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I think it’s a great idea to support Fairtrade industries whether it’s on cocoa, coffee or anything agriculture. I have decided to buy Fairtrade products (wherenever I can find them) in the local supermarket and I’m glad that the local store that I frequently visit, now bringing in more Fairtrade products.

Did you have your coffee this morning?  I have my Percol with milk and cane sugar! ;)

Fairtrade is about better prices, better working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world. And this includes us Malaysia. Fairtrade addresses the injustices of conventional trade and discriminates the weakest producers. We want to see these farmers to have more control of their lives, their products and their income.

Was at Michael’s 1st Birthday party last Saturday, both mum and son look gorgeous!
MooMoo, since you’re in Big Apple, this is for you

Oh yes, 6 months has gone by…where did 2009 (first half of the year) go?  This posting is my #14th posting for the first six months of the year, which is pretty shameful. As I recalled, I have ‘blogging’ as one of my 2009 list of things to do… sigh!!

Anyway, I still have another 6 months to catch up – today is exactly 15 June 2009 – 2nd half of the year, here I come! And to all my friends, I know… I have not posted my wedding photos to either Flickr, blog or even Facebook… I will do so (no more promises this time, as I’m afraid I might break them) but I will try my best!

Anyway… I was feeling good over the weekend and even though I’m currently on detox, diet and exercising, I think it’s still okay for me to indulge some chocolate cookies (ahem… my homemade choc cookies with hubby, yeah…he helped a lot!)
Those of the lucky ones at the office, I’ll bring some to share with you all tomorrow. I didn’t use butter, instead I used Olive Oil, so I guess it’s still healthy! (wink wink).

I saw this picture on the web and was sooooooooo impressed! My dream scooter! Really hope to get one in the future… I can imagine myself riding the scooter with a pink/red helmet and a big goggles – that’s what I’ll call “a perfect match”! 

Gap Styles 2007 Limited Edition Vespa LX50

What is more amazing than watching sunset, having a nice meal and a beautiful scenary of Kuala Lumpur! Check out this place in Ampang/Hulu Langat, Look Out Point.

Background of Petronas Twin Tower, p/s: that is not the moon! it's the sun...

The night view is also beautiful… who said we must have sharp images??

The rest of the images are posted to my Flickr Site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/amy_rantz

How to go to Look Out Point, Ampang/Hulu Langat:
a) Take the Jalan Ampang, drive towards Ampang Point Shopping Centre

b) Once you’ve passed Ampang Point, drive straight on until you see Ampang Waterfront on your left. There are a lot of shops, restaurants… continue driving until you reach a traffic light where there’s a sign showing ” Hutan Lipur Ampang” or “Taman Rimba Ampang”. You will not miss this sign post because it’s quite big. When you see this sign post, you must be at the traffic light. (You may also see a moderate sign post of Carrefour)

c) At the traffic light, turn right. You’ll see Carrefour supermarket on your right, continue driving and start counting the traffic lights, you should pass 5 traffic lights and at the 5th traffic lights, turn to your left

d) Once you turn in, you’ll see a sign “Menara Tinjau” – the sign post is located on your left. At this point, you’ll realise that you are actually driving up hill and there are no street lights, therefore please be careful!

e) Continue driving for another 3km, it’s quite hilly but not very steep. And you’ll see a big sign saying “Pusat Pelancongan dan Menara Tinjau, Look Out Point” on your right. Turn in to the carpark. (RM2, otherwise you can drive up to the restaurants area and ask for jockey parking , pay additional RM3)

I’ve been thinking whether to post this in my blog. What are the implication after this posting? Will the debate starts again?
But…. I can’t help it! I love them all and who cares about the debate anyway?

How many do you owned?

I’m rocking inside my car with the new amplifier system! Woohooo……  thanks to the technician (working on 1st May) to get this done for me!
I’ve been using the ‘original’ amplifier since I bought the car 5 years ago, and recently the amplifier broken (sadly) so it’s time to change them. Now I love my new toy! 

Creative people talking about creative things!
In conjunction with KL Design Week, Pecha-Kucha Vol6 was held at Urbanattic, Cap Square on the 31 March.
URL: http://www.pecha-kucha.org/cities/kuala-lumpur/6

It was an interesting night, the ‘chit chat’ was good, and I particularly like few of the local and overseas designers presentation that night. However the venue was not great for photography! It’s been a while since I use my ‘baby’ (Camera) and looking for good spots for pictures was not that easy. The place was crowded with audience and it was very dark. Spotlights are not working for the first two presenters, making it even harder to take good pictures

But, anyway I’ve enjoyed the photography session especially with EaWei! He has been the ‘unofficial’ photographer for few series of Pecha Kucha Night in Kuala Lumpur before, so he’s quite experienced!

Only one picture here, the rest are uploaded to my Flickr site. Enjoy!

 (Photo: All pictures are copyrighted to Amyrantz)