The Path of Time

New face to my blog in my bid to keep things fresh and hopefully not bore readers (if there are any readers to begin with......). It almost reflects the change I am going through in my own life with new experiences and moving ahead with a new outlook. And over to the this post's topic. Over a table conversation, the topic of sex workers cropped up between my friends and I. As always, in every discussion there will be two camps - supporters and detractors. We couldn't really agree with each other on whether it was morally wrong or correct with regard to people who walk down the perceived "dark" and "dirty" profession of sex employment. But is it really "dark" and "dirty", if you were to think about it objectively? On the side of the detractors, their views skews to the fact that sexually transmitted diseases are becoming more widespread globally, increased human trafficking especially minors, increased in triad/mafia activities (it is beli...

Long time ago, when my grandfather was still alive, I would always followed him out in the wee hours of the morning for breakfast in one of his usual breakfast joints. It was rejuvenating and interesting to have breakfast about 5.30 in the morning. Really enjoying breakfast in a typical small town way and not the everyday quick bite to rush off to school type of breakfast. It was one of those times when I could share some time with my grandfather and likewise for him. We lived in different states of the country so, we tried to make it a point to have these breakfast every time my family visited. It was the good old days! There was one instance when he fill up my tea cup half way to the top and suddenly he asked me, "would you consider this cup half full with tea or half empty with tea?". Quite frankly, I was puzzled. What would have expected a 12 year old to react to such a questions? It was random but at the same time my 12 year old brain told me that there was more to that ...

In the wake of trying times and the whole of the middle east close to an all out war, mother nature throws a punch at Japan with a 8.8 magnitude earthquake. My heart goes out to the victims of the earthquake and may my prayers reach them..............

This was the scene I accidentally caught when I wanted to take a snapshot of the road leading to the night market in Siem Reap. It was a wonderful couple in their romantic moment along the roads of Siem Reap. I always held the view that we find beauty in the natural and that "naturalness" can be found in virtually all things living. When I saw the scene, I went, "awww...... so sweet". I couldn't help but feel happy for them and at the same time I was so happy I managed to get a shot like this especially being an amateur photographer. Other natural beauties can even be found in a lotus farm. Isn't the lotus just beautiful? If beauty cannot be found in nature, I don't know where to look at.........

Last year I went on a trip to East Malaysia to do some jungle trekking and hiking up a hill to catch a glimpse of a cluster of unique rock formations with 3 other friends. During the trip we met our trekking and hiking guide, Richard. He wasn't an ordinary guide having completed his masters in the studies of rocks and was already in the process of completing is PhD in the same subject. Apart from being a guide, he spends the remaining of his time doing extreme and adventure caving to study the formations of stone and how to preserve them. To add on to his accolades is the fact that he serves with the Malaysian FRU (the Federal Reserve Unit). The FRU is a voluntary team that provides assistance to the police or soldiers during times of security or rescue missions. During our stay at Camp 5 for our trek up the Mulu Pinnacles, we had a good conversation to kill time at the camp because there was simply nothing to do because it became pitch black by the time it was 6pm. Hence, talking ...