天和地 Heaven and Earth ...

There is a Fine Line

between 

Everything and Nothing

...

 

英年早逝 A good life ...

'Live Fast, Die Young, and Leave a Beautiful Corpse'

inspired by the movie 'Race with Destiny' about James Dean
...

 

Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden 

甲洞大都会湖花园

Nikon D90 Nikkor 18-105

ISO 100 f7.1 @ 1/1600

Sometimes when we touch 當我們接触時 ...

And sometimes when we touch
The honesty's too much
And I have to close my eyes
And hide
I want to hold you till I die
Till we both break down and cry
I want to hold you till the fear in me subsides

Dan Hill (lyrics) and Barry Mann (music)

...

Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden 

甲洞大都会湖花园

Letting go is the hardest things to do 放手是最难的事 ...

I hear many people say that the job of retirement 

is to leave the job behind and let it go 

...

Going 50, I love my job as a teacher, 

I am thinking I still have a long way to go, 

I would like to cling on to 

it as long as I can 

...

Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden 

甲洞大都会湖花园 

Protect Oneself 保护自己 ...

We live in a society where 
awareness of dangers and self protection is essential
but
building a fortress to protect oneself 
is a dangerous thing to do, 
as isolation is most vulnerable 
...

Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden 甲洞大都会湖花园

Kuala Lumpur 吉隆坡

Everyone needs a Lotus Moment 每个人都需要一个莲花时刻 ...

We always need a moment 
to ourselves 
...

Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden 

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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 

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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 

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 

Tranquility 静 ...

Peace comes from within,
do not seek it without.
...

Nikon D90, Nkkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6,
ISO 100, 1/1250 @ f/5, EV-2/3, FL=170mm, WB=Fine Weather

Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden 

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Dare to Fail 敢于失败 ...

Of course, it is not a good shot 
...
Yeah, yeah, yeah 
I know 
...
The Sharpness is not there, 
the composition is not interesting, 
and it is not even close
...
But today,
I dare to fail
on my very few
attempts of birds not in a cage
...

Nikon D90, AF Zoom Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G

ISO100, 1/500 @ f/7.1, EV-4/3

Nikon D90, AF Zoom Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G
ISO100, 1/640 @ f/5.6, EV-4/3, FL=300mm, FL=300

Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden 

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Time to reflect 思考的时间 ...

There are no cries of young children in this picture,
there are no voices of despair in this picture, 
There are no great dramas to tell in this picture,
...
How I wish sometimes this is what the world is

...
Peace and Quiet
...
Prayers for the victims in Norway 
...

Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden 

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Nasi Lemak (Coconut Rice) 椰浆饭 ...

Nasi Lemak literally means 'fatty rice'. 

The name is derived from the cooking process whereby 

rice is soaked in coconut cream and then the mixture steamed. 

Screwpine (Pandan) leaves are thrown into the rice 

while steaming to give it more fragrance. 

Spices such as ginger and occasionally herbs like 

lemon grass may be added for additional fragrance

...
It is a dish widely eaten in Malaysia and Singapore 
throughout the day often served on 
a screwpine (pandan) leaf
...

Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden 

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Within its limitations 物有所值 ...

Nikon AF Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G
...
Within its limitations, 
the lens is an extraordinarily good deal
...
It may not be a fast lens
but it does work most of the time
...

D90, Nikon AF Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G, ISO 100 1/800 @ F/5.6, EV-1

D90, Nikon AF Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G, ISO 100 1/320 @ F/5.6, EV-4/3

Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden 

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Two is better then one 二是更好地 ...

Sometimes Two is Better then one
...
That's why 
I have two children, 

...
Then again 
One wife is definitely better then two
...

Lotus @ Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden 

甲洞大都会湖花园

Life is beautiful 生命是美丽的 ...

How many of us realize the fact that 
Life is Beautiful 
and we have the option to 
cherish every moment of it

...

Nikon D90, 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6, ISO 100, F/7.1 @ 1/160, FL=250mm EV-1

Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden 

甲洞大都会湖花园 ...

The pride of a Lotus 莲花的兴旺时 ...

Nikon D90, Nikon 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6, ISO100 1/160s at F7.1 FL=220mm EV-1

Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden
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Nature's Pride 大自然的骄傲 ...

No man-made objects
can even begin
to be compared to
what Nature
is capable of creating 
...

Nikon D90, 70-300mm, ISO100 1/160s at F7.1 FL=135mm EV-1

Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden
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Despair 绝望, 心痛 ...

What is wrong in this picture  ?
...
It makes me sick to think that someone 
would do something like this 
...
I wonder these people would
throw rubbish in their own home
...
Sad and Sick society
I am unfortunate to 
be living in 
most of my life
...

Nikon D90, 18-105mm, ISO100 1/320s at F5.6 FL=105mm EV-2/3

Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden
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Aloof 与世无争 ...

Sometime ago, 
when I announced myself as semi-retired
...
I find that I do not need
to charge my mobile phone for many days
as there are hardly any incoming calls 
...
where have those "friends" whom 
I have worked with during
my consulting and teaching career .. gone 
...
Reality is when you are no longer 
in the Rat Race, 
You may seem not to be too useful anymore
That's where all those "friends" will be gone 
...
Welcome to the Real World
...

Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden 

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