THEY CHEERED ME UP

 It is so refreshing after it rained... 

they really cheered me up. 

 

...Including this little butterfly and a bee... (bottom pic)

They helped to pollinate these flowers

I was extremely careful though

In case the bee decided to turn on me!

The rain that came early  morning... 

Keeping us cool and cozy

the dew collected on each petal

Is still visible and fresh

There is no sun today

  It is just getting warmer this instant

with no clouds to see

but only the plain whitish-gray sky

 

The little bee's color is almost the same as the middle portion of this yellow flower.... am not too sure if you could spot it... 

 

OPs!  Another birthday went  by and was unintentionally yet comfortably forgotten 
although I have written in my desk calender.....  

I heard a chirpy birthday song sung by little Harith 
as his Mama was just leaving for her final exam today

.. here it goes... Happy TO YOu Happy To YOU! 

and I turned and asked my sil shyly... 
is it already 6th today?

What has become of me?  I have forgotten Di's birthday a week ago..and today.. another birthday went by ... my eldest daughter must have expected my wishes early in the morning as I was saying prayers for her... like I always do, so faithfully every day on her working days... and  to Zaza and my sil too.

Happy Birthday Tasha (Harith's Mama)
May Allah answers all of your prayers, 
mine and all of us for each other. Amin.

I certainlly hope that I won't forget my 55th birthday next month..

AFTER THE FIRST BITE

While writing the other post, I ran downstairs to update myself as well as you on how those 

flower buds are getting on.

Before I opened the main door....

Something so sweet and pleasant caught my nose.  I am not sure what these flowers are called in English but it sure made my day.  I took a couple of shots through my window...

Take a look... at them "goner-buds"... the little stumps are left for me to see.  Well, at least this soil ant is sharing my grief.

 

BEFORE THEY ARRIVED

A couple of hours before "they" arrived...

This hibiscus needed to be hold up because it is right on the ground.

While this other hibiscus decided to roll up, another one cheered me up with a a couple more buds to tell me

I would be expecting more blooms.

But a couple of hours later they were severed and eaten though not every bit... I don't have the heart to take pictures of the mutilated pieces left by those monkeys on the ground.... sob, sob, sob!

THEY ARE HERE!

After such a long wait, alas! They are here... these layered hibiscus do not last long. They started to open slowly in the morning, by noon they show off their brightest color with their full bloom and before you know it.....they are already saying bye bye bye adios, cheers and blessings.

I have no intention of telling you who came by and had a taste of them and their buds.... I felt quite sad but how could I stop them... the naughty wild monkeys , yes, they came!

AIMAN'S SUNRISE FROM CAMERON HIGHLANDS

Aiman's georgeous sunrise are from the place she and her family recently were holidaying.  They went up the Cameron Highlands, put up the nights there and she managed these shots herself.  She emailed me these pics to be posted in my blog.

Aiman, a young blogger in Malaysia, is my young relative.  Her family of five, excluding her mom who home schooled all her children, are actively blogging.  Her youngest brother started blogging at the age of five.  He started touching the key board of their computer at a raw age of one year old (excuse me Ahmad Ali if this info is slightly misinformed).  He juggled everyone's files on their computer before any other kids paid much attention to.  

Please visit Aiman and her family :

http://aimanamani.wordpress.com/

THE LIGHTS THAT MY EYES SEE THROUGH THE LENSES PART 9

All these were the lights from the buildings, vehicles and street lamps that Hafiz caught through his cam.

Credits to Hafiz for enabling me to have many more postings on lights than orginally intended.

YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE (Debbie Boone)
So many nights I sit by my window
Waiting for someone to sing me his song
So many dreams I kept deep inside me
Alone in the dark but now
You've come along
You light up my life
You give me hope
To carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights with song
Rollin' at sea, adrift on the water
Could it be finally I'm turning for home?
Finally, a chance to say hey,
I love You
Never again to be all alone
You light up my life
You give me hope
To carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights with song
You light up my life
You give me hope
To carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights with song
It can't be wrong
When it feels so right
'Cause You
You light up my life

THE LIGHTS THAT WE SAW THROUGH HIS LENSES PART 8

 

These three top pictures were taken at different time until sunset

 

 

The moon that lighted up the night sky added to the serene beauty of this grand hotel in  the famous Sunway Lagoon Resort.

The beautiful effects were snapped from the vehicles infront of us ... there was a snail crawl along the journey home so Hafiz managed all these wild looking lights.

All these great pictures were taken by my son, Hafiz one night after dinner at the famous Sunway Resort in Sunway Lagoon a twin sister to the Hanza Park in Germany.  How he manipulated with the settings on the camera, only he would be able to explain.  I don't have the slightest idea  about these tricks...