Picturesque or what? 40years ago, during my Boys' Brigade (2nd Penang Company) days, a recurring lure for the privates to aim higher in their performance was a trip to the scenic island of Tioman where colourful fishes swimming in crystal clear sea water apparently fed from your hands. I always thought these type of scenes were only confined to Jasque Costeau's documentaries or the National Geographic magazines! Well, 40 years later, I found out that such a sanctuary actually exists right in our backyard. Of course with all things in the world, with us leaving our carbon foot prints, people say that with building of resorts and modernization, this tropical beauty with its flora and fauna had been brutally marred. Ikan Kekek Mak Iloi Iloi! Life is a beach? At the ground level, it is a simple island with simple people leading simple lives and smiling a lot with their simple amenities and abodes. It reminded me of a scene from the 1970s TV series, Fantasy Island -...
It is all Mimesis