Friday, 23 October 2015

Orange Marigold Flowers

There are plenty of these beautiful flowers at Malacca and Penang but it is not often encountered in Kuching. I used to plant a lot, but they just died off after a while. These flowers were seen near the Kuching River Front.






Thursday, 22 October 2015

White Moth

Now and then, I met this beautiful creature hanging around the grass on the ground. It refused to move away even I disturbed its body. Perhaps it knew that its life was coming to end. Fear and escape are no more its choices.
When we know we are going to die tomorrow, everything in this world today is no more matter.


Tuesday, 20 October 2015

Liana Plants

These criss-cross plants still dominate some part of my farm. They grew up from the ground and climbed up along the trees, anchored into the trees and grew above the top of the trees to compete for sunlight. It is not easy to cut and clear them completely in short time. It may take a few months for them to rot and crumble down to the forest floor automatically.


Multi-Colour Balsam Flowers

When different coloured balsam plants are planted together, they can provide a very attractive view.
How many colours are there in the bush?


Fruit Season Is Coming

Soon, the year 2015 will end, but the fruit season has begun. Despite unfavourable hazy and dry weather, small jack fruits appeared on the trees since last week. The new branches with few leaves and one fruit just popped out from tree trunk all the way from bottom to top! 
In two month time, I will have plenty of jack fruits to eat!


Sunday, 4 October 2015

Haze and Tourism

Tourism business is badly hit in Sarawak. Hardly any tourist wants to take a ride in the haze. Cruises and boats all lay there wasting.

Kuching



Unlike at Venice, more than 50,000 tourists visit the island daily, despite a bit cloudy and cold.

Venice  

Saturday, 3 October 2015

Haze

Sarawak is now facing the worst haze ever.  While I was in London, the haze even caused the Kuching Airport to close down. NASA reported that the extent of the haze surpassed  that occurred during 1997. It was reported that the haze was mainly due to the forest burning and prolonged drought in Kalimantan, sort of El Nino effect. Poor us, have to suffer continued breath-in of polluted air. 
During such time, all the neighbouring nations suffered increased sicknesses, slow down of tourism, business and outdoor activities. Logically they offered help to fight the fire. Well, pride stood in and this country refused to accept help. So neighbouring countries and its own people continue to suffer. Isn't there any international court to settle this dispute?

Kuching on 28-09-2015