Pictures

3 pictures from an outing at Arab Street Singapore.

Due to my self employed unpaid fluctuating motivational job arrangement, the last time I was in Singapore was 4th May. For me, that’s a long time. I needed the break I’ve been long longing for.

Little did I know, I became restless. Either due to not having work to do, or not having work close to my fingertips. And as all my previous trips to this land has been, I get many random thoughts and inspirations. Material for me to write. At one point while my thoughts were sailing as I was lying down, my aunt said,

you look far. Far away from here. You are somewhere else.

Inevitably I did what I normally do when in trial separation with my computer. Type it all out in my handphone as SMS and save it as Drafts. I suppose this is why academics go on sabbaticals. I’ll share that with you (perhaps), later.

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For now, make do with a few pictures I snapped today at Arab Street fasting month bazaar.

Above, was actually a snap I wanted to get of the font for a new project I’m working on, but later found the contrast in the picture made it ‘something’. If that is, you see what I see. Below, is a sign board. Below that, is the Sultan Mosque from one of the pedestrian street malls in the area. There were a number of interesting shops and cafes within these colonial architecture that flanked the lively path.

This week’s set, features the waters of Amsterdam. It is the place of land below the sea. As a result, the Dutch are masters engineers at building dykes.

The top one is just brilliant. Would have been better if there was more light on the houses.

The bottom one, is just an angle of what a person should see, be and experience for self. One of the things that I do when I ‘tutor’ teenagers public speaking is that, I get them to stand on the table and read/speak. Or face the wall. It’s a totally different angle and feel that one usually underestimate and definitely not expect. Try it for yourself, the next time you’re on a river. Or take public speaking classes at home (have my picture on your computer, works better if you know I’m supervising).

Bottom most is one of the criteria of this weekly pictures post. Which is, not to show only pretty things. And this one does it well. Especially when it’s a picture of a foreign land, because I’m exhausted of listening people who speak poorly of their soil, and highly of others.

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*Photos by Safiah Durrah Hashim.