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Happy Children's Day.

Model : Unknown

Location : Seoul Forest, South Korea

Occasion : Children's day.

Im quite crazy now with my financial mathematics work.

Anyway..today  05052012 is Children's Day.

In Malaysia, Children's Day is a special occasion but no is not a public holiday. In Korea, if you have not known, is otherwise. Ahh but then again.. how many holidays you get in a year,in Korea?

Happy Children's Day!

Hope you have a wonderful time with you loved ones.

Cheers.

사량도 후기

I love the fact that each time i go somewhere do something alone i get to learn new things. I love even more the fact to learn things that we do not learn from school but only from experience. I used to think i am gifted in mathematics; but now im rather a thinker. Aaaah..life. Tomorrow i might be some famous mathematicians, you'll never know how life would turn out to be like. That's life. Full of UPs and DOWN. Life is unpredictable. Life contradicts too. Predictable life is an achievement from what we have imagined/predicted yesterday of which we are expecting it to happen, and most of the time it does. All depends on how much you believe in it and how far you willing to go for it.

In short, what i learned today from today's hiking (사량도):

1. Hiking in 사량도 is way difficult that what i expected. I wasnt prepare because i was expecting to be good. AS said, i was expecting myself to be good BUT i am not prepared. Yes, i have learned the fact that hiking at 사량도 was not easy yet i go ahead unprepared : sports shoes which lines already run out, no hats, no sticks.. 
2. Life, is comparable to hiking. For most of us, our destination are definite. In life, we all have the same destination. The only difference is that routes are drawn upon us, and it is up to us to choose the route way up the top. Don't blame God for what path we chose to walk on. Like hiking, we may choose either the easier or the harder route to hike the way up, or even create our own route. The process may differ but the destination is the same. The path we chosen is what defines who we are and that we are all difference because what we receives along the path are different. 
3. Climbing up the mountain is never easy, but the final destination is promising. In life, working your way to success is never easy, but the achievement is promising. In religious view, everybody wants to go to heaven. Too often, we give up and get diverted from the temptation of time that we forgot to work our deeds way up to heaven. Way up to heaven is never easy, but life after heaven is promising. All applies here. All we need is belief. Faith plays an important role in our life. Whether you choose to believe in God or not; too many people did not realize that they cannot live without having some belief to hold on to. 
4. To descend from the top is harder than climbing to the top; but once we fall, we fall REAL HARD. Always be alert and aware with your surroundings. 

That is by far what i can recall from what i thought along the way.

Cheers from now.

Im off to sleep now.

Long day since hiking.

Will upload magnificent ocean view of 사량도.

For now is just some pic that i managed to edit..


PS: most of my over-exposed. 등산하느라 정신이 없나봐~

view at 7am in the morning.

사량도 혼자 떠나는 여행 실시간 후기

난 사량도 잘 왔다. 기분 전환하고 불구하고 사량도에서 만난 어르신 분들 만나서 얘기도 나눠주시고 많은 것을 배울 수 있었습니다. 때로 혼자 떠나는 여행이라 동행이 없기 때문에 누구보다도 강해야 잘 해야된다고 생각했습니다. 날 봐줄 사람이 없고 오늘에 따라 알라만 믿고 올라 갔습니다. 올라가다가 미끄러워가지고 몇 번 넘어지답나다. 옆에 사람이 있으면 봐주시고 혼자 잇었을 땐 알라 날 살려 주셔서 항상 감사합나다. 이번 여행은 혼자서 반성하고 있고 내 미래에 대해 많이 생각하지 말라야겠다는 생각이 들었습니다. 등산처럼 미리 next step에 떨러질거라고 생각을 했으면 무조건 떨러지게 됩니다. 인생은 살아가고 싶다면 미래에 대해 두려움을 없애 버려야 합니다. 오늘은 사량도에 절벽route을 무사히 미쳤으니 참 뿌듯하고 감사합니다. 쓸 거 많은데..이거만 생각이 나서..암튼 사량도는 엄청 멋지다!

21st April :평택 국제대학교/ Pyeongtaek Kookjae College

Went for spring shooting yesterday since i was all-hyped about my possibility of 'last' spring in Korea.

Despite the rain, we headed down to Pyeongtaek together with my other 인사동 members. It took about an hour ride to Pyeongtaek from the place i live.

As expected, the view of cherry blossom/sakura is never disappointing. In fact, it was one of the most artistic, beautiful images of spring/sakura in my head. Maybe i never been to Jinhae (that's why) but anyway, the view of cherry blossom along the road to 국제대학교(Kookje College) was magnificent.  

Unfortunately...

I couldnt care less to adjust the settings of my camera because of the rain that i was too concerned about my camera getting wet/moisture, at the same time holding an umbrella and thus did not manage to capture the 'image' that captured my heart. What a shame. 

Sakura

Left out ones~

Bubble along the road.

동아리 오빠 여친~ helped to spread the bubble! Eek she so cute ~

Best shot from my camera. The scenery along the road to Kookje College.

Jump shot of one of the members.

Was fun shooting in the middle of the road. There were cars coming back and forth, we have to keep jumping in and out of the edge to get a good shoot. Definitely a good memory for me. 

Raining day 감성 사진 1

Raining day. 감성 사진 2

Part of the reason i did not took much photos was also because most of my time were occupied by trying to make water crown from the rain drop with the fallen sakura as background. I got the inspiration somewhere from a Korean blog i thought it was easy but is no. 결국은 실패했습니다. 

Sigh. This was what i had best.

Alas,

Myself with my rainbow umbrella.

Shot of me taking pictures from the back.

I love the feeling i had over there. Felt calm accompanied by the raindrops.

Wonder how it looks like during Autumn. Probably going back there in Autumn perhaps?

Oh ya, not to mention nearby this place have awesome Thai restaurants! Definitely going back to check out. 

Good day!

Magic Hour/매직 아워/노을

Was taught by my mentor that the word 'magic hour' refers to the period where translation of day and night takes place.

In photography, the golden hour (aka magic hour, esp in cinematography) is the first and last hour of sunlight during the day, when a specific photographic effect is achieved due to the quality of light. More info : wikipedia

Was in the midst of exam period, but couldnt get my head straight on. Fever came striking adding more stress to my head.. and then i walked out the room of my door and then i saw this red-light reflecting from the window of my dormitory.  That is when i decided to capture this beautiful moment. I guess that is why people name it 'Magic hour'. We have sunset everyday, but every sunset give a different feeling. Is truly magical about it.

Beautiful moments. An intermediary creation of 'between the Heavens and Earth' of God. 

I appreciate every God's creation and would like to capture more moments like this to share. IT gives us light of hope. The day decide to call it off accompanying with calling for Maghrib prayer, a reminder, regardless of your religion to take a break from what you are doing and take opportunity to appreciate the Almighty. For muslims, we pray. ^^

Just like the moment i decided to take a stroll at the rooftop of my dormitory which i hardly do. Everything about that moment is beautiful. I even forgotten the fact that i was sick neither do i care if i catch a cold later.

The sequence of day and night : tells us the true story of every single human on earth. On the day, it may be the kick start to work for some people while on the other hand it might be a time to surge into deep sleep after a long night after work. Everybody has a story to tell.

"--sura 7, verse 54:

"(God) covers the day with the night which is in haste to follow it . . ."

0318_HD 개그 콘서트 [용감한녀석들] 거짓말

My favourite EM show.

Central Highlands of Sri Lanka

The train journey (slow Diesel locomotive trains)

Central Highlands of Sri Lanka is one of the most soothing and beautiful highlands i ever visited (My top list is still Cameron Highlands, Malaysia <3). I love visiting highlands, in a way it gives you a calm and tranquility environment to get you away from the hustle-bustle of city life. I had this wonderful opportunity to visit Sri Lanka 2 years back (July, 2010), thanks to a good friend of mine, hailed from Sri Lanka and her wonderful parents who offered selflessly to host our journey. Went there with 7 of us, including my best friend, Sarah. 

Right one month from the date after our visit, Central Highlands of Sri Lanka was recognized as a new World Heritage Site in Sri Lanka (31st July, 2010). IT is also a site that is first recognized since 22 years, after Sinharaja Forest Reserve was enlisted in 1988. More info : wikipedia.org.

 PS : Coming World Heritage Comittee 2012, please do take consideration of Cameroon Highlands, Malaysia. :D

My first experience with the highlands begins with the journey from Colombo, a spectacular, unique, dramatic and old-fashioned locomotive train journey. The train passes through numerous unlit tunnels, charismatic green tea farms, cascading waterfall and rivers. (Picture above)

Enough said. I can't really recall the name of the places that i have been and i wished i have jotted down on a note or something. Maybe one day i'll return to Sri Lanka and visit the wonderful highlands again. 终生难忘。I really reckon those who plans to visit Colombo one day, this a a MUST-visit place. Spend 2 or 3 days. Really worth staying.

Enjoy pictures! :)

Cows <3

Me! :)

Seoul Zoo, Part 1

Directions : From INHA University First Dormitory, take bus 9200 and get down at 선바위 Station. From there, take subway line 4 to 서울대공원. Aprroximate time : 45minutes.

Had amazing weekend with lovelies.

Mid term is coming up the following week but i was too distressed over my casting and was too depressed to do anything. Needed a getaway but couldnt manage to go to Busan because Tracy have a own timetable. I didnt want to burden her although i am travelling on my own but yeah so i decided not to go.

Was about to plan my weekend alone-time week assignments and mid-term preparation and then 2 lovelies decided to go to Seoul Zoo with me! Believe it or not, it has been almost 4 years in Korea but i never been to the zoo! I love animals. I love zoo! BUT i never take effort to go visit my babies!! 

So i did all in one day. Of course with the company of 2 lovely people. 

Emotions almost all sorted out.

I am glad i make it today.

Had splendid moments even though we walked too much.

Cute without any effort.

Friend from Borneo/Malaysia--Orang Utan, is also known as the 2nd smartest creature after human.

Lovelies 1 : My baby sis from Mongolia. <3

Featuring Peacock in conjunction of Seoul Fashion Week Apr 3~7, 2012

Supermodel.

PS : I am not done with the pictures i just can't wait to share my happiness with animals and lovelies. 

Happy Weekend and happy Mid-term!

Cheers,

Bilqis