One Among Many

One Among Many, originally uploaded by haechoo.

“The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different - to realize whatever unique potential of body, mind and spirit he or she possesses”

- John Fischer

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

Spread those wings

Spread those wings, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Happiness is a butterfly,
which when pursued,
is always just beyond your grasp,
but which, if you will sit down quietly,
may alight upon you.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

More of the Little Yellow Bird

Little Yellow Bird, originally uploaded by haechoo.

A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?

Little Yellow Bird

Little Yellow Bird, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Yellow bird, up high in banana tree.
Yellow bird, you sit all alone like me.

Did your lady friend leave the nest again?
That is very sad, makes me feel so bad.
You can fly away, in the sky away.
You're more lucky than me.

I also had a pretty girl, she's not with me today.
They're all the same those pretty girls.
Take tenderness, then they fly away.
Yellow Bird, yellow bird.

Did your lady friend leave the nest again?
That is very sad, makes me feel so bad.
You can fly away, in the sky away.
You're more lucky than me.

Wish that I were a yellow bird, I'd fly away with you.
But I am not a yellow bird, So here I sit.
Nothing I can do.
Yellow bird, yellow bird.

- Traditional Jamaican Folk Song

Modernisation Amidst Nature

Henderson Waves (HDR), originally uploaded by haechoo.

Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in.

- Peter Medawar

Fish Market

Fish Market, originally uploaded by haechoo.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

- Joseph Addison

Back Alley

Back Alley of a Hong Kong Street, originally uploaded by haechoo.

No one with a good catch of fish goes home by way of the back alley.

- Anonymous

Afternoon Snack

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

- Richard Buckminster Fuller

Being Different

One among Many, originally uploaded by haechoo.

When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.

- Charles Evans Hughes

Disappointments...

Disappointments..., originally uploaded by haechoo.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Siamese Twins

Siamese Twins, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.

- Victoria Billings

Visiting Bee

Visiting Bee, originally uploaded by haechoo.

The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.

- Saint John Chrysostom

Purple on Green

Purple on Green, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock.

- Henry Ward Beecher

The Runs of Floorball

090117 Floorball Match #6, originally uploaded by haechoo.

To win means nothing without the will to prepare.

- Juma Ikangaa

090117 Floorball Match #6, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Baiting

081230 Fishing Trip!, originally uploaded by haechoo.

When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.

- Mark Twain

Fishing

081230 Fishing Trip!, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

- Henry David Thoreau

Score...

Floorball Match #5, originally uploaded by haechoo.

It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the scorer.

- Larry Bird