Weekend Reflections: Taking a Moment

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Yellow Grasshopper

Sometimes when we take in the scenery around us we normally look at the buildings and architecture around us and fail to take note of the minute details. Instead of looking up or at your eye level ,how about looking down for once? You will be amazed at what you maybe able to spot. A tiny colorful creature maybe hiding in some nook or corner waiting for you to notice it.

The kids spotted this yellow grasshopper while walking along the streets of Chinatown. It was perching on the window of a Chinese restaurant. I would have missed the opportunity of being able to capture the shot above if not for the kids alerting me to it. I managed to get up and close with it with the camera as it wasn’t frightened away by the kids. We were amazed by the size of the insect and it’s ability to remain prefectly still as we gathered around it looking at it in amazement.

It is really amazing how GOD has created this insect. You just have to look at it’s wing to notice how intrigue the pattern is on it. It is very rare to see a yellow and black spotted grasshopper as most grasshoppers which I have seen are green. It looks as if it was starring back at me in the shot above.

Have you seen a yellow grasshopper before?

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May 3, 2013

Weekend Reflections: Looking at Architecture and Culture

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Colorful Signboards outside the shop houses.

While having breakfast in Chinatown I took the chance to take photograph of the architecture in the area. Many of the buildings in Chinatown date back a few hundred years. It is a part of Singapore’s history that has been specially preserved for its heritage.

Chinatown is one of the few places where there are still old style shop houses standing. No doubt the businesses which used to occupy their premises have long gone with new shops taking over the outlets the place still retains its special charm as the first place where the Chinese immigrants chose to stay back then when they first landed on the shores of Singapore.

A street in Chinatown

The blend of old with the modern with the HDB blocks towering in the background. The unique architecture of the Indian temple which is located smack in the middle of Chinatown. It would have been great to be able to get a close up shot of all the carved statues at the temple but being with the kids made it difficult.

Pencil Sketch of a Street Scene

I could only take pictures from the corner of the street while waiting for the traffic light to change. Maybe next time when I can do a proper photo walk without the kids around.