What better way to start a New Year than going out into the countryside with good friends, a delicious picnic and cameras to the ready!
Four of us set out in the morning – three of us with cameras set to go! We drove through a beautiful part of 
Padi has two stunning moments – first, when it is planted out and is a vibrant green, shimmering with its own potential, and then when is it ready to harvest and is a glowing gold, heavy with rich ripeness.
On New Year’s Day, the padi was golden and ready to harvest.
And there were people doing just that! They were harvesting by hand, using the traditional short, curved blade. These were small groups of people who saw us and waved and shouted greetings,holding their fistfuls of padi in the air for us to see. And then photographing us photographing them!
They were also threshing by hand and, somehow, we felt privileged to see them.
The air bubbled with fun!
As evening came, the scene was cast in a particularly beautiful light.
These photos were taken by my friends, Boon and Jessica, and me.
Our day-long trip took us from Kota Kinabalu to Ranau (on Mt Kinabalu) and then from Ranau to Tambunan, through the
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