PHOTOGRAPHY INSIDE PLANE.
SCOOT Boeing 787 from Singapore to Wuhan. 23.10.2024. The passenger looks like my elder son. “Doppelganger” means a person who is almost identical to another.
Canon R5. 24mm. 0.4 sec. f/16, iso 800. 23 Oct 2024. 6.56pm. AV Mode.
UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2024/11/4373-photography-inside-plane.html
VET CASE STUDY: Part 2/2. A dwarf hamster has a small fatty tumour on the right lower eyelid. More detailed examination after consultation with the owner whose main concern is the "ruffled wet fur" above the right upper eyelid and right eye tearing. The tumour on the lower eyelid irritates the eye as it grows bigger over time. No medication will make the tumour disappear. Surgery is the solution. Find a hamster vet as not all vets perform hamster surgery.
Surgical removal of the fatty tumour on the right lower eyelid resolved the problem. If surgery is not done, the hamster would have rubbed his eye till it becomes infected, painful and red. Yellow pus and abscess would spring out from the lower subconjunctiva. The cornea would be ulcerated and painful. By that time, the eyeball would be badly infected and needed to be removed. Hence, it is best not to wait and see.
MYANMAR - 13 NOV 2024: A cross-bred dog has eye traumatic injury. A red bruise on the eye white (sclera) and white circular patch on the cornea due to inflammation (keratitis) are present.
The PA is a road sweeper.
15 Nov 2024: I said "hello" to a slim uniformed road sweeper outside the Lentor MRT Station, as I walked past her at 9.30am, trying to fulfill my 5,000 steps exercise daily. The Senior in her late 60s tilted her hat and greeted me.
"What was your previous job?" I asked. "I was a PA in a company arranging bulk carriers to export iron ore from Russia to other countries."
The PA (Personal Assistant) to the boss is a very important management position as she handles a lot of administrative matters which take a lot of time.
"My boss could make at least $40,000 per carrier exporting iron ore for Russia." It sounded a lot of profit to me.
"Were you retrenched as Russia is still at war with Ukraine?"
"Russia is still at war. Business was difficult. My boss had cancer but has recovered after chemotherapy. His children didn't want to take over. So he decided to close the company."
I was surprised as a PA would be earning more than a road sweeper. She lost her job partly owing to the Russian-Ukraine war.
I wrIte this article for Andy Wang as I was updating my merchant ship images with the help of Andy. Many times, a related topic like "The PA is a road sweeper" connects my ship photography to make it alive to me as a veterinarian.
UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2024/11/4370-pa-is-road-sweeper.html
A bulk carrier
Singapore is home to many species of squirrels, with the Plantain Squirrel being the most common. The Plantain Squirrel has a long bushy tail and can be easily distinguished by the black and white stripes along the sides of its body
But several are in danger of becoming extinct in Singapore, namely, the Cream-coloured Giant Squirrel, Shrew-faced Ground Squirrel, Red Giant Flying Squirrel and Red-cheeked Flying Squirrel.
Squirrels' favorite natural foods are hickory nuts, pecans, black walnuts and acorns. Their favorite feeder food is black oil sunflower seeds, their least favorite feeder food is thistle seed.
Video of the Plantain squirrel taken by Mr Chan Jin Lee at East Coast Carpark F2 on 14 Nov 2024.
UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2024/11/4369-singapore-wildlife-plantain.html
PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: I took 34 shots to get a sharp one
Canon R5, 105mm, 1 over 125 sec, f over 4.5, ISO 400
UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2024/11/4368-photography-tips-i-took-34-shots.html
PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Manual mode for the Brown-throated sunbird.
This Brown-throated sunbird (Antreptes malacensis) is also
known as Plain-throated sunbird. It appeared suddenly as I was
already in Manual mode and my Canon camera was on a tripod.
No
time to waste as it flew off fast. I focused on the eye and took 6
shots. Only one is good enough to see the eye. Canon R5 focuses well
on eyes, as shown in this case. .
Free-roaming outside the Aviary of Bird Paradise in Penguin Cove
area. This species rarely stay for more than 30 seconds for
photography. Best to use TV Mode and focus on eye, handheld camera.
Canon R5, Manual Mode, 105mm, 1/80 sec, f/5.6, ISO 200.
Tripod.
11 Nov 2024. 11 am.
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J Grisham -The Testament.
The thing Nate hated about rehab was the long periods of silence, or meditation, as Sergio called them……(pg 68). …worrying about the future. This conversation with Josh was one he’d played out many times.
But the smart retorts and quick comebacks failed
him under pressure. Almost four months of virtual solitude had dulled
his reflexes. He could manage to look pitiful and that was all. ‘Come
on, Josh. You can’t just kick me out.’
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Mystery on County Road - 48 Hours video. 20 Nov 2024.
1. What started out as a holiday trip turned out to be an all-night vigil.
2. Under the ruse that they saw the truck.
3. Cricoid fracture - prosecution insisted that it was caused by Todd.
4. He staged it and killed his wife.
5. His faith did not waver.
6. His most damaging testimony was telling the police he was going to visit a 3rd person to replace the windshield. Just like the others, the person said he never called Todd to change the windshield.
7. Mum's cousin spoke out against against Todd and read a letter signed by several cousins. Daughter claimed she was estranged from the mother.
8. The jury was just out for 9 hours before they reached the verdict. 3 months later, everyone was back in the courtroom.
24 Oct 2024.
PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS:
Always carry your camera while on a tour bus.
I took this shot of the rarely seen Xiaomi sports car with styling
cues from Porsche, when it turned towards my bus in Yunmeng County,
China.
Xiaomi SU7 electric car by Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi. Yunmeng County. China.
24 Oct 2024
Canon R5, 24mm, 1/500 sec, f/5, ISO 100.
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UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2024/11/4365-photography-tips-xiaomi-su7.html
VET CASE STUDY: An old Shih Tzu shivers and stops eating on 10 Nov 22. Why?
Dr Sing Kong Yuen, BVMS (Glasgow).
On 10 Nov 2022, this over 14-year-old Shih Tzu stopped eating and shivered. The video showed my physical examination procedures. Significant findings were enlargement of the prostate area and large swelling of one scrotal sac.
The dog did not show any sign of pain on abdominal palpation of the above-mentioned prostate area and scrotal sac.
More information is needed from abdominal X-rays which confirm several bladder stones. Kidney stones were present. The scrotal swelling could be testicular growth or torsion and the owner was advised to get his dog neutered. He did not accept my advice.
(Two weeks later, the scrotal swelling was much larger. Neuter showed testicular torsion of the enlarged testicle. The dog recovered from neuter and was normal for some months).
No urine test was done as urine was not collected. The tentative diagnosis was urinary tract infection due to urinary and bladder stones irritating the inside of the urinary system. There could be pain causing shivers.
In
conclusion, X-rays and other laboratory tests are needed to confirm
the tentative diagnosis via physical examination.
The dog
recovered after a course of antibiotics and commenced eating. Two
weeks later, the scrotal swelling had increased considerably. The
owner accepted my advice to neuter the dog. The scrotal swelling was
due to testicular torsion leading to large swelling of one testicle.
The old dog lived a normal life for some months.
UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2024/11/4364-vet-case-study.html
