Map of Taman Nusa Bestari 1 & 2, Skudai Johor

I received few requests (from email) for the map of Taman Nusa Bestari 1 & 2 at Skudai, Johor.
I will update it time to time, hope this map can help you drive to your destination.
Simple map provided at below......

A - Jalan Nusa Bestari 2 1/4 - 9/4
B - Jalan Nusa Bestari 2 1/5 - 7/5
C - Jalan Nusa Bestari 2 1/1 - 21/1
D - Jalan Nusa Bestari 2 1/2 - 10/2, 1/3 - 6/3
E - Jalan Nusa Bestari 2 1/6 - 8/6
F - Jalan Nusa Bestari 2 6/7 - 16/7
G - Jalan Jati 3 - 11
H - Jalan Timor 1 - 21
I - Jalan NJM 1/2 - 6/2
J - Jalan Jaya Mas 7 - 10
K - Jalan NJM 1/4 - 4/4, 1/5 - 3/5
L - Jalan Silat Lincah 1 - 20
M - Jalan Silat Cekak 1 - 18

Source from Malsingmaps

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Barbara Paul: Ghana, Benin & Togo Exhibit

Barbara Paul is welcomed by the Black Rock Art Center where her photography exhibit entitled “Voodoo, Villages, Festivals: Ghana , Benin and Togo" will be shown April 5 through June 7, 2008. An opening celebration is scheduled for April 5th from 4:00 – 7:00 pm. Gallery hours are 1:00 – 5:00 pm Mon – Fri, and upon request.

From the press release: "Barbara Paul has traveled through some of the most remote regions of Asia and Africa, as well as other parts of the world, with the goal of capturing and sharing the region’s customs, dress, festivals and way of life.

Black Rock Art Center General Manager, Melissa A. Bernstein, said of the exhibit, “This is an incredibly ambitious show to produce, because Ms. Paul has a vast collection of work. We will be displaying approximately 120 pieces, taken in three countries. The pieces are bright and full of spirit, and you can tell from each one that she loves sharing her adventures with the public”.

Educated at Wellesley College and NYU School of Business Administration, Barbara Paul has been taking photos around the world for many years. Her work has been shown locally at such galleries as the Darien Library, Earthplace of Westport, and the Thomas J. Walsh Gallery at the Quick Center at Fairfield University, in Westchester at venues like the Rye Library, and in New York City at Tibet House and Gallery Vietnam. Exhibits have included photographs taken in such diverse countries as Laos, Tibet , Ethiopia and Mali.

Further info from: Black Rock Center

Five Years Ago

Photograph © Eros Hoagland/NY Times-All Rights Reserved
The New York Times observes the fifth year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by publishing various articles, graphics and photographs. The main slideshow is entitled The Baiji Refinery in Iraq with photographs by Eros Hoagland and is on the largest oil refinery in Iraq. The US military believes that at least one-third, and possibly much more, of the fuel from the refinery, is diverted to the black market, and funding the insurgency. Hence the need for our soldiers to take the role of policemen and custom officials.

The accompanying article contains some depressing news, such as reports that "at least 91,000 Iraqis, many of them former enemies of the American forces, receive a regular, American-paid salary for serving in neighborhood militias." In essence, we're paying Iraqis to defend and protect their own country.

Another article Five Years by the incomparable John F Burns has this sobering final sentence: " It is small credit to the invasion, after all it has cost, that Iraqis should arrive at a point when all they want from America is a return to something, stability, that they had under Saddam.

AEVUM: New Collective

A new photographers' collective was born with the formation of AEVUM (which, according to the website, means life, time, age in Latin/Greek). The photographers are Elyse Butler, Matt Eich, Yoon S. Byun, Andrew Henderson, Chris Capozziello and Matt Mallams.

Check out Andrew Henderson's The Untouchables while you explore the collective's projects. It's about the horror of leprosy in India.

AEVUM PHOTO

Pieter Hugo: Hyena Men

Photograph © Pieter Hugo-All Rights Reserved
Here's an unusual subject matter through the lenses of photographer Pieter Hugo, who documented Nigerian men who stroll the streets of Lagos with hyenas and other wild animals. Nigerian newspapers usually claim that these men are bank robbers, bodyguards, drug dealers, and debt collectors.

He eventually traveled to Benin City in Nigeria, and met with the Gadawan Kura as they are known in Hausa (a rough translation: 'hyena handlers/guides'). After a while, he discovered that these people were essentially itinerant minstrels, performers who used the animals to entertain crowds and sell traditional medicines. They also hold permits from the Nigerian government to keep these animals.

Pieter writes this in his interesting background essay: "Europeans invariably only ask about the welfare of the animals but this question misses the point. Instead, perhaps, we could ask why these performers need to catch wild animals to make a living. Or why they are economically marginalized. Or why Nigeria, the world's sixth largest exporter of oil, is in such a state of disarray.

Pieter Hugo

Computer Fair 2008 at Landmark Mall, Johor Bahru

Visited Landmark Mall (N1°27.900' E103°45.589') (JB town) on Saturday for the Computer Fair, March 2008.
Carpark was full when we reached there around 3pm. So we have park our car about 300 meters away from the Mall.

Basically it's just a price war about this computer fair. We (me, 9W2KG & 9W2TSK) bought 2GB Kingston Micro SD card for MYR39.00 come with SD & Mini SD adapter. The Toshiba 2GB Micro SD selling at MYR37.00 without any adapter.
4GB Kingston Thumb drive : MYR48.00
And I noticed that WD 250GB Hard Disk Drive selling for MYR198.00. 22" LCD Monitor selling less than MYR900.00, while the 19" models selling at MYR689.00.

Some pictures in Landmark Mall during the computer fair.


Most of the booths owner are from the shops in the same building....

I attracted this MPV parking in front of the mall and decide to find out what's going on......

Surprised me! It's another booth which is promoting Maxis Broadband and PC.com magazine! Look at the 42" LCD monitor at the back of the MPV! They provide online registration.

Attractive promotion by the PCcom Magazine....
Subscription for one year : MYR120.00
One unit of Wireless Router - Free
6 pcs of Pocket CD-R - Free
and others free items......

Related post :-
* PC Fair III 2007, Johor Bahru
* PIKOM PC Fair II 2008, Johor Bahru

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LA Times: The House of Allah

In the prevailing climate of Islam-bashing and to counter the widespread ignorance about the religion it's certainly a tribute to the Los Angeles Times that it recently published a multimedia feature titled "The House of Allah" about a California couple, Raef and Ellen Hajjali, who joined 2.3 million Muslims on the annual pilgrimage to Mecca.

One of the popular misconceptions is the one that Muslims worship Allah, a different deity. In fact, Allah is the Arabic word for God.

One of the sentences that caught my eye in the accompanying article is:"Using modern American slang to describe the ancient ritual, Hassan Badday, 30, a recent medical school graduate from Claremont, recalled some of his happiest times as "just sitting in front of the Kaaba after the hajj and just chilling."

The LA Times' The House of Allah