Tekka Centre Walk

I was preparing to get out of the house to visit the flea market at Sungei Road when I looked outside the window and saw the railway tracks. So I paid a visit there, and squatted in the middle of the tracks to capture its never-endingness with my camera. Disappointed as the pictures never appealed to me, I suddenly heard a high-pitched sound and saw a small image of a train directly in front of me. I moved aside quickly, and as the train whisked past me, a feeling of fear and emptiness ran through me as I clicked the shutter button on my camera. It was not satisfying as well, so I crossed the road and tried something else -

I thought of visiting some foreign workers at a house near the railway tracks but I was not really prepared for it, so I boarded the bus. When I reached Little India, it was pouring heavily and I was stuck at Tekka Centre. Going through the wet market with a camera round my neck, a lot of heads turned and a uncle asked me what I was doing there. I told him I was just walking around. I didn't feel like I am in a mood for photography so I just kept walking and walking till I reached a brightly lit fruit stall.

I was attracted to some fruits (bottom right of picture) and asked the auntie what they are. She told me that they were called water apples and urged me to try some. So I bought two and took this photo after a chat with her and her assistant. Should have had used fill flash even though I only had my built-in with me at that time, but well, it was a lesson learnt. Then I went to the second storey where they sell other stuff. A nice lady stopped me when I walked past her shop which is selling Indian costumes, inviting me to take photos. And so I requested her to be my model and took a picture.

I told her she was a very good-looking model as her features are very defined and recognisable but she didn't really believe me but I did mean the words I said. Then I showed her this picture from my camera and noted that she looked rather sad. She said she was just tired. The attention was then directed at a small handsome little boy -