Mall Sharks

Sharks swims past divers preparing the aquarium in the new Dubai Mall hours before its official opening in the oil-rich Gulf emirate.

Anger!

When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear.
--Mark Twain

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.
--Dr Laurence J. Peter

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
--Buddha

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
--Benjamin Franklin

Anyone who angers you conquers you.
--Anonymous

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems not people; to focus your energies on answers not excuses.
--William Arthur Ward

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. --Plato

What a ride

New Mexico: Hot air balloons soar over the Rio Grande during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

Wild cravings

1. Lady enjoying her sandwich, one fine morning

2. A seagull suffering from strong cravings has some other ideas

3. It flies down and aims right at the meaty part

4. Nicely and accurately executed

5. Showing us exactly what needs to be done when you want something. You just have to reach out and own it!

Even the monkeys are doing it :D

A 7-year-old male monkey named Wukong (R) and a 6-year old female monkey named Xiaoya are seen during a special wedding ceremony at a zoo in Wenling, China, September 4, 2008.

Time for everything - in search of ears

Start of the month and things have started dull and slow as ever. Feeling trapped in the depth of pessimism and monotony, there is a glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel but the impatience is making it harder to sail through this. Every aspect of living seems fragile and heavily tested e.g. no fun and all work in the most dull office environment is sucking all the life; that is left from inside me, no exercise/sport is having apparent physical implications, constant reminder of someone's pain and distress is also ripping the inside apart (wish he gets well soon), can't seem to connect to the spiritual side as I would have liked to and always one step behind inevitably or lazily whatever you may call it. Feeling it really hard to see any positives lately, doesn't mean there aren't any happening....

Waiting desperately for someone to free me from this misery. Wonder when that time will come - when all the missing pieces will fit in. There is in fact "time for everything", believing in which keeps me going. Crawling if not running or walking towards it, I will ultimately get to it and everything seems to mellow down all because of it.

I guess what I desperately seek at this stage is a certain piece of mind and a pair of ears I could turn to and seek refuge.....

Hello world!

Six week old Siberian tiger cub 'Antares' is presented at the Tierpark Friedrichsfelde zoo in Berlin August 4, 2008.