I'm In-Between...

I've had just enough time to...   get out from in-between...

Shot on the last day in Singapore...

The last few days I was in Singapore with my team to do development work on a new project with some really nice people. Every morning when I went down from the 24^th floor and coming out of the lift when I returned at night; I will look out the window sandwiched between the two rows of lifts. Always looking for something worthy to shoot and each time wondering whether I have a story for the little child’s bicycle with the pink frame outside the balcony. But I did not shoot that. On the last morning as I was about to rush down to check out, I again looked out the window. It was a dark and rainy morning, kind of gloomy. It was then, for the first time I noticed the world in-between the two apartment blocks…

...on a rainy and gloomy morning,

In-betweens

I’m in-between.

In-between jobs

The last one’s no good

The new one’s not promising

But I’m in-between

So I guess that’s okay

I’m in-between relationships

The old one’s heart-breaking

The current one’s temporary

So I guess

That makes it tolerable

I’m in-between Lives

Up to now, it is kinda disappointing

So I need some re-inventing

For my Life is in-between

In-between

All those in-betweens…

I saw for the first time, the world in-between.. in-betweens

Pretty Geese On The Way To Market

I've had just enough time to...   see pretty geese on the way to market

Taken on the way to work one fine morning

One fine morning on the way to work

I saw three geese riding on a truck

That is nothing strange

Till they started talking

And I could understand what was said

“Yahoo! It is fun riding on a truck”

The others agreed in splutter and gurgle

“The kind farmer is giving us a ride

To the market in this fine pick-up truck”

“What is a market?” One asked

“It is what we live for, what we eat for”

The farmer told us “You’re such pretty creatures.

Raised to be admired.”

“Look at the poor guy at the wheel”

And they babble and blabber and blather

“He has to work to live because he is ugly!”

And they chatter and prattle and tattle

Then the light changed

And the truck moved and the geese

Were on their way and they called out

“Bye bye ugly, go to work!”

And their laughter echo all the way to the market…

Running On Empty.

I've had just enough time to...   crawl on all fours.

Taken of the little green beetle that visit me in my office during office hours

Caught in the grind of every day

The day drove by me

Without picking me up

As it raced along the bend

And left me stranded behind

As I struggled after

Another day raced by

And another and another and another…

The hours complained

“Why are you so slow

We cannot wait for you”

As the tick tock faded

Another hour asked

“Why are you still here?”

Then it too is gone

And I struggled along

On slippery slope

Down on all fours

Live Like Horses.

I've had just enough time to...   live like horses, sometime.

The first thing I saw outside my window one early morning in Anyang, China is this lovely bronze horse.

Outside my window

Night has taken over

It is time to leave.

The uncompleted words

Are piled in a heap

For another tomorrow.

I locked the door

To an empty office

The last to leave.

The street light

Threw my long shadow

To the car waiting for my exit.

I sigh and I wonder

When can I live like horses -
Free.

 _______

Someday we'll live like horses
Free rein from your old iron fences
There's more ways than one to regain your senses
Break out the stalls and we'll live like horses 

- Elton John & Luciano Pavarotti

The Rest (from Both Sides Now) – Part I

I've have had just enough time to...   see a body at rest and not wonder why.

Taken in one of the small street in Jakarta.

It has been a long day. Sixteen hours and my whole body is aching. I have not had a bath and have not seen my family but the extra money will come in handy. Boy will start his schooling soon. And Indah should see a doctor for her cough.

No point going home now. Will just rest here for while and start another shift. Just a short rest. Man, I am weary…

(Watch out for the conclusion Part II)