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At present I am retired and spending my time mostly on fishing and photography. I bought my first SLR way back in 1982. It was a Minolta XG1. My last film camera was the Maxxum 9000. When the fantastic Sony Alpha 100 was launched, I changed over to the digital system. My Alpha 580 was acquired followed closely by my Alpha 77.

My main interest in photography is lifestyles, sports, sceneries, nature, birds and macro shots. Lately, I have spend more time on bird and nature shooting. As a regular contributer to some fishing magazines, I shoot quite a lot of photographs of anglers too....hence my photography blog is named 'SHOOT THE HOOKER'.



Having grown up near the confluence of two, the Kangsar and the Perak Rivers, it is not surprising that one of my main interest is fishing. My younger days were spent swimming and fishing.... with a bamboo pole, line and small hooks.Now while fishing, my friends and I do take a lot of photographs of anglers in action. The anglers must be careful so as not to accidentally hook on to a photographer. So I think as a reminder, I would like to name my fishing blog as 'HOOK THE SHOOTER'.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

BUGIS STREET OF SINGAPORE.

Entrance to Bugis Street.
Durians. King of fruits
to the locals but obnoxious
 to the uninitiated.
   Bugis, refers to the seafaring people of South Sulawasi province of Indonesia. Before the arrival of the British, the Bugis used to sail up a canal here to trade.

   After the war, from 1950-1980s, hawkers gathered here to ply their wares. Bars began to spring up and transvestites gathered and attracted a lot of Western Tourists. At the height of the Vietnam War, the GI R&R really made this place boom. Everywhere, the writeups of this place is all about the sleezy going on. The transwomen of Bugis Street is even immortalised by an English-Language film made by a  Hong Kong film company.

It's a shopper's haven.
Clothings are aplenty too.
You name it they have it.

Food of many nationalities can be had.
    In the mid 1980s with the building of the MRT underground stations, the whole place was transformed. In order to regain its former glory minus the sleezy reputation the Singapore Tourism Promotion Board transformed this place into a tourist shopping haven.

Every taste is catered to.



 
Very cheap too.





Locals snacks to appease your stomachs.



You can rest anywhere after
a hard day's shopping.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugis_Street#Pre-1950s

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