Autumn leaves/Mandarin Orange Monday

Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn. ~ Elizabeth Lawrence

Linking to Mandarin Orange Monday

Manila Bay sunset/SWF

Sunset sky at Manila Bay on Thursday, October 18th.

Ancient poets and sages have called the earth the mother of all things. They could hardly have chosen a more attractive name, or one that was more appropriate. From her lap springs everything that possesses life and motion, everything that flourishes, fades, and has its fated day, and she tirelessly provides material for the countless varied bodies that are created --- and then abandoned --- by the life force in its unending, hidden progress through nature. ~ Jonas Hallgrimsson

While we cry ourselves to sleep, gratitude waits patiently to console and reassure us; there is a landscape larger than the one we can see. ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach

Linking to Sky-Watch Friday

Nasi Lemak

It was one of those days again---I was craving for something hot and spicy.  I wanted a bowl of hot Laksa but Secret Recipe's really large bowl made me change my mind.   Nasi Lemak was the next best option, and the spicy sambal didn't disappoint. 

Nasi Lemak is a Malaysian dish of fragrant rice cooked in coconut milk and pandan leaf.  My Nasi Lemak was served with chicken curry, slices of boiled egg and cucumber, roasted peanuts, fried anchovies and spicy sambal.  This is more of a Malaysian Indian style because of the curry.  It was lip smackin' good!

 

Linking to Food Friday and Food Trip Friday

Ships/Water World-Wednesday

Ships at Manila Bay

Played with textures and overlays

“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

“Do we not each dream of dreams? Do we not dance on the notes of lost
memories? Then are we not each dreamers of tomorrow and yesterday, since dreams
play when time is askew? Are we not all adrift in the constant sea of trial and when all is done, do we not all yearn for ships to carry us home?” ― Nathan Reese Maher

straight out of the camera

Linking to Water World-Wednesday

Glass mosaic lanterns/Mandarin Orange - Monday

Turkish glass mosaic lanterns at an antique store.

Linking to Mandarin Orange - Monday