A Perfect Combination

An evening tea time with a cup of eight treasures tea and some baklava; perfect combination! This combines two 'elements' from two different countries which are China and Syria. Thanks to a friend for the sweet baklava!

Charms in the Sky

Flying high in the air once in a while makes me wonder about the creations; very unique creations that humans couldn't afford to make it. I'm very grateful for given chances to see amazing things from the high sky like huge and long rivers, greenish mountains and forests, beautiful ocean and sky, warm and vast desert, and also the mini looking of buildings. In fact, it is an unusual point of view rather than the three usual points of view which are you look at something horizontally straight with your eyes, something which is higher from your eyes' normal view, and something lower from your eyes' normal view. I said it is unusual because the view is from the very high point of view; not all people have ever experienced it. You might ask how about people look at the sky? The view is from the very low point of view; it should be unusual too. I say it is not an unusual point of view because everybody does it everyday, I believe all people have experienced it. It is a normal thing because we live on the ground, above us is the sky, it is impossible if everyday we look at the sky and everyday we amaze!

If you have a chance to experience this, don't miss it! it happens only 'once'; though it will happen again, it won't be exactly the same! Here I would like to share some photographs of the view in the sky from my camera, just ordinary views that attracted my eyes and my camera's eye.

In flight KU 551 from Kuwait to Damascus. The aircraft passed through a 'mystery' desert in Syria.

" Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books. "
- John Lubbock

In flight KU 415 from Kuwait to Kuala Lumpur.

In flight CZ 350 from Kuala Lumpur to Guangzhou. The aircraft was entering the clouds while the sun was setting. This really caught my eyes.

" It is He who made the earth a floor for you and the sky a canopy, and sends down rain from the sky for the growth of fruits for your sustenance. Therefore, do not knowingly set up rivals to Allah. "
(Al-Baqarah: verse 22)

In flight AK 5292 from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Bharu. It was a cloudy day.

" It’s better to look at the sky than live there. "
- Truman Capote (Breakfast at Tiffany's)

In flight MH 1397 from Kota Bharu to Kuala Lumpur. It can be seen green hills and forests in the mini view.

Conquering A Thatchy Hill

After months I recognized the hill, eventually the intent to see the seconds of the sun's rising is accomplished as my friends and me climbed the Broga Hill remarkably. What special about the hill is the panoramic view of the landscape from the peak. In fact, many photographers attracted to come here to see by themselves the incredible view particularly in the early morning during the rising of the sun.

Broga Hill, located in Selangor, offers a great landscape view.

It is the best to hike up during an early morning because mist rising from the ground from the warmth of the sun envelop the landscape in a carpet of white, providing a surreal atmosphere. You can reach the highest peak between 30 to 45 minutes; depend on how fit you are.

Three peaks in total, each one ascends above the other through a clear path fringed by the tall grass at each side.