28.2.09

KB is not Kilobyte...it's Kota Bahru

Had a business trip to Kota Bahru last Monday. My very first Fireflyz flight experience actually went quite well. Before boarding the staff announced that the boarding gate has been changed to another one, which was only few steps away from the original gate and it was around 11.30am. The plane scheduled take off time was 11.45am but the passengers only started boarding at about 11.40am. Compare to other airlines, this was very last minute.

This was the plane I boarded.

The propeller of the plane and I was just sitting next to it.

The plane took off at about 11.50am due to some delay according to the pilot announcement. A little bit shaky during the take off, or maybe it was just my imagination? :P As usual, I took out my camera and snapped a few photos from the sky.


One of the "prides" of Penang, the Penang Bridge. If you want to experience traffic jam above the sea, this will be the perfect place for you. From half an hour to two three hours, you named it. You can actually stop the car, come down, have a cigarette and also enjoy the beautiful scenery of Penang on the bridge. But seriously, without this bridge the traffic system in Penang will be ten times worst. Anyway, bridge expansion job is in the progress and hopefully this will help smoothen the traffic.

The plane reached the sky of Kota Bahru in about 40 minutes and touched down at about 12.45pm. Nothing much too talk about the business part. It is always about meeting, system demonstration, Q & A session and try to fullfill the requirements of the client. After almost three and a half hours of tensioned mind, I had a short tour around Kota Bahru.

Second World War Memorial

Plane propeller...again??!!

The oldest library in Kelantan.

Outside the old palace of Kelantan and by the way, Kota Bahru is the capital of Kelantan and Kelantan is one of the states in Malaysia.

The new happening place in Kota Bahru with shoping mall and apartments.

Most popular hangout spot in Kota Bahru for youngsters. A bottle of cold beer by the river bank maybe? Sorry, no alcoholic drinks allow in Kelantan.

Sunset at Kelantan River.

Took a night bus back to Penang after dinner as the next flight back to Penang was the next day morning. This was my third visit to Kota Bahru. First time was about twelve years ago, a business trip and second time was like seven years ago, a dance performance...O.o

2 comments:

John Lee said...

Hey Joie!

Teach me how to capture such nice BLUE Skies!!!
The Library was nicely taken!!
Beautiful!

and the sun set.
Teach me teach me teach me!

:D :D

Unknown said...

must have the right weather and the right angle for the library, using AV mode with f16 and EV-0.7.

same for the sunset, right weather and angle using AV mode but f22 to get the "star" shape of the sun light. ^__^