5 NOV 2022
Siberian tiger statue at Seoul Grand Park, Jun 2022
Photography tip: Canon R5.
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S T 20 Aug 2022. B9. Attempt to sell People's Park Centre en bloc for $1.8b fails.
It did not receive consent of 80% of the unit owners.
Commercial-cum-residential development (mixed-use development)
13-storey block and 30-storey block.
324 shops, 256 offices, 120 apartments and a car park.
95,467 sq ft site
Gross floor area about 821,017 sq ft
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S T 23 Dec 2023: A3
Selling at 1.3 billion in Mar 2024.
URA gave notice in Nov 2023 about heritage conservation value. URA may offer incentives appealing to developers.
Most important, the reserve price per sq foot per plot ratio must appeal to developers to bid.
People's Park Complex, starta-titled development was designed by Mr Koh Seow Chuan, the late Mr William Lim, Mr Tay Kheng Soon, Mr Gan Eng oon and Mr Chee Soon Wah from Design Partnership now known as DP Architects.
Completed in 1973. 31-storey was a first-of-its-kind in Singapore and in S E Asia - a mixed development with shops, homes, offices and carpark facilities within a single structure. An area of 1ha, was Singapore's largest shopping centre where shops and kiosks generate a bazaar-like atmosphere.
44 years left on its lease. Built in the brutalist architectural style. Style is marked by monumental structures made of off-form concrete without being plastered over.
391 commercial units, 278 residences, a car park.
Good Morning. I saw the Galaxy Ha Long Hotel Bonsai tree which must have had taken years to grow. Bonsai is said to bring energy and harmony to guests.
BONSAI is the Japanese art of growing and training miniature trees in pots. Bonsai has larger-in-proportion trunks, are planted in unobtrusive, low sided containers with simple lines and muted colours.
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Ha Long International Cruise Port’s Marina, Vietnam.
17 Sep 2022
18 Singapore travellers + 2 tour managers passed by on
this sunny morning
No China Nationals owing to zero Covid-19 policy,
hence no large crowds
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2015 travel.
MYANMAR TRAVEL STORIES. Dr Sing Kong Yuen, BVMS (Glasgow)
A
visit to a village in the Karen area, Myanmar
I prefer to visit the villages and to know the way of life of the
locals rather than go to tourist spots. In this trip, I had a
good friend who showed me a Karen village and an extended family with
a 86-year-old grandpa, kids and two ladies who had had worked in
Singapore. Water was drawn from the well for cooking. Mainly
farmland, some pigs, goats and chickens. A church building surprised
me as temples and pagodas dominate the tourist places I visited.
Rats from farms would be a dish for some villagers.
I
would say that photography and journaling one's travels are good for
one's mental well-being as one can reflect on the travels and maybe,
prevent or delay the development of dementia.
It is
time-consuming to write one's travel stories, but I wrote about the
travel in the
blog:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2015/12/visit-to-karen-farmland-hinthada.html
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4 Nov 2022:
Sedentary retirees.
Yesterday, one career lady told me she was worried that her father, 68 who just retired would just sit at home and use his handphone. No other activities. "He might get dementia if he continues".
1. "He has no hobby", she told me when I advised her to ask him.
2. "Does he go out to exercise?". She said no.
3. "Does he take photos like me?" She said no.
4. "Has he friends?". She laughed, "His friend is his wife. She would accompany him to drink beer every evening". I was impressed. "She does not drink at all. He drinks 2-3 bottles," she laughed.
"He really took good care of her when she was ill," the daughter said.
It is not surprising that retirees are inert.
It is hot and humid outdoors in Singapore. I cope with it like today, I was outdoors to spend time to relax at One Punggol waterway - see flowers and river, cycle and exercise.
SOME SUGGESTIONS OF ACTIVITIES FOR SEDENTARY RETIRES
1. Photography promotes observations of life and Nature. It promotes physical and mental health for retirees who are not into socialisation with people.
2. Brisk walks promote some exercise of the leg muscles for retirees whose leg muscles will atrophy due to lack of exercise.
3. Fitness corner in public parks are free to use. I recommend the leg push equipment to strengthen your calf muscles especially, to prevent cramps.
4. Stop smoking.
5. Package tours overseas.
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S.T. 7 Oct 2022. B2 Insight
To work well, we have to commit to rest well.
Rest is more than getting enough hours of sleep. We need to replenish our inner resources, esp those most depleted.
1. Physician Saundra Dalton-Smith wrote a whole book on rest. She suggested that humans need 7 types of rest: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, social, sensory and creative.
Emotional rest - Covid-19 pandemic - the toll of caregiving on doctors, nurses, teachers, therapists and others in emotionally draining professions.
2. Dr Christina Maslach - gold standard for measuring burnout - the Maslach Burnout Inventory.
She lists 3 core dimensions of the burnout experience as:
Exhaustion (the stress response)
Cynicism (the negative reaction to others and the job).
Inefficacy (the negative evaluation of one's own accomplishments.
We need to slow down and take time to replenish the parts of our life where we feel most depleted.
How to create a “clock” image
Use "Select and Mask" and "Subject" in Photoshop to get isolated clock in white background as jpg or png files.
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"Good Morning" Photo. A BROKEN FLOWER. Yellow Simpoh (Dillenia suffructicosa) which is native to Singapore. Large yellow flowers and leaves.
It is
best to photoshop out the tear in the petal and some rusty spots in
the leaves.
The original image is shown too.
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Source: NParks
Species Name: Dillenia suffruticosa
Family: Dilleniaceae
Common Name: Simpoh Air, Yellow Simpoh
Distribution: Southeast Asia Conservation Status: Native to Singapore (Common)
Dillenia suffruticosa is a large shrub that grows up to 7 m tall and often form thickets. Free flowering throughout the year bearing showy large, yellow flowers that last only a day. Its fruit splits open into a star when ripe, revealing seeds covered in a fleshy red aril.
The Simpoh Air has very deep taproots to reach underground water sources. As a pioneer species, it helps to create a shady environment that support the growth and succession of low-light species. The large leaves are traditionally used to wrap food such as tempeh, or formed into shallow cones as a container to hold rojak. They can be found along streams, and forest margin, up to 500 m altitude.
1 Nov 2022. An old handphone model Poco X3 pro takes a sharp photo if you have steady hands. The man in his early 70s took this photo handheld just before he tees off and sent photo to me.
Good Morning
From Glenmore Heritage Golf Course, Australia
handheld Poco X3 pro handphone
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The owner in his late 50s focuses on sneakers of all sizes and types for many years. An ex-Singaporean migrant lady from USA conversed for nearly an hour with him - so I practised my photography on his goods. Indoor lighting. Where to focus my Canon R5 camera? This photo was accepted and is at www.shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets
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Fungus causing anthracnose on persimmons appear as dark brown spots.
Anthracnose disease is not often lethal in mature trees. These diseases in persimmon trees are caused by leaf spot fungi, and some affect the fruit as well as the leaves. Persimmon disease control when it comes to anthracnose involves keeping a clean garden. The anthracnose spores overwinter in leaf litter. In spring time, the winds and rain spread the spores to new foliage.
Read more at Gardening Know How: Persimmon Tree Diseases: Troubleshooting Diseases In Persimmon Trees https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/persimmon/persimmon-tree-diseases.htm
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Colletotrichum horii causes serious anthracnose on persimmon.
lesions comprise twig blight, leaf defoliation, fruit drop and fruit rot
Anthracnose symptoms on twigs, leaves and fruits first appear in the spring as darkish, oval or elliptic spots, or as pin-pricks on newly-formed twigs. The minute spots develop into dark purple or dark brown lesions with a sharp line of demarcation between diseased and symptomless tissues
Pale orange conidial masses are frequently produced in the lesion centre. Under favorable conditions, adjacent lesions may coalesce, increasing in size until the entire twig is infected (Figure 1B). When a twig is girdled or completely infected, then dieback results (Figure 1C). The lesions may become dormant under unfavorable conditions but, in this situation, the fungus still continues to extend into the xylem, resulting in collapse with longitudinal cracking and finally forming cankers on a twig (Figure 4). Leaf defoliation occurs if lesions develop at the base of petioles. The pathogen infects petioles and leaf veins to produce the small, round or ovoid, sunken, purple to dark brown spots (Figure 1F), but they form later than those on young twigs. These small spots develop into the larger lesions, but they rarely coalesce on the petioles and leaf veins. If a petiole is infected, the leaf may continue to develop and remain green for an extended period, but may easily defoliate in the wind. The persimmon fruits can be infected throughout the entire fruit-growing season. In young fruits, the lesions are often circular or oval, 3–8 mm in diameter, purple to dark purple, and occasionally slightly depressed. As the disease progresses, sometimes fruit lesions reach ∼20 mm in diameter (Figure 1G). The centre of the lesions becomes grey-white over time, while the broad margins remain dark purple. Pale orange conidial masses are produced in the lesion centre. Under dry conditions, the diseased lesions are sunken, and a longitudinal crack often occurs through the centre (Zhang 2008). If fruits are badly infected, they may drop in an unripe state (Figure 1H). In pre-mature fruits, the diseased lesions are often dark brown or purple dark, oval, sunken, with small cracks. Larger cracks often form and almost all deep cracks are produced in a longitudinal direction (Figure 1I). Anthracnose of persimmon fruits also occurs in market shelves and storage warehouses, resulting in fruit rot.
Colletotrichum species are common pathogens for plant anthracnose but have recently emerged as a human opportunistic pathogen causing keratitis and subcutaneous fungal infection, which potentially can lead to life-threatening systemic dissemination. Do not eat infected persimmons.
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