Bye Bye!

Serene Lake Wakatipu!

The longest lake in New Zealand ... and i didn't "Tipu" you.

Change!

This is the reason why one needs to have change and not stay in one place for a long time!

Yet another mountain collection ... Mount Cook

Long and Lonely Road?

America's Next Top 'Dog' Model

Benefits of being America's Next Top 'Dog' Model ... your own personal 'live' sheep skin rug!

Cosmo-OLD-litan or Cosmopolitan?

Old world charm in a cosmopolitan Shanghai. Pic taken along Nanjing Lu.

World Peace?

The oldest hotel in Shanghai along the Bund - Peace Hotel. The statue in front is a statue of the former Mayor in Shanghai.

Something amiss ...

Beautiful sunset of the valley near Julian; but something is amiss here ...

January Frost

Credit to the photographer. A rare January frost near Julian.

Icy?

I wonder if the sign means ICY road or ICY tree?

Home of the Chargers

I think i can work and retire in this city! Mild temperatures all year round, wonderful seafood, great steaks, lovely oceans and beaches. Home for Shamu ... I love it.

Corridor of Trees

New Canaan too. This is a road that leads to a quiet enclave of bungalow houses. But then again, all the houses here are bungalow houses. No condominiums. This road is next to the little inn I stayed in New Canaan.

New Canaan in technicolour

One chilly January afternoon in New Canaan. Temperature then was around 10 degrees Celsius. New Canaan is a small and beautiful upper middle-class town in Connecticut.

Mount Kinabalu in technicolour

Love the black and whites. So this will be the only coloured picture of Mount Kinabalu. 

Another majestic picture of Mount Kinabalu

 

Mount Kinabalu ... starting to hide itself

 

Mount Kinabalu from Dalit Bay

 

Mount Kinabalu ... a sight to behold!

Mount Kinabalu, the tallest mountain in South East Asia. 

Mysterious Mount Kinabalu

Mount Kinabalu mysteriously appearing in the early evening. 

n'thuse - The Beginnings

This blog is based on the verb "en·thuse". In www.dictionary.com it means:
v. tr.
To cause to become enthusiastic.
v. intr.
To show or express enthusiasm.

Interestingly, there is a note in this website that says this verb is not well accepted. Well, i fell in love with this word browsing through an airline magazine. You know the magazines we browse before we take off or maybe clutch it with our dear life when the plane takes off.

Anyway, to quote what the website says:
"The verb enthuse is not well accepted. Its use in the sentence The majority leader enthused over his party's gains was rejected by 76 percent of the Usage Panel in the late 1960s, and its status remains unfavorable: the same sentence was rejected by 65 percent of the Usage Panel in 1997. This lack of enthusiasm for enthuse is often attributed to its status as a back-formation; such words often meet with disapproval on their first appearance and only gradually become accepted over time. But other back-formations such as diagnose (a back-formation from diagnosis that was first recorded in 1861) and donate (first cited in 1785 as a back-formation from donation) are considered unimpeachable English words. Since enthuse dates from 1827, something more significant may be overriding the erosion of popular resistance. Unlike enthusiasm, which denotes an internal emotional state, enthuse denotes either the external expression of emotion, as in She enthused over attending the awards ceremony, or the inducement of enthusiasm by an external source, as in He was so enthused about the diet pills that he agreed to provide a testimonial. Possibly, some people's distaste for this emphasis on external emotional display and manipulation is the source of unease that is manifested by a distaste for the word itself."

So what do you think? I love this word!

So this blog is to highlight things which i love and i hope to stir you to become enthusiastic. Stay tuned!