Wednesday, May 30, 2007

 

Pictures of Singapore Botanical Gardens - Part 3

Decided to continue with the SBG pics first before I post the Aquarama ones... :p
So, to continue from here... As we walked on, we eventually reached the Visitors’ Center… I tell you, I had NEVER been to this part of SBG before… :p So, imagine my delight to find orchids on display and for sale…
I was wondering if ther are judging the plants for a competition or bidding for the plants... :p

This is beautiful…


But this is the most beautiful orchid I had ever seen!...


I wanted to buy it, it is love at first sight! Haha… LOL! But the price scared me away… Hee… :p Then my mum says that if I am unable to get it to flower again once the present flowers died away, I should not bother to get new orchids… Let alone such an expensive one… Kekeke... Bless my mum for her foresight on my capability! LOL!

Anyway, there were also lots of jewel orchids on sale too… Another attempt to buy… But I decided to give them a miss… :p


Until my work schedule allows me to spend time on my plants, that is! Hee…
To be continued in a final installment... :) Thanks for reading!

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

 

Pictures of Singapore Botanical Gardens - Part 2

Dilemma... Aquarama pics or SBG pics... :p

Since I started the SBG pics, I might as well post the SBG ones first...

And so, continuing from here, we walked on… till we reached the famous S$5 dollar tree…

In case you really don't know, no, not that it costs S$5 lah… Check the back of the S$5 note if you still don’t know… :p
And so walk on, we did… to see beautiful flowers along the way… such as this...

And Vanda ‘Miss Joaquim’, our National Flower. :)


Some ginger flowers

The beautiful yellow orchids, the ‘Dancing flowers’These seem easy to grow… :p Hmm… Perhaps I should try them at home…

We were also at the Cacti Gardens (or whatever the name… Cannot recall now :p)...

Nice aloe vera looking plant…
The quest for knowledge…

There are parts 3 and 4... Then it will be Aquarama pics... Or maybe I can alternate between the 2... :p


Friday, May 25, 2007

 

Updates...

1) Aquarama is ok... Not as good as the previous years... But still ok... It was fun seeing the moderators again... And I still need to process the pictures! :p

2) I need a longer break!

3) The Town Council people and the contractor still had not send me the apology letters... Think they need another call...

4) I need a longer break!

5) I need more readership! And comments!

6) I need a longer break!

Anyway, check this out... http://pleaseparkproperly.blogspot.com/2007/05/sgg6472l.html

Seriously... I wonder how it can happen... *roll eyes*

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

 

Pictures of Singapore Botanical Gardens - Part 1

Oops... Almost forgotten about this... :p

Aquarama is coming again... The once-in-2-years event is one of the, if not the, biggest fish show in the Asia Pacific region... And AQ will be documenting it on its first day, which is a trade day... Cos we have trade passes... Hee... :p And I can finally take a day's leave without feeling guilty of having important work not done... :p

So, before I get caught up with Aquarama pics, let me post up the almost forgotten photos I took when I was at the Singapore Botanica Gardens (SBG) as reported here... :p

Here goes...

To re-cap... Well, on the request of my mum, I brought her and my dad to the SBG. The weather was good and I need a break too and so off we went… We only managed to spend 2 hours there... But we had not walked together like that for a long time. My parents had not been there for like 20 years and the 2hr walk in SBG brought back memories for them…
But they did comment that the park looked different and was sad that some familiar features like the black swans (actually, was told they had been relocated to teh Bt Timah side, which was too far for us to walkto just to see them) and the plant clock were gone… I tell you, the weather is nice, not much sun, but it is DAMN humid… Haha… LOL! Man, this kind of walk is not for me… :p

We started our walk from the Visitors’ Carpark at the Taman Serasi Foodcourt. Where we saw tissue culture at work… :)

Kind of fun to see the bottles being swirled non-stop…

Outside the center, we saw lots of large pieces of driftwood there… And beautifully hand crafted…

Wish I have a tank big enough for them… Haha…

Next, we reach the first pond… Where the terrapins were happily swimming around…

A lonely fellow following us… :p
A trio fighting… :p

No real swans for me to take pictures of… The 2 white ones we saw at the other end of the pond mysteriously disappeared when we reached there… So, here are some substitutes… Heh… :p

Geese? Swans?

Found this at the pond edge.. the flowers look nice…

Ok... That's all for now... Adding photos in Blogspot is quite troublesome... So, add others later... MAYBE after the Aquarama pics... Hee...
Thanks for reading...

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

 

Aquatic wild life in Singapore

How many of us keep thinking that there are NO wild life in Singapore?

Apparently, most of us are either taking things for granted or did not open up our eyes to see them or just believe what most people say...

As we prepare to 'welcome' the integrated resort (IR) cum casino on Sentosa, we see a group of volunteers frantically trying to record and save as much of the aquatic wild life as possible along the coast of Sentosa where the IR will be built.

Please refer to the following websites for more information:

http://wildfilms.blogspot.com/

http://budak.blogs.com/the_annotated_budak/

http://www.wildsingapore.com.sg/wildfilms/blog/

The following Youtube video shows the local aquatic wildlife we don't normally see... And which will very likely be gone with the wind...


Sunday, May 20, 2007

 

1 girl = 14 super stars... :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIiF8omi0B0

If you can see the video, here it is...


Damn funny... But she is nto so good with Jacky Cheung... :p The second last one is a China star... Guess we will not be familiar... Hee...

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

 

Town Council and Contractor replies...

Regarding the paint over my plant complains, the Town Council replied... the officer apologised and is willing to issue an official apology via the mail... I am looking forward to it...

She mentioned, she will also get the contractor to do so...

The contractor, however, called me early in the morning to discuss about this matter... Apparently, the person on the phone, who seems to be the boss or a manager there, was very pissed of with the painter and was apologizing profusely over the phone and even telling me that he want the painter to actually replace all my plants so that he can understand his mistake and go through the pain to find replacements! I told him it is not a feasible solution as some plants are hard to find and some are gifts and some have sentimental values as we grow them from seeds or from small cuttings etc... And I definitely do NOT have the space to double my plant colelction overnight! And I also certainly do not want to make the painter pissed off such that he may come my place to seek 'revenge'!...

Well, after some time over the phone (my poor handphone bill... :p), he agreed on the formal apology via mail but he insisted he will try to get the guy to do some form of compensation...

Oh well... I just hope all will turn well...

And I certainly look forward to some time off work to do a MAJOR clean up! My poor plants... *Sigh*... :/

Monday, May 14, 2007

 

Paint my plants... NOT!

The Town Council people FINALLY got the contractors to paint the charred walls and ceilings... BUT they left out the portion that was directly outside my flat that was also affected by the smoke created by the fire... So, my mum called and asked them to re-paint our corridor as well... And the Town Council people says ok... They will get the contractors to do it...

And they did NOT tell us WHEN they will be there... So, imagine, my shock and anger when I returned home late one evening and found the ceiling and walls of my corridor re-painted a fresh coat of paint AND specks of paint ALL OVER my shoes, shoe rack, plant leaves etc!!! They stupid painters painted OVER my chilli plant, snapped a LOGN branch off, splashed paint ALL OVER my beautiful pandan plant and my orchids, mint etc etc!...

And they trampled on my Wandering Jew too!... I was angry and VERY upset!!

I called the Town Council the next day and the officer said she NEEDS to take a look at the place the next day before answering my complaint. And despite telling her no one will be at home, she went with the contractor to my place... She then gave me a call, apologised and said that they can use tinner to remove the paint from the plants but the plants will die... *duh!*... And asked me what do I want from them!!!...

Arrgh!!... I was too busy on Friday, the day she called me to reply her and over the weekend I gave it a thought... Should I ask for an official apology AND compensation??

All these could be avoided IF they had given us at least a day's notice BEFORE they come, paint and all... Now all my precious plants are destroyed... :(

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