Posted in Bon Appetit on May 31st, 2008
If you surf SOULed OUT’s website, it says the cafe was started in Sept 1996. Before it moved to its present premises in Desa Sri Hartamas in 1999, it operated in a shoplex within the Mont Kiara Condo. I recall that during those times, whenever we lunched there, you’d always meet Japanese and Korean […]
Posted in People on May 30th, 2008
Yesterday, nine of us drove to Desa Sri Hartamas for lunch at SOULed OUT. Not our usual place for lunch break; we’re treating colleague Ann Vong to a farewell do.
The ladies are smiling. What’s up?
Digging in. (R-L) Malini, Angela, Susan, Prema
You’ve met most of the ladies in my previous post. That’s […]
Posted in Happenings on May 26th, 2008
Don’t pray, pray…WeiTzee ‘directing’ photographer Chiang on the type of shots needed
There’s no blue here but it tells a story. A string quartet was engaged to entertain guests and graduands. Before the event got underway, spotted this cellist practising alone with his violoncello.
A tale of 2 beauties. Do you recognize the gorgeous-looking lady in […]
Posted in Happenings on May 25th, 2008
Every year, all staff in my organization are roped in to help in preparing the graduation ceremony. Work usually starts as early as in January or latest in February. Since the past few years, we have been ‘outfitted’ with a set of uniform. Last year, the theme was Green, Green Grass of Home. This […]
Posted in Fotoblog on May 25th, 2008
Was driving to the up-market suburb of Taman Tun Dr Ismail for breakfast and I was greeted by a beautiful sight of the morning sun, in all its fiery orange and red colours, rising up the horizon.
Photo taken with Lumix FZ20 under-exposed by 2/3 stop: ISO-100; F/4; 1/320 sec.
Posted in Fotoblog on May 21st, 2008
Taken on Wesak Day (19/5/08) at the entrance to the Maha Vihara Buddhist Temple in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur. The road leading to the temple was lined with stalls selling a myriad number of items, some of which has no relevance to this sacred day for Buddhists. Overall, the scene outside the temple took on a […]
Posted in Fotoblog on May 20th, 2008
With their shaven heads and being of similar height, these two novice monks from Thailand look like brothers. It’s difficult to tell them apart. They were helping to put the flowers into plastic bags to be distributed to devotees.
<Canon 350D: ISO-800; F/6.3; 1/50 sec>
Posted in Fotoblog on May 19th, 2008
The parents of these young girls are giving them a head start in learning about the Buddha’s enlightening teaching on compassion, kindness, sharing and giving. (You will recall seeing the pre-school kid in my previous post…remember ‘face to face with the Buddha’?)
Photo taken at the Wesak Day celebration held at the Thai Buddhist Chetawan Temple.
<Canon […]
Posted in Happenings, Fotoblog on May 19th, 2008
Happy is the birth of Buddhas.
Happy is the teaching of the Sublime Dhamma.
Happy is the unity of the Sangha.
Happy is the discipline of the united ones.
- Dhammapada v 194 -
Today is Wesak Day, which commemorates three important events in the life of Lord Sakyakmuni Buddha - His Birth, Enlightenment and Passing Away.
As in previous […]
Posted in Bon Appetit on May 18th, 2008
There are a number of Hainanese cafes in KL and PJ. During a recent weekend, while driving in the Damansara Utama township, we popped in to Sukico Hainan Cafe for lunch. It’s located along Jalan SS21/39, directly opposite Fitness First (Uptown 5).
Sukico offers a fairly wide choice of items on its menu, from light to […]
