TimeOut - A very hard question, Helen!

A very hard question, Helen!

Helen, that's a very hard (but good) question for me to be able to properly answer it....but I'll try to explain, anyway

The whole thing is like an offering presented in worshipping our predecessors (not only limited to our relatives but also any great people in our history).

There are basically 4 contents in that footed tray. The left side is a garland mainly comprised of jasmines.

For the right side, the top one is what I do not really know what it is (shame on me!). The rest is betel (the leave part) and betel nuts. Both are the products from betel palms. According to Webster's New World Dictionary, both are chewed together by "some Southeast Asian people as a mild stimulant." In the present day, I think it is quite rare to see some people taking these things but still these things including a way of taking them do still exist. Perhaps, it's like when some people are addicted to chewing gums.

Regards, Joe

Coloring Life (heaps of photos)

By: JoeT : April 16th, 2012-20:45

Hi all, It's been almost 2 years since my last thread here. Hope all is well, enjoying your timeout. In order not to make things any longer, I'd like to share some aspects that have been coloring myself lately Hope you enjoy them more or less. Any comment...

Welcome back Joe.

By: MichaelC : April 16th, 2012-21:01

I enjoyed your post, and hope to see you here more frequently!

Thank you, Mike!

By: JoeT : April 17th, 2012-14:22

I'm glad you enjoyed my photos. Hope I could visit here more often too Joe

re: coloring life

By: DRMW : April 17th, 2012-00:58

Welcome back Joe! Looks like you are really enjoying photography! Cool captures, I wonder what the story is behind that L.A. s-Lakers sticker? -MW

No ideal too about this sticker :)

By: JoeT : April 17th, 2012-14:25

Thank you, MW, for your words. In fact, I really wanted to know too why and how this sticker is there....That's a reason I captured this shot However, nobody could give me any answer! Joe

Beautiful shots.

By: VMM : April 17th, 2012-03:44

Thanks for coloring my day. Vte

I'm happy my photos could color your life, Vte :) (nt)

By: JoeT : April 17th, 2012-14:26

(nt)

Ok Joe ....

By: Ares501 - Mr Green : April 17th, 2012-12:27

so you are a Pro What took you so long? Please keep posting more frequently there is never enough of such beautiful photos Looking forward your entries on WristScan forum Best Damjan

No, No...Damjan, I'm not...!

By: JoeT : April 17th, 2012-14:29

Thanks, Damjan, for dropping by. No...I 'm never even close to any "Pro." Basically, I just have gotten these lenses and immdiately fallen in love with them Joe

Enjoyable pictures

By: ED209 : April 17th, 2012-18:03

Very nice pictures JoeT. Don't be a stranger, please post more whenever you have some time. Regards, ED-209

ED-209, if I could, then I would :)

By: JoeT : April 17th, 2012-21:08

Thank you, ED-209, for visiting my thread and feeling these enjoyable photos of mine. Surely, if I could, then I would try to visit here more often...I hope I have new materials to share with you all. Regards, Joe

Welcome back Joe

By: elanoftroy : April 17th, 2012-19:55

I'm curious... what's in that first photo? Warmly, Helen

A very hard question, Helen!

By: JoeT : April 17th, 2012-21:31

Helen, that's a very hard (but good) question for me to be able to properly answer it....but I'll try to explain, anyway The whole thing is like an offering presented in worshipping our predecessors (not only limited to our relatives but also any great pe...

Awesome response [nt]

By: elanoftroy : April 18th, 2012-09:30

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Great pictures and welcome back...

By: hans_jorgen_1968 : April 21st, 2012-13:09

I had a Contax G2 once with a few lenses. It's a little like Leica, and a little like Henri Cartier Bresson and his "decisive moment" when he took pictures Best Hans

Thank you, Hans. Contax G2...

By: JoeT : April 22nd, 2012-20:30

Thanks, Hans, for dropping by. I myself do not own G2...basically not yet owned one! Since the Contax G Zeiss lenses are so wonderful, I could not help acquiring some (a decisive moment!!!) even though I do not have either G1 or G2. However, I am consider...

.,. I used to collect Leica cameras..

By: hans_jorgen_1968 : April 23rd, 2012-09:23

... Before I married and needed some money for a house and kids. But I tend to agree with you. These Zeiss lenses are just great ;-) If Leitz lenses are better one could start a big discussion Best Hans This message has been edited by hans_jorgen_1968 on ...

Hans, too bad to know that...

By: JoeT : April 23rd, 2012-20:41

you had got to sacrifice your Leica cameras. Hope you will get those back one day if you still have an interest in Leica. It is a very interesting invention on top of mechanical watches Regards, Joe

Yes I do..

By: hans_jorgen_1968 : April 23rd, 2012-21:52

... I will post when I pull the trigger on one Best Hans