all things wise and wonderful
Stumbled across some beautiful photography of the Masai Mara Nature Reserve in Kenya , which led me to check out the photographer, Kalyan Varma's website. His work is STUNNING. Words cannot suffice to describe his extraordinary ability to capture the poised, simplistic, breathless beauty of the Kenyan landscape in artistic monochrome. His journal, too, speaks of far-off adventures that one can envision in his or her wildest dreams.
Africa is such a mysterious, surreal place. I wonder if I'll be able to live and work there someday.
I'm itching to go hiking sometime this year. The Overland Track in Tasmania looks amazing. Abel Tasman Coast Track in New Zealand is another dream destination. My mother chided me in an expaserated tone this morning not to be so adventurous and focus on my studies. Needless to say, I am innately neurotic and will channel my utmost efforts into my studies, but who's to say you can't live life in perpetual excitement?
Pa bought a new bike yesterday, so I took it out for a test run in the evening. Given that I'm hardly the most confident/competent biker around, I could taste fear in my mouth as I whizzed downhill around my estate and to Kong Meng San temple. But it was cool, nonetheless, taking in the cool evening breeze. And I found an adorable litter of kittens mewing while nestling under the neighbour's car with their mother, looking bewildered and wary. :)
AO men's finals tonight! May we see Rafael Nadal lift up the champion's trophy on Rod Laver Arena tonight. :)