My dad (whom I call ‘Baba’), arrived in Wellington yesterday to visit me yay! Say hello to Baba… Happy to have him here over the Christmas & New Year holidays 🙂 He was tired from the flight and transits from Malaysia yesterday, so we only took a short stroll around the city after lunch to … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2011
PSA: Just Because You Can’t See It, Doesn’t Mean It Isn’t There
I saw this picture shared on a friend’s Facebook timeline just a few minutes ago. It’s a beautiful piece of photo-manip, and it touches a global issue that I feel strongly about so I wanted to put up my very own ‘Public Service Announcement’ post here on the blog. I’ll just copy what I wrote … Continue reading
Look, It’s An Octopus!
All my thoughts about feeling cold flew right out of my mind completely when I chanced upon an octopus whilst out on a dive yesterday. The dive shop I work at had its usual weekend Club Dives, taking our members out for a leisurely dive. We went further out of the city for yesterday morning’s … Continue reading
Shake, Rattle, And Thankfully No Roll
I felt an earthquake today, and it scared me. I’ve felt a quake before, years ago whilst I was working in Cyberjaya, Malaysia. The earthquake actually occurred in Indonesia, but it was so strong that some buildings swayed in Malaysia too. I was sitting at my office cubicle at the time, and I felt a … Continue reading
Splish, Splash, Dive Wellington
Whoa, the past week has gone by in a blur! I’ve been meaning to write this post since last Sunday afternoon, and before I realized it Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday have come and gone. Busy week aside, and this weekend being “the first weekend of Summer” here in New Zealand, it was … Continue reading