Tuesday, June 30, 2026

6017. Sunrise over Cam Ranh Alma Resort, Vietnam, 6.40am. MANUAL mode on 26 and 27 Jun 2026.



 

26 Jun 2026. 6.40am. The brilliant sun has risen over the sea as seen from the 11th floor, South Tower, Alma Resort, Vietnam, casting a bright reflection. A moving boat creates ripples, making this photo attractive. Canon R5, MANUAL mode, 125mm, 1/100 sec, f/10, iso 100. Camera on balcony glass top.

 

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 Good morning. Sun rise on 27 Jun 2026. 6.42am from the balcony, 11th floor, Alma Resort, Vietnam. MANUAL mode, Canon R5, 75mm, 1/80 sec, f/10, iso 100

Room 1127 has panoramic view of the sea

 

Sunday, June 28, 2026

6016. Manual mode. Evening moon in Vietnam

 Canon R5 300mm, 1/400 sec, f/5.6, iso 100
27 Jun 2026. 6.56pm

Alma Resort, Cam Ranh
Dull blue sky, bright shiny moon

 


 

Friday, June 26, 2026

6015. Manual mode. wingtip of Embraer E190-E2


 ORIGINAL
Canon R5, 140mm, 1/640 sec, f/16, iso 200  

SINGAPORE - 25 JUN 2026: 12.21pm. The wing of the Embraer E190-E2 tapers smoothly toward the tip with a flat, planar finish rather than a blended or split tip Key Aero. This image was taken in Manual mode using a Canon R5, 75-300mm lens. 

6014. Dragonfly in Vietnam. SCOOT Small Yella Fella

ORIGINAL


 

 Canon R5 300mm, 1/320 sec, f/7.1, iso 800. tv mode

VIETNAM - 25 JUN 2026: 4pm. Spotted at the Alma Cam Ranh Resort, this Common Picture Wing (Rhyothemis variegata) is also known as the variegated flutterer. This dragonfly has broad wings featuring prominent black and yellow or clear patterns. It belongs to the Libellulidae family known as skimmers or flutterers. 

 

 ORIGINAL



 
"Small Yella Fella" is the playful nickname of Scoot's [5.1] Embraer E190-E2 aircraft registered as 9V-THB. Delivered to the airline in May 2024, this regional jet features 112 economy seats in a 2-2 layout and operates on thinner, non-metro routes across Southeast Asia, such as to Koh Samui and Iloilo. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

 SINGAPORE - 25 JUN 2026: 10am. T1 Changi Airport. Scoot Embraer E190-E2 with registration number 9V-THB seats 112 Economy class passengers in a 2-2 configuration. It had 86 pax today, departing for Cam Ranh, Vietnam. It is said to need 100 pax to make a profit. It had 2 male and 1 female cabin crew on this trip. Its nickname is Small Yella Fella.  

 IPHONE 15 PRO. 2-2 LAYOUT

 


 

Thursday, June 25, 2026

6103. Caring for a 3-month-old red-eared slider in an apartment.

 


 SINGAPORE - 24 JUN 2026: A small plastic tank with water to house a 3-MONTH-OLD RED-EARED SLIDER. it has a green basking platform (R), 50-watt heat lamp (R, corner), submersible heater set at 28 to 30 degrees C set on for 24 hours and a water filtration pump with sponge and charcoal filters which must be replaced 1-2 monthly. The set up is in a pet shop selling sliders.
 

 
Caring for a 3-month-old red-eared slider in an apartment requires a 15 to 20-gallon tank (upgrading to 40+ gallons as it grows), a submersible water heater (76°F -- 85°F water), a dry basking dock, and specialized UVA/UVB and heat lamps. Feed them daily with high-quality pellets, insects, and dark leafy greens. FEED them in a separate tank to keep the main tank water clean.
Tank Setup & Water Quality
  • Tank Size: Start with a minimum 15 to 20-gallon tank, but keep in mind they grow rapidly and need 10 gallons of water per inch of shell length. [1, 2]
  • Water Depth: The water should be deep enough so the baby can easily flip over if needed, usually around twice the length of the shell.
  • Filtration: Turtles are extremely messy. Use a high-quality submersible or canister filter rated for twice the volume of your tank to keep ammonia and nitrate levels safe. [1, 2]
  • Maintenance: Perform weekly 25% water changes. According to a consensus among keepers on Facebook, you should do 50% changes when nitrates are high, but never clean the filter media and change the water during the same week to protect beneficial bacteria. [1, 2]
  • Substrate: Use either bare bottom or large river rocks that are bigger than the turtle’s head to prevent choking. [1]

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

6102. Five twenty-year-old red-eared sliders in 2026 in a HDB flat

 24 Jun 2026 interview with a 37-year-old man who has the sliders for the past 20 years.

1. FEEDING 
1.1 3-month-old. 3 globular pellets in a separate tank daily. Everyday brand.
1.2  Older ones. Bigger pellets. Don't give variety such as vegetables or shrimp as slider will eat only shrimp. One of his sliders eat shrimp only. Another ate fish pellets. Also water will be smelly.
1.3  Feed in separate tank of water. Pollution. Save on filter changes.

2. WATER FILTRATION
2.1 3-month-old. Small filters of carbon or sponge. Need to replace monthly or two-month. Sliders fed in separate tank to prevent pollution of water.

2.2  Older ones in big tank. Source from IKEA. Arowana tank too big and hard to clean.
He uses deep pails e.g 2 per pail.
       Feed in separate pail.
       Attach light bulb on side of pail. UVA 6 hours. UVB 4 hours.

3. UVA and UVB. Less than 12 hours for UVA. Less than 4 hours for UVB as he is worried about skin cancer. Bulb changes according to manufacturer. There are bulbs emiting UVA and UVB lights.


3. WATER TEMPERATURE. 28 - 30 degrees 24 hourly. Air conditioning room. Water may be cold.

4. Shell rot and white spots.

5. Egg laying. Yes. Two sliders. Yearly. Infertile eggs.

6. LIFE SPAN. 25 years, he said.
 

7. METABOLIC BONE DISEASE. Nil.

8. SCUTES shedding. No problem.  
 

  




6100. Tree bark covered in green moss and lichen. Manual mode


 

 ORIGINAL IMAGE

 SINGAPORE - 13 JUN 2026: 9.53am. Lentor Road. A deciduous tree bark heavily covered in vibrant green, velvety patches of moss and lighter, mint-green crusty patches of crustose or foliose lichen. Lichen is a symbiotic partnership between fungi and algae.  

 

Canon R5, 80mm, manual mode, 1/25sec, f/10, iso 125

 

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

6101. SeaMonkey is closer to Frontpage

 

where to download SeaMonkey composer?

You can download SeaMonkey (which includes SeaMonkey Composer) from the official SeaMonkey Project website:

Official Download Page

SeaMonkey Download & Releases

SeaMonkey Home Page

SeaMonkey Project Home Page

The latest stable release is SeaMonkey 2.53.23, available for Windows 64-bit, macOS, and Linux. SeaMonkey includes:

  • Web browser
  • Email client
  • Composer (WYSIWYG HTML editor)
  • Web development tools

After Installation

  1. Install SeaMonkey.
  2. Launch SeaMonkey.
  3. Click Window → Composer.
  4. Composer opens as a visual web-page editor similar to Microsoft FrontPage.
  5. Create or open HTML files and edit them in Design mode without writing HTML code.

For your veterinary website, SeaMonkey Composer is probably the closest free alternative to the classic FrontPage experience on Windows 11. It is particularly useful if you want to edit individual HTML pages directly rather than use a website builder. 

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For over four decades, Toa Payoh Vets, located in Toa Payoh, is dedicated to the well-being of your beloved small companions.  

Our team under Dr Daniel Sing with over 10 years of experience, provides veterinary services for a wide range of animals including dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, pet mouse, pet rats, red-eared sliders and birds.  

We are committed to providing compassionate and professional care, ensuring your furry, scaled, or feathered friends lead healthy lives. 

P.S.  Beyond medical care, our founder, Dr Sing Kong Yuen offers stock photo sales of Singapore housing, flora and fauna at www.shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets and educational videos at www.youtube.com/@99pups. 

 

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

6099. Red-eared sliders. Scutes not peeling off well

 

Pet  - Tortoise/ 29yr/ Female/ Red Eared Slider
History - shell not peeling well, Owner worried about eggs

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X-ray, no eggs
 
SINGAPORE - 14 JUN 2026: Veterinary healthcare: An X-ray of a 29-year-old female red-eared slider to check whether she has eggs inside her abdomen. No well formed eggs are visible. There is an blurred outline of an egg in the left side of the abdomen. 
 

 
 

6098. Right Upper Molar 2 root canal completed today at NDCS

 17 Jun 2026. 4.15pm to 5.30pm. Took some time to do 3 root canals of RU Molar 2.
X-ray before and after taken inside room.
X-ray after shows 3 opaque vertical lines of 3 root canals. Very good explanation.

As for overlap in biting of RU and RL molars 2, she will refer me to a specialist.
Very pleasant patient dentist.