Where does the sun go to sleep at night?

the small beauties in life that we sometimes tend to overlook..

(sigh)It has been a stressful month. No, make it 2 months. Need I say more to justify the long silence? But, hey, you won't have time if you don't make time for it, right? So I'm making the time now to browse through my picture collection for something the eyes can peacefully lay on. What could be a better subject than this hot thing? heheh
Rest assured more pictures will come up.

I'll be honest.

One of the reasons I will never qualify for Fear Factor is because I'm afraid of heights (not that I want to anyway). Actually, it's not so much of being high up that bothers me, it's the going down part that I dread most. What if I slip? What if the stairs give way? I suffered 2 years in pre-university simply because I unfortunately got the upper bunk of the hostel's double decker bed. (I even fell once on my way down). THAT's how bad my phobia was.

At Fort Margherita, I conquered my fear (that's how far I had to go). One, because my mother was a lot more phobic of heights than I was so I had to pretend to be the "calmer" one. Second, because if I didn't, I would've missed the spectacular sight the top of the Fort offered. So, I dragged my feet up the spiralling stairs to the top of the Fort, and I didn't regret it.(Charles Brooke would've been proud of me... )

The Fort is really quite small, not as imposing as I had expected. But the 20 minutes walk up the hill to where it's structured was well worth it..

When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother what will I be
Will I be pretty, will I be rich?
Here's what she said to me:

Que Sera, Sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que Sera, Sera..

My cats probably enjoyed the Raya more than I did, what with the abundance of leftovers of our Raya must-dishes - chunks and chunks of chicken, pots of beef, you name it!

Happy Hari Raya everyone. May Allah bless us all.

There are no words to describe Bali. Nothing comes close. But I hope these pictures, inadequate as they may be, will enchant you. These scenes were taken at Pura Luhur UIuwatu, one of the six major temples of Balinese-Hindu worship in Bali. In Balinese-Hinduism, the monkey is regarded as a holy animal so, not surprisingly, at Pura Luhur Uluwatu these creatures roam freely. Famed for sunset-watching, Pura Luhur Uluwatu is located on a cliff overlooking the Indian Ocean.

-It's not heaven, but it certainly feels close to it.-

7.30 p.m.
And the sun obediently gave in to the dusk..