Not far from my Singapore serviced apartment is a food hall, housing about 20 traditional food stalls that have been pulled in off the footpaths, and regulated.
The food here is tasty and cheap. I like to eat here. After the heavy intake of tasty food at the Indian restaurant, the one hour walk home is appreciated.
At Mustaffas, the Indian restaurant...careful inspection of the menu is required, even though available light makes this a difficult task.
There is a very impressive Mosque at the end of Arab Street precinct of Singapore.
Excellent eating options abound in the area...we tried a Moroccan restaurant, and were not disappointed. As I walked home from gym this morning I noticed the low-angle sunlight streaming into the area was forming a set of Jacob's Ladders.
I hurried home, grabbed the Tablet, hurried back, grabbed this image before the effect disappeared. I have not a clue about the physics involved. This is Charlie...a silver Goldfish Mawin won in a street fair fishing game a few months back.
Charlie lived in a small tank in our living-room...outliving his gold Goldfish companions, and eventually out-growing the tank. So...I purchased a new tank, with a whole new garden of plastic water plants. Na purchased a couple of new friends for Charlie. Life was good, and Charlie continued to grow. We left Charlie, and the cats, in the capable care of P'Dom, our ex long-term maid/nannie/factotum when we travelled up-country for an xmas/new year break, and arrived home to find that Charlie was [mostly] no more. P'Dom said she arrived one morning to find a small puddle of water next to the tank, and [behind the sofa] Daisy feasting on fresh silver goldfish. P'Dom thinks Charlie got boisterous and leaped right out of the tank and onto the floor where Daisy did the humane thing by eating him. Daisy seems to be spending a lot of her time with her head semi-immersed in the fish-tank...I suspect the tragic events unfurled a little differently... One needs a stable base from which to reach for the beer whilst waiting for birds and stuff to come close enough for a shot to be attempted.
Costs about 100baht...compatible with all cameras, and nearly all bum shapes and sizes... Seated, place elbows on knees, enjoy stable platform for shooting all kinds of low-hanging macro photography subjects. |
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