Bright Lights And Delightful Decorations In Hatch End

 

|The Moon and Sixpence pub, with festive decorations. All photos by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

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Christmas Tree lit in Hatch End

 

Christmas tree in Hatch End. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

Smaller Christmas trees are in shop windows. Some of the restaurants have trees outside, decorated with lights or baubles.

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Tanglin Club Singapore, Xmas tree decoration, lights, choir

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Tree

The Tanglin Club in Singapore celebrated Xmas with a Christmas tree light-up. This year , 2023, a reinder was in blue lights. 

Santa

Santa as usual paraded around, then sat, so people could be photographed standing alongside. 

Choir

A choir sang carols from the sweeping senu curcular staircase.  

Stitl walker

Other entertainments included a stilt walker. You could be phtographed alongisde.

Photo Booth

My favourite was the photo booth. This was free. They had a series of hats and decorated glasses, headbands, beards. After having my photo taken, I went back to look at the table of accessories. I had seen somebody wearing somthing I preferred to what I had chosen. I was considering queing up again but the queue was too long. So I decided to wear it and ask somebody else to take my photo. Nobody was to hand. So I reversed the camer on my mobile phone and took a selfie.

Then I spied another head dress which I fanced wearing. Nobody in charge noticed or cared. So I took selfies of myself with all the props in turn.

Mooncakes to Buy Worldwide, to Choose At Hotels and Supermarkets, Or Clubs, Or Make

Every year Chinese and Asian communiities hold a mid-auttumn festival which is celebrated with moon cakes. In the UK we have apples falling from trees in gardens. In Chinatowns and Asia and online there are mooncakes.

Moon Cakes

Traditonal moon cakes have a baked pastry case.  Inside are dense sugary fudge-like filled The sweetmeats are muffin size. If you have a group, you cut the mooncake into tiny triangular sections like a large cake. A tiny piece, like a dice of fudge, goes a long way. Most are pure sweetness. 

You can buy a variety of flavours. 

Flavours

Red bean. Lotus. Grreen Tea. Ice cream. Durian.

Eggs

More expensive are those with teeny boiled eggs inside. How do they get the eggs so small? Are they baby eggs or shrunk? They are duck eggs. The eggs complement the sweet taste, and provide protein. 

Souvenirs

Hotels sell expensive versions with decorative boxes you can give as gifts to business associates and as a thank you to hosts or guests. Pop-up shops sometimes sell individual ones as well as large boxes of four or more.

You can buy mooncakes online from the websites of supermarkets in Singapore. But watch out for scams on WhatsApp.

DIY

You can find recipes and buy plastic or wooden moulds.

Amazon sells a set of two modern mooncake moulds which push out the mooncake.

Mooncake moulds from Amazon.

Supermarkets

In September 2023 Fairprice supermarket in Singapore was offering online mooncakes, a single moon cake at 15 Singapore dollars, Flavours include lotus paste, green tea. A large number of individual mooncakes and boxes are shown on the website.

Fairprice supermarket also stocks halal mooncakes.

See my previous posts on mooncakes.

Useful Websites

Useful Websites

https://www.fairprice.com.sg/product/prestigio-delights-lotus-paste-double-yolk-mooncake-180-g-90141002?gclid=Cj0KCQjw6_CYBhDjARIsABnuSzqoTmivI4NL7jBe8llIkCAsZKfM6iacogPsvPBRNPxuJEwVoRyr2EgaAs6TEALw_wcB

https://www.facebook.com/toastboxsingapore/posts/these-traditional-teochew-style-mooncakes-from-thye-moh-chan-are-made-with-delic/3213940525320115/

Great recipes:

https://zhangcatherine.com/mooncakes/

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2021/09/food-and-fun-at-autumn-harvest.html

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Hari Raya Lights Decorating Singapore Streets

 

Hari Raya, street lights for the festival, Singapore. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Dekar Road area, near the MRT.

Beyond the modern arches of lights across the road, welcoming you to the area and the occasion, were awnings over kiosks. The daytime fasts ends with families going out to eat together, buying eats and treats from food stalls in a party atmosphere.

Around the world, festivities include the hanging of traditional lanterns called fanoos.

They often have metal and glass frames with elaborated and detailed patterns.

Picture released into public domain by Khips in Wikipedia.

Useful Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Fitr

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanous#/media/File:Fanous.jpg

Trafalgar Square Tree & Lights At Night 2022

 

Trafalgar Square Tree and lights at night, December 2022. Photo by Trevor Sharot.

Trafalgar Square in London is named after the Battle of Trafalgar.

Trafalgar Square is in the City of Westminster, Central London, laid out in the early 19th century around the area formerly known as Charing Cross, which is the underground railway station with exits across the road from the square.

I have rewritten an article from Wikipedia with deletions and additions.

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 At its centre is a high column bearing a statue of Admiral Nelson commemorating the victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. The battle of 21 October 1805, established the British navy's dominance at sea in the Napoleonic Wars over the fleets of France and Spain.

. For centuries, distances measured from Charing Cross have served as location markers. The 169-foot (52 m) Nelson's Column at its centre is guarded by four lion statues. A number of commemorative statues and sculptures occupy the square, but the Fourth Plinth, left empty since 1840, has been host to contemporary art since 1999. Prominent buildings facing the square include the National Gallery, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Canada House, and South Africa House.

The square has been used for community gatherings, carol singing, and political demonstrations, and campaigns against climate change. 

A Christmas tree has been donated to the square by Norway since 1947 and is erected for twelve days before and after Christmas Day. The square is a centre of annual celebrations on New Year's Eve. 

The National Portrait Gallery is near the National Gallery of art.

Useful Websites

Travel - transport for London

Maps  - google maps and street view

History

Wikipedia

galleries - National Gallery. National Portrait Gallery.

Nearby Pubs include The Sherlock Holmes.

Where next? Walk west to Buckingham Palace.

Walk south to the Thames and see the London Eye lit at night. (By Embankment station).

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How To Prevent Burglary When You Are Away Travelling

Are you travelling half way around the world for a long time? Or even around the corner for five minutes. You could come back and find the front door locked from the inside. What does that mean? In 2020 Carolyn Flack's friend was on suicide watch for her friend, popped out to the shops and came back to find her friend dead.  In the same week, two members of my family arrived home to find their house burgles. What to do? I asked the police as well as several friends, family members, everybody I knew around the world.

The best way is to have a trusted family member move in. Some people employ a permanent housekeeper or maid or a temporary house sitter or somebody who looks after the pets and is an unofficial house sitter.

If you live in an area of high burglary, take extra precautions.

Prevention and Precaution
Photograph your house and items of value and receipts before leaving, so that if there is any police report of loss, or to identify items found (if they arrest a burglar and find items on them.

You can install lights to make the place look busy in the evening. Ask a trusted neighbour tih a key to check the post is not overflowing and maybe move the car. Inform other neighbours who is scheduled to visit.

Gardeners
You might have the gardeners and window cleaners to have access to the front or side or back.

If you have any misgivings, you can also install lights to come on at the sides and back and front of the house. Also a camera inside.

House Sitting And Visits
Keep the numbers of neighbours, police, and family, on both phones for your two homes or two offices, to avoid roaming charges and be sure you can call instantly.

If Burgled
If you should return and find the place has been disturbed, phone the family first to check who called and when.

Latch!
If the front door latch is on, the burglars might be inside or escaping from the back.

Safety When Checking
Do not enter alone without telling anybody. Worst case scenario: You could be attacked. you could find your loved one or house sitter has been killed  or died and the door locked  from inside by them or others.

So, just in case, leave one person outside and in contact by phone and shouting and phone to warn another family member who is not with you.

Undisturbed Scene And Fingerprints
Wear gloves and avoid adding your finger prints to the entry points to the house and any flat surfaces which could contain an intruder's prints.

Call the police immediately.

Insurance
Note how soon you need to inform insurance. It helps to have photos and/or records of purchases.
Ebay has records going back about two years (depending on the time of year). In February 2020 I checked. An arrow at the top of the page section lets you choose this year, least year and the previous year. I suppose they have too many to record all purchases. This is a shame.

Prevention is better than cure.

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Angela Lansbury is a travel writer and photographer.

Christmas Lights In Singapore

Tree facing exit from Tampines West MRT, Singapore. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Tampines West is on the blue Downtown train line, and the green East-West train line. On the blue line it is only four stops to Expo (exhibition centre line and shop at Valu and Daiso, most goods only 2 Singapore dollars) where you change for one stop on the one stop branch to Changi Airport MRT train station.


Tampines West Community Club, Singapore, and street lights suspended from trees.



Blue and green tree lights.Tampines near CC. Singapore.

Tree in front of mall near CC.

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Angela Lansbury is an author and travel writer and photographer, teaching English and other languages.
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Going away for Xmas? What to pack

Which countries celebrate Christmas? Christian countries, former Commonwealth countries. For example: USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa.  In Europe France, Belgium, German, Spain. You will also find Christmas celebrated in other countries according to the old calendars, in January.

To avoid Christmas, you could go to Israel or one of the Moslem countries where Xmas is not a national holiday so you are sure to get meals from restaurants which are open and have normal prices. You might wish to take your own Xmas goods for private celebrations.

Problem
What to pack?
1 Red, white and green clothes for a Xmas day occasion or end of year party on a Xmas theme.
2 A cheap hat to wear to a party where you are asked to dress up. Or just to jolly up Xmas day in a hotel.
3 A Xmas card to attach to a gift. If none, just print one at home before you leave.
4 Names and numbers of family,friends,elderly people who are alone, to call on Xmas Day.
5 Sizes of shoes and socks and gloves and shirts or dresses and favourite colours of family at home for buying gifts in sales to take home.
6 Reminder to buy oranges locally to take and give for Chinese New Year in January-Feb each year (but don't take fruit into Australia).
7 Xmas wrapping paper and string.
8 Research on streetview the streets with Xmas lights.

Lights at Orchard Road in Singapore. Disney theme. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

Tampines West Street lights

Strips of coloured light near the Downtowm line MRT train station in Singapore.

Insurance, property, car, rental agreement, and other items to list when travelling overseas

Problem
Whether travelling overseas for work or pleasure, for a one month trek,or indefinitely, you need to allow a day or two to photocopy or duplicate onto a second computer or backup device all your insurances and paperwork. For example:

Supposing you are leaving the USA to work or study in the UK and have a flat in New York and a home you rent out in Florida.

You need a record of your insurance for both properties to hand so you can renew. The terms are different for occupied and empty properties.

The same applies to your travel insurance (unless it is organized by HR of the company you work for). If your insurance is organized by your company, it might not cover a skiing holiday, and will almost certainly not cover you for any country where the government says Americans should not travel, even if you are prepared to take the risk.

On the other hand, let's suppose you are travelling from the UK to the USA as we did. We extended out stay overseas and had problems with the house being empty in the UK (because tenants moved out early and we came back late.) The house was not covered whilst empty.

We could have got around this by having a neighbour or relative with a key doing what the insurance company wanted, not having a house which appeared empty. They could have been collecting the milk, mowing the lawn or paying the gardener to do so, cleaning the windows or paying the window cleaner to do so.

Family should have been just popping in every day or two, with lights on switches to go on and off, making the odd cup of tea, without actually living their full time, just going in and out regularly. 

You might prefer house sitters, if your family are too young or old to be relied upon, or the neighbours are unable or unwilling to help, because they are in wheelchairs, bed-ridden, walking with sticks and can't manage your home entrance staircase, or themselves overseas on holiday, or are developing dementia.

AA
If you hire or buy a car, or co-drive, you will want to have a breakdown service. The AA automobile association will already by familiar to those who have lived in the USA and heard of the AAA, American AA. (The AA also turned up in Singapore.)

Two other services in the UK include the RAC.

But what if you are not driving?

UK Road Tax
In the UK if you leave a car off road on a driveway or in a garage, or are away, you can save on road tax if you declare your car off road. You must do this in advance, not in arrears.

If you are sure you won't go back home, it  can be worthwhile. However, we eventually decided this wasn't not a good idea.

Family Using Your Car
Our son and father in law were using our car if theirs was off road or in the garage or somebody was nearby.

We suspected the gardener or neighbour was using the car when we found the petrol had run low. If you have relatives at home or nearby using the house, even if they have their own cars, if you take yours off the road, or insured let it go uninsured, you need to warn them that they must be sure to get  it insured for them to drive. They might also get a parking ticket.

You might ignore that, thinking it is nonsense. Of course I was not in Edinburgh. I had just flown to Thailand. Then you get fined.

"Son, this is absurd. I've been sent a parking ticket saying the car was in Edinburgh."

"Er, Mum, actually we went to Edinburgh for New Year's Eve. My car had had an accident and was off road - I didn't want to worry you. So I used yours."

So make sure the family and friends, house-sitters and others tell you when they are using your car.  And fill it up with petrol (in the USA you  would say gas). No use flying home, expecting to take a long business trip to another city, and finding the kids have emptied the tank on their jaunts assuming you would fill it up, using your time and money.

Protecting Your Car
If you have a valuable car and are leaving the house empty, which may be obvious to the postman, or  others, you might wish to move it elsewhere. One system is to pay a local garage owner to leave an employees old car on your driveway or in your garage. Your more valuable car is moved into their house or garage where it is supervised 24 hours. (You may or may not need to change your insurance if this is long-term.)

Goodbyes
Don't stand on the doorstep saying goodbye, allowing workers up and down the street, or walking past, to hear that you are leaving the house.

It is easy for thoughtless neighbours to walk up the drive shouting, "When are you leaving?" or, "Have a safe trip!" alerting the assorted workers on the property opposite to watch you loading your suitcases in the car.

On one trip, we would come back on a flight and want to use the car to pop out to the supermarket for groceries before we recovered from jetlag and had time to sit down and record that the car was back on the road.

Of course, we could have done the paperwork from overseas the week in advance before returning. But if you can only do so for blocks of one month, the dates may not suit you. If you are yo-yoing unpredictably back and forth, it may be simpler to not declare the car off the road, and forego the financial saving, rather than have the hassle of the changing and the risk of missing out a day and being fined.

Keeping Records
So you need to have all the numbers to hand. For an organized person, this is all obvious and simple. If you are going abroad for the first time, or are a creative time or hate paperwork, this can be a nightmare. The simple solutions include:

You might choose to keep all vital information in one box file or book which travels with you. Keep it on your laptop and print off a copy on your pinboard. Check the last week of the month for all bills regarding back home.

Vital records can be kept in a marked place on a shelf or left on the fridge door or pinboard or miniature whiteboard.

That way you can phone home and ask somebody to check the fridge door and send you a photo.

What if the only creatures left in your property are not pets but ...

Insects and Animals

Foxes run around the suburban roads and gardens of London, especially at night. This little fella with a couple of family members was in a garden in London.

I found a family member was afraid of spiders and would not go into the house alone on seeing a spiders web. After that I left a spider spray just inside the front door.

If you are renting out your property, you might want to mention pets, no pets, and wildlife. If

Pets
Make provision for pets. I think even hibernating pets should be moved to another place where they are supervised. My friends' house burned down, they claimed and apparently believed, when the weather changed and the hibernating pets woke up unexpectedly early, felt hungry, chewed the electrics and started a fire!

You can also have house-sitters and dog-sitters and dog-walkers. You need to research catteries and dog holiday places if you are planning to leave pets at home, in case your relatives or neighbours fall ill or are away on business travel or their own holiday. Check your pet insurance and leave details of the preferred vet and keep these details with you in case you get a call saying your pet is sick and what should you do.

Now, what about your own health.

Doctors and Dentists
If you have follow-up hospital appointments or dental checks, also time the home visits. An alternative is to have trusted doctors and hospitals in both countries. You may need to take copies of your latest medical checks, even x-rays, with you from one country to the next.

I had an accident overseas and the hospital in one country wanted to give me jabs, tetanus, but I could not say when was the last time I had them.Without I risked an infection. I could not have a jab before  the date the old one expired. First it was a waste of money. Second, I hate jabs. Third, because the double dose would have overloaded my system.

If you are on a doctor's register in the UK, you can book an appointment from the UK. Unfortunately for confidentiality reasons and security, they might block calls from overseas numbers which are not registered, or only allow one number.

Now, let's think about property, again.

Rented property
If you are renting out your home or another property, you should have to hand, the name of the people renting, their phone numbers, the contract so it can be renewed and updated, the amount of the deposit, which might not have increased despite a rental increase, any insurance of the property, or the insurance of their deposit.

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

Deepavali Celebrated In Singapore at Braddell Heights with lights and Haldiram brand Ladoo sweets

Deepavali banners include this one outside Braddell Heights Community Club.

Upstairs, at the Braddell Heights II Toastmasters Speakers' Club, a meeting was held which started with the President's talk about Diwali.

At the breaktime, three candles were lit in containers shaped like a traditional lamp. 

Sweets

The food included sweet balls made of chickpeas.The box said, 

Haldiram's

Motichoor

Ladoo

'made from saffron infused chickpea flour'.

Haldiram's has businesses in Delhi and Calcutta including restaurants. They produce more than 100 products including drinks, sweets and savouries and post goods worldwide.

I asked an Indian Singaporean where I could by Ladoo. He told me, "Any Indian sweet shop. Go to Little India and you will find loads of sweet shops selling ladoo."

Useful Websites

www.haldirams.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haldiram

http://www.haldiram.com/restaurant-locator

SINGAPORE

visitsingapore.com

singaporeair.com

INDIA

www.incredibleindia-tourism.org/India‎

https://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/Restaurant_Review-g304551-d7282437-Reviews-Haldiram_s_Connaught_Place-New_Delhi_National_Capital_Territory_of_Delhi.html

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Almost human flashing traffic light

Photo by Angela Lansbury.

Seen in Singapore. I walked back to a car park past this figure. It attracts the attention of both pedestrians and drivers. My new Singaporean friend (who kindly gave me a lift home from a Toastmasters international meeting at Singapore Institute of Management nearby) told  me that she had seen other variations on this figure.

It is signalling a yellow warning with a series of small lights. Presumably they change to red aand green. I took the photo when the lights were yellow. It looks as though you can set the figure up anywhere when you are doing roadworks.

Instead of a real life policeman or woman standing in the middle of the road with a whistle, or a lollipop lady, you have an almost human mannekin.

There's always something surprising to see in Singapore, and indeed travelling anywhere. Travel -beats boredom, distracts you from depressing thought, produces genuine joy.

Useful Websites

Singaporeair.com

Author

Angela Lansbury

Chinatown lights in Singapore

Near Chinatown Point and Chinatown MRT station along the main road are strings of dramatic lanterns and illuminated figures of characters and trades which founded Chinatown. At dusk around 7 pm the lights come on. You can see them from the bus going in both directions.

My family would have told me not to take a photo. However, I took a couple of shots from the bus on my phone as a reminder. From my photo I am reminded of the statues, the name of the building Chinatown Point. On a third check of the photo I find I even have the street name.

Delightful Coloured Lights At Singapore's Botanical Gardens MRT station

Lights at Botanical Gardens MRT underground railway station in Singapore. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

The colours change as you walk along the travelator. At first I didn't notice. Then I noticed. The effect is very soothing. Well done, designer. More, more more!

I went back and took a closer look. The lights are not in varied colours. The panels are just different bands of paint, with a spotlight on each one.

BOTANIC GARDENS MRT ILLUMINATED PANEL IN YELLOW. PHOTO BY ANGELA LANSBURY. COPYRIGHT.

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Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

Blue Christmas Trees At Heathrow - what's good and bad at the airport?

Seasonal decorations at Heathrow. Copyright.

Problem
Can I take a picture of seasonal decorations at the airport?

Answer
No signs warn you not to. So presumably you can go ahead with photos and selfies - if you have time. Most people departing are in a hurry to reach the departure gate or airport lounge or want to suss out the shopping.

A Bright Tree
As you scurry along, you might wonder. Is it a real tree? Clearly not. A real tree is green. An electric tree is blue.

Good Old and New Heathrow
What's good about Heathrow?

Seasonal Decorations
The Christmas decorations. Call them winter lights if you prefer.

The large circular historic photos along the wall beside the moving walkings. The scenes shown include  H N The Queen and the Beatles.

It's good. Not fairyland. Not as stunning as Changi airport. But good enough.

Good Shopping
Heathrow has the essentials. A shop was selling padlocks and keys for your suitcase near check-in.

But why just one shop, no competition? There should be three shops, luxury, mid-price and budget, catering for all passenger with all budgets. Admittedly you can find branches of W H Smith elsewhere in the airport.

Bins and Post Boxes.
Litter bins, when I needed one. Also post boxes. Everything you need to hand.

Clean toilets
A ladies toilet with hand cream as well as washing gel. You need it. Your skin goes dry when travelling because you are dehydrating, all that running around, stressed out, perspiring.

A member of staff keeps everything clean and tidy in the Ladies.

Why am I running around? They have introduced signs telling you how far you are from departure gates at each stage. We start at thirteen minutes. Thirteen minutes!

That's ridiculous. A thirteen minute walk, dragging along a wheel in bag. You may have been up from 6.30 am to have breakfast, catch your car to the airport. If you are short of time - no where to call for assistance.

I see the Singapore Airlines electric two or four seater transporters. These vehicles are only for first and business class. So that's another thing you get when paying for the upgrade. I can't understand whey the whole of every airpot does not have transportation from every paint to the departure lounge.

Maybe they want you to dawdle past the shops. But we would have more time for shops if it took less time to walk to departures.

Shops? That's another story. Se next post.

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

Stanmore Lights, trees and memories of best Watford lights

Where are the best lights? Go north to Intu shopping mall by car or train to Watford High Street, and you can enjoy an indoor mall with a train ride for children (small fee to ride about £2), Sant'as grotto and lovely lights up the columns and entertaining activities. If on the other hand, you do not get out of the car, you will pass different light in high streets driving into London via places such as Stanmore.

Taken from a moving car, but a reminder of the lights in Stanmore in 2016. White lights in the trees.


Driving through Stanmore, I noticed that the Apollonia restaurant had a banner saying they can offer kosher catering for events.
http://www.apollonia.co.uk/events.php

I have more and better pictures of lights around London this year on other posts, plus photos from previous years in London and Singapore.
Here are a couple of my favourites:

Putting up a Christmas tree in Hatch End in a previous year.
Previous year's decorations in Intu shopping mall in Watford.

It's good to be able to look back and compare. Memory can play tricks on you. One year I thought that coins were getting smaller. I got out a box of old coins, all stamped with the year they were issued. No, I was wrong. Coins were the same size as my childhood. So if you think last year's were better, or not as good, those old photos can tell you the truth.

Previous year's lights in Stanmore - look the same to me.
A later, better photo is in the post on Dec 6 2016.

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Christmas Lights In London

Here's my favourite front garden in Harrow on the Uxbridge Road on the left driving towards Hatch End. They have different lights for every holiday season. I have a post on the pictures I took for Halloween. Here's Christmas, snowman, santa and more.

The more you look the more you see. Everything is moving, animated. The archway over the path to the front door has flashing lights. A frieze over the ground floor flashes on and off and on again. Everything twinkles.

When I looked at my photos afterwards, I discovered new amusements. The sign at the front requests: Santa please stop here. The figure on the front of the house is climbing a ladder to the window.

A see-saw goes up and down at the front. I took a series of stills, then thought, I ought to take this moving. My first thought had been to take only still photos. They are easier to edit. You take several and cut out any which are totally blurred. You cut distracting background, bits that are blurred.

Movies are more difficult to edit. It takes longer. You have to go to a movie editing programme. You get annoying sounds.

But when you have a moving scene such as this, it's worthwhile taking both movies and still photos.

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

Coriander Restaurant's Colourful Lights

Coriander restaurant. 

If you like colour, you will love the decor.

Ladies rest room mirror with beautiful bubbles

For details of food, read previous post.

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

Light Delight in Orchard Road, Singapore

Every trip around a city, day or night, reveals something new. Here are exciting lights near Orchard MRT, on Orchard Road in the centre of Singapore. I took a photo of the blue lights. I delayed to listen to a sinter. I turned around and realised the lights had changed colour. The lights are on steps where you can sit.

Lights on steps seemed to be blue.

I turned back and the steps' lights changed to pink.

Statues Photo Opportunity by the Ion multi-storey underground shopping mall linked to Orchard MRT stationed Wisma Atria

Video of lights at night.

Statues on the steps provided a photo opportunity for tourists wanting to pose next to the statues.

Photos of lights in Orchard Road, photos by Angela Lansbury, copyright.

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