Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Rainy day blues



There are only two types of weather here, heaps of sunshine and rainy days. I woke up this morning and was greeted by dark skies and heavy rain. The pictures below are not taken on a busy motorway but on a normal quiet housing area. Usual traffic turns chaotic once it rains. Reason - most parents use cars to send their children to school instead of the usual choice of motorbikes. Roads are clogged and cars are reduced to a slow pace. Tempers flared and coupled with the lack of courtesy spells a very chaotic morning ...





A penchant for prawns (prawning)



2011


The Department of Wildlife caught a huge 3 metres long estuarine crocodile on the bank of this river but that did not stop locals from going for more prawns. More sightings were reported over the week. All that the anglers or fishermen could do is to be extra careful and open their eyes not just for the ten legged creatures but also for the four legged ones ...

Sungai (River) Belat


Sungai Soi







2010

Sungai BelatSungai Soi
(My fishing buddy)
Upper reaches of River Soi
Upper reaches of River Soi Sungai SoiSungai Belat


Thursday, January 6, 2011

Life


Came across this particular piece somewhere yesterday, something about life. Interesting ... I'm half way thru it.


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