Waiting

Cabbie, originally uploaded by haechoo.

“How much of human life is lost in waiting.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Fish Monger

Maldivian Fish Market, originally uploaded by haechoo.

“Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.”

- Karl Marx

Little Hermit Crab

Little Hermit Crab, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Hermit crabs are decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea. They are not closely related to true crabs.

Most frequently hermit crabs use the shells of sea snails; the tip of the hermit crab's abdomen is adapted to clasp strongly onto the columella of the snail shell. As the hermit crab grows in size, it has to find a larger shell and abandon the previous one.

This habit of living in a second hand shell gives rise to the popular name "hermit crab", by analogy to a hermit who lives alone.

- Wikipedia

The Wet Market

Banzaan Market, Patong, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Through the water
Slippy, sloppy
Past the meat men
Chippy, choppy
Round the fish stalls
Slimy, scaley
Stop to buy prawn balls.

Shout for veggies
Higgle, haggle
Grab some bean sprouts
Wiggle, waggle
Wrap the dou foo
Wibble, wobble
Glad we're all done
Phew!

"Rhyming Round Singapore"
by Kathleen Chia and Linda Gan

The Maldivian Sunset

Maldivian Jetty HDR, originally uploaded by haechoo.

"Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.”

- Elbert Hubbard

To Begin Again

One of the best things we can do in our lives is this:
Begin again.

Begin to see yourself as you were
When you were the happiest and strongest you've ever been.

Begin to remember what worked for you
(and what worked against you),
And try to capture the magic again.

Begin to remember how natural it was when you were a child --
To live a lifetime each day.

Begin to forget the baggage you have carried with you
For years:
The problems that don't matter anymore,
The tears that cried themselves away,
And the worries that are going to wash away
On the shore of tomorrow's new beginnings.

Tomorrow tells us it will be here every new day of our lives;
And if we will be wise,
We will turn away from the problems of the past
And give the future -- and ourselves -- a chance
To become the best of friends.

Sometimes all it takes is a wish in the heart to let yourself ..
Begin again.

Sapana