295 of Project 365: Auspicious Number

There's a Chinese saying "六六大顺". A simple explanation is everything will be smooth sailing. Most importantly, how can we forget the red colour which enhance the overall auspiciousness.

ISO: 100

Exposure: 1/1000 sec

Aperture: 5.6

Focal Length: 20mm

Flash Used: No

Tiong Bahru Walkabout 2

It seemed like not so long ago when I did my last walkabout at Tiong Bahru, so I was quite surprised to find that it had been slightly more than 2 years when I did my first Tiong Bahru Walkabout.

This time, I brought my mom along because she hasn't been here before, and I believe she'll enjoy checking out the ground floor mini gardens. 

I observed that there are more newly renovated units compared to my last visit, which wasn't unexpected since this is quite an up-and-coming neighbourhood for both the expats & local. I believe in time to come, most of the original shutter windows and iron grille might be gone forever.

Enjoy the pictures and see for yourself the differences between the first & second walkabout.

Oh, I've finally switched to the GF1 pancake prime lens which had been in storage for a long, long time. 

294 of Project 365: 烟灰缸, 火柴盒与杯垫

ISO: 400

Exposure: 1/13 sec

Aperture: 5.4

Focal Length: 33mm

Flash Used: No

Coliseum Cafe & Hotel

Address: 98-100 Jln Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

My cousin brought us to this nostalgic cafe for lunch. Everything from the decoration, furniture, table setting, seemed to have frozen in time. It was a very interesting dining experience compared to the posh, modern western restaurants which we are more familiar with. 

The food was decent, nothing spectacular. There are quite a few Hainanese-Western dishes which add a touch of fusion.

293 of Project 365: 水闸的稻田与天空

ISO: 100

Exposure: 1/250 sec

Aperture: 5.0

Focal Length: 14mm

Flash Used: No

292 of Project 365: 极乐洞

ISO: 400

Exposure: 1/640 sec

Aperture: 8.0

Focal Length: 14mm

Flash Used: No

291 of Project 365: Group Photo

Our one and only group photo taken at Ipoh on 3 May 2012.

Clockwise starting from the bright red Skechers sneakers belonging to my cousin Choy Kwan, Victor (my brother-in-law), Joanne (my cousin's buddy), me, Cheng (my younger sis), my mom, last but not least, Ah Fei (my cousin's employee, who is also our guide for our Ipoh trip).

ISO: 160

Exposure: 1/50 sec

Aperture: 5.4

Focal Length: 33mm

Flash Used: No