Tropical Treasures

Beautiful Bougainvillea blossoms at Fitrah Flora Nursery

Hi everyone! It's Friday today...weekend is here again (for us in Terengganu) and another week passes by. It has been a very hectic week and the weather is very warm here...Yesterday, I snapped some photos at a nursery, just in front of my daughter's school! Actually, I pass by this nursery almost everyday and sometimes parked my car right in front of it but had never been inside it until yesterday. The colourful Bougainvillea blossoms right in front of the nursery had somehow lured me to walk into the nursery yesterday. I just love anything colourful!

As I walked in, I was so surprised to see the forest like atmosphere inside the nursery. They are surprisingly so many plants! They are so green...Very green! The nursery looks like a tropical garden. Those tropical plants really have unusual sense of scenery !

The look and feel of tropical garden plants create quite a visual feast !

I wish that I could have my own tropical garden but I am not Mrs. Green Fingers and I am so terrible at all things to do with gardening.

There are many flowering plants too...

At the nursery, I also found my favourite plant, CACTUS and was so happy! My run-in with growing plant lifes are only some cactus plants which still survive today despite being neglected by me. Cactus is the only houseplant that I can grow cause it requires little care and handling...sesuai dengan orang yang tak berapa rajin like me !

Before leaving the nursery, I bought a cactus plant. Ni je la yang I boleh tanam. Would definitely go there again for more cactus! It's really great to connect to nature once in a while. Love Nature! Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Amazing Photos By Dome

I just love to browse for wonderful photos wherever I can find them in the Internet. I see photography as an art and to me a picture is worth a thousand words. Pictures tell stories just as well as large amount of descriptive texts...Hence, I think photography is also the best way to capture the world and seize a moment for us to treasure forever!

Just recently, I was introduced to a very talented photographer from Terengganu. His websites DIGITALDOME and Infrared Park@ Digital Dome have collections of amazing photos and have now become my favourite sites.

An infrared photo depicting a fisherman in Terengganu

Infrared Digital Dome has collections of amazing infrared photos. I love infrared photos because they are colourful, mysterious and 'otherworldly'.

Another infrared photo by Dome


As I am such a 'nature' person, I find his nature photos and the reflections of the countrysides that he portrays as the most appealing, touching and inspiring. He also explores and experiments with all the natural elements in his environments. His photos also depict the colorful lifes of Malaysians particularly in his hometown Terengganu.

One of my favourite photos - the children are so cute!

Visit Dome's websites and you'll be amazed with lots of wonderful photos..

Nature Photos

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This week, I would like to share some nature photos which were snapped and edited by one of my students in school. His name is Amin Fitri and he is in Form Five. I first saw his photos in an exhibition in my school and I think they are great!. Amin also had won several photography competitions at the national level and made the school proud. I think he is very talented in photography. As his teacher, I am so proud of him and hope that Amin would continue snapping wonderful photos to be shared and enjoyed . At the moment Amin is busy preparing for the SPM examination. To Amin, thank you for sharing your photos with me . I appreciate it so much.

All the photos were taken here in Kuala Terengganu. Amin likes to snap photos of nature especially the paddy fields, coconut trees, the seas and beaches. We have many beautiful beaches here in Terengganu . The sun, seas and beaches are part of the life of the people here...

Well, next week is also the school holiday and it also means that it is a week break from school for all the teachers in the country including me! I am so happy of course and is also looking forward to the fasting month which will begin this coming Saturday.

At the same time, I feel very sad of the rampant spread of the H1N1 virus in the country and the reported news of more deaths in Malaysia. As a teacher, I am very concern about it because a lot of H1N1 cases were reported in schools and many school children became the victims. In my school , so far there is no report of the H1N1 case but many of the students showed signs of flu-like symptoms. Everyday, we would remind the students to take care of their health and to take H1N1 seriously. I explained about the virus to the students and always remind them to practice good hygiene at all time.We also advised the students to take vitamins and drink coconut juice as herbal remedy for the prevention of H1N1. Fortunately, coconut juice is easily available here in Terengganu. I hope that all the teachers in the country would keep on alerting our students of the danger of H1N1 and help delay community spread.

Last week almost everyone in one of the classes that I teach were down with flu. Some were coughing very badly. So the whole class were given face masks to wear and I took the photo of my students that day. I have been teaching for 14 years and this is the first time we face such situation ; having to wear face mask while teaching and facing students who are all wearing face masks!.

Students of 6RK2

Lastly, I wish "Selamat Berpuasa" to my students, friends and all muslims... Happy holidays to An my BFF who is also a teacher...