Street Art

Lasi Lomak

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Lasi Lomak is the crossover Chinese name for the popular Malay dish named Nasi Lemak. It is rice cooked with fragrant coconut milk and served with a choice of different meat or vegetables. The standard condiments include crispy fried anchovies, roasted peanuts, sambal, cucumber and a slice of hard-boiled boiled egg.

At the very popular lasi lomak stall in Peel Road, I opted for soy-sauced chicken drusmstick, curry potato cubes and chopped long beans. Although I didn’t try, the wild boar curry and luncheon meat seemed to be the crowd favourite.

The corner coffee shop has many stalls and is very busy. Apart from the lasi lomak stall, a barbecue chicken wings stall and a Malay satay stall were also big crowd puller.

The coffee shop is at 96 Jalan Peel, opposite the former Carrefour.

Olympus OM-D, ISO 1000, f3.5, 1/30 sec.

Lasi Lomak