wisma saberkas Originally uploaded by Leona. Last year during Chinese New Year, many houses in Kuching was affected by the terrible flash floods. This year, a couple of flash floods was predicted to happen on Chinese New Year Eve and some other day. However, none of that happened, in fact the weather in Kuching had been fine and beautiful. I took this picture from the car on a very fine day with fantastic blue sky. Somehow I feel the sky is more blue in Kuching? It’s just wonderful and hardly ever too hot. I feel Saberkas kind of looks like a toy building in this pic. Anyways, Wisma Saberkas was…

panasonic fz3 Originally uploaded by Leona. I had wrote about my dream camera in September being the Panasonic FZ2. Little did I know about the FZ3 then. I had finally got it for my birthday recently, and it is just a sweet baby! It fulfils every expectation of mind. Firstly, it’s got great zooming power. I can snap stuffs that’s so far away, of people being their natural self and details of nature etc. It is great. Be sure to check out my Flickr gallery which will be updated very often now.

I was reading this blog NowandEver and there was this beautiful account from IraLippke, a designer currently working in a Bali orphanage, on what he and his buddies did and saw in Achech during the Tsunami. He was talking about how it was so hard to get in to help as the government had all these rules that all foreign help had to go through them. It was saddening to note that amidst this chaos, the government medical officers there still adopted a couldn’t care less attitude. “A day later hundreds of Medical workers arrived from Southern Sumatra. They were paid by the government to be there, but I still…

I wonder if everybody know the real meaning and the story of Christmas. Yes, it does have an origin, and it’s not just any tradiitional celebration or anything. Anyways, if you’ve got much time to spare and really wish to read about the Christmas story, read it up at Real Live Preacher. Mind you, this great story is only gonna be there till end of this year, so head over there quick!