Chinatown in Mono
January 16, 2009
It’s been a while since I had that much fun shooting. Made my way down to Chinatown with Chloe, and we went to a block just opposite the temple that houses Buddha’s Tooth Relic.
Block 5 it was.
The block was undergoing renovations. New lift-landings were being carved out, but its residents seemed almost unaware of all the movement around them.
The sight of children playing and television sets blaring out advertisements and TV serials was replaced with a slow, grinding silence. Every once in a while I would see the shadow of a resident of Block 5 crawl along the walls. Sometimes it paused, pondered, but eventually continued on its way.
Block 5 existed in the present, but lived without time.
It’s somewhere I would visit again. Everything in moderation.
January 19, 2009 at 10:53 am
Love the way you write! Always have, always will! Jiayou!
