from the john rylands university library urbis – national football museum chetham’s school of music the avenue in spinningfields green quarter, north of the city centre
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Manchester by night
“But night makes a fool of us in daylight” – Yes! by Coldplay The clocks have turned the days have darkened. The snow has fallen the lights have come on. The city by night A city of might. xq7 in salford quays second floor bar of harvey nics to the second floor bar nike storeContinue reading “Manchester by night”
Dear England
dear england, i too love your drizzly rain, not a full asian thunderstorm yet enough to stall society your country walks and vast plains the ones i’ve never got the right shoes for i love your train journeys and the soft hum of the engine soft conversations blocked out by earphones my own reflection inContinue reading “Dear England”
In the city
in the city there are gigs in the rain music films + books black umbrellas popping poking you in the face the filth + the rain the cold modern glass and warm ancient bricks both made of sand the old greying and stooping the young hot and loaded all made of dust fopp music storeContinue reading “In the city”
Manchester you are so quirky yet I love you more and more each day
around town with my phone. capturing my european dream living my european dream. this is manchester. off the beaten path. so quirky yet i love you more and more with each passing day students are coming run! an abandoned night club on harter st. i do not support quakers on mount st. emporio armani inContinue reading “Manchester you are so quirky yet I love you more and more each day”
Spot the difference
El Cheapo was recently at the Manchester Art Gallery looking for Dorothy Bohm’s exhibition. El Cheapo likes free things, and one of them is free entry to museums like the Manchester Art Gallery. Alas, she was a bit too late because the exhibition has ended. So El Cheapo went to the gallery shop to lookContinue reading “Spot the difference”
Vintage Mancunia
Analogue cameras are in fashion again! Well… not really. A neighbour gave me a film camera because she was clearing out her flat, so I inherited this Barclay’s free gift. With a roll of Kodak 24 already in place, I went out to photograph the places I walk by almost daily, and see if IContinue reading “Vintage Mancunia”
Postcards from Penang (5)
Besides the Temple of Fine Arts, we bring Sis’s coursemate from Melbourne, B, to these other tourist destinations in Penang. Wooden houses on stilts along Chew Jetty At the shore off Queensbay A traditional rickshaw at Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion Coloured planks along Chew Jetty
Wan Phing Lim 