025_1/2 automatic

These two escalators are found in a shopping mall. For some strange reasons, in order to get up to or down from the escalators, you need to climb the staircases. I’ve discussed this with my friends and we came up with the following.
1. There is something from the lower floor at that particular location that requires high headroom.
2. The floor-to-floor height is higher than standard minimum length of the cheapest escalator available.
3. Since this is a renovation work, probably they couldn’t hack the existing floor because of some structural reason so there was no room to put the escalator’s motor.
4. The architect thought it’s cool and had never been done before.
5. Wrong purchase of escalator.
Until today we still don’t know the reason behind this.

024_happy meal

This is a good example for an influence of globalisation on local-scale economy. A Nasi Lemak stall in a hawker centre adopts the same sale technique as branded fast food chains. It is very good for foreigners who have no idea on what the heck to order. Just look at the pictures and say the number. Nasi Lemak is coconut rice having together with a few dishes, which normally are fried chicken, sunny side up, dried small fish, sausage, otak (some sort of fish cake originally from Malaysia) and more.

023_NEWater

Singapore buys water from Malaysia. To go more sustainable and more independent in the future, they need to have their own water supply. Recycling is an alternative. In 1998, Singapore has set up a study on possibility of using NEWater as a source of raw water for the whole country. NEWater is used water undergone purification process until it becomes usable or even potable again. Read more about NEWater at http://www.pub.gov.sg/NEWater_files/overview/index.html