A double yellow line road marking means different things depending on where you’re at. In Singapore, this means that no parking is allowed at all times. Violate this rule and risk being fined S$70 (approx. 40€ / US$50). The theme of this week’s Photo Challenge on Daily Post is “yellow”. The first thing that came…
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Some people collect magnets, local crafts or knick knacks as travel souvenirs. I take photos and pick up an occasional postcard. I prefer postcards that are unusual and avoid run-of-the-mill prints that are sold at tacky shops surrounding tourist landmarks. I would scour independent bookstores for a unique or interesting postcard. Once in a while though, I…
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AB and I were in Rotterdam in July for the North Sea Jazz Festival. I had chanced upon it while looking online for something interesting to do in the Netherlands as AB was going to be there for work. Quelle chance! I had never been to Rotterdam and my only impression was that it is…
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In just a few days I’ll in Heidelberg, Germany to participate in a Magnum photography workshop led by Chang Chien-Chi. Am super excited about it but am also a little anxious as I’ve still not decided on a subject for my project. Ideally, the subject should be related to the trans-territories theme of the 5th Fotofestival…
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Gerbrand Bakker’s “The Detour“, translated from Dutch into English by David Colmer: This is a story about a woman with a debilitating illness who has escaped from her former life in Amsterdam and retreated into a rural farmhouse, complete with an unused pigsty, geese and roaming sheep, in northern Wales. Narrated from a third-person perspective, the…
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Wednesday, 29 May: I left work in a hurry to catch the 1713 Thalys train from Gare du Midi in Brussels to Paris. Having arrived at the train station 15 minutes before my train was scheduled to leave, I stopped to buy a bar of chocolate. When it was my turn to pay, I realized that my cardholder – which…
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I recently discovered “Space Is Only Noise“, an enthralling debut album by American-Chilean musician Nicolas Jaar, while browsing on YouTube. The album cover reminded me of two photos that I had taken in December 2009 at Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris with my Lomo LC-A, using a roll of Kodak TXP400 film. The first track on…
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Spring must finally be arriving! Here’s a belated Easter Sunday post: I was in Paris last weekend and visited my friends and their newborn, who will be four weeks old today. Great company, delicious chocolate, fresh flowers, hot tea, and of course, the sun was shining. Ah, is this not happiness?Interestingly, I just discovered a beautiful French…
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Surely not. But that’s kind of what I’m feeling right now after the initial sips of some Oolong tea (北埔白毫乌龙) while listening to Everything But The Girl. A little light-headed, a profound sense of bliss… I must be drunk with happiness. The sun has just peeked through the overcast sky. Ah, is this not happiness?
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Angelina Hue 