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Every month or so, my grandma will give us some free range eggs and sometimes chickens too. Not to forget some fresh fruit she has so lovingly planted and harvested! All ala natural and pesticide free.

All  because my grandma has a barn which is situated directly beside her house.  In this day and time I think its not easy keeping a barn when all of these produce are mass produced everywhere for bulk consumption. The cost benefit analysis of the time and patience also far outweighs growing your own. I think its incredible that my grandma, who is about 75 years old this year is still able to maintain her barn so well and this has really kept her healthy through the years.

Some hens running about freely. These are the best free range chickens you can ever find as they’re given ample space to run around and tlc from my grandma. These chickens are actually pretty tame and will eat out of your hand when you feed them, how cool is that? Anyone fancy a pet chicken?

Those little red things – dont know what they’re called actually, but they’re used to store drinking water for  the chickens. Many of you city kids might never have seen them before, thats why I’m sharing with photo with you!


Cute cat, surprisingly, cat and the chickens live together in perfect harmony and are best of friends. What a simple life, hehe!

More photos of the barn. I think its very special and pretty unusual these days to be able to experience village life. With the world moving towards modernization and sky scrapers filling the sky, many kids nowadays will not know of village life or anything beyond their favorite hangout spot or shopping center, which is really sad. There’s so much to gain from taking a step back from the hustle and bustle of the city, away from the rat race, escape into the countryside, into the village. Fresh produce, clean air, better standard of living, everything is pure and natural.



I present to you my super grandma in action! She’s trying to pluck some rambutans for us with a long rod with a knife at the end – in Malay its called galah, not sure about the proper English word

Juicy red rambutans on the tree! Salivating just looking at them.

Grandma is in the process of removing the red ants from the scrumptious rambutans for us to savour as we’re all waiting impatiently, hehe!

Last but not least, rambutans up close.  Dont they look tempting?



This post is for dedicated to my grandma and to all grandmas out there, you are awesome!

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Yes you read it right. Its all happening in Munich’s English Garden. There is this part of the garden where sunbathing naked has been permitted since 1960s.

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It is 3AM in UK now and I am still not asleep yet. I’m in one of the hotels in Bristol. It’s one of the coolest place I have stayed in. Just imagine that there is a 24″ iMac in every guest room! Maybe it doesn’t bother you much. Anyway, I am writing this from my own mac that I brought along.

A few things happened today, my manfrotto tripod has been stolen when me and my girlfriend were on the train to Bristol to visit one of her good friends. This great tripod has been serving me for about 2 years. Very sturdy and it works great when it comes to night shots. I hope the person who took it actually knows what it is for and does not mistake it for a coat hanger or something.haha.

Anyway, just some updates, me and my girlfriend went to Munich, Germany last weekend. It was quite a nice German city compared to Berlin, we had all sorts of German wurst (sausages) and pork knuckles almost everyday. Will post some photos soon.

I think its time for bed now, otherwise I think I’ll miss tomorrow’s breakfast at the restaurant in the lobby. I will update my blog more often! haha I hope I am able to keep my promises this time haha.

Oh by the way, my family adopted a new puppy! Its a ‘golden labrador’. I’ll just show one photo of her now.

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Picture paints a thousand words, so let me show you what I mean by that. Just take a look at the first picture below.

Sitting high up on the wall where you are able to see almost the entire town of Oia. Cats actually know how to enjoy a spectacular scenery.

Chill kitty! Chill! I am not a paparazzi, just a tourist who got excited seeing Greek Cats. Don’t you think they look different? Sharp long face? And their eyes too!

Not all cats are that unfriendly, at least not for this one. I was trying to take a paranomic view of the place, she gracefully ‘cat-walked’ towards me along the walls. Then, she sat there waiting for me to take her photos. I think pets can be part of the tourist attractions. What do you think?

Remember to thank them for posing because not all pets are kind enough to pose for you. Unless maybe they are attracted to you. (Not implying anything nor having any hidden meaning )

Well, you won’t be lucky all the time. Sometimes, you’ll meet pets like these. I tried all sorts of ways and make all sorts of noises to get the dog’s attention. Yet the dog is more interested in getting some afternoon nap.

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So here we are at the donkey station in Fira, Santorini. A one way donkey ride will cost you about 4-5 euros. We saw this first donkey. It looks pretty sad. I guess it is tired of transporting tourists up and down. Looks pretty sad huh? Come on cheer up!!! I’ll feed you some carrots or maybe the donkey is camera shy. Here is a white donkey. This one doesn’t seem shy at all. I think this donkey likes me. Look at the ears! The interval between these 2 photos is just 5 seconds! The donkey got turned on! Oops! This is so sweet!! Look at that, such loving donkeys! I bet they are lovers. What do you think? Here comes the evil master! He whips any donkey that misbehaves! They tie the donkeys in a row, so that they will follow the lead donkey. Due to the lack of time, instead of riding the donkey both ways, we took the cable car down (which cost us 4 euros).

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So, here is the outcome of the kitten posing for a shot. I think it look better in Sepia tone.
What do you think?

Another example of a pet portrait.
I have 2 dogs and this is one of them.

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