Photohunt: Creative

March 17 creative

When I went to primary school, my art class was Freedom Art Class. My teacher let is draw anything and any way we like, liken to the analogy of free range chicken. I was never taught any techniques, I knew nothing about blending of colours. My favourite painting was of colour pencil medium. I drew the beach, of an attap hut and coconut trees with curved trunks and swaying leaves. I continue as an adult to doodle this.

One day, an adult occupational therapist friend told me to draw something. I drew the beach and the coconut trees. She said I longed for tropical Borneo. My place of birth where I left almost 40 years ago.

As I hardly use a pen or pencil, I hardly draw any more, occasionally drawing for my students. Kiddies are funny, they go oooh ahhh even though I know it is obviously an ugly drawing/ sketch.

But one person I know is creative. Now he tells me his daughter too is creative. He is Oliver Wong. I am privileged that he lets me post his paintings.





Like Father, like daughter, both creative artists.

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Oliver Wong - Ollie's Art Gallery
An artist should not stay locked in one style He should roam freely. He should fly. An Artist has to discover Art is accidental. It's not intentional Once you discover something by accident, develop it Experiment, play then form it Go where you want to go You are a river, there is no turning back

one of the earlier drawings created just before my retirement. This was drawing I did at the same time I did "Still Born". One of the few drawings where I used a black ink pen. No sketch, no eraser not even a plan. Just let the pen go where it wanted to go. After I finished in 10 minutes, my daughter could not resist to add in the colors for me. Likewise she finished in less then 10 minutes.

Dad and Daughter - Apprehension, doubtful, fearful - Fear not for I am with you always.






Oliver when I knew him as a university student in 1978 in Auckland New Zealand.
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I knew Oliver when I first arrived in Auckland in 1978. We come from the same town, Sibu in Borneo.

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Sunday Stills-Transitions

The tent was up on a building next to the old church. Then it came off.

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Sunday Stills-Transitions (March 18th)

For this next weeks challenge I want you to photograph your interpretation of a transition……what comes to my mind is one that goes from the end of winter to the beginning of spring but you might want to do something uniquely different.

Here’s mine;

Buds bursting into (diamond willow) catkins;



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FSO: GREEN

On St Patrick's day, our Auckland Sky Tower will be Green. When I first posted the photo, I explained that my cousin Alicia took this photo. Alicia came to visit and stay with us. We told her to go across the bridge and take it from the other side of the isthmus. I posted on Facebook. Alicia's first baby as born yesterday. Perhaps she could name him Patrick.






March 16 - Bring on the Green It is almost St. Patty's Day!

Auckland will be the first city in the world to go green for St Patrick's Day.

The festival begins in the City of Sails this morning with a parade on Queen Street, and Irish bands, singers and dancers on the waterfront.

Irish Consul General Rodney Walsh is looking forward to seeing the city's Sky Tower tonight.

"As it's the first tower in the world to turn green on the setting sun on St Patrick's day, as it goes green around the world, others will follow."
Rodney Walsh says 31 sites around the world will go green for St Paddy's.









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Our World/outdoor Wed: gannets

We often travel west from Auckland to Muraiwai beach to see the gannet colony. Australasian Gannets migrate from the north to nest in dense colonies on small islands and jutting cliffs with most being in the North Island of New Zealand.

In 1979 the Auckland Regional Council (then ARA) established the Takapu Refuge with the help of the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society.

Gannets come in early spring. The males usually arriving first. After breeding and once the chicks have fledged and left the nest, they fly north. The mature adult birds tend to be sedentary, only fishing over inshore sea close in to the coast.

It's a tough life being a gannet.

Not only do they have to travel up to 500 kilometres a day and fight off ohttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifther predators like dolphins and sharks to feed on fish, new research shows they're killing themselves in the process.

New underwater footage of gannets diving for fish has revealed the birds sometimes pierce the necks and heads of other birds as they dive at high-speed for a feed.

The study by Massey biologist Gabriel Machovsky Capuska has also revealed the birds are not above stealing from each other, as footage shows them burgling fish from the beaks of others who have already done the hard work.

Machovsky Capuska has been studying the foraging and feeding behaviour of the Australasian gannet Morus serrator, in the Hauraki Gulf and at Cape Kidnappers and Farewell Spit.

The Argentinean scientist believes that while the gannet is familiar to many New Zealanders, few people are aware of gannets' "amazing physiological capabilities needed to survive".

Machovsky Capuska says the birds fly up to 500km in a day in search of shoals of pilchards and anchovies.

Once found, they plunge-dive from 15 metres, dive to about 20m and spend up to 42 seconds underwater pursuing prey amongst heavy traffic in what he says is a generally successful strategy.

"Equipped with extraordinary vision, they can adapt their optical capability in a split second from air to water while effectively blocking out ultraviolet light reflection that distorts the position of darting prey."

The fatal collisions occur during high-density feeding, when two gannets target the same fish and one pierces the neck or head of the other.

Machovsky Capuska said autopsies of two of 50 carcasses collected from Hauraki Gulf waters showed the gannets had died from collision injuries.

"While this ratio suggests the phenomenon to be relatively rare, analyses of underwater video footage of Cape gannets in South Africa shows accidental collisions between gannets are not so uncommon."

The footage also captured evidence of kleptoparasitism, or parasitism by theft, where a diving gannet targets a previously caught fish in the beak of another gannet underwater.

The study will be completed later this year.

Machovsky Capuska said that understanding of the anatomy and physiology of gannet necks could have implications for understanding the dynamics of neck injuries in humans who dive.

These photos are posted specially for Eileen, I had wanted to show off our cliffs for so long.

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sunday stiill: a small part of a whole

Sunday Stills-A Small Part of a Whole
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For this next challenge (March 11th) I want you to take two pictures…..one of “the big picture” and the second of just a part of it. If your into Macro photography you might want to take a photo of a whole flower and then one of the centre for example. Maybe a tree and a birds nest in the tree itself…….you get the picture ;)

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Friday My Town Shoot Out for 3/9: Front Doors

Welcome to Jama's Singapore. Singapore is a wonderful place to visit. I know, I was a guest visitor, and I stayed 16 years. It is a clean and safe country.

Friday My Town Shoot Out for 3/9: Front Doors






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Photohunt: Power

I focus on brain power for this theme. My alma mater is celebrating Brain Day.
http://www.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz/faculty/cbr/brainweek/brainweek2012/brainweek2012.aspx

Brain Awareness Week 2012 is approaching! We have an action packed week of research presentations and demonstrations planned for all ages.

Brain Day will be held on Saturday 17th March, and will feature neuroscientists and clinicians from the Centre for Brain Research talking about the latest research updates, as well as community groups and science demonstrations. It is the biggest event of its kind in New Zealand!

This year look out for our exciting brain scan event, called Mind Reading.

This year the theme for Auckland Brain Day 2012 is 'brain fitness'. An exciting range of lectures, discussions and workshops are planned to keep your brain in top condition!

Leading scientists and clinicians from the Centre for Brain Research will present the latest information on topical brain issues. Discussions with community experts provide the opportunity to discover practical tips on living with brain disorders. Meanwhile interactive workshops and hands-on demonstrations will open your eyes to the wonders of the brain.

Brain Day offers something for all ages. We aim to provide information on the myriad of brain disorders affecting people throughout the lifespan. Brain health is important too, so come along to find out how to keep your best asset working to its optimum ability!
Day: Saturday 17th March
Time: 9am - 4pm
Venue: Auckland Business School, 12 Grafton Road, Auckland
Cost: Free


I am very excited to share this fantastic news . My very good friend/ aka Kai sister Lynn's son is part of this group of brainy students. Read about Antony. Congrats to Antony, Lynn aka Ah Leng and Philip.


From left, Andrew Tan-Delli Cicchi , Nick On, Cameron Inglis and Anthony Wong. photo from http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/6541001/Wellington-College-brainiest-school-in-NZ


My nephew Jacob Chan has a lot of brain power. He is very good in chess.Jacob and team from Kings won 3rd place at the Australian Schools chess championship in Sydney



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