Garden of Eden

These are very old buildings in the heart of Taiping. The front probably fronts a shop of sorts and behind it as shown here is the living quarters.

I took this picture cos i just love old buildings...it has history. Who knows what these buildings have seen and been through. Wars, scandals, birth of a nation, who knows? Only the walls would have seen and heard much. These buildings...based on my ah por's house would have a yard on the top floor. It's kinda like a drying yard. It's open air and some people put a sort of zinc roof over it and use is as a balcony, where you can probably chill out in the evening or sip oolong or wine al fresco.

Now if you look carefully to the top left corner of the picture you will see an uncle tending to his garden...which is another use for the place. I think that's pretty cool. I think everyone should have a garden to tend to. It helps one relief stress, gives one something to do, a form of exercise, beautifies the home and allows one to get connected to mother earth. Get our hands dirty with the soil that brought us up. Gives one a bit of greens in our concrete jungle, not to mention creating a little green lung in one's home.

Close your eyes and listen then to the rustling of the leaves when the wind blows and smell the sweet smell of earth amongst the greens...in your own little piece of Eden.