I had so much fun doing my previous post on favourite travel photos, that I had to do another one with more photos. I could only choose five earlier, so here are some more of my favourite photos from the places I’ve visited previously.
Temples in the Prambanan Cluster, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
Prayer flags in the Kek Lok Si Temple, Penang, Malaysia
White Temple, Chiang Rai, Thailand
Angkor Wat Complex, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Prambanan Temple Complex, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Beginner’s Luck – Laura Pedersen
“There could be no doubt left in anyone’s mind that my life had all the makings of a country-and-western song.”
The second of seven children (with another on the way), Hallie Palmer has one dream: to make it to Vegas. Normally blessed with an uncanny gift for winning at games of chance, she’s just hit a losing streak. She’s been kicked out of the casino she frequents during school hours, lost all her money for a car on a bad bet at the track, and has been grounded by her parents. Hallie decides the time as come to cut her losses.
Answering an ad in the local paper, she lands a job as yard person at the elegant home of the sixty-ish Mrs. Olivia Stockton, a wonderfully eccentric rebel who scribes acclaimed poetry along with the occasional soft-core porn story. Under the same wild roof is Olivia’s son, Bernard, an antiques dealer and gourmet cook who turns out mouthwatering cuisine and scathing witticisms, and Gil, Bernard’s lover, whose down-to-earth sensibilities provide a perfect foil to the Stocktons’ outrageous joie de vivre. Here, in this anything-goes household, Hallie has found a new family. And she’s about to receive the education of her life.
Since it’s still the holiday season, here are some of my favourite travel photos.
Prambanan Temple, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Sunset outside Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, India
Jonker Street, Malacca, Malaysia
Temples of Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand
This was a very hectic week for us, so much so that at one point, all we wanted to do was just laze around at home!
Since S was on leave, we decided to head to Johor Bahru in Malaysia for a day trip. We went to a couple of Malls and also checked out the huge IKEA there. We also got summoned for a parking offence and rushed to pay it off before we left the place as we didn’t want any issues the next time we drove in.
Then the next few days was spent in Singapore with some grocery shopping, going to the national library and also having lunches and dinners outside.
S goes back to work tomorrow and we are also counting down to school starting on 2 January.
Have a wonderful Sunday and an awesome week!
The Virgin’s Knot – Holly Lynn Payne
She is called Nurdane, the famed weaver of Mavisu. From her remote mountain village in southwestern Turkey, she creates dowries for young brides: dazzling rugs that are marvels of shape and colour, texture and light. Her unique rugs possess remarkable healing qualities that have inspired a local legend, but it is her hands that are at the heart of her mystery. An artist’s hands. A virgin’s hands. An extraordinary series of events drives Nurdane to question the limitations of her faith and culture as she is caught between the cost of remaining pure in body and spirit…or risking everything for the chance to live a loving life.
Memories and Such 