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Can you remember the 1st time you saw a skateboard ? Well, I can. There was this common playground in the estate where all the kids gather. Then came these 2 kids with their skateboards zooming left, zooming right. Irritating, cause they are so cool that they had everyone’s attention…….. but fascinated me at the same time. That was 25 years ago.

I never managed to pick up the sport. Think my mum told me that it was because i have an awful sense of balance. I failed to get my motorcycle license as i keep failing off the 3cm high balance beam. Damn, i was sure i had the potential to become another Tony Hawk.

We were walking around Orchard Road when we came across a skate park and this group of kids zipping around in the hot sun.

Somerset Skate Park. we were told that its where beginners come to learn and polish their skills. And no, we did not see any 35 year old guy learning how to skate……they were all below 20 years of age, no 15 years, no ……was it 12 ?

Thanks for letting me take your pictures guys !

Its not easy to take these pictures with a range finder. There is no way for me to manual focus while they are on the move. Unlike my friend with the 5DIII and 70-200 F2.8 lens who was firing away at will. I had to focus on a particular distance and wait and snap, in other words, they have to appear in my viewfinder and at a certain distance.

I looked like a clown with this camera fixated onto my face. :)

Friend ended up with 400 plus pictures, I had 35 pics………

What do you think ? I think i did okay ?……….:)

For an urbanite like me, to walk 3km in a cosmopolitan city is like “duh”, i couldn’t find a better word for it. Reason being public transport is so efficient, I can easily take a bus from one location to another just 350m down the road. Why walk ?

But with a camera in hand, tiredness is easily forgotten, procrastination levels were low, in fact, its hardly noticeable. The main shopping district at Orchard Road, Singapore, famous among bargain hunters and high rollers. Wads of cash are passed from hand to hand at the Tods, Prada shops. I am pretty sure that its the only place in the world that you can find 3 big and grand Louis Vuitton boutiques within a 500m radius. Outside,  street artists lined the pavements and there were many activities lined up for the day, all trying to reach out to that little cash that you have.

Am going to skip writing about the shopping, rather i will focus on the people I saw during my 5 hours walk in the hot sun and 90%+ humidity. Orchard Road is also the friendliest street in Singapore…..people are smiling more, willing to pose a little for you. Try doing this just a few kilometers out, you are going to get furrowed eyebrows and glacier like stares.

70 year old man using his collection of huge beads as hola hoops. He started at 230pm. “Not tired ?” I asked.

“For money and for keeping fit!! ” he says happily before challenging me to a round of hula-hoops battle. I lost.

Some cultural show from Thailand. They looked nice and proper even after a couple of hours. How they do it in this sweltering weather ? I was sweating from pits to pits……

Eva Mendes on a bad day…..

Ballons for everyone !

Was super impressed with this guy. Three Strings he called himself. Check him out here on Facebook. Think he is not out for the money, just a stage to perform his love of the instrument, the Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer. Phew, i said it.

Besides the middle finger, the “V” sign is also a favorite of Singaporeans. Loved the Spontaneity.

Scorching weather……

Its hard to try to strike up a conversation with someone who looked like this. Thus, the story is, I waited, she posed, I left.

He couldn’t wait his turn for his ice-cream,

Shd be “One High Price Store”. Loved the 60s look.

Men…..or rather…..boys….

Opps !!! We saw you !! Cute Little Fella…….