Remember?

Remember Duck Hunt? Super Mario bros? Cool kids have Walkmans, cutting off Barbie dolls' hair thinking they'll regrow, watching Thunder cats, Tom and Jerry, and Leo the lion on that big chunky TV tube? You know you're an 80's baby when you were dying to get into the 'Babysitter's club'! Also,  'Kids fun club' mag from KFC used to be the HOT stuff to bring to school.

A recent photoshoot for a friend's nephew and niece brought back fond memories. The good ol' days of playing 'adults' with my sister, looked after my dear nieces and nephew (presently, some finishing high school and one went to college, how time flies!)

Living life in the fast lane for too long? Feeling weary all the time?

Remember when you were young?
Slow down and smell the roses, these kids in the photos sure did.

A Place I Call Home

C'mon. You got to feel homesick at least once.
Homesickness hits me every now and then, knocking on my door, the thought of being surrounded by family and friends back home just stings every time a familiar holiday rolls by.

Thankfully, I'm lucky enough to have found lifelong friends whom I can depend on here in SoCal, people I know I'm going to miss once I do get home. You know who you are and Thank you.

BioTrek in a different shade

Greenhouse after the rain

LA

Ethnobotany garden -BioTrek (Staghorn Cholla)

These past few days, with the cloudy weather and Fall slowly seeping in, I took these pictures of a place I call home in this corner of the world.

Yeap, guess that homesick-bug will always bite, regardless where I'll be  =)

Outside your window

What do you see outside your window?

What would you rather see?

There are many things I want to see, places I want to be. Until it hits you that it's not really about what you want to see, it's who you want to see it with.

It was on a Saturday when the lighting was just right, hitting the plantation shutters in my room.
While running errands - wonderful sunset in Chino, CA, the lighting was too beautiful to resist.

It was a beautiful day - I tried my best to capture my moment in these photos to share with everyone I missed. Wish you guys re right here next to me. Until then, take care.

To the Proud one

The LA arboretum trip was fantastic. Greeted by a peacock who is not afraid to flare out his feathers.  She walked by, he flared out his feathers. Ignored. Another walked by, he flared out his feathers. Again,ignored.

He tries hard, really really hard...But she's just not that into him. Maybe he did it for the camera or the peanuts?

Some people does not believe in failing, these are the ones determine not to give up.
What do you want so bad to not give up?
Giving up is easy to do. You might fail or you might not but having that kind of determination even when everyone else ridiculed you for what you believe in, that's true strength!

I'd like to dedicate these series of photos to the proud peacock who never gives up.

Look Ma, I can fly~

Recently, couzie Kylie took off to New Zealand on her new journey in college - plenty of reflections on my own journey here, four and a half years ago, leaving behind everything that's familiar to a newer path.

Familiarity is comforting because like a nest, you know what you're going back to. It makes you feel safe, secure, protected.  Some of us feel completely content not leaving the nest. Sometimes you just have to leave the nest, go out and take off. Where to go? When to stop?

If you're happy in your nest right now, that's perfectly fine. But maybe when it gets too comfortable, you want to soar. The life of a bird is really very much like ours if you think about it.

Remember - it doesn't really matter how far you spread your wings -  soar or stay, as long as you are what you want to be.

They live for Biology ~

 @Ethnobotany garden - BioTrek. 

Food, glorious food!

Meet the 'colossal burger', layers upon layers of meat (pastrami, bacon and the beef patty) followed by tomatoes and onion bits...

So, some may say this will give you a stroke/heart attack, others (like me) may just stare at this thing in awe and just have a moment of silence to give thanks to the inventor.

Feel free to dive in. Ahh... this just made my day!

Anyways, happen to stumble upon this by coincidence (Thanks Mike!). The rest is history...