the Queen Bee has landed in Sarajevo

forbidden no more . beijing olympics 2008.8

moscow meow . 2008.8

tibet . 2008.10

hello joni . hello pattaya again . 2008.12

hello phuket . wedding bells again . 2008.12

hello joni again . 2008.12

buongiorno roma . 2009.8

hello sarajevo . hello guava . 2009.12

I am the queen again!

today marks the end of an era.
tonight I shall rest. perhaps a vision will come to me.
tomorrow I shall once again.. be vision queen.

new house, new life

not as I planned it

my first attic

on a little lane along taiyuan lu .. must be an inspiring space .. waking up to live music in the morning .. am I still dreaming ..

18 weeks

and two days.. and still counting.

I miss it.

After a meal.

Over a drink.

When I'm taking a break.

When I've completed a task.

When I feel like it.

Like now.

bath time!

once a year, babies, just once a year! and see how clean you smell now, little rosemary mints!

父亲节快乐!

Happy Dada-day!

( 张家的帅哥)

Cocoa Island

A new red-eye flight on route to Johannesburg takes us to Male. The small airport is not as rugged as I remember from 1989, but it is still simple and orgainized. A smart-looking young man called Toby greets us and walks with us to the 4-crew boat which was to take us 45min southwards on the Indian Ocean to our island home for the next 6 days. Toby says the island was hit by a ferocious storm in the previous night and according to our travelling companions, the forecast was for thunderstorms all week. But within 30min on the ocean, my anxiety was dispelled by a good omen. A spirited spinner dolphin (whom I'd like to believe is an old friend) greets us from a distance, making a small display of acrobats in the sunrise. From that moment on, I knew I was home again.

finally arriving at Cocoa Island

morning call by the resident crow

breakfast!

welcome to our "backyard"

our home for six days

bring your own trumpet!

our coast guards were baby black-tipped reef sharks

second floor view of the front of our dhoni #822

happy feet at the deck

let's romp around

our resident trumpet fish

sturdy sandcastle still standing after a stormy night

snapped by triggerfish!

me, myself & I

here's a happy heron

pool view or ocean view for you, madam?

our travelling companions, sok & sam (plus-one)

when the temperature cools down

drink at dusk, at the bar

I wish, I wish, I wish ...

Gone Fishing

Cocoa Island, Maldives May 5 ~ 9

internal mew-nologue

hmm.. looks like the little one is awake..

lemme check if his bum-bum is clean

yes, sweet-pea, it's just me..

sigh.. boys.. can't live with them

..can't live without them!

my all-time fave channel

national geographic

fall in love with me...

soft as morning dew

gentle as ocean breeze

and just when you think it's safe..

gotcha!

how much are the kitties in the window?

rmb4,500 each for these little darlings... got 2 new toilets instead, for my two little darlings

one month later

now I am ready to start not-smoking-for-one-year!

beezeero-1 here I come!

the muse A.K.A. soul mate

There were nine immortals
Once in the land of Zeus
Each one of these lasses
Each one a spellbinding muse

From old Greek mythology
To ancient French and Latin
A muse breathing poetry
Can forever haunt your dreams

In this urban reality
Two kindred spirits entangle
Drawn by deepest affinity
If you believe it's possible

In a land of mediocrity
A mortal finds inspiration
When music meets poetry
This muse is my redemption

Look Ma! I can FETCH too!

Excuse me, are you a Jack Russell?

3 weeks later

attended the h&m kylie-glam party at the science & tech museum on wed.. "she looks good for her age" (1968 means she's 39y/o) .. god forbids that I ever get decribed like that..

..3 weeks later, I didn't even realize I was at a non-smoking venue!

80

30 packets of instant noodles.. 30 double-a's batteries.. 30 half-straws from jz.. 30 triple-a's batteries.. 30 packets of asian gourmet seasoning.. 30 packets of rolling paper
and tadah! one sony cybershot h5
happy 80th birthday for someone who was born 50!

seven

ok, so by now all the nicotine by-products are outa my system and the tap water in Shanghai does taste funky.. and in the next couple of weeks my blood pressure will go back to normal, which for me, probably means it'll be a bit low.. and my immune system will show signs of recovery ... ahhh... immunity.... will I become immune to incurable diseases like numbskullesion and dimwitology.. which leads me to quote this last line in the Children & Passive Smoking section of a certain .au.org site

"A child who eats a cigarette or cigarette butt can become very sick."

i don't even know how to respond to this..