Where I Go To Chill....

Where Have I Been Lately??? The best place to be when you feel the heat is up in the highlands where you can freeze your mind & not think of the brewing stew. I went to Cameron Highlands to replenish my supply of Cameron Valley tea. My favourite orange pekoe tea. They only produce enough to supply to the highland’s community itself & only when there is surplus, they get sent to KL. So I had to get my fix. My tea & some chilly winds. I found a nice cottage to put up a night in. Temperature dropped to about 16 degrees Celsius & my security blanket really helped. It’s like American Express, ‘never leave home without it.’ On the way to Sg.Ruil, Orang Asli Settlement I didn’t have any conquest as usual. Just me & Jesus going for a chill in the highlands. The last time I was here was with someone very close to me & we were buying plants. This time, it was me & Jesus. I came to look for the familiar surroundings that brought so much peace every time I came here to chill out. It’s been almost three years & the development of Tanah Rata has caused the temperature to rise in the day. I drove around looking for subjects to photograph & stumbled upon the orang asli settlement. The Orang Asli Settlement, Sg.Ruil, Cameron Highlands I visited nurseries to look at flowers. And guess what, my rechargeable batteries ran low. Even my spares had run out. I had to selectively shoot or I won’t be able to make the trip to the tea farm on the way down. Another new beginning of a fern... I’m very curious to know how such leaves can bring so much punch to one’s lives. Tea. Hokkiens & Malays call it Teh. Cantonese call it Char. Japanese call them O-cha. I’m doing an article for the magazines on it & can’t put it here yet but my field day was to look at TEA. More about it later. I’ve got to pack up to go to diving today. The Flower Stall