F E L I N E R S

gold & jade statue of Guan Yin is inside this one pavillion.. and it has been put into the world guiness record as the largest gold & jade statue of Buddha..

see the "door" thing in the background? that's the dharma door of nonduality.. there are 84 thousand dharma doors in Buddhist practice. and among those, this nonduality is considered as the "highest stage". only by entering this door would 1 be clear about the teachings and principles of nonduality & attain the enlightenment of Nirvana..

and oh, the people in the foreground are the ones who brought me up - mom & dad.. mom didn't know that her husband was hiding behind her..





that's the 108 meters nanshan Guanyin statue on south sea.. there are "3 figures in 1".. all 3 of them stand separately for Peace, Wisdom & Mercy.. i was at the terrace of the Nanshan temple where i could admire the seascape & to view the statue..


the direct translation of Nanshan is South Mountain.. on the outskirts of Sanya, there's this Nanshan & is believed to be an auspicious mountain of longevity in chinese myth.. so anyway, there's this Nanshan temple (in the picture above) which is located in the core of the whole Buddhism park..

since the whole Buddhism park is SO huge, electric buggies are provided.. we hopped on.. saw all the other architectural of the temple complex.. and boom, we reached the entrance to get closer to the Guanyin statue.. the statue of the hand was what we saw first..

throngs of people.. this is where most of us feel peace & harmony of Buddhism whole heartedly..

joss sticks & Guan yin.. see my dad? he checked the photos on the viewing screen of the camera from time to time & he saw himself in THIS photo.. can u picture how TINY that would look? but he saw it and zoom closer to have a better look.. and said "wow, good candid picture of papa!"


the world's tallest statue of Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy).. i loved this view.. i stood there for quite some time admiring.. and took a mental picture of it.. my mental picture includes the sounds and breeze and RAIN.. well yeah.. it was rainy season and we had to carry umbrellas at all times..


this is the electric buggy that we hopped on.. dad was constantly acting like a kid, playing around with whatever that fancies him.. HAH! a candid shot!

a breathtaking view from the hotel lobby.. looking out towards the south china sea.. this southern part of Hainan island is also known as "the end of the world"..



i was at the feet of the statue! apparently only those who stay at the hotel are entitled to pay a visit up til here.. and only before 8am coz construction was still in progress.. so we had to climb up in dark alleys/ staircase from underneath the statue.. that was when Dad was acting all supermanly with his pocket torchlight..






that's our tour guide.. he's local.. pointing out to the map of Hainan island to us.. so.. urm.. Sanya is on the South.. see the pink shaded area at the bottom? that's it.. and the place where we landed on the first day was up north, where the tour guide was pointing at..

there's a 1-2-3 step to checking our cholesterol levels?? a cool cream is applied on one finger, place it underneath some microscope-like instrument.. and see the result on the screen above..

this chart shows the different particles that may occur during the "check up".. the 2 loopy things on the top left are deemed healthy.. and the rest are not..















that's all for now.. once again, i hope ya all enjoyed reading.. urm.. shall post more on the other sites i saw..

i was asked to design some namecards and letterheads.. was just googling about to get some ideas.. look what i found here - cool business card design .. it has a few crazy ideas & i thought i'd share..

Yesterday was our 18th if I counted correctly, we spent the entire day together...with Julian inking me. Mmmhmm...

I like it a lot, though I did make a lot of noise while he was tattooing me. The pain was pretty intense, not cause Ju's a newbie but because of where the tattoo is. Kitty! Now I know what kinda pain you went thru with that tattoo on your calf. Madness I say, madness. I'm contemplating whether to get another on my other calf, just to balance it out. Probably get a similar looking image...but a bunny instead. We'll see...

In case you girls were wondering, no I don't think Ju is changing his profession to a Tattoo Artist (yet). In the mean time he is just really keen on mastering the art, what happens after that is not set in stone of course. :)