Trapeze artist 一只蝴蝶走钢丝 ...

When you can walk freely on a rope
without fear and hesitation is
when you begin
...
to Let go .....
and then
Let happiness in
...

Penang Butterfly Park 

Behind every 每个后面 ...

Behind every ordinary man,

there's a great woman

...

D90 with 70-300 non-VR ISO 100 1/1600 @ f/5.6 -2EV at FL300mm

Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden 

甲洞大都会湖花园

Hazy sunrise 烟雾霾日出 ...

This time of the year, 
the haze looms over Klang Valley
caused by hot spots in Indonesia, 
nevertheless, we had a few days 
of beautiful hazy sunrise and sunsets
...

Pusat Dagangan Dana 1 at PJU 1A, 

Petaling Jaya 

To be humble 要谦虚 ...

I usually spent about 3 - 4 hours
perhaps more of the observing and 
then some photographing at 
a Lotus Pond, 
one thing I learn despite so much 
beauty in them, 
they are really humble
...

Nikon D90 with 70-300 non-VR ISO 200 1/4000 @ f/5 -2EV at FL250mm

Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden 

甲洞大都会湖花园 

Football season 足球赛季 ...

Everyone seems to be crazy about football 
these few weeks
...
my male students this week all seems to be yawning in class,
but they still play their football in the evening, 
sleep a little bit, and wake up for the
mid-night Euro 2012 football matches
...
May be I was the only one haven't watch a single match yet
...

G12 ISO 800 1/250 @ f/4.5 -1/3EV at 30.5mm (105mm)

USJ 11 football field

To learn from a Lotus 向莲花学习 ...

A Lotus born in water, lives in water

and grows out of the water above it unsoiled

...

And so we should learn from a Lotus,
to live unsoiled by the world around us

...

G12 ISO100 1/640 @ f/4.5 -2/3EV at 30.5mm(135mm) 

Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden 

甲洞大都会湖花园 

Chasing sunset 追日 ...

Many times, 
photography seems to be 
one has to be at the right time and place
...

Canon G12, ISO 100 1/80 @ f/8 -1EV at 30.5mm (135mm)
Persiaran Setia
USJ 3

Generation gap 代沟 ...

I had a group of fresh graduates in my class 
for the past two weeks
...
The word "Emo" came out when some of them 
were frustrated with some of the 
computer exercise data
...
Took me a while to find out
they meant "Emotional", 
and they use it to mean frustrated 
...

Canon G12 ISO 100 1/30 @ f/4.5 0EV at 30.5mm (135mm)
Jalan PJU 1A/1, Ara Damansara Park
阿拉白沙罗公园

Nature's abstract 圈了再圈 ...

Nature is an open book
for imaginations
to go wild
...

D90 with 18-105mm at 80mm (using 1.5 diopter)
ISO 1100 1/125 @ f/5.3 0EV

You will never see me cry again 你永远不会再看见我哭了 ...

You will never see me cry again
as I have mastered the way 
of crying and mourning
inside me without any tears
...
For I no longer taste the saltiness of tears in my lips
but rather the bitterness of it in my heart
...
Happy Fathers' day

Nikon D90, Tamron AF SP 90mm with 1.5 diopter f/2.8 ISO 1000 1/1000s @ F8, -1 EV

Royal Palace KL

吉隆坡国家皇宫

Loneliness surrounds us 寂寞围绕着我们 ...

That this loneliness always 

surrounds us

...

is because we can't seem 

to get rid of that ego within us

...

Canon G12, ISO 100 1/260 @ f/4.5, -5/3EV at 30.5mm

Jalan PJU 1A/1, Ara Damansara Park 

阿拉白沙罗公园

Soaking up the evening Sun 享受夕阳 ...

Surely the world is divided between
those who like to watch the sunset
and those who don't
or those who are just too busy to notice it
...
This evening, after my lecture, 
on my way back home, I stopped by 
a Lotus Pond to watch the sunset
together with a dragonfly
...

Canon G12 ISO 100 1/40 @ f/4.5 0EV at 30.5mm

Jalan PJU 1A/1, Ara Damansara Park

阿拉白沙罗公园

Amazing Canon G12 异乎寻常的G12 ...

Lugging around the DSLR and a Tripod for 

night photographing 

after a full day of lecturing has become a burden, 

few nights ago, 

I tried my luck with the Canon G12 without a tripod

...
at 7:46pm

ISO 800, 1/30 at f/2.8 0EV 

hand-held without flash 1:1 aspect ratio at 28mm

straight out of that camera without post processing

 as 

I am not picky on pixels

this is good enough for me

G12 1:1 aspect ration ISO 800 1/30 @ f2.8 0 EV at 6.1mm

Petronas Twin Towers

Kuala Lumpur

Nature's dessert 大自然的甜点 ...

Close your eyes, please

and imagine you are a butterfly 

wondering around some beautiful blossoms

...

and now open your eyes 

now that's the butterfly's dessert

every day from nature

...

KL Music and Light Festival 2012 ...

Daily at The Esplanade, Suria KLCC 

from 8.30pm - 10.30pm, 4 – 8 June 2012, 

carrying with it the theme  

"World Peace, World Harmony, World Unity".

Nikon D90 with Nikkor 10-24mm at 10mm
ISO 100, 30seconds at f/14 +1EV

KLCC

Kuala Lumpur

A different perspective 另一个角度 ...

I think even if one goes out photographing
with another photographer on the same subject or scenery,
yet they may walk away with different pictures
...
There is a always the challenge to
make something ordinary to be 
a little more interesting
...

Gasing Hill
Petaling Jaya

From the Windows of an Abandoned House 另外一个角落看大楼 ...

063/365 From the Windows of an Abandoned House ..., originally uploaded by Wong Ching Wah.

Lonely Planet 孤独星球 ...

Next to the KLCC twin towers are
these MYR $1,500,000 (about USD $500,000)
luxury condominiums,
while the annual household income 
for people on the streets
are maybe $30,000 - $60,000 
...
Housing prices are increasing 
maybe more then 20% or more per year
but salaries of most people have been stagnant 
for a long time, 
it is definitely going to be tougher 
for our children
...

Apartment Building near KLCC, 

Kuala Lumpur 

Tired of Not Working 厌倦了没有工作 ...

When I had my full time employment before 40, 
as somewhat of a workaholic;
there are many times I did 
felt tired of working
...
I like to think of myself now at 48, after 8 years 
of freelance teaching and consulting
as a semi-retired person
when sometimes I don't have any assignments 
for stretch of 2-3 weeks, 
and those short non-working times I did
felt tired of not working
...

SS19

Man-Made Wonders 人造的奇迹 ...

An ideal place to spark your mind, 
the Singapore Arts & Science Museum
...

I remember when I visited Singapore on a one-day trip

on September, 2010

And this was on March 2012

The Singapore Arts & Science Museum,
Marina Bay, Singapore

The Old Taste 旧的味道 ...

Both me and my wife love coffee, 
but
while I prefer the old taste of black and strong,


my wife prefer the Latte and Cappuccino
from the shop opposite this one
...

Pulau Ketam (Crab Island) 

吉胆岛 

Fading away 凋零 ...

not just in the movies,
but in real life too
...
that I think it is better to burn out,
than to fade away
...