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    • Joss sticks smell of CNY

      • Used to travel 2-3 hours to get to my mum's hometown during Chinese New Year and one of the things that hit us once we got down the car was how different it smelt.

        Like old.

        Like dusty.
        Like musty.

        Like rubbery.
        Like yellowish.
        Like warm.
        Like kampung.

        Like shiny watches.
        Like grey jaded bus stops.
        Like metal shutters.
        Like lifeless air.

        Then we'll step into the gloom of the shop house and the presence of joss sticks (and my grandfather ticking away with his abacus).

        Couldn't help feeling the nostalgic churn in my stomach whenever I smell joss sticks burning. Couldn't help thinking how different things are now.

      • answered by tmeiyii on 05/21/2011
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    • Things I love taking pictures of:

      • Window panes - raindrops, reflections, looking out, looking in
        Leaves - autumn, big ones, falling/fallen, soggy, dried, curled up, trampled on
        Trees - tall, short, stumpy, overhanging, in a row, in a field
        Sunlight - sunrise, sunset, morning, evening, long shadows, no shadows
        Footprints - in the sand, in the mud, left behind, ahead of mine
        Shoes - yours, mine, accompanied, unaccompanied, standing, sitting
        Feet - bare, shod, painted nails, stretched out, happy, pointed

        People - candid, sleeping, laughing, just as they are
        Pets - when they make you love them even more than you think you do
        Pencils and pens - just because

        Whatever reflects what I love, what I think about, what I care to share. :)

        Haven't been taking many photographs lately but will get back into it because I'm falling in love again with the things I've shut my eyes and heart to in the past year.

        Looking back to God and at the wonderful things He's created; remembering the times I love, beginning to laugh again.

      • answered by tmeiyii on 05/21/2011
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    • Through That Narrow Lane

      • Around the corner as I am nearing home
        when evening light shed its warmth,
        the sound barrier, a white-grey
        separating
        the small lane / the highway
        the noise / the dust
        the buzz / the barks

        then
        the quiet leaves hang over
        as I drive through that narrow lane

        as if listening
        as if welcoming
        as if nodding

        "you're almost home"

        I let my car roll past
        to an almost walking pace

        to listen
        to smile
        to nod back

        I'm home.

      • answered by tmeiyii on 02/24/2011
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    • No E No E!

      • Wow! I just saw two birds fly by my window, playing with winds, racing past buildings. Laughing, almost. And I saw joy from within, bursting through: “warm sun!” “crisp winds!” “cotton clouds” “light sky”.

        A nod, a dip, a tilt, a turn. Nothing can top this! Nothing is this much fun!
        But go back, go back. Sun’s going down.

        Pink-gray clouds push across, saying goodnights, good days. Tonight’s coming soon. Tata. Gray-indigo clouds also roll by, solid mass, grunting goodnights.

        Night’s coming. Tuck in warm, stay cosy. Last two pats on your hand.

        Good night world. Good night.

        PS: I was trying to describe the sunset and all the colour words had “e”! – orange, yellow, amber, red… purple, blues can’t be used either. Beige cream…!

      • answered by tmeiyii on 10/17/2010
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    • So Sad, Sid Stole Sweets

      • This is fun. :p "She sells seashells on the seashore" also comes to mind. Haha!

        Here's mine:

        Stinky shirt,
        such smelly socks.

        Secret smiles,
        such sly small smiles.

        Sticky sweets,
        so speedily sneaked.

        Sam saw, she SHOUTED,
        "Sid stole sweets!"

      • answered by tmeiyii on 08/13/2010
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