Solitude

A quiet afternoon in my little garden

Light reading, daydreaming & napping in between

A new day, a new beginning

With every new day comes a fresh new start, a new beginning.. and life goes on. In day to day living, choices have to be made and whether its the right or wrong choices, we have to live with the consequences and its simply not possible to totally avoid  making wrong choices. Anyway, I believe that for most of us, we learned to make good choices from the experiences of making bad ones. Let us not beat ourselves down when we messed up, but instead, learn from our mistakes and grow from there. Do not be afraid of making mistakes. Life can be filled with uncertainties but do not let this cause us to be fearful as fear keeps us from really living and thus robbing us of life's many blessings. As the saying goes "A life lived in fear is a life half lived."

Life can be fleeting

"THUD!" Did somebody just banged on our window? That couldn't be possible as we were on the second floor. Unperturbed, I just continued with my work as my startled colleague went to check. "Oh, its a bird!" she exclaimed as she pointed to some feathers on the tinted window. Upon further inspection she discovered a bird lying motionless in the playground below and informed us. That aroused my curiosity, so I peeked out the window and saw what seems like a heap of black feathers. "Its a crow," someone stated but I knew it wasn't one as I can recognize an Asian Koel when I see it. Quickly I went to its aid but upon reaching I was saddened to find that it had succumbed to its injury, instant death from  the forceful impact I assumed. It laid there with a broken neck.

Gently I picked up the lifeless body and took it to my backyard to give this beautiful creature a proper burial.

This is the second bird I had buried this year. Earlier this year, it was a male Olive-backed Sunbird (Nectarina jugularis I think). It flew straight into the ceiling fan and.... 

Life can be really fleeting.

Asian Koel (Eudynamys Scolopacea) 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Koel

http://www.oiseaux-birds.com/card-asian-koel.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DSJ5Y4Vrxk

25 sen loaf

I recently paid 25 sen for a loaf of bread. Yes, you read correctly, 25 sen.

Can you guess why it was that cheap?





No, its not expired.





Give up?





Okay, I will tell you why..





or even better,





let me show you why.






Scroll down a little to see..

Roti sudah penyet lor (The bread is already flatten).. LOL...
Its two inches thick only.