Bukit Tagar Sanitary Landfill with my students. The trip was part of the field work that is compulsory for all environmental geology students in UKM.
One of the monitoring boreholes at Ampar Tenang. Research students collecting some groundwater samples using tube sampler, under close observation by Prof Abd. Rahim Samsudin.
Presenting my consultation work to PKNP (Pahang). The project that was carried out was "mineral survey for the state of Pahang".
This project was carried out at Port Klang in Selangor. An offshore drilling was used to collect the geologic information of the site.
Unmanaged lechate collection just outside the landfill site. A nasty, black colored and strong smell leachate has very low dissolved oxygen(DO). The leachate was seen flow out of the landfill into the man-made pond.
Sg Sabai Level O Landfill is located in Hulu Selangor. The site is not properly managed, the waste is exposed to rainfall. The leachate was clearly observed on site and it flows into the water logged area which is just a few meters from the site. This is a good example of NIMBY syndrome...Not In My Backyard. But it is ok In Someone Else Backyard (ISEBY).
Kubang Badak landfill has been visited very recently. The site was properly closed by the Authority. The site is located not very far from the Bukit Tagar Sanitary Landfill which was built to replace Kubang Badak Landfill by KUB-Berjaya Sdn Bhd.
Prof Sasaki from Osaka Japan is conducting a research on Cu mobility in soil column at Geotechnical Lab of Cambridge University in United Kingdom.
Presenting a special paper at the GEE2008 Conference in Kyoto Japan.
Cabin view of an impressive Jet Airways. The crew members were very kind and food was excellent!.
I have attended an International Conference of Brownfield Asia 2008 which was held at Berjaya Times Square in Kuala Lumpur. The conference was organised by IEM (Malaysia). I presented a paper with a title "soils and surface water contaminations at abandoned tin mine in Sg Lembing Pahang". The conference was from 21-22 October 2008.
GEE2008 was held in Kyoto Japan this year (2008). I attended the conference and presented a paper entitled "Groundwater contamination: current status in Malaysia". The conference was successfully organised by Prof Kamon and colleagues.
I spent 3 months of my sabbatical leave to do a research project at Cambridge University. I worked with Profesor Kenichi Soga and Panos. The project was entitled "DNAPL movement and dissolution rate in porous medium".
This is a very interesting outcrop that was discovered in Penang beach. Two layers of a very coarse sand may indicate high current deposits that probably can be associated with tsunami waves.
I had the opportunity to visit Goa on the 1st till 7th of October 2008. It was a wonderful experience. I stayed at Marriott Hotel for 4 nights, the hotel was excellent and the food was nice as well. I attended an International Conference in Geomechanics organised by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. The conference was well organised!. I had a wonderful time in Goa.
Fresh leachate (i.e. waste juice) from landfill "farm". It flows straight to Sg Kembong especially during rainy session. This photo was taken in August 2008. The same river had ammonium problem originated from this landfill before (2006?). It caused pollution and degraded the water quality of Semenyeh Dam. So, the authorities never learnt from the previous accident!! Dont they??.
waiting for lunch to be served. I ordered nasi goreng ayam special and es special
Geotechnical centrifuge has been built at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. The project is funded by Malaysian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. This centrifuge can be used for environmental and geotechnical applications such as migration of pollutants in soils, stability of embankment, earthquake, etc.
