26.6.10
Have you come across the Chinese proverb “It is the beautiful bird which gets caged” ? Seriously, if you take a stroll in the Bird Park with us, you will understand what it is trying to say. Just look at the beauty of those birds, it's more than enough to take your breath away. But yet the tags on them means they are forever caged, doomed to be on exhibits to Men till the day they breathe their last, with the faint hope that perhaps their sacrifice will bring about an awareness of the beauty Mother Nature has bestowed upon the world and thus, save the lives of their counterparts in the wild before it is too late.
27.5.10
Pardon me for the trip down nostalgia isle people but recently, I have been haunted by the guilt of not fulfiling a promise I had made to the missus during our courtship days. A promise that reads; Let's go explore all the wonders of our sunny island. A promise I had found tremendously difficult to uphold given the combination of lame excuses like a lack of motivation and more conveniently, time shortage as well as my lady's big heart at overlooking this procrastinating side of me. But recently whilst reading, I stumbled upon a quote by Samuel Butler stating that oaths are but words and words but wind and that opened the floodgates for the waves of guilt to come roaring in. It was then did I start to reflect and realize there are more to a relationship than just making promises for the sake of it. More often than not, words are just the onset of a process of building trust with your partner. And trust is the basis to the foundation of every sturdy relationship. Like Aeschylus once said, it is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath. As such, I decided to put aside everything and start making good my word in order to cement my commitment in this relationship. First stop, Singapore Zoological Gardens on 26 May 2010.
It felt more like homecoming than a visit back to my former education grounds ever did. Perhaps given my all-time ambition of a naturalist, it's because I relate better to animals than I ever will with teachers, peers and the likes. Nevertheless, the visit to the zoo was superb and the icing on the cake was the company. I can never ask for a better companion than the one I already have. Anyways, do have a look some snapshots of the sights we encountered that day and well, it is understandable if you do feel a tinge of jealousy at your heartstrings. You ought to.
Till the next time then everyone. Cheers!
DaryL Tan
8 Nov. 1988
ECH faculty (NP)
Daryl_tjk88@hotmail.com
Earthly possessions..
.Canon EOS 350D.
->AT-X 12-24mm f/4 Pro DX.
->EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM.
->EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM.
->EF 50mm f/1.4 USM.
->Speedlite 430EX.
->Battery Grip BG-E3.
->190ProB Tripod.
->486RC2 Ballhead.
->Lowepro MiniTrekker AW.
Appreciates..
.Nature.
.Photography.
.Soccer.
Affiliations..
.Autism Resource Centre.
.Pathlight School.
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