OXpicious & PrOXperity

you know, in many years that i'm in singapore, every year i would still go to chinatown to submerge myself into the festive mood, and every time too i would act like a newly landed tourist who just discovered chinese.

so for this year, here are the photos...

this is the main CNY arch entrance. i felt like it was a bit toned down compared to last year. cost cutting? not very glittering and glamour but still, not too bad i guess. it's chinese new year, i'm sure they could do even with just a piece of red cloth.

unusual friend?

but to be fair, most of my friends are unusual anyway, in a unique way of course haha....

the final moment of that uncle...

..before he went home with his CNY goodies hahaha.. gotcha?

but seriously, pedestrians in singapore are notorious. they would ignore your car all the time. i guess they expect the government would grant them a new life if they got killed or something..

it's not the first time i see this kind of signboard but i'm still amused. like they say, low crime doesn't mean no crime and i applaud this effort.

malaysia should learn a thing or two on this. except, if they start to put this notice at every snatch theft spots, they would run out of boards in no time. in fact, i'm even convinced this board would get snatched off too.

tan in chinatown. i just love this photos, we have the main object, a curious auntie, some street shoppers, red lantern background to symbolized lunar new year celebration, old flat and an indian temple, all in one shot.

this one i took with the flash accidentally turned on. i think it captured the classic vibe of an old bustling chinatown.



they have performances in an outdoor stage in the heart of the shopping street, nearby the big temple. last time i watched a bit of opera here, and bunch of old hokkien songs performers. this year, there was some acrobatic show, which was truly impressive. i just sit by the stairs and blended in with the crowd, imagining myself in shanghai in 1950's.



this temple is called the buddha tooth relic temple. almost everytime i let someone know of the name, they would ask me, is buddha tooth really there? you know what? i don't know. what i know is, there are whole lots of activities inside there. i imagine if i look hard enough, maybe i could spot shaolin students too.. haha...



a repeat shot, this time to show the light up. hmm..

"HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR everybody!!!"



...ed