Missing home

I made the decision to stay in Cambridge over Easter to study and I don't regret it. But I guess I miss Hong Kong a little.

Hong Kong is a beautiful place, and people often only see or imagine the skyscraper city part of it, but in reality there is much more to Hong Kong than the vibrant city life. There's this side too, the quieter natural beauty, away from the noise and lights of the big city:

These are some photos taken by my dad / myself along a biking trail:

Share some love, share some hair

This little 3 year old is amazing. Period.

Watch! It's only 2 minutes.

Suit, heels and the beach

Roses are red

Roses blooming late, but beautiful nonetheless.

 

 

 

University of Nottingham

The university is b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l. Hands down.

Pramuka Island

For our IB Group 4 Project Trip we went to Pramuka Island for 4 days, 3 nights. Really enjoyed renting bikes out to cycle around the island, grab a bag of iced coconut water, befriend the cute kittens... besides the research work we had to do, it was almost like a quiet little holiday by the ocean. :)

Dawn

What 5.30 am on Pramuka Island looks like. 

Dawn

By Mark R Slaughter

Dawn blushed – betrayed her waking sky
To gently break another morrow fine.
Night waned – the black receding – highland
Reaching for the early morning wine.

The chorus rendered frantic caws and
Chirps and other avian song,
Mapping out the 'mine and yours, ' and
Goading more to sing along!

Quiescent water – deep of lake –
Reflected out the hazy red, but
Through the glass, a flick, a break:
An urgent tail from hidden bed!

And in the meadow, waking faces
Calmly spread a coloured veil;
The dew disclosing spider laces –
Oft with once a fly’s travail!

Dawn blushed; revealed her inner peace;
She handed on another blissful day.
Night ebbed, relenting to release of
Warming blood that gives to her display.

Fall, leaves, fall

Fall, leaves, fall

BY EMILY BRONTË


Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away;

Lengthen night and shorten day;

Every leaf speaks bliss to me

Fluttering from the autumn tree.

I shall smile when wreaths of snow

Blossom where the rose should grow;

I shall sing when night’s decay

Ushers in a drearier day.

Bandung Tea Plantation

Just a short escape from the city during mid-terms. :)

Norway, Summer '11

throwback to Norway, 2 summers ago, a beautiful place I'm unlikely to forget :)