信而不仰 I'm not a religious person but i want to be believe in god ...

我GOOGLE了
以上的英文字

发现了很多人
有同样的感觉
相信有神而不迷

只求沉静安宁
不取奢侈浮华

到底我们这些
“信而不仰”
的人
是不是坏人呢

反过来很多人

又拜神又拜仙

转过来拜菩萨

三跪九叩过后

去签过后又问卦

只为祈福消灾
发财賺錢買樓

到底他们这些
“仰而不信”

的人

是不是好人呢

其实  
谁是好人
谁是坏人
关我叉事
阿弥陀佛

...

Wong Tai Sin Temple 香港黃大仙祠
Hong Kong Kowloon 香港九龍黃大仙區
Nikon D90 70-300mm
ISO 500 f5 @ 1/800

Too much of anything is never good 什么东西太多是永远不好的 ...

Boat Quay, Singapore

驳船码头, 新加坡 

I do not condone or encourage too much alcohol,
I realized my dad passed away perhaps due to too much alcohol consumption ...
that was many years ago ...

Lately, I had spent too much time with my camera and photography,
and I neglected my "going to the gym" schedules ...


Before I picked up the DLSR 16 months ago, I visited the gym
almost everyday or sometimes twice a day before and after work,
and I was never sure whether that was a good thing ...



but

in my opinion ...

Too much of anything is mostly never good,

 

The meaning behind a photo 照片背后的含义 ...

I met Mr Zul on a wet afternoon in the park, 

My new friend just bought a Nikon D200 and has been shooting

almost everyday for several months ...

We discussed about photography while walking about 

hunting for shooting subjects ...

He did not know that I just started photography not too longer 

ago as I started to talk about the importance of composition 

over technique ...

Zul posted quite a number of his photographs in some 

forums and got some harsh remarks from the so-called "pros" about meaning in 

his photos ...

He asked me about my thoughts of meaning
behind a photo ...

I told Mr Zul the following 

I rarely seek out "meaning" when I shoot.
 I think I am interested in light, and its interplay over natural or non-natural forms.
 I don't seek a larger meaning than that ...
And sometimes, I just shoot because I like it ...

I don't carry tons of gadgets or take 500 shots and 2 hours for a single subject

 to get the supposedly "perfect" shot ...

Maybe I am not a perfectionist,

and do not deserve to be in the same league of the "pros"

and so e it

as I just love photographing ...

that is a good enough reason for me to click the shutter ...

and continue shooting the way I like it ...

Cry of the Leaf 哭叶 ...

Did you hear the leaf cry ...

The cry of the leaf makes me sad when photographing it ...

It wanted to tell me something,

but my limited senses were not able to grasp its feelings ...

Think again,

even if we understand the words between human beings,

we sometimes chose not to listen ...

Maximum Risk 最大风险 ...

Globally, the cessation of increase in nuclear power plant construction 

came with the more catastrophic Chernobyl disaster in 1986. 

But the world may seem to have forgotten the horror incidents 

of Chernobyl ...

Until today, in these recent weeks ...

two words are on the lips of every scientist and government official 

on the planet: Japan reactor. 

No one knows yet how much of an impact, if not financial or
otherwise more importantly

the global health impacts, 

of the leaks at Japan’s reactor will have.

In the wake of Japan’s nuclear disaster, 

will any country still pursue nuclear power?

Unsure of Future 不确定的未来 ...

The Giant Japan 9.0 earthquake shook up the entire planet ...

and shifted the earth's axis 

of what seems to be six-and-a-half inches....

shortening the day just a tiny little bit ...

All these seems to be measurable ...

But I suppose no single scientist can be sure 

of where and when the next earthquake will happen
and its ultimate impact ...

God bless us all ...

Leaves of the same tree 叶同树 ...

We are all but recent leaves of the same tree,

we live together but may never know each other, 

at old age ...

some whithered away 

in loneliness until its demise;

some clinging on,
hoping to find shelter among the young in its remaining days ...

Behind bars 坐牢的影子 ...

Shadows behind bars 

坐牢的影子 ...

I have just realized 

that we have always locked ourselves in our own homes behind bars 

much like in a prison except that we have the keys ...

We seem to despise those who live in prison behind 

bars for what they did wrong ...

Did we do anything wrong to imprison ourselves 

in our own "homes" ...

The shadows did not have a choice,

The prisoners did not have a choice,
But do we have a choice ...

Words from a dead leaf 词从枯叶 ...

From the faces of a dead leaf, I fear that
we will be cursed to struggle if
we continue to live with dissatisfaction ...

From the shadows of a dead leaf, I realized that 

we will never live if

we are looking for the meaning of life ...

A sad soul 一个悲伤的灵魂 ...

街头流浪者的思考...

Thoughts on street wanderers ...

When the mind wonders aimlessly,

Searching for "nothing" in darkness, 

The wait is an unbearable torture,

Staring with empty eyes, 

I see nothing left 

... but a sad soul ...

... aren't we all the same ...

吉隆坡 茨厂街 ...

Petaling Street China Town, KL ...

Finding the truth 寻找真理 ...

Finding the truth 

寻找真理 ...

As we walked up the hilly road to the temple at the summit, we met 

this monk at the foothills starting his daily journey ...

the villages later told us that several monks does this ritual

everyday going up the hill ...

and when we left the temple walking down to the carpark at the 

foothills of the temple ...

the monk was still working his way up every step bowing to the ground .... 

I paused to wonder of not just what would the monk do next but also
what we would all do next
when we finally found the truth about life ...

Is Blue a Happy or Sad Color 蓝色是快乐或悲伤 ...

Is Blue a Happy or Sad Color 

蓝色是快乐或悲伤 ...

Blue can be Sad ...

蓝可辛酸, 伤感 ...
or
A sense of Hope ...

也可以是希望 ...

Blue can be Happy ...

蓝可喜悦, 快乐 ...

or

Lost and Despair ...

失落和绝望 ...

I think it would most depend on the current 

desires and emotions of the person looking at it ...

我认为这取决于个人当前的欲望和情感来看它 ...

For me, Blue is beautiful regardless ...

One year of Photography 一年的摄影 ...

Looking back at one year of photography ...

回头看这一年的摄影 ...

It has been exactly a year since I picked up DSLR photography ...
There are still so much to learn despite only a few variables in a camera compare
to what my profession has to offer ...

我拿起数码相机摄影, 已经整整一年了...

尽管摄影只是几个变量, 已经非常具有挑战性 ...

Since the beginning of 2010, I have been planning to take some classes on photography
but still  never got around doing it ...

I may not have taken great photographs
You have taught me much through your photos ...
and I have enjoyed every moment with you ...

自2010年开始，我已计划去摄影班学习摄影但没有做到 ...

我的摄影技巧可能仍然初级,
你们都教了我很多

和我很高兴与你们的每一刻... 

and sometimes I regretted never taking it up earlier ...
that much time have lost without a camera,
There are so many challenges and projects in my mind for the next year ...
Looking forward for another year of exciting photography
together ...

有时我后悔没有后悔提早学摄影...

我想已经失去了那么多时间, 

今年, 在我的脑海项有这么多的挑战和实验 ...

期待和展望今年继续拍摄, 有另一个令人兴奋的摄影年...

I think you would have the same aspirations ...
as we are looking forward for another year of enjoyment with our cameras
and to share them together ...

我想你也会有同样的愿望...

我们期待着有另一年与我们的相机和一起分享我们的创作 ...

Without you, it will be a lonely journey ...

没有你，这将是一个孤独的旅程... 

Let us enjoy another year of photography together ...

让我们一起享受摄影新的另一年...

Happy New Year 2011
新年快乐 2011

What you don't see is what matters most 你不看到的是最重要的事情 ...

Nov 18, 2010
Pasar Road, Kuala Lumpur

When you visit a City as a tourist, you probably will just see the glittering 

lights, beautiful shining buildings or
those well maintained "OLD" structures meant to be seen by the public,
luxurious shopping malls, 

obviously the clean and beautiful side of the city ...

However, what most people visiting a city sees
are not the real places most city folks do live in ...

But those who live here will survive without the

attentions needed to distract their

livelihoods ...

No matter how bad the economy is or how good it seems to 

others, people in this part of the city goes through

their daily life the same or even worst ...

They can only bite their tongue through hard times
as no one will help them ...

many of my friends who once lived in these run-down shop houses in 

Kuala Lumpur are now engineers and lawyers but they

do not want to be seen or heard in these neighborhoods ...

What will become the city of the future when 

the poor will continue to be poorer 

and 

the rich continue to becomes richer ...

However, think again... some of these old shop lots
fetches more then 2 million per unit in today's market ...

The problem is that, those who own these shop lots are
now living in luxurious condominiums or houses and
renting these to those coming from the rural poor
or foreign labors ....

Is it ever safe to leave your child alone 如何生存等着妈妈在商场 ...

How many times you see a child left outside when mommy is

shopping inside ...

With all the kidnapping going on everywhere, is it safe to keep your

child waiting for you while you are shopping ...
or
for just a short while when you get your keys or go pay for
the parking fees ...

something difficult for me to understand ...

Thank God, the world we live in is not a Bruce Willis movie. 

It's a lot less dramatic. 

But it is still a dangerous world out there, 

leaving a child waiting for you

in this case of shopping for clothes 

may take a little while longer and

ample opportunity

for whoever evil intended to do

something bad to your children  ... 

Streams of Consciousness 意识流 ...

Green is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated 

by energy with a wavelength of roughly 520–570 nanometres. In the subtractive color system, 

it is not a primary color, but is created out of a mixture of yellow and blue, or yellow and cyan; 

it is considered one of the additive primary colors.

But that is just so boring ...

as Green is just about LIFE ...

The biggest environmental challenge we face is educating people

about preserving the green environments we have ...

So much has been said but so little has been done ...

In the city without green, I see emptiness ...

The EXCITEMENT and ENCHANTMENT

of Green makes the world 

a better place to live ...

Making a living in the city 在城市谋生 ...

As I had lunch with my students who all came from different cities around the world,
we had a heavy discussion on the following topic ....

"What is the best poor-friendly city in the world to live in ?" ......

With that thought in mind and as I was drinking coffee at this street-stall one morning,
a man in his 40's stopped his tricycle in front of my table
to collect and deliver gas tanks;
he seemed already tired even early in the morning.
Maybe he had already started his work cycling around the city
delivering and collecting the gas tanks 4 or 5 am in the morning .... 

As the country is aiming/planning/gearing toward a so-called "High income" society,
what does it mean for these many poor-in-the-city folks ....

To make matters worst, it is not just the local poor-in-the-city 

but immigrant workers are to be brought in from Indonesia, Pakistan, and 

Vietnam to mention a few to fulfill the labor needs of Kuala Lumpur. 

These immigrants are mostly working in construction sites and female immigrants
are helpful hands in residences as maids. Large portion of immigrants are being
promised ‘a good job’ into Malaysia and eventually
ended in low-paid jobs or worst, unemployed.

Urbanization is a normal process that many countries undergo 

in order to develop and to gather and centralize the resources.

It also encourage migration of those from the countryside to the city

whom most will end up as the poor-in-the-city ...

The World seems to be always unfair to the poor ....

A social issue urgently needs to be addressed by those who desire to 

help the poor-in-the-city and not just propaganda to the outsiders just 

to see the beautiful side of the city of KL with its 

high-rise buildings and expensive restaurants or shopping centers, 

and million dollar apartments 

.....
So, may I ask you this question again:
"What is the best poor-friendly city in the world to live in ?" ......