Thaipusam

Yesterday, I went on a little trip to the Thaipusam festival at the Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur. Below are pictures, followed by a short announcement regarding the future of High-Definition Fantasy.

After this post, I am changing the visual theme for High-Definition Fantasy. This is in part because, at least on my browser, the words are too large and there are some formatting issues (spacing, mostly) that I can fix using a different theme. I’ve waffled on the issue for a while, but think that it’ll be a good change. If, however, the blog becomes unreadable on your mobile devices, or whatever, just let me know, and I’ll consider changing it back.

Tomorrow, you will see a post that I’ve been working on for a week and change. It’s a departure from my normal voice, and is on the long side.

Construction

Today, we took a walk to a construction site. With minimal commentary, photos follow.

We did anyway.

Colorful. Dead.

The rambutan farm’s fence was decorated with bottles.

A rambutan tree at the rambutan farm.

For westerners: a rambutan is a fruit about the size of a golf ball and the fruit inside has the taste and consistency of a peeled grape, except that it has a pit about the size of an almond.

A rose is a rose is a rose, but an orchid is sometimes a tiny purple vagina.

The lighting was perfect for a cool macro shot or two.

An empty explosives box. We threw rocks at it, of course.

Petronas barrels with the Petronas Towers in the background.

I’m artsy as hell.

Mud from the construction site, drying in the sun.

Fern gully.

The rubble from construction makes for some pretty great sci-fi landscapes.

Life on Mars.

I still haven’t figured out how to get red from over-saturating. It’s a problem.

This might be my favorite shot of the day.

These photos can be found at my Flickr page.