Webify Me

So apparently this is how my internet look like, each items has its own meaning:

1.Disguise- Who are you? A mystery, an enigma, a chameleon that no one really knows. You know what you need to keep private, and what to show the outside world. Your identity is yours alone — wear them proudly, anonymous.= Yeap, I know what i need to keep private :P!

2. Puppet- Everything's better with a monkey in it. Monkeys are fun, smart, and optimistic. You got this crafty monkey because it reflects your own delightful optimism and playfulness. Or maybe you like bananas?= I am a bit playful and yeahh i like bananas they're healthy anyway:D.

3. Paint box- A symbol of risk and reward! You're no stranger to chance, to taking a walk on the 20-sided dark side. In the game of life, you're +10 Geekiness.= hmmm 50/50...

4. Tissues- An ounce of prevention carried in your pocket can be quite handy. You're prepared for those pesky little ailments that can crop up unexpectedly, and have the resources to deal with them. Gesundheit!= True!

5.Omamori-Fortune is yours, with this Omamori. You know that the best luck is the luck you carry with you, and having a guide sure can help.= hmm.. am i really that lucky?.. well counting all the blessings I have,.yeahh I'm lucky, but does it mean i have a luck?.. (blur).

6. Bussiness card- The mark of the professional — you've defined yourself in the business world, and earned a fancy title for your efforts.= hmmmm...

7. Shell- You like to set a course for adventure, your mind on a new experience. Your treasured memories are your reward. Therefore you richly deserve The Nautilus!= Totally Agree!

8. Makeup- 'Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart' said the poet Kahlil Gibran. But he never had to deal with high definition video. You are The Illusionist — master of your own appearance, poet of the eyeliner pen. = True!

9.Crayons- The symbol of unpretentious creativity and art. You are almost certainly imbued with a child-like curiosity and an unfettered imagination, enjoy self expression and bright colors. You are child-like, or may actually be a child.= Yes that's me!

10. Statue of liberty- Quick: look out your window. Any purple mountains' majesty? Amber waves of grain? We wouldn't be surprised, because you're in the U-S-A! = uh=oh.. wrong. I'm not livin' in the USA.

11. Noisemaker - PARTY! You got The Noisemaker! You make life a constant party that rocks the house and wakes up the neighbors — then invites them over. Everybody's having fun when you're around.= Yes i like party, but not really sure if i'm really a noisemaker?...

12. Carabiner- You have drawn the Mark of the Connection; Active, strong and reliable — that's you. People count on you to keep grounded at all times, even up in the air.= agree!

13. Pin- The Friendship Pin — an unbreakable bond between you and your BFF. It shows you are loyal, willing to wear your love on your sleeve (or sneaker).= so agree!

14. Dice- Ah, fickle chance. Who knows what a roll of the dice will bring. You live for the unknown — you look fortune straight in the eye and play the numbers she gives you.= hmmmm.....

15.Bandage- The adhesive bandage — mark of The Healer. You seek the perfection of the human form, or at least one less headache. =not really...

16. Key- Oh Master of the Keys, only you have the password to the deepest dungeons of my online existence. Let's keep it that way.= haha, i guess i have to agree with this one.

17. Origami- This is a symbol of a symbol, which makes it extra relevant to you. You look at this folded paper and see a crane — you know the power of imagination.= Yes that's me!

18. Swords- Party time? Excellent! You are the breeze that blows through a summer evening with friends new and old. The Cocktail Swordsman — or woman — knows how to parry with these weapons of social mirth.= :D

19. Buddha statue- Infinite kindness and fortune, they smile upon you. You're searches lead you to answers, and you're feeling lucky.=agreed!

20. Eyedrop- This vessel of curative liquid is your symbol, o power user! You are clear of vision, attack a problem at its source, and at the ready. You probably spend a lot of time staring at a screen, too. =hahaha, i have to say yes to this one as well:D

Not really 100% me though...:D but i like how they are put into pictures(^^)

The Northwestern Coastline

"This is our playground. we love to play here. We see the sea, we see the sun, we feel the ocean breeze. We like it very much!" They said.

The somersault moment-"We are free to do anything we like; we jump, we shout and do somersault,it is fun"

1800hrs -Now I could hear not only the sound of the crashing waves; i heard laughter and excited voices in the air.

Follow Me - "come and lets play with the waves!"

Thursday- I went to seaside again and took some photos of ordinary things. Somehow, It turned out that the ordinary things that i photographed look beautiful in their own way. I remember mum asked me 'why do you insist to go alone and do things (photo-shooting) all by yourself?" My answer?..."I just don't wanna missed a thing".. 

I realised that while there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell me nothing more than what I see with my own eyes, there is another in which it proves to me how little our eyes permit us to see.

The world is never just black and white, right or wrong, one way or another. Try and see things from as many points of view as possible.

 

Direction

The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true....

Live Your Life to the Fullest

“There are some mornings when I cry and cry and mourn for myself. Some mornings, I’m so angry and bitter. But it doesn’t last too long. Then I get up and say, ‘I want to live.’

“I’ve learned that well… Life isn’t all it’s cut out to be. It has it’s ups and it’s down. But, you have to embrace those ups and downs and learn from them. You can’t just sit back and mope and make people have pity for you. You have to put those things that are hurting you aside and live. You only get one life, and that one life isn’t that long. You have to do everything that comes your way. Yeah, you might get embarrassed, but in a month…no one will remember. You have to do what you feel is right. You can’t worry about other people. Just live life how you would want to live it. Don’t follow examples, make them. Let people follow in your footsteps. Sometimes, you just have to dance around your room and look like a fool. Other times, you just have to sing as loud as you can, even if you do sound bad. You haven’t lived until you’ve danced around in your underwear. And most of all…You need to laugh. Never go a day without laughing, or at least smiling. It doesn’t matter if you have had the worst day, If you just laugh, everything will be ok. For the most part, just be you. Don’t listen to others. They are going to make fun of you. They are going to tell you that you are stupid. But that is their opinion. It only becomes true when you start to believe it."

Be Happy

Simple Pleasure

So we were originally with a 'mission' to do a horse riding by the beach, but we were turned down when the riding couldn't be done due to some inevitable reasons. We ended up at the beach doing some crazy sunset photo shooting instead. The sunset wasn't that really nice; cloud covers seemed to be like everywhere, and we could only see the hue of the sunset which was nice. So no horse riding for that day, but we had fun with our 'simple pleasures'..

The Seventh Day of August

It was just another hot ordinary Sunday afternoon when i realized that I was in the seventh day of August.

24 Hours To Live_Maliau Basin

A friend of mine asked me a question "what will you do if you have another 24 hours to live?" That question made me think for a while.. I guess i didn't provide a good answer to this question since there will be so much things I will want to make sure that I do before my time is up. I think , it's human natural tendency to take things for granted and by the time when they realized everything, it'll be too late. 

So here's the video my friend made which she recorded during our stay in Maliau Basin. Thanks Joannie for making the stay in MB extra memorable with this video- Your question had really made me think!:)

Lil Michelle

"Mommy, lets go to the beach and play the waves, please?..."and she had her wish fulfilled when her mum took her to the beach that evening. I took this shot while she was standing still, waiting patiently for the waves to come. She jumped with joy as the waves started caressing her little feet.

Cute Story

There was a girl who was playing in the park when she saw a picture in the bush. Since that day, she kept it, find it, but seen noting until she get married. His husband asked who is the little boy in her wallet. The girl answered: "My first Love". Then the husband smiled and said "I lost this picture when I was 9 years old".

Self Affirmation

I must learn to love the fool in me the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries.

Just Another Thought

So it's July. Another 21 days and we are bound for August. I never thought that it's half a year now since I celebrated 2011, feels like I just celebrated it yesterday and that I was a year younger like just yesterday. Oh well, time flies very fast indeed. And I'm wondering what I have achieved in my life so far? Well does it matter anyway? Perhaps it does, to those really take life seriously. I am taking my life seriously but not up to the point that I don't enjoy my life and that everything is taken seriously, oh no, that's just not like me.

I have gone through ups and downs and my bittersweet memories collection have grown bigger. I fail and fall through out my life, I guess we all have been falling since our first attempt to stand up and to walk when we were babies. We cried, we may as well felt the pain it caused, did we stop trying? Nope, we stand up and continue to try walking until we succeed. It's true, that it's really hard to keep our head straight whenever we are in the darkest moment of our life- I went through that before, well I presumed everyone has gone through it before.

I believe everything that happened in our life happened for a reason. And I believe it's for a good reason. The ups and downs I had encountered in my life have strengthen me and I learnt a different approach to deal with emotions and troubles-perhaps I have reached the level of maturity in life as an adult?? I don't know, maybe.. 

And time certainly reminds me how precious life is and how I should really appreciate it. And so today, I thought, before I complaint about food, life, job,etc I will remind myself on those who don't have anything to eat at all, those who died early, those who are unemployed and wish had my job. And when depressing thoughts seem to get me down, I will remember to put a smile on my face and remind myself that I'm still alive and still around.

Life is beautiful, life is colorful, life is like a roller coaster, define anything about life as you like, I define mine as a Gift from the One who created it.

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be

Smile

"Smile. This is not a drill. Please fasten your safety belts and restore your trays to their full upright and locked position. Dig into thoughts and memories until you've found power; that inner strength and the will to go on. Find the lingering smell that makes you think of that time... Look for the color that sparks the memory about... Show the world the person that can smile no matter what. Please keep all body parts away from the closing doors and prepare for take off. You know that in all darkness you will find a matching light. Conquer the fear of heights, spiders and ghosts. Take a shot of courage and march on through fire. Accomplish what you know you can do. It only takes a fraction of happiness and a moment of your time. Stride short and sweet with power in your footsteps. March to your own beat and rhythm. Excite the flip flops beneath you and fly on Hermes wings. Your time to shine is now, and aim that light at shadows below you. Light will stream out from you and catch others who will reflect it back. Your smile becomes there smile and show you every bit of comfortable strength it has to offer. Accept the offerings and be glad in this. This is a smile creeping across your face, and this is not a recording. Just don't forget to smile. You, this world and everyone in it is ALWAYS more beautiful when you smile." ~The Inspirational Tree

Dream

Let me fall asleep peacefully
into a deep sleep onto my pillow
of wishful blues

let the angels take me away on a journey
let me live
and be free
with heavenly wings that are spread out
in WORDS.....in SPIRIT.....
in ME just dreaming away.....

Beautiful You

I came across beautiful words about beautiful people on how they were made beautiful through hardship that happened in their life. A fact that is so true yet not many of us truly realized it for we are too consumed and occupied with our sufferings. I believe that everything in our life happens for a reasons and eventually make us one of those 'beautiful' people..

Dreamer's Waltz

One of my favorite piano piece by David Nevue

Day and night painted in beige and black
Celestial presence fills the bareness within
  Expressionism swirling within my heart
My spirits fluttering with howling winds
Reality obscured, in my abstract thoughts.....

Fly me Away

I've always been dreaming that I'm flying (without wings). Well What could it mean? Freedom? Accomplishment of something? or merely just a dream? Whatever it is, I decided to paint it (digitally).

Fly me away through these dead broken trees,
Take me up high and over the stormy seas;
Fly me so far, far away from here,
To land where babes do not know fear;
Oh, I want to go where the sun shines so bright,
Where rays of pure happiness light up the dark night;
Golden trumpets play as the glorious angels sweetly sing,
And brilliant pearly gates swing open, as I bow to my King;
Fly me away to this heavenly perfect place,
Where I can bask in my Lord's most awesome grace. 

~Randi Bard~

Synonym

My life is full with ups and downs,but I realized that, it is what adds up the spice of my life:)

Better Today

I'm feeling much better today!

You See It All In My Smile
You Hear It All In My Laugh
The Way I Walk
You Hear Me Talkin,
No, I'm No Longer Sad
I've Got More Reason To Smile
More Now Than I've Ever Had
Open My Eyes And Realized
That Nothing's Quite That Bad

I've Got A Different Approach
Of Dealin With Emotion
Keeping Control Of My Boat
While Drifting On This Ocean
Keeping My Head To The Sky
Keeping Tears Outta My Eye

Girl, This Happiness Be The Reason
That I Just Haven't Cried

And Life's Too Short
To Dwell On All That's Wrong
Stand Up Now
Stand Up Now,
And I Promise Not Before Long
Cuz You'll Be Feeling Better Today
Much Better Today,
Much Better Today
So Much Better
Feelin Better Today...

Borneo Carnivore Symposium 2011 (BCS2011)

I guess I was very lucky to have the opportunity to attend the 1st Borneo Carnivore Symposium. The symposium is a collaboration between the Leibniz Institute for Zoo & Wildlife Research (IZW) in Germany and of course the Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD). This is the first symposium (on wildlife) being conducted in Sabah with the theme "Road Towards Conservation Action Plans". 

My BCS teatime was used to 'photographing' ;)

I must say that I am grateful to be able to meet some of the well known scientists and researchers on conservation that come from different part of the world. The symposium is divided in to 2 main parts ; Part I and Part II. One of the goal is to define potential conservation areas and to develop immediate strategies on long term conservation of the carnivore species in Borneo.
I am more than glad to be involved as one of the many participants in this symposium,even though I know nothing much about conservation( my actual field background is Environmental Engineering), but it has pretty much gives me the idea of what is actually going on with the wildlife and the status of the forests not only in Sabah but the whole island of Borneo.

Sundaland Clouded Leopard- it does look like one of my cats back at home:)

I am impressed on how the speaker could talk continuously without having to pause or think what to say or answer as if everything is already written in their mind (they are the experts anyway, of course they can speak very well). Should I be given a chance to study one of the carnivores in Borneo I would pick the wild cats specifically the Sundaland Clouded Leopard as my choice. Why? It's just probably because I like cats, and yes I do have many of 'em ( by this I am meaning to say the domestic cats not the wild one!). 
If it's not the wild cats, then perhaps it will be the otters specifically the small clawed Asian Otter. Why? Because they look like cats???.. LOL. Anyway they are cute and cuddly but be bear in mind that these animal are actually carnivores that could ripped out your hand once you touch them (well okay, on second thought, they are cute but they are not cuddly).

The Small Clawed Asian Otter (I have actually met the owner of this picture who is also a specialist in otter)-I heart this picture because the otters look like (again) one of my cats:)

I am supposed to join the rest of the participants and speakers for an evening party at Mamutik Island today before they continue the symposium at Rasa Ria on Thursday. But due to my not-so-very good- health condition, I just had to cancelled my participation of the party. The closing ceremony will be held at Rasa Ria Resort. 
What I have to say about this symposium is, I think it's an eye-opener and a good exposure as well as experiences for those who knows nothing much about the carnivores, and perhaps conservation (obviously like me)and a good effort to make the conservation action plans a reality!