18 September 2013, Rotterdam Centraal
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Beyond an HDB flat
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To Kwa Wan is a working-class district in Kowloon that is home to many colourful industrial and residential blocks from the 1950s and 60s. With a new MTR station opening soon, one wonders how much of these urban history will remain in time to come (granted that many of them look like they are crumbling). The first two words of this waterfront district 土瓜灣 stems from its past when the Hakka villagers who settled here would plant sweet potatoes all over the former farmland.
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While I’m often somewhat impressed by the massive network of highways in Kowloon woven amongst dense apartment blocks, I’m glad I don’t live in such an intense urban environment. This was shot from a bus as it zipped along a highway. •
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Sometimes you get nights like this when the streets are mostly empty, cloaked in a light drizzle. On rare moments like this, Hong Kong feels cosy, as though I might finally discover something beyond its usual chaotic yet sleek veneer.
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“Efficiency House”
The names of many industrial and residential buildings in #HongKong are intended to evoke luxury and innovation. Often they generate the following responses from me: 🤣🤔🙄
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A typical #HongKong scene: Window air-conditioners... P.S. I just wanted to share this photo as I like the #lines. Had passed by this estate while looking for the start of a hiking trail but didn’t take a photo as I was on the phone. I walked by again several hours later after having finished my midday hike. So, here you go!
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A typical #HongKong scene: However high they might build the towers, these remain dwarfed by the mighty evergreen mountains that run all over the city.
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A typical #HongKong scene: Residential towers in #pastel shades are common here. Singapore, in comparison, seems to favour bright colours for its HDB blocks.
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A typical #HongKong scene: Low-rise buildings like these are commonplace here. However, many are in a poor condition. Sometimes they are left until a state beyond repair and await an inevitable end - to be replaced by a generic tower. An “ironic” juxtaposition in the first picture: The shiny sport cars parked beneath an almost-empty walk-up building that is likely slated for demolition.
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This photo beautifully captures a transitory feeling!
Thanks Lisa! I had just alighted from the first train from Brussels to Rotterdam, and was waiting for my ride to the airport in Amsterdam to catch my flight back to Singapore. So quite a few transits but it was all worth it to see my family and friends again 🙂
Ouf, that must have been a long journey. Glad you made it safely and reunited happily with everyone. 🙂