Vending Machine is so Convenient

In Singapore, many things are available for convenience. Of course the transportation is the most convenient and efficient as well. You can find malls in every estate you live and shops are usually not very far away. How about food? Food can be found in many towns, in the forms of hawker centres, food shops, restaurants and fast food outlets too.

Here is what the food centre looks like in Singapore. There is no short of food shops of course.

Besides the convenience of food, I found this cute little vending machine in a mall. There are vending machines that sell snacks, drinks, or even popcorn and ice cream. But this one is different. It sells umbrella.


So no worries if you didn't bring an umbrella and the weather isn't looking too good, grab one from the vending machine!

Exterior Lighting

Lightings in Singapore are very common in malls, festive occasions and celebrations. I was driving to a large mall in the west for some evening shopping when I saw how beautiful the building looked with the lighting on the walls. This one is in Singapore's IMM and it had been revamped in the past years to make the place more attractive to shoppers after a flop in business in the 90s. It used to be a place to shop for furniture, wedding photo studios and accessories and at the ground level there was the IMM supermarket for traders and members. In the mid 90s, the place was like a ghost town because most Singaporean did not fancy the idea of having to own an IMM member card before patronizing it's stores.

In late 90s and early 2000, Giant was among the main tenant and this hypermart was able to pull crowds in for it's cheaper products compared with other supermarkets. Then in 2000, Capital Land revamped it by adding more outlets, stores and made it so successful that on any weekend now, you have to drive around just to look for parking space. Parking here is among the cheapest in Singapore, with the first 3 hours FREE.

Look at this beautiful exterior lighting that is occupied by Esprit Singapore.

Long time ago, handphones were only used by only the filthy rich. Those handphones are bulky, weighed a ton! It's also like a squarish little box about the same thickness of your regular Yellow Pages. Some of those who uses the handphone included those who works in the secret underworld or what the local Singaporeans will call them Loan sharks or the Master mind of Triad gangs. People used to joke about it because these people owned the old fashion handphones basically for two reasons - to make contact with their secret member and to use it as a protection or fighting tool. Well.. how much truth, only those who were involved will probably know.. lol

Now, owning a handphone (some call it mobile, some call it cellphone) is like a fashion accessory. Like watches, one may have one, two or even collections of handphones! And some will buy them each time a new model is released... they even give it more character by dressing them in crystals, hooks on cute bears, figurines, clothe them in leather bags, cute pouches or even 'skin' them in patterns. There is no end to this fad and handphone owners are getting younger and younger. I've seen as young as kindy child having his or her own handphone.. geez!

Because of this booming fad, old telephones around public area are almost non existence. The new ones are the card public phones and some coin ones, but there aren't many. Check out a picture of this old phone that I found in a market somewhere in Singapore. This was what I meant.. the orange coloured telephone that I used to call ever so often.. I really miss it a lot!

Top Digital Cameras in the Market

In recent years, digital cameras are no more luxury items as before. It has become an essential which is affordable to most people. The prices for digital cameras gets cheaper each year as new models are released, with new features, higher megapixels and ease of handling. What do you think are among the top digital cameras that are popular with consumers?

If you are a photographer, chances are one of your camera might turn out to be a Canon Digital camera. Canon had always been popular among photographers and designers. They like the flexible ability of being able to switch from a manual mode for more control of certain exposure since they have equipments to complements with play of lightings. Priced a little higher than most of the other brands but their quality and colour is undoubtedly the best in the market. Video quality is high and impressive. Read about Canon reviews and ratings.

Nikon Digital Cameras are no exception to photographers. Nikon was (and still is) among a popular choice with photographers in the past expecially when one starts learning to handle black and white shots. I used to own a Nikon FM2 myself for black and white shots. In digital cameras nowadays, you don't have to worry about getting a polaroid just to see an interim shot. Also you can control your apertures and speed without taking excess shots in case your prints comes out under or over exposed. Nikon comes very close to the Canon in terms of quality so it could be an individual preferance or a brand loyalty fan.

Coming in a third close in the market are the Sony Digital Cameras which is very popular for it's funky design, its quality lens and the lure of youth as a fun camera. It is also popular with those who have no prior experience to digital cameras as it is very user friendly and has many range of price from the budget conscious to the expensive range.

As most camera brands enter the foray of digital world, Olympus digital camera and Pansonic digital camera also became a star in their own right. They are popular because of their reasonably priced package and overall ease of use.

Expotv has many other reviews about digital cameras, MP3 Players, Home Audio and more. It is a good site for you to read up on the products and reviews by consumers before you take that decision to purchase any electronic item.


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