Welcome Back!

Join US as we journey through Yosemite (pronounced yo-say-meh-tee)National Park for a fun-filled adventure.

Before that, I wish to apologise for the long hiatus in updating the blog.

The exams were truly a toil on my mind. Eccl 1:13 "And I gave myself to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith."

Much knowledge did fill my mind then, yet the more I studied the more I felt a lack of understanding and preparedness for the exams. "For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." (Eccl 1:18)

After the exams, many things happened (in my mind) and thus led me back to this, where I can share with you my thoughts and many wonderful pix , which of course is still the main draw!! =p

Picture Me In Yosemite National Park, California:

This particular trip takes us on a thrilling adventure as we navigate the waterfalls,


mini-waterfalls,


rapids,


POWERFUL rapids,


gorges,

erm...I meant GORGES, not GORGEOUS!

HUGE mountains,


and ...tiny boulders


of the renowned national park.


This will be a 2-part series of a guide through the Yosemite National Park, this being part 1 of 2. In the next update, I will give you a blow-by-blow account of what we did at the park.

In the meantime, ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAYS! (word of caution below)

"Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgement. Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity." Ecclesiastes 11:9-10

No updates until 30th November

"Picture Me In..." will be down for the next 3 weeks due to server error (Administrator's mind is having downtime). Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Just to keep you entertained in the meantime.
This is nature (God's creation).

Drinking water from a stream in Yosemite National Park

Sitting at the edge of the cliff at Yosemite National Park

Come visit this blog again after 30th November for wonderful pictures that take your breath away! Till then, TO GOD BE THE GLORY!

*Next update: "Picture Me In YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK"

- Courtesy of "My Memories of 2006"

All Over the World

Picture Me In "All Over The World"... Yes that's what this blog really is about. I guess I should've changed the title to "Confessions of a Roving Soul?"

Streets of San Francisco

Wanderlust
Pronunciation: \ˈwän-dər-ˌləst\

Function: noun

Etymology: German, from wandern to wander + Lust desire, pleasure

What it means: strong longing for or impulse toward wandering

Since it is a noun, I don't suppose to call myself the "wanderlust-er" but "the Wanderlust". Have you ever had the feeling when you've been everywhere you can go, seen everything you can see but still feel empty in your heart?

Stairway out of Subway

You walked the streets and climbed all the steps till there's no more place to cover...then when you think you've seen it all...you STILL wanna see more! Aaah...That my friend is wanderlusting!

"Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity, ... I have seen all the works that are under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." -Eccl 1:2-14

The Bible tells us "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him." -1 John 2:15

Pedestrian Crossing

This is my sin but thanks be to God for He has restored me to his bosom that I may be free to go wherever I want to go now, yet knowing that I'm ever under his watchful eyes. Lo! The wandering spirit is no more! Now I "walk circumspectly...Redeeming the time, because the days are evil." The days spent in vanity are days lost that could've been used for a good cause. Now is the time...TO REDEEM TIME!

For the time that I was a wanderer, I was to happy to leave God out of my thoughts and went awhoring after the world! Aaaaah....it was beautiful yet I felt sad because my heart was never contented. Such was the state of Solomon's heart (far from God) when he repented of his sin and penned the book of ECCLESIASTES or otherwise known as, The Preacher.

Night lights of Union Square, San Francisco

"And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light." -Rom 13:11-12

Prologue - It's a Start!

"Picture Me In..." is going to be a series of postings where I'll bring you on a journey to places and countries where I've been in the last few years.
"Picture Me In Singapore", that's pretty easy to imagine since I believe most of you who will be seeing this blog will be from Singapore. What you can expect in future...

Picture Me In Jurong BirdPark, Singapore:

Pink Pelicans in Jurong BirdPark

This was a lil' trip organized by my church folks back in 2004, and we found our way there comfortably in the van =)

Waterfall Aviary

This is the highest artificial waterfall that exists to date & you can find it exclusively here at the Jurong BirdPark.
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This is not so much as what a blog should be but rather a showcase of past events - to reminisce.

"Life is short and yet we speed through it, never taking time to recollect and piece together the puzzle that we sometimes leave unsolved. "

The fellas

-Courtesy of "My Memories of 2004"