Gillman Barracks

Back in the 1930s, Gillman Barracks was established in Singapore to accomodate the expanding stronghold of the British Military. It first housed the First Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment followed by the Singapore Armed Forces in 1971, when the British Military handed the barracks to the SAF as a part of withdrawal from the country.
The SAF abandoned the barracks in the 90s, leaving it for commercial purposes and was later named as Gillman Village in 1996.
The Gillman Barracks is now known as the British colonial themed hub for the local contemporary art scene.

I didn't really spend much time looking around the art galleries. I thought I wasn't dressed fancy enough for the liking of such contemporarily artistic scene. In the first place, I didn't really intend to give the place a visit on that day. I was just happily skating around:)

for a change.

I've just gotten myself a new old Olympus mju-II for S$4! So far, everything seems to work just fine; autofocus led lights (but the fact that it really autofocuses, I got no idea), flash, quartz data-back with good condition lens (surprisingly no fungus nor scratches!). I haven't tested it out yet but hopefully I'll get substantial results by this Friday so I can use it for next week's Bali trip. Just to add on...the camera came loaded with a konica centuria film, shot ti'll the 35th frame. I took the liberty to shoot the last frame and got the whole roll out as soon as it rewound itself. I'm not sure if I should send it processing though. Having mixed feeling of both curiosity and fear. What photographs does that roll posses? Why's such a good conditioned camera lying hopelessly together with other hoarder's random junk? Heck I don't know. Just that the idea of the recent movie "Sinister" kinda comes into my mind.


Other than a new camera, I've also gotten an old hobby back and boy I've been rusty.


a sketch of bob marley while listening to "jammin"

fly me down south

cliche' image taken up in the air - bali, indonesia

Will be flying off tomorrow for a 4 nights trip to the gorgeous island of Phuket (and so they say). I've yet to pack my stuffs - no clothes to wear, mismatched garter-less undies, inadequate films from the master stock, dead batteries left uncharged. Yes, the excitement of the last-minute man.