During this recent Chinese New Year, my family and I went back to my mother's hometown in Malacca. We spent four days there, a little bit longer compared to the previous years. The celebration this year was as good as the past years. There was a  reunion dinner held at a chinese restaurant on the Chinese New Year eve. We visited relatives houses on the first whole day of Chinese New Year. It was very tiring but enjoyable. On the second day, we visited my grandparents relatives although my grandparents were no longer alive. Then we went for shopping and have seafood dinner together. On the third day, we went to my aunt's antique and clothing shop at Jonker Walk. There were many changes since I went there many years ago. So I decided to stroll along the streets and go for window shopping as well as capturing some pictures. Here are some of the pictures that I captured.

These are some photos that I snapped using my friend's digital SLR during my lab session for final year project. Since I chose highway engineering for my final year project, I did my research and data collecting in the Highway & Transportation lab. My research is about chipseal, mainly involving aggregates and bitumen.

I took this picture in the early of December 2010 at Pengerang. I think it's somewhere in Kota Tinggi or further to the south. SubhanAllah, the scenery of the sea that morning was beautiful an calm, although the weather is not of much help for a perfect sunrise.

Recently, my friend sent me his three little kittens for two days so that I can look after them. The kitttens are very small, cute and adorable *subhanallah*. Since I love cats, especially cute ones, I accepted the offer to take care of them. The eldest, Almond is brown in colour. The middle one is Fluffy with a mix of brown and black fur, while the last one is Shadow which has very black fur. As soon as I brought them home, I gave them food and bathed them before I put them to sleep in their comfy basket. That's the routine for the kittens for two days. They will have their lunch each four to five hours. I really miss them now. Hope to see them soon.

Palace Garden is located in Johor Bahru. It is an old palace which is not conserved and looks spooky. However, many people used to go there for a jog or photography sessions. Before our final exam, my fellow photographer friends and I went there for a photography outing, where we share knowledge about photography. Here are some of the photos that I snapped.

This will be my final post about my trip to South Korea. On the eight day, we went to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). It is located at the end of South Korea, border between both South Korea and North Korea. That place was guarded and protected tightly by militaries or soldiers. We walk down one of the secret tunnels dug by North Korea to attack South Korea. I heard from Alex, our tour agent that North Korea is not a tourism country like South Korea. It is more to military and industrial country.

After visiting the DMZ, we went to the Namsan Hanok Village in the city of Seoul. It is a traditional village in the middle of modernisation, presenting the culture and lifestyle of the Koreans. The next day, which is day nine, we travelled to the Seoul International Airport and waived goodbye to South Korea. My trip to South Korea is a memorable and amazing trip *alhamdulillah*.