Standing Watch From Busybody Garden Lord ....

Standing watch over a KayPoh garden lord ....

...a nest within the branches

this chick is only 2 days old ...asleep but within a few days they'll grow big !!!!

..the cautius parents 

KK

It Was A Beautiful Weekend (February 7-9) ....

Anwar at Batu Caves (pix:the straits times)

 It was a beautiful weekend last week. It had all the ingredients of the old times, multi racial, multi cultural and above all it felt harmonious and united .

It all began when our wonderful Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim visited Batu Caves at the invitation of the Sri Maha Mariamman Temple Devasthanam KL to observe the Thaipusam preparations taking place this week.

It must have been a wonderful visit for he backtracked from a contreversial proposal to issue guidelines for Muslims who want to participate in non muslim events saying ….”there is no need for guidelines as Muslims should know ‘the do’s and dont’s….like right now I’m here (at SMMTDKL) not to participate in any (Hindu) prayers” .

Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah and Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin graced the state-level Chinese New Year 2025 celebration at the Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Temple in Jenjarom.(pix: the star)

From there it got better with the Selangor Sultan' call for unity, rejecting proposed guidelines on Muslims at non-Muslim celebrations

In a statement issued by Istana Alam Shah on Saturday (Feb 8) the Selangor Sultan had ...'expressed stern disagreement against the proposed guidelines especially in Selangor....“As the head of Islam in Selangor, His Royal Highness opined that the proposal was made at an unsuitable time when the people, from various ethnicities and religions, were strengthening goodwill to propagate national unity,’’ added the statement.

Sultan Nazrin Shah and Tuanku Zara Salim at the state level Chinese New Year celebration in Ipoh

Over in my home state Perak it was unity and harmony that i felt when Sultan Nazrin Shah graced the Perak state-level Chinese New Year 2025 celebration at Stadium Indera Mulia in Ipoh. Accompanying him were Raja Permaisuri of Perak Tuanku Zara Salim, Raja Muda of Perak Raja Jaafar Raja Muda Musa, and Raja Di Hilir of Perak Raja Iskandar Dzurkarnain Sultan Idris Shah

Sultan Nazrin (centre), (Raja Muda,Raja Jaafar Raja Muda Musa (right) and Raja Di Hilir, Raja Iskandar Dzurkarnain Sultan Idris Shah (left) participating in the celebrations (Bernama)

It certainly was a pleasant weekend. I dare say it might stay that way for a while so lets enjoy it all. 

This SNAKE year just might bring some surprises.

KC

Chamelion And The Sun .....

 ..this cute fella showed just when the sun came out just b4 noon.....

..he's still clinging on till his tummy is warmed ????

KK

Attending Fr Anthony Charles Prabhu Ordination to The Priesthood@Novena Church Singapore

Fr Anthony (Charles) Prabhu CSsR was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal William Goh, Archbishop of Singapore at the Novena Church, Singapore on Friday 17 January 2025.

A group from the OMPH Church travelled down in 2 buses at midnight early Friday to attend the evening event and returned the same night arriving early Saturday  morning. 

It was a little tiring but the event was very grand and being in the new Novena Church was a treat. Just to view it now and compared to its former self was awesome, like a total  transformation of adaptive reuse within the same grounds.

The event started with Cardinal William Goh and the long train of priests entering the church. For the next 2 hours it was wonderful event reliving all the steps of the ordination.

Rite of Ordination of a Priest

.......you are fighting against the devil..you must fight aginst temptation...the devil likes tempt priests, the big fish …..

A bouquet of Thanks  

Until it ended with Fr Prabhu's word of thanks to the multitude of people from his family to the Redemtorist confrere and supporters along his journey .

..a group photo with his confreres 

Fr Phillip Lai with Fr Prabhu's family ....

Perhaps it was grand because his personality shone brightly during his words of thanks which made him stand out as an all-rounder priest.  

...taken before the event started .....

And then it was time for dinner. It was held at the back of church. It was spacious area.

 

..it was a wonderful dinner..simple and sustaining ..chappati, tomato rice, vadei and masala vadei and a desert PaiRasam ...it would see me through the night going home by bus ...... 

Fr Anthony's family ....

the Redemptorists Priest's can sing ....must be the Filipino connection .....

..the Ipoh connection 1 ...

..Ipoh connection 2 ....

Ipoh connection with Fr Anthony ...all together 

It was a lovely getaway and so enlightening.

JAG

  

 

The 1st Full Moon of 2025

 This is the 1st FULL MOON of 2025. I did not see it last night but this morning. I awoke to it looking at me through my window. It had a star (top left of the photo) looking from afar.

I enlarged it ...looks interesting

..by 7.15+......above the Kledang Range 

KK