Decided to take the first bus to town after watching the Standard Liege vs Arsenal match in the wee hours of the morning. I figured that it may not be a luxury of time that I could have sooner rather than later.

The air was moist, cool and the drizzle had just ended when I reached at 6ish. There was hardly any hint of blue in the sky, not to mention ( Read more... )

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There's a Penumbral Lunar Eclipse tonight, and it will take place from now until 1438hrs UTC ( 2238hrs Singapore time) , where the fullest eclipse will take place.

Information from NASA.

Well, if you're in Asia or Australia, you'll pretty much see this eclipse in its fullest glory this time round.

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Shiyao and I went down to shoot the Chingay parade. The last time I actually watched it live, was around 5-7 years ago.

This year's parade had peformers from diverse ethnic groups around the world. At times, it felt more like Celebrate World Diversity Day, rather than Chingay..

The sight of walking HDB flats was amusing, to say the least.

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I could never understand why cats were outlawed from HDB apartments. In fact, I only knew about this a year or two ago.

And it doesn't help when you have officials breaching your privacy by taking photos of your house interior just to get a glimpse of your meowsters.

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After watching the inauguration address, two things stood out for me. Actually, it was two portions of Obama's address.

"On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.
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William Salmon, in The Compleat English Physician, (London, 1693:326) notes of the domestic cat,

"It is a neat and cleanly creature, often licking itself to keep it fair and clean, and washing its face with its fore feet; the best are such as of a fair and large kind and of an exquisite tabby color called Cyprus cats"


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