I am amazingly calm.
Calm for a person who has lost almost 40gb photographs of a trip to South America and South Africa. Continue reading “Lost photos”
Soggy shoes and smelly socks
Since the Workers’ Party rallies have been the hottest around, I thought I’d soak up some action tonight.
Unfortunately, being so hot, arriving any time after 8pm is pointless. The crowd was so thick, it was hard trying to get to the front.
Furthermore, the field out in Yishun next to the Polyclinic was so poorly lit, I could not get many decent pictures.
To make matters worse, the ground was soggy and wet, I dropped my camera cap when I was changing lenses. It was absolutely madness.
Being short doesn’t help. Putting my camera above my head was also useless because I was just too far away.
I left after half an hour, as the sound was bad too.
Nevertheless, here are some pictures of the crowd that spilled out beyond the field.
Looking in all the wrong places…
It used to be that I was pretty keen on observing the elections. I remember staying up just to see the results. The night that black-faced Lee Hsien Loong blubbered that Singaporeans can’t have their bread buttered on both sides. Next to him, Goh Chok Tong sat, grave but collected. It was also the year that there was much vote re-counting as the PAP couldn’t believe the results. They had won. But not with the majority that they thought they’d get.
I think after that, more and more ministers (read: PAP) started doing more walkabouts and happily carrying resident’s babies.
I used to watch Parliamentary debates, as opposition leaders, struggling with their English, stood up to make points that came out so garbled, the other members of Parliament (read: PAP) would laugh and mock them.
The more the PAP mocked them, the more upset I got. Parliamentary debates were conducted but if it was mooted by the PAP, it was almost guaranteed to be passed.
So over the years, that interest petered out. I just couldn’t be bothered. When GRCs were created, I didn’t care. Ask me if I know who so-and-so is, and my answer will be “who?”
This year it’s different. I have to vote. I’m not even sure which ward I’m in, because the electoral boundaries have been redrawn. But all around me, the wards are being contested, so for sure, I’ll have to put a tick in a box. Continue reading “Looking in all the wrong places…”
Did you see the sunset today?
Took my Golden Retriever, Rusty out for a walk around 1910 this evening and I saw the most amazing sunset I think I’ve ever seen in Singapore.
Our walking route heads towards the east, so I found myself turning around so frequently, Rusty thought we were heading home.
Finally, I stopped walking and just looked.
I didn’t have my camera. And I wanted to just record that I saw this.
So I whipped out my mobile phone. Just this once, I was glad my mobile phone allows me to do more than just make calls and send SMSes. Continue reading “Did you see the sunset today?”