Jan 11, 2008

Kuching City Councils - MBKS - DBKU

Kuching City being the state capital of Sarawak, East Malaysia is govern by two city councils that is the southern part by Kuching South City Council (Majlis Bandaraya Kuching Selatan - MBKS). The south city council is also known as The Council of the City of Kuching South.

The northern part is govern by Kuching North City Hall (Dewan Bandaraya Kuching Utara - DBKU). A portion of space on the lobby level in this building was allocated for the Cat Museum.


MBKS Council Building. Click on the image for larger size.

Photo taken from Sarawak Plaza car park.


DBKU Council Building. Click on the image for larger size.

Photo taken from DBKU terrace garden.

Information on Kuching Cat Museum, Kuching. A unique museum dedicated for the cat. A must visit for cat lovers.

If you love felines, do not miss the Cat Museum in Kuching which is the world's first museum devoted to cats. It is located on top of a hill called Bukit Siol. There are four main galleries having more than 2,000 cat artifacts and memorabilia from all over the world. One of its fascinating display is a mummified cat discovered Egypt sometimes between 3000BC - 3500BC. Discover for yourself the extraordinary world of cats.

Opening Daily: 0900am - 0500pm except 1st day of Major Festivals and Public Holiday.
Location: Lobby Floor, Kuching North City Hall building, Jalan Samariang
Link: www.dbku.gov.my/catmuseum

Jan 1, 2008

Tropical Moths and Butterflies, Series #3

This is the third series on tropical moths and butterflies.


A close up shot of a moth-like insect perched on a wire.


12x zoom of a gray and white butterfly.







A yellow butterfly.

For more bigger and high-resolution photos, check out my gallery of Butterflies and Moths.

Related posts:
* Moths and Butterflies, Series #1
* Moths and Butterflies, Series #2


Dec 25, 2007

Tropical Wild Mushroom, Fungi, Series 4

This is the 4th series on tropical wild mushroom photos collection.


Top: White jelly-like mushrooms.



Top: Tropical white mushrooms. Photo taken on a padi field.



Top: A button mushroom growing on a burned stump of a bamboo.



Top: An oyster mushroom.

Related topics:
* Tropical Wild Mushroom, Fungi, Series 1
* Tropical Wild Mushroom, Fungi, Series 2
* Tiny mushroom - Toad stool - Fungi, Series 3

* More pictures on Tropical Wild Mushroom

Dec 24, 2007

Housefly Sex, Series #2

This is the second series of housefly sex. For the first series, click on Adventure of two flies (Fi and Fo)

Below: A macro photo of houseflies mating on a wire. Photo taken on Dec 15, 2007.






For hi-resolution photos of the above, click on my Flickr Fly Gallery

Similar post: Macro photo of a dance fly couple mating and eating a fly


Dec 19, 2007

Red Weevil-like Insect

A tropical red Weevil-like insect.


A red Weevil-like insect carry food (a seed).



A red Weevil-like insect carry food (a seed).

More hi-res photo on my Flickr Insect gallery.

Live video of the red Weevil-like insect from my YouTube gallery.



Moths and Butterflies, Series #2


Butterfly with white spots perched on tapioca leaves. This is a cropped photo.



The original photo of the white spotted butterfly caught in the mid-morning sun ray.

Distance from subject: approximately 10 feet
Zoom: 12x
Photo taken: Dec 16, 2007

For more bigger and high-resolution photos, check out my gallery of Butterflies and Moths.

Previous posts
* Moths and Butterflies, Series #1

Technorati Tags: Butterfly, Moth


Dec 14, 2007

Moths and Butterflies, Series #1

Butterflies are extremely difficult to shoot. They fly away at a slight breeze. Moths on the other hand, sit still but you can't have macro shot if you approached it too near.

For this post, I present 4 types of subject (3 moths and a butterfly).


Yellow moth perched on padi leaves. This is a cropped photo.


The same yellow moth shot from normal range.


Another yellow moth resting under shade of the padi leaves.


Grey moth perched on some leaves.



Black and gray butterfly looking for nectar among at the Ixora flowers. The butterfly species is Papilio Polymnestor (Blue Mormon) and is commonly found in deep forests.

For more bigger and high-resolution photos, check out my gallery of Butterflies and Moths.

Technorati Tags: Butterfly, Moth

Dec 11, 2007

Adventure of two monkeys (Macaca fascicularis)

Photo of monkeys mating.

Introducing monkey #1
Mating monkeys

Introducing monkey #2
Mating monkeys

Monkeys caught in the act
Mating monkeys

Photo shot at Genting Highlands.

For hi-res photo, click Monkey Gallery

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