Experiences

Experiences come from the mistakes we made. The more mistakes we make, the more experience we have. We can’t go back to correct our mistakes, but we can learn from the experience of them.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes. It is the only thing that brings knowledge. We never graduate from learning from experiences. As long as we are alive, and learning, we are amassing our experiences. The older we are, the more experienced we are.

Experience is a pocket-compass that few think of consulting until they have lost their way. - Eliza Cook

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. - James Russell Lowell

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been. - Josh Billings

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. - Auguste Rodin

Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue. - Henry James

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it – and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again – and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more. - Mark Twain

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Singapore Then and Now

A collection of photos showing what Singapore was like in days gone by and as it is now. Singapore has come a long way. Images are courtesy of Facebook Pages ‘The Long and Winding Road’, and ‘Heritage SG Memories’ and '十里之外'.

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Rainy Spell

We are having a rainy spell. We had four days of continuous rain. On the fifth day, when I thought the sky had emptied all its water, it rained again after midday. For the first two days, it drizzled steadily throughout the day, resulting in flash floods in parts of the island. Luckily, the floods, though an inconvenience, didn’t cause too much damage, and subsided after twenty minutes or so.

For the third and fourth day, there were intermittent drizzles. The rain would stop for a few minutes, and then continue raining again. All that rain brought the mercury down a bit. At one point, the temperature went as low as 21.6C. That is cold for Singapore which is only 85 miles, or 137 kilometres from the equator.

The cause of the rain, apart from it being the North-east monsoon season, was attributed to it being an effect of la Nina.

Singapore is not too badly off, as compared to our immediate northern neighbour, where thousands had to be evacuated as flood hits. Elsewhere, countries are experiencing snow storms, and cold freezes. And, in California the big fire had claimed many lives. So, it hasn’t been a good start to the new year for some people.

Some photos of the rain from my apartment.

This is the sky today. Grey skies all over the island. It looks like more rain is on the way.

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Bukit Gombak Park

Bukit Gombak park opened at the end of 2021, a little over three years ago. I visited the park a couple of times in the early days. It’s not a very big park – more like a neighbourhood park. It was new and nice, and only 30 minutes walk from my place.

I haven't been to the park since then. Since it has been a while, I thought it is time to have a look at the park again to see what is new, or has changed. So, I visited the park again recently. As I strolled through the park, I was very disappointed to see it had fallen to neglect. While the open grounds were still well maintained, the facilities in the park are a pale shadow of what they were.

There is a ‘Dog Run’, a butterfly garden, community garden plots, and a children’s playground. But these facilities were in a state of dereliction. Very sad indeed. At the entrance to the park, there is a restaurant called Whisk & Paddle.

Some chickens in the park.

The entrance to the butterfly garden. It used to be well maintained with pretty flowers, and butterflies. But the place is in derelict now. Plants were not trimmed and the place overgrown with weeds.

One of many rest and water points

There is a dog run. A notice with the conditions of use. I didn't see any dogs as it was the mid afternoon.

There are many steps like these for the able-bodied. But for those who couldn’t manage the steps, they can take the longer and more even route.

These garden plots are very popular elsewhere. They are taken up very quickly and there is always a waiting line for one to become available. But over here, they looked like they haven’t been properly attended to. Some were still empty.

I hope whoever is responsible for the park will make an effort to upkeep the place.

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Of Wit and Humour

Aphorisms and quotes that are witty and humorous have an advantage. They make us smile and are therefore more easily remembered.

Here are some humorous and witty quotes to help put a smile on your face. That happens when you are able to see the humour in what’s being said.

Remember the ones you like, and go make someone laugh. Your friends will be impressed with your wit and humour.

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. THAT IS relativity. - Albert Einstein

Politics are almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times. - Winston Churchill

By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy. - George Bancroft

Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up. - John C. Maxwell

The cook was a good cook, as cooks go; and as cooks go, she went. - Saki

An optimist expects his dreams to come true; a pessimist expects the same of his nightmares. - Unknown

Many a man works himself to death by burying himself in his work. - Evan Esar

A committee can make a decision that is dumber than any of its members. - David Coblitz

No one ever does live happily ever after, but we leave the children to find that out for themselves. - Stephen King

Better a dish of illusion and a hearty appetite for life, than a feast of reality and indigestion therewith. - Harry A. Overstreet

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Quote Worthy

There is a lesson, a message in every one of these quotes. Sometimes the meaning might not be obvious until you have read it a couple of times and pondered upon it for a while, and sometimes the meaning becomes clear only after you have undergone certain life experiences.

Life is short and we do not have enough time to learn all the lessons in life by ourselves. However, we can get a head start in life, by paying heed to the words of wisdom, and advice of the people who have experienced life first hand.

You seldom get what you go after unless you know in advance what you want. Indecision has often given an advantage to the other fellow because he did his thinking beforehand. - Maurice Switzer

The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace. - Joseph Addison

No one can be a great thinker who does not recognize that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his intellect to whatever conclusion it may lead. - John Stuart Mill

You are not responsible for other people’s behaviour. You are only responsible for how you behave in response to other people’s behaviour. - Unknown

Never serve with the intention that you must get something in return, other than the joy of serving. Nobody will trust or support those with a heavy self-interest. - Unknown

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; this you have the power to revoke at any moment. - Marcus Aurelius

The challenge of leadership is to be strong but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not a bully; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humour, but without folly. - Jime Rohn

I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can’t make it through one door, I’ll go through another door – or I’ll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present. - Rabindranath Tagor

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Flower Photography

Some closeup photos of flowers taken with my cell phone. They turned out all right. Lucky shots because I really do not know much about photography. I was just having fun with my cell phone camera. Still, I must say I am very pleased with how these turned out.

“People only send me flowers when I’m ill, or in a hospital when I’m too distracted to enjoy them. And how sad that the day I receive the most flowers I won’t even see them. Who needs flowers after you’re dead?” - Unknown

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All About You

We all have good days and bad days. Just because today is a terrible day doesn’t mean tomorrow won’t be the best day of your life. Life is unpredictable. Do your best and hope for the best. At the same time be prepared that things might not turn out to be what you expected.

Take a rest, or take a break when you are tired. Sometimes, things take a little time to right itself. If you do not give up, all will turn out well in the end. Just don't give up on yourself.

Have a look at the following motivational, and inspirational quotes. You might like to remember some of them so that when life gets you down, as it sometimes does, you can motivate and inspire yourself.

Breathe! You’re going to be okay. This pain you feel is going to pass. Maybe not this moment or today or tomorrow but sometime soon. The hurt will fade. Don’t give up before things get better. You may be wounded, but you aren’t broken. You can and will heal. - Unknown

Rest when you’re weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work. - Ralph Marston

You can’t change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it. - Mahatma Gandhi

Ignore the drama. Ignore the hatred. Ignore the pain. Find peace. Find happiness. Find yourself. - Unknown

Only if you dive for pearls shall you find one. - Unknown

The best way to move forward is to let go of what’s holding you back. - Unknown

You have the power to change anything, because you are the one who chooses your thoughts and you are the one who feels your feelings. - Abraham Hicks

If someone comes into your life and has a positive impact on you, be thankful that your paths crossed. And even if they can’t stay for some reason, be thankful that they somehow made you happy, even if it was just for a short while. - Unknown

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Anthurium Plants

Anthurium is a genus of about 1,000 species of flowering plants, the largest genus of the arum family, Araceae.  General common names include anthurium, tailflower, flamingo flower, pigtail plant, and laceleaf. - Wikipedia

This is a unique plant in that the inflorescence bears small flowers which are contained in close together spirals on the spadix. The spadix is elongated, and beneath it is the spathe, a type of bract which some mistook to be the flower. The leaves are dark green in colour, shiny and heart-shaped.

Anthurium can be grown as houseplants, or outdoors in shady spots. Apparently, anthuriums are poisonous due to calcium oxalate crystals. The sap is an irritant to the skin and eyes.

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