Tuesday 19 March 2024

Dahlias

Native to Mexico and Central America, dahlias belong to one of the largest flowering plant families, Asteraceae, or the sunflower family. They are related to chrysanthemums, gerberas, daisies, and marigolds to name a few.

There are around 40 Dahlia species, and thousands of different cultivars and hybrids. Dahlias are divided into various groups according to their flower forms – ball, decorative, cactus, anemone, collerette, pompon, orchid and water-lily. The name of each flower form describes its appearance or shape.

These were some of the Dahlias at a flower display.

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Monday 18 March 2024

Of Quips and Quirks

A quip is a witty remark. You might want to keep a few of these in mind, and impress your friends with your wit and humour. Everyone likes a laugh, and everyone likes a person who can make them laugh.

Laughter translates into any language and is contagious. So, laugh often, and whenever you can. You will be doing the world a favour if you can make people laugh.

May your days be filled with laughter.

The ideal man doesn’t smoke, doesn’t drink, doesn’t do drugs, doesn’t swear, doesn’t get angry, doesn’t exist. - Unknown

If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn’t have a job if he was any smarter. - John Gotti

An associate producer is the only guy in Hollywood who will associate with a producer. - Fred Allen

That’s the problem with being alive... You’ve got to keep thinking of what to do. - Glen Duncan

Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not. - Ursula K. Le Guin

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. - Hunter S. Thompson

Don’t mind your make-up, you’d better make your mind up. - Frank Zappa

The height of embarrassment is when two sets of eyes meet through a keyhole. - Unknown

A conference is just an admission that you want somebody to join you in your troubles. - Will Rogers

I don’t want to live on in the hearts of my countrymen; I want to live on in my apartment. - Woody Allen

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. - Oscar Wilde

Common sense is not a gift, it is a punishment. Because you have to deal with everyone who doesn’t have it. - Unknown

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Sunday 17 March 2024

Human Relationships

When we talk about a relationship, we usually refer to the romantic relationship between two people. However, a relationship is also defined as the way in which two or more people or things are connected, or the state of being connected. It could be our relationship with our family, friends, colleagues, and our relationship with things and the world at large.

No matter how independent we think we are, or would like to be, the fact remains that a person cannot live a lone existence. It is just not possible. We interact with our fellow-men every day, if not face to face, we do it through we the phone, text messages, the computer, etc...

Our casual relationships, and friendships provide us with opportunities for brief shared experiences, and the exchanging of information, feelings and ideas which can serve to counteract feelings of isolation and boredom.

Human beings are social animals – some more so than others. That being the case, it is not far off to say that our quality of life depends in part, on how well we relate to other people, and how well we get on with the people around us.

We are all different – in character, in behaviour, in temperament etc... No two people are quite alike although they might share some common character traits or interests. As such, getting along with people requires tact. Some would say getting along with people is an art.

The relationships we have with the world are largely determined by the relationships we have with ourselves. Everything happening in your life results from the way you treat yourself through thoughts, words and actions. Hence, at the end of the day, truly, the most important relationship you have is with yourself.

Some quotes on non-romantic relationships

If you cultivate a relationship in a genuine, thoughtful way, people will be more inclined to want to help you even though they don’t have to help you. - Douglas Conant

It’s often when we are not looking for others to fill a particular void, or to make us feel a certain way, that most of our truest and most valuable relationships are formed. - Mark DeNicola

We can find reasons to dislike anyone. But it's what you focus on and appreciate in a person that cultivates a positive relationship. - David J. Lieberman

The world has no meaning apart from relationships. Some are just messier than others, some are seasonal, others are difficult, and a few are easy, but every one of them is important. - W M. Paul Young

Good relationships make people happy, and happy people enjoy more and better relationships than unhappy people. Conflicts in relationships – having an annoying office mate or roommate, or having chronic conflict with your spouse – is one of the surest ways to reduce your happiness. - Jonathan Haidt

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Saturday 16 March 2024

Dark Skies

We are coming to the end of the monsoon season. If this week’s weather is any indication, I would say the rain is behind us. But for the month of February, we have been getting a fair bit of rain in the afternoon.

These dark skies were taken when I was out for my walks. Sometimes, I was able to avoid getting rained on, sometimes, I wasn’t so lucky.

Dark skies viewed from my window. On days like these, I get a day off from my walks.

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Friday 15 March 2024

A Blast From The Past

A collection of Singapore scenes from the past. Images are courtesy of Facebook Pages ‘The Long and Winding Road’, and ‘Heritage SG Memories’ and 'ει‡ŒδΉ‹ε€–'.

A cobbler mending shoes on the five-foot-way.

Letter writers. In those days, immigrants who are illiterate went to letter writers to help them write letters home - for a fee of course.
A very popular book store until the mid-eighties – if my memory serves me right
Raffles Hotel

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Thursday 14 March 2024

A Bit Of Gardening

My Epiphyllum Oxypetualum, also known as 'Queen of the Night' was getting on. I have had it for over a decade. It was time to do something about it. So, I cut four branches which had shoots growing from them and replanted them. Epiphyllum Oxypetualum are very hardy plants and the shoots, once settled into the new environment, should start to grow. We shall see how it all goes.
I also re-potted two sansevierias. Sanservierias are also known as ‘snake plants’ because of the shape of their leaves. A friend gave them to me because he has too many. The pots they came in were a bit on the small side, and were in bad shape. The plants seemed to have outgrown the pots. So, I thought it was time to re-pot them. Sansevierias are also very hardy plants. They should also do all right once they settle down in their new environment.

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Wednesday 13 March 2024

Life And Death Are One

All that lives must one day die. Everything that has a beginning has an end. Life and death are the two ends of the same process. Shocking as it may sound, as soon as one is born, one starts dying. The first breath is the beginning of death, and every moment of our life is a step towards the grave. All these might sound morbid. But they are facts of Life, to be understood and faced.
How fascinating is death, the extinction of life. One moment here and the next gone. The light put out and only the empty bag of the body left. - Henry van Dyke

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? - Edgar Allan Poe

To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable. - Erich Fromm

It is a myth to think death is just for the old. Death is there from the very beginning. - Herman Feifel

For a man who has done his natural duty, death is as natural as sleep. - George Santayana

You will die not because you are ill, but because you are alive. - Seneca

Nothing is born which Death makes not subject of his state. - Bhartrhari

We are all born in the same way but we all die in different ways. - James Joyce

Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else. - Marcus Aurelius

What new thing is it for a man to die, whose whole life is nothing but a journey to death? - Seneca

Pale Death with impartial tread beats at the poor man's cottage door and at the palaces of kings. - Horace

We’re all going to die. All of us. What a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn’t. - Charles Bukowski

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Tuesday 12 March 2024

Tulip Flowers

These photos of tulip flowers were taken last year at the Tulips Flower display in the Flower Dome last year. Every two months or so, the Flower dome organizes a flower display of the flower in season. This keeps visitors interested and encourage returns to the flower dome. If you joined their membership and become a ‘Friend of the Gardens’, you have free entry to the Flower dome.

I have long thought that Tulips originated from the Netherlands. It looks like I was very much mistaken. According to a sign at the flower display, the origin of the tulips “… goes back and into Kazakhstan, following in the footsteps of nomadic tribes that trekked through mountains of Central Asia. It is believed that tulips first appeared in the wild at these mountains, and were then introduced to Turkey.”

These photos were taken with my cell phone. I think they turned out quite nicely. What do you think?

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