One

Heaton Park, Manchester
Sep 2009

After all, alone is being free - alone
From other lonely souls
Alone - Mark R Slaughter

Inya Lake

Inya Lake (Kaba Aye Pagoda Road), Yangon
November 2009

For the first 14 years of my life, i lived near Inya Lake
so my attachment to the place isn't something easily dismissed

my earliest memories are of me playing with my parents on its banks
as a young child, i made a regular pilgrimage on saturday mornings across the lake
to see my grandparents who lived about twenty minutes' walk away
from age 5 to 9, I went to a primary school next to the lake
Alas, I am no longer able to visit it since DASSK got under house arrest
for it is just next to her house
(it's where the front wheel of the bicycle is pointing)

somehow, amidst all that business of visiting relatives
and gorging on local food, i managed to snatch an hour on its banks

to me, it's a place where people spend leisurely hours
.. walking, eating, boating, dating..

Once, this side of the bank was rather shady once the sun set
but it's been cleaned up

i'd gone there in the hope of catching the huge scarlet sun which i'd seen the day before
but it wasn't meant to be
time.. doesn't wait

(an old photo of) a toddler playing with her father at Inya Lake

and then, the sun set .. at 10 minutes to 6

Tango

Be.
Be the one I need.
Be the one I trust most.
Don't stop inspiring me.
Running - No Doubt

These boots are made for walking

London, October 2009

and one of these days
these boots are gonna walk all over you
These boots are made for walking - Nancy Sinatra

Food in Singapore: Chinese Porridge @ Kent Ridge House

Pictures taken on the 5th of Nov

Kent Ridge Guild House is this flashy Alumni building in NUS
though i used to regular haunt the NUS campus and the vicinity
since I didn't actually go to school there, i didn't qualify
anyway.. this happens to be Uncle MT's favourite place

this restauarnt, which mainly serves local food, is particularly famous for its porridge buffet
I'm a porridge hater though so i opted for steamed rice
i could believe it was famous; it was fully packed out even on a tuesday evening
what impressed me was the range of preserved vegetables and sauces
which i didn't touch cos i don't think they went well with plain rice

My choices: omelette, some pork balls, tofu, prawns, fish, prawn paste chicken (yeay!)

stewed duck and pig intestine
:D

roasted pork and chinese style stewed egg

mango pudding, sesame red bean pastry, and profiteroles

yum!
and i was already in a state of decline w.r.t food
because i had been eating non-stop for two weeks