Revisiting the Thieves Market@Sungei Road, Singapore

Serenity@Bedok Reservoir

The Solo Busker

The last kampung: Scenes from Kg Lorong Buangkok

Jaunting@Pulau Ubin

Remembering the railway tracks...2011

A photo a week: Scenes from Singapore in 2011

Celebrations are an important part of all cultures, and what is interesting about someone like me who loves to observe capture some of these nuances of local celebrations, is the tendency for some of these local celebrations to be part of something even larger. Perhaps it is one way for social engineering to take place, albeit in a slow, subtle, yet celebratory manner.

Dragon dancers unfolding their dragon during the
Chingay 2011 preview procession
Pit Building, Singapore, 2011

Scenes from Singapore

Shoes are a necessity, with some having more pairs than others, and all having more pairs than they have feet to put them on! But what is interesting is the design of these foootwear across the different cultures all over the world. A culture that puts in effort to beautify a piece of clothing item that is deemed to have the lowest stature (due to its physical location and its function) is indeed interesting. And what more if it is almost like a work of art, bearing the fact that in this day and age, it is no surprise that everything is 'Made in China'.

'Shoes galore'
Serangoon, Singapore
© 2008, ID Photography

Scenes from Singapore

I have always love bags, especially so if they are functionally useful and aesthetically decent. I remember having used to have this multi-coloured cloth bag a really long time ago. It reminds me of the tribal craft works done by the indigenous people from Sarawak. So when I came across something similar in Serangoon, my mind just wonders off to those times. I did manage to snap a picture of it for posterity.

'Going tribal'
Serangoon Road, Singapore
© 2008, ID Photography