Day 025 : Fresh Hopes
2012 has been off to a great start and it continues into the lunar new year. I really can’t believe the amazing thing that is happening. I’m so, so thankful for all the great new beginnings. Hopefully...
View ArticleDay 026 : Sore North & South
Sore throat and diahorrea. I think it’s from over-eating and binge-drinking. Have been going to the toilet profusely today. These decorative installation at Parkroyal Hotel Kitchener Road represented...
View ArticleDay 027 : New Workhorse
Finally, after 4 years, I bidded my old Acer laptop in the office adieu. It was a hand-me-down from an ex-colleague who’s been using it for more than a year before I join the company. Almost a 6 years...
View ArticleDay 028 : 为爱点灯
昨晚到东海岸公园月光野餐时,第一次目睹了放孔明灯的实况情景。想感应放天灯的意境很久了,但在新加坡没这种风俗,要看的话都得到泰国,台湾或中国。 想不到昨晚却碰上了。而还是看着一对情侣心连心的放灯,我心里也为他们涌起了一份感动。祝他们有情人终成眷属,爱火永明。 也希望自己早日找到一个愿意和我一起放天灯的人。 Tagged: 天灯,孔明灯
View ArticleDay 030 : Sick Dollars
First Medical Certificate of the year. May it be the last. My company changed to the AIA corporate group medical insurance (under Fullerton healthcare) in the beginning of 2012 and the usual clinic I...
View ArticleDay 031 : Monotonous
This is the path I take on my daily walk to and from work. The section below the bridge is inhabited by a colony of pigeons. I usually hold my breath as I pass through it as the birds feed and sh*t...
View ArticleDay 032 : Dyeabolical Hair
又陷害自己了。开头发的玩笑。第一次染发,发型师介绍我上咖啡橘色,结果像带个 ang gu kueh 在头上。 First time dyeing my hair and wanted something subtle. The hairstylist recommended something of a coffee brown with red tinge. He said it’s very...
View ArticleDay 033 : Friends Lo Hei
Finally found the time to catch up with some friends for a CNY dinner and discuss plans for the upcoming Taipei trip. So excited about visiting Taiwan for the first time! Had wanted to catch up with...
View ArticleDay 034 : Off to KL
Short trip to KL. Flight was supposed to depart at 7.25pm but was delayed for an hour. Paid S$200.85. First time paying so much for a KL air ticket and Jetstar’s booking needs to improve for they hid...
View ArticleDay 035 : Frame Me
Was wandering Kuala Lumpur’s downtown shopping district when I came to Lot 10 and saw National Geographic billboards and escalator decals. I thought there was an exhibition or event going on. But it...
View ArticleDay 036 : 孔雀开屏
Had wanted to visit the Kuala Lumpur Bird Park during previous trips but never got to realise it. Finally made a trip there this time round and I’m amazed by the abundance of free-ranging peacocks and...
View ArticleDay 037 : Fruits of Hard Work
Collected my prizes for winning Casio’s Maximum Creativity with Exilim blog contest this afternoon. I won Best Blogger Award and Best Themed Photo Award (Spilt-Second Memories) so got 2 cams – EX-ZR100...
View ArticleDay 038 : Body of Devotion
Skipped lunch to do a quick walkabout and shoot along Serangoon Road to feel the pulsating beats drummed up during Thaipusam. The festival is a celebration of Lord Murugan’s defeat of a powerful demon...
View ArticleDay 039 : First Trip to Taipei
Friends who’ve been to Taipei constantly rave about the place to me. Finally, I’m here on my virgin visit. Took Tiger Airways and was surprised we touched down 45 minutes ahead of scheduled arrival...
View ArticleDay 040 : Slither
Visited the famous Taipei Shilin Night Market and was drawn to the billboards advertising snake soup. Wanted to have that but ended up trying the blood-gall-venom combo instead for NT$250. Red is snake...
View ArticleDay 041 : Wet and Wild
Exchanged Taipei’s metropolitan landscape for a little nature sleuthing at Shifen. Shifen is an old mining village and home to a waterfall dubbed as Taiwan’s little Niagara Falls. The day’s excursion...
View ArticleDay 042 : Cultural Taipei
From appreciating the natural outskirt of Taipei yesterday, we stepped back in time today to catch a glimpse of Chinese cultural treasures. Photography is strictly prohibited so I didn’t take any...
View ArticleDay 043 : Discovering Alishan
“高山清,涧水蓝,阿里山的姑娘美如水呀,阿里山的少年壮如山。”I grew up with this song and it’s just amazing to come to this place the song talked about. And it’s true. The mountain ranges are beautiful, the stream clear and blue,...
View ArticleDay 044 : Sun Moon Lake
Sunsets are always the most poetic time of the day for me. Unlike sunrises where a day has yet to unveil its potential, at sunset, I can look back at the day and reminisce how I’ve lived the minutes....
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