Rays of Hope

Quote of the day -  Be strong now because things will get better. It might be stormy now, but it can't rain forever

It has been raining lately at Singapore, and looking out from the window of my room I saw this stormy scene heading my way. At that point of time, I was thinking to myself,  "okay there is going to be a big storm rain coming, which is bad and the stormy cloud is kind of dramatic".

After shooting the first frame, I realized something else in the scene. Instead of the dramatic cloud that caught my attention at first, I was now drawn by the ray that sits in the middle of the clouds. This scene then reminds me again;

No matter how stormy the situation that we are in now, there is always a ray of hope sitting inside the it. 

It might be stormy now, but it can't rain forever.

After every storm, there is always rainbow (or at least sunshine) for those who get through.

Stay strong, keep moving forward, keep believing, stay positive and have hope.

God Bless

PS : Remember, we can choose to focus on the storm or the rays of hope. The choice is in our hand :)

Catching the Wave

Quote of the day - Worrying is wasting energy on the things you can't control. Leave everything in God's hand. Think less, pray more.  

Is it me or what? All my Bintan beach pictures seems to be on lonely themed. #foreveralonemodeon

Waiting to be Picked

Quote of the day - Being single isn't what sucks, what sucks is being lonely and losing faith in finding that special someone. #justsaying

This picture below was shot last weekend during my company incentive trip to Clubmed Bintan at Indonesia. Quite a nice place to go for family or honeymoon couple, with loads of activities you can participate with your family/partner, packaged with beautiful people as well as scenery. 

These kayaks were seated there at the beach whole day waiting just to be picked by someone for row.

PS : The only thing I do not like about Bintan is the weather >.<

A Step of Faith, Transformer XP 2.0 - The Rising

For we walk by faith, not by sight. - 2 Corinthians 5:7

Penang, or more precisely City Light Church is like a second home to me.

Never thought that one awesome weekend spent with my spiritual family here in this little island on the north would cost me to start thinking about my life all over again, how and where will I be if I were to head straight to Penang instead of Singapore, and what life would be 5 years down the road if I were to stay at Singapore. 

Nobody really knows, but I am confident to say that life would definitely be a lot more different at Penang, that is for sure.

The serene sunset view with the breeze and waves, together with Elson and Philips having some men time during the camp.

The Girl Who Melt Hearts

Quote of the day - Guys usually lost the stars while chasing the moon, while girls usually lost the moon choosing the stars.  

Alright, it is not that I am neglecting my blog (oh dear, my poor blog), but life had been so monotonous for me that nothing is really worth writing about. Its been a year I am at Singapore now, owh how time flies!

Below is this cutie I met during the lantern festival celebration with the kids for their out reach night. The result of an American dad and chinese mum (If I did not get the wrong info). She requested me to snap this below picture of her, how cute is that?

Owh how I wished that I have a girl like her next time.

PS : Thanks to the few people who told me they dropped by my blog, will keep it updated from time to time with my monotonous life pictures >.<

Garden by the Bay, Singapore

Quote of the day - Men are created by God to protect women.

The below pictures is what you can see at The Garden by the Bay, Singapore.

This is the so called super tree, the gigantic avatar-ish tree which stands proudly in a ring of circle at the middle of the garden. All the super trees are linked together by the bridge, where you can pay to go up for a walk. A good place for a family bonding place, or for couples who would like to spend some time enjoying the mother nature while having a date.

2012 Bangkok, Thailand Trip

Okie, I finally have the time and mood to write about the trip to Bangkok. Loads of ups and downs recently that had prevented me to work on this post. 

Here are the 5 sisters I went with, kind of like I am just tagging along for their shopping spree. We scooted our way to Bangkok with the new Singapore budget airline.

Chatuchak Weekend Market

Quote of the day : We will probably never understand Black Holes. Or, why women fall madly in love with douchebags. - Zag

Girls (and guys who shop), ever heard of Chatuchak at Thailand? I think this is one of the place on Earth where most girls will suddenly gained the strength to walk for one whole day, some non-stop. All that is possible because this is one of the world's largest weekend markets you can find on Earth. It covers the total area of 27 acres, altogether divided into 27 Sections and contains more than 15,000 booths selling goods from every part of Thailand. Best of all, they are all cheap!

So if you are up for some shopping spree at Thailand, you should not miss this place.

This picture below is taken outside the MRT station, showing the long stretch of people walking to and from the market. You can walk to the market from the MRT  station (Align at Mo Chit station) which is around less than 500m walk. (I think?)

Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand

Quote of the day : Do not chase people. Be you and do your own thing and work hard. The right people who belong in your life will come to you and stay. - Wu Tang

Its been a while, and finally I managed to get myself on a trip to Thailand this time. Though did not get a lot of pictures from this trip, oh well, better than nothing right? 

Here is the view inside of Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok at Thailand. Just love the architecture inside airport as there will normally decorated with loads of fancy lightings. Shoot handheld this time without my tripod.

 Here is another two from Haneda airport. (here and here)

The Old VS New

Quote of the day - Love isn't complicated, people are.

This picture shows both the alley for the old and new architecture. Taken at my hometown while I went for walk some time ago around the old town area, its quite a sad sight to see all the old houses being renovated to become the new one. Sooner or later the old town is just gonna evaporated bit by bit with time.

Back to this picture, just see how many stuff is missing between the two style, or should I say concrete? Thats why most of the time I would prefer those older architecture than the new architecture.

PS : I am not neglecting the blog, its just that I got no pictures worth posting here. Its been 2 years since the last time I went travelling :(

Expresspass

Quote of the day : If your skies are grey today, paint your own rainbow

Any idea where this is in Singapore? Stumble upon this underpass and was not in a rush, so I decided to stop by and take this shot since nobody is there in the frame to "decorate" the picture. I am actually quite surprised to find this underpass hidden in the middle of the expressway. (If I am not mistaken about the expressway part)

Arts Alive 3 #3

Alright, the last post on the last play for Arts Alive 3, 2012.

This last piece is called "Closed Quarters" played by the Upper Secondary Drama CCA girls. Written and directed by Dwayne whom he also involves in playing the master villian, this piece talks about the life of the teenage prisoners being held captive inside a maximum security prison cell named as Closed Quarters. It talks about the teenagers life inside Closed Quarters with their life before they ended up there with a lot of different flashbacks from different person. It shows what they went through in life and how they ended up there. At the end they managed to work their way out to freedom with the help of audience to create the resonance effect at the right frequency to break the glass wall around them (which apparently I was so engrossed with the play until I forgotten to snap that scene)

How it looks like inside of Closed Quarters.

Arts Alive 3 #2

The second play was called "The Little One". This play talks about child soldier, inspired by the Invisible Children Documentation which I posted before that talks about Joseph Kony and what he has been doing to all the innocent children. All four of them are from Secondary 4 Drama Elective girls which insist to use this play as to spread the message about The Invisible Children.

It is a bit heavy or intense, emotionally draining and the girl really did a great job portraying those suffering (physical and mental abuse) that the innocent children gone through. Apart from that, this play was loaded with a lot of fighting, rolling and falling scene. Just imagine about how many falls they had to take during their rehearsal pains me. They did really well to make this play a success. 

Arts Alive 3 #1

Went to support my cell group member's event last weekend, an event organized by St. Anthony's Canossian Secondary School called Arts Alive 3. It was awesome time spent, with 4 mind blowing dramas.

East Coast Park, Singapore

Quote of the day - Anyone who angers you conquers you.

As dull as it seems from the picture, that is what Singapore East Coast Park is to me. Went there for the first time with my work colleague and was kind of disappointed. A lot people been asking me, "Have you been to East Coast?", so I thought it is a place with pretty scenery (since it is at seaside with beach) that I have to go and have a look. All geared up to be greeted with this scene. Not much of scenery, so I turned to read the book I bought with me instead, but the weather sure ain't friendly with me on that day. =/

Oh well, perhaps I am at the wrong side of the coast.

P/S : You can see all kinds of cargo ships here thou >.<