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The lost waterfront
The former waterfront at Collyer Quay is certainly one place which exemplifies how Singapore has transformed over the years, discarding much of what made Singapore a Singapore which was full of...
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A light where there was only darkness: The Changi Murals
It an air of quiet calm that greeted me as I stepped into a room where the ghosts of a time we may otherwise have forgotten continue to haunt us. The room, bathed in the glow of light painted gold by...
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Now you can get yourself printed in 3D
It does seem as if there is no limit to what is possible with technology these days and it is now possible to get yourself printed in three dimensions! The 3D scanning and printing technology already...
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Sunrise over a crossroad
6.51am 9 September 2013. Rays of the rising sun stream over a part of Singapore which will very soon change. The area at the crossroads of Sembawang Road and Canberra Link will see new Housing and...
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The skateboard ban of 1978
Passing by Somerset Skate Park and watching a skateboarder in action, I was reminded of a time when skateboards first made an appearance in Singapore some three and a half decades or so in early 1976....
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Singapore landscapes: the view up north
In a Singapore which becoming increasingly dominated by towering blocks of concrete, it a always refreshing to be able to take in landscapes such as the one in this photograph. Landscapes such as this...
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Light after dark (Lower Peirce on the rocks)
Twilight, 7.33 pm 21 September 2013. Filed under: Light after Dark, Nature, Parks and Gardens, Photography Series, Quiet Moments, Singapore
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A sunrise from Ghost Island
A view of the rising of the sun at 7.25 am on 24 September 2013, looking across Keppel Harbour from Keppel Island. Keppel Island before 1983, was named Pulau Hantu or “Ghost Island” and was renamed...
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A world apart
A look down Orchard Road at its junction with Killiney Road close to 40 years apart. The view in 1975 was dominated by the towering Mandarin Hotel which opened in 1971, but it was probably Cold...
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A public bath on the museum’s front lawn
In what is probably a first in Singapore, some 100 people were seen to be taking a very public bath together at the National Museum of Singapore’s (NMS) front lawn on Saturday evening. The public...
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A look at a dump
Travelling down the Tampines Road of old back in the 1970s and 1980s, it was hard not to miss the convoys of trucks on their eastward journeys down the road. The trucks, laden with much of what...
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Finding a ghost in an old church
Just in time for Halloween, so it may seem, a ghost awaits discovery in the old Middle Road Church. Looking for a ghost, one might perhaps find love too at the old church. Despite the timing of the...
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The glow on All Saints Day
The glow over the very recognisable bell tower of the Church of St. Alphonsus, better known as Novena Church, seen at 6.30 am on All Saints’ Day 2013. The bell tower dating back to 1956 is one of the...
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A gold crowned pagoda bathed in a golden glow
7.05 am, 4 November 2013, the rising sun paints the sky behind a gilt-crowned pagoda. The seven-storey pagoda, the Dragon Light Pagoda (龙光宝塔), is a recent addition to the century old Siong Lim Temple...
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The green, green grass, disappearing from home
In a Singapore inundated with the clutter that urbanisation brings, open spaces – wild, and green, however transient, are always ones to be celebrated. Open spaces such as this one on which a former...
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Geylang in the early light of day
The new day brings with it freshness and hope. It is perhaps with fresh optimism (or maybe not) that Geylang, a neighbourhood in Singapore better known for what goes on after dark, wakes up to each...
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Coloured corridors
Conceived by the founder of modern Singapore Sir Stamford Raffles, the five-foot-way was a feature that was stipulated in the Jackson Town Plan of 1822 and is seen today in the shophouses which once...
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Photo competition for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence...
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women will be commemorated on 25 November. In conjunction with this, the Singapore Committee for UN Women is holding a photo competition...
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Temporarily eternal
Long a quiet and peaceful corner in Singapore on a plot of land adjoining the former Bidadari Cemetery, is an area of Mount Vernon which once hosted Singapore’s first public crematorium. The...
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Raising the flag on Guru Nanak Jayanti
The Sikh holy day of Guru Nanak Jayanti commemorating the birth anniversary of the first Guru and the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak Dev Ji, is celebrated by the Sikh community during the full moon in...
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