Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Burmese Cowboy

But this dude herds ducks, not cows:

Seen from U-Bein Bridge near Mandalay.

Monday, September 29, 2008

Afternoon in Bagan

The site of Myanmar's ancient capital glows in the warm afternoon light:

Not much to say now except that the internet connection here stinks. Some sites cannot be accessed. But that aside - damn this is a beautiful country!!!!

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Evening in Yangon II

A young monk does his daily pilgrimage to the Shwedagon Pagoda in downtown Yangon:

I'd say this place is the Buddhist equivalent of Quiapo. Foreigners are simply blown away by this chaotic, market-meets-church atmosphere over here, and many of them say (and it arguably is) that this is one of the highlights of any trip to Burma. Honestly, though, my first impression was: "parang Quiapo ito ah!!!!"

:)

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Last Time One

That's the name of this man's antique shop:



It's located near the corner of Telok Ayer and Boon Tat street in Singapore. There's so much stuff here that you can spend hours just rummaging thru piles of antiques, looking for anything of potential value.

Last week he sold an old Malay kris for S$200 - turns out its real value was over S$600!

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Groovy

Serbian artist Ana Prvacki poses for a Time Out Portrait:



Her last name is pronounced as "Pr-vatch-ki" :P

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Old Man and Memories

The former chief of kampong ubin looks out to his shrinking community:

Friday, September 12, 2008

Eat This

Satay!!!



That's skewered beef, chicken, mutton or pork (if you're not muslim) that's grilled to perfection on an open flame, then eaten with a tasty peanut sauce and a densely-packed ketupat rice ball.