Going back in time to 2021, there was a period during Q3 when I was at a very low point, I wasn’t in a good shape, my mental health and well-being was probably at the bottom of that rabbit hole that I spiralled myself downwards into. 

The above photo was shot on 24th September 2021 by fellow photographer friend Ryan Cheng. A picture speaks a thousand words, on the state of my mental health and well-being during that period. My article on World Mental Health Day 2021 translates them into a pretty lengthy article if you like to know more.

A year has passed, my situation has definitely improved from that dark and down period in 2021, putting aside the normal routine high stress and pressure in running my own photography business in a swinging up and down economic cycle. I am not writing as much in this article (I try to not write as much), as compared to my 2021 article whereby my photography and visual story telling allowed me to unleash (rant) a lot of my thoughts, feelings and emotions at that point in time.

In a period of crisis, there are lessons to be learnt, for you to take note, be mindful and improve on. There is light at the end of the tunnel, there is a beautiful rainbow at the end of this storm. One of the bright sparks/rainbow omen that appear for me, is that my second photography zine (publishing soon) is based on my photography therapy journeys that I embarked during my route to recovery. 

Today on 10th October 2022, World Mental Health Day 2022, I am continuing to spread the message on taking care of your personal mental health and well-being. Please visit and check out this article my alma mater University of Queensland (UQ). “What the health: How do we maintain a healthy headspace”, published by UQ Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, is a good read.    

Be aware and mindful of your personal mental health and well-being. Take good care and be safe as we rebuild a new future of living and work in a post global pandemic world. 

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Just like this Rainbow illumiNation by Very Small Exhibition celebrating one year of Very Momentary Exhibition at Paya Lebar Quarter. Can you see the light at the end of the tunnel, the rainbow arch waiting for us as we move towards it?

It was comforting and encouraging, I reckon many of us shed tears of joy as we can start to embark on the next steps to further opening up Singapore. You can read on ChannelNewsAsia, in full: PM Lee’s address on Singapore’s new phase towards living with COVID-19. At an appropriate time, I might just reflect and recollect my personal, emotional, mental, struggles in both personal and business, and along with my visual story telling together in another article, over this past 2+ years of living, struggling, surviving, learning and growing from this global pandemic. 

We can finally start to see some light at the end of the tunnel, it’s a huge step even, we are not totally out of the woods yet. Many of us would be looking forward to travel out out of Singapore for a break in other countries, we have been cooped up too long on our small island country. 

I don’t wish to make any travel plans or commitments at this stage, I am coming up with some travel plans in mind, maybe a short trip (3D2N or 4D3N) in Q2 or Q3 2022, a long (1-2 weeks) trip during Q3 or Q4 2022.

Would I be able to get my travel photography and writing commissioned works? Or travel media trips? I am keeping my fingers crossed. 

I am just like this Grey Heron perched on the Old Jurong Railway Bridge, eagerly looking up and getting ready to fly away, traveling and exploring in other parts of the world again. 

* A TGH Photography x Canon EOS R3 Explorer Series Production *

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Well well, how did I started following and supporting Very Small Exhibition? My first encounter  with them was at Malay Heritage Centre in October 2021 – Malay Heritage Centre x Very Small Exhibition support World Mental Health Day, thereafter I began my adventure following and supporting Very Small Exhibition.

If you would like to know more about my journey with Very Small Exhibition, I wrote it down my story here on “How I Met/Follow/Support Very Small Exhibition & Bring LOVE Everywhere”. 

From 1st to 31st March 2022, come on down to Paya Lebar Quarter and check out Very Small Exhibition new exhibition and a 4m long wall collage of Instagram photos celebrating 1 year of Very Momentary Exhibition.

Paya Lebar Quarter x Very Small Exhibition 

Rainbow illumiNation – Celebrating 1 year of Very Momentary Exhibition 

Dates: 1st to 31st March 2022

Location: PLQ Parkside (new exhibition) and PLQ Mall Level 2 (4m long wall collage of Instagram photos)

With friends Belinda and CK, we went down on the exhibition’s opening day, continuing our support for artist Wei and Very Small Exhibition light art installations transformation of public spaces into rainbow spectrum, and finally taking a group photo with artist Wei! Thereafter, we explored the new exhibition at PLQ Parkside, doing light painting long exposure photography with the Very Momentary Exhibition rainbow illumination artworks, with me doing most of the light painting artworks action while Belinda and CK took photos on their cameras.   

Congratulations to artist Wei of Very Small Exhibition on this milestone, celebrating 1 year of Very Momentary Exhibition! Thank you for featuring some of my photos of Very Small Exhibition and Bring LOVE Everywhere on your 4m long wall photos collage! It’s been my honour, a pleasure, to see my photographs printed and be a part of this photo collage, a part of the 1st year of Very Momentary Exhibition.

May Very Small Exhibition continues to bring bright, colourful rainbow illumination, light art installations, spreading joy, love and a beacon of light for the whole world!

 *** A TGH Photography x Canon EOS R3 Explorer Series Production ***

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