i followed Ewan's class to Little India today of course not to kaypoh but to help in crowd control, lol. This is part of post-exams activities for the kids. Last year, i followed them to Chinatown remember? The above pic shows our first stop - learning how to wear a sari :) The sari boy is between 2 coconut trees, dancing, what else, LOL.
Ewan getting a henna tattoo. 50 cents. Lasts for 1 week wor.
Not sure which part of this yet-to-be-dried tattoo resembles a dragon.
This is at the first floor of an office. The tour guide points to the pictures showing traditional occupations like money-lender, milk seller, fortune teller, goldsmith, etc. Now still got people working as those what, what traditional??
This is the Masjid Abdul Gafoor (Mosque) at Dunlop Street.
The one and only sundial in the world with 25 rays of the sun.
The kids with their form teacher.
Inside the mosque.
This is a fortune teller. Sorry too crowded, cannot get a pic of his parakeet. Never mind lah, at least he is smiling into the camera, lol.
Sorry can't read Tamil, don't know what is the name of this well-known goldsmith shop.
i'm sure they are quite relieved when the-obviously-cannot-afford-to-buy-gold-boys left, lol
More walking.
This is the Sri Veeramakaliaman Temple at Serangoon Road.
Devotees in action.
Devotees ring the bell when entering and leaving, in hope of answered prayers.
A very tired Ewan at the end of the learning journey.i'm very tired too (so its NOT age, lol). But it has been a great day learning about Little India and chatting with the tour guide, the facilitator (an undergrad on hols) and the form teacher. Sidetrack a bit - the tour guide is a freelancer who leads an amazingly interesting life: she teaches ukelele to the elderly, acts in theatre, is an animal lover and advocate, etc. She says "you only walk this path of life once, make it count" (or something like that).
:)
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