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| Friday, 27-Feb-2004 00:00 |
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Disconnected!
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Haven't been able to upload photos, and won't be able to for another month 'coz my new house (yes I've got a new rental habitat down under!) has no phone line, and the dumb ozzie red tape means it takes 1 week to connect a phone and three to get broadband active. Bah. Will post a bunch of pictures up when I get back online!
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| Monday, 2-Feb-2004 00:00 |
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Chingay Parade part 2
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More photos from the parade.. didn't finish uploading 'em 'coz I fell asleep!
The picture quality is rather lacklustre because I was using the 1600 ISO setting and I couldn't use the viewfinder (I was shooting holding the camera above the crowd).
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| Sunday, 1-Feb-2004 00:00 |
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The Chingay parade
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The Chingay (pronounced ching-gay) festival was yesterday, and to mark the event on the lunar calendar, a parade is held annually along Orchard Road. During the Chingay parade, performers, floats and people in all sorts of traditional and fancy costumes parade down the shopping heart of Singapore, Orchard Road. It's the only time you'll find the road closed to traffic. The parade contingents represent various commercial, cultural, religious and arts organisations of various nationalities that have become a part of Singapore.
For those of you that don't know, Singapore is a multicultural nation. There's no "local" race here, it's a big stir-fry of Chinese, Malays, Indians, Caucasians etc. If you want to go back into history, then the first people on the island were Malay. But at the point of independence, Singapore was already a multicultural society.
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| Monday, 26-Jan-2004 00:00 |
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Cityscapes
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Went to visit my relatives on my mother's side in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) over the weekend. During the first 15 days of the Lunar New Year, it is customary to go around visiting relatives and wishing each other well for the new year. It's not such a bad thing, as it helps us stay in touch with even our distant relatives. I hadn't seen my relatives in KL for over two years!
Staying on the 35th floor of a hotel allowed me to take the above shots.
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| Friday, 23-Jan-2004 00:00 |
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Lunar New Year
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Hello all! Writing this on the second day of the Lunar New Year (Being Chinese means we get to celebrate new year twice!). Sorry 'bout the long leave of absence... eating porridge for a week straight put me out of the mood to do anything.
I should've taken these photos earlier to catch the bustling atmosphere in Chinatown, but weather and schedule didn't permit. I went down tonight anyway, in the hope of giving a glimpse of what it's like. The huge throngs of crowds aren't there (it's crowded right up to new year's eve), but the decorations are all still up.
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| Friday, 9-Jan-2004 00:00 |
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Towering concrete...
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This is suntec city's Tower No. 5 viewed from the courtyard of Millenia Walk. Went to the dentist this week for a checkup, will be having my wisdom teeth extracted on Tuesday! I'm anticipating it, but I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to it... 
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| Saturday, 3-Jan-2004 00:00 |
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Brownian Motion
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Belated Happy New Year!!!
Back again!
I'm currently serving the balance of my national service in the Singapore Armed Forces, so I've been back in camp and haven't had much opportunity to go snapping. Unlike Sean D., I'm not allowed to bring cameras into camp, which I think is silly, since alot of the camp is used by some of the personnel during their wedding shoots.
Anyway that aside, I was at Changi international airport today with Jasmine. The above photos were taken at an indoor water feature. Enjoy, and have a great weekend!
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| Sunday, 28-Dec-2003 00:00 |
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The eyes of the fly
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Those oddly textured domes belong to the Esplanade, the new (relatively) arts centre in Singapore. They've been compared to the eyes of flies, durians, porcupines and what have you. Honestly I think they look ugly during the day, but they're quite interesting subjects when theyr'e lit up in the night.
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| Friday, 26-Dec-2003 00:00 |
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Boat Quay
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One of the night life belts in Singapore, a row of restaurants, pubs and nightclubs sits on the banks of the Singapore river. I'm not a clubber myself, but I wonder how people survive a walk through there; we could here the booming music from our little vantage point almost a kilometer away!
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| Wednesday, 24-Dec-2003 00:00 |
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Christmas!
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Merry Christmas to all!
Finally got the computer at home loaded with my camera drivers... haven't been able to upload anything at all! Been quite hectic since I got back, settling back in my room, catching up with friends 'n all
Oh and I built a new bike too! 
Btw, the photos were taken in Orchard Road, the heart of shopping in Singapore. The lights used to be alot more dazzling some years back, but the recent economic situation means all the department stores have no money to put up elaborate displays...
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Thanks for sharing. 
I know many Singaporeans don't like it. Maybe I'm the odd ball then.. 
