Edmond bumped into a a colugo

My friend and ex-colleague Edmond sent me the photo of a colugo. He came across the mammal while walking at the Bukit Batok Nature Reserve. Colugo can grow to 35 to 40 cm in length and weigh between 1 and 2 kg.
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Dancing African kids

Healthcare or nightmare in SG

Better than the stethoscope

Freehold land and houses in Fukuoka

All these houses in Fukuoka prefecture cost an average of S$500,000 each. They are brand new bungalows with an average of 200 Sq meter of freehold land. The train station is a 4-minute drive away. Foreigners are allowed to buy. Singaporeans with a tourist visa can stay in Japan for up to 3 months or 6 months if you can prove you have at least S$400,000 or 30 million Japanese Yen.
SIA has a daily 6 hour non stop flight from Singapore to Fukuoka International Airport.

Delicious nasi lemak in JB

Getting ready to sleep

Hong Kong in turmoil

Too shy to ask for food

Cinnamon (real & fake) & Curing cancer

Let me know if you want a free ride

Growing capsicum in our garden

Capsicum has lots of health benefits if you eat them regularly.
It is good for the eyes and even protects against prostate cancer.
It lowers cholesterol and protects against heart diseases.

Haze from Indonesia

Chilli Padi in abundance

Just from one chilli plant, we collected so much chilli padi. I plucked and placed them in 2 containers and after a week the chillies started to ripen again (last 2 bottom pics). Imagine if we have 10 plants. 

Haze,haze go away

It has been 3 years since we had the haze from Indonesia. This time it's also in the unhealthy range. We pray that the wind will change its direction and blow the haze away. It will also be helpful if we could have rain but alas this is a dry season.

I am back

I took a month hiatus from blogging here as I was busy helping my ex colleagues in the SIA union election. Now that it is over, I am back here blogging again.
Will see what is in store tomorrow and will blog about it.

Chinese food is expensive in Sydney, Australia

A friend of mine sent me the above photos from Sydney. He and his family of 4 spent S$120 on their dinner which he complained that it was expensive. I agreed with him but the prices in SG would be about the same too.