Monthly:December 2012

Inside the Boulevard Hotel, Orchard Road, Singapore. August 1989.

Daily Photo – Boulevard Hotel

While there I took this photo from the floor my room was on, down to the lobby area on the ground floor. The plants were all real. It’s interesting how the further away from the glass roof of the atrium the concrete takes on a green hue from all the plants.

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Urban Renewal, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1989.

Daily Photo – Urban Renewal

Since posting yesterday’s photo I’ve been poring over Google Maps of Kuala Lumpur trying to figure out where I took the photos. I recall I ate at the Station Hotel the night I was there and that I walked, so the put me somewhere in Chinatown.

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Speedliter’s Intensive – Review of Syl Arena’s Workshop

Speedliter’s Intensive! If you’re going to be near those cities on those dates, I heartily recommend you register then call-in sick the day of. You’ll be glad you did!

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Urban renewal, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1989.

Daily Photo – Moved to No. 9

I didn’t have a KL agenda, I was just passing through. One night in a doss house then a bus to Singapore. KL back in 1989 was under construction and that’s what the image below shows – a string of shop fronts, the last vestiges of a trading street like the one I shot in Penang, being torn down for modern edifices in concrete, steel and glass.

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St. Paul's Church and its neighbor, the Modern Casket company, Macalister Road, Penang

Daily Photo – Juxtaposition

On the right we have St. Paul’s Church located at 56 Macalister Road, Georgetown, Penang. This church traces its history back to 1886. It’s an Chinese language Anglican denomination church. This building was erected in 1930. Across the street, ie. behind my viewpoint, is a Roman Catholic Church.

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A fisherman repairs his gear. Near Pekan Teluk Bahang, a fishing village in the north-west of Penang, Malaysia.

Daily Photo – Boat Repair

Somewhere near Pekan Teluk Bahang, I captured this image of a fisherman, working on his gear.

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