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Sewing is so calming for me. Here I'm mending my old quilt.
For Our Daily Challenge - 'A Favorite activity.'
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It was erected in honour of Reverend Master Chin Swee, a Buddhist monk from the Fujian Province who was renowned for his ability to summon rain and drive away evil spirits.
Decades of cartoon classics, having a little meet-up.
A timeline of these old-timers:
1919: Felix the Cat (seen here in the button pin) makes his first appearance, in an animated cartoon by Otto Messmer.
1929: Debut of Popeye in Elzie Crisler Segar's Thimble Theater comic strip (which had its beginning in 1919, and would be renamed for its new star). Popeye's co-stars Wimpy, Bluto (sometimes known as "Brutus"), and Swee'Pea are here for the soiree.
1933: Nancy shows up in the Fritzi Ritz comic strip. Fritzi is Nancy's aunt, and she eventually loses the title slot of the feature to the girl. Nancy's creator, Ernie Bushmiller, was a surreal genius. Nancy's pal, Sluggo, came onto the scene in 1938.
1959: "And now, here's something we hope you'll really like!" Bullwinkle J. Moose and Rocket J. Squirrel debuted on TV in "Rocky & His Friends" (later retitled "The Bullwinkle Show") from Jay Ward productions. The show had none of the animated beauty of the 1930s Popeye cartoons, but more wit than could be found in most TV cartoons for some time to come.
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The Chin Swee Caves Temple (Chinese: 清水岩庙) is a Chinese temple in Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia. It is situated in the most scenic site of Genting Highlands, on a 28-acre plot of rocky forested land donated by Genting Group founder the late Lim Goh Tong. Located 4,600 feet above sea level, the temple is about a 5–10 minutes drive down from the peak of the mountain. Within the temple is seated a statue of Qingshui, a Buddhist monk who has long been referred to as a deity in Fujian Province, China for his supernatural abilities to summon rain and drive away evil spirits. The temple attracts many local and foreign devotees from Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam, China, Thailand, and Indonesia.
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The swee waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis), is a common species of estrildid finch native to Southern Africa. The swee waxbill is 9–10 cm long with a grey head and breast, pale yellow belly, olive back and wings, red lower back and rump, and a black tail. The upper mandible is black and the lower red. The male has a black face, but the female's face is grey. Juveniles are much duller than the female and have an all-black bill. The swee waxbill is typically found in uplands in dry shrubland and open forest habitats. Some subspecies also occur in lowlands, and may be seen in large gardens.
This species is a common and tame bird typically seen in small parties, and does not form large flocks. The swee waxbill's call is typically considered a soft swee, swee. Wikipedia
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Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, London School of Economics, London, England
Going from my first building that I visited in yesterdays upload to my last building I visited on Sunday in Open House London. This is the awesome spiral staircase inside the brand new Saw Swee Hock Student Centre of the London School of Economics.
This place was probably my favourite building of the weekend. The amount of technology that has gone into this building is amazing. Windows that open and close themselves based on current oxygen levels inside the building. Also the whole building was naturally cooled, no air conditioning anywhere which is stunning. You would never think this when walking around it. It was awarded the highest BREEAM award you can get and is shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize 2014.
Anyway, this is the central spiral staircase that came as a surprise as I didn't know this building had one and for those who know me I had to take a picture of it. I was a little rushed in taking it as I was part of a tour so the camera settings probably were not ideal but I am quite happy with this rendition.
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Sony Alpha SLT-A99 / ISO800 / f/5 / 1/8s / Sony Carl Zeiss 16-35mm F2.8 ZA SSM @ 16mm
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Lightroom 5
Silver Efex Pro 2
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The London School of Economics and Political Science (informally the London School of Economics or LSE) is a public research university specialised in social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London. Founded in 1895 by Fabian Society members Sidney Webb, Beatrice Webb, Graham Wallas and George Bernard Shaw, LSE joined the University of London in 1900 and first issued degrees to its students in 1902. Despite its name, LSE conducts teaching and research across a range of social sciences, as well as in mathematics, statistics, philosophy and history.
LSE is located in Westminster, central London, near the boundary between Covent Garden and Holborn in an area historically known as Clare Market. It has around 9,500 full-time students and just over 3,000 staff and had a total income of £263.2 million in 2012/13, of which £23.7 million was from research grants. The School is organised into 24 academic departments and 19 research centres. LSE's library, the British Library of Political and Economic Science, contains over 4 million print volumes, 60,000 online journals and 29,000 electronic books. The Digital Library contains digitised material from LSE Library collections and also born-digital material that has been collected and preserved in digital formats.
I've photographed the LSE Saw Swee Hock Student Centre before but don't think I did this RIBA Stirling Prize 2014 nominated building justice. Part of the problem is that it's tightly packed amongst other buildings so you don't have many options other than to shoot wide and look up slightly.
I returned when I was in London last weekend to try again and this time the conditions helped me get some shots which capture some of the crispness of the architecture.
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A bit about the Architects O'Donnell & Tuomey from Wikipedia : "The practice became widely known when their Irish Film Centre and Gallery of Photography won the Downes Medal, in 1992 and 1996 respectively. They have since designed a number of notable buildings, including the Lewis Glucksman Gallery at University College Cork (commemorated by An Post stamp in 2013 ), the Irish installation at the Venice Biennale 2004, and the Ranelagh Multidenominational School, which won the RIAI Triennial Gold Medal in 2005. Five of their projects were shortlisted for Stirling Prize: Ranelagh Multidenominational School in 1999, Lewis Glucksman Gallery in 2005, Lyric Theatre (Belfast) in 2011, An Gaeláras Irish Language Centre in 2012 and London School of Economics Saw Swee Hock Students' Centre in 2014."
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The swee waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis), is a common species of estrildid finch native to Southern Africa. The swee waxbill is 9–10 cm long with a grey head and breast, pale yellow belly, olive back and wings, red lower back and rump, and a black tail. The upper mandible is black and the lower red. The male has a black face, but the female's face is grey. Juveniles are much duller than the female and have an all-black bill. The swee waxbill is typically found in uplands in dry shrubland and open forest habitats. Some subspecies also occur in lowlands, and may be seen in large gardens.
This species is a common and tame bird typically seen in small parties, and does not form large flocks. The swee waxbill's call is typically considered a soft swee, swee. Wikipedia
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Chin Swee Cave Temple is a popular tourist attraction and religious site located a few km before the peak of Genting Highlands on a sharp, rocky slope. Originally a cave temple, years of development have produced an expansive physical complex that extends far beyond the altar chamber, rooted in traditional Chinese architecture expressed by ornate prayer halls, colourful statues, opulent archways and its iconic pagoda tower. The temple was built by the founder of Genting (Lim Goh Tong) to venerate Buddhist figure Chin Swee, a year after he constructed the first resort and casino in 1975. The site was chosen as it reminded him of his birth village's landscape in Fujian, China.
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Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, London School of Economics, London, England
Back to Open House London of last year for todays upload. This building was one of the highlights of the whole Open House Weekend, the brand new Saw Swee Hock Student Centre at the LSE. Its simply stunning and beautiful in many ways and on different levels, who would have thought someone could make a building primarily made out of concrete and wood look so elegant. The use of concrete always reminds me how we got it so wrong with Brutalist type buildings and structures, for example Leeds International Swimming Pool (now gone) however the Barbican Centre is an exception in my opinion.
Another detail I remember on the tour of this building is how it is naturally cooled in the winter by the concrete pillars and structures built within the building. Effectively they act as a massive heat sink and get rid of the internal heat in the Summer, amazing really!
Anyway, this is the small spiral staircase within the building linking parts of the upper and lower parts, I just love the way they have lit it up creating all sorts of shadows and lines!
Photo Details
Sony Alpha SLT-A99 / ISO800 / f/8 / 1/6s / Sony Carl Zeiss 16-35mm F2.8 ZA SSM @ 18mm
Software Used
Lightroom 5
Silver Efex Pro 2
Location Information
The London School of Economics and Political Science (informally the London School of Economics or LSE) is a public research university specialised in social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London. Founded in 1895 by Fabian Society members Sidney Webb, Beatrice Webb, Graham Wallas and George Bernard Shaw, LSE joined the University of London in 1900 and first issued degrees to its students in 1902. Despite its name, LSE conducts teaching and research across a range of social sciences, as well as in mathematics, statistics, philosophy and history.
LSE is located in Westminster, central London, near the boundary between Covent Garden and Holborn in an area historically known as Clare Market. It has around 9,500 full-time students and just over 3,000 staff and had a total income of £263.2 million in 2012/13, of which £23.7 million was from research grants. The School is organised into 24 academic departments and 19 research centres. LSE's library, the British Library of Political and Economic Science, contains over 4 million print volumes, 60,000 online journals and 29,000 electronic books. The Digital Library contains digitised material from LSE Library collections and also born-digital material that has been collected and preserved in digital formats.
He has witness and record Malaysian History through his Lens from 1950 until 1980, Wong had accompanied the premiers of Malaysia - Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tun Abdul Razak and Tun Hussein Onn, unfortunately, not many Malaysian aware of it.
Here is the letter from British High Commissioner Sir Donald Mac Guilvrey dated 31st August 1957 to Mr Wong:
Dear Mr Wong,
You have accompanied me on many occasions on my visits through the Federation and you have been on duty at many functions in the Federal Capital taking official photographs of my various activities. As I leave Malaya I would like to let you know how much I have appreciated the very courteous manner in which you undertook these duties and to express my admiration for the quality of the photographs you have taken.
Thank you very much.
Yours Sincerely.
Sir Donald Mac Guilvrey ( British High Commissioner )
31st August 1957
You can read more about him HERE
I was very lucky to see this man in person telling stories and sharing his experience capturing Malaysian History.
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one of my fav street shooter Paul Swee ... i got chance to go street shooting with him and my other great frenzz Terossa.... thanx so much bro for the experiance .....