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"

escapades of a local sightseer #4: Thieves Market, Sungei Road

Sometimes, I find myself checking out old-beaten up knick-knacks in Theives Market, the only flea market here in S'pore which offers the usual flea stuffs if you get what I mean. Nothing fancy can be found here, but rather, the usual old men's hoarded treasures; from old synthetic leather shoes and stiff acid washed jeans to classic raybans and wrist-watches claimed antiquely genuine. From chinese jades and old local currency notes/coins to analogue and digital spoils, most of the time exposed to the harsh equatorial weather of the lion city.

captured portraits of the not so common people

I can still remember how annoyed the old lady was when she heard the loud *click* produced by my camera. She quickly hid herself in between those vehicles. When I walked pass her, she was babbling words which I can't seem to comprehend, I'm so sure its bad. I walked straight with guilt of causing disrespect, trying to ignore the tempt to look at her.

The alleys in Little India.

Typical day-to-day scavengers of the Thieves' Market, Sungei Road.