King Lear is the huge dog at my first host family's home...a lovable Mastiff who drools everywhere.King Lear is ruler of Britain. He is a patriarchal figure whose misjudgment of his daughters brings about his downfall. Shakespeare's masterwork...

but lets forget royalty and talk about this big puppy...

here he is lovingly mauling me...
see his paw size in relation to my hand?
and if you think he's big....see these pictures of other mastiffs...

http://www.brumax.com/neapolitan_mastiff_dog_2.htm www.purerock96.com/.../karen/mastiff.jpg

I'd like to have a Mastiff someday...here's how big he is...I've bent down to show you what's his size in relation to myself....


and here he is sleeping...but then again...maybe I should think twice...his fart is a killer....

King Lear

Sorry I missed blogging for abit...life has been hectic as I preparing to leave my work to my poor partner in crime genius in the making and take one month and twenty days off work...and fly away...among the destinations...Mexico(the jungles) San Diego(heard about the zoo since I was young) Seattle(paying respect to one of my great heroes Bruce Lee's grave) Yosmite National Park and Grand Canyon(Testimonial to God's greatness!)

The flight from K.L. to Newark(New York) took 22 hours and bypass Afghanistan. Here...there was great amount of sand and mountainscapes to be seen from the sky...and where man has began agriculture you see interesting cubic formations in otherwise formless sand.It made an interesting sight. I also kept peering out of the window for two other reason...

1) I wondered if there is a way to water and greenify the area...it'll make an awesome jungle if trees could grow...

2)Trying to see if I can spot Osama Bin Laden as the reward the US offered for him now stand at USD26million.


Stockholm, Sweden. Land that gave us IKEA.This is my third transit in Sweden without ever stepping foot out of the airport...but staring out of the window, sweden looks like a beautiful country with many greens, sparsely placed cottage style houses with much desirable landspace all around surrounded by many river estuaries which shimmered in the sun. I had a penpal in sweden when I was young...here name was terese blomquist...wondered where she is now...

By the time I reached my first destination New York...I was already feeling a little dizzy and having a slight temperature...for one used to running around crazy...flying and being confined to a chair and the length of the aisle in a metal tube for 22 hours is not easy at all.But the one thing I really really really love about about flying...is peering out of the window...and being in the presence of all the wonder and sights. Everything from the sky is so small...cars becomes dots moving slowly, humans barely visible. Sometimes you just feel how insignificant things sometimes really are...though without this broad sight...life sometimes seem overwhelming...

As we landed...things began to become bigger and those dots gradually had more detail...first a dot, then a sunglass, two flourecent batton ...and then a person doing traffic control at the airport...without him I wouldn't have been able to fly...it was then I realised again what I already knew...as small as we really are, we are part of the broad tapestry that is humanity...I marvelled how we are all part of a great design...knowing I am the one significant dot that makes the whole...made me smile.

This journey will really severe my bank account...goodbye savings...but it's all worth it... I love to travel...it's the one luxury I wish for all of us...to wander God's great Earth...being breathless in all it's awesomeness...and also being swept by how little wonders pepper our lives and make it all count....


as we were approaching the terminal building...a little bird landed on the wing of the massive wing of the plane, a sweet end to the sights and thoughts I had during my flight....it said to me wonderfully...

"...it was afterall...just a little bird that taught us how to fly..." =)

Just a little bird that taught us how to fly...

Take a look at this amazing picture of a public toilet in Switzerland.



This is how this innovative unusual Public Toilet looks like from the outside view. Just spend some more time scrolling down to see how it looks from inside..!!



Take a look at the inside view of the Swiss Public Toilet!! Woould you like to use it ??



Remember, this public toilet is made entirely from one-way glass. No one can see you in there, but when you are inside, it looks like you're sitting in a clear glass box.

But the real question here is, Would you use it ?????

Photos Of Public Toilet in Switzerland

Hey people, i have just uploaded Dayana Mendoza pictures when she crowned as Miss Universe 2008.

Just take a look at the beautiful pictures of Miss Venezuela below.

Dayana Mendoza Pictures

Miss Universe Pageant

Dayana Mendoza crowned as Miss Universe 2008

Miss Venezuela - Miss Universe 2008 - Dayana Mendoza

Photos Pictures of Dayana Mendoza

Dayana Mendoza Miss Universe 2008

Hello Friends and Art Lovers,

Recently, I discovered my art can do a little bit more than become a decorative piece at someone's collection or means of expression for me. I joined the Smile train (World's Leading Cleft Surgery Charity for Children) and they have graciously accepted my humble collection of paintings for sale/auction - proceeds will go to the children who deserve to smile.

I wish, I could appeal to Mr. Gates for some help but I am a limited man with little means! So I turn to my friends and MNCs with CSR programs - MAYBE YOU CAN HELP?

My paintings are not the reason but the excuse to help the deserving. Those of you who know me, by now know I always participate in small ways to help so please drop me a line and I'll put you in touch with Smile Train directly (that way you know I'm not stealing your gift to the children). We are what we make ourselves to be by our actions...or so I believe!

Paintings to bring smile to a Child's face

Panel painting - changes color and shows a different angle with change of light.

Upottaka - Valley

Hey guys, just take a look at these FOOTBALL FANS. These crazy footbal fans are from Euro 2008.

Just tell me if you see more crazy football fans than these ones.

Take a look !!

Crazy Female Football Fan

Crazy Football Fans

Football Fans from Turkey

Real Passionate Football Fan

Fans At A Football Game

Fans Enjoying and Watching (and having tummy) Football

Crazy Female Footbal Fans

Real Passionates !!

Really Crazy Football Fans - Euro 2008

Hey guys, take a look at these South African Safari Photos, where the African Lions goes bad.

South African Safari

African Safari Photo

African Safari Tour - Lion Photos

South African Lions - Safari Photos

South African Safari Photos

Photos Of South African Safari

Ifrane [Histoire.photos]

History Ifrane Ifrane means Tamazight (Berber) caves (singular: IFRI). Many in the region, the caves have forwarded their names to the region, better known as the Jews: Oufrane. The earliest traces of human settlement in the region date back to Neolithic times. Caves such as those Tizguite well as archaeological remains dating from prehistoric times to Zerouki, Ghabt Al Bahr and Itto testify. Subsequently, Ifrane region was inhabited first by the Berbers and the Jews, and has been for about three thousand years before Christ. It is claimed that it was the city's oldest Jewish settlement in Morocco. According to oral tradition, the Israelites left Palestine at the time of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon (160 km south of Baghdad) after the first destruction of the temple in 587 BC It passed through Egypt and the northern border of Sahara and reached the Atlantic coast of the Anti-Atlas in 361 BC and settled first in caves along Oued Ifrane, and this after they have purchased permission to settle the natives. Following an alliance with them they founded a kingdom whose king was "Ephrata" (from the tribe of Ephraim, one of the twelve tribes of Israel).

Gravestone with Hebrew inscriptions a Jewish cemetery dating back over 2000 years

The natural beauty and artistic of Ifrane

This kingdom was called "Little Jerusalem or the second" or - according to their belief - was dropped when they refused to answer the call of their prophet "AZAR" to join " Jerusalem ". The descendants of Ephraim lost then their sovereignty to the Berber Ifrane contains the oldest historical document north Africa: the tomb of a Jew named "Rabbi ben youssef Mimoun" who died in the year 5 BC It lies in the Jewish cemetery known as the "Lmiâra" (name given by the Moroccan Jews all their cemeteries will Ifrane is inhabited by a population later after two major tribes Sanhaja, and the Beni M'guild Blessed M'tir which flows to the north had been "arrested" in the fifteenth century by the belt of Casbahs founded by the Sultan Moulay Ismail, which had the effect of favoring the creation of core settlement of nomads and led to the establishment of settlements such as Azrou and Ain Leuh .. Much later, Ifrane be deserted for other northern cities of birth born of Moroccan kingdom of Morocco Moulay Driss by Premier, King founded the dynasty that bears his name () and Morocco. few centuries later, more exactly in 1928 and tribute to the distant past of the city, by order Vizierial (ministerial Morocco), the French protectorate authorities decided to create a center summering called Ifrane (caves in Tamazight). Two building projects station were proposed to summering Eirik Labonne, Secretary General of the Protectorate. The first was that of the present town of Ifrane and the latter opted for the city or Ksiba Mohamed Said. The location of Ifrane, topography and its privileged climate, determine the choice of the Moroccan government to build a resort in an area free of any construction. A portion of the workforce will consist of prisoners. On July 9, 1929 the first truck arrives materials. On August 15, 1929 saw the inauguration of hotels, casino, cottages and Centre summering and place of the lion. E. LABONNE. Ifrane turns into a Swiss-style resort that no one would believe cross by walking in the Berber regions of Morocco. Each of its villas brings with it features: roofs, red tile, some argue that certain assumptions, including those on their slopes. Indeed, these range from the obtuse angle at the acute angle through the right angle. These inclinations thus recall the evolution of the architecture of buildings in France from North to South, ie the Riviera to the Channel. The visitor can even notice the existence facades typically Normandy or Brittany or Alsace. By a sense of nostalgia, and wanted every French translate the user's home country and memorize the same time passing. A French who lived in Ifrane from 1936 to 1992 confided "about the changing urban fabric of this city, in fact, the makers of the time wanted to make this a city where the French do not feel at any time disoriented. " Ifrane is the center of summering Moroccan busiest. Ifrane province is located in the heart of the Middle Atlas with an area of 3573 km2. It is inhabited by two major tribes Sanhaja, the Blessed and Blessed M'guild M'tir. Mountain resort, this town became a mecca for winter sports. With its cottages with roofs covered with red tiles, it is located at 1650 m altitude. Its natural wealth has led officials in the region to create a national park of 53000 hectares. In this region we find the largest cedar forest in the country. His real name Ourti (Tamazigh garden), is the center of Ifrane Morocco summering busiest. The lakes are a must for fishing for trout and pike. It is also a pastoral region and has an experimental station for the study of animal behavior. Ifrane has one of the most prestigious universities in Morocco: Al Akhawayne University in Ifrane , where education is entirely Anglo-Saxon.

Homemade Anniversary Greeting For Parents

Jeram Perlus, Ulu Langat Area, 1 hour drive from K.L
This is Jeram Perlus...HOO-HAA...it is an awesome waterfall as you can see...use me at the right side middle part of the picture to gauge the size of the falls...but what I didn't like about this waterfall is the foliage around it...the folliage were more like weeds than beautiful native plants...and I am not sure but I think the water is also not pristine water as the algae growing were brownish while life and growth in the pool right beneath wasn't lush...as you swam around... it just didn't give you that sense of wow... breakfast and bonding...or friendly funny bitching....
As usual,the trail tracker team started out with a customary team breakfast and hello for the day...i was the joke of the day unfortunately...but hell, we all get our turns....just you wait dumb spider and kungfu panda!
The trail started on a farm where there was a pet porcupine...and being the crazed animal lover me and dennis was...we immediately jumped into its enclosure. I so wanted to pat the guy...and even took my bread for lunch out to attract him close to me but as hard as I tried...I didn't dare at the end...because i don't want to get bitten or worst become a prickly pear before the start of a trail...

So...with kungfu panda, his spanky new GPS(this is the second trip with the device,the first being banana falls) and off into the jungle we go...honestly, we were expecting a long 2 hour arduous trek for this one from prior research but hey we are suckers for pain...It wasn't really a hard trail...pretty clear path...slopes did make it a little bit of an uphill test of endurance but so far so good. We had to chop through and jump through some fallen trees but hey...that's the territory...

and then the little blood sucking slinkies leeches are of course expected in the jungle...one or two bites are not uncommon and I let them bite me usually too...come on, you're guess in their home...you should bring a courtesy fruit basket(in this case blood). So while the rest of the group pick off leeches I always allow the leeches free reign on my legs...but on this trip it got ridiculous...

very ridiculous...my feet looked like that of an abuse victim!!! suddenly...aurelius wearing leech socks wasn't sissie anymore...but on this trek even I felt I could use them...Everyone were bleeding, complaining and the leeches seemed to come from everywhere...and even got deep inside shoes and socks...it was crazy...our walks were punctuated with stops to remove leeches which seemed to come from no where...but were everywhere....

Getting to the waterfall though...we had a slight reprieve

but there was still the trip back out...which was just as arduous filled with leeches...but this time after an hour walk, it rained moderately heavy...and the steep slopes that were were ascending just now became very slippery slides that were not that easy to negotiate at all...we were skating our way out for almost a good one hour... before it rained ascending was not a problem but when it rained...this turned into quite a slippery slope to descent.
To everyone credit...though we were tired and uncomfortable...and everyone(me included) sweared at the leeches...and the hoo- haa at the end was reduced almost to a drab...hoo haa...everyone did have a look of content and smiles were still shared...smiles and lots of swearing at the leeches...

oh yeah...and on a count...I had about 60 leech bites on my legs...most of the others with shoes and leech socks averaged 20 to 30. Fortunately for me...I bleed but leech bites just dissapear after a day of two with almost no ill effect...unfortunate for some it brings on an allergic reaction with a swollen foot with oozing puss...

60 Leech Bites and Blood at Jeram Perlus