Singapore Botanic Gardens

We fell in love with the trees and all the plant life thriving in this beautiful 74 hectares garden that was free for the public to enjoy even if we went after church at noon. It was my parents' first time there and they fell in love with this garden, as if transported back to the Chicago Botanic Gardens, which they went often to take pictures of the flowers. The people living in Singapore are blessed to have this huge garden that they can go to, with no mosquitoes and lots of heritage trees.

Swan Lake

Portraits in Singapore

Lately, I'm inspired by photography and making portraits again. Current favourite tools: iphone, adobe lightroom, Canon dslr, and a dose of inspiration from blogs, instagram, and flickr once in a while.

Back in the days: Lost in NYC

We were not actually lost but the buildings are humongous compared to us as we wandered around New York City on foot by ourselves. I don't think we had smart phones then so we depended on Google map print-outs as our rough guide and made our way through the city.

Deli, pizza, coffee, & flowers

Embassies of different countries, souvenir shops, yellow taxis, and hot dog stands at street corners were in abundance too.

 ...and we reached the Rockefeller Centre.

Back in the days: NYC Brooklyn

We went on a short family trip to the East Coast in May 2011 as it was our last year in the US and we had never been to New York city. 

Statue of Liberty

 And there it is, Brooklyn Bridge!

It took us awhile before we could find the ramp to walk up to the bridge.

But it was well worth the effort because the view from Brooklyn Bridge is quite iconic