Where I Go To Chill….

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Where Have I Been Lately???

The best place to be when you feel the heat is up in the highlands where you can freeze your mind & not think of the brewing stew. I went to Cameron Highlands to replenish my supply of Cameron Valley tea. My favourite orange pekoe tea. They only produce enough to supply to the highlands community itself & only when there is surplus, they get sent to KL. So I had to get my fix. My tea & some chilly winds. I found a nice cottage to put up a night in. Temperature dropped to about 16 degrees Celsius & my security blanket really helped. Its like how American Express says it, never leave home without it.

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On the way to Sg.Ruil, Orang Asli Settlement

I didnt have any conquest as usual. Just me & Jesus going for a chill in the highlands. The last time I was here was with someone very close to me & we were buying plants. This time, it was me & Jesus. I came to look for the familiar surroundings that brought so much peace every time I came here to chill out. Its been almost three years & the development of Tanah Rata has caused the temperature to rise in the day. I drove around looking for subjects to photograph & stumbled upon the orang asli settlement.

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The Orang Asli Settlement, Sg.Ruil, Cameron Highlands

I visited nurseries to look at flowers. And guess what, my rechargeable batteries ran low. Even my spares had run out. I had to selectively shoot or I wont be able to make the trip to the tea farm on the way down.

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Another new beginning…

Im very curious to know how such leaves can bring so much punch to ones lives. Tea. Hokkiens & Malays call it Teh. Cantonese call it Char. Japanese call them O-cha. Im doing an article for the magazines on it & cant put it here yet but my field day was to look at TEA. More about it later. Ive got to pack up to go to diving today.

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The Flower Stall

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