Rompin

Index of the weekend getaway to Rompin with busload of retiring-age folks.
Please click on the (link) to launch respective albums.

01. Seremban (link)
The bustling marketplace.

02. Onwards (link)
The journey to Lanjut Resort in Rompin, stopping by the restaurant called Vivi, and Endau fishing village en-route.

03. Night of the Moths (link)
The dancing trails of light in the dark.

04. Rising Sun (link)
in Rompin
 

05. Morning Light (link)
within the resort, and consorting with insects.

 

06. Homeward (link)
Passing through the ill-maintained Endau-Rompin nature park.

To see this land again with new eyes.

Australia 1.0

Index of the Photo from the trip to Melbourne, Sydney and Newcastle.

1.0 Melbourne city (link)

1.1 Dandenong Ranges (link)

1.2 Philip Island Tours (link)

1.3 Great Ocean Road Tours (link)



2.0 Sydney city (link)

2.1 Taronga Zoo (link)

2.2 Koala Park (link)

2.3 Blue Mountains (link)

3.0 Newcastle city (link)

3.1 Hunter Valley (link)

4.0 Pets of friends (link)

5.0 Sky Art (link)

With thanks to all my family and friends for their warm hospitality :)

LASF

Index of the Photo from LA & SF trip:

01. LA
El Segundo, Downtown, train ride to Newhall, Valencia, Nucleus Gallery, Getty Villa, Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Fisherman's Village

02. Hollywood
The Sign, Highland, Burbank, Griffith Park Observatory, Beverly Hills

03. LA
 Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Pasadena, Getty Center, Union Station

04. Amtrack
Coast Starlight between Union Station and Oakland Jack London Square

05. SF
Fisherman's Wharf, Coit Tower, Blue and Gold fleet cruise, Ferry Building, Legion of Honor, De Young, Golden Gate Park

06. Ocean Beach
Sunset above Ocean Beach, Sutro Bath, Off the Grid food trucks at Fort Mason

07. Sausalito
Sausalito, Marine County, sunset over Golden Gate Bridge

08. Muir Woods
Red woods and more red woods

09. Yosemite
Mariposa Grove, Glacier Point, 4 Miles trail, Yosemite Valley, Merced River, Tunnel View, Bridalveil Falls, Vernal Falls, Emerald Pool, Hetch Hetchy, Altamont Pass Wind Farm

10. Academy
Academy of Sciences, Aquarium on the Bay

11. SF
China Town, Presidio, Fort Point, Grace Cathedral,  Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption, Japan Town, Mission Dolores, SFMOMA, Civic Center

12. Flight
The skies above Hong Kong

Thank you to the Lord above and the angels on earth ~

Bristol Balloon Fest 08

Finally got around to uploading the photos from Bristol's Balloon Festival 08.

The Pre-flight
https://picasaweb.google.com/105743689900261982107/BristolBalloonFest08Preflight#

The Red Arrows
https://picasaweb.google.com/105743689900261982107/BristolBalloonFest08RedArrows

The Misc
https://picasaweb.google.com/105743689900261982107/BristolBalloonFest08Misc

The Balloons
https://picasaweb.google.com/105743689900261982107/BristolBalloonFest08Balloons

The Night Glow
https://picasaweb.google.com/105743689900261982107/BristolBalloonFest08NightGlow

The Light
https://picasaweb.google.com/105743689900261982107/BristolBalloonFest08LightInDarkness

The memories :)

2 years now

It has been 2 full years now, since my return to KL.

4 full seasons to reflect upon and give thanks for.
Through the ups and downs to the faithful one.
:)

Taman Tasik Cyberjaya

Some tropical goodness I saw in Taman Tasik Cyberjaya.
The jackfruit, largest tree borne fruit in the world.

Cotton, vegetable lambs... this must be a good full flock of them.

Lilies in a lake.

These are the songs in a land of eternal summer.

SK: Rising sun. Dogs.

Maybe there is much to be mourned when someone cease to derive pleasures from the simple things in life. When the ever-shifting colors and patterns in the sky elicit no more responds, when the back-lighted weed fluttering gently in the wind fails to warm your heart and when soft puppy tongues against your skin no longer brings delight, then perhaps you are well and truly dead while your heart still drums and your lungs shudder.

Once there was rain forest. Then plantations and orchards came. When the hands that tended the planted trees grew frail and old, nature reclaimed its ceded territories. Men in turn invaded with arms of steel and houses were built. In the midst of dust, concrete and steel, a migrant village sprang and prospered even as terraces and bungalows rose. In time, local men, perhaps whose forebear once owned lands on those verdant hills mobilized too. Steps were hewed once more with hoes and soles. wooden arches and simple huts were erected and before long, flowering plants grafted and pruned. Lanterns and altars joined the serene landscape soon after.

Now, crowds thronged the hills at dusk and dawn, seeking beauty, seeking gods.

If they truly are man's best friend, they can never be far behind where we go.

I do not believe men can be more industrious than ants, tirelessly burrowing an amphitheater in the sand.

But some are not too far off, working yesterday's grove for extra cash to feed the bulging tummy that will deflate in a few months time.

These are the testament of being alive.

May your life far exceeds your years.