• Assignment,  Photojournalism

    Photojournalism | My First Official Assignment in Tokyo Japan

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Malaysian King, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Hajah Haminah Arrived at Haneda Airport Tokyo on October 1st, for a Five Day State Visit to Japan. This is last minute official assignment actually and I’m not really get super excited when I was given this assignment because I know that whenever the assignment involved super VVIP, the plan will always keeps on changing and it can change at the very last minute and that’s why I keep it a secret about my Tokyo Assignment until I reach Japan soil even though I I’ve already given the task a…

  • Historical Moment,  Malaysia,  Travel

    New Istana Negara Kuala Lumpur | National Palace

    This is our new National Palace or “Istana Negara” in Malay. It  is the official residence of His Majesty, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the King of Malaysia. The flag of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong was raised for the first time at the new Istana Negara at  10.25am on 15th November 2011, just under an hour after the symbolic closing of the gates of the old Istana. Istana Negara began shifting its operations to the new complex in Jalan Duta in stages since Oct 19 while the assignment of guards from ATM began on 14th November 2011. The new Istana Negara, built with Islamic and traditional Malay features, is located on a 96.52 hectare…

  • Uncategorized

    Malaysia King Birthday | Vintage

    Malaysia’s King Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin (C) inspects the guard-of-honour during his birthday parade in Kuala Lumpur, June 5 2010. The King birthday is officially celebrated as a national holiday on the first Saturday of June, regardless of the officeholder’s actual birthday. This is really a historical event, so I think why don’t I try present it in a different way here, after all, this is not  really a photojournalist site, this is a personal blog for me to express or to present my art work the way I want it to be, not like truly in a photojournalist way, don’t worry though, the original RAW files is remain unharmed…

  • Historical Moment,  History,  Malaysia,  People,  Photojournalism,  Portrait,  Reportage Photography

    Malaysia & Palestine | The Official Assignment

    Kuala Lumpur | May 27 2010, Yang di-Pertuan Agong  ( King of Malaysia ) Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin had a 30-minute audience with Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas at Istana Negara. Just a quick update about my “Normal” job, this is what I do for a living as a government photographer ( I’m not the only one ) , I’m not going to talk about “World Issue” here but just wanted to share about this assignment at National Palace or Istana Negara in Malay. Usually when there is a world Leader visiting Malaysia, we will get  their itinerary few days in advance, so we can plan our assignment, where to go…