Daraemon Christmas Trees

This year, Christmas trees come in many forms ... the traditional and the comic characters!



Watch out for the upcoming movie Stand by Me, Daraemon.

Web-Covered Trees

Webbings covering the trees! Is this the work of Spider-Man?

According to the news from wired.co.uk on March 30, 2011, the web covered trees is the result of spiders fleeing from the unprecedented flooding in Pakistan during the latter half of 2010 which disrupted the lives of 20 million people.

With more than a fifth of the country submerged, millions of spiders climbed into trees to escape the rising floodwater. As the water has taken so long to recede, the trees quickly became covered in a coocoon of spiderwebs. The result is an eerie, alien panorama, with any vegetation covered in a thick mass of webbing.

The unusual phenomenon, however, is a blessing in disguise. The UK's department for international development reports that areas where the spiders have scaled the trees have seen a far fewer malaria-spreading mosquitos than might be expected, given the prevalance of stagnant, standing water.

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Pre-Christmas Sales

Pre-Christmas Sales @ Causeway Point

An Unusual Tree

There is a tree in the woods that stands out above all others, where I frequently visit for my nature walk. It is a tree that is unusual because it does seem to belong, as if from another world. It blooms of wild flowers that attract the bees, and bear 'fruits' that resemble a basketball in shape and in size. In its natural state of 'ugliness' is a beauty that boasts of the wonders of nature, the handiwork of God, a spectacle to behold and admire. Like grass of the fields and flowers of the wild that is alive today and gone tomorrow, this spectacle certainly reflects the great wonders of God's creation.

Matthew 6:26-30a (NAS)
Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? ... Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you?

Concrete Jungle

I love nature and I often go to nature when I want to talk to my Creator.


A few days ago, during my lunch hour, I went to explore a new place not too far away from my office. Amidst the office buildings, at the outskirt of this place is a small jungle, where a pathyway leads to the very presence of trees, much like an old kampong. As I walked down the stairs which were covered with fallen leaves, I could see fallen love seeds on the ground, some with the shell still intact. Obviously, there must be a saga tree in this small jungle.

The first thing that came to mY mind was to get right into the presence of nature to chat with God, then get accustomed to my surroundings, and to breathe the fresh air of nature. After having set my heart still and my ears listening to the sound of nature, I begin to listen to my surroundings, the chirping of birds and the blowing of wind.

The next thing I did after chatting with my Creator, was to start picking up the love seeds from the ground, removing each seed from its shell, collecting as many as I can while I fight with the ants and the large mosquitoes. By the time I collected fifty seeds, my arms were already itching with bites, and I had to leave.

The rest of the story, most of you would have known, if you have read my earlier blog entry on 'Seeds of Love', which details how you can use these seeds to bottle them into a gift for your girlfriend or spouse. Afterall, love seeds are also known as 'xiang si dou', an expression of romantic longing with deep passionate love.

Christmas Trees

It's Christmas season and a time for festivities! Enjoy it with me by reading 'A Christmas Story'! (",)