Treasure Hunt @ Armenian Street Penang

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Children of PNG.

The filipino fellowship which I have been attending hosted a Feeding the poor kids program every end of the month. This is a bunch of children from rural areas which the filipino fellowship have adopted and mentored every saturday and every end of the month, Digicel and Christian Revival Church will sponsor these kids with  a balanced meal, some stationeries and maybe food supplies for the family they represented.

Here are some of the photos I 've taken whilst participating in it.

Gems of Port Moresby

Savagery and backwardness have always been associate to this country . Traders have often spoken of their adventure run in with raskol ( local gangster) and the bigger bully policemen. It's PR image have constantly been ridiculed and smeared due to the bad experiences that many if not all of us have experienced one way or another.

Papua New Guinea is what to many referred as Paradise or fondly known as the Land of Unexpected. The chinese , indian, Sri lankans and Filipinos have came into the country many decades ago and for some , they assimilated amongst the locals and have established themselves as citizen of this country. Perhaps this people have discovered some hidden gems and treasure of this country the traders themselves have not seen.

After a year here, I have discovered some hidden treasure which I will show you in the pages below.

Smiles ...

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
Leonardo da Vinci
From the start of my journey as a photographer, Im a people person  who loves taking candid portraiture whose appetite includes smiles.  I love shooting those unpretentious poses of people laughing at a joke I have made .

My favorite subjects for smiling portraiture have always been children because of the unpretentious smiles and laughter you get from them.  The way the light twinkles in their eyes never cease to remind me that there's something pure about their emotions . It may be naive but it was not tainted with any complex emotion or stress.

I would always dream to shoot portraiture that tell their own stories through their eyes . Which is why I have always tried to focus just on the eyes when I shoot portratiture .

There is quote I read somewhere that the eyes are the windows to the person's soul . So therefore the eyes tells us everything you need to know about the person 's current emotions.