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Dark, dusty and dirt all over the drainworks.

Under a Tree

I was sitting under a purple-leaved tree, trying to blend in like the rest of the crowd in front of the cathedral in Exeter. The weather was not spectacular, the sun was partially shrouded by clouds that did not seem to drift away. When I looked up, this was what I saw.

These tiny flowers are those that did not receive much of a second glance, as they were all over the place. Only with the intention to see, one can notice, instead of looking past the whole lot of them.


The remnants of a climbing plant, only the brown leaves remained to tell a tale.

Nature in Her Prime

An opportunity presented itself for me to go to Exeter, the capital of Devon county. It turned out to be a nice place to be in. I ended up doing a photo-walk around the city center and the quay side.

The quay side was filled with swans and ducks and pigeons. They were so accustomed to humans that they were not startled when approached. However, whenever someone throws them a piece of bread, they came flocking for the free meal given. It was not a sight to behold for the weak of heart. There was one particular swan which was grooming itself on the bank of the quay and allowed me to move in really close for the shot.

I didn't realize there were some tiny creatures going about pollinating the flowers until I noticed a streak of yellow go past my frame. And then it started, the painstaking process of catching one of them in the shot. Beezeee bee...

Out the Window

From the confines of my living room, occasionally I was able to spot some sails bracing the high winds, sailing across the Hoe. It didn't matter which direction the wind was howling from. The sails were able to bend it to the ship master's will and send the vessel on its predetermined course.

Seeing them in the sails reminded me of times when I had the sea breeze running through my hair and brushing against my face. Those were the few occasions when I went fishing with my Dad, nice. Though in the end it left me with dehydrated skin, which pained as I squinted my eyes, it turned out to be memorable.

On a fine weekend afternoon, with the sun high up and the clouds out of sight, many more can be spotted, clustering the watery space with their white sails. These are some of the sights which I behold on weekend afternoons, taking them in as the little things of life here, away from home.

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Shooting in the eye of danger...

When the Shooter, is Shot...

This was the rare occasion when I am NOT short of photos with me in the frame. It always help when you are with another 2 SLRs and 4 compacts shooters lurking around, waiting for the perfect moment to depress the shutter release button. They would come gleefully up to you once they caught you in a compromising position x.O"

Ahhh... the sparks that fly when Nikon meets Canon, not the romantic kind though.

Caution! Lorries with logs up ahead!
The language was correct, however, I cannot seem to recall from past excursions to forests at home, the signs having yellow lorry drawn on them.

No lorries, only the tyres that once rolled with gargantuan mining trucks that excavated the site during construction of the Eden Project. Should've taken extra precaution to the warning on the caution sign...

Fully geared for a day's work of shooting. For the record, I was not sponsored by any companies for this shot, though I would not mind if that were true. ^.^

Sights in Eden

Green tyres... well, I'd found one, where are the rest then...

Emulating Nature's life-giving and nourishing atmosphere in an artificial environment.

The Malaysian gang (minus the photographer) that trampled Eden Project with their oohs, ahhs and never-ending comments. Just a few out of the back of my head...

" ... pineapples also can grow here ah... "
" ... where are the durians?
how to grow here lah... "
" WAH Pandan leaves! "
" TOSHIBA air cond and SHARP TV in the KAMPUNG HOUSE!!! " o.O"

Panoramic shot of Eden Project: -
Art, science, architecture and Nature,
coexisting in a same frame of time.

Garden of Eden

Eden Project consists of gigantic domes known as biomes which houses tropical and Mediterranean plants from all over the world. Seen from Google Earth's satellite imagery, the scale of this massive greenhouse becomes apparent.

The dome consists of hexagons and pentagons that holds them together at the very apex of the dome. The hexagonal cells are actually pockets of pressurized air, working together to insulate the interior of the biomes.

Looks familiar? A kampung house in Eden Project! Complete with sarongs hanging outside the wooden houses on stilts. The only giveaway that this setting was not natural was the presence of the lattices of the biomes.

To complete the image, there were even two Malaysians fanning 'Lemang'- bamboo cooked rice grilled over a coal fire. Talk about nostalgic colleagues working far from home...

A Visitor From London

Accommodation Woes ?

Friend or Foe ?

p/s : More accurately, a visitor from Newbury.

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When you are not looking...

By the way, this is my latest addition to the items in my room hihi
A mischievous devil pillow, complete with a tail as well ^.^

Back...

Touched down in LCCT, Malaysia. Back home, back to reality, felt just like waking up from a dream filled with Mickey, night views, shoppings, Venetian gondolas, supper desserts and dolphins. The journey was a really pleasant one, we would love to go back to Hong Kong again in the future.

I saw this poster in KLIA while departing from KL to London. Talk about globalization and having a truly global city. It will be quite a view if it were to be true. I think the closest we can ever get to this is via al-Bawadi project in Dubai, out of this world if you asked me. I wonder how they are proceeding in the midst of the global crisis. Photos here.