Singapore - Chinatown - Part I
The first day I went to Peninsular Plaza near City Hall MRT stop to buy camera stuff, which no one would be interested in so I'll post it at DigiSniper 
Do you care if I got a Giotto rocket air blower?!
The second day I went with my Mom to Chinatown as it's hustle and bustle, bright colours and lantern festival should be interesting, along with some good food you can find there.
Well here we are, alighting at Chinatown MRT station, diving into the heart of Chinatown in Singapore at Pagoda Street and following the tourism boards recommendation for a walk around Chinatown to take in the interesting sites.
First real outing with the new D200
Singapore, a Fine City (You get fined for all kinds of things, like not flushing the toilet, eating chewing gum etc..)
Lanterns lanterns everywhere, the lantern festival at Bukit Jalil heralded nicer lanterns of course.
And yes, you can buy your very own SIA uniform for just $25SGD!
You can get a Trishaw ride around Chinatown.
The uncles play boardgames in the people's square all day long.
Some of them get bored and/or tired and simply fall asleep.
Some look kinda bad ass.
Hell Money
A golden smile..
After that we wondered into the rag and bone market where they well all kinds of weird nick-nacks.
Old Trinkets
My favourite portrait..
The old man testing a portable TV in the rag market, it turns out the screen was broken.
Poor thing.
This character is Sheng or 'Life' (Thanks mooiness) it was very small, part of a large painting taken in almost 1:1 macro.
There was a really interesting antique shop on the way out.
Mom was getting some schooling on how to take pics
There is some fantastic temples in China town both Chinese and Indian.
Very intricately painted doors!
More to come soon!
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Fantastic photos man! Did you get funny looks from the uncles?
And the Chinese character is "sheng", or "life".
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MOREEEEEE EEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
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I think the SIA uniform got sell in Kota Kinabalu International airport too.. if not mistaken
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is that a Swatch the old man testing portable TV wearing? o_0
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Like the old trinkets!
Keep all the pictures coming!
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Nice pictures!!!
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Honestly those are really inpressive pictures. Any amount of money you spent on graphic software and your camera was definatly worth it.
Keep it up.
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Lowfu... you must go Geylang! Stay a night over at Hotel 81. There's plenty of Hotel 81 there but there's only ONE you should stay in.
Go for dinner just nearby the hotel. The chinese food there is pretty good. Next morning... go for dimsum too. Surprisingly good there!
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nice play of focus.
Argh... I am itching for a dSLR now..
must resist!
BTW, it striked me as funny in PPS, just right above your ping was chanlilian's "These chao angmohs are so clever to earn money"
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the bad ass guy looks familar.. who knows ..when sean penn gets old.. like wrinkly old.. he might look like that...
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I love the portrait of the uncle with the portable tv!! What a pitiful face!
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I'M AMAZED THAT YOU CAN CAPTURE NATURAL SHOTS OF UNCLES IN VARIOUS POSES. I LIKE THE ONE WITH THE PORTABLE RADIO/TV. HE KINDA LOOK PUZZLED AND HOPEFUL. AWESOME SNAPSHOTS!
TRULY MUNDANE YET CAPTIVATING! THANKS, BRO!
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cool shots. i like the one with "sheng" character.
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wala eh
good son ah bring mother to shop shop take photo sommore !
no more writing monsterblog ah !
wait 4 u soon.
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I think that old guy definitely needs a new portable TV/MP3 player thing.
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eyah, i thought the portrait was a very good shot too.
captures his expression as it is, has that special feel to it. wow.
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Thanks all, I really liked this set too
mooiness: A few people looked at me, but just a smile solves most problems.
spiller: Yah probably a swatch, they got all kinds of stuff there.
v0ices: Haha BUY LA THINK LATER!! Yah I saw her ping too...cibailan.
tonixe: Nothing much to say over there, all too deep for me.
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Just starting to take pics so still a little bit unsure of taking photos of people on the streets. Who knows, may be big mobster guy in hiding & if you take his pic, he may have to kill you??!! *lol*
I think I may have watched wayyyyy too much Hongkie movies when growing up... ;p