When you have to take people around – people that you would not normally mix with in your social or professional life – there are many interesting things that you learn in conversation.
Cooking with spices
Yesterday, I had the opportunity of attending a Spice Garden Walk (Level 1) and Spice Paste Demonstration (Level 2) at at-sunrice.
GPS cable for Garmin Foretrex 101
Weekend at a kelong
Spent the weekend at a kelong run by three Singaporeans. The website address is kelongfishing.com but when I checked out the website, I found it was called Hot Boys fishing.
Well, it was hot. But I don’t know who the boys are. Unless you were talking about the old uncles fishing off the kelong.
The kelong is just off Pulau Sibu which is accessed via Tanjung Leman jetty.
It’s not a real kelong and it’s run only for tourists.
In the end, it is the end
So the Angsana Tree at Braddell Road was hacked down on Sunday.
I was away over the weekend and on Monday, I had to go to Toa Payoh and took this picture:
*note the brakes engaged in the car ahead.
What took 80 years to grow, was felled down in one day.
The Angsana Tree
Just a few months back, I drove up Braddell Road.
I’d not driven up this road in ages, and realised that there was a tree right in the middle of the road.
It was great. I was surprised, a little taken aback and wondering if I’d taken the right split in the road.
But it was the same road. It was just a tree in the way. And I thought to myself. Wow! The government actually left this tree there. It was really cool.
And then today, I see this article in The Straits Times – U-turn: End of the road for 80-year-old tree in Braddell by T. Rajan. Continue reading “The Angsana Tree”
A DIY tilt shift lens
For the benefit of my curious friend – maybe even friends – I shall describe the steps used to make my tilt shift lens ver 2.
Miserable Sumo
No, it’s not the latest satellite dish with live feed. It’s Sumo, just back from being castrated. And boy did he look miserable.
First Live Recording
Last night, I was obliged to attend Rhythm of Life, a charity concert in support of the Adventist Home for the Elders, Adventist Nursing and Rehabilitation Centre and Adventist Community Services.
The concert featured Filipino Sal Malaki of the LA Opera and The Golden Angels from Korea.
I took the opportunity to test out the in-ear binaurals I got from The Sound Professionals and borrowed an old MiniDisc player. (Until the Samson Zoom H2 Handy Recorder is released, I’m sticking with this old mini-disc.)
It being the first time I’ve recorded a live show, I missed out the beginning of the first song. Which was fine anyway, because the levels were too high and the sound got distorted. Then I might have gotten too conservative and made the levels too low. Finally, I ran out of tape and missed out the last two songs.
These songs are best heard on headphones to hear the direction of chatter, laughter and so on. You can even pick me up sniffing.
This is Sal Malaki with God and God Alone. There’s some distortion at the loud parts. Still, I enjoyed it.
Diamonds are forever…
… hard to photograph.