Through My Cat Eyes

Often regarded as a highlight of a city or country, the airport has always been about futuristic designs and sophisticated engineering and management. Hundreds of millions are invested in international airports to ensure their expansions and maintenance in order to accommodate more travellers and businesses. Without a doubt, one can anticipate the conditions of a certain country or city just by landing in their airports.  Behind the tall walls of glass, skylights, shiny kiosks and counters, bright and colourful shops, and neverending ribbons of walkalators, there are more subtle and beautiful facades to an airport. That said, there are also darker parts of the airport that come alive at night, especially in the self-contained, segregated international terminals.  Waiting at the boarding gate or in the terminal itself is usually associated with excitement and joy for a vacation traveller, but it can also be associated with boredom and exhaustion for a seasoned ...

I love exploring abandoned buildings, especially old derelict houses.  Stepping into them is like walking through a time portal. The furniture, books and personal belongings that lie covered in dust, half eaten by insects, and strewn across the floor as if a tornado ripped through the house fuels the imagination of what it felt like living in that house during its most prosperous era.  Those very same items also left an unanswered question to explorers, and perhaps the same question asked by the house, towards its forgotten owners - why did they abandoned the place? Properties are always considered as investments and a property owner would not abandon such huge investments without making a profit out of it first. There a a many reasons why buildings are abandoned, but to make a relevant connection to the local environment, it could be narrowed down to a few reasons such as, eviction due to bankruptcy, death of the remaining occupant, and migration of the occupants t...

The Kenyalang Park mixed development is one of the oldest modern residential and commercial area in Kuching. The development consist of single storey and double storey low-cost houses with a centralized commercial hub, which comprise of shophouses, a market, a cinema/theatre and an office block. A new wet market was added to the area while a new block of shophouses was tucked in the back of the old shophouses.  The name Kenyalang is taken from the local name for the Hornbill bird, which is also the official bird of the state of Sarawak. Sarawak is also known as "Bumi Kenyalang" or "Land of the Hornbills". Just like the bird, which has deep roots in the local Dayak culture, this area has also a deep relationship with Kuchingites and the history of the city. This area is becoming a jewel to artists and photographers as this is the few places where traditional businesses still thrive. The juxtaposition of 60s modern architecture with a mix of traditional and...