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Monthly Archives: February 2008

Freedom’s road

Monday, February 25, 2008

I trooped down to the Singapore Air Show this weekend. As did others – to the tune of tens of thousands. I haven’t seen a closer approximation to the Kumbh Mela in Singapore. It was on one extreme end of the city, involving a 40 minute bus ride even after the last train stop; involved [...]

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The Giants

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Visited the Greek Sculptures exhibition at the National Museum recently. Truly artistic and a wonderful experience to look through the exhibits. What struck me most was the corner in which the busts of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle sat, seemingly mundane compared to the grandeur of the Aphrodites and Athenas (see more exhibition photos here). Isaac [...]

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Book Review: Understanding Exposure by Bryan Petersen

Sunday, February 10, 2008

I read this book about a month ago. Off the bat I can tell you that Bryan Peterson is an amazing writer, and when it comes to teaching photography technique, I’ve not read a better author (I highly recommend his other book as well, titled “Learning to see creatively”). I wanted to wait till I’d [...]

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The 200th mile

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Sachin Tendulkar made his 16000th run in one-day internationals today. It just struck me that each run is worth 22 yards (the length of a cricket pitch), and that equates to 200 miles. A long run indeed. Keep going, Little Master.

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Movie Review: Atonement

Sunday, February 3, 2008

A movie that I’d describe as a true flight of fancy, flown to near-perfection. It’s a seemingly slow-paced film, yet manages to surprise with almost every scene. The plot is rather basic – a young English girl wrongly accuses a man who loves her older sister of a crime he did not commit, changing their [...]

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