The images are taken in the warm waters surounding Tioman island, off the Sth East coast of Malaysian peninsula. Its the first time for Pei's feet to touch sand. I hope he can love the seas and much as I do. Even though I have travelled to Malaysia several times, I always enjoy it and learn something new. It also serves as a buffer to appreciate my life at home and so I can see it with new eyes upon my return. I planned to do a lot of drawing, but I ended up just trying to do nothing (when the baby was asleep) and read a book, Shantaram. The book is supposed to be wonderful and amazing, but it kind of feels more like a movie and I find I am skimming bits.......I will post some drawings later.
I snorkelled to see if I could find some precious fish and sealife. I saw some nice fish, but they are so well trained to look for the swimmers who have bread, that I didnt get much attention. It was very nice to swim in warm, calm water, using fins you can swim so much faster. I think time in the sea is like nothing else in the world and having the opportunity to be in it, even just for a short time is refreshing and reviving. The cold hard reality of human life was felt when the beautiful clear blue water turned a horrible rusty brown colour and smelly, where the river runs into the sea. This river runs behind the housing areas collecting all the waste, rubbish and foulness left by us humans.....
Of course I also like to go shopping and in Singapore, since the national passtime is shopping, there is no shortage of places to spend your hard earned cash....I liked this shop that sells a brand called e-base (site is in Chinese but easy enough to navigate just by surfing the site). They had an excellent pair of jeans which must have morphed out of the '70's as it had the back pockets detailed with embriodery of rainbows and clouds, so cute BUT, no healthy woman's butt cannot fit into Asian sizes, so I just had to look and appreciate. The brand also has lots of contrasting fabrics and textures mixed up in shirts and dresses...60% off also made things affordable......there is also unending arrangements of local foods.....all very cheap and soooo good.......
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