The pasar malam is such a riot of colours. Muting the saturation alone, yielded a charming pastel effect. Although it is known as a night market, business is already brisk when the stalls open around 5 pm.
Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f5.6, 1/60 sec.
A frangipani flower resting on the grounds of a cemetery. Known as the graveyard flower, the scented but nectar-less plumeria is pollinated by duped moths at night. The trees seem to be in bloom right now, as the peaceful landscape is beautifully decorated in white. From the tree, the frangipani flower falls in one full piece, appearing like scattered bouquets on forgotten tombstones.
Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f8, 1/250 sec.
Young man, there’s a place you can go. I said, young man, when you’re short on your dough. Behind the Y-M-C-A is A-B-C.
This Brickfields hawker sells an awesome ice dessert known locally as A.B.C. It is a bowl of fresh coconut slices, sweet corn, jellies and red beans buried in ice shaving dripping with syrup and evaporated milk.
The plastic table there had a surface so scratchy you get a grunge filter effect for free. By the way, across the street is another hawker that sells the best goreng pisang (banana fritters) in town.
Captions and title inspired by lyrics from the song Y.M.C.A performed by Village People, written by Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali and Victor Willis. The stall is located in front of the corner 7-Eleven, just behind the Y.M.C.A. Kuala Lumpur in Brickfields. Daily from 10 am to 6pm.
Olympus OM-D, ISO 200, f10, 1/200 sec.
