一葉片舟 Life on a Tiny Boat, Harbor of Mumbai India Jun 2006

In the harbor of Mumbai as one of the busiest port in the world with enormous flux of goods for import and export, I saw all the gigantic modern ships of LPG tankers, super big container ships, brand new air craft carrier with state-of-the-art war ships and luxury cruise ship even.

On top of those dynamic movement for today, there were still couple of very traditional fisherman's sailing boats and some were even without any sail. Though the contrast was really high with the all the big ships in the background, the small boats under the morning glory in Arabian sea was so friendly and heart-warming to see. Hopefully it's a good coexistence of way of living..

City of Rich Context, City of Bombay India Jun 2006

From the original photo of last one, I just cropped it into four different partly scenes with different context.

Over the single shot of photo, we can talk, imagine or make a story for many things... :)

迫進的多量性 Full Variety of Oceanic Transportation, Jun 2006

Such a short span of time when I got back from Rock Temple in Elephanta Island, I got to see almost all kind of different type of ships in the harbor in Mumbai from wind-sailing traditional fisherman's boat to state-of-the art aircraft carrier.. Varieties and dynamics, whatever they are, give me energy or at least a room for thought for moving forward..

Watching ships is as romantic as for trains for me. Floating over the blue ocean, navigating from here to there on a reasonable speed, not like 2.5 super sonic, our ships still live along with mechanical era far detached from jet-lagging world of digital box of Pandora though they've been also challenged by the super-powered nuclear ships or ultra-speedy racing boats.. and also much threatened by the evilly pirates.

Goldberg Variations No.1 J.S.Bach



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映畵 Slumdog Millionaire, Mumbai & Chennai India Jun 2006

Oscar winning Danny Boyle took a shot the movie in Mumbai in 2006 and I was travelling in Mumbai at the same year. And the fact made me more concentrated on each frame of the movie. I felt like I feel and smell again the gigantic city having full gamut of every possible life style.. I think the smart director well depicted the situation India is facing now. Hopefully it is a growth pain for the country..

One thing I don't like for the movie is that the director didn't take the evil crimes as serious as in reality, e.g., child slavery, kidnapping, torture, etc..
Mumbai station for commuter trains in the morning.. I was shocked by the massive number of people using the trains everyday for work and also suprised by the fact that the whole track system built in colonial period still works well manually though I read article on some tragic train accident in India on the newspaper from time to time.
Chennai Fort area. We see all kind of means of transportation such as train, bus, taxi, autobike, bike and human legs..

城 Floating Fortress, Bengal Bay Mumbai India Jun 2006

對 Coexistence : Chpper and the Shacks, Near Gate of India Mumbai India 2006

Symbol of the Oceanic Power, Naval Base Mumbai India 2006

赤 Tug Boat to Fetch the Giants, Indian Ocean Mumbai India 2006