9V-THF Scoot Embraer E190-E2 prepares to land at Terminal 4, Changi Airporton 14 Mar 2026, 1.08pm
Canon R5, 300mm, 1/2000 sec, f/5.6, iso 250 tv mode tripod
Saturday, March 14, 2026
5860. Writing Tips: PODCAST.
My Son and his wife threw all my stuff
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Cancun airport buzzed with tourists and resort representatives, everyone eager to begin or end their temporary escape from reality.
8 years of taking me for granted was about to cost them everything they thought they owned.
The afternoon dissolved into a pleasant haze of warmth, alcohol and the satisfaction that comes from making decisions without consulting anyone else's opinion.
By evening, I was sitting on my balcony, watching the sunset paint the ocean in colours I'd forgotten existed. The contrast with Friday night sitting among garbage bags on a suburban street was so complete it felt like someone else's memory.
The waves kept rolling in with rhythmic persistence, washing away whatever they encountered and starting fresh with each cycle. Sometimes that's exactly what life required. Complete erasure of what came before, followed by the patience to build something better.
I raised my drink to the darkening sky, toasting the end of being grateful for scraps, and the beginning of claiming what was rightfully mine.
I spent the early hours on my balcony reading a paperback thriller while waves rolled endlessly onto white sands below.
Other resort guests were starting their vacation routines, couples heading for breakfast, families organising beach gear, groups planning excursions to the Mayan ruins. All of them blissfully unaware that hundreds of miles north, a real life drama was about to unfold.
Around 10 oclock local time, I decided to check my phone. The screen exploded with notifications. 76 missed calls, 43 voice mails and dozens of text messages.The numbers kept climbing as new calls came in while I scrolled through the chaos. Floyd's number appeared most frequently but Pamela had contributed he share of desperation to the digital pile.
Time for them to experience""Not needed when the role is reversed.
Family loyalty was conditional, that gratitude had expiration dates and that love could be discarded when it became inconvenient. Well, they had become excellent teachers. Time to show them how well I'd learned their lessons.
5859. 75 - 300 mm lens. Travel books. Punggol Regional Library
12 Mar 2026. 1.37pm. Owen and two kids went to Punggol Regional Library.
Canon R5, 75mm
1/20 sec, f/4, iso 160, Manual mode
5858. 75 - 300mm lens. Desert Roses
Desert Roses (Adenium obesum) are known for their vibrant, trumpet-shaped flowers in shades of pink, red, white, and even bi-colored varieties. These blooms can last several days and often appear before the leaves, creating a stunning display.
13 Mar 2026: 8.38 am. 31 Lentor Plain
Canon R5 300mm, 1/1000 sec, f/5.6 and iso 5000
5857. 75 - 300mm lens. The Long-legged Marsh Glider.
SINGAPORE - 13 MAR 2026: 3.26pm. Banyan Villas Park. A yellowish-brown dragonfly, likely to be the Long-legged Marsh Glider or Dancing Dropwing (Trithemis pallidinervis) perches on a dead grass stem for many minutes. It often raises its abdomen in a tower-like position on sunny days to avoid overheating. It has relatively long legs.
It kept going back to the dead grass stem.
Hot sweaty afternoon
Tower-like position seen
Needed contrast with background to capture sharp image!
Photographed from sitting on a chair.
13 Mar 2026. 3.26pm
Canon R5, 230mm, 1/1000 sec, f/5.6, iso 250.
tower-like position of abdomen
Thursday, March 12, 2026
5856. 75 - 300 mm lens. Toast Box.
SINGAPORE - 9 MAR 2026: 2.42pm. Toast Box at Shaw House (Lido) is a popular, bustling café located at 350 Orchard Rd, #B1-03. It offers traditional Nanyang coffee, kaya toast, and local meals from 7:30 AM to 9:30 PM daily. Known for quick service, it is a convenient spot for breakfast or a snack in the Orchard area.
9 Mar 2026. 2.42PM. Canon R5 75mm
1/100 sec, f/16, iso 5000. Focus on sign "Toast Box".
5855: 75 - 300 mm lens. Group Exercise night. Yio Chu Kang Community Club.
Group Exercise night. Yio Chu Kang Community Club.
Canon R5 75mm, 1/800 sec, f/4, iso 3200. TV mode.
9 Mar 2026. 8 pm.
5854. 75 - 300mm lens. The male Scarlet Skimmer is blood red on 11 Mar 2026 outside 29 Lentor Plain.
SINGAPORE - 11 MAR 2026: 11.40am. I spotted the red male Scarlet Skimmer outside 29 Lentor Plain today. Hovering over small flowers for more than 30 minutes. Bright sunshine. Owner had just hosed the outside and his plants.
So I had the chance to take several poses of this sole red dragonfly.
Image of the MALE Scarlet Skimmer (Crocothemis servilia) is blood-red, with a thin black line along the mid-dorsal abdomen. His eyes are blood-red above, purple laterally. His thorax is bright ferruginous, often blood-red on dorsum and the anal appendages are blood-red. In comparison, the female has olivaceous-brown thorax and abdomen.
Outside 29 Lentor Plain. Stayed for many minutes
Canon R5, 220mm, 1/2000sec, f/5.6, iso 500
Sunny afternoon. 11.40am
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Female Scarlet Skimmer was seen several days earlier at Yio Chu Kang Cres forest where no red dragonflies were spotted.
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13 Mar 2026. Dragonfly on twig stayed, flew off and back for over 30 minutes. Chased off another female. Hot afternoon sun. sweat. I sat on a chair near the pile of wooden chips. Tower-like abdomen.
Trithemis pallidinervis or Long-legged Marsh Glider. Said to be rare in Singapore.
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13 Mar 2026. 8.53am. Yio Chu Kang Cres forest.
Canon R5 300mm tripod
1/1000 sec, f/5.6 and iso 4000.
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