SMRT East-West line, just off Kallang station:

The bay area from the Esplanade Bridge:

Marina Bay Sands from One Fullerton:

The Raffles Place CBD... the haze was so thick, the sun couldn't shine through.

Indonesia has really got to get its act together on this... :/

The last few days of the Taoist Hungry Ghosts month saw this Teochew opera troupe waiting for its last curtain call of the season:

And then there was the burning of hell money everywhere. At Newton Circus, a massive paper effigy of the Tai Soo Yah - the hell god - was sent off to the netherworld in spectacular fashion.

Thus ended this year's Hungry Ghosts Festival.

Time to offer food and money yet again to this month's hungry ghosts!

So where do I start? After my wifey's surprise Maldives treat and the Bangkok assignment in January, a few other things happened on the way to today:

There was the run to Phuket and Sukhothai where I covered King Ramkamhaeng's birthday, among other things:

Then it was off to Myanmar where I photographed Yangon and Inle:

Afterwards, I headed off with my PhotoTrekkers to Bhutan where we shot the Punakha Dromche:

Not bad for the first half of the year, I tell ya:

Then without further ado, I hied off to Kuala Lumpur to shoot Islamic architecture and hang with Hainanese old-timers:

A few weeks of rest followed, then I promptly boarded at plane to Hanoi, where I hopped aboard the night train to Sapa Valley:

... and then I found myself back in Myanmar - whopeee - for the year's second PhotoTrek!

Philippines next - this time to Coron and Calauit Island:

Which happened back-to-back with an excursion down south to meet the Manobo tribespeople of Butuan:

Afterwards I stayed home to spend the Singapore Jubilee weekend with my wife and daughter:

Needless to say I'm happy with how this year is going.

 

A little tired, but yes - very happy :)

Boating, actually.

First to my kickass holiday in Maldives, then to Lanao in the Philippines for a quick cover shoot. Next was Thailand, where I criss-crossed the Mae Nam Chao Phraya on a boat.

Afterwards, I headed off to Sukhothai in Central Thailand, a place I haven't revisited since '09. That was on two wheels, my favorite mode of transport:

.... and this was only in January. Feb and March have their own stories too...