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At present I am retired and spending my time mostly on fishing and photography. I bought my first SLR way back in 1982. It was a Minolta XG1. My last film camera was the Maxxum 9000. When the fantastic Sony Alpha 100 was launched, I changed over to the digital system. My Alpha 580 was acquired followed closely by my Alpha 77.

My main interest in photography is lifestyles, sports, sceneries, nature, birds and macro shots. Lately, I have spend more time on bird and nature shooting. As a regular contributer to some fishing magazines, I shoot quite a lot of photographs of anglers too....hence my photography blog is named 'SHOOT THE HOOKER'.



Having grown up near the confluence of two, the Kangsar and the Perak Rivers, it is not surprising that one of my main interest is fishing. My younger days were spent swimming and fishing.... with a bamboo pole, line and small hooks.Now while fishing, my friends and I do take a lot of photographs of anglers in action. The anglers must be careful so as not to accidentally hook on to a photographer. So I think as a reminder, I would like to name my fishing blog as 'HOOK THE SHOOTER'.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Kota Baru Central Market (Pasar Siti Khadijah).




The Kota Baru Central Market
 (Pasar Siti Khadijah).


The Kota Baru Central Market is located almost in the center of Kota Baru. The octagonal interior design of this building makes it unique and stands out.

A Malay woman sitting
 among her colourful greens.
Another characteristic of this market is very apparent when one walks in. Here, the majority of the stalls are manned by women. With many of them in colourful traditional Malay dresses sitting among the equally colourful vegetables and other wares, which really is a feast for the eyes. No wonder this place is a "must shoot" destination for photographers.

Doing business
 is very relaxing here.
The center floor covered by a translucent canopy, is mainly occupy by the fresh vegetables, fruits and other food.

Just at the fringe are the red and white meat vendors at one end and the fruits, cakes and pastries at another. The variety of cakes and other traditonal food sold here is a representation of the Malay pastry food culture too.


The infamous kapak kecil of kapak siam.

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A lady slicing the lekor
 (A type of crackers made from fish paste).

The variety of rice grains sold here are plentiful.

Plenty of chicken for sale too.


Mouth watering pastries,
cakes and delicacies.




 At the main entrance, are located a few stalls selling traditional Malay trinkets and weapons of all shapes and sizes. Among the most well known (a must for Malay Royalty Ceremony) is the Keris. Here one can find the small axe (Kapak Kecil) too. Tales of silent assasinations with these tiny axe usually sent chills down my spine when I was a young kid.
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