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Share Your World – 2015 Week #51

December 31, 2015 by cocoaevenings

In response to Cee’s Photography, Share Your World tag. I participated in Share Your World – 2015 Week #51 about three days ago but I saved some questions for a later date. Today, I am going to answer those questions that I had saved from early on. Favorite thing to photograph? Write? Or Cook? My favourite thing to write? I like writing about ideas, discussing how one thing could be better than another, how one is the key solution, how to […]

Categories: Cee's Photography, Musings, Share You World • Tags: 3 min, food, musings, nature, photography, Singapore, Singapore Botanic Gardens

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Share Your World – 2015 Week #51

December 27, 2015 by cocoaevenings

In response to Cee’s Photography, Share Your World tag. I have enjoyed completing the Share Your World so much because the structure allows people to get closer to each other. For example, I found out that Cee prefers having clean clothes over bathing, and that this is only imaginable if one lives in dry weather. Whereas, I prefer both clean clothes and a bath because I live in a hot and humid place. I thought that was a new and […]

Categories: Cee's Photography, Musings, Share You World • Tags: Australia, photography, sunset

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One Free Thing To Do Every Christmas

December 25, 2015 by cocoaevenings

I have watched Christmas lights and decorations every year since I learned of their existence some two decades ago. I have indeed enamoured for decorations beneath the Christmas trees this year. The photo below shows a gorgeous Ferrero-Rocher-like set-up under the tree at Millenia Walk. And the picture below shows the actual Christmas tree. I love watching Christmas lights because of the sheer number of lights put up for the season. Lights have a special charm because of the way they […]

Categories: Memories, Musings • Tags: Australia, Christmas, lights, photography, Singapore

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Zig Zag Train Wreck From Aboard The Indian Pacific

December 24, 2015 by cocoaevenings

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Oops!” I was looking forward to enter the Blue Mountains by rail on the Indian Pacific of the Great Southern Rail. I paste my face on the window pane with my eyes peeled. At the same time, I supported my camera against the window with my little finger. My forefinger was resting on the shutter button as I stood by to press it should I see anything out of the ordinary. The […]

Categories: The Daily Post, Travel • Tags: Australia, photography, sunset, trains

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The Unwanted Often Flock Together

December 23, 2015 by cocoaevenings

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Gathering.” Krista spoke a lot about gatherings as something happy and enjoyable. However, gatherings often happen in times of adversity, such as during a funeral, escaping from war, and discussing a political issue. I will push the limits of what gathering onto inanimate objects. The unwanted often flock together. P.S. I will most likely post an optimistic photo of a gathering later. [Photo: Taken somewhere near Adelaide, Australia, 15 December 2015.]

Categories: The Daily Post • Tags: 30 sec, Australia, photography, transport

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Five Things You Might Overlook Before Travel

December 23, 2015 by cocoaevenings

Passport, travel insurance, and foreign currency? Checked. Medication, hygiene essentials, and perhaps makeup? Checked. Camera, handphone, and chargers? Checked. Undergarments and enough change of clothes? Checked. Have I missed out anything? Maybe? Yes! I have the habit of doing the following five key things before I wheel my suitcase out of the house: Cut my fingernails and toenails. Remove my nail polish. Clean my tongue. Epilate. Clean my toilet bowls. Bonus: Eat up or throw away food that will expire […]

Categories: Travel • Tags: lifestyle

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SL-Week 25: Macro – Tea at Antoinette

December 23, 2015 by cocoaevenings

In response to Sylvain LANDRY, SL-Week 25: Macro. Beautiful food will bring a curious hungry person closer. Let the yolk flow! Perfectly poached eggs top with shimmering hollandaise sauce is mouth-watering anytime. Complete the meal with over-the-top Antoinette (earl grey tea) cake, macarons, and tea from a European style tea set. Sweet macarons make a sweet evening. A good pot of tea shall fill your senses with fragrance. The dim lights set a romantic ambience for your greatest enjoyment. Read […]

Categories: Sylvain LANDRY Photography • Tags: 1 min, food, lifestyle, photography, Singapore

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SL-WEEK 24: Machines – The Large Hadron Collider

December 22, 2015 by cocoaevenings

In response to Sylvain LANDRY, SL-Week 24: Machines. Landry asked for machines that could be unbelievable and frightening. I think that would be The Large Hadron Collider. I saw The Eye of Sauron when I faced this machine. I stood rooted to the spot in the museum trying to grapple with the number of electrical circuit components held on this thing. I wondered why the parts of the machine must be assembled to look like an eye. I wondered how […]

Categories: Musings, Sylvain LANDRY Photography • Tags: machines, photography

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Share Your World – 2015 Week #49

December 9, 2015 by cocoaevenings

In response to Cee’s Photography, Share Your World tag. What would be your ideal birthday present, and why? Going out with my family/loved ones/friends. The perfect birthday gift is to be happy. When I was young, I went out with my family every weekend, so I associate spending a day out with meaningful people as happiness. What color would you like your bedroom to be? Any shade of pink. I am thankful that my room already has pink walls the […]

Categories: Cee's Photography, Musings, Share You World • Tags: flower, orchid, photography, Singapore

SL-WEEK 23: Narrow – Travel

December 8, 2015 by cocoaevenings

In response to Sylvain LANDRY, SL-Week 23: Narrow. I am most impressed with the way Landry injects meaning to the word “narrow” with the interpretation, “It must feel the weight.” I have never thought of “narrow” as a feeling before. Inspired by Landry’s unique and insightful perspective of “narrow,” I ransacked my stash of photographs like never before. At the back of my mind, I kept running over the thought – feel the weight. *** First, join me as I […]

Categories: Musings, Sylvain LANDRY Photography • Tags: Bali, cave, nature, photography, rice field, Thailand