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Stages of Life, Dandelion (Taraxacum sp.)

| Kundasang - Sabah |

Dandelion or its botanical name Taraxacum sp, is a flowering plant from the family Compositae. I named this photo (as suggested by a friend) 'Stages of Life', where you can see few different stages of the flower blooming. They are growing wild in Kundasang, Sabah.

Galinsoga

| Kundasang - Sabah |

Galinsoga species is a flowering plant in the family of Asteraceae or Compositae. This photo was taken in a vegetable farm in Kundasang, Sabah, where they are growing wild. I like the bokeh created in this photo.

A Maple Leaf on a Forgotten Hand

| Kundasang - Sabah |

Maple trees are planted as ornamental tree in few places in Kundasang. It gives autumn like scenery when its leaves turned red. You can forget a person, but not the memories with the person.

Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), Low angle

| Kundasang - Sabah | 

An ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) also known as marguerite or moon daisy. This plant have medicinal value, and usually consumed as tea, extract or applied directly such as in healing external wounds. The photo was captured from a low angle, which was not a big deal with Nikon D5000's swivel LCD live view.

Great Mormon (Papilio memnon)

| Poring Butterfly Farm - Ranau - Sabah |

A female great mormon butterfly (Papilio memnon) at Poring Butterfly Farm, Ranau, Sabah. It was captured using 18-55 mm lens at close distance (approximately 20 cm). Took the opportunity for a shot while the butterfly statically collecting nectar.

Little New Zealand

| Kundasang - Sabah |

Dairy cows of holstein breed grazing in the Desa Dairy Farm located in Kundasang, Ranau. The farm is located on high altitude gives cool temperature. This view is rare in Malaysia and one of the famous tourist attraction around Kundasang. The public usually referring  this place as little New Zealand of Malaysia. This photo is one of my favourite photo and also recognized in few photography and instagram groups.

Layers of Hills

| Kundasang - Sabah |

Common hilly landscape of Kundasang, Sabah. I like the multiple shades of hill.

Malay Lacewing (Cethosia hypsea)

| Poring Butterfly Farm - Ranau - Sabah |

A male malay lacewing butterfly (Cethosia hypsea) captured from a close distance.

Graffiti of Bella Cafe

| Kota Kinabalu - Sabah |

A beautiful graffiti outside of Bella Cafe in Kota Kinabalu city centre

KK City Graffiti

| Kota Kinabalu - Sabah |

Graffiti on an abandon building in the city centre of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. On 1 of the oldest building in Kota Kinabalu (Jesselton during that time), a remnant from the British North Borneo administrative era. The building was mysteriously destroyed in a fire on the morning of 31st December 1992, leaving behind concrete portions of the building that we see today.

Destination of Hope

| Kinabalu Mountain - Ranau - Sabah |

Climbing the highest peak in Borneo Island, the Mt. Kinabalu 4095 m from sea level. My journey with a team of friends started at the Mesilau entrance on 27 May 2011. Exhaustion made us to hope to reach there very soon.

p/s: notice the name of God (in Arabic) on the sky?

Hawker

| KDCA - Kota Kinabalu - Sabah |

A hawker at Kadazandusun Cultural Association (KDCA), Kota Kinabalu during Kaamatan festival celebration. Kaamatan is a paddy harvest festival celebrated annually on 31st May by the Kadazandusun tribe of Sabah.