4167. Public bus operators in Singapore - Go-Ahead Singapore, SBS Transit, SMRT

 S.T  31 Oct 2022. 

LTA tenders bus packages in 2014 to raise service standards and inject competition. Longstanding duopoly between transport operators, SBS Transit (SBST) and SMRT.  

Bus contracting model took effect in 2016.

LTA  owns all the operating assets and infrastructure, plans bus services and collects fare revenue.  Public transport operators bid for the right to run services and are paid fees to do so at standards set by the authority.

Bus services bundled into 14 packages based on geographic area, each comprising 20-30 routes, a bus depot, several bus interchanges and buses.

Bus contracting model has enhanced service standards and competitiveness.

 

Winning bus contract operators has 5 years plus 2 years extension if the company does well.  Extended contracts has tighter bus service reliability standards.

Go-Ahead Singapore

 SBS Transit (SBST) and SMRT

 

 

 

 

4166. Handphone photos of rainbows in Singapore

 30 Oct 2022. Yishun. Rainbow appeared during driving.
 

ORIGINAL HANDPHONE IPHONE IMAGES 

 

 

 

 

 

PHOTOSHOPPED IMAGES - Original images are not focused

 

 

 

 

 

4165. Nature and wildlife stories No. 1 - Vacant land near Lentor MRT Station. Sun 30 Oct 2022

Vacant land near Lentor MRT Station. 

Sun 30 Oct 2022. 9.30am. This is my 2nd visit fter yesterday's stroll on the vacant piece of land next to the Lentor MRT Station. A new plot of land turfed after completion and opening of the Lentor MRT Station in October 2021.

Bright sunshine. Blue skies. Quietness as construction site was not being worked on this Sunday morning. 

I took some photos of the big yellow flowers. Spotted two red ones on the same plant there and took photos. Suddenly a movement. It was the Oriental Garden Lizard which could be the same one as I saw scootering off the vacant land yesterday evening some distance ago. I could not take any photo yesterday, but this morning, the lizard was stationary on the grass first and then the tree trunk, permitting me to take photos.

 

 

 

 

4164. Banner - grandparents night at Lentor Estate Singapore

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS

To get a sharp image of the banner, focus on the head of the grandma. Banner on fence in Lentor Loop end of road. 29 Oct 2022. www.shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets

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PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS

Canon R5, AV Mode, F/9, ISO 100. Use tripod. Focus on the grandma's head.

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4163. Photography tips of yellow mimosa

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS

To get a sharp image of the yellow mimosa, use tripod. Then photoshop to reduce the yellow luminance of the petals to see their details. Handheld photos will be out of focus.Yellow mimosa on vacant turfed land beside Lentor MRT Station 29 Oct 2022. shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets

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PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS

Canon R5, AV Mode, F/9, ISO 100. Use tripod. Focus on the centre of the small flower overhead.

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4162. Noni fruit tree in Lentor Loop house, Singapore on 30 Oct 2022.

30 Oct 2022. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS.

Noni fruits have traditionally been used for colds, flu, diabetes, anxiety, and high blood pressure, as well as for depression and anxiety. 

Noni fruit tree in the public grass land outside the back of a Lentor Loop house, Singapore on 30 Oct 2022. The yellow-spotted leaves are not healthy as they should be uniformly green. A deficiency in minerals like zinc?

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PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS

Canon R5, AV Mode, F/9, ISO 100. Use tripod. Focus on the junction of the large noni fruit and the branch.

UPDATES AT:

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Yellow spotted leaves of Noni fruit tree are not normal. Overdose or insufficient minerals such as zinc? Fungal infections? Anybody know the answer?
Public land behind the back gate of a Lentor house

30 Oct 2022 

 

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FLORA SINGAPORE. Video 1/4. Wild Noni fruit trees
7 Feb 2023. A survey videos of stray noni fruit trees in Lentor Estate are - Lentor Plain (1 video) and Bullion Park (3 videos).

A wild noni tree outside the fence, Bullion Park Singapore. Noni fruits have traditionally been used for colds, flu, diabetes, anxiety, and high blood pressure, as well as for depression and anxiety.

The strongly scented Noni Fruit (Morinda citrifolia) is eaten in Asian countries but is unpalatable to the Caucasians. The juices are said to have healed every illness from diabetes, hypertension to cancer.

UPDATE AT:
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PHOTOGRAPHY TIP - Use the back focus button.

I used the back focus button. Canon R5. AV Mode, F/16, ISO 100. 10.30 am sunlight.  

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4161. Photography of Red-leafed plants and miniature flowers

SINGAPORE - 29 OCT 2022: 10am, Saturday. I took photos at Lentor MRT station vacant grass land. It now has wild flowers, weeds, grass, small purple butterflies, moths. A young Oriental lizard scooted off on seeing me. A yellow butterfly. Two orange butterflies. Opened in Oct 2020, the vacant land besides the station is turfed and now has many wildflowers, moths and butterflies.

However, this red-leafed plant with pretty miniature flowers was planted by a house owner on public land outside his back gate near the Lentor Loop condo construction site. How does this plant survive when it has no green leaves like the ordinary plants?

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PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS

Canon R5, AV Mode, F/9, ISO 100. Use tripod. Focus on one flower.
 

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4160. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Focus on name of hospital

PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS - Mt Elizabeth building. Focus on name of building. Canon R5, AV Mode, F/16, ISO 100. Bright sunlight. Handheld.

 

SINGAPORE - 27 OCT 2022: Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital and Specialist Centre is a private health care institution. Opened in July 2012, the Hospital has 333 beds and medical suites. 

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4159. Fonts for "Good Morning" - Curlz MT fonts

29 OCT 2022: GRAPHIC DESIGN

Fonts may increase attractiveness of "Good Morning" images as in this example.
IMAGE:  A rare sighting of a dot-dash sergeant butterfly basks on a leaf at 10 AM in Yio Chu Kang Cres forest, Singapore on 27 Oct 2022.

Canon R5. AV Mode. F/16, ISO 100.  Tripod is necessary. I focus on the eye to get sharp image of the butterfly
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Compare to the following which has fonts I used as inspiration
 

 

 

 

 

4158. Humour from Security officers prohibit photography of buildings in Singapore.

SINGAPORE - 25 OCT 2022: The 3-tower Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC) in the Central Business District. Tenants include Standard Chartered Bank, LeVeL33 urban microbrewery and multi-national offices. 

A security officer stopped me taking photos of the outside of The Coffee Academics in the MBFC by putting his palm in front of my camera lens! He said this was his job unless I had permission to take photos even though I was in the public area. He phoned his manager who explained this was their job. How about handphone photos of the outside of The Coffee Academics? He had no objection. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Singapore, some security guards zealously force NO PHOTOGRAPHY of the mall, office buildings and MRT stations. 

I could see the humour developed in the following situation when I used my DSLR Canon camera to take photos:
 

1. The new Upper Thomson MRT opened at end of 2021. 

One auxiliary police officer managing traffic flows near the new Upper Thomson MRT Station stopped doing his duties to tell me not to take photos of the outside of the MRT Station till the traffic jam built up and he had to resume his traffic management duties! He thought terrorists take photos to plan attack on this MRT station. Google Maps will have all the photos terrorists need nowadays!

2. The Funan Mall. A security officer told me that photography of the new Supreme Court building opposite the mall is prohibited. "The judges will issue a summons to you as it is an offence," he ticked me off solemnly!

3. The Seletar Mall cinema. One retiree security officer said that I was not allowed to bring my Canon DSLR camera to watch movies as he saw me slinging my camera on the shoulder. This was the ruling from the management. He thought I was going to film the movie to sell!