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Took this today on my way back home for reunion dinner after I was awaken by some MRT idiot who set his a W850i mobile phone to play MP3s at maximum volume whenever he receives a call or SMS. Throughout the whole trip, he received at least 5 SMS. I wanted to take a photo of that shithead but I couldn’t do so without attracting his attention. Then I found this other idiot occupying 2 seats. * sigh *I should have taken a photo of the people cluttering around a pole and without a seat just about a few steps away because this doesn’t fully show the exact condition of the train at that point of time. |
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Genting Trip 2003
The things I can find on my hard disk when I bothered to. Thanks to Picasa2, I have managed to find and index a whole lot of photos that I have forgotten entirely about.
These were taken in April 2003, some time around the SARS period, with an old Samsung 1.3 mega-pixel digital camera. The pictures are not bad actually, as long as you keep them in small 3R prints. Heh.
And talking about that, there’s a write up on CNET about having more mega-pixels on your camera doesn’t mean better pictures. My personal opinion is that anything more than 6 mega-pixels is actually a waste of money and a 10 mega-pixel monster has no visible improvements over a 6 mega-pixel one. And if you are an amateur, a 4 mega-pixel one is good enough!
Of course such an opinion will definitely get a lot of manufacturers very unhappy. But just what can we expect in this one-dimensional capitalist world, where the bottom line is all that matters, and the only way to ensure that would be to drive demand through false needs by means of commercials and hypes.
Genting Trip 2003
* Click on the picture to view the album
And it doesn’t work in Opera so give up…
Tanglin Halt
Went today for a haircut at my favourite barber – Tanglin Halt’s Champion hair-dressing Salon. (My favourite because not many people knows how to handle the ‘wire’ growing out of my head and give me a quality hair cut. May the barber Mr. Wong and his family live long and prosper! God bless his wonderful soul!)
I took these photos with the Nokia 7390 on my way back to the MRT station and I must say I am pleased with the quality of the pictures.
 Tanglin Halt ‘Zup Lau’ (10 Storey) |
I spent a good 20 overs years of my life here. Walking past here today brought back much memories – the time I spent catching spiders, or ‘long kang fish’ in the drain, the playmates at the playground, and the Chinese chess playing old uncle with an attitude. For as long as I can remember until 1997, I had lived here. Even though I had spent my primary school years in the Outram / Jalan Kukoh area, I spent most of my teenage years in this neighbourhood. This is the path that I had spent several years walking past almost everyday during my secondary days. But soon there will be nothing left of this place as it has been selected for SERS. Everything will be torn down probably in the next year, just like they did with Outram Park. |
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Nice little skyscrapers near Commonwealth MRT. The things that will wipe the memories of my childhood off the face of the Earth forever. When I looked at them, I can’t help but feel a sense of loss. I can’t help but be reminded that I am ageing and my era is slowly passing. I felt very much like something in me had died – just like the passing of Doraemon’s [小叮铛] author, and also the retirement of Old Master Q’s [老夫子] author. When I was younger, I had once wanted to be immortal and to live forever… I am not so sure of that anymore. |
 The replacement HDB flats |
More Pics from the W550i Phone Camera…
Some Idiotic MRT Users…
The lack of common sense and civic mindedness of some fellow commuters are appalling.
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In the picture on the left, this guy shamelessly occupied 2 seats when he got on. While at a later station he did remove his leg and bag allowing another commuter to take the seat, it makes one wonder why can’t he sit properly right away.
In the next picture – taken at Jurong East MRT station – you see this guy in white standing right in front of the door, and the whole lot, while standing behind the yellow line, was so close to the edge that all they will fall over had someone come along and pushed them. Aren’t they at all concerned with their own safety?
* sigh *