Posted in Photography, Travels on February 21st, 2010 5 Comments »
Melbourne roared with a blue electric spark. Its ambient noise greeted me. Together, they reminded me of my experience of watching a special effect-laced movie at the cinema. Subwoofer noise always feels like an invisible force running through my chest. Waves produced by Melbourne’s trams running along its streets had the same force; the tremor [...]
Posted in Photography on February 4th, 2010 2 Comments »
Yes, you guessed it. I am still not in the mood of writing. Here is Flinders Street Station in Melbourne.
Posted in Disaster & Security, History & heritage, Photography on February 3rd, 2010 1 Comment »
I have always loved war memorials. I have been to the Tugu Negara in Kuala Lumpur multiple of times. When I was in Washington D.C. for a very short stay, I visited the war memorials there. Likewise in Sydney and Melbourne. The reason for my love for war memorials is not because that I glorify [...]
The name is Hafiz Noor Shams. I am a libertarian, a fellow at the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs and a columnist at The Malaysian Insider. For more about me, go here.