It was a cloudy dusk where the sky was almost dark.  Suddenly something caught my attention.  It was the cloud in ball shape that still shone by the evening sun behind the scene.

The cloud gave a high contrast in the sky.

It changed its shape to a horse and he was looking at his friend.

The cloud changed its shape while the wind was blowing.

Actually, his friends were everywhere, but they were too dark to be seen because of not being shone by the last bit of sunlight before sunset.

Use a magnifying glass and look at your monitor, you will be able to see the pixels (dots).  It has close relationship with the “resolution”.

The following are from what I have understood, ignore the following if you do not like its technical part.

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If a picture of size 10px X 10px is displayed on the screen at 100% (no zooming), it is supposed to take 10 X 10 pixels on the display.  I do not believe that every screen is always 72dpi (dot per inch).

For printed pixel, if it is 300dpi, it means that there are 300 dots on an inch, the size of the pixels must be the same or smaller than 1/300 inch.

On the same monitor, if we increase the screen resolution, the pixel size will become smaller so that the monitor can display more dots.

On different monitors but with the same resolution, the larger screen has larger pixel size.

I can tell you the pixel size on a monitor or printed material, but I cannot tell you the pixel size of an image file without the output, because it depends on how big is the output.

Some picture files has the dpi properties, but it is only a relative reference so that it can tell the user how big it is in cm or inch.  The pixel sizes might be different if the output has different dpi.  Therefore I always use pixel rather than inch or cm when handling images.

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Pixel can be as big as a human being.  It happens when a large group of people wearing different colour of clothing lines up together, words or patterns can be seen from far away.  It can usually be seen during an opening ceremony (such as the Olympic Games) or other important celebrations.

Not long after the sun has risen, a big piece of cloud which almost covered the entire sky was waiting for the sun.

Once again the sun was covered.

While the sun went into the cloud, the cloud showed its teeth biting the sun.

Once it was the place where I had the highest level of concentration while doing my programming work.

It was an extremely quiet place and I enjoy the quietness.

As usual, the 6:30 am sun shines on one of the pantry wall and slowly moves its brightness towards the floor when the sun rises higher.

The sunlight is still there every morning, but I have left this place since 2 weeks ago, and I am going to miss this place.

I do not have a LOMO camera, but I have tried to edit it and made it lomo.  Who knows if there will be a chance in my lifetime to visit this place again.

‘Hi, Siew Peng!’

‘Hi, Teacher Jock Eng!’

The other day, my colleague and I greeted each other when we met at the staff room.  The first thought that struck my mind was, hey, our names actually rhymed!  While the thought still lingered around my imaginative world of rhyming words, my colleague went on and said, ‘I want a drink.’, as she was holding a cup and a packet of those instant coffee powder.

The moment this sentence popped out of her mouth, my thoughts started to wander around my imaginative world, trying so eagerly to look for something to rhyme.  It was actually after break time for my class and I have just cleaned the class and emptied the rubbish bin, I was washing my hands and all of a sudden, I said, ‘I am washing my hands at the sink.’.

So, it became,

‘Hi, Siew Peng!’
‘Hi, Teacher Jock Eng!’

‘I want a drink.’
‘I am washing my hands at the sink.’

Haha!  How brilliant could that be?  We both laughed! :D  What an interesting way to greet someone and even carry on a conversation!  Can you imagine what would it be like if people are actually rhyming what they are saying to each other?  Even when they are in a fight?  Take this for example,

‘I don’t want to see you anymore!
You make my life so bitter and sore!’

‘Well, you think I like to put up with you?
Try putting yourself in my shoes!’

I think if they go on like this, they will end up laughing.  Hey!  This is not a bad idea to solve conflicts huh?  As they are thinking about words to rhyme, they might even slowly forget about what they were fighting about initially!  Not bad at all!

Recently, I came across a movie which I watched many years ago.  It is called ‘The Shawshank Redemption’.  Have you heard of it or watched it before?  There is one particular line that I find quite meaningful, it sounds like this, ‘hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things…’.  And I agree.  How about you?  Therefore, I would like to start something with this line and hope to get some rhyming lines from the readers of colinjong.com!  Here goes…

Hope is a good thing,
Maybe the best of things.

Sometimes, the road ahead is rough,
But with hope, we can survive and be tough!

Alright then!  I am throwing this to everyone out there now!  What are you waiting for?  Find the words and let’s rhyme!!!