Federation Square, Melbourne

Federation Square was easily our favourite place in Melbourne. It's beautiful, energetic, full of sunshine, comfortable and has free wi-fi. What's not to love?

St Kilda Pier

Walking along St Kilda Pier. Watching the St Kilda Pavilion coming closer and closer. Loving the mint green paint of the kiosk.

Watching the fishermen, one with a rod, the other with his bare hands. Amazing.

And the views from the pier. Gorgeous.

(Typing in spits and spouts because I have no time but I dearly want to blog.)

St Kilda Snaps

Some snapshots around St Kilda. The weather was amazingly hot and it's not just the film that making's the sky so blue. It really was that gorgeous.

while i am away...here and there

01. the unmessy side of my room
02. apartment block
03. wall of papers
04. close up of wall of papers

canon eos 88, fuji superia 200

[cambodia 2010] khmer statues

i love the khmer style of art. there's always this really calm aura to them.



holga 135bc, fuji sensia 200

fisheye 2, kodak color plus 200

[cambodia 2010] royal palace, phnom penh

cambodia travel diary day 4

our first day in phnom penh began with exploring the royal palace. i love the khmer architecture, it's so unlike anything that i have ever seen. it was a beautiful day as well, the sky was a gorgeous blue, the perfect backdrop for the golden palace. and my oh my, the royal palace was filled with priceless treasures! the silver pagoda had all this rare buddhist treasures as well as the silver floor. and there was a small museum where royal artefacts were on display. i was a bit freaked out by how cavalier the cambodians are with displaying their royal treasures though.



holga 135bc, fuji sensia 200

fisheye 2, kodak color plus 200





p/s: i have a very exciting announcement coming up this week! :)

[cambodia 2010] the orphanage

cambodia travel diary day 3

our third day in cambodia was spent travelling from siem reap to phnom penh in our little minibus. before we left siem reap, we stopped at an orphanage to make some food donations that we had brought with us from singapore. my mum had packed one luggage of food specially meant to be given out to the children in cambodia, especially siem reap where the kids are more needy. another party in our tour group had also packed a box of donations as well. i would really recommend that you do that if you ever visit cambodia. according to the lonely planet guidebook, it's best to refrain from giving monetary donations because the money usually goes straight back to an adult and the children does not benefit whatsoever. at least, food can be eaten and shared.



we started giving out the little packets of biscuits right off from the start at tonle sap lake but we had quite  a bit leftover so we asked our guide to stop off at an orphanage on the way out of siem reap to distribute the remaining packets. oh my gosh, the children were ever so pleased to receive a packet each. they ran around happily, shook hands and high-fived us. they were so adorable. they could also speak really good english. i love those kids.



holga 135bc, fuji sensia 200 (i left my holga on bulb mode again! booo! -_-" )

[cambodia 2010] green sunset

cambodia travel diary day 2

it was a truly spectacular sight to watch the sunset setting over angkor. i used three different cameras to capture the sunset from pre rup. this one comes from the holga 135bc, with sensia 200 film. for some unknown reason, i really like the multi-exposure overlap.

holga 135bc, fuji sensia 200

[cambodia 2010] bantey srei

my lomo-location article for bantey srei got published at lomography last Sunday, so head on over there to read more about this charming and tiny temple.

holga 135bc, fuji sensia 200

golden half, solaris 400





p/s: this means i have accomplished item 14 on my 20 things to do in 2011 list!

[cambodia 2010] plants, trees, waters

holga 135bc, fuji sensia 200

[cambodia 2010] up and down

*warning: pictures may cause some discomfort. even the second one makes me feel a little dizzy.

i am not normally afraid of heights but not going to lie, i was really terrified while climbing up these steep stairs to ascend to the pinnacle of angkor wat. my heart was in my throat the whole time! i salute all previous visitors who ascended using the original staircase. the scarily steep staircase is meant to represent the difficulty of ascending to the kingdom of the gods.

holga 135bc, fuji sensia 200

[cambodia 2010] trick of the light

holga 135bc, fuji sensia 200

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