I love a lot of things. Two of them are history and architecture. So, it shouldn’t be too astounding if I’m attracted to old buildings.
This one was taken in Chinatown, Singapore. It’s a shophouse, typical kind of building in towns and cities throughout what was once known as Malaya; Singapore included. I don’t know about Sabah and Sarawak though.
I have a picture with a row of shophouses from the same place in a previous entry of mine if you are interested.
Sometimes, I can’t help but feel amazed at how two countries have so much in common but simultaneously so different from each other. Sometimes, it’s shocking to see how two countries may have shared history or even dependent on each other but the air in between them is so full of distrust.
Human nature I suppose.
Kill all Singaporeans! LOL!
p/s – Judith Miller is freed. According to NYT (reg. req.):
Ms. Miller was freed after spending more than 12 weeks in jail, during which she refused to cooperate with the inquiry. Her decision to testify was made after she had obtained what she described as a waiver offered “voluntarily and personally” by a source who said she was no longer bound by any pledge of confidentiality she had made to him. Ms. Miller said the source had made clear that he genuinely wanted her to testify.
That source was I. Lewis Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, according to people who have been officially briefed on the case. Ms. Miller met with Mr. Libby on July 8, 2003, and talked with him by telephone later that week, they said.
If there is justice in this world, Cheney will be in trouble soon. I believe there’s justice somewhere underneath a dusty table. Hey, Tom DeLay finally got indicted. That should be of some proof that this world is not too unfair.
pp/s- Primate Noise posted an entry about SPCA’s effort to persuade the Malaysian government to amend Animal Ordinance 1953 into a tougher piece of legislation. Do your part by expressing your support for SPCA.
2 replies on “[619] Of Singaporean old building”
Pity. I really think this kind of building could be one of our main attractions. There aren’t too many kind of this buildings in the whole world.
there aren’t many old architecture in sabah now…they were either being demolished, destroyed in a fire or left to rot in disrepair, which is a pity! some of those buildings should be maintained to become like the one in this blog — an old building ageing gracefully!