Winter, Chapter 2: A few of my favourite things

I was going to write about a spectacular Copenhagen winter scene that I came across the other day, but it’ll have to wait. Namely because three of my favourite things converged this morning: 1. Castle 2. Snow 3. Fog I want to say it doesn’t get any better than this, but it hasn’t even been…More

Winter, Chapter 1

Hillerød, Denmark Yesterday, I woke to a perfect winter morning. Clear skies, sunlight pouring down, the air crackling crisp. So as you do(n’t), I stuck my head out of the window to take a deep breath. A hearty gust of wind swung by. All of the air in my lungs froze solid. It was -9…More

Massive apologies for the flood of post notification emails

To all my blog subscribers: you probably got a a flood of new post notifications in your inbox about an hour ago. I’m incredibly sorry about spamming your inboxes with useless post notifications. I’ve been organizing my archives for the last few days, and inadvertently triggered a bulk post status change in all of my…More

Danish Winter: an introduction

Hillerød, Denmark Danish winters: Grey. Drear. Heavy skies and unending gloom in the deep chill. If i was lucky, snow. And it did, on the very first night. Snow is a continuing novelty for this tropical tourist. As is fog. We’re presently staying in a town north of Copenhagen called Hillerød, where the graceful spires…More

Bus to KL

I’ve taken a fair few bus journeys over the years, but none as frequently as this one. I never tire of it.More

Malacca in retrospect

Singapore-Malaysia border Both my parents were born in Malacca, Malaysia, so as a kid, we went there at least once a year to visit family (mostly Mum’s though: my aunties, uncle and grandfather). A long while ago. It has been more than 20 years since I’d stepped into my uncle’s house. The place itself was…More

Chee Ancestral Hall

I was a bit obsessed with this place when I was little, thinking of it as The Palace On Heeren Street. It’s actually the ancestral home of the Chee family, an old Peranakan (Straits-born Chinese) clan. It was built around the turn of the last century by Chee Swee Cheng, the first chairman of the…More

Bas Melaka

A ride on a 30 year old train line, to make a bus journey not traveled in 30 years. In the last post i mentioned balik kampung. Going back to the village is a step back into the past. The place might be made new, but the spaces are old, revered. It is stepping into…More

Five

Singapore On the day I marked the fifth anniversary of this itinerant life, I went out for a long walk late at night and left my keys in the door. This being Singapore, and us living on a floor where no one save the neighbours goes to, nothing untoward happened. Only Mum coming home later…More

The Making of Dual Vision – Part 1

I’d mentioned in my new year post that Flemming and I were going to be writing about our work on the Roaming Frame blog. It starts now, with a look back on our latest movie, Dual Vision. When we were asked to make a movie about our individual choices in Fujifilm’s X Series cameras –…More

A Meditation on Transit

Singapore After seven weeks in New Zealand, Flemming and I returned to Singapore in early December, to the brand new Downtown Line on the MRT (metro) system. The best part? There’s a station right down the road from home. A five minute stroll from Mum’s front door, and I main-line it into the country’s urban…More

Have you watched Dual Vision?

Ok, I know I mentioned it in the last post, but I really need to make a big deal out of this because it’s awesome. Well, maybe “awesome” isn’t quite the word for it. But it’s weird. And quirky. And if you haven’t watched it, you really should. Not because you’re going to love it.…More

Roll on 2018!

2017 was a strange year. It started most inauspiciously with my getting screwed by British Airways (don’t know if I’ll ever have the energy to write a post about this incident, so don’t hold your breath), but thankfully, that was not an indicator of the year to come. 2017 highlights X-E3 I was part of…More

Interview With Travel Photographer Lynn Gail

“My guiding philosophy would be: When first inspired by a seemingly unachievable goal – one that excites and focuses you like a meditation – follow it, stay with it, play with it. Follow it to fruition; the view is incredible.” If you haven’t read the interview that Lonely Planet and Getty Images travel photographer Lynn Gail granted me in 2016, make some time to do so.More