Two big things have happened in year 2006 for the humble rather sleepy hollow of Ang Mo Kio – the 24 hour drive-in McDonald’s with free parking, should you choose to dine-in and the move of NTUC Fairprice into the new but ugly Ang Mo Kio Hub (AMK Hub) and its transformation from Plain Jane supermarket to hypermart. Continue reading “NTUC Xtra, 24 hour drive-thru McDonald’s, Ang Mo Kio Hub”
Down with pop-ups
It’s nice that the Singapore Government wants to make most of its services available online.
You can pay for fines and licenses online.
You can search for rules and policies on flat-buying online.
You can book your solemnization slot at the Registry of Marriages online.
It’s nice. It’s convenient.
But… yes there is always, unfortunately, a but… why can’t they do it right? Continue reading “Down with pop-ups”
Green Neon Shrimp
It’s about time I took photos of these guys in my tank. It’s easy to always find the Crystal Red Shrimps (CRS) and Red Cherry Shrimps (RCS) and in your excitement forget these chaps – the Green Neon Shrimp I mentioned in my previous post.
Be warned. The rest of the post is image intensive. Continue reading “Green Neon Shrimp”
Baby Cherries
I was delighted to see that some of the red cherry shrimp (Neocaridina denticulata sinensis) or RCS, I’d gotten had mated and were with eggs.
But when I saw some of the rasboras I had hovering near potential hiding places for the babies, I knew they were seeing something juicy and I had to fish them out. Continue reading “Baby Cherries”