Captains Log
Day 10: 22nd December 2008.
Still in Kuala Lumpur. Just arrived back from Cambo in one piece. This is where we split. Stephanie left to Kelantan, Pastor Yew Meng + family stayed in Kuala Lumpur for a while. Aaron came to the airport and we had the best 15 mins ever! Jason, Will, Patrick, Seng Yee and Andrea stayed in KL a couple days too. Ben, Edna, and myself continued onto Singapore. In the airport we met a lovely lady, Mrs Kate Cheah.
Credit Ben for taking the picture
We later found out that Mrs. Cheah was the owner of Polar Puffs and Cakes, Singapore. She also does missionaries to prisons in Thailand. She details this in her book Sweet Memories Sweet Success.
I sat across the aisle from her as she was flying back to Singapore after her attending her son’s wedding in Malaysia. We arrived in Singapore at night and Edna had plans to meet up with her friends for their annual new year party. Just a couple of them who are best friends. I only took one photo the whole night. This is it.
As you can probably tell it was a costume party. You can see Edna in the pink shirt...she didnt dress up coz we just got out of the plane and came straight.
No, this is NOT how they normally dress. They changed back into “normal” clothes almost right after the shot. I did enjoy myself though…particularly the bed…as we’d been sleeping on hard mattresses in Cambodia…and this particular place was a 5 star service apartment.
Day 11: 23rd December 2008
We spent the day roaming around Singapore, visiting the Merlion among other things.
I like the lines in this shot.
Me and the Merlion. Credit to Ben for taking the picture.
Got these ideas from Anderson
Ben loves Singapore.
this guy looked funny as he was trying to take a picture...I wonder how many of these there are of me?
Ok ok, heres a proper picture of the Merlion.
from the Merlion, you can see bunches of these spherical bouy-like things floating in the water...any idea what they are?
There were many cranes right opposite the lake/big pond thingie which faces the Merlion.
Eye of Singapore...? thats what they call it in every other city!
That night, we decided to go to the Singapore Night Safari. Its basically an extension of the Singapore Zoo thats only open at dusk til midnight. Its an amazing experience viewing all the nocturnal animals. By the way, it really pushes your camera (whatever you have) to the limits. I was shooting at HI 1.0 (ISO3200 equiv.) on my Nikon D80 wide open on my 50mm f/1.8.
The Night Safari, Singapore.
The otters demonstrate the importance of recycling garbage as these items can suffocate such animals and kill them.
Big snake
Tribal dance
They also breath fire...
Of course there were animals too...lions...
A babirusa. (direct translation means Pig Deer)
cant remember the name but its the largest rodents on earth.
Perhaps the coolest thing is in fact the toilets. At first glance its just a normal looking toilet...beautifully designed, elegant, and posh.
...but upon further inspection, you'll notice the outer wall is missing! Its actually really cool! without the flash you wouldn't notice the wall outside. This is the less packed one. At the main entrance theres a better one with fake perpetual rain that really enhances the ambience.
Even the table surfaces match the theme...
After roaming around the entire park we decided to relax by soaking our feet in fish infested waters. Its called Nibbles and basically you stick your feet into the water and the fishes eat away the dirt…perhaps the pictures will tell a better story…
Nibbles, Once bitten, Twice Shine.
Tickles!
Finally after an awesome but exhausting day we were waiting for the last bus...look at Bens black shoes...so gay right? who agrees?
Day 12: 24th December 2008
New Years Eve.
-and what am I doing? …travelling…travelling half way round the world to London to be exact.
Good news is I got to sit on the A380 and it is DEFINITELY WORTH THE HYPE!
Singapore Airlines SQ318 Airbus A380 Cabin.
This is my seat. I started off with a single pillow and blanket. There were so few people on the plane that by the time I arrived I had easily 12+ pillows. This is about half way through.
I love it that they actually decorate the cabin…you can see the chrismas deco hanging on the cabin walls.
BY THE WAY!!! I noticed my pictures in all the previous post were all soft and blurry…I thought it was because of my theme but I realised I was just resizing them too small and WordPress had to stretch the pictures…heres an example:
Before.
After.
…and another example…
Before.
After.
If you look closely the difference is actually quite obvious…another thing, I realize a photographers blog is supposed to be where they upload their “GOOD” shots where as I’m using it to upload my “CRAP SHOTS” and happy snaps with flickr still being the main showcase on the internet…so after I finish this series of posts from my summer vacation I’ll change it around and use my blog onto for good pictures. I will probably change the theme as well to suit the motive…until then, please don’t judge my skills from this blog…cheers!