incredible india - encore.

back from a super awesome trip across rajasthan, with over a thousand photographs as memories. it's been really fun reliving the trip as i spent the past week scouring through the pictures to compile into a more concise album. the not-so-fun part, trying to decide which pictures to ditch so that you get to see a hundred shots instead of a thousand!

i'm excited and can't wait to share them when they're ready! =)

***here you go!***

Jesus>Religion

for all the times i struggled to explain what is this gospel of grace that we believe in, i found this youtube clip yesterday which pretty much sums it up beautifully. it's not about religiosity, it's all about Jesus.

every year, pastor prince would share a theme of the year with the church. 

2012 will be the year of unceasing fruitfulness, and it's going to be my best year yet! =)

For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, 
      Which spreads out its roots by the river, 
      And will not fear when heat comes; 
      But its leaf will be green, 
      And will not be anxious in the year of drought, 
      Nor will cease from yielding fruit.

- jeremiah 17:8

wouter hamel

discovered a brilliant artist while checking out monocle live: volume 3. beautiful voice, great lyrics, plus points for looking so cute and a dutch to top it all off. what's there not to like?

i think wouter hamel's going to be a big name soon. gotta get him to singapore somehow!

what to do with your ex's shirt...

this video's brilliant, and the designs actually look really good!

incredible india.

sugar cane stall indian style

it sucks you in, churns you around and turns you upside down before spitting you out. that's how i felt about my first trip to india. it was a short solo work trip of 3 days, and every single second was an adventure in itself. 

slums and poverty intermingling with luxury and wealth. waves upon waves of funky smells. beautiful yet derelict looking colonial buildings as a reminder of the british rule. being stared at by every single person who walks past. swarmed by a never ending sea of people. tuning out to the cacophony of car horns. 

the excitement and yet at the same time, fear of walking around alone - i never stopped walking and only paused for the slightest click of my camera.

i feel as if the country has won this time, leaving me a battered little soldier girl. which makes me even more determined to go back again to conquer the rest of the country.


this set of photos come unedited, as raw as the city is. enjoy!

home.

back from a whirlwind work trip to tokyo, hong kong and mumbai. was great to be back in tokyo and hong kong, but mumbai really overwhelmed me on all accounts. absolute definition of culture shock. that's another story for another day.

it's been some time since i've seen such refreshing shots of singapore, really impressed by singaporean photographer nguan! 

find out more about nguan here and here.

a piece of real history.

relatives found a really old family photo of my very young grandmother and her foster parents! gosh that must have been taken way back in the 1920s. 

how cool is that?

my grandma's on the extreme right!

i still miss my grandmother quite a fair bit, but it helps that my mum and i share openly about it. we're always joking that she's probably happily chillin' with my grandfather, so that's good. =)