Bali- Pura Processions

China impressions

Galaxy

Pulau Seribu - Thousand islands off Java

Reflections

The 7 apostles

Spring time

Destroyer

Suitjie - warrior

Jabez & Rapha

WRSJ in the forest

Jabez fighter jets

4 birds in a family

At Botanical Garden

Goldcoast - Broad beach

Eagles at Rainforest Ec before construction

The 5 elements -

Generating Interactions

The generating interactions of the five elements are like the conception, gestation, birth, and nurture relationship between a mother and a baby. Such element pairs are deeply attached, and together imply success and luck.

The five generating interactions are fueling, forming, containing, carrying, and feeding:

·                          Wood fuels fire.

·                          Fire forms earth (volcanoes, ash, etc.).

·                          Earth contains metal.

·                          Metal carries water (buckets, pipes, etc.).

·                          Water feeds wood (trees, plants, etc.).

Overcoming Interactions

The overcoming interactions of the five elements are like the acts of hostility between two sides in a war.

The five overcoming interactions are melting, penetrating, separating, absorbing, and quenching:

·                          Fire melts metal

·                          Metal penetrates wood (chopping, sawing, drilling, nailing, screwing).

·                          Wood separates earth (tree roots breaking up soil/rock).

·                          Earth absorbs water.

·                          Water quenches fire.

Celebrating National Day at Istana

Horses - the conflict

Jia Jia and Kai kai

WRJ golf at driving range

First attempt at portraits

Java - Balemong - Semarang

Qi Qi Ha Er - Cranes

Burano- Venice Italy

Temple Mount and Western Wall

Churches in Kyiv  - St Cyril, , Volodtymyr ' Cathedral,St Nicholas  St Sophia Cathedral  , St Andrew, St Michael Golden Domed Monastry,, Pechersk Larva,

David is a masterpiece^[1][2] of Italian Renaissance sculpture, created from 1501 to 1504 by Michelangelo. With a height of 5.17 metres (17 ft 0 in

David (Michelangelo)

Statue of St. Peter by Giuseppe De Fabris, 1840 .The statue of St. Peter is 5.55m in height, on a pedestal 4.91m high.

In his right hand the apostle is holding the keys, symbol of the power promised to him by Christ in Caesarea of Philippi;

In his left hand is the scroll bearing the words "ET TIBI DABO CLAVES REGNI CAELORUM' (Mt. 16, 19).

One key is silver-plated, while the other is gold plated.

Michelangelo’s Moses, Church of St. Peter-in-Chains, Rome, 1513–1515. Jörg Bittner Unna, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

  Jonah

Guadalupe

Guadalupe: The hidden message in her eyes

WITNESS OF THE STARS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOHlZom5kj8

The Gospel In The Stars: What the Stars Names Mean & What the Constellations Signify

The Mazzaroth - The Gospel in the Stars - Act I     Act2   Act3

The Cardo

Jerusalem’s street plan included a Cardo. It was a paved, 22.5 meter-wide road running southward from the Damascus Gate.

The Main Street

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Corypha umbraculifera, TalipotPalm

棕搁科，贝叶棕属，贝叶棕

原产． 斯里兰卡，印度。

•       约30-80年才开花—次。

•       开花结果后，就结束生命。

•       早期寺院的僧侣，用经过处理后的叶子来撰写经文，称为贝叶经。

•       果实可以加工做成纽扣。

•       为佛教界的五树六花中的—种。

Growth Form Corypha umbraculifera has a solitary trunk, which can grow up to 27 m high with a trunk diameter up to 90 cm. Trunk is ringed with fallen leaf base scar. It can live up to 80 years.
Foliage Leaves are large (up to 2.1 m long and 6 m wide), fan-shaped with petiole (up to 4m long) armed with black teeth. There is a large hastula at the juncture of leaf blade and leaf stalk.
Flowers It produce one inflorescence at the terminal end. The inflorescence is about 9 m tall and 12 m wide, making the largest inflorescence in the world. Inflorescence comprises roughly of 24 million tiny yellowish-white flowers. Corypha umbraculifera flowers just once in its lifetime and dies afterwards.
Fruit Fruit is round (3 – 8 cm diameter) and ripens from green to brown.
Cultivation It grows well on well drained and fertile soil. It also requires a lot of space to grow and reach its maximum height. Fresh seeds germinate within 120 days.
Etymology The genus name Corypha is greek for summit, referring to the giant terminal inflorescence. The epithet umbraculifera is latin for shade bearing, an allusion to the giant leaves and huge crown.
Ethnobotanical Uses Food (Fruit or Vegetable)
Others: Starchy pith are harvested to make alcoholic beverages and palm heart is eaten as a vegetable. Leaves are used for thatching

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猴面包树区  boabat Adansonia spp

锦葵科猴面包树属猴面包树

• 共包括8种，非洲大陆(1种）、马达加斯加(6种）和澳洲(1种）。猴面包树高达5至 30米。其树枝长得像树根—样，树干非常粗，直径可以到达7至11米粗，需要几十个人手拉肴手才能合抱一圈。通常可活500年，但一般相信有些树已有5000年的寿命。

• 叶子在旱季时俞掉光，树枝很像插入天空的树根，故也被称为倒栽树＇。

• 树干有储存水的作用，储存量可达12万公升。在沙漠氛候旱季的峙候，它的叶子含掉光，以减少水份的蒸发，靠储存的水份，等待下一佪雨季。

• 嫩叶可以煮来当蔬菜吃。花可以作欴料和糖果。果实能当主食食用。

• 树干纤维可以作绳索或手工艺品。

马里安曼兴都庙的印度宝塔

苏丹回教堂

天福宫

大草场

新加坡国家美术馆

政府大厦

和

前高等法院

土生华人

Momentum”

Singapore Soul

Painted with bright colors, this metal symbolic sculpture is one that is hard to miss. Standing at 18.5 metres tall, it is Singapore’s tallest public sculpture.

“Momentum” is made up of human-shaped figures side by side, depicting the upward spiral of progress, energy and momentum, very much like the precinct it is located in and the people who work in it.

This sculpture signifies the unity, harmony and multiculturalism of Singapore and its people, and features the words, “equality”, “justice”, “happiness” and “prosperity” from Singapore’s National Pledge.

The mixture of words and alphabets in various languages form the entire structure and serves as an expression of how essential and powerful communication can be in uniting a community.

Plensa explained that the different languages and diverse cultures in Singapore encompasses the very ‘soul’ of the country.

Shaped like a seated human figure with knees tucked in, the Singapore Soul Sculpture glows white at night. Do walk inside and be embraced by its words.