Winter roots of a creeper on a wal at the Wetland Park in Tin Shui Wai, Hong Kong. Should we go right?
Painting Day
While studying at the art university I used to be creative and draw and paint all the time. Now working on the computer all day I miss those creative, offline experiences. So I recently grabbed all my art supplies and started painting a bit. It’s so much fun and a very relaxing and calming task, I love it!
Weekly photo for my team in London – Sand writing in Hong Kong
Hong Kong. Busy Sunday morning in Kowloon. Thousands of people walking in streets packed with electronics shops selling hundres of different smartphones models, Nikon and Canon cameras, lenses, TV sets, laptops, ipod, ipad, tablets. Iphones can be unlocked at the corner of the street. In all this a lady was writing using white sand on a red plastic blanket laying on the street’s asphalt. People stopped by, used their smartphones and took pictures of the lady who, I thought. was concentrated in something that seemed to belong to the past.
Hong Kong’s architecture
Hong Kong architecture, a set on Flickr by ArnaldoPellini.
Pictures taken in Hong Kong in the following areas: Kowloon, Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong Cultural Centre and the Wetland Park in Tin Shui Wai.
Every time I go to Silliman beach, it seems different
Every time I go to Silliman beach It looks a bit different. I went for a late afternoon walk and liked the clouds flying low over the sea and the shape of the island of Siquijor barely visible at the horizon. Groups of student from Silliman university had also gathered at the beach playing guitar and drinking rum.
A peaceful moment in Larantuka
I have always liked to go to visit churches, pagodas, mosques when travelling. I like sitting there and observe the people who come to pay to a God, a profet, a teacher. Those are peaceful places where I think it is possible to some extent to connect and feel the presence of the belief and faith people have. Last October I was in Larantuka, on the island of Flores (Indonesia), to conduct a study on community disaster preparedness. Larantuka is a nice district town on the sea. Next to the guesthouse where I stayed with the team there was a small church which during the day was closed. One evening, I was coming back after a sunset walk and saw lights inside the church. The door was open and I entered. I sat at the end of the church and watched as people of different ages who entered the church and prayed. They sat on small chairs or prayed on their knees. When they finished praying the went next to the statues of Jesus and the other saints and touched the feet for a brief moment, with closed eyes as to say goodbye to them. I liked the emptiness of the church which did not have banches. The reflection of the curved ceiling on the shiny floor gave me the impression of a tunnel. I found it really peaceful to sit there in silence and watch.
Branches in b&w
Branches b&w, a set on Flickr.
Was in Cremona (Italy) over new year. Was back in winter after a long time. Since I have been living in Southeast Asia for the last 10 years I felt I was not used to the shapes and lines that barren trees draw on a winter sky. Was nice to be back during winter again.
Winter sunday in Assen, Holland
On our way back from Italy to the Philippines we did a stop over of 24 hours in Assen (Holland). We visited our friends Connie and Ignas. It has been five years since we say good bye in Phnom Penh and now we met at their place. Cambodia is still a strong link with many people we know and who lived there when we lived there. It was a short visit (too short) but it was nice to ride a train in the country side of Holland and see the huge winter sky over a narrow strip of land. Walking in the streets of Assen and finding a 15 metres statue of Lenin (it was there for an exhibition about the Soviet Union). A nice day with our friends. ‘Till the next time.
Riflessi
University House at ANU in Canberra, after sunset.
Luce e riflessi
Lobby of University House, ANU Canberra