I have heard many people saying that Singapore is a very small place and you could easily bump into your friends. I never quite believe that because its not even easy to meet any of my friends around KL. That's not until I stumble into Eunice from Travelerfolio.com at Bugis Junction. It was totally a coincidence because I was going to meet my friend there.
Anyway, I really have to thank her for bringing me around Singapore on the following day. Highly recommended tour guide. haha.
So, our first destination was Little India because she suggested that there were more things to see due to Deepavali Festival. When we got out from the MRT station, I could never believe that I was in Singapore. The streets are full of Indian ethnics and its really very crowded!
You could easily differentiate a tourist from a local.
It was a gloomy evening and there wasn't sufficient lights to make the photos more vivid.
This is one of the street in Little India.
Fruits and vegetables are everywhere along this street.
The whole area of Little India was decorated with lights, it should be even better if I were to stay on.
The main street of Little India is always busy. Lots of people and vehicles.
You definitely need to wait for the lights to cross this busy street.
After Little India, we went to Boat Quay for some food and then we took some photos (photos are located here) before calling it a day.
Thanks again Eunice for bringing me around :-)
Coincidence leads to Little India
The Nightscape of Singapore
Finally, I managed to spare some time off to drop by Singapore. The weather wasn't really great, so the best I could do was to shoot night shots.
Here are some of the nightscape I took around the area of Clarke Quay and Boat Quay.
Clarke Quay is well known for its clubs and pubs and there are lots of restaurants too.
Esplanade is the durian shape Theatre located next to the bay. This was taken opposite the theatre.
This was taken from outside Esplanade. Definitely one of the good spot for night shots as well.
You will see this bridge when you are walking towards Boat Quay from Clarke Quay. There are some side seeing boats which you could take from one end to the other.
This is the view of Boat Quay from the bridge in the photo above. If you guys know any other nice spot for night shot please feel free to share with me.
The Roman's Colosseum
It has been about 2 years now. I can still remember how great it was being in Rome. The architectures are really amazing. Anyway, here are some photos after quite awhile since my last post.
If you look at this photo carefully, it is a panorama shot. I stitched two photos together. not too bad eh? I was just using my 18-70mm lens back then, not wide enough for the space I could move.
This is the interior of the Colosseum. Its really amazing to be able to build such a stadium which could contain up to 50,000 spectators.
Most of the structures were destroyed, and additional structures were added to support the Colosseum.
This is located directly opposite the Colosseum. It was destroyed as well, noticed the broken pillars and broken walls.
Just another view of the Colosseum from a different angle of view.
We were there in the early morning, the sun wasn't too warm (colour wise) but the structures were all 'yellowish' and plus the shadow caused by the other side of the Colosseum. Therefore, no able to capture the clear detail of the colosseum. How I wish I know how to do HDR back then :-P
Anyway, do enjoy and feel free to drop some comments ;)
A Short Kuala Lumpur Shooting
I was out with a few friends last weekend. The main purpose of this outing was for photoshooting, but somehow we ended up watching a movie. Well, overall it was still great. I managed to take a few photos around KL city centre.
It was really a short and quick one as most of us were very hungry after the movie. So food was the only thing we had in mind.
The evening blue sky of Kuala Lumpur will look like this most of the time.
This is Pavilion in case you guys couldn't recognise it.
It is actually very rare to see people using the zebra crossing. Probably they were all tourists ;)
Malaysia is well known for its humidity and warm weather. Yes, HOT and WET.
When it comes to nightscape I always love to capture any sources of lights for example signboards, street lights, moonlight, etc.
These are the Kuala Lumpur city taxis. You should be able to see them almost everywhere except maybe the airport.
Enjoy and feel free to drop some comments :)
Vatican City, Rome
I have been to Rome about 2 years ago, that was just couple of months after I graduated and started working. Couldn't believe that it was already 2 years, still feels like last year.
Anyway, we fly from London to Venice and then fly from Venice to Rome 3 days after.
This was the first place we visited after arriving in Rome, the Vatican City.
We were lucky enough to be there at the right time as the Pope was about to give a speech.
Thousands of thousands of people were waiting at the square just in the middle of the Vatican City.
Look closer, you should be able to see the Pope.
Some buildings just next to the Vatican City which is also in the city centre of Rome.
The Castel St. Angelo which is just within walking distance from the Vatican City, so you don't really need to the metro.
The famous Trevi di Fontana (Trevi Fountain), throw a coin and make a wish.
The Monumento Vittorio Emanuele II is a very spectacular monument standing proudly in the centre of Rome's city centre.
More photos coming up, stay tuned.
