A view of the adventure training area beside the resort:



Is the wheel big or is Ariel small?



She is happy with her new home!



Clear sky and forested mountain!



Looking at the small things in life - ants bringing home their catch for the day!



Fishing at the stream besides the resort:





The making of Indiana Jones :P



More to come... nature hike, encounters with leeches and waterfall!

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what greeted us when we first reached the resort: a gigantic iguana



reception area (watch this for a nice surprise of a talented bird):



where we stayed:







We took a speed boat out in the darkness of the night along the river, where your eyes can only see the stars as the only source of light... everything else was pitch dark as the cold wind blows against your face and the chilling sound of moving waves makes your imagination run wild about what might be creeping in the water and along the banks of the river, densely covered with trees and bushes... but all the creepiness disappears into thin air as you see trees after trees, blinking like christmas trees without no electricity... just the brilliance of tens and hundreds of fireflies illuminating the branches and your hands catching them, holding them and sending them away once again to your natural habitat. wish that moment will last on and on...

getting on board:



the best that I can take of one of them blinking:



a close up view of the firefly:



a snap-shot of it:



a satisfied explorer:



more to come... :)

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rainforest, waterfall, fireflies, fishing, nature hike... we decided to go on a budget trip to enjoy our planet earth while it's still there... going off next wed, be back by sat :)

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The top left corner of each picture is darkened because of a bad drop when my son fell while running with the camera. Ever since then, he "officially" took over this camera to be his to explore photography.





























These 3 are not taken by him, that's why it's not as good as the others :P but the subject of the picture is still very lovely! the many expressions of my youngest daughter, ariel :)

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With the recent disasters happening in Myanmar and China, I cannot but feel how fortunate we are in Singapore and how precious my family and friends are... I realised I have been hugging and kissing my wife and kids more often these days...

while others are concerned about life and death, I realised I was concerned about minor matters that does not really make a big difference in my life at all... how pathetic my values in life have become...

I felt a strong need to help in whatever ways I can but the massive scale of destruction and sufferings makes me ponder and feeling lost as to how I can really play my little part effectively in helping...

with the completion in my own reading of the chronicles of narnia, I felt all the more that our earth is not a very homely place to stay in anymore... I long for the real "narnia", the new heaven and earth as promised by the Lord in the book of Revelation... I long to be with Him so that there will be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying and no more pain, for the former things will pass away and each chapter will be better than the one before...

I felt that the days are drawing to an end pretty soon, at least what is happening now is beginning to fulfill the prophecy mentioned by the Lord about 2000 years ago:

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be FAMINES, PESTILENCES and EARTHQUAKES in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows... and because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations and then the end will come. (Mat. 24:9, 12-14)

life is so fragile... are you prepared to face eternity when disaster strikes?
I'm glad that I am... and I hope that you are too...

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Today is Ekklesia's 5th birthday! She was so excited about it! Going around, opening her palm and saying 5! We will finally be giving her what she asked for a long time ago: inline skates.

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