the thirtieth

DONG DONG QIANG! Happy Chinese New Year! Here are pictures from Chinatown in Singapore. The amount of people was absolutely astounding. Can't imagine navigating through the pile of... individuals...

A shop selling stuff before the new year

A blind busker playing very nice tunes, located just outside the train station.

Chinese calligraphy.... A dying art..

Remember how I said that there were tons of people... well, ta-da!

Now this was absolutely... astounding... Naturally, the dogs were less entertained than the people taking photos.

The same location taken at three different heights.

Figured I'd have some human interaction in my photographs. Here's a family.. doing a selfie.. with a man clearly waiting for someone... or getting lost.

A couple doing a selfie.. how I wish to be young again..

A couple wanting their picture taken. They look like tourists. 

Chinatown with the horses and the gold coins.

 

the twenty ninth

My cousin and his partner came to Singapore over the Christmas period, so I suggested going to Gardens by the Bay (face it, its actually a pretty good tourist attraction) And I was their personal photographer for that day. Below are some of the shots...

This shot is his current FB profile pic! Clearly I'm doing something right!

And yes folks, you're reading that right... he works for Blizzard =)

Figured I would take photos of those flowers again.

There's actually a gel-like substance in the flower!

These two photos were taken atop the OCBC skywalk. .... It was somewhat frightening, since the bridge was suspended but cables... yes.. cables.. I wonder what is the insurance premium on that bridge. Its actually a pretty good view from above.

the twenty fifth

Took a trip to Botanical gardens. Lets see what I got!

Tried my hand at taking pictures facing the sun. Wonder if the polarising filter actually worked.. I think it did!

Went through the old MacRitchie photos and found two which I liked... so I redid those.

the twenty forth

 So I took a walk down orchard road the other day.. just to see what the fuss was all about...

Well, lo and behold, ITS CHRISTMAS BABY!

the twenty second

Seeing as how it was Deepavali over the weekend, I figured I would pop over to Little India to have a look see. Needless to say, it was everything I expect it would be.

Saw this trishaw of steel. hehehe. I wonder if he plays the Superman theme everytime he picks up a passenger.

Note to self: Ask my Indian friends what the flowers mean..

The aftermath of the night markets.

Now this was interesting. Context is everything.... Hopefully it was a sign to warn children not to touch the goods. *cough* slavery *cough*

 Is something missing? Only in Little India folks!

 

When was the last time you saw a pharmacy/medical/health shop looking like this in Singapore...

I love the colours in this. Only in Little India would you find houses that are so colourful.

Looks like someone fresh off the boat, and might I add, he seemed a bit lost... and constantly checking his phone.

Should've got me one of these tattoos. I have to give it to this man though, he really has steady hands, the detail on this drawn tattoo is amazingly intricate.