I see, I take #1

Sorry about the title, but there’s really nothing better to call this. And I bet there’s going to be tonnes of these.

There are times, you just walk around and see things. And the mobile phone being such a proficient camera these days, you’re obliged to snap away and add to the growing international collection of space hogging digital photos pressed into CDs, DVDs, hard disks and never getting printed.

Since I’m not an avid a-post-every-five-minutes type of blogger, these junk photos get backlogged until I am absolutely compelled to clean up my digital gunk.

Okay, to get the ball rolling…

Okay, you’ve seen these stickers and posters on buses, and everywhere for our courtesy campaign. Didn’t your mother teach you that it’s rude to shout? Even if you add a “please” behind it?

And next, the reason why people cross when the red man light is on. Well done, LTA.

This billboard for Newton One on… let me guess… One Newton Road, that has a nice postal code but crappy location right on Newton Circus, reminds me of one of those visual trick drawings – you know the old witch vs young woman with shawl – only less complex. One or three?

So Phua Chu Kang has walked off Singapore TV into the lucrative career of modelling.

Singaporeans know the importance of education. We have a first world education system that has taught us not to litter or be fined, not to spit or be fined, how to use the toilet considerately or be… no there’s no fine for that, and to be patriotic.

Yes, Dear Singaporeans, the government has given you your free flag. So why so reluctant to fly your flag proud? Well maybe because not too long ago, owning a Singapore flag was impossible. To hold one, to drape one around your shoulders, to display one, to sell one was illegal.

So now, when we get a flag slipped under our doors, or put in our mailboxes, we hoard it, just in case one day, it be decreed illegal again. Either that, or there are a lot of flags filling our rubbish dumps.

Break free of foreign talent! Be your own boss! But looks like no one’s interested.

So there is such a thing! Road Line Yellow. Wonder if it’s an international colour standard.

And to all the aunties who like to snatch extra bags from NTUC Fairprice, here’s a reason not to.

Yes, NTUC has found a way to stop plastic bag theives (the abovementioned aunties), make bags child-safe and have now rendered plastic bags perfectly un-re-useable.

Okay, the poor plastic bag has been accused of being a real environmental killer. But I really like plastic bags. Made well, they can be used many times over. First to bring the groceries home, then to put trash in.

In between that, you might use it to transport pots of soups and other liquids to your auntie’s house, to your friend’s house, to pass things to other people. Used in multiple layers, it can be used to store sugar and keep ants completely out. What use is a paper bag? It gets soggy. It can’t hold trash. It tears easily. And what about those trees?

So now you put a hole in a plastic bag? That really kills me. And the environment.

So literal. Here’s another. “They put creativity into Cold Storage”. (Training with the Cold Storage Group). Seen on the TIBS bus.

Hmm… One ‘f’ or two? I think it should be one. No? Keep off and stand clear of the side! This is taken at the escalators at Novena Square.

There are many ways to pronounce “Carlisle” in Singapore. This is one of them. Did someone forget to pay maintenence?

Okay, so that’s it. I hope you enjoyed the first in the series of “I see, I take”.