Spotted at Manhattan Fish Market

Nikon L4
f4.9 0.6s ISO200

A Bad Day of Fishing is Better Than A Good Day of Working!

Mask

Nikon L4
F2.8 1/10s iso50

a mask i bought back from venice. this thing is only 4cm long

nothing to post

so i'll just post something old today...


Macpherson Jackson
Fujifilm 9500
f4 1/33s iso400

this chinese medical hall was turned into an indian restaurant. multicultural at its best.

Plate full of cakes

Toshiba camera phone

@ Grand Copthorne Waterfront's Cafe Brio's for lunch. i love cakes....

Changi Village very windy...

Changi Village, Singapore
Toshiba camera phone

3 fan on the left, 3 fans on the right, and one fan above every stall. no wonder it feels like the typhoon is coming.

Kusu Island

Kusu Island, Singapore
Fujifilm 9500
f5 1/50s iso80

why tortoise all look so zuai3....


Chinese Temple...


and Malay Temple.

History of Kusu Island (Taken from a signboard on the island)

In March 1616 Dom Jose De Silva, Spanish Governor of the Philippines was homeward bound with his fleet of 10 galleons and 2 galleys when his galleon grounded on a reef in the civinity. Tradition has it tha the accident took place at hte Kusu Reef itself and hence the island became first known in the 17th Century as "Governnor's Island" and the Singapore Straits as the "Governor's Straits".

in 1806, James Horsburg, Hydrographer to the British East India company renamed it "Goa Island" for reasons not known. Then, in 1819 the island gained prominences again when Daniel Ross, Hydrographer to Sir Stamford Raffles surveyed the harbour and established the island as a reference point for all ships entering the port.

Subsequently in 1822 a signal station ith a signal mast was erected on the island and it was manned by the staff of the Harbour Master's Department.

Kusu which means "Tortoise Island" in Chinese, is also known as Peak Island or Pulau Tembakul in Malay. It is situated about 5.6km from Singapore. The island was transformed from two tiny outcrops on a reef into a holiday resort (edit:duh!) seven times larger in size from 1.2 hectares to 8.5 hectares in 1975.

Kusu Island has a religious and legendary background. There is a Malay shrine and a Chinese temple on the island. During the Kusu Festival in the Ninth Lunar Month every year, thousands of devotees make their pilgrimage to the island to pray for good health, peace, happiness, good luck and prosperity.

Prior to the reclamation and implementation of ferry services, in 1975, devotees had to make their way to Kusu in sampans or bumboats.

not very interesting right? let's see another story

There was once a Chinese fisherman who lived on the island of Singapura. His family was poor so he had to go out to sea everyday to catch fish to sell. One day, although there was a thunderstorm, he insisted on going out to sea, against his wife's advice.

The choppy waters and heavy rain made it very difficult to fish. The fisherman's little boat swayed vigorously from side to side. As he was about to throw his net into the sea, a huge wave rocked his boat, causing him to lose his balance and fall into the sea. "God, please help me!" he screamed in the water, "Who is going to take care of my wife and children?"

Just when the fisherman was about to give up, a large turtle swam slowly towards him. It was the biggest turtle he had ever seen! To his surprise, the turtle signalled to him to climb onto its back and carried him safely to a nearby island.

The Chinese fisherman soon made the island his home. He was able to live quite well, as fruits grew abundantly on the island.

One stormy day, while the fisherman was resting, he heard a loud cry. "Help! Help! I am drowning!" a man cried. Guess what the fisherman saw? The same turtle that helped him was carrying a Malay fisherman to the island!

The two men soon became good friends. They spent their time hunting for animals and fruits.
To thank the turtle for saving their lives, the two men built a Chinese temple, a Malay shrine and a huge turtle sculpture, all of which can still be found on Kusu Island, which is also known as Turtle Island.

Today, during the ninth month of the lunar calendar (usually October in the calendar we use now), many Chinese go to Kusu Island to pray to Tua Pek Kong, the deity of prosperity, at the Chinese temple.

this is more interesting right? uniquely singapore? try harder.

Ang Mo Kio

Ang Mo Kio, Singapore
Toshiba camera phone

This is where i grew up, where I spent 10+years of my life.

Singapore Motorshow 2006

@ Suntec
Fujifilm 9500
f2.8 1/102s iso200

if i got lots of money, i will buy this Mitsuoka's car....

i'm surprise at my camera's performance, in this somewhat harsh environment. exposure is really good most of the time, AF is also not bad, except some stupid settings i was playing around with. white balance is very close considering the different spotlights used by the exhibitors, overflowing to one another's booth. the only bad thing is the noise level, (i tried to do less than iso200, but i lack the light. i need a flash gun soon..) and the speed of the AF. i think its in the settings, i need to play around with it more. sometimes its quite slow. especially in the alfa romeo booth, its moving too fast for me to get a decent shot.

now i know why the old guys love this kind of show, some of them go there almost everyday. cos for the price of a ticket, you get to practise product shot, mode, shot, macro shot, event shot, etc etc. really worth the price already. cos the more you shoot, the more you know your camera, the better your shots will get.. at least technically speaking.

some more photos, to compensate for those days when i have no photos.


Suzuki LC (Life Creator) ladies car.


Lexus


Rinspeed


and lastly, my current favourite, lamborghini..

and of course, what's a motor show without the show girls.

Eeyore!

ok.. i dont really have anything much to post today, considering its a saturday!

Toshiba camera phone

eeyore! heehor heehor.. at watson. go grab one now. i think its 12.90. its the best looking already. the pooh... err... no comments...




went to the ichiban boshi at suntec to eat. omg! all these while when i went there, the impression is not bad. today... hmm...


the green tea ice cream, the centre is a piece of ice! not even cream! its a piece of ICE! frost! whatever you call it. if i want to eat this i might as well go and eat ice cubes. i know its beginning to look like christmas, but not so fast right? hahaha


then look at the layer of meat on this sushi... so thin... and the fish is not even big enough to touch the plate... and the rice is so tiny already... where's the quality control?! 寿司わ美味しですけど。。。

and the cashier forgot to give me my loyalty card... until i have to ask for it...

View from Suntec

toshiba camera phone

the view from my HQ. very nice. psi only 29 when i took this.

Ang Mo Kio

Somewhere in Ang Mo Kio
Fujifilm 9500
f3.2 0.8s iso400

most of us live in apartments like these, called "HDB flats".

Geylang

Geylang
Fujifilm 9500
f2.8 1/14s iso400

no photo today

sadly....

LRT

LRT station in Ponggol
Fujifilm 9500
f11 30s iso80

the haze is slowly turning bad again... 61 today

marina bay golf club

Marina Bay golf range
Fujifilm 9500
f2.9 1/1000s iso80