Interloper View

I took several photos on the ferry recently as I was leaving Penang island. I like the color of the ocean changes and thought I will share it here: A cruise ship happened to be docked near the island at the time: This was towards the evening and I love how to evening sun reflects on the water. I didn't realize how blue the water looked until I downloaded to the computer.

Most people know the following tongue twister: She sells seashells on the seaside. I was with my daughter and thought of the following. Now say this really fast: Give me the Screwdriver to screw the screw into the screw hole.

So what is the greatest threat that mankind is facing. I guess I have lost touch. All this while, I still think that the depletion of the ozone layer is the threat because, by depleting the ozone layer we allow all the harmful rays of the sun to enter our atmosphere thus causing cancer or other skin diseases. However, as I watch the show - Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" , it talks about global warming. Apparently global warming is different from the ozone depletion. The global warming is actually the rays of the sun that are deflecting from earth is not able to escape the atmosphere. For those who have not watched the show, I encourage you to watch it. The message it is trying to convey is critical to our survival as a species. According to the show, the recent disasters which we are facing in recent years can be linked to the global warming - primarily diseases like SARS and recent disasters like Kathrina and recent earthquake. If we don't pay attention t

This trip to Genting Highlands, I decided to look for as many bugs as possible. Much to may surprise I saw a majority of them clustered around the entrance of the outdoor theme park. In one of my previous visits, I took one of the staircase of the hotel and found a lot of dead and flying butterflies. The only thing I can think of why we see so many such butterflies in the hotel and the themepark is that we have invaded their homes and they have no where to go. Anyway, here is my discovery:

This was taken at my friends house in Minnesota: This was taken at the Disney Port Orleans Resort Disney World, Florida: This was taken @ Chin Swee Temple in Genting Highlands, Malaysia: This was taken @ Seaworld in Florida:

I believe there is a zoo in almost any country in the world. I am not sure why, could it be because of national pride so that we can see what are the animals we have in country? Do you realize the upkeep cost? In fact, I believe many zoos are losing money and are not able to support their animals. I remember years back, it was popular to have countries present exotic animals to other countries. Anyway, here are some pictures taken more than 20 years back: Birds: Honey bears: Penguins: Ok, this isn't in the zoo but the dog is still in captivity: