转眼间，靖凯已经完成五年的医科课程，下周一（12 月12日）即将参加毕业典礼！
两个星期前便买好赴澳州的机票。上个星期悠哉闲哉的在线上某网站申请入境澳洲签证。根据以往的经验，隔天便可领取到签证。
可是事与愿反，隔天便接到澳洲移民厅的电邮，要求我与太太呈上护照复印版本，身份证复印版本，及其他可证明我有固定收入的文件；过后有关当局才会发出批准文件。
赶紧上网呈上有关文件。心情忐忑不安。询问婧怡可否有良策催有关当局尽快回复。
婧怡当天晚上书写短函，并收集可能运用得到的一切文件， 一起呈交上去。她也质询到有关当局的邮箱，把急需搞定签证的理由告知对方。
所幸隔了六天，终于接到回信。我太太的申请已成功获批，而我却需要呈上彩色护照复印文件。。。乖乖的服从“命令”，呈上护照文件。当时，离开预定赴澳的行程只剩4 天，有点怀疑对方的工作效率能否及时完成使命。
幸好隔天下午五点左右，终于收到电邮，确定申请成功批准了！
两个星期忐忑不安的心情，终于可以松懈下来了！
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| 爬上还是步下？ |
Looking for ahead, and delving into what we have in front of us, many people (me included) will inevitably feel that the grass is greener on the other side.
Don't you think the view far ahead is brighter, more colourful and vibrant, when compared to dull grey colour in front of us?
But is it real .... what if the view outside the confine of the rectagular opening is not as fantastic as what it appears?
Can we make our current mundane life more exciting and fulfilling? Perhaps, it is all in our mindset. Didn't the psychologist/psychiatrist always say "it is mind over matter"!
The decade old HDB housing blocks at Dakota Crescent have been vacated for over 2 years. They still carries certain nostalgic charm, despite their age.
The old units were sold at cost of < 50k in the 60s, compared to the exorbitant cost of 300-400k in recent years...
If the cost of HDB housing units is not managed properly, not many young families can afford new houses in the future!
下午到附近的河道步行，并带上相机捕捉些镜头。
无意中拍到下面的景象。两个陌生人，一个步行，另一个骑着铁马，从左右穿梭而来，但目标却是一致的，朝地下道前进。
突然间想起了“殊途同归”这句成语。。。
再看到草地上的断枝，联想起金庸笔下丐帮帮主的打狗棒。。。
It has been over one week pass Deepavali celebration. The light decor in Little India is still not dismantled yet (read from the internet that the light decor will continue till mid November).
After seeing a patient in the evening, I drove to Little India for some night photography.
It was already passed 9.40pm when I reached a small alley branching off from Serangoon Rd. Most of the shops had already closed. Only restaurants, barber shops and fruit/vegetable stalls were still open. Managed to park my car in the one-way street branching off from Serangoon Rd. It was free parking from 10pm onwards.
Walked around Little India, snapping some photos along the way.
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| Chanced upon this multi-storey carpark, with colourful vehicles on-display. I have a hard time deciphering if these are real cars, or just some computer gimmick on display... |
Colourful shop-houses in Little India - the yellow shop-house belongs to a restaurant... still open for business.
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| Was rather impressed with the elegance of the metal peacock placed right in front of our apartment door |
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| Leisure walk versus jogging |
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| Playground (1) |
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| Playground (II) |
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| Laundry |
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| Lights |
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| Lights |
不知不觉中，将步进花甲岁数。
往往不自觉，身体颜容已呈现老态。手机的自拍画面，感觉上拥有智能美化功能，还不至于残忍的把个人的老态毫无保留的呈现出来。
不过偶而看到相机捕捉到的影像，就不难发现脸的赘肉，皱纹明显增加不少，头上的白发也越来越多。
化妆也许能掩盖年华的老去，但那也只是暂时的。生老病死，是不能否定的真理！
