*jun on the landscape - 新加坡

Been told that this title sounds nothing like me. Perhaps.

Ripped it off a very hilarious novel (it says so on the cover) - Blott On The Landscape - by Tom Sharpe.

Assuming I know you, feel free to rant, whisper sweet nothings or just say hi.
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  1. Headed over to the Drum Tower in hopes of a romantic bird’s eye view of an older area of the city. With my newly developed sense of direction and handy Frommer’s guidebook I managed to get there without getting lost. Alas, after risking life and limb scaling the deadly steps of the tower (they are angled downwards, sigh), I was greeted by disappointing scenery. I think the tower is too short:P, the view was pretty boring. It can’t be me. I get excited and moved by the smallest silliest thing. I was so prepared to emote. There I was with a well of emotional raw materials and no beauty to toss it at. So awkward. Okay, there was one pretty thing. Bell Tower, about 500 metres from Drum Tower, was rather nice to look at. But Bell Tower looks good from the ground too so… Following my Drum Tower non-adventure, I went to chill at the Frommer’s and Lonely Planet recommended Drum and Bell café/bar. Don’t really like to eat, but love places that serve food. Relish studying their décor, menu, view and clientele. Indeed, I devote more time googling and reading up on eclectic restaurants, cafes and bars in Beijing than anything else :P Then, having spent the better part of the afternoon at Drum and Bell reading, people watching and eavesdropping (although, is it still eavesdropping when the conversations are really loud?), I made my way to a stretch of hutongs*. I might have been trespassing, I’m not sure. Are the alleys public property? Regardless, was too curious to resist looking around. The picture above is of a residential structure in a hutong. *according to wikipedia, hutongs = 1) narrow alleys formed by old courtyard residences; and 2) neighbourhoods of such residential structures

    Headed over to the Drum Tower in hopes of a romantic bird’s eye view of an older area of the city. With my newly developed sense of direction and handy Frommer’s guidebook I managed to get there without getting lost. Alas, after risking life and limb scaling the deadly steps of the tower (they are angled downwards, sigh), I was greeted by disappointing scenery. I think the tower is too short:P, the view was pretty boring. It can’t be me. I get excited and moved by the smallest silliest thing. I was so prepared to emote. There I was with a well of emotional raw materials and no beauty to toss it at. So awkward.

    Okay, there was one pretty thing. Bell Tower, about 500 metres from Drum Tower, was rather nice to look at. But Bell Tower looks good from the ground too so…

    Following my Drum Tower non-adventure, I went to chill at the Frommer’s and Lonely Planet recommended Drum and Bell café/bar. Don’t really like to eat, but love places that serve food. Relish studying their décor, menu, view and clientele. Indeed, I devote more time googling and reading up on eclectic restaurants, cafes and bars in Beijing than anything else :P Then, having spent the better part of the afternoon at Drum and Bell reading, people watching and eavesdropping (although, is it still eavesdropping when the conversations are really loud?), I made my way to a stretch of hutongs*. I might have been trespassing, I’m not sure. Are the alleys public property? Regardless, was too curious to resist looking around.

    The picture above is of a residential structure in a hutong.

    *according to wikipedia, hutongs = 1) narrow alleys formed by old courtyard residences; and 2) neighbourhoods of such residential structures

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