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Super Blue Blood Moon and Lunar Eclipse 2018
Super blue blood moon and total lunar eclipse happened last night, 31 January 2018. Visible quite clearly from Marina South Pier in Singapore, where I was with my tripod and camera. Super blue blood moon refers to an astronomical event where you have a lunar eclipse, a blue moon and a super moon at the […]
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Hup Lee Coffee Shop In Jalan Besar
Hup Lee Coffee Shop in 114 Jalan Besar has closed down. Yesterday, August 21 2017, was their last day of operation. I visited them one last time and brought with me few prints of the photos I took of the place before. I wanted them to keep the photos. This 90+ year old coffee shop […]
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George – Katong Laksa at 1 Telok Kurau Road
Have you eaten Katong Laksa before? I mean the real Katong Laksa? I mean the legally correct Katong Laksa? 🙂 This is George, the second generation hawker who now sell laksa at a small coffee shop at 1 Telok Kurau Road. His father started selling laksa in 1955 and George took over in 1982. They […]
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Pak Hamid – Geylang Briyani Stall
Today, I had a craving for mutton briyani (again) for my lunch. This is the third time in two weeks. 🙂 I have few favourites and one of them is this Geylang Briyani at stall #02-146 on the second floor of Geylang Serai Market. Pak Hamid, the owner and the chef, is a very friendly […]
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How Singapore Marina Bay has changed from 2005 to 2017
In December 2005, I went up to Benjamin Sheares bridge to photograph the Singapore skyline with the Marina Bay in the foreground and the Shenton Way and Raffles Place business districts in the background. Then, there was no development yet between where I stood and the sky-scraping buildings in the background. Only water and part […]