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    • Tanglin Halt Memories

      Published on Invalid DateTime

      This neighbourhood is meaningful to me. I spent a lot of time here as a child, running about after church, going to eat all of the food, visiting people, going to get charcoal (from the back of a lorry here) and fresh coconuts (grated at the back of a little market here).

      I think my child's consciousness of the outside world was first formed here. I first became aware of the world in Tanglin Halt. There were Indonesian women who would take the ferry from Batam to sell food items from the market here, and I remember talking to them and wanting to know more about their food cultures, their language, and how I could take the ferry too (and I would often make the journey in the other direction, when I grew up).

      Now that it's all been set aside for redevelopment, I feel a little sad. Some bits of it remain. But I know that when I return next, it's all going to be different, or gone. Such is life in Singapore.

      I lost too much money to these machines, as a child.

      2. A scan of a color photo of a public housing estate with uniform windows in singapore

      Public housing apartments in Singapore's Tanglin Halt estate.

      a scan of a color photo of a pastel salmon pink, yellow and blue feature on the side of a building in a public housing project in Singapore

      Going, going, gone.

      A scan of a color photo of an abandoned public housing neighborhood in Singapore with pastel colors and a dome

      All going to be gone.

      A scan of a color photo of a roti prata seller in Singapore

      The old school prata man remains.

      All photos taken on Yashica Mat 124G, Portra 400, dev and scan by Whampoa Colour Centre.

    • Little Myanmar, Singapore

      Published on October 2, 2023

      If the Burmese population in Singapore were a city in Myanmar, it'd be one of the top 10 cities.

      We have many Burmese grocers, restaurants services in Peninsula Plaza and Peninsula Shopping Centre, conveniently located across the street from each other.

      Here's what it looks like.

      1. A scan of a color photo of a Burmese grocer in Singapore

      Snacks.

      2. A scan of a color photo of a Burmese food menu at a restaurant, written entirely in Burmese

      Menu.

      3. A scan of a color photo of a few worship items at a Burmese grocer in Singapore

      Offerings.

      4. A scan of a color photo of a Burmese tea shop in Singapore. The signboard says Ye Yint

      Tea shop.

      5. A scan of a color photo of people standing around at the Burmese grocer in Singapore

      Groceries.

      If you'd like to try Burmese food, my favorite restaurant at the moment is Mandalay Style, in the basement of Peninsula Plaza (try the fried chickpea tofu, tea leaf salad, tofu salad and Shan noodles).

    • My Little India

      Published on September 29, 2023

      Of all of the neighbourhoods in Singapore, I've probably spent the most time in Little India. Not only was I born in a hospital on its edges, I also lived and studied near here for several years. Every trip abroad had to start with a visit to Little India, for foreign currency, electrical adapters, or extra supplies at Mustafa Centre.

      1. A scan of a color photo of three glasses on a table top in front of blue and tan walls

      Filter coffee.

      2. A scan of a color photo of coconuts sitting on a counter at a restaurant

      Coconuts.

      3. A scan of onions and potatoes being displayed at a little India grocer with a blue tarp over it

      Aloo pyaz.

      4. A scan of a color photo of colourful windows (painted green on wood and brown) with purple and green and bright green or yellow colors around it

      Windows.

      5. A scan of a color photo of two men in little India sitting at the back of a restaurant. An alley opens up into them, and the foreground wall is painted with geometric clay color and shapes, indicating it is part of a Hindu temple next door

      Alleys.

      All photos taken on Nikon FE, 50mm, Kodak ProImage, dev and scan by Triple D Minilab, Singapore.

    • Five Frames Chinatown

      Published on September 28, 2023

      With motion picture film.

      There's a touristy bit of Chinatown Singapore (Smith Street-ish) and a less touristy part. Often, they're just side by side and you need to know which doors to duck into, or which alleys to turn off into, to see the less tourist bits.

      Since I grew up here, I think I have a pretty good handle on things. There are the little barely marked doors past my favorite food stalls. Go through a door and turn left, and you'll get to a large wholesaler of Korean toiletries. Take a certain overhead bridge, and you'll get to another part of Chinatown that will soon turn into the bars and restaurants of Clarke Quay.

      1. A scan of a color photo of two women making buns inside a food market

      Buns

      2. A scan of a color photo of the Pearl’s Hill side of Chinatown. There is an old man walking along the street. Photo is taken overhead.

      People's Park.

      People's Park Centre

      Doors.

      A scan of a color photo of many wigs in a store.

      Wigs.

      A scan of a color photo of an old lady cycling on the street in Chinatown

      Cycling.

      All photos taken on Nikon FE, 50mm f1.8 lens, Kodak Vision 3 500T, dev and scan by Whampoa Colour Centre, Singapore.

    • Mei Ling Street

      Published on September 27, 2023

      Between 2013 and 2018, I lived near the Mei Ling Street estate. I felt like if I was a housing estate, I would be Mei Ling Street. It's old and crumbly, but it's also got fantastic third wave coffee, one of the best cheese shops in Asia, and a few of my favourite hawker stalls (Sin Kee, Shi Hui Yuan, Ah Pang Seafood, Hui Wei Lor Mee). It's quiet and sleepy, on the surface, but full of interesting stuff if you know where to look!

      a scan of a color photo of some yellow work shirts being hung from the side of a tall building

      Old apartments.

      a scan of a color photo of a few singapore flags on poles at a covered walkway

      Flags.

      a scan of a color photo of cut grass in a wheelbarrow at the ground floor of a building

      Grass.

      a scan of a color photo of danger, keep out sign in 4 languages

      Danger. In all languages.

      a scan of a color photo of chicken hanging from a hawker stall

      One of the national dishes. One of my favourite stalls.

      (All photos taken on Nikon FE, 50mm f1.8 pancake lens, Kodak Gold 200, dev and scan by Whampoa Colour Centre, Singapore)

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