tioman island, March 2012

found this cat on the food centre. he can't be bothered with me taking photos of him! :D

found in the middle of the pavement on my way to school one rainy day. couldn't help but to stop take my camera out and take a few snaps even if i was a little drenched afterwards. so worth it anyways :D

starsky

azumi

my very cuddly and demanding flatmates :D pestering them with my new toy! :D

snail found on the pathway yesterday

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i didn't mean to go on long break blogging. been having a rough time managing professional and personal stuffs altogether. i'm trying my best to get back to my mojo because i also miss posting photos and i have taken a long break from snapping photos around. i'm moving at a very slow pace at the moment to juggle everything in my plate.

another portrait of our house cat, Azumi. i love taking photos of her. she pretends to be shy but really i do think she enjoys every minute of it! this happened early sunday morning when i woke up and she's lazying near our window. i immediately grab my camera and started our photo op :D

i found him the other day on the school grounds while looking for something to shoot. i almost shrieked when i saw him but then i thought it's a good photo op too. i'm really glad to have zoom lens as i don't have to move in too close to him. and the best part is, he let me have my time shooting him. i'm not sure what kind of reptile he is, my boss says it's a reptile found in Australia (how come he's here in Singapore?!) and he's always at the garden but i think it's my first time meeting him. what a handsome fella! :)

that i can maxed my zoom lens, otherwise there's no way i'm going to get near this one. i've been wanting to have a decent photo of a snail although i really really don't like them. i managed not to shriek when taking photos of it as it's really slithering it's way around the grass.

we went to the lory loft at the bird park but i haven't had the chance to feed them. i was too busy with all the vivid colourful birds swarming the area. and they can be quite noisy too! :) it was actually quite a feast in the eyes at the loft watching the birds flying around. :)

i passed by the ostrich area in the bird park and saw him (or her) waiting to be taken a portrait of. had i made justice? i hope i did! :D

i'm not fond of frogs, and i don't hate them either. i don't despise them but really i'm just scared of them. but still they make good subjects for a quick photo opportunity right?! look at the eyes, mesmerizing right? 

he's Azumi's son :) he's one sweet fat cat. every morning, at 6 am, it's his ritual to wake me up, standing outside of my room and "meow-ing" until i get up and give him his breakfast. after that he would ask me to play with him or he would stand outside the shower area and wait until i'm done. he'll just go back to sleep once i leave for work. and he loves sharing the couch with me while i watch tv at night. he loves being the centre of attention. i managed to catch a portrait of him while he's resting :) 

the school staff has adopted him and his siblings, they were found outside school premises four weeks ago (yep they were newly born when found). everyone's taking good care of them (feeding and potty training :D). as much as i would like to bring him home i can't because i am not allowed to. this little fella really captured my heart. made me miss my ken. isn't he adorable?

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for a friend who asked for a favor, just give me a few days to do it. i have a couple of stuff to dribble and dabble but i promise to make one for you. :D

one of the mummies, saw this reptile flying (yep, flying, it passed on her peripheral vision) from somewhere and landed on the tree trunk. i took this shot vertically but i've decided to make it horizontal. i've never seen anything like this and i haven't heard  of a lizard flying. maybe someone could help? and btw, i didn't get close to him, i'm just glad i can zoom my lens, i'm not a fan of lizards or some reptiles. :D

this is skittles official portrait shot. :D we're having pond friends for this term in school so we have little terrapins around. we have three, named skittles, hershey and charlie. during lunch time, we would let them roam around the grass area outside school so they can roam around. we have learnt that for turtles/terrapins, they should be spending 60% of the time on land that's why aside from sunbathing, we let them have their little bit of freedom. and they crawl around very fast. am not sure if skittles was a little pissed off that i kept following him around. what do you think? :D

this is either Winnie or Jippie (bengal tigers) from the Singapore Zoo. it was their feeding time and from the looks of it, she's really ready to catch her meat. as rain was pouring heavily during our visit in the zoo, we stayed in the tiger's place for more than an hour. lesson learnt from the visit: do not go to the zoo during rainy days, i wasn't able to get decent photos of the animals as they were almost all hiding and you have to deal with the natural light of the zoo which isn't that good (it's so gloomy!). i might be back some other time...