The Accidental Tourist

I never thought I will see the day i blog about this but I got kinky friend with fetish. To be exact, fetish with Ispahan. In case, you’re wondering what is Ispahan, it’s rose, lychee and raspberry. 

For the past hour, Miss FO has been trying to convince me that once i get to Tokyo, I must march myself to a PH outlet and at least, get a bite of the famous Ispahan macaroons. To quote her “ so i’m telling u to spend ur hard earned $$ to taste these yummies”.  I secretly suspect she’s feeling a bit unbalanced since she had to share her PH sweets with her BF in Paris. 

I’m more amused by her reaction than the macaroons. Yes, I will try to get a bite of the macaroons and try to achieve nirvana with it……and yes, I’m heading Japan! Woohoo!! Time to put my half past six Japanese to use! 

When i saw the papers this morning, I was thinking to myself “Finally!”. After days of reportage on TV and papers about the shortage of rice (which resulted in mass hysteria among the market aunties), our national propaganda machine paper, ST has finally done the right thing by showing a picture of a plentiful supply of rice. The photo in the paper was shot by Terence Tan. 

Interestingly, another friend was also documenting this mass hysteria by shooting the empty shelves in the supermarket. I was wondering, just wondering, if he had published that picture with empty shelves, it would have probably caused greater panic to everyone. But this is the truth, the markets are empty ‘coz of mass hysteria. As photographers, we are simply documenting the facts. Photographers are documentarists. Visually, we saw the people in the supper market holding on to the packs of rice for their dear life, empty shelves, stacks of rice in the trolleys, etc. 

I guess this is one example about how a photo can make a difference. Maybe it was the photo editor’s choice of picture. Maybe it was responsible photojournalism. Or just a brief from the big brothers up there. At the end of the day, the picture was made for a purpose and hopefully, it has served its purpose. Stop buying rice lah!