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wet - Saturday, November 19, 2011 @ 12:43 PM


Whatever started out as a walk with my uncle yesterday to rid our excesses evolved into an exploration of a reservoir nearby and the only kampong left untact in Singapore.  This shot is taken along the canal just off Lorong Buang Kok.  

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2 - Friday, July 22, 2011 @ 9:52 PM


They sat there, last week, waving on a piece of history along the KTM tracks.
I sat here, a moment ago, giving it a 60s edit.
Change is imminent,
forever.

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passion - Friday, June 3, 2011 @ 10:03 PM


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missing - Saturday, May 14, 2011 @ 5:21 PM


PASSION...
where the line between motion and emotion crosses each other;
when the rains blur the distinction between earth and sky.

Burning rubber, rapid rain
the field will soon go missing...
By Stanley Ho

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sizzle - Friday, April 29, 2011 @ 3:13 PM

MOM! Who drowned the sun???

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dusty - Saturday, April 23, 2011 @ 3:08 PM

the smoked out bus coach windows


arriving at dusty El Salvador before our escapade to the dunes.


my backpack within saved from being ravaged by the sand

S USA
Dec 2009

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tree - Saturday, April 9, 2011 @ 10:38 AM

stark


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YOG - Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 3:26 PM
Can you believe that I actually missed the Youth Olympics Opening Ceremony that was held in my own country?

Well, the comforting thought is, I can follow the games in the mornings and early afternoons while I run my errands around the house. :)

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ahead - Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 11:46 AM
S USA
2 Feb 2010

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colourful & creative drunk - Friday, August 6, 2010 @ 5:15 PM
I start each morning watching my tapings of previous night's Ellen Show.

Here in Singapore, we get backdated episodes. The event or time references may be out of sync but hell, the shows just send me into stitches each time.

Here's a transcript of yesterday's episode:

Mother's Day is this weekend and and if you have not bought any presents yet, I have some ideas. I know you always like to be creative.

Now, moms like jewellery and they also love homemade gifts. So I say if you are going out drinking for Cinco De Mayo , collect your bottlecaps and make your mom this lovely necklace.

See this colourful necklace over here?
Nothing says I Love You like the necklace you made for your mom while you were drunk.

(Check out these matching earrings!)

That smell would remind your mom of the night you were conceived!


Remember,
DON'T DRINK & DRIVE!

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Inception - Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 10:18 PM
When the blades stop spinning,
the deception left behind -
comes close to reality.

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rainy - Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 11:08 AM


Lovin' rainy days.

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Save The Peak - Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:30 PM
This should look familiar.

Maybe your memory needs to be jolted by a more nostalgic reference?


Sometime in the earlier part of this year, real estate developers had wanted to build houses around the Hollywood sign.

One architect jumped into the bandwagon by offering the above design to lure the well-heeled seeking the ultimate luxury home. Actually, I kind of like the concept. Fancy nesting just behind the HOLLYWOOD sign!

This sparked the Save The Peak bonanza to save what is touted as "the last private, undeveloped promontory ridge in Los Angeles." (LAist.com)

Environmentalists who had wanted to stop the bulldozers from ravaging the land came up with various cover-ups for the Hollywood sign.


These green evangelists toiled night and day...


...to draw the public's attention to their cause.


Some famous celebrities also chipped in their efforts to raise money to buy over the prime property from a Chicago-based developer.

I like Ellen's take on the whole saga.

This is as close as I can get to her script during that particular episode :

We don't need to take up every available space and put houses on it. Leave some nature. Leave some space for the animals! The area is "home to animals (and) birds, (including) the coyote too. The donkey from Shrek lives there! (However,) Dory can't afford to live there. Shrek lives up there too!

Well, just three days before the deadline for the land purchase, the organisers were still short ofUS$900,000. Guess who stepped in to save the day?

Yes, the person who donated the money is none other than Huge Hefner, (the owner of Playboy mansion.)

We know that he watches my show. He likes nature. He likes
bunnies. We know that. He likes peaks. And we also know that too.

Oh, he made a little request. It's not a big change at all.

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breathe - Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 7:19 AM
Machu Pichu Trek, Peru
21-27 Nov 2009

The weekends are here again...

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SOTA - Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 11:31 AM
School Of The Arts (SOTA)
...touching base with with nature at her sides...

...and battling the chaos of a concrete jungle.

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cranes - Friday, July 2, 2010 @ 6:16 AM

It's getting crowded up here.
But wait, these cranes don't fly.
Give me back my clear blue skies.

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