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Photo of the Week – Singapore
Thaipusam Festival Singapore
The Tamil Hindu festival of Thaipusam is only celebrated in 5 places in the world. I was lucky enough to experience it in Singapore in 2007. With my camera I was able to capture a close up view of the body piercings which are meant to show a family’s devotion to the god [...]
Photo of the Week – May 15, 2009
I traveled to Singapore last week to see my family and captured this shot of clothes drying at one of the many HDV complexes. A typical Singapore site, colorful clothes hung out on rods 20 stories in the air…not quite the quaintness of Europe, but definitely unique!
Too see the rest of my past Singapore photography, [...]
Family Time
I spent the last week in Singapore soaking up the familiartiy of family, western food, western driving ettiquette, and even a little country hopping for spa time. Since HCMC apparently shuts down for Tet, I decided to take advantage of the time off and spend some time with my family. All I can say is [...]
Sisterhood
Photo: My sister and I
As I started to count the number of countries I’ve visited for my sister’s Red Hot Holiday Party invitation, I also counted up the number of countries she traveled to with me. Surprisingly, the number came to about two-thirds of the total. Sure – I counted a country if she flew [...]
Thank you
I have immense joy in my heart around my time in Singapore, and because of that I have immense sadness that I am leaving Singapore. There are so many aspects to these emotions.
First off, there’s the obvious – it’s a great home base to travel around Asia. It has been simply wonderful for me to [...]
Singapore – the good, the bad, and the weird la
Photo: Spiral Staircase at Pagoda
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I’ve spent approximately 3 months on and off in Singapore – it’s been my home base for SE Asia. I feel like I’ve got to know it fairly well – all of it’s ups and downs…and oddities. I’ve tried to compile a list of some of my observations:
GOOD:
Hi-Tech Parking [...]
Auspicious New Year – Oink, Oink
aus·pi·cious (ô-spshs) adj.
1. Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious: an auspicious time to ask for a raise in salary.
2. Marked by success; prosperous
3. Term commonly used during Chinese lunar new year.
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It’s impossible to be in any part of Asia in February and not run into the traditions of Chinese New [...]
Piercing Palooza: Thaipusam
Warning – these pictures are not for the faint of heart! If you have any aversion to needles or piercings – then move on to my Orchid post instead. The Orchids are completely zen. A special note to my high school friend, Audra…considering you fainted when you got your ears pierced in high school, I [...]
Orchids – I’ve killed my share
I love orchids – so delicate, so colorful – yet I’ll be damned if I’ve ever been able to keep one alive. My recent attempt was this last summer when I still had a job. I decided to buy an orchid to brighten up my dull office. I simply needed it to stay alive for [...]
Family Ties – Singapore
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I landed in Singapore ready to see something familiar – my family! I was ready to empty out and fumigate my suitcase, sleep in the same bed for multiple nights in a row and get in the Christmas spirit. However, after a few hours in Singapore getting the tour of [...]
