Archive for October, 2006
I was rather weak in my Chinese writing. That time I was only 15 years old. And one school teacher told me this:
“Having a pen-pal is an effective way to improve Chinese writing”
To speak (I mean conversational Chinese) is not a problem, at least to me, BUT not for writing Chinese 
So I decided to… continue click here to this true story, my real life story about how the MAILBOX relates to me. Whenever I walk past mailboxes, this particular kind of mailbox design always captured my attention. And whenever I was in Hong Kong too (There’s still plentiful there, but not so in Singapore.)Hence now in Singapore, it is something that is about to disappear soon…
I managed to find this traditional mailbox at Vivocity food republic.
p.s. I have previously wrote a post about how Singapore is striving to become a digital nation, you may click here if you wanna read about it;) as it’ll soon be a reality that we are going to have email boxes replacing such snail mailboxes
This is my story and something that is about to disappear soon, check out the other 62 !! fellow Daily Photobloggers who are participating in the 1st November theme:
Porto -Seattle WA USA (Kim) -London, UK -Greenville, SC -Albuquerque, NM (USA) -St Paul Kate -ShangHai, China -Phoenix, Az -Twin Cities, MN -Sequim, WA -Stayton, OR, USA -Bandung (Indonesia) -Dallas, USA -Stavanger (Norway) -Singapore (zannnie) -Budapest (Hungary) -Paris (France) -Tuzla (BiH) -Melbourne, (Aust.) -Auckland, New Zealand Singapore (Raymond) -Dubai UAE (DXBluey) -Vantaa, Finland -Oshawa, Ontario, Canada -St. Paul MN Carol -Singapore (Keropok) -Delta Colorado, USA -Rotterdam (Netherlands -Queens, NY (USA) -Tenerife (Spain) -Santiago (Chile) -Nelson, New Zealand -( Japan ) -Hyde (UK) Sydney (Sally) -Manila, Philippines -Aliso Viejo, CA (USA) -Nottingham UK -Brussels, Belgium -Sharon, CT (USA) -Sydney Australia (Nathalie) -Edinburgh, Scotland -Evry, France -San Diego, CA (USA) -Santa Clara, CA (USA) -Saarbrücken, Germany -Joplin, MO (USA) -Indianapolis,IN (USA) -Trujillo (Peru) - Barcelona (Spain) -Berlin (Germany) - Vancouver, BC (Canada) -Trier (Germany) - Houston, TX (USA) – Joensuu,(Finland) - Jakarta, Indonesia - Van Buren (AR USA)- Macky (Kyoto, Japan)- Macky (Tokyo, Japan) - Wilf (Réal, France) - Kala (Honolulu, Hawai’i) -
about Theme Day – November ... posted by Zannnie
What does GREEN symbolise to you?
To me it’s linked straight away to sunlight giving its energy to create ‘life’:) I love the sunshine, and it means plants get to photosynthesize. Thus, spiritually it means ‘life’ or Protect our Earth:D => Liveliness. See you can also roll on the tarn, see photo by Wilf 
My 14-year-old cousin is packing his luggage for his Volleyball training in Taiwan. This trip, organised by his High School, is a compulsory training and these young men will have a friendly match with some of the schools in Taipei. The tricky part about this packing is, NO GREEN and also NO RED. (Green is pro- and Red is anti-). Simply becos of Taiwan’s current political situation, he can’t bring the RED backpack…, no green windbreaker, no green school uniform, no red shoebag:( aww….
Colours can be so sensitive.
I guess some of you who live in cities with the four-seasons climate are already experiencing Autumn, and Joensuu, East Finland is already snowing! Wow…however, I still wanna share some ’sunshine’ elements with you…
about Green, what does it mean to you? ... posted by Zannnie
Every day I must pass by this particularly block. Today I like this moment when the sky is of this blue…I love all hues of blue and twilight is very special time of the day for me. I like this instrumental as it can express how I feel about this ‘mood’.
about Twilight Zone ... posted by Zannnie
Waiting can be infuriating and it can also be such a joy. I pressed the bell today, but no one answered. I didn’t know whether was it because no one was at home or maybe they didn’t hear someone ringing the bell.
While waiting, I squad down and saw this, still holding on to my umbrella, I decided to take out my camera. Now you know why to me, the waiting is ‘a joy’?:)
Comments from 6 Friends:
photo-effe said…
The colours are very vivid, unusual shot the spring with autumn colours
Sunday, October 29, 2006 4:13:00 AM
Shelly said…
Zannnie…wonderful wonderful shot! I agree the color is so vivid!
Sunday, October 29, 2006 10:32:00 AM
Bill said…
The contrast of the brown leaves & red is striking!
Sunday, October 29, 2006 12:37:00 PM
Olivier said…
tres belle photo et tres poetique.
je te souhaite un bon dimanche
very beautiful photograph and very poetic. I wish you good Sunday
Sunday, October 29, 2006 2:38:00 PM
alice said…
Your shot could be a sort of twin of mine, about waiting for spring. Have a nice Sunday, Zannie.
Sunday, October 29, 2006 6:44:00 PM
John said…
EXCELLENT! Lovely colour contrast, the frangipani is terrific.
Monday, October 30, 2006 11:22:00 AM
about Waiting ... posted by Zannnie
about MRT ... posted by Zannnie
How about a temple instead of Churches’ pix? This temple (Seu Teck Sean Tong Temple) is right in the centre of this housing estate where I took the night shot which Olivier from Evry (France) likes:) Actually this is a rather old estate in Singapore called Toa Payoh. Many efforts have been taken to ‘upgrade’ the surrounding areas like having a lift that stops on every floor, new market etc. And strangely if you were to take a shuttle bus within this town, you’ll see more senior citizens than others. Some estates just has a demographic of young newly weds, some have more couples with young toddlers and some have big families with more primary or secondary school children.
This is how the zoomed out view looked like:)
about A place of worship ... posted by Zannnie
ohh, it’s really a long bus. Today I managed to capture it with my Sony Cybershot;) I’m feeling a little glad as I can share it with you all here:D
How is your city’s most versatile transportation like? I dun really mind taking buses, cos here in Singapore our transportation is rather well connected (or i should say well-organised). After about ten stops, you can easily see an MRT (subway) station, where you can choose to alight or transfer to another public transport. But actually i kind of miss double-decker bus rides in my younger days. We still have them though, just fewer on the road than before.
about Super loooonnnnnnggggggg bus:) ... posted by Zannnie
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Green means lively or ecological for me.
Monday, October 30, 2006 10:24:00 PM
Monday, October 30, 2006 10:28:00 PM
I just linked my Vivocity post to yours, since you did such a good job on it. Saves me typing all the description
Monday, October 30, 2006 11:36:00 PM
Denton said…
Tuesday, October 31, 2006 2:03:00 AM
Olivier said…
en france, le vert represente l’espoir.
beautiful photograph and thank you for the comment for tone post. in France, the green represents the hope.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006 3:06:00 AM
Nathalie said…
Tuesday, October 31, 2006 7:59:00 PM