1 August 2008

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.

6 August 2007

new house, new life

not as I planned it

23 July 2007

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 ..

4 July 2007

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.

1 July 2007

bath time!

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

17 June 2007

父亲节快乐!

Happy Dada-day!
( 张家的帅哥)

12 May 2007

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 ...