The moment I began the tour this morning, I knew that I was under-performing. It was one of my worst sessions in all these years. The hoo-ahness wasn’t there, and it never came. I didn’t even bother trying hard. It’s just not been a good day… distractions, thoughts, dread in my mind, and I was [...]
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Semakau
The Semakau Landfill is Singapore’s only landfill for waste disposal. It covers a total area of 350 hectares and has a capacity of 63 million m³. To create the required landfill space, a 7-km perimeter rock bund was built to enclose a part of the sea off between Pulau Semakau and Pulau Sakeng [off the [...]
Cyrene
It struck me as weird, unfamiliar, that I was using my D200 to shoot intertidal scenes. Then I realised – that had never happened before. My last intertidal trip, to Changi, was more than two years ago… before I had acquired the D200. I was going through my old intertidal photos and the bulk of [...]
SBWR 15th birthday
The GoH: SM Goh
Unveiling the SBWR Master Plan
Link :: CNA article on SBWR’s 15th anniversary
Photos :: SBWR 15th anniversary
Getting tanned
I returned home today and told my mom that I’d have to head straight to Bishan Park again tomorrow morning, and she commented that it feels as if lately I’m “??????… ????”.
Well… there was the induction course for new staff last week, and it included visits to several places including Gardens by the Bay, and [...]
"Noah's Ark in Kensington"
Nostalgia can be a funny feeling. It’s joy mixed with longing, familiarity mixed with deploration. As I come to end of The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum, I felt like begging Fortey to bring me back there one more time, once more to visit the warrens of hidden corridors beneath and behind the [...]
This week
Socials, meet ups, talks, and the outdoors. What a fulfilling week… that has now cumulated in quite a number of tasks on my plate.
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A couple of days ago, I attended a talk by CSR Asia on the findings of their recent survey on business and stakeholder perceptions of CSR, based on [...]
Cubsitting
Playing Warcraft till 5.30am in the morning, while knowing that the following day I had to look after a few dozen screaming children, was rather unwise. It was the Beavers’ and Cubs’ activity day up at Gilwell Park/UK Scout HQ, where they’d have a go at archery, rolling rock climbing, grass sledging and crate stacking. [...]
Science + Web 2.0
I went to the Natural History Museum today after handing in my project proposal, and finally had my pass renewed. Talked with Sup. Mick about the collections database stuff – old news, old problems – and the new developments that would be coming up in summer. The thing with these old indexing systems and the [...]
The week in a nutshell
Went into NHM on Wednesday, and brought some of my B+E people to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. I’ve lost count as to how many times I’ve been to that. Went up to Entom., met up with Mick, and played translator to his visiting Chinese coleoptera researchers. Tried to get my pass renewed [...]
