The Modern NomadsThe Modern Nomads is a personal documentary project of my relatives in Beijing as they take on the Chinese dream. |
64 for SuuI was invited by my Burmese friends to join in the celebration and prayer session at the Singapore Burmese Buddhist Temple for Aung San Suu Kyi’s 64th birthday. This is an excerpt of an article I wrote after I was inspired by the 64 for Suu campaign. |
Noah’s ArkSet in 10 acres of lush terrain in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, the Noah’s Ark Natural Animal Sanctuary (NANAS) is home to a mix of abandoned and stray dogs, cats, horses, rabbits and the random monkey. |
Sulamuni’s SevenNestled in a quiet residential area in Mandalay, the Sulamuni Brick Monastery is home to seven young novice monks from the Palaung hill tribe, one of Myanmar’s 135 ethnic minority groups. |
Saved by BuddhaDating back to the 11th century, the Buddhist monastic school system in Myanmar was a binding social tool that provided education for children from all walks of Burmese society. It also helped the country achieve a literacy rate that surpassed other Far Eastern countries in the early 1900s. Even the Father of Burmese Independence, General Aung San, received his primary education at a monastic school in Natmuak, Yangon. |
Kila Goenpang NunneryLocated on a cliff some 3,500 metres above sea level outside Paro town, the Kila Goenpa Nunnery is home to 35 nuns who live in self-imposed isolation. Life in the nunnery focuses on the study of Buddha Dharma where nuns spend their day alternating between prayer, self-study and meditation. |
The Daily 1,100Singapore’s only abattoir on Buroh Lane produces a fifth of the country’s pork supply. Rain or shine, 1,100 pigs from a nearby Indonesian island arrive at the slaughterhouse six days a week where they undergo a four-day process from pig to pork. |
The Rice ProjectAlthough the Asian Tsunami happened four years ago, its effects are still very much alive today. The Rice Project turns the spotlight back on a group of survivors in Sri Lanka who are still waiting for new homes. |
BedsAs the government finds a way to lighten its demographic greys, more elderly Singaporeans are filling up nursing homes where they are provided a space to live in. This documentary photography project was shot during the Shooting Home workshop. |
A Knotty EducationAt the Beijing International Art School, good grades come in the form of neat splits and perfect contortions. For the foreign students from Russia and Myanmar, the pressure is on them to master acrobatics, martial arts and dance routines in an accelerated training programme before they return home. |
Children of the StarsEvery four months, a new group of autistic children and their parents will gather from all over China in a small village on the outskirts of Beijing for the next 11 weeks to take lessons at the Stars and Rain Education Institute for Autism. The school is China’s first non-governmental organization focussed on teaching autistic children and their families how to live with their condition. |
Life on TracksIntensified by rapid urbanization, Jakarta’s housing woes plague the city with the proliferation of slum settlements along railways and rivers. Although it is getting tougher to eke out a living, the city still draws rural villagers in search for a better life. |
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