Happy Chinese New Year!

Happy Chinese New Year!

(HAIKU)

Welcome to Dragon Year!

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declutter the home

sweeping out all the bad luck

bringing in good luck!

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clear precious excess

reluctantly, with heartaches

cos, all are ‘ treasures’

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here comes a new year

a dragon that loves a pearl

ushering new luck!

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festivities bids

oranges are aplenty

the name, ‘kum’ means gold!

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new clothes are a must

with new panties, new toothbrush!

sister reminds me!

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children are happy

with ang pows and fireworks!

mums busy cooking!

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Chinese New Year’s here!

have you seen all the places?

beautifully lit!

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Chinese New Year’s Eve reunion dinner

Chinese New Year’s Eve reunion dinner

Dinner

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Chinese New Year’s Eve

for family reunion

at dining table

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for longevity

of the elderly persons

presence is vital

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granny grandpa eat

papa mama uncle eat

big bro big sis eat

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it’s a tradition

sounds silly as it may be

but dying culture?

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Cooking is all about people. Food is maybe the only universal thing that really has the power to bring everyone together. No matter what culture, everywhere around the world, people get together to eat.

Guy Fieri

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A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.

Marcus Garvey

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Absorbed into nature…

Absorbed into nature…

Take a rest
Skywalk…to view the surrounding

Take a walk into nature

breathing nature

feeling nature

emerge into nature…

refreshed!

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Love All, Trust A Few

Love All, Trust A Few

woman in brown coat sitting on chair
Love all, Trust a few, do wrong to none (Photo by Ron Lach on Pexels.com)

I like this Shakespeare quote. It reflects my attitude towards life in general. Love reflects compassion, kindness and generosity. In the modern world, trust a few is being wise. – Toh HL

LOVE ALL, TRUST A FEW, DO WRONG TO NONE –William Shakespeare 

Behind ignorant masks

Behind ignorant masks

Do you understand?

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So many unanswered questions

yet no one breathed a word during the session

we looked at each other but dared not ask

with intelligent looks behind ignorant masks

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One who never asks either knows everything or nothing. Marcolm Forbes

Pluck it from the sky!

Pluck it from the sky!

Sunset at the β€œEdge of Solomon” Riyadh. Courtesy of former student Dang P. S.

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glorious reddish pearl

let me pluck it from the sky

tis pretty sunset

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Phone: A part of one ‘s attire?

Phone: A part of one ‘s attire?

Phone, a part of us? (Photo by Anthony Shkraba on Pexels.com)

“I’ve been calling you all morning! Why didn’t you pick up your phone? I had to call Danny to talk to you!”

“I was in the kitchen all morning. The phone was in my room! It is my ‘no phone time’!

Is a phone part of our attire?

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Quote:-

I finally realized that people are prisoners of their phones… that’s why it’s called a “cell” phone. – Anonymous

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Of books and a phone

Of books and a phone

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β€œI kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.”

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Nowadays, many read from phones and jot down notes into the phone, too!

I do, do you?

πŸ“– andπŸ“±

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And a bicycle built for two….

And a bicycle built for two….

Bicycle design at bus stop

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In a stop for bus

not a seat for weary butts

is it a bicycle built for two

nary pedals for my shoes

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artistic display

useful design conveyed

a creative weld

steel-work modelled

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