孔子说：父母在，不远游

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陳木南, 70, Plaza Singapura Starbucks Cafe

When I saw 陳木南, I thought he was a Malay gentleman. Then he started greeting me in Mandarin which somewhat caught me by surprise. I asked him if he comes here often and he says not everyday. He has a friend who was fined S$50 for peddling tissue papers in the area, and so he has to be extra cautious about his location. “Bless you bless you,” he repeats himself in Mandarin more than five times during our brief encounter. I was late for a movie and  I told him I will return with his photograph and I hope to see him at the same place again. He shook my hand and said “Bless you bless you, I wish you good luck.”

The second casino (our government calls it an integrated resort) in Singapore is finally open. I was on assignment for the Associated Press to cover its soft launch on Tuesday. This iconic building – its hotel wing – is something that Singaporeans cannot miss. Darren Soh, a friend of mine and a photographer who professes to be most interested in buildings and spaces, has been obsessed with documenting the place since construction began some three years back. It is amazing how fast the process took. The structure jumps in scale every time I drive by along the expressway running just beside the site. My friend’s uncle is currently documenting it for Nat Geo’s “Megastructure” series and I think it is quite worthy of being included in that league. I am looking forward to the sky garden which will open in June this year.

So what’s for next weekend?