Yes folks this Blogger name is xplorer and he blog here SUKA JALAN-JALAN; an active blogger indeed. He is indeed an explorer of sorts. He
would take his family on an exploration trips all over the country and
share the adventure in his Blog. He is an avid photographer and takes picture of his trip
and shares that too. I have been following his Blog from the time I saw his
first comment on my blog. Then I put a link on my blog so that I do not miss any
of his posting. He is from the generation of my kids and writes well indeed.
After reading his blog for years as usual with me I wanted to see the person in
real life. I have done that even with stranger bloggers from the other part of
the world too and met a few in real life when overseas. So I wrote to him for a meeting and he give me a quick respond
to my request. With that we met on Saturday May 4, 2013 a day before the 13th
General Election. After a few exchange of email we decided that we could meet at
the KL Sentral mall where both of us could get to with ease using the LRT. So on
that day at 10.30AM we met. I had just arrived at the Sentral Station and went
to the reception counter to ask where Starbucks is. And just as I was about to
walk to it a stranger spoke to me saying he is the xplorer Blogger and that his
name is Wan Hazizi. We shake hand and move to our destination the Starbucks. There ordered our coffee and found a nice table to sit and get acquaintance.
This is the first time I know his name. All the time he is known as the xplorer
to me. Since we both have time to while away we chat on many subjects that
comes to minds. Among it I wanted to know of his trip to neighbouring Thailand
where he took the train to places as far as Bangkok. He say that he had
travelled to many places in Thailand using the Thai Railway which start its
service from Penang in Malaysia. He says it is a good train to travel and the
service is great as well. That it is safe to travel alone or with family
using the Thai Railway. I had planned to do the same so this information became
valuable so that whenever I do that trip I would be at ease and could enjoy
that train ride. As usual with blogger we talk and talk as we move on while
enjoying our coffee. Then we ask a youth who was sitting nearby to take a
picture of both of us. Above is the image of our meeting at the Sentral Station
that fine day.
Have a nice day.
6 comments:
Salam Pak Idrus, I'm a master student, doing a research regarding blogging as language learning. Your blog is interesting and informative. May I have your email as I would like to ask a few question regarding my research.
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Siti Munirah Ismail,thanks for the visit and the good words on my kind of Blogging.
My emails are on my Blog. Please scroll down and at the bottom right-hand column are two of my emails.
Do use any of the emails and I would be glad to help in whatever way I could. Here is one of it pakidrus@gmail.com .
Have a nice day.
Wow...Pak Idrus. I believe that meeting was a gorgeous occasion. The image of you and Xplorer sit together, chatted and had drink produce this jealousy feeling inside me. Hahahahahaha. Anyway, it must have been a happy moment for both of you, rite?
Aziela, thanks for the visit and sharing your thoughts on the subject of this posting. Yes that meeting was great and we chat on so many subjects that comes to our mine. He is in the mid thirty, the generation of my kids. He is an engineer working in a project at the KLIA2 and seem happy as a family man with kids just like when I was at his age.
With that meeting I now can put a real face to blogger I meet often in cyberspace.
Have a nice day.
he he . thank you pak idrus for the invite . hope we could met again sometime in the future
xplorer, thanks for the visit.
Yes it was great meeting you that fine day and hope we could meet again to exchange thoughts.
Have a nice day and take care.
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