013: Just another HDB estate.

And just another one of those pretty photos with no meaning?

Looking at the photo on computer, I think it certainly would seem so to anybody. But 2 hours ago when I was about to press down that button I felt as if this is the most profound photograph I’ve taken in my entire life (who knows? Maybe it is) It was drizzling, there were little traffic on the road. The light from the street lamps reflect on the wet surface of the road. So overwhelmingly orange, a stark contrast to light emanating from HBD flats in the distance, which is mostly either white or cool colours. That reminds me, I wrote a 4 whole pages of essay talking about why I hate orange street lamps. The light from the building at bottom right hand corner is a lot better. Cool green, though that might just be fluorescent light reflected on the grass. That building is old RV campus, by the way. I dreamed of waking up every morning at 7.15 and walking just 50 steps to school. Sadly, the school moved. See the light in the distance that coloured the sky yellow? That’s Jurong Island.

Scratch all that. This is not just another HBD estate. It’s where I live. Jurong Island in the distance, a reservoir just across the street, an old school campus. I don’t expect anyone to be able to relate to this photo. That’s just the sad thing, isn’t it? That you feel so much for something yet you cannot bring the feeling across, and in the end you stop trying at all.

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