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**azabaz_ipoh** · 12-05-2007, 01:10 AM

woh, too many to share. and soooooo many to capture. hehehehe.

**Loh** · 12-05-2007, 01:14 AM

Originally Posted by azabaz_ipoh

woh, too many to share. and soooooo many to capture. hehehehe.

You must show us something from Ipoh to give us some incentives to visit!

**azabaz_ipoh** · 12-05-2007, 01:29 AM

there's not much in ipoh other than old buildings, and more old buildings. this place is so calm you could practically sleep peacefully at 8pm. hehehehe. i dont have a digital camera anyway. i will take some pictures if i could borrow my sister's. dont know when though.

**Loh** · 12-05-2007, 01:32 AM

Originally Posted by azabaz_ipoh

there's not much in ipoh other than old buildings, and more old buildings. this place is so calm you could practically sleep peacefully at 8pm. hehehehe. i dont have a digital camera anyway. i will take some pictures if i could borrow my sister's. dont know when though.

What have they done to the disused tin mines of yesteryear, for which Ipoh was so famous?

***Oldhand*** · 12-05-2007, 04:24 AM

Originally Posted by Loh

I didn't even realize that the new saucer-shape Supreme Court is encased in marble, but it is meant to keep up with the times and hi-tech advancement (our Supreme Court is now 'electronically' wired to reduce or do away entirely with paperwork). It is true that there was hue and cry in public about the extravagant expenditure on public or government buildings and since then they have been much more subdued in spending, but of course "equality and fairness" has continued to rule in our courts regardless.
Some pics of the old and new (also during construction) Supreme Court, seen adjacent to Parliament House:

Amazing... you're something of a Singapore Mapper

I wonder how many pictures of Singapore your collection has...
Must be several thousands!

By the way, that flying saucer and its marble pedestal (the court complex beneath it) reportedly cost upwards of $250 million

Also, the paperwork reduction argument is misplaced...
...in the recent new NKF vs old NKF case, they had to drag in extra shelves to stack all the paper. I believe the documents disclosed by one defendant alone was over 55,000 pages. Multiply that by 8 parties and you get 440,000 sheets of A4 paper.

And that's just one defendant's stuff.

**Loh** · 12-05-2007, 06:25 AM

Originally Posted by Oldhand

Amazing... you're something of a Singapore Mapper

I wonder how many pictures of Singapore your collection has...
Must be several thousands!

By the way, that flying saucer and its marble pedestal (the court complex beneath it) reportedly cost upwards of $250 million

Also, the paperwork reduction argument is misplaced...
...in the recent new NKF vs old NKF case, they had to drag in extra shelves to stack all the paper. I believe the documents disclosed by one defendant alone was over 55,000 pages. Multiply that by 8 parties and you get 440,000 sheets of A4 paper.

And that's just one defendant's stuff.

Of course the NKF case was a very big one, very exceptional and I'm not sure whether it was possible to use IT then to communicate and transact exchanges because of the sheer volume of records, some of which could have dated way before they use the hi-tech facilities.

But suffice to say that as a result of the IT introduction, many more cases were dealt with expeditiously and they have managed to erase much of the backlog. In this sense justice were brought much faster to those who deserve. I read that even law makers from other countries are sufficiently impressed to want to introduce the system to their own countries.

Some may not like the 'UFO' saucer as our twin Durians (Esplanade) were once similarly despised. But I think in some ways, it is very unique in shape and does give a futuristic sense of modernity.

**Whoopty** · 12-05-2007, 06:25 PM

Messing around with duotone.

**azabaz_ipoh** · 12-05-2007, 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by Loh

What have they done to the disused tin mines of yesteryear, for which Ipoh was so famous?

if i am not mistaken, most of them became man made lake. where people go fishing. and sometimes it became like a nature conservation area where rare birds come and go. i guess there are people who watch the birds too.

plus, if people want to see old buildings in ipoh, people can watch lust caution (the movie by ang lee)

***Oldhand*** · 12-06-2007, 02:44 AM

Originally Posted by Whoopty

Messing around with duotone.

um, very eerie... very scary

does stephen king stay here?

**Loh** · 12-06-2007, 03:14 AM

Originally Posted by Oldhand

um, very eerie... very scary

does stephen king stay here?

No, fhe Hunchback of ...

**NovJoe** · 12-08-2007, 02:35 AM

Great pictures!!
Keep them coming...

Btw Loh, how did you get the pictures of Supreme Court from high grounds?

I used to work in one of the offices in High Street Centre which allows me to have that similar view

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***Oldhand*** · 12-09-2007, 09:35 AM

Originally Posted by NovJoe

Great pictures!!
Keep them coming...

Btw Loh, how did you get the pictures of Supreme Court from high grounds?

I used to work in one of the offices in High Street Centre which allows me to have that similar view

.

Loh's connections go really high...

... that's how he gets there

**Marky** · 12-10-2007, 09:27 AM

Christmas is approching; do you have pictures of season lights in your country to share? I might take some and post one or two here later on.

Merry Christmas to you all.

**Whoopty** · 12-10-2007, 09:31 AM

I just have lights:

***kwun*** · 12-10-2007, 09:34 AM

very nice photos. so nice to see so many excellent photographers here in BC. makes me think that i should really start taking photos of things other than babies and badminton.

**chehsi** · 12-10-2007, 08:53 PM

I just came back from Bali yesterday. Got some pics to share.

Pool @ resort

It was raining

Almost as good as a candle light dinner

The beach.. just outside of the resort

Beach.. looking more like desert

Barong Dance

One of the wood carvings.. it's like.. he's so depressed cuz he didn't have a stomach?

Crispy duck for dinner

Peekaboo!

some of the many temples in Bali

supposed sunrise @ Tg Benoa

Sunset @ Tanah Lot

**azabaz_ipoh** · 12-10-2007, 09:05 PM

i only have three pictures that i would like to comment upon:

1. the picture of the wood carving : hahahahaha, yeah he is like depressed over the inexistance of his tummy...aaaawwwww......plus on the background people with tummy are kissing....har har

2. the crispy duck meal : i am salivating as i write this.

3. the hanging bat : is that real bat? because the wings looks plastic but the head looks real. i wonder........