There is a tiny town called Labu near Nilai. Labu is pumpkin in the Malay language. Not surprisingly, the town’s entrance is graced with a big pumpkin. Photographed this earlier in the rainy evening, on the way back from KLIA. I carved the Jack-O’-Lantern with the tablet-powered Photoshop Touch. Happy Halloween!
New Paris Saloon and Klinik Kasut Osman in Ipoh Garden, Ipoh, Perak (circa 2008).
Traditional shops everywhere are being phased out by changing trends and diminishing demand. The neighbourhood barber, the family-run grocer, the ‘hole-in-the-wall’ newspaper vendor, the medical hall, the roadside cobbler; to name a few.
Many such entities have already vanished silently, without a visual record. While we can’t stop change, we can do one thing. We can document the remaining ones for future generations.
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Japanese plastic food is something I always marvel at. It is an artform itself. The Japanese calls it ‘Sampuru’ which is a cute corruption of the English word ‘Sample’. I suppose it is popular because in many places, tourists wouldn’t try anything from the menu unless they can see a replica. This one I photographed through a glass display window of a restaurant in Resorts World Sentosa Singapore.
