随拍 Random photos

这几天随意捉拍了两张照片，觉得有点意思。

主人房的灯有时会闪熄几下，犹如生命在垂死时无望的挣扎。年关将到，应该换上新的灯，来讨个好意兆。于是便让靖捷爬山梯级，掀开灯罩，来看看里面置放着那类型的灯泡。

觉得所拍到的相片，内有圆形，三角形，旋转式灯泡以及弯曲的红黄绿白电线，整个图案蛮有艺术感！

也在遛狗的时候，在拍花草时，不经意的捕捉了迎面而来的“骑客”。也许这就是所谓的“瞬间”时刻。

Took two random photos with my handphone recently.

Was quite please with the outcome - the first photo of the ceiling light captured the elements of shapes and curves, whilst the 2nd photo accidentally captured a cyclist (while I was aiming at the flowers and leaves in the foreground).

They may not be masterpiece. But, I am very please with the results!

吃@小贩中心 Eating at Hawker Centre

若要吃得实蕙，最佳选择是在小贩中心用餐。好不好吃，就得靠运气。

在餐馆点吃食物，价钱的高低，也要看该餐馆的档次而定。问题是，高档或贵的餐馆，口味不一定好吃！

在小贩中心用餐，可以肯定的是，所煮出来的食物，分量不会太小；而高档餐馆所煮出来的饮食分量，有时会少得很可怜，吃都吃不饱！

当然，小贩中心不会有冷气设备，凡事都得亲自动手  - 排队点食物，自己用托盘捧食物等等。

To eat like a local, one has to try out the food in hawker centres.

The variety of food is great, and the price of the food is usually fairly reasonable. The flavour of some of the food even astounds the hard to please food critics, and attracts the attention of tourists.

To tell which stalls serve delicious food, just look at the queue. The longer the queue, the better is the food - so the saying goes! Of course, this is not fool proof. On rare occasions, we were caught by surprise - the queue was long because the hawker was slow in preparing his food!

飘浮。荒芜。Drifting. Desolate.

也不知那艳丽红球已经在浑浊的河上漂浮多久了。至少它还没沉浸河底。虽是毫无目的的漂浮，但毕竟还有被他人捡起的机会。也就是说，还有翻生的机会。

Floating ball - though it is drifting aimlessly, there is still a chance he may be pick up by some kind souls, and lead a wonderful life in the future. In other words, there is still hope.

那排尝尝叠起，荒凉，灰白又略带灰黄的长方形砖墙，围着参差不齐的野草，显得格外落寞。多少次路人经过，都对那片砖，那堆草，视若无睹。

类似场景，能否突然生动起来；会有鲜花蓬勃生长，点缀这一片绿？

What is the likelihood of a desolate place regain its vibrancy?

我们家的狗 Our family pet dog

不知不觉中，‘螳螂’ （我家宠物的名字）已经住进我家超过一年。它也越来越开朗，活跃。

一天遛狗三回，凌晨6.30，傍晚5点，晚上8-9点，撒尿拉屎，这已是日常生活的一部分。它也胜任有余。

之前偏爱小鱼玩具，现在更钟情与乌龟。

不管怎样，还是饮食最重要！

Mantis, our family pet dog, has been with us for 13 months. 

He has settled down fully into our family routines.

He is rather mellowed, and does not bark at all when he is being left alone at home in the morning.

He still does not like to go for a long walk in our neighbourhood. But he is now more willing to walk around the perimeter of our condominium.

He knows to head for the entrance /exit of our condominium. He starts to show interest to fellow doggies, but still does not approach them proactively. In human world, he will fall under creature with socio-communicative disorder or autism!

He has put on a lot of weight over the past one year, from a meagre weight of 8kg, to current weight of 14kg+.

And yes, he is a handsome and adorable dog!

楼上楼下 upstair and downstair

楼上楼下，虽然空间相隔，但彼此都能对视，也能隔空喊话。

只要彼此的生活水平没有太大的差距，应该不会有太大的隔阂。

两者都身居同样的环境，也应该会有同样的话题。

Theoretically, people who come from the same background, work in the same environment should have no difficulty in finding a common ground to communicate. 

Staying in a higher floor does not equate to higher socio-economic status.

But with sheer determination, and engaging in relentless effort in self upgrading, the final paths of people in the same building may diverge. Even if one has attained supremacy in one's career, never forget one's root!

飙车 cycling

飙车。。。不是汽车，而是脚踏车。

为了其他路人的安全着想，当然不能毫无顾虑的飙车。

单人骑着铁马，可以说停就停。不过双人并骑铁马，亦有可取之处。尤其对于情侣而言，那种乐趣，非笔墨所能形容！

亚洲人士，向来都没有戴头盔的习惯。我小时候在老乡的马路踩脚踏车时，从来就时头发随风摇摆。起初连骑电单车也是“光着头”窜街，后来有法律规定，才开始戴上头盔。

Cycling - it is a healthy sport. But to cycle in the busy roads of city can be quite dangerous and daunting.

The best alternative is to cycle is designated cycling path / or so called park-connector. Even then, one still has to be wary of pedestrians who share the same path in the walking exercises.

Before the clamp down on the use of Motorised Personal Mobility Device (PMD), there were quite a number of fatal accidents involving elderly pedestrian and reckless drivers of PMD. Fortunately, such accidents have reduced significantly in recent years. 

分歧？disagreement?

是否意见分歧了？明明是约好一起钓鱼的，怎么两人却面朝反方向，目不互视？

Is there some kind of misunderstanding going on here?

Why are these 2 chaps, who supposedly come to this spot for fishing, end up moving and facing away from each other? The person on the right even resorts to fishing from the dry land!

金鸡独立 The lonely rooster

那天手提相机闲逛，不期然的看见一只公鸡站立在栏杆上；犹如一位猛士，挺胸向前直视，勘察四周情况，衡量下一个举动。

它下一个动作，着实让我大吃一惊！它居然能不费吹灰之力，展开双翅，拍拍几下，便从河的此岸，飞到彼岸去。那河的宽度，并不窄呀！

Chanced upon a lonely rooster who perched itself on a railing.

The next moment, it flapped its wings and flew across the river to the opposite bank, without much efforts.

Truly, don't judge a book by its cover!

建筑物 Buildings

身居到处都是钢筋水泥的城市，又因为土地有限之故，要实现“居者有其屋”的政策，耸立的高楼大厦，处处可见。要如何美化环境，使它不单调乏味，着实不易！

我家附近的老旧政府组屋，在翻新的过程当中，唯有靠色彩来令人“耳目一新”！

其实，住屋除了要具有美观之外，实用更为重要！现在的新型组屋，不但面积比旧时代的小了不少，价钱也翻了几倍！已经谈不上“实蕙” 了。

The challenge of all government is how to provide affordable yet comfortable housing for its citizen.

It seems that the cost of houses has outpaced tremendously the income of common "peasants". In some countries, even the rental fees are beyond the reach of laymen with average income.

等 waiting

等，是需要有一定的能耐。

在这个每人都“有机在手”的时代，几乎所有人在等候他人时，都会不期然的刷看手机银幕上的信息或视频；除非当时忘了带手机出门！

在没有网际网络的年代，在等待的时候，除了看看书本杂志以外，也只能四处张望，毫无目的的扫描远近的个个事物。多数人会尽量避免与陌生人四目相对，以免发生不必要的误会！

How to spend idle time when waiting for something?

In this time of age, almost all will inevitably whip out their handphone, and start scrolling through the screen. Unless, of course, the handphone had been inadvertently left at home! (which is almost a disaster by itself).