thoughts escaping my mind
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”
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”
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”
So I got a chance to speak to Jason Chan, (whom I’ve just discovered is a Malaysian – thanks to Wikipedia, where I also discovered that Jason Chan has a fan site! Wahhh!) about film / tv sets.
It all started when I told him how much I enjoyed watching his performance in a particular scene (one tiny little scene that would seem insignificant in light of all the others that he did) on Parental Guidance (PG). Jason Chan plays Terenece the ex-fiance of Ling (Jessica Hester Hsuan) in this show that also stars Adrian Pang. Continue reading “Calling “Action” : The drama and comedy”
So the bus fares have been up since October this year. And now, over a month later, ther Public Transport Council (PTC) has revealed its’ findings for this year.
Public transport use is down and I believe there are two solutions to this: Schedules and decreased waiting times.
Second last day of shoot with Joan Chen. It was 5th November 2006, a Sunday. It was in Ward 8 of Alexandra Hospital.
We were running a few hours late by this time. Continue reading “A whispering “Action””
I’m currently “set photographer” on a Raintree Pictures film that stars Joan Chen.
The set photographer is like a speed bump on a highway. An inconvenient not-too-necessary evil. Continue reading “Acting on Action”
I was mousing around Rob Galbraith’s site when I saw his link to MediaStorm.
It’s a website with essays and commentaries on the world today, using multimedia. ie you need Flash installed.
I particularly like Chernobyl Legacy by Paul Fusco. It reminded me of why I should be very afraid when countries start talking about nuclear testing.
Everyone says it will never happen. Well yeah, we always say that, it will never happen, but everything we make as human beings breaks.
Everything breaks. Everything wears out.
Okay, the title is right out from the Straits Times dated 13th October 2006. It’s an article by some guy named T. Rajan.
(Yes, it’s been a while since I updated this blog.)
Anyway, there’s going to be a trial for lengthening the blinking green man signal by five seconds when eldery pedestrians with a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag approach a traffic light that has been installed with special electronic card readers. Continue reading “‘Green man’ trial: More time for elderly pedestrians”
As you can see from On the Bus and Signs, I’ve been doing some spring cleaning of images taken with my mobile phone.
The quality of the pictures aren’t great. I’ve also had to do colour correction and sharpening, removal of noise and so on.
Most of my life, I pretty much go on my own way. But in these brief moments, something struck me about the day, or the light that I made the effort to whip our my mobile phone.
So I think they’re worth something.
Here are some random images I hope you enjoy. Continue reading “Random sights”