Perfect backdrop

It pays to be at the right place, at the right time and with the right equipments. In this case it happens to be East coast park, Singapore's flag day rehearsal and my camera, in the order.

Two of my friends (guess who ?) were lucky to get this backdrop.

Picturesque

This is what a friend of mine (Vikas) did to my last poem with his beautiful photography. I loved it, and am hoping to collaborate with him further...may be a picturesque book :-)

Dilemma

Keeping the faith in light
When the fickle candle flame
Is facing a wind fight

Confrontation is a must
Even in the sinister darkness
Whether for love or for lust

Keep up the spirit
Acknowledge the rejection
As it is the writ

Build the space
Leave some room
All for joy, some for gloom

A face off with the impending God
Without a sketch
Arguably the oddest of odd

Eventually,
The candle will light up
The gloomy space
Whether for love or for lust
The face off will be destroying
Not you, but the dilemma

A vicious dead end

She was adopted
Never met her biological parents; they were dead; No siblings; No known relatives
Her adopted parents never hid this from her
She was raised like one of their own
Luck was on her side, and she found the ideal match
A very loving husband
A soul mate
Now she craved for a child
Somebody who has her genes
Somebody who can look like her
Another living person in this whole universe who shares a biological similarity
Luck was not on her side this time
She was sterile
A complete barren

World through my lens

I have been using my NIKON D40 quite often nowadays. I am posting the pictures on PICASA. Please visit if you may. The link is in my blog by the name:World through my lens

Don't forget to tell me which is your favorite picture and why!!

Demoiselle

What's your favorite brand?

An online survey was conducted to find out the most liked Singaporean brand. Here is the list of 10 brands that made it to the top.

1. Colgate
2. Google
3. Starhub
4. NTUC Fairprice
5. Sony
6. SingTel
7. Yahoo
8. Straits Times
9. 7-Eleven
10. Nippon Paint

I wonder what would be your personal list?

Chinese heritage centre at NTU

Chinese heritage centre is the National Monument built in 1953 near Yunnan Garden at NTU-Singapore. My NIKON moment of this beautiful piece of architecture....say cheese :-)

Half rainbow and Nikon D40

I was suggested by some friends, who are so called professional photographers, that to learn photography you need to rise above a point and shoot camera. I bought an SLR camera (Nikon D40...a beginners camera) one year back. But, it is now that I am getting hold of it...i mean physical hold..I somehow manage to keep it away and hence i am still an amateur. Anyway enjoy this picture of rainbow.

Eternal questions

Who created the creation?
Did it happen on its own?
Or, was there a creator?
Is he the one unknown?

Who is superior?
The creator or the creation
Who is to be loved?
The creator or the creation?
Who is to be worshipped?
The creator or the creation?

Does God reside in his creation?
Can he?
Should he?
Are they distinguishable?
Or they are the one?

Is there a paradise?
Is there a hell?
Is there a soul?
Is there a free will?

What is a virtue?
What is a sin?
Are we responsible
For thoughts within?

What is the purpose?
What is the need?
Are we the only one
Of his favorite creed?

How will it all end?
What is the right way?
Who will be the Messiah
To save on the Judgment day?

Random-thoughts 4

I wonder why
People like to see new places
I want to revisit old ones
To feel nostalgic
To feel sad
To feel neglected

I wonder why
People like to make new friends
I want to revisit my enemies
To convert them
To befriend them
To take my revenge

I wonder why
People like to move
I want to be stagnant
To feel safe
To feel composed
To feel rotten

I wonder why
People like to be loved
I want to be hated
To feel the purest of emotion
To relive myself of expectations
Just be hated

I wonder why
People like to know
I want to be ignorant
To feel bliss
To feel arrogance
Just be dumb

I wonder why
People like colours
I want to be colorless
To feel unadulterated
To feel natural
Just be invisible

I wonder why
People like to live
I want my death
To feel nothing
To feel nothing
To complete my last strand of life’s experience

Flight of fantasy

You are here
After ages

Tons of history
Plenty of memories
Very few regrets

I waited
Infinitely long
With endless glances at the door
Not knowing the purpose

Truth is, I am lost

You ask for the name
I ask for it too
You ask for the cause
I don’t even know my loss

You ask for more
I tell my dreams

You understand
Dreams are all I got
Not even memories
Not even history
And no regrets

You suddenly realize
I starved
Beyond my capacity
Killing my hunger forever

But I contest
I am alive
With a hint of ambrosia

You feel the indifference
I notice the guilt
And the beauty, like a halo
Decorating my surrounding
But intangible

And here it comes
The awakening call

It was a dream
Multiple dreams
Reality disorder

One of my flights of fantasy!

Sea fever

Chinese new year brought a long weekend. Gave me an opportunity to visit one of the island (Pulao Ubin) in Singapore. The sea got me nostalgic, and the fever gripped me....SEA FEVER as they call...Reminded me of a poem I read during my school days



Sea Fever by John Masefield

I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel's kick, and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a gray mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking.
I must down to the seas again, for the call of the of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call which may not be denied.
And all I ask is a windy day with white clouds flying,
And flung spray and blown spume, and the seagulls crying.
I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull's way, and the whale's way, where the wind's like a whetted knife.
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow rover,
And a quite sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.

Yes we can

And here is world's most anticipated event. America's 44th president, Barack Hussein Obama, who by the way shares his middle name with deceased former Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein, takes the oath.

I call it American Democracy (in a good way).

Random thoughts 3

These are some random thoughts...

Changes, memories, regrets, ecstasies
My life is full of fantasies

Observation, poetry, imagination, verses
My life is full of blushes

Yes, no, yes, no, may be not
My life is a fuzzy plot

Family, friends, enemies, strangers
My life is species endanger

Moonlight, star, dawn and breeze
My life gets lighten with all of these

Books, nooks, tea and toast
My life makes out the most of most

Confusion, frustration, anger, achievement
I do not resent, I do not consent

Denial, acceptance, amazement, surrender
I always doubt, I always wonder