出類拔萃 To stand out amongst the ordinary ...

What sets you apart is usually

more burden than luxury

...

 

大自然最好的朋友 Nature's Best Friends ...

Plants and the SUN Light 

are Nature's Dynamic Duo

...

 

又见蜻蜓 A morning with dragonflies ...

Insects are perhaps the most challenging,

 yet gratifying macro subjects to photograph.
 ...

Hibiscus Garden, 

KL Lake Gardens

When I release the shutter 快門釋放時 ...

I knew something satisfactory
was registered in my camera; 
that sense of approval perhaps 
only the photographer can appreciate
...

KL Butterfly Park 

Lake Garden, KL

Seed of Life 生命的种子 ...

I had lunch the other day with a student of mine
which is a devoted christian,
he explained to me about 
"The Seeds of Life" which represent 
the Six days (I think) of creation 
in which God created life
...
For an hour of lunch, 
it was a fascinating story
...

Lake Garden, KL ...

Lao-Tzu about Life 老子对人生 ...

Lao-Tzu believed that human life and everything else 

in the Universe is constantly influenced by outside forces. 

 He believed the key to truth and freedom

is “simplicity”. 

...

Lao-Tzu encouraged his followers to observe and 

seek to understand the laws of nature; 

for perhaps nature is our greatest teacher

...

Lake Garden,
Kuala Lumpur

Is Older better 老年更好 ...

When I was much younger without the white hair,
"older" new students in my classes 
always come with challenging remarks in the beginning
...
but now walking into a classroom with almost all white hair,
I get this instant look from faces 
that I must be quite experienced 
...

Lake Garden,

Kuala Lumpur 

Emotions Hanging by a thread 避险情绪减弱 ...

When I see my wife's emotions
hanging by a thread,
I usually keep quiet and observe
what is the next best time to interact with her
...

Lake Garden,
Kuala Lumpur

Can you tell which one 你能分别哪一个 ...

I went out with the Nikon D90 and Canon G12, 
can you tell which photo is by which camera
...
You bet I like my new Point & Shoot 
Canon G12 
...

Canon G12, f2.8 1/400 ISO 100, 0 EV, Auto WB

Nikon D90 with Tamron 90mm, f4, 1/4000, ISO 500, -1.3EV, WB Sunlight

Hibiscus Park,
Kuala Lumpur

Beauty in decay 美中衰变 ...

Where men discards the decay,
Nature embrace it
...

Lake Garden,
Kuala Lumpur

Was I crazy 我疯了吗 ...

I was crazy enough to spend 

half an hour doing this shot

...

At the end, I think that the process 

of doing this was most rewarding, 

a good outcome if any is just a bonus

...

Nikon D90, Tamron 90mm f/2.8 ISO 200, F7.1, 1/125, -2/3 EV

KL Lake Gardens

The Married Truth 已婚的真相 ...

It may be better that a marriage
goes wrong before it begins 
...

Lake Garden, 

Kuala Lumpur

Togetherness 天生一对儿 ...

But let there be spaces
in your togetherness
...

Lake Garden,
Kuala Lumpur

In Search of Autumn feelings 寻找秋意 ...

I have seen so many beautiful 
Autumn motives from you all around the world
...
my envy of your images prompted
me to search for these Autumn feelings 
in our lush green tropical settings
...

Lake Garden, 

Kuala Lumpur ...

Being different 敢于不同 ...

I was the only student who
had a GPA of 3.8 and still
fail first year Architectural School in the University
...
I am the only instructor who wears
jeans and t-shirt to work
...
I am the only person I know who brings
a camera to work everyday
...

Lake Garden, 

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

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

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 

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

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