Thursday, September 22, 2005
[632] Of Singapore pretty much...
[632] Of Singapore pretty much...
Hah. Continuing a short entry naming tradition initiated by a person stuck on an island down south and taken up by another person that originates from another island in the west. But I love Singapore.
In many superficial ways, Singapore doesn't look or feel very different from Kuala Lumpur. Both cities have similar old shophouses that date well before pre-Independence period, filled with food stalls selling nothing too alien to Malaysians with modern highrises threatening to dominate the blue sky above while steel lions roaming the streets below.
I mean, c'mon, take a look at this photo.
If somebody else had taken this one, I wouldn't be able to tell whether this shot was taken in Singapore or Kuala Lumpur. But of course, a visit to a restroom gave me a sudden pang in the head and quickly reminded me that I wasn't in Malaysia anymore.
I took the photo at Chinatown, Singapore.
The one thing that I regret about this trip is the fact that most of my shots are either spoilt or I don't like it. The ones that are decent need to be edited. So, I definitely need to pay Singapore a second visit in the near future and concentrate on shooting better pictures.
I also have decided that I need better camera for night shots. Most of the times when there is a lack of lighting, my current camera’s shutter speed is simply not suffice.
And then there were these two veggies.
Passersby were heard of saying an equivalence of ZOMG!!!!!1one, that's huge in Chinese. By the way, I don't know these guys. It just so happened that I shared the same table with them.
When I got home, my mom asked, "does Singapore still have trees?"
Dumbfounded by the question, I took a couple seconds to recuperate. I'm not sure why she asked that but maybe she meant green spaces. With regained composure, I replied, "no but they do have plastic trees though."
My mom, being a loving mother, let it passed.
p/s - World Solar Challenge is on. A remark by world renown team Aurora, winner of 1999 WSC.
GO BLUE!
In many superficial ways, Singapore doesn't look or feel very different from Kuala Lumpur. Both cities have similar old shophouses that date well before pre-Independence period, filled with food stalls selling nothing too alien to Malaysians with modern highrises threatening to dominate the blue sky above while steel lions roaming the streets below.
I mean, c'mon, take a look at this photo.
If somebody else had taken this one, I wouldn't be able to tell whether this shot was taken in Singapore or Kuala Lumpur. But of course, a visit to a restroom gave me a sudden pang in the head and quickly reminded me that I wasn't in Malaysia anymore.
I took the photo at Chinatown, Singapore.
The one thing that I regret about this trip is the fact that most of my shots are either spoilt or I don't like it. The ones that are decent need to be edited. So, I definitely need to pay Singapore a second visit in the near future and concentrate on shooting better pictures.
I also have decided that I need better camera for night shots. Most of the times when there is a lack of lighting, my current camera’s shutter speed is simply not suffice.
And then there were these two veggies.
Passersby were heard of saying an equivalence of ZOMG!!!!!1one, that's huge in Chinese. By the way, I don't know these guys. It just so happened that I shared the same table with them.
When I got home, my mom asked, "does Singapore still have trees?"
Dumbfounded by the question, I took a couple seconds to recuperate. I'm not sure why she asked that but maybe she meant green spaces. With regained composure, I replied, "no but they do have plastic trees though."
My mom, being a loving mother, let it passed.
p/s - World Solar Challenge is on. A remark by world renown team Aurora, winner of 1999 WSC.
The action was really on today at the Hidden Valley racetrack as another five international teams arrived: Two teams from Taiwan of the three entered, the mighty University of Michigan fresh from their win in the North American Solar Challenge, AGU Agilia from Japan, and finally the new team from Calgary, Alberta.
GO BLUE!
