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Abandon Building- Nature win. Saturday, September 18, 20108:40 AM

I was extremely bored today. So I took a walk outside.

Came across this abandon 2 story building that looks like it was built half way. This is how it looks like 'indoors':

Rubbles+ Grass

it was abandon while it was still under construction.

Mother nature has a way of conquering human activities, no?

She planted a few trees in the building..

The vines fascinates me the most.

Not to mention the roots too..

Here's a hole I found on one of the ceilings.

Tree roots are seen growing out of that hole..

Another view of the hole on the ceiling.

These tree roots and vines reminds me of how amazingly strong and persistent nature is.

Nature never makes a sound, yet it has the ability to 'eat' you up =O

A fallen & decay plank.

A twine from the vine says 'I'll hold onto you forever and ever!'

Roots.

It's beautiful, the way they twine naturally.

Heads up! :)

I've been photographing plants and trees all this while when I realize it's getting pretty boring..

So I decided to look down and become like an ant.

I pay very close attention to the ground hoping to find something interesting and guess what?

It paid off! :D

I found:

A broken yellow toy.

The pretty swirl of a shell.

A coin-like thingy.

I turned it over and found out that it's not a coin, it just looked like one..

It's made out of plastic.

Some kind of button, perhaps?

Upside-down shell.

WB: Shade :)

I love the complimentary of colors here.

Red-brown leaf with a green background.

Oh, and,the rich texture of the leaf :)

And lastly, a furry root.

haha.

Before I head back home, I came across this dead bird..

I stumbled across it on my way to the building.. but I was still too much in shock to photograph it..

I only had the courage to photograph it on my way back..

poor birdie =(

Well, and that's the end of my abandon building adventure.

It was fun and interesting, if not scary.

But still, I'm glad I made that adventure =)

over & done with

In Aunty Penee's Garden Sunday, August 22, 20105:42 AM

I had a fun time running around in my neighbor's little garden a few days ago, snapping nature.

Feeling like Alice going into Wonderland?

The plants in her garden:

Roses?

Not too sure :X

Rose red.

There's even a banana tree in her garden :)

The yet ripe fruit.

A close up.

Oh, I adore the tiny drop of water peeking out.

Lovely green.

Another flower that caught my eye.

Looks like it was snowed on :)

A lantern flower?

Not sure, it's still pretty tho.

A Christmas-like tree.

Spicy chili! XD

Some natural wild fungi/mushroom on a bark of a tree.

In every garden, there's bound to have some insects:

A yellow dragonfly.

A bee like insect.

Oh hi, Mr. Dragonfly :)

And what's a garden without it's tools?

Red spade.

Green hose.

Turquoise garden scissor.

A little sunshine and fresh garden air did do me good :)

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A Day in Grandma's Life Monday, August 16, 20105:36 PM

Yay! I went back to Melaka last week to complete my final project.

Honestly, I wasn't very satisfied with the outcome, but I am still very happy because I get to spend a day with my grandma, which I would not normally do.

You see, I'm not very close with my grandma.. She lives in a small kampung and has a hard life. We don't have much in common except she and I share some same DNA.

A day spend with her seems to pass by very quickly. I never talk to her as much as I did that day.

My project begin by me taking a candid shot of her profile:

She was talking to my mother in this picture.

Then she told me she wanted to start cooking lunch early.

So to the kitchen we went.

I like this curl in my grandma's hair.

Still so black and curly.

She's peeling vegetables here.

My grandma's hands.

Old and worn out. But still working hard each day.

I am using a slow shutter speed to show motion in this picture.

She's chopping onions.

Then its down to business.

Cooking!

Here is the picture of her spatula.

I went outside and capture this picture of her.

Composition: Framing.

Finally, we sat down to have lunch.

Grandma and her chopstick :)

After lunch, she told me she was going to pluck rambutans.

But she's not going to sell them today, because all her rambutans are sold out.

She's just going to pluck it for the family to enjoy.

Her son (my uncle) and her walking to the rambutan trees.

She looks up as the rumbutans fall down one by one.

My uncle was cutting the fruits down.

Our harvest! :D

Red and yellow rambutans.

Effect: Zooming

She's peeling the rambutan skin off for her grandson.

My grandma lost her index finger while she was still a toddler.

I asked her how she lost her finger

She told me she was playing with a knife when she accidentally cut her finger.

The doctor had to amputate the tip of her finger because of infection.

Then, I took a tour around her old house..

She still has this old lamp hanging in her house :)

WB: Shade

You can see contrast her.

Her old fireplace and the modern kettle.

WB: Shade

My grandma used to have a lot of chickens.

These are the old chicken coup.

WB: Shade

The door of the kitchen outside.

WB: Shade

Her old faithful bicycle, which she still rides today.

WB: Shade

These are some pf the plants she planted.

WB: Shade

Then, grandma said she was going to her farm to take care of her vegetables.

Cutting up veggies for dinner.

WB: Shade

Working hard and fast.

WB: Shade

She wanted to plant some new veggies.

Her hands, again.

Working.

Shallow depth of field.

Can you see my grandma at the background?

The main subject of the day :)

Even though it was a tiring day. And I got a lot of mosquito bites. I still enjoyed following my grandma around, taking her pictures and documenting her life. Even if it was just for a day.

My grandma works very fast.

I can't believe she's already 70+ years old but she works like a 30 year old.

I love her.

Thank you ah ma, for a day spent with you! :)

over & done with