Looking back at March's #alexaphotoaday! Anyone wanna have a go at this month's theme? Stay tuned for a quirky April ahead!! :) March 31, 2014 at 06:07PM

March 31, 2014 at 06:07PM Looking back at March's #alexaphotoaday! Anyone wanna have a go at this month's theme? Stay tuned for a quirky April ahead!! :)

Day 90: "Line is a rich metaphor for the artist. It denotes not only boundary, edge or contour, but is an agent for location, energy, and growth. It is literally movement and change - life itself." - Lance Esplund ______________________________ HDB Flats near Mountbatten Road. Today, one of the objectives in a new town development is to provide unique character and individuality within each town. The whole idea in the end is to provide variance and character for the whole republic through new town developments. It has the aim to foster community relationships and identity. #alexaphotoaday March 31, 2014 at 06:01PM

March 31, 2014 at 06:01PM Day 90: "Line is a rich metaphor for the artist. It denotes not only boundary, edge or contour, but is an agent for location, energy, and growth. It is literally movement and change - life itself." - Lance Esplund ______________________________ HDB Flats near Mountbatten Road. Today, one of the objectives in a new town development is to provide unique character and individuality within each town. The whole idea in the end is to provide variance and character for the whole republic through new town developments. It has the aim to foster community relationships and identity. #alexaphotoaday

Day 89: "It is an art to be where you are, and see happiness in life's ever changing landscape. Today look with new eyes, and treasure all you can." - Ritu Ghatourey _____________________________ Condominium alongside shophouses, near Farrer Park MRT. A house, a road, or a town changes with the passing of each day and each year. In most instances, these changes are so slow and incremental that the essential character of a place remains recognizable for many years. This incremental change, however, does not describe how a place changes in Singapore. Our island nation most probably leads the world in the erasure of physical and linguistic landscapes, and with them, our collective memory, that inner terrain which is part of society's intra-psychic landscape. #alexaphotoaday March 30, 2014 at 07:01PM

March 30, 2014 at 07:01PM Day 89: "It is an art to be where you are, and see happiness in life's ever changing landscape. Today look with new eyes, and treasure all you can." - Ritu Ghatourey _____________________________ Condominium alongside shophouses, near Farrer Park MRT. A house, a road, or a town changes with the passing of each day and each year. In most instances, these changes are so slow and incremental that the essential character of a place remains recognizable for many years. This incremental change, however, does not describe how a place changes in Singapore. Our island nation most probably leads the world in the erasure of physical and linguistic landscapes, and with them, our collective memory, that inner terrain which is part of society's intra-psychic landscape. #alexaphotoaday

Day 88: "Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things." - Randy Pausch _____________________________ The MacDonald House, Orchard Road. The MacDonald House is the last remaining office building in facing brick in the central area. The building was built in a Neo-Georgian style. It is a reinforced concrete framed structure and clad in light red brickwork of fine detail. In an incident known as the MacDonald House bombing, two Indonesian saboteurs placed a bomb on the mezzanine floor on 10 March 1965, killing three and wounding 33. This was one of a number of terrorist attacks in Singapore during the Indonesian Confrontation in support of President Sukarno's opposition to the merger of Singapore, Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak to form the Federation of Malaysia. #alexaphotoaday March 29, 2014 at 10:04PM

March 29, 2014 at 10:04PM Day 88: "Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things." - Randy Pausch _____________________________ The MacDonald House, Orchard Road. The MacDonald House is the last remaining office building in facing brick in the central area. The building was built in a Neo-Georgian style. It is a reinforced concrete framed structure and clad in light red brickwork of fine detail. In an incident known as the MacDonald House bombing, two Indonesian saboteurs placed a bomb on the mezzanine floor on 10 March 1965, killing three and wounding 33. This was one of a number of terrorist attacks in Singapore during the Indonesian Confrontation in support of President Sukarno's opposition to the merger of Singapore, Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak to form the Federation of Malaysia. #alexaphotoaday

Day 86: "The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common." - Ralph Waldo Emerson ______________________________ HDB Flats in Serangoon Ave 4. Common especially in older flats are the common corridors, some of which may run across the length of slab blocks. Considered public property, they have rules preventing home owners from occupying and restricting movement, with the exception of units at far ends of corridors who may purchase and incorporate parts of the corridor into their units from the HDB. While these corridors are welcome for being the default interaction areas for neighbours and their children, and the added sense of security due to their open-nature, issues of privacy can crop up, resulting in more contemporary blocks featuring far less units per corridor. #alexaphotoaday March 27, 2014 at 07:50PM

March 27, 2014 at 07:50PM Day 86: "The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common." - Ralph Waldo Emerson ______________________________ HDB Flats in Serangoon Ave 4. Common especially in older flats are the common corridors, some of which may run across the length of slab blocks. Considered public property, they have rules preventing home owners from occupying and restricting movement, with the exception of units at far ends of corridors who may purchase and incorporate parts of the corridor into their units from the HDB. While these corridors are welcome for being the default interaction areas for neighbours and their children, and the added sense of security due to their open-nature, issues of privacy can crop up, resulting in more contemporary blocks featuring far less units per corridor. #alexaphotoaday

Day 85: "It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us...on the inside, looking out." - Jonathan Safran Foer ______________________________ Singapore Art Museum (former St. Joseph Institution), Bras Basah Rd. "Ora Et Labora", Latin for "Pray and Work" is a reflection of the twin pillars of the La Salle Brothers, Faith and Zeal. Built on the site of a small Catholic chapel erected in the 1830s, the first in Singapore, the former St. Joseph's Institution is another example of the work of a 19th-century French priest-architect, Brother Lothaire. #alexaphotoaday March 26, 2014 at 10:16PM

March 26, 2014 at 10:16PM Day 85: "It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us...on the inside, looking out." - Jonathan Safran Foer ______________________________ Singapore Art Museum (former St. Joseph Institution), Bras Basah Rd. "Ora Et Labora", Latin for "Pray and Work" is a reflection of the twin pillars of the La Salle Brothers, Faith and Zeal. Built on the site of a small Catholic chapel erected in the 1830s, the first in Singapore, the former St. Joseph's Institution is another example of the work of a 19th-century French priest-architect, Brother Lothaire. #alexaphotoaday

Day 84: "The more isolated and disconnected we are, the more shattered and distorted our self-identity. We are not healthy when we are alone. We find ourselves when we connect to others. Without community we don't know who we are..." - Erwin Raphael McManus _____________________________ Refurbished Shophouses along Smith Street, Chinatown. Shophouses were designed traditionally a business and dwelling unit with a narrow frontage. The architectural character of many of the terraces in Chinatown is much more Italianate in style. Windows often appear as mere slits with narrow timber jalousies (often with adjustable slats). Fanlights over the windows are usually quite decorative and the pilasters and balconies and even the plasterwork and colours seem to be Mediterranean in flavour. #alexaphotoaday March 25, 2014 at 06:49PM

March 25, 2014 at 06:49PM Day 84: "The more isolated and disconnected we are, the more shattered and distorted our self-identity. We are not healthy when we are alone. We find ourselves when we connect to others. Without community we don't know who we are..." - Erwin Raphael McManus _____________________________ Refurbished Shophouses along Smith Street, Chinatown. Shophouses were designed traditionally a business and dwelling unit with a narrow frontage. The architectural character of many of the terraces in Chinatown is much more Italianate in style. Windows often appear as mere slits with narrow timber jalousies (often with adjustable slats). Fanlights over the windows are usually quite decorative and the pilasters and balconies and even the plasterwork and colours seem to be Mediterranean in flavour. #alexaphotoaday

Back to the series for March... Day 83: I always marvel at the hidden gems along Singapore's back alleys and lanes, for the scenes that unfold are usually spontaneous, raw, unedited - telling a story of the people living in front of those alleys and of the lives they live. What's your backyard/alley like? ______________________________ Back alleys along the houses in Tanah Merah. #alexaphotoaday March 24, 2014 at 03:18PM

March 24, 2014 at 03:18PM Back to the series for March... Day 83: I always marvel at the hidden gems along Singapore's back alleys and lanes, for the scenes that unfold are usually spontaneous, raw, unedited - telling a story of the people living in front of those alleys and of the lives they live. What's your backyard/alley like? ______________________________ Back alleys along the houses in Tanah Merah. #alexaphotoaday

Back to the series for March... Day 83: I always marvel at the hidden gems along Singapore's back alleys and lanes, for the scenes that unfold are usually spontaneous, raw, unedited - telling a story of the people living in front of those alleys and of the lives they live. ______________________________ Back alleys along the houses in Tanah Merah. #alexaphotoaday March 24, 2014 at 03:16PM

March 24, 2014 at 03:16PM Back to the series for March... Day 83: I always marvel at the hidden gems along Singapore's back alleys and lanes, for the scenes that unfold are usually spontaneous, raw, unedited - telling a story of the people living in front of those alleys and of the lives they live. ______________________________ Back alleys along the houses in Tanah Merah. #alexaphotoaday

Day 82: "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end." - Ernest Hemingway _____________________________ Cover shot of The Ladybugs hopping on Nami Island to end a spectacular trip to Seoul. :) #alexaphotoaday March 23, 2014 at 11:52PM

March 23, 2014 at 11:52PM Day 82: "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end." - Ernest Hemingway _____________________________ Cover shot of The Ladybugs hopping on Nami Island to end a spectacular trip to Seoul. :) #alexaphotoaday

Day 81: "Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love." - Thérèse de Lisieux ______________________________ Noryangjin Fisheries Wholesale Market, Seoul, South Korea #alexaphotoaday March 22, 2014 at 11:46PM

March 22, 2014 at 11:46PM Day 81: "Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love." - Thérèse de Lisieux ______________________________ Noryangjin Fisheries Wholesale Market, Seoul, South Korea #alexaphotoaday

Day 80: "In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you. Then you will know that you are nothing. It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself. Souls of prayer are souls of great silence." - Mother Teresa _____________________________ Myeongdong Catholic Cathedral, Seoul, South Korea #alexaphotoaday March 21, 2014 at 10:41PM

March 21, 2014 at 10:41PM Day 80: "In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you. Then you will know that you are nothing. It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself. Souls of prayer are souls of great silence." - Mother Teresa _____________________________ Myeongdong Catholic Cathedral, Seoul, South Korea #alexaphotoaday

Day 79: "I saw my life branching out before me like the [tree] in the story. From the tip of every branch, a wonderful future beckoned and winked." - Slyvia Plath ______________________________ Nami Island, Gapyeong, Seoul Korea. #alexaphotoaday March 20, 2014 at 10:57PM

March 20, 2014 at 10:57PM Day 79: "I saw my life branching out before me like the [tree] in the story. From the tip of every branch, a wonderful future beckoned and winked." - Slyvia Plath ______________________________ Nami Island, Gapyeong, Seoul Korea. #alexaphotoaday

Day 78: "Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them." - William Shakespeare _____________________________ Hyangwonjeong Pavilion, Gyeongbokgung Palace. #alexaphotoaday March 19, 2014 at 10:31PM

March 19, 2014 at 10:31PM Day 78: "Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them." - William Shakespeare _____________________________ Hyangwonjeong Pavilion, Gyeongbokgung Palace. #alexaphotoaday

Day 77: "May Light always surround you; Hope kindle and rebound you. May your Hurts turn to Healing; Your Heart embrace Feeling. May Wounds become Wisdom; Every Kindness a Prism. May Laughter infect you; Your Passion resurrect you. May Goodness inspire your Deepest Desires. Through all that you Reach For, May your arms Never Tire." D. Simone _____________________________ Here visitors can write wishes for the Korean reunification on brightly colored ribbons, which are then tied onto the fence. #alexaphotoaday March 18, 2014 at 10:58PM

March 18, 2014 at 10:58PM Day 77: "May Light always surround you; Hope kindle and rebound you. May your Hurts turn to Healing; Your Heart embrace Feeling. May Wounds become Wisdom; Every Kindness a Prism. May Laughter infect you; Your Passion resurrect you. May Goodness inspire your Deepest Desires. Through all that you Reach For, May your arms Never Tire." D. Simone _____________________________ Here visitors can write wishes for the Korean reunification on brightly colored ribbons, which are then tied onto the fence. #alexaphotoaday

For the next 7 days, we'll be taking a short break from this month's theme to bring you a special episode from Seoul, Korea. ______________________________ Day 76: "The world is a wide place where we stumble like children learning to walk. The world is a bright mosaic where we learn like children to see, where our little blurry eyes strive greedily to take in as much light and love and colour and detail as they can." - Jay Woodman #alexaphotoaday March 17, 2014 at 07:16PM

March 17, 2014 at 07:16PM For the next 7 days, we'll be taking a short break from this month's theme to bring you a special episode from Seoul, Korea. ______________________________ Day 76: "The world is a wide place where we stumble like children learning to walk. The world is a bright mosaic where we learn like children to see, where our little blurry eyes strive greedily to take in as much light and love and colour and detail as they can." - Jay Woodman #alexaphotoaday

Day 75: "Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways." - Oscar Wilde _____________________________ 4-blocked HDB Flats, Rochor Centre. Built by the Housing and Redevelopment Board (HDB) in 1977, Rochor Centre comprises of a three-storey building of shops and offices, and four blocks of flats each painted in different shades of blue, green, red and yellow. Rochor Centre, her physical presence will soon disappear from Singapore’s landscape, having to make way for the North-South Expressway southern stretch,more details of the news here. The surrounding areas around Rochor Centre would be affected too, they would disappear together with Rochor Centre. #alexaphotoaday March 16, 2014 at 05:29PM

March 16, 2014 at 05:29PM Day 75: "Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways." - Oscar Wilde _____________________________ 4-blocked HDB Flats, Rochor Centre. Built by the Housing and Redevelopment Board (HDB) in 1977, Rochor Centre comprises of a three-storey building of shops and offices, and four blocks of flats each painted in different shades of blue, green, red and yellow. Rochor Centre, her physical presence will soon disappear from Singapore’s landscape, having to make way for the North-South Expressway southern stretch,more details of the news here. The surrounding areas around Rochor Centre would be affected too, they would disappear together with Rochor Centre. #alexaphotoaday

Day 74: “God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.” ______________________________ MICA (Old Hill Street Police Station). The Old Hill Street Police Station was built in Neo-Classical style and was the site of Singapore's first jail. The building has a total of 927 windows with colourful shutters. #alexaphotoaday March 15, 2014 at 08:49PM

March 15, 2014 at 08:49PM Day 74: “God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.” ______________________________ MICA (Old Hill Street Police Station). The Old Hill Street Police Station was built in Neo-Classical style and was the site of Singapore's first jail. The building has a total of 927 windows with colourful shutters. #alexaphotoaday

Day 73: "I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it." - Charles M. Schulz _____________________________ High-Rise HDB Flats (1973), Blk 62 Marine Drive. Marine Parade has the distinction of being Singapore’s first residential estate built entirely on reclaimed land. HDB had initially employed a clothes-drying pipe-socket system, where residents will clip their laundry on bamboo poles and hang them out of the window to dry. #alexaphotoaday March 14, 2014 at 07:56PM

March 14, 2014 at 07:56PM Day 73: "I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it." - Charles M. Schulz _____________________________ High-Rise HDB Flats (1973), Blk 62 Marine Drive. Marine Parade has the distinction of being Singapore’s first residential estate built entirely on reclaimed land. HDB had initially employed a clothes-drying pipe-socket system, where residents will clip their laundry on bamboo poles and hang them out of the window to dry. #alexaphotoaday

Day 72: "I don't believe that life is linear. I think of it as circles - concentric circles that connect." - Michelle Williams ______________________________ Hollow 3/4 cylindrical tower, Pearl Bank Apartments, Outram. This apartment was the first all-housing project to be under-taken in the Urban Renewal Department of HDB's Sale of Sites Programme. It was the tallest residential building in Singapore when completed in 1976. The opening in the circular structure faces west and minimizes direct penetration of heat and light from the afternoon sun into the building. #alexaphotoaday March 13, 2014 at 02:40PM

March 13, 2014 at 02:40PM Day 72: "I don't believe that life is linear. I think of it as circles - concentric circles that connect." - Michelle Williams ______________________________ Hollow 3/4 cylindrical tower, Pearl Bank Apartments, Outram. This apartment was the first all-housing project to be under-taken in the Urban Renewal Department of HDB's Sale of Sites Programme. It was the tallest residential building in Singapore when completed in 1976. The opening in the circular structure faces west and minimizes direct penetration of heat and light from the afternoon sun into the building. #alexaphotoaday