This is Nathan Road aglow with neon lights at night. It is the ever bustling thoroughfare on Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. The only time that I have known in my life when Nathan Road is uneasily silent was during the outbreak of SARS, the epidemic desease that took over three hundred lives here, in 2003. Now Nathan Road has retained its lustre and literally shone all night long. But then shining around the clock is also known as, unflatteringly, light pollution. This could probably be an issue in most cosmospolitans. When the Lord created the world, He said, "Let there be light." Well, should we say, let there be no light at night.
(Grip On Reality: This photo was taken on my way to work. I was walking past trucks parking on a cul-de-sac when the ropes caught my attention. The light was right, the colour was right and the criss-crossing pattern was perfect and I held up my GX200. People passing by checked me out and wondered what could be made out of such a boring scene. To me, the fun in photography is that the photographer makes something interesting out of what is not obvious to most at the scene. The ropes tied in knots somehow reminded people I know who are in the grip of the recession) You must have also known a friend or two, or even yourself, being baffled by the spiral downturn of the economy. Bank went bankrupt and the rich was faced with a shrinking wealth. A friend of mine has just had his salary cut by over 10% and some of his colleagues started to be shed. But, wait. Was this done really for the sake of continuing the business? Or is there a factor or greed in it? I wonder whether the
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