Around Singapore

This past few days I have been busy shooting for Singtel directories. I took the project as a sub-sub photographer. Things are not going that well as I have to travel almost the whole Singapore snapping photos of stalls in hawker centers. Whats worst is that, when I arrive at the place, stalls are always close. When I arrive early, some stalls open late (night hawker). When im there in the evening, they are close for the day. Sadly, of all 14 hawkers I have manage to clock, only 6 are considered complete and the rest, I have to revisit. My body is starting to ache like a 60 year old man, not that I know how 60 year old man feel but its bad enough. I walked so much in a day that if calculated together, I could have walked the same total distance from Tuas to Changi. Why cant the company be more organized? get 4 photogrpahers, covering 4 different areas, North, South, East & West so that it can be done quickly. I mean, he is paying me as per Hawker not per day or whatever. If its not for the desperation of cash, I really would have given up and throw this project @ his face.

I was from Clementi to Dover to Ghim Moh to Commonwealth. And my last destination was suppose to be Havelock road. From Commonwealth I took a bus and dropped @ Central mall thinking that it would be around that area. But NO!! I was lost. I found out from Yunos that Havelock Rd is freaking long. He asked me to walk to ... Gangrene Rd??? Ouh no.... Ganges Rd.. I know I passed by that place, but I had no idea where that was.. so I ended up walking to chinatown, hong lim park. Over there, the shop tenants are really unfriendly people. I said I was rom singtel and they said that they didnt want to get involved with the goverment. WTF??!! but in the end, after going to Maxwell and Chinatown Food Centre, I found out that the main photographer has took photos of all the hawkers in that area... what a waste of time

I started the day at 12pm and ended the day at 7. I have not been fasting this past few days due to this stupid project. Im not all for the food, I just needed to drink and smoke. Forgive me Allah. Make me a stronger man.