chinatown escapades

i was missing playing with my instax camera and decided to bring it out with me when i went to chinatown.

chinatown’s a good place to go with an instax as there’re so many bright, bold colours there – provided you remember to press the “dark” setting, which i forgot to do for most. all my photos came our overexposed, but fortunately still more or less okay.

this one probably didnt need the “dark” setting – and was the only one i remembered to turn it on for :P interestingly i’ve never noticed the half-mask on the side of that building, despite having gone up this street many times:

i was attracted by the variety of colours at the Sri Mariamman Temple, but unfortunately the colours didnt turn out so well here. i wish the sky came out as well though..

I was also surprised by the sheer number of white people at chinatown today. i’ve never seen so many caucasians in chinatown, and they were all gathered at this one particular place – the corner kopitiam. except they were, of course, drinking beer and not kopi:

and here’s my favourite picture of the day. i was surprised – so many surprises today – to see the rainbow flag hanging off a building in chinatown (of all places?), which i noticed while admiring the picture of an emperor on the wall next to the upper storey balcony.

i was trying to snap a shot of it when these two blokes walked into the frame and just stood there while they looked down the street trying to get their bearings. it was such an awesome coincidence and they seem like poster boys for the rainbow: