殊途同归，打狗棒。。。联想

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。。。

Little India

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.

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.

The colorful display of garlands...

Fruit stall... there were still quite a number of people buying fruits from the stall.

Religious statues on display, and for sale...

Was pleasantly surprise by the colourful facade of the Indian Heritage Centre (I didn't know that there was such a centre till then).

The light decor along Serangoon Rd...

A small Methodist Church hidden in one obscure corner in Little India.

An Eating House, still open for business...

 

In another one week or so, it will be Orchard Rd's turn ... with Christmas Lights-up!

Snapshots during walking exercise

Brought along my camera when going out for my regular evening walking exercise.

Strolling along the familiar exercise trail along Geylang River, snapping some random photos along the way.

The sky turned dark quite fast... Was nevertheless quite happy with some of the photos taken during the one hour exercise.

Was rather impressed with the elegance of the metal peacock placed right in front of our apartment door

Leisure walk versus jogging

Playground (1)

Playground (II)

 

Tell tale signs of human activities...

Laundry

Lights

Lights

REFLECTION..

Objects & Shadows...

Most happy of all was ... able to clock in 10500 steps of walking, and 25 minutes of moderately vigorous activity on my exercise tracker!

老态

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！

Leisure time

To be able to spend leisure time doing things we enjoy most is a luxury.

Better still, just sit in the midst of greenery, together with friend/s...out in the open air.

Fishing in the neighbourhood, solo or together with a friend, flanked by curious onlooker(s). Either under the sun (with hat shielding away the heat), or under a roof shelter.

And of course, nothing beats walking around aimlessly, with a camera in hand, trying to capture some photos... and that's what I did a few days ago...

Love the texture of the tree trunk, with several layers of peeled covering

Row of lorries lining the road side

Was attracted by the colourful display and arrangement of the bicycles

Dustbins lining up, near waste disposal area

Stripes and belts...

Could never figure out why this block of wood was placed among the metal pieces of a lorry.

The mobile road sweeper ... taking a break!

Sighting of Hornbill at our balcony

 

Our balcony received an unusual visitor yesterday... a hornbill perched itself on our clothes drying rack placed @ our balcony.

The photo was taken from our living room, which was separated from our balcony by a sliding door. The moment I slided open the door, the bird flew off to the trees nearby.

Apparently the sighting /arrival of hornbill means the arrival of good fortune and tranquility!

fascinating view

Photo #1

Was driving home in the late afternoon, and captivated by the cityscape - with building basked in luminous orange glow, and overhead brigde criss-crossing across busy road underneath. Quickly took out my handphone when my car was in stationary mode at traffic light junction (waiting for traffic lights to turn green).

Photo #2

An adolescent boy was recently admitted for severe headaches. Neuroimaging done showed the presence of tortuous basilar artery (a major blood vessel suppling the brainstem).

The CT angiogram performed showing the circle of Willies and its tributary, and looped basilar artery (which is supposed to be straight in normal individuals) was simply mind-boggling.

Hands down to the amazing advance in neuro-radiology in recent years! It has made diagnosis of vascular diseases much easier. 

And of course, this may also bring out some pitfalls and controversies... like in this case. But, finally, after putting our heads together (involving a multidisciplinary team of neurosurgeon, neurologist, rheumatologist, intervential radiologist), a consensus was finally achieved and treatment plan formalized!

Photo #3

Meant to hike up a hill, for an enchanting view of clouds from the peak.

the road leading to the peak of the hill

But alas, it rained cats and dogs about 10 minutes of our hike. Had to abort the trip... My shoes were literally soaked on our return trip. 

Hopefully, I will have a better luck the next time.

Photo #4

Nothing beats the aerial view of the terrace rice field from a cable car. 

The photo was taken as we ascended to Fansipar Peak @ Sapa, in our recent visit to Hanoi. 

Fortunately the sky was clear, and we have unobstructed view of the scenery from the cable car and mountain peak.