Weather-beaten lamp post at Gurney Drive.

This is one of the few remaining concrete lamp posts at Gurney Drive. It certainly has seen better days. Years of neglect and exposure to the harsh elements have peeled away the surface and exposed the reinforcement bars. I still remember how they lit up the promenade in the evenings. Sadly, unchecked erosion of the beach had toppled the others a long time ago. It is a matter of time before the sea claims this and the rest of the surviving ones as well.

Man standing at end of drain at Gurney Drive.

Of all the photographs that I have taken, I like this best. The man was standing on the edge of a large concrete drain that rudely jutted out into the sea. He was fishing and had just called it a day. I wondered what he was thinking as he stood there looking out into the sea. The white bucket held his catch for the day as well as his fishing net. This was taken at Gurney Drive, a very popular seafront promenade in Penang that my parents used to take me to when I was just a little boy.