Swimming...

I love swimming. From the early age of 6 years old I would join friends to go and swim at the beaches at Beserah, Tanjung Api and Teluk Cempedak in Kuantan. Born in Kuantan a small east coast town the sea was always not that far away thus it was natural for us kids to learn and enjoy swimming at an early age. We would hike from the Kuantan town all the way to the beach at Tanjung Api or Teluk Cempedak to swim whenever we like. In the forties and fifties there was no road or proper transport to get to the beach. One had to walk or cycle just to get there. But then it was not a problem, we just hike, camp on the beach and go swimming. It was fun and we kids always enjoyed it. Now in my golden age I would just walk along the beach whenever I am at Kuantan. Most of my swimming is now done at the swimming pool. Our youngest kids bought a condo nearby and it has a huge swimming pool. So from time to time I would just go there and did my swimming or just sit around the swimming pool to chat with strangers or friends who happened to be there. Above is an image of me just before dipping into that gorgeous swimming pool. Swimming always refreshes me. 

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Respecting the Plants...

We all need energy to survive on planet earth and that energy come from the Sun. The only specie that could convert the sun's energy into foods is the Plant. Without the plants all other species could not survived on this planet. And of course the oxygen that is vital to our survival. Our specie now takes all kind of meat other that vegetable to get the sun's energy. By taking meat mean that we get the energy from a second-hand source. Remember the animals first have to eat the plant in order to get the energy from sun. It is ridiculous for our specie to go to the third party to get our energy when we could easily get it from the second party; the plants. We can get all the nutrition we need to live a healthy life if we just consume vegetable. I am trying to do just that slowly, one step a time. Now we consume less meat. We now take mostly white meats and vegetable and hope in due course we could do away with meat all together. So folks do give due respect to the plant that give so much to enable all to live a beautiful life on this planet.

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Of the flow of water...

About is my creation. It is sort of a fountain where water flows continuously from the top Ceramic Pot to the bigger Pot at the bottom. I have been toying of how best I could create a fountain that is different from the one I had in my little garden. With the Water pump, I got it done after a few experiments to the right size of the pot and it height relative to the pot at the bottom. I believe I got it right this time, thus you see the water flowing down along the sides of the top pot. The water flows continuously without making any sound like that often happens when water drops in a traditional fountain. It is so silence and it create a soft touch to my garden. Indeed the mystic of water to our lives. Have a nice day.