Author: cocoaevenings

  • Share Your World – 2015 Week #51

    In response to Cee’s Photography, Share Your World tag. I participated in Share Your World – 2015 Week #51 about three days ago but I saved some questions for a later date. Today, I am going to answer those questions that I had saved from early on. Favorite thing to photograph? Write? Or Cook? My favourite…

  • Share Your World – 2015 Week #51

    In response to Cee’s Photography, Share Your World tag. I have enjoyed completing the Share Your World so much because the structure allows people to get closer to each other. For example, I found out that Cee prefers having clean clothes over bathing, and that this is only imaginable if one lives in dry weather.…

  • One Free Thing To Do Every Christmas

    I have watched Christmas lights and decorations every year since I learned of their existence some two decades ago. I have indeed enamoured for decorations beneath the Christmas trees this year. The photo below shows a gorgeous Ferrero-Rocher-like set-up under the tree at Millenia Walk. And the picture below shows the actual Christmas tree. I…

  • Zig Zag Train Wreck From Aboard The Indian Pacific

    In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Oops!” I was looking forward to enter the Blue Mountains by rail on the Indian Pacific of the Great Southern Rail. I paste my face on the window pane with my eyes peeled. At the same time, I supported my camera against the window with my little…

  • The Unwanted Often Flock Together

    In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Gathering.” Krista spoke a lot about gatherings as something happy and enjoyable. However, gatherings often happen in times of adversity, such as during a funeral, escaping from war, and discussing a political issue. I will push the limits of what gathering onto inanimate objects. The unwanted often…

  • Five Things You Might Overlook Before Travel

    Passport, travel insurance, and foreign currency? Checked. Medication, hygiene essentials, and perhaps makeup? Checked. Camera, handphone, and chargers? Checked. Undergarments and enough change of clothes? Checked. Have I missed out anything? Maybe? Yes! I have the habit of doing the following five key things before I wheel my suitcase out of the house: Cut my…

  • SL-Week 25: Macro – Tea at Antoinette

    In response to Sylvain LANDRY, SL-Week 25: Macro. Beautiful food will bring a curious hungry person closer. Let the yolk flow! Perfectly poached eggs top with shimmering hollandaise sauce is mouth-watering anytime. Complete the meal with over-the-top Antoinette (earl grey tea) cake, macarons, and tea from a European style tea set. Sweet macarons make a…

  • SL-WEEK 24: Machines – The Large Hadron Collider

    In response to Sylvain LANDRY, SL-Week 24: Machines. Landry asked for machines that could be unbelievable and frightening. I think that would be The Large Hadron Collider. I saw The Eye of Sauron when I faced this machine. I stood rooted to the spot in the museum trying to grapple with the number of electrical…

  • Share Your World – 2015 Week #49

    In response to Cee’s Photography, Share Your World tag. What would be your ideal birthday present, and why? Going out with my family/loved ones/friends. The perfect birthday gift is to be happy. When I was young, I went out with my family every weekend, so I associate spending a day out with meaningful people as…

  • SL-WEEK 23: Narrow – Travel

    In response to Sylvain LANDRY, SL-Week 23: Narrow. I am most impressed with the way Landry injects meaning to the word “narrow” with the interpretation, “It must feel the weight.” I have never thought of “narrow” as a feeling before. Inspired by Landry’s unique and insightful perspective of “narrow,” I ransacked my stash of photographs…