when time stands still

A week ago, I had a lucky chance of going to Perhentian Island as part of my firm's department trip. The fresh air, clear skies, clear waters, abundance of fishes were refreshing sight for me. Being away from my office was a really BIG plus point! =0)

It was about a 45 minute boat ride from the jetty at Kota Bahru. Landing on the island for the first time in my meager life, I felt rejuvenated. The refreshing sight of the sea and nature was simply an awesome sight. The horizon was blue with numerous islands surrounding the sea.

The afternoons were warm but simply so nice to bathe in the sun for a while taking in the freshness of it all. Totally enjoying it might be understating how much I enjoyed it. I got a good glimpse of sunrise, afternoons and sunset.

5.30am in the morning, watching the sunrise with my camera, tripod and patience almost felt like time stood still for me. It even gave me a good camera jump shot to express how time stood still for me....

Afternoon, my senses were treated to everything clear - water, skies, wind, air, sand .... you name it!

When evening came, the view of the sun setting in the horizon made time stand still as you are paralyzed by the beauty of the clouds encapsulating the orange sun against the dark blue clouds with the reflection showing on the surface of the vast sea.

When nature kept throwing all its beauty at me to feast on, it captivated me deeply. As I took it all in with all my five senses and my camera, it really felt like one of those moment when time stands still..........

harmony of opposites

Do you remember the time when your school teacher first introduced to you a magnet? You'd probably be wide eyed when your teacher shows you how it can stick to metal stuff and at the same time lift or pull lighter metal stuff. You must be lying if you said you were not amazed by the magnet's capabilities!

Besides the metal attractive capabilities, you'd probably remember how one side of the magnet will be grey and the other end will be red to annotate the north and south polarity of the magnet bar. Not to mention how the metal dust will move in the shape of the magnetic field of the bar when you place it in the metal dust.

When the metal dust move around the magnet to demonstrate the magnetic field, it can really be amazing watching the metal dust form itself around the magnet. What you probably would have since would likely be something like this:

Picture from here

I am not trying to demonstrate or teach you about how a magnet works but I think I can somehow relate how we ourselves are similar to that of a magnet. Opposites may differ but there are things around the opposites that compliment the two opposites like how the magnetic field beautifully encapsulates the magnet.

If you may, you can even see it has how the surroundings bind the opposites to complete the circle of nature. Love holds a man and woman in a relationship, water keeps us hydrated whilst fire lets us cook our food, rain ensures enough water supply for the world whilst the sun allows for the greens to photosynthesize, black and white colours makes up for wonderful photos, oxygen for us to breathe and the carbon dioxide we breathe out is absorbed plants that make oxygen for us............

I guess there is a truth to the statement, 'opposites attract' and maybe its the hidden surroundings of the opposites that create the attraction - the harmony of opposites?