Selegie – a walk down memory lane

I took a stroll with my camera along Selegie Road and its neighbourhood last weekend after my viewing at Sophia Residence. Much of Selegie "old" characters since my school days are preserved. Even the old Cathay Cinema facade is maintained, though the old cinema building was torn down and rebuilt.  Now, we have the School of the Arts (SOTA) as the dominating character in the Selegie Area.

Go take a stroll at Selegie . It will sure bring back some fond memories of your school daze. Remember Bras Basah?

Photos taken with Fujifilm X100S



Selegie Arts Centre

Middle Road



Wilkie Edge



Good old Peace Centre - there used to be a bowling alley in this building



Mr Bean Cafe



Rendezvous Hotel - famous for Nasi Padang



SMU



SOTA



SOTA Building



Art Display



School of the Arts - dominating the Selegie and Bras Basah area



New Cathay with the old facade

Zuir Said Dr



Prinsep Street - Hotel Bencoolen in the background

Prinsep Street

Lorong Halus expedition

Was out biking on Sep 2, 2014 at Lorong Halus. There are plenty of greeneries and wetlands to enjoy. Lorong Halus was once a landfill area for dumping rubbish. Now it is slated to be an Industrial area per URA Master Plan 2014. Go check out the greeneries before they are gone.



long and winding road

 

open field at Lorong Halus




 

 

Punggol HDB in the background

wetland

 

tall grass

 

check out ride details in Endomondo



All photos taken by Sony Xperia Z2

 

 

 

 

Out biking at Hendon Road

Was out biking this morning at Hendon Road. There are quite a number of restored black and white colonial buildings at Hendon Road off Changi. The restored buildings will be turned into hotels and F&B space. It's good steep ride along Hendon Road if you are looking for challenges.

Ride tracked by Endomondo

All photos were taken with Sony Xperia Z Ultra Smartphone





black and white
 

just restored
 

Black and White Colonial Building
 

Hendon Road



rugged Changi

 



my favourite prata shop at Changi
forget about jalan kayu
 



taking a break

Take pictures of pictures you like

Have you ever come across incidents where you saw a picture or a poster that you like and wish that you had that picture in your computer? Well, with today’s camera well above 10M pixel, you can do it quite easily. Here are some tips.

1. Make sure that lighting around the picture is balance.

2. Take the picture at an angle that the whole picture is in focus.
3. Use software to correct the perspective eg Photoshop

So, there you have it.

 

Copy original?

Original copy?








Old Taipei
taken with Fujifilm X100S
from a poster at Taipei 101
 



Taipei 101
taken with Fujifilm X100S
at Taipei 101


 

Singapore skyline in the 70's
taken with Fujifilm X100S
at a Peranakan restaurant in PJ



 



Happy face
taken with Canon S95
at RWS

 

Lovers
taken with Canon S95
at RWS


 

Girl and dog
taken with Canon S95
at RWS

A ride along Sungei Tampines

A ride along Sungei Tampines brings you a totally different experience as compared to other park connectors. You will get to enjoy lush greeneries, boardwalks cutting through the mangrove and also a forested walk at Tampines Eco Green. If you are lucky enough, you will bump into some sea otters along Sungei Tampines.

Excuse me! Is this Singapore?

All photos were taken with Sony Xperia Z Ultra Smartphone

The ride statistics

 

a bridge over Sungei Tampines

 

 

 

 

 



Sungei Tampines
 



Bird hide

 

cutting through the mangrove

 



mangrove boardwalk

bird watcher paradise

 

Tampines Eco Green

My first digital Camera

I was one of the early adopters of digital camera. My first digital camera was Nikon Coolpix 950. I bought it in 1999 for about US$1,000 when I was on an International Assignment in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Back then, my friends were very impressed with my Nikon 950. It was cool! Though it was a 2 mega pixel camera, the pictures taken were razor sharp.


Since then I have owned Nikon Coolpix 5000, Nikon DSLR D80, Canon Powershot S95 and finally Fujifilm X100S.

my first digital camera

 

 

 



Coolpix 5000

 







Nikon DSLR D80

 



Canon Powershot S95

 

Fujifilm X100S