For those fascinated with the story of Titanic, Ghosts Of The Abyss gives you an awe-inspiring insight to the voyage of the 1912 RMS Titanic’s shipwreck. No Jack and Rose, no “My Heart Will Go On” and no love stories. 

In this documentary, director James Cameron invited his long-time friend Bill Paxton to join him on his second expedition to the North Atlantic Ocean, where 1,514 souls were lost on that numbing April night. Combined with the amazing photographic work and detailed CGI, Cameron was able to produce and direct this technological magic. And it’s a shame I didn’t get to see this sooner. 

During one of their dives in this expedition, Cameron and his crew laid a plaque that read “THE 1500 SOULS LOST HERE STILL SPEAK, REMINDING US THAT THE UNTHINKABLE CAN HAPPEN, BUT FOR OUR VIGILANCE, HUMILITY AND COMPASSION.” on Titanic. Ironically, it was in the morning of 11 September 2001. 

“The story of the Titanic is very personal to each person who hears it” Paxton narrated. That I would say is as true as it can get. Not only did I find myself “ooh” and “aaahh”ing when an artefact is found, an indescribable emotion overwhelmed when I thought about the people who were there. The families who knew their fate and had no way out, the heroes who stayed to help (them too knowing their fate) and even the selfish bastards who shoved their way onto the lifeboats. I can go on and on….

My fascination with the RMS Titanic sinking isn’t about the fictional romantic love story, but about the lives affected by one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters. The people onboard, their families and friends and even the scientists who spent years of their lives searching for answers. I’m no scientist, but I’m one of those who dwell on these stories.

And so I end this with Paxton’s words “Titanic was a stage where God says, you have hours to act out the rest of your life. What are you gonna be? Will you be a hero? Will you be a coward? Would you fight to survive? What would you do? How would you act? I think it’s fortunate that most of us will never be put to that test”.

Aren’t you?

Hello Iceberg!

Meet the world’s first albino adult orca, Iceberg! Travelling with its pod of mother and siblings, Iceberg was spotted once again yesterday in the waters off the Russian Far East. Many fully albino animals are known to have weak immune system and usually die young due to their communication struggle. Believed to be at least 16 years old, little is known about Iceberg and its albinism. 

These breathtakingly beautiful mammals are now endangered and thus much study is still needed to save them. Best of luck to the FEROP team for your expedition in 2 weeks time! Let’s hope the rare appearance of stunning Iceberg will help to spread the awareness for the need to protect these orcas and other cetacean species. :)

living in a dream, walking in between the sunrise and sunset

- The Weepies, Living in Twilight 

[image - Sydney Harbour Bridge, 2008]

“It’s the oldest story in the world. One day you’re 17 planning for some day, and then quietly without you really noticing, some day is today. And that some day is yesterday. And this is your life.” 

Thanks One Tree Hill for the last 9 years filled with tears of laughter and tears of sorrow. 

My life should be filled with memories in places like this…

- Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia -

The National Holocaust Museum, Washington DC
“For the dead and the living, we must bear witness” - Elie Wiesel

Highlighting the influences of propaganda and power, deception and manipulation, the whole journey of this museum sent shivers down my spine. History may have revealed the propaganda tactics, but nothing can reverse the atrocities or recover the losses of six million European Jews and more. 

Next stop; The Museum of Tolerance. 

crazy. 

and it’s so freakin’ awesome. 

(via loveyourchaos)

“change comes like the little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn. and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass”

- John Steinbeck