Wednesday, 7 December 2011

A trip to the Sungai Buloh nurseries ^^

Honestly, I never thought this place existed. Buried somewhere in the back roads of Sungai Buloh is a long street full of living colors! My camera was in love.. ^^

Bougainvilleas! I've been searching for this exact color.. ^^

Orchid terracotta pots.. so cute! ^^

My mother's favorite, yellow daisies. Fashionably messy..

Not sure what these are, but pretty..

These flowers remind me of China. I've never been there, but... yeah. 


So many varieties of Hibiscus these days.. can you call this one a national flower?

These remind me of my late Opah, for some weird reason..


Might be good for ant-control around the house..

Lilies (?) originally white with yellow centers.. very pretty flowers.

Tiger orchids! I wanted one, but orchids are expensive, and fickle..

Who is that in the background? XD

My 'kampung' flowers. The white version of this one grows all over my grandma's house..

Actually, it wasn't because I loved gardening that I took to the nurseries. I love plants, yes, but gardening meant pruning and trimming and all that controlling stuff. I like my plants awry and wild, thank you very much; let them stretch their limbs ~branches, creepers, whatever~ wherever they please! Honestly, the way my dad was wielding the garden at home, I was afraid of getting any sort of plant at all for fear they would be confined to such limited existence...

My sole reason for the trip was actually, photography. I've been learning a bit, and I thought I should apply it  using whatever mediocre means I have on hand (that would be my Canon EOS 500D with standard 18-55mm lens, folks). Don't get me wrong, I love my camera. I was just trying out my skills, if I have any.

They say if you've got talent, equipments won't matter... What do you think?
  

Friday, 23 September 2011

Unique vs. Dysfunctional..


..dan aku selalu sangka yang aku the former.

Bila kita kecik dan berdepan dengan hidup yang tak berapa mahu nak serupa dengan orang lain, kita akan cepat-cepat pretend macam kita memang nak hidup kita camtu. Kita perdaya kawan-kawan, kita berlakon sakan. Boleh main ramai-ramai tiap-tiap petang, tapi jangan bawak member balik rumah, takut-takut nanti dia tak mahu lagi berkawan dengan kita..

Kamu pernah rasa risau camtu? Orang selalu kata, life is what you make of it as long as you’re happy. Kut tak happy pun, convince yourself that you are..

Bila kita kecik, unik ialah satu perkataan yang sangat berguna. Bukan saja untuk tutup aib kita sebagai manusia yang sebenarnya susah nak berfungsi dalam komuniti, tapi juga sebagai penyedap hati yang mungkin dah berkira-kira nak label diri sendiri tak betul atau menyimpang dari adat. As long as kita unik, tak ada siapa yang boleh kata apa-apa. Kita lain dari yang lain, and that’s always a good thing, right?

RIGHT!! Cumanya..

Bila dah besar, kita akan cari makna sebenar hidup, dan untuk mencari makna itu kita akan selalu memandang ke belakang.

Unik hanyalah satu perkataan; satu tirai tipuhelah yang cuba menggambarkan secara positif apa yang kita tak faham, atau tak mampu nak jelaskan. Kalau aku mahu jujur dengan diri, unik hanyalah alasan untuk membenarkan zaman kanak-kanak yang tunggang-langgang; mengakuri perlakuan kasar dan kata-kata kesat orang lain; sebagai pengubat parut-luka bila berkelahi dengan psyche sendiri..

‘Keunikan’ aku memang tak boleh nak diubah. It’s done and over with. Aku bersyukur yang disebalik tirai itu aku masih lagi mampu dewasa menjadi manusia yang berguna. Mampu berterima kasih, dan mampu juga memaafkan.


Tapi aku dah serik dengan unik ini. That curtain is coming down.



ps: if you choose to click the link (the word 'curtain'), I'm apparently a hero..

Wednesday, 3 August 2011



Balik dari solat subuh di Masjid, mak kata:

"Ni kamu dengan Pura dah kerja ni, mama nak mintak kamu handle bil-bil rumah."

Yang tak terkeluar dari mulut:

"Nak kitaorang bayar sewa bilik sekali ke? I mean, you know.. cuz that would be like, the ONLY thing left we haven't contributed to."



For those of you guys renting your own place, living out of your own pockets and missing home? I ENVY YOU~

At least you've got someplace where you can still go back to being the child, ya know?
(-_____-)v