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Mirza – My Stranger No. 30
Meet Mirza from Indonesia. He is my stranger no. 30. Mirza works as a tax consultant in Indonesia and is currently on vacation in Singapore. His office in Jakarta is not too far from where my office was when I was still working there.
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Kristen – My Stranger No. 29
Meet Kristen, my stranger no. 29. Kristen came from a place near Guangzhou in China and is on a solo vacation trip in Singapore now. She said her hometown is famous for chenpi (Chinese: 陈皮), or preserved orange peel. She is working in a fashion-related industry there, if I understand her correctly. After a long hiatus, […]
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The Key Master In Joo Chiat – Singapore’s Vanishing Trade
He looked very focused when I saw him sorting out the keys on the floor. He didn’t seem to have problem looking at them from a normal reading distance. At his age of 78 (I believe that’s what he told me his age), he certainly still have pretty good eyesight. Mr. Choo Kok Foo is […]
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100 Strangers Project – No. 25
I met these two lovely ladies when they sat down along the Bali Lane, viewing the photos they took using a Leica digital compact camera. Vera (left) and Kiki (right) are studying in Singapore. They are both from Zhejiang province in China. Kiki said she got that Leica camera from her dad. They are my […]
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100 Strangers Project – No. 24
This cool gentleman is Craig. He has lived in Singapore for about 32 years now. He was originally from the southern part of New Zealand. He and his son own and run a barber shop and tattoo parlor called Hounds of the Baskerville in Bali Lane, near Bugis. He is my stranger no. 24. When […]