Pheonix Rising

I looked up one day as I was passing the countless palm trees grown along the institute and noticed for once how beautiful the early morning sunlight was cast when the underside of the frond was viewed. It's like a thousand rays of light was streaming from its center, akin to a golden plume of some mysterious avian. Sometimes we find beauty in the most unexpected of places, and often we miss it if we don't pause and take a closer look. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 2005.