cheap pics by the wooden coffin

memories of bali

2008-02-18T22:48:00.012+08:00

we last went to Bali a couple of years ago. I first fell in love with paradise when i was 22 and have been there many times since... with good friends to enjoy the island. well, the little one can follow me and her mummy the next time we stop by.

elysha nadira herman litak

2008-02-14T00:52:00.008+08:00

i love you.... and i want to thank you for you have made my love for your mother much deeper and my respect for her much higher.

dads and their kids

2008-02-14T00:01:00.009+08:00

there comes a time when we realise that there is a reason to work after all..... our kids magically turns us into kids again and yet forces us to grow up at the same time. they make us believe in the future and its promises.

3 is definitely not a crowd

2008-01-11T21:34:00.000+08:00

lots of things has changed since her arrival. she has literally taken over our lives. she has engulfed us with endless worries and questions, quiet laughters and noisy hushes. she controls our sleep with her waking hours, our lunch and dinner with her constant whimpers. in spite of these, we love her. we love her cries and smiles, her quietness and noisiness, her stares towards us and mr flower, sounds she makes that we have yet to decipher. sometimes i feel she is mocking us but i know thats her way of telling us she loves and needs us. she changed us.

handy work

2007-12-30T13:09:00.000+08:00

we had help bathing elysha in the first few days of her life. in fact, we had a lot of help! many hands make the work light but too many cooks also spoils the broth... lets play a game: count how many fingers there are altogether in the picture above. the person with the right answer will win a used diaper courtesy of elysha, the one that smells the most!

suntanning with dad

2007-12-26T17:50:00.001+08:00

elysha was recorded to have a serum bilirubin level of 165 when she was discharged. after the first appointment at the polyclinic, her reading went up to 175. doc said a lil sunshine is good and doc was right... her reading went down to 144 the next appointment and was 58 last sat.

wife and me before elysha

2007-12-26T17:30:00.000+08:00

the wife and me during helloween. we decided to dress up as respectful malays in traditional garb. we scare the hell out of the other witches, vampires and zombies! at this point of time, elysha has been in my wife's womb for 7 months. we spent our weekends searching for baby stuff. its amazing that the wife dont really shop for herself anymore. all things are for the baby now. i can see the change in perspective and indulgence long before this but it has intensified!

my girls

2007-12-26T00:04:00.000+08:00

Elysha Nadira Herman Litak. I always pray for your safety, for you to grow up a beautiful and smart human being, for you to grow up a pious and filial daughter. Love thy mother my dear daughter for i am witness to her pure love for you.

BIRTH and re-birth

2007-12-25T23:44:00.000+08:00

welcome to my long absent blog site. it has been more than a year since i posted anything on this site due to ... well nevermind! anyway, i now have a compelling reason to take pictures and restart what i had stopped.
to my dear daughter, the only reason i restarted this blog is because of YOU!
plus, your mum has been bugging me to put up new and fresh postings now that you are around... she even said that i was just plain lazy when i said that it was unneccesary for me to restart this blog thing! last but not least Elysha... I love you and i thank GOD you came to our life...i want you to always remember that no matter what happens!

p/s: my dear wife, if you are reading this...I love you too and i am not lazy. hehe

pinkies

2006-06-07T07:24:00.000+08:00

"hair pulling is part of bonding", says the elder of the two. watever makes u kids happy.

speeling error

2006-06-05T23:08:00.000+08:00

its supposed to be batu nisan....not batu pahat.

183011

2006-05-28T12:52:00.000+08:00

walking through the back alleys

latest edition to the clan

2006-05-16T22:58:00.000+08:00

congrats to abg li and kak sal.

cheeky

2006-05-16T22:46:00.000+08:00

everything seems to be looking up for me lately...except these damn cheeks.

livewire

2006-04-28T19:12:00.000+08:00

interconnected

mask of zorro

2006-04-26T00:09:00.000+08:00

my sis looking at me through her imaginary binoculors...

see no evil, speak no evil.....

2006-04-24T23:23:00.000+08:00

and the wife does not even want to hear about it!

puss in boots

2006-04-21T13:02:00.000+08:00

i tot i taw a puttie cat...

lost in time

2006-04-21T12:29:00.000+08:00

the wife feeding the pigeons by the lake at hyde park, london

work in progress

2006-04-20T10:23:00.000+08:00

mosque in patong awaiting completion

boat quay

2006-04-18T00:36:00.000+08:00

sampans anchored and resting after a hard days work...

a kap off cough e

2006-04-17T12:37:00.000+08:00

power of branding

fiesty

2006-04-17T12:22:00.000+08:00

ilhan warning me not to get any closer....or else.

elevation

2006-04-17T00:41:00.000+08:00

the wife doing a david blaine on the beach in phuket... jump for joy.

songkran

2006-04-14T21:44:00.000+08:00

kids having fun, making sure everyone is dripping wet.

getaway

2006-04-14T21:19:00.000+08:00

just came back from an amazing short trip where they were having the songkran festival or better known as "lets get wet by splashing water at everyone and everywhere". it was fun.
more pics later.

shot

2006-04-11T02:07:00.000+08:00

contrasting colors

I-sight

2006-04-11T01:38:00.000+08:00

eight heads are always better than one...or is it?

ending

2006-04-10T19:06:00.000+08:00

what if one day the sun dont set and the moon dont shine?

family ties

2006-04-09T01:10:00.000+08:00

frictions will always be present but we are interdependent and forever binded....

my boys can play

2006-04-02T10:54:00.000+08:00

future champs are made up of these numbers.

budding star

2006-04-02T10:49:00.000+08:00

he will be a good player, one for the future.

my adi

2006-03-30T23:47:00.000+08:00

i like em... these shoes.

beat of my heart

2006-03-29T05:46:00.000+08:00

pic taken in lombok during a wedding ceremony where the bride and her entourage were on their way to the groom's.

double one

2006-03-16T00:05:00.000+08:00

my jersey number

my brother

2006-03-15T23:46:00.000+08:00

failed science but passed and improved on all his other subjects. well done but i know he can do better... and the wife thinks he needs more friends, good natured friends.

winona ryder

2006-03-14T16:33:00.000+08:00

the mentelest kid of the litak clan

tall order

2006-03-13T23:01:00.000+08:00

swaying to the breeze...pulau besar, malaysia

identity

2006-03-12T09:33:00.000+08:00

irfan and his lil toe...

shaolin monk

2006-03-11T14:30:00.000+08:00

smiling to the heavens...

serenity

2006-03-11T05:45:00.000+08:00

i can just stay here for hours as the world above and below me changes colour...pulau rawa, malaysia

ad-hoc

2006-03-09T06:37:00.000+08:00

the different sizes and types of materials makes this bridge interesting.

le grande mosque

2006-03-04T00:51:00.000+08:00

masjid sultan at the background of one of the most serene lanes in this otherwise busy city. the mosque tat unites the people, the pride of the community.

This is anfield

2006-03-03T00:05:00.000+08:00

year 2005, april 16. i was in anfield, home of liverpool fc to watch them in a match against spurs. dream came true. with the kop singing " you'll never walk alone"...magical. once a red, always a red.

father and son

2006-03-01T11:01:00.000+08:00

tis kid is one of the best story tellers of our time...if you dont consider facts to be vital.

woodstock

2006-03-01T01:40:00.000+08:00

ant's highway

fact made possible by modernisation

2006-03-01T01:33:00.000+08:00

hope iman and nana are ok there....

a cut above the rest

2006-02-28T00:50:00.000+08:00

the tailor delicately sewing my knee up.

Stairway to heaven

2006-02-27T00:35:00.000+08:00

or hell... it depends. lives aplenty ended here at alexandra hospital since world war II.

innocence

2006-02-26T18:28:00.000+08:00

i love tis pic of the wife and kids... kids of the sasak village.

windy

2006-02-26T17:40:00.000+08:00

beware falling coconuts!

beware

2006-02-26T17:31:00.000+08:00

took tis shot at east coast beach ... where the heck are we gonna swim then? mcdonalds?

sweeping mess

2006-02-26T00:42:00.000+08:00

fall came early tis year.....

wear and tear

2006-02-25T04:13:00.000+08:00

row, row, row ur boat, gently down the sea......

balls of fire

2006-02-25T03:42:00.000+08:00

my wife has picked up tennis. she is good!

nature's concrete

2006-02-24T20:25:00.000+08:00

a stick is easy to break but a bundle of them is unbreakable, my father told me and my brothers....

Big foot

2006-02-23T05:50:00.000+08:00

wat's all dat chaos up in johore about? those damn animals are here!

Hand in hand

2006-02-23T02:01:00.000+08:00

A marriage is about two people being witnesses to each other's lives... sharing happiness, laughter and yet being able to hold it together thru adversity... for better or for worse...

Unit by the sea

2006-02-23T01:47:00.000+08:00

My new mailing address

Nostalgia in Sibu

2006-02-23T01:33:00.000+08:00

My wife once told me stories of her family having a house right by the sea. Maybe, jus maybe, dis would bring back a thousand memories to her grandma....

Start-up

2006-02-22T11:42:00.000+08:00

This blog is dedicated to my latest crave. I have been transformed into an avid photographer instantaneously. With my Sony W5, wide angle and macro angle lenses, tiny tripod and my creative being, i will go in search of moments to capture. After all, a picture tells a thousand words...

I would also like to thank my bro, sham, for inspiring me.