A leisure walk after the rain…

A leisure walk after the rain…

This is Titiwangsa lake park in Kuala Lumpur

Bicycles for rent…
Bicycle to the park
National library building on the right
Mirror reflections of trees
See the iconic Petronas twin-towers in my background?
Lovely reflections

“Let go for a drive, mummy!”

The other siblings seem to have outgrown this habit of greeting!

He opened the passenger car door to meticulously push in the skirt of umbrella caught between the closed car door earlier.

What do you like more, “the music or the drive”? “Both”

So we drove on leisurely, I came down to take a shot or two:- see the reflections on the ground? see the bicycles for rent? see iconic twin-towers and library in the background?

Music and leisure driving,. can be therapeutic, indeed!

Where are the kids?

Where are the kids?

The playground is still well kept. Have the children grown too big for these swings and see-saw? Or is it the post pandemic thawing period?

Will this tortoise ever overtake you fellow hares?

Will this tortoise ever overtake you fellow hares?

While I am still in a semi- hibernating mode, WordPress is trying to encourage me to keep on blogging and writing!

Flood and future homes – can our national architects do better?

Flood and future homes – can our national architects do better?

I am impressed that a non- architect could come up with such an innovative idea of a home that would float above Terengganu flood water!

It shows that one doesn’t have to be an ‘architect’ to come up with that clever solution!

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We cannot prevent hurricanes or earthquakes, floods or volcanic eruptions. But we can ensure that both people and communities are better prepared and more resilient. – Miroslav Lajcak

समझ से परे / Incomprehensible

इतना आसान नहीं होताहर व्यक्ति को समझ पाना,कुछ किताबेंसमझ से परे होती हैं… 📖 📖 📖 It is not so easyto understand everyone,some books areincomprehensible… –Kaushal Kishore

समझ से परे / Incomprehensible

Houses on tall tilts or float…

Houses on tall tilts or float…

For years, I read about flood, evacuation from homes, cleaning up post flood, families staying at allocated centres.

I wonder if architecture of houses should emulate the olden days when houses on tall tilts were built to avoid wild animals or enemies.

Or

Houses on float that would adapt to rise or fall of water levels.

Innovation- House on float?
Fun- oblivions of danger during an impending flood
Houses in a flood

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Flood are ‘acts of God,’ but flood losses are largely acts of man. –Gilbert_F_White

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Transition

Heavy eyes full of sleepwilling to sleep a little longer,but responsibility beckons her… She was once a child,free from all worries,then she becamea daughter, a bride,a daughter-in-law and a wife,taking duties and responsibilitiesone by one… And now she is a mother,she gets up at four in the morningto set everything rightfor every family member,rejoicing to […]

Transition

An ‘amazing race’, an emancipating ‘power’ to watch.

An ‘amazing race’, an emancipating ‘power’ to watch.

Exercise your right to vote

People- led groups outside my country, are rekindling a certain movement; to help postal voters overseas, get their ballots home in time for the national polls on November 19.

In a time like this, it is amazing to watch an emancipating movement led by strangers, yet are countrymen alike, in a team spirit, to see democracy being exercised.

Will democracy prevail eventually?

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“They should rule who are able to rule best.”
—Aristotle

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