Photo Hunters : “Five”
When I think of “five”, this comes to mind:
Hibiscus
The hibiscus is the national flower of Malaysia. The five petals of the hibiscus represents the five principles of the “Rukunegara” of Malaysia. They are:
* BELIEF IN GOD
* LOYALTY TO KING AND COUNTRY
* THE SUPREMACY OF THE CONSTITUTION
* THE RULE OF LAW
* COURTESY AND MORALITY
I wish I had photos of red hibiscus but the red hibiscus had more than five petals. LOL.
Bush alamandas also have 5 petals, hehehe
Dang. The image doesn’t appear
would you believe it, there are loads of hibiscus here in Sydney! traditional red, pink, white… and all with 5 petals… *grin*
I remember the Hibiscus at Science Class in School…. Awesome stamen..
OOoooo…from your house garden?…=D
the varieties are beautiful - do you plant them at home?
Pelf, phoeee.. you’re fast. A lot of flowers have 5 petals… usually dicotyledons i think.. gave back my botany to my biology teacher already.
May, really? All over the world i guess
LB, ahh… yes… stamens STAND BOLD don’t they?
Chelsea, yes.. at home.
George, yup… got the stems from a kind lady in, of all places, Taman Bunga Raya.
Oh, a white hibiscus! Very beautiful. I am not sure I have seen a white one before. We have red ones just like your picture in our yard (we live in south Florida).
The flowers really blossom well in your garden
Those were taken in your garden?
I only have one plant, and that’s a weird plant..
looks more like an animal than a plant
Very beautiful flowers.
There are hibiscus in Brazil too. In fact quite popular in Rio. In fact, there are a few orange hibuscus plants in the garden of the apartment i m staying. Reminds me of Malaysia.
Daisy, woww.. looks like hibiscus is quite ubiquitious.
yenjai, it’s been raining a lot lately. That helps.
Chen, err… cryptic… hmmm!
Drew, thanks. They grow easily.
Zee, in Rio too? Wowww… I would be reminded of home too if I saw them anywhere.
Can you say the Rukun Negara in Bahasa without cheating?
Kepercayaan kepada Tuhan
Kesetiaan kepada raja dan negara
Keluhuran Perlembagaan
Kedaulatan Undang-undang
Kesopanan dan kesusilaan
Hmmm… i think i got it all right
got to think for a while…. almost forgotten but recall it instantly after Queen throw a challenge. ha..ha..
Never read it or hear it in English before.
Queen, see.. got kawan taken up the challenge d! Haha.
CSH, bravo! You must be a practioner to remember them at the tip of your fingers.
It’s at the back of some of the school exercise books.
Beautiful flower. And lovely meaning too.
The moon is gone.
She fled as dawn approached.
Dawn as a slowly opening eye.
White sea birds skimming over the water,
looking for an early morning snack.
The mirror brightens.
From a blood moon at dawn to a mirror
reflecting waking life…
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I woke her to take the moon.
Her campaign was swift and terrible.
Metallic and fierce.
Glaring up in the twilight.
But the moon was both implacable and unreachable
and in the end the war against the moon failed.
As dawn rose slowly from her bed, the moon slipped away.
But in the end, all that was lost,
was a little sleep….
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1 June 2007
Burning Moon
Moon Fire
Blood Moon
smoked Moon
Smoky Moon
Smouldering Moon
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4 June 2007
After the storm, my mine cleared.
And a high wind arose and blew the tropics north.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
running quartz crystals through a blender.
sand through your engines.
bubble in your bays.
estuaries reaching out toward forbidden seas…
sand through your eyes.
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5 June 2007
Calm as baby’s breath
as peaceful as the storm’s eye
Clouds spread and drawn with rough strokes of stratospheric winds
a warm and windy tropical day.