Rise Up, O Flame.

Special note to Shuttersyndicate: thank you for your photo-editing tutorial dropped in my previous post. I really appreciate and feel so much honored to have the attention of a snappy "Sifu" like you to my lousy works of photography. Thank you.

.. ... and to you all guys, receiving, I wouldn't say 'tremendous', but positive feedback from y'all regarding my pictures and my recent outing really hyped me up.

-- Hyped-up here simply means too excited, and...

N-E-R-V-O-U-S .

.. cuz I'm going to show you pictures that I DON'T think it'll be any TYPICAL 'nice piece of works' to most of you, but I can shamelessly tell you that they are my favourite shoots during my Janda Baik camping as I've been dreaming of capturing these movie-scene-like shoots since I learnt photography.

.. because campfire, is my favourite moment during the camping, I mean, every camping I've been to.

.. but who wouldn't claim campfire is their favourite in a camping? My point is, if you like camping, then you'll LOVE campfire --raise your both hands and say 'HEY-HEY' if you agree!

Sitting around the campfire and sharing our stories, singing our songs, or maybe just sitting quietly, letting all be still, listening to the sounds of the night, the whispers of the forest, the hum of insects and the crackle of the fire -- it is such a peaceful and relaxing moment. No wonder they call the circle formed around a campfire a 'ring' -- there's a very sense-making explanation behind it--

A ring. A bond.

Of friendship, of brotherhood, and also a bond between human beings and mother nature.

... and personally, the campfire in Janda Baik reminded me of every blackout nights during my childhood. Huhu I think I'm getting sentimental here...

Gotta share with y'all a song. The lyric goes like this:

Rise up, O Flame
By thy lights glowing
Show to us beauty
vision and joy.

Well to be very frank I don't know how to sing this song, but it's a song sung during campfire obviously. I like the wordings as it describes perfectly how I feel about campfire: the beauty, the vision, and the joy.