Picture Perfect - House and Home

Picture Perfect 2008/#05

Theme : House and Home
Camera : Canon IXUS I

Date Taken : 2007 Dec

 

For many people, this theme might be too easy for them, but definitely it is not that easy to me.  Initially, thought of skipping this week theme, but finally I decided to go for it, thus, so sorry at this real last minute.

 

Nowadays,
We have Bigger Houses, but Smaller Families.
We have Finer Houses, but Broken Homes.
We can buy Beautiful Houses, but not Loving Homes.

I don't have a House where my Home belongs.
I am just staying at somewhere I can put my belongings and take a rest.
I don't have a Home able to keep me in the House. I am just staying with someone very close to me yet feel so far.
I used to be a latchkey kid, an instant noodle kid.
I am not close to my parents, we don't talk, we just nod.
I am not close to my brothers, we don't talk, we quarrel.
For many years, I hardly speak more than a thousand sentences each year, as I think I have lost the technique of pouring words from my mouth.

I don’t have a House which I consider as a House
I don’t have a Home which I consider as a Home
Thus I can’t show you my Beautiful House
And I can't show you my Loving Home
What I can show you, is my Key to My Dreamland House
To Unlock the Happiness n Build Dreams of My Own

 

 

Some of you might have seen her already.  She's one of my Baby Dreams which I bought from AdoptAnEarring.
A necklace with a painted wooden house and an antique gold key attached. Very simple, lovely, yet very meaningful to me.

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Picture Perfect - Around The World

 

Picture Perfect 2008/#04

Theme : Around The World

 Camera : Canon PowerShot S5 IS

Date Taken : 2008 Jan

 

Picture taken at the lift lobby of the flat where I am staying now. The sign / information board above the lift is printed in 4 different languages, which is very common in Singapore as a multi-racial country. Notice that there is also a warning sign for smoking and urinating in the lift are prohibited.

 

 

 
Singapore - Malay: Singapura; Chinese: 新加坡; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர is an island nation located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula.Singapore is a mixture of an indigenous Malay population with a third generation Chinese majority, as well as Indian and Arab immigrants with some intermarriages.  There also exist significant Eurasian and Peranakan (known as "Straits Chinese") communities.

The national language of Singapore is Malay for historical reasons, and it is used in the national anthem, "Majulah Singapura".
The official languages are English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil.  English has been promoted as the country's language of administration since independence.
Public signs and official publications are in English, although there are translated  versions in other official languages.

Singapore is also known locally as a "fine city".
There's a fine of S$500 for smoking in public places such as cinemas, trains, lifts, air-conditioned restaurants and shopping malls.
Littering carries a S$1000 fine, with offenders forced to do litter-picking duty.
Eating or drinking on the MRT (Mass Rapid Transport) could cost you a S$500.
Other fines include those for urinating in lifts (some lifts are fitted with urine detectors), not flushing a public toilet and chewing gum, which is outlawed in Singapore.

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Picture Perfect - Contrast

 

Picture Perfect 2008/#03

Theme : Contrast

 Camera : Canon IXUS I

Date Taken : 2005 Mar

I was having flu and felt so tired and restless for the whole week, thus thought of skipping this week PPF.   BUT…I just couldn’t resist the FUN that PPF had brought to me…So, crawled out from my bed, searched the picture and posted it onto PPF at this last minute.

 

 

 

 

The mushroom on the left (smaller) was the usual normal-size mushroom with diameter about 3 cm.  The Gigantic Monster beside it, with about 12cm diameter, was n times bigger than the normal mushroom.  The monster also required a very long cooking time in order to absorb the tasty gravy and became real yummy. :)

 

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Picture Perfect - A Song Title

 Picture Perfect 2008/#02
Theme : A Song Title
Camera : Canon IXUS I
Date Taken : 2008 Jan
 

Just wanted to have something common that everyone knows and yet unusual.  Thus chosen everyone's Good Friend - Money!
I used to travel to various countries to work.  Thus ended up with a lot of leftover dollar notes and coins from the various countries, which I was too lazy to convert them back to local currency.
Took the picture using my Sony Ericsson P1i handphone as my Canon ixus camera not functioning well.

Money, Money, Money
ABBA

I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay
Ain't it sad
And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me
That's too bad
In my dreams I have a plan
If I got me a wealthy man
I wouldn't have to work at all, I'd fool around and have a ball...

Money, money, money, Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Money, money, money, Always sunny
In the rich man's world
Aha-ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world

A man like that is hard to find but I cant get him off my mind
Ain't it sad
And if he happens to be free I bet he wouldn't fancy me
That's too bad
So I must leave, I'll have to go
To las vegas or monaco
And win a fortune in a game, my life will never be the same...

Money, money, money, Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Money, money, money, Always sunny
In the rich man's world
Aha-ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world

Money, money, money, Must be funny
In the rich mans world
Money, money, money, Always sunny
In the rich man's world
Aha-ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world

It's a rich mans world

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Picture Perfect - Reflections

 Picture Perfect 2008/#01
Theme : Reflections
Camera : Canon IXUS I
Date Taken : 2007 Sep

 

 

This picture was taken last Sep when I went to The Netherlands.

I have rotated the picture and placed it beside the original to have a fun view
 When looking at the picture, I have been wondering where did the street lamp come from and where did the 3 cars disappear to?  
 

Picture Perfect - Festive

Festive = merry, happy, joyful…

 

I have spent more than 6 hours the whole of Friday morning making this “card” for my friend.

 

People may laugh, What? More than 6 hours to make a card? You must be crazy….

 

Well, that’s me…why not?  This is my first time hand-making (with my clumsy big hands) a card for someone who I wish to share the joy and blessing with, in this festive season.

 

Starting from designing the card (more of impromptu, keep changing as and when I am doing it);  staring and picking the letters from a pile of mini alphabets macaroni, to form the words; gluing them onto the coloured ice-cream sticks; punching those tiny Xmas trees and stars, gluing them to form the big Xmas tree..etc., all these, for someone who is skillful in art and craft, that should not be a problem at all, but not me…

 

At end it turned out not as good as I was expecting, but...anyway I managed to complete it by 3.30 pm and quickly rushed downtown to hand-deliver it to my friend, else next few days I would not be around.  I did not dare to ask my friend to open it on the spot as too embarrassing...

Picture Perfect - Into The Night

 

Into The Night

 

I took these pictures just few hours ago at the Riverside Point, located  along Singapore River bank.

Everyone has been very busy in the office everyday.  Though we see each other everyday, however, we do not really have the time to sit down talk to each other.

It has been quite a long time to have such a big group of us (almost 20) gathering together for dinner.

One of our colleague is migrating to Australia, thus we are hosting a farewell dinner party for him at one of the Mexican restaurant located along this beautiful Riverside.
 

 

There are three revitalized quays in Singapore - Clarke Quay, Boat Quay and Robertson Quay - where in the olden days, sweating laborers once loaded and unloaded goods from the riverside warehouses.  These days they have turned into buzzing nightspots, with endless many restaurants, bars, and clubs lining the newly clean river, and the traditional belching bum boats now ferry tourists rather than sacks of rice.