Morning Papers 晨报 ...

I don't remember since when 
I have stopped reading the Newspaper
...
Just too much violence and politics
...

Jalan Gereja
Kuala Lumpur
...

It's a Fusion Omelette 融合煎蛋 ...

I called an Omelette today
for Breakfast
...
Look what I ended up with
...

T-Break Restaurant at Ground Floor Wisma Antarabangsa, 

Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur ...

Let nature take care of itself 让大自然照顾自己 ...

Given that if man start to learn
to respect nature
...
I think
nature will take care of itself,
and
it will then take care of us
...

Lake Garden, 

Kuala Lumpur

Small Wonder 小奇迹 ...

As you know, I was and am still looking 
for a point and shoot to complement the DSLR
...
my brother gave me one from his annual dinner lucky draw
an Olympus model FE-46 (I think it is less then US$100), 
No aperture or shutter control, 
only exposure compensation in general
...
Some of the blog posts done in the past few weeks
were using that camera 
(and all of what you see below)
...
There are some fancy built-in magic filters
I have yet to explored 
...

   

I do enjoy this little camera,
its free ... I carry it with me now everyday
until I get a point and shoot, or maybe not
...



The Olympus FE-46
(First launch about 2.5 years ago, Product no longer manufactured by Olympus)
according to http://www.olympusimage.com.my/products/compact/fe_series/fe46/
...

Butterfly thoughts 蝴蝶的想法 ...

Would it not be great if we
could let our thoughts
roam freely like a butterfly 
...
We will never know where or when to stop
and that certainly will be interesting
...

Common Jay (Graphium doson evemonides)

Butterfly Park, 

Kuala Lumpur ...

Can't eat certain seafood yet 仍然不能吃某些海鲜 ...

The traditional chinese believe that

after any surgery,

there are certain food is forbidden

for 100 days

...

So, I refrain myself from eating squid, prawns, or crab

for 100 days

...

my wife ordered my favorite squid teppanyaki for herself
while I have to settle for the chicken version for now
...
I am now in the 77th day from the date
of my Cataract Surgery 
...

One Utama, 

Petaling Jaya ...

That's probably the only snow scene we will ever see 这是我们唯一在吉隆坡可以看到的雪景 ...

I have never seen real snow in my life
even that I spent 3 years in the US
(that was in Louisiana)
...
But I am sure I will enjoy your
photography of snow scenery 
soon
...

One Utama, 

Petaling Jaya ...

The Big Green Leaf 大叶 ...

my son reminded me of how big
this leaf was
when he put his hands on it
...
and this is actually on the
roof top of a shopping mall
...
It was bright and sunny for about half an hour
before the rain comes in
...

Secret Garden, Roof Top 1 Utama, 

Damansara ...

Mobile Street Vendor 移動攤販 ...

When we hear that familiar "honk" sound, 
chances are the mobile street vendor on his motorbike
with varieties of bread and snacks is nearby
...
Life is always difficult for them
regardless of a hot weather or a rainy day
...

Near Pasar Tani, 

Kuala Lumpur ...

"Chicken" Rice Bowl 鸡公饭碗 ...

For those of us who grew up in
an extended chinese family in the 70's, 
chopsticks, the "chicken" rice bowl,
and strict table manners
are the essentials on the dining table
...
Today it is plates and silverware, 
I am glad I am still using 
chopsticks and that rice bowl
at home 
...

Seremban Kopitiam, 

Summit USJ 1, 

UEP Subang Jaya ...

Today 今天 ...

Today ...

1. I am 47, realized I forgot my wallet when I reach Kuala Lumpur after an hours drive from home. I seem to be forgetting things, I hope it is not something serious. 

2. The weather is bad and raining almost every evening, last week Wednesday's heavy rain caught me in the traffic jam for more then 2 hours driving home from my lecture.

3. It is wishful to expect any snow here in KL but christmas trees are everywhere now displayed in almost every shopping malls in Kuala Lumpur.  

4. Although after my cataract surgery that I do help my wife on house chores, she is still doing most of the house work. 

5. I do love Lightroom. It was between Picasa and Lightroom (that love/hate ended with me parting Picasa)

6. Our TV at home is still a 28" tube type for maybe 8 years. Maybe its time for those LCD/Plasma big screens.
7. I am still trying to decide on a point and shoot camera as a second camera to my DSLR. 

8. It is almost 7:30am in Kuala Lumpur now, I am quite hungry without money in my pocket. So, I will just do some blogging and chew on the biscuits available at the Training Center before my class begins at 9:00am. I am not thinking about lunch yet. Just hoping the day will be over soon with expectation of evening rain so that I can get home early to enjoy my wife's cooking. 

It will be a long day for me

How is your day Today?
...

Lake Garden

Kuala Lumpur

Patterns in Nature 大自然的图案...

One day man will probably able to built
a molecular machine that can
arrange patterns of atoms to 
form perhaps virtually any patterns and designs
...
Nature has been doing it 
since the beginning before man 
...

Butterfly and Lake Garden, 

Kuala Lumpur 

...

Everyday life 日常生活 ...

Life is simple
...
It is just no easy
...

China Town,
Seremban

Own light 自己的光 ...

Each person prays to God
according
to his Own Light 
...

What my dad left me after he passed away 我的爸爸离开我时留给我的 ...

My dad left me nothing
...
except this watch
and memories, 
some good and some not so good
...
regardless, 
it remains close to my heart 
...

Sathiyanery Vegetarian Place 印度素食 ...

A man devoted to god and
serving home-made vegetarian food 
...
Every day about 12 noon, 
he will perform prayers and
to cleanse his place before the customers arrive
...

There are no menus, he serves 
a fixed selection of vegetarian menu daily 
...

There are no air-condition and fancy decorations,
only one row of table
...




The dish ends with the choice of 
spiced tea 
...

and sometimes 
something to chew on before you leave 
...

Jalan Tun Sambathan 3 at Brickfields, 

Kuala Lumpur

Why is a fly called a fly 苍蝇 ...

There was a time when we have 
fewer words in the english vocabulary, 
we refer to objects by pointing our finger to it
...
A man was disgusted with an insect kept
bothering him on his meal and
pointed to it while saying "You, go fly away" 
...
There you are
the Butter-fly, Dragon-fly, House-fly etc etc 
...

Orchid Park

Kuala Lumpur

Tea 茶 ...

I am Chinese

...
Tea is in my blood and bones 
and
although you are thousand miles away,
there are always two cups on my table
...

Qing Zhen Chinese Restaurant
Novotel Hotel at Jalan Kia Peng,
Kuala Lumpur

Alive 活着 ...

I used to worry about 

what life really means
 ...
Now, I think being alive
 is a good reason

...

Lake Garden, 

Kuala Lumpur 

Cigarette Graveyard 烟墓 ...

Your smoking might be bothering me, 
but
it is killing you
...

Side entrance to Pavilion,
Kuala Lumpur

All marriages are happy 所有的婚姻是幸福的 ...

All marriages are happy
...
It is the living together afterwards
that trouble begins
...

Lake Garden,
Kuala Lumpur

The Pianist 钢琴家 ...

Sometimes during Lunch breaks 
from my morning lecture,
I just walk down one floor into 
the Hotel next door
which is connected to the office building
...
Sit in a corner 
and listen to some free 
classical music
before I got back to the afternoon classes
...

Crowne Plaza Hotel
Kuala Lumpur

Ever get tired of the same breakfast 厌倦了同样的早餐吗 ...

Ever since this particular shop opened several months back,
and whenever I have a lecture at the same center,
I seem to be visiting it
and even order the same breakfast set,
which is Coffee and Smoke Salmon Sandwitch
$7.00 Ringgit or about $2.00 USD
...
and I am still not tired of it yet.
...

The Bakers at UOAII,
Jalan Pinang, KL

The scared cow 惊牛 ...

Although I barely understand the symbol 
of the cow being holy or sacred in the 
Hindu religion, I respect that belief
...
That tolerance is important in our society

of multi-racial and multi-religion 

...

Deepavali
Batu Cave

Making a U-Turn in Life 在生活中的掉头 ...

The other day,
I was with my camera in the city,
a young man and a young lady
came in front of me to ask me
"Do you want to make a u-turn in your life?"
...
I said no and hurried myself away from them
...
I have been thinking about that question
even since
...

Jalan Tun Perak,
Near Dataran Merdeka,
Kuala Lumpur ...

Craze for Organic 有机热潮 ...

Here in our neighbourhood,
"Re-cycle" seems to be a buzz (I think)
...
and Organic shops and eateries are 
springing up like mushrooms
...
Our family is not crazy about it,
but it is not a bad idea 
for lunch or idea once or twice a week
...

Cactus Valley, 

Cameron Highlands ...

Going to Court 上法院 ...

But no thanks,  
this is one of the places
I don't want to go into
for other reasons then photographing
...

Putrajaya 

普特拉贾亚 ...

Frankenstein 科学怪人 ...

The irony is that the creator of Frankenstein
was killed by its very own creator
...
Leafs create tobacco
and soon cigarettes will destroy 
the "Greens" that created it

and the irony is that 
the culprit is Man himself
...

Lake Garden, 

Kuala Lumpur