Drawing with Light

Hi! My name is Mano and I am an amateur photographer. Besides the many other things in life that occupies my time, these last two years I have been drawn towards drawing, that is with light. I love taking pictures as it freezes a moment in the space time continuum. It is subjective, open to interpretation, it captures the very essence of life, the unspoken words.

I’ve never been to a photography class; books, websites and chris orwig have been my mentors. I don’t have a degree in art, in fact I failed many of them during my school days. But I believe there’s a little bit of art in all of us. Enjoy the pictures that are included in this site as I undertake the journey of growth and fascination; in drawing with light.


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Every child should have an opportunity to do team sports. They should learn how to play the game properly. They need to learn how to win, but they also need to learn how to lose graciously. Get back to the drawing board when you are brought crashing down to the earth. Learn what needs to be improved. Persevere and then try again.   Last year, my son in their soccer league, lost all their matches except one. But they never gave up, showed up for every game and gave their best. They kept training. This year they have started the same league with two wins in their first two matches. All that hard work is beginning to pay off.  It took them a whole year, but they’ve learned how to stick together as a team and have earned the most precious thing, character! Way to go boys!

Every child should have an opportunity to do team sports. They should learn how to play the game properly. They need to learn how to win, but they also need to learn how to lose graciously. Get back to the drawing board when you are brought crashing down to the earth. Learn what needs to be improved. Persevere and then try again.  

Last year, my son in their soccer league, lost all their matches except one. But they never gave up, showed up for every game and gave their best. They kept training. This year they have started the same league with two wins in their first two matches. All that hard work is beginning to pay off. 

It took them a whole year, but they’ve learned how to stick together as a team and have earned the most precious thing, character! Way to go boys!



In the previous post I posted a quote by A. Einstein. Here’s a image of him painted on a wall somewhere in Seoul. I love this image, A. Einstein was a brilliant scientist, had a great sense of humour (naturally depicted in this image) and said some brilliant things at times. The state of our schools!

In the previous post I posted a quote by A. Einstein. Here’s a image of him painted on a wall somewhere in Seoul. I love this image, A. Einstein was a brilliant scientist, had a great sense of humour (naturally depicted in this image) and said some brilliant things at times. The state of our schools!

“ Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. Albert Einstein


This is the image of Mt. Bromo in early morning during sunrise. Don’t be fooled by the enchanting beauty as this volcano just erupted earlier this year spewing ashes and molten rocks. I had the chance to hike up its slope to the top battling thick ashes along the way. The crater had a huge hole to nowhere. Majestic and scary at the same time, I can only imagine how it must have felt being around here during the eruption. Simply amazing, I look forward to going there again one of these days.

This is the image of Mt. Bromo in early morning during sunrise. Don’t be fooled by the enchanting beauty as this volcano just erupted earlier this year spewing ashes and molten rocks. I had the chance to hike up its slope to the top battling thick ashes along the way. The crater had a huge hole to nowhere. Majestic and scary at the same time, I can only imagine how it must have felt being around here during the eruption. Simply amazing, I look forward to going there again one of these days.

“ Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.

Robert Fulghum


“ Thank you for the pain, you’ve made me raise my game. Jessie J from the song “Who’s Laughing Now”


“ For every one, as I think, must see that astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another. Glaucon, the older brother of Plato, in Plato’s The Republic, c. 380 BCE
Not only it looks good, believe me, it taste yummy as well ( I had one, no, maybe two). Sticky mango rice, along the the famous River Market in Bangkok.

Not only it looks good, believe me, it taste yummy as well ( I had one, no, maybe two). Sticky mango rice, along the the famous River Market in Bangkok.



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Nice. All the best for more photos to come! 

This a picture I took in Saigon, one of the many painted along the walls all across the city. I also managed to buy replicas of propaganda posters made during the Vietnam War. I have a deep fascination and appreciation of posters. The interplay of colours, typography, images and and the geometric arrangements to convey a message is truly a work of art. I’ve always wanted to learn to make digital posters using Adobe InDesign but never got around doing it.  Well, I am going to do it. My first poster would be about the Astronomy Club that I plan to start in my school.  Hope it will be the first of many…

This a picture I took in Saigon, one of the many painted along the walls all across the city. I also managed to buy replicas of propaganda posters made during the Vietnam War. I have a deep fascination and appreciation of posters. The interplay of colours, typography, images and and the geometric arrangements to convey a message is truly a work of art. I’ve always wanted to learn to make digital posters using Adobe InDesign but never got around doing it.  Well, I am going to do it. My first poster would be about the Astronomy Club that I plan to start in my school.  Hope it will be the first of many…