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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Truisms

We might not have a manual, or an instruction booklet to teach us how to live our lives, but Life – happening, unfolding around us is itself a ‘Manuel on Life’ for us. If we pay more attention to what is going on in life, and learn the lessons, we will be doing all right.

And the wonderful thing is, all these life instructions were being recorded. They are called Aphorisms. Take an interest in Aphorisms. Learn from the wisdom of others.

The man of action is not the headstrong fool who rushes into danger with no thought for himself, but the man who puts into practice the things he knows. - Cesare Pavese

When joy has a reason, it is not going to last long. When joy is without any reason, it is going to be there forever. - Osho

It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us. - Vivian Greene

The miracle of gratitude is that it shifts your perception to such an extent that it changes the world you see. - Unknown

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. - Robert Louis Stevenson

The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don’t tell you what to see. - Alexandra Trentor

We are all so desperate to be understood, we forget to be understanding. - Unknown

Knowledge, or verbal facility, is no proof that you know what you're talking about. - Terence McKenna

Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it. - Stephen Vizinczey

The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one’s self to be acquainted with it. - Lord Chesterfield

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Railway Corridor Walk

There used to be a railway line linking Singapore with her Northern neighbour Malaysia. That was discontinued on the 1st of July, 2011. The closure was the result of an agreement between the two governments.

Since then, the 24 km railway has been developed into a ‘Rail Corridor’ – a continuous green passage that allows wildlife movement between major green spaces. It also serves as a recreational corridor for all members of the public. You see small groups of people walking, and cyclists using the path.

My regular walk route runs parallel to the railway corridor. Once in a while, I will take a walk along a section of the railway corridor.

Some photos from my walk recently. There are plenty of greens but not much of interest. That is one reason I don’t often use the route for my walks.

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Cheeky Hunour

They say laughter translates into any language and is contagious. So, when possible, where possible, laugh. Your laughter might be the only ray of sunshine some people see for the whole day.

If, for whatever reason, you find it difficult to laugh at the moment, maybe the following will help to bring on a chuckle or two, or put a smile on your face at least. Laugh when you can, while you still have teeth.

May your days be filled with laughter.

After you turn 50 years old: You can’t recognize letters up close, but you can recognize idiots from far away.- Unknown

Wouldn’t it be nice if the world was flat? That way we could just push off the people we don’t like. - Unknown

Some one told me it takes 5 sheep to make a sweater. I didn’t even know they could knit. - Unknown

I told her I’d wait forever for her, but that was before I found somebody else who’d give me a ride home. - Jarod Kintz

A friend of mine said onions are the only food that could make you cry. That was before I hit him in the face with a watermelon. - Unknown

Ever wonder why there is a stairway to heaven and a highway to hell? Apparently, there is more traffic going to hell. - Unknown

For misdirected love, the attainment of its object is, indeed, the best cure; but it cures as the guillotine cures headache. - Ivan Panin

An education is like an erection, if you have one, people can tell. - Unknown

The first thing a man looks at in a woman is her heart. The fact that her breasts block the view is not our fault. - Unknown

I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won’t let himself get snotty about it. - Raymond Chandler

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Snippets of Wisdom

Most proverbs, maxims, and axioms are easy to understand. However, understanding them is one thing. To be able to apply them in life, to be able to draw parallel to life situations and benefit from them, that is the value of these gems. Sometimes you have to go through certain life experiences to understand what the proverb means.

In proverbs, I find beauty in words, meaning, and wisdom.

He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes. - Chinese Proverb

Two buckets of tears will not heal a bruise. - Proverb

To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back. - Unknown

A drowning man will clutch at a straw. - Unknown

Use your enemy’s hand to catch a snake. - Persian Proverb

Wait until it is night before saying that is has been a fine day. - French Proverb

He who pays the piper calls the tune. - Unknown

Well begun is half done. - Aristotle

If you bow at all, bow low. - Chinese Proverb

Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box. - Italian Proverb

What you don’t see with your eyes, don’t invent with your mouth. - Jewish Proverb

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. - Abraham Maslow

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Grevillae aka Spider Flowers

Grevillea, commonly known as spider flowers, is a genus of about 380 species of evergreen flowering plants in the family Proteaceae. They grow in most habitats, and most species are endemic to Australia.

Grevilleas are good bird-attracting plants attracting especially the honeyeaters.

Plants in the genus Grevillea are shrubs, rarely trees, with the leaves arranged alternately along the branches, the flowers zygomorphic, arranged in racemes at the ends of branchlets, and the fruit a follicle that splits down one side only, releasing one or two seeds. - Wikipedia

Zygomorphic meaning – A zygomorphic flower is a flower that has bilateral symmetry, meaning that it can be divided into two mirror image halves by a single line passing through the middle of the flower. 

A raceme or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are produced as the shoot grows in height, with no predetermined growth limit.

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Strength

Strength is not just about being strong physically. More important than being physically strong is our inner strength, our will. It is the ability to endure hardship, or withstand pressure. Physical strength is measured by what we carry. Inner strength is measured by what we can bear.

Usually, the strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us but those who win battles we know nothing about. Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t. Strength lies in tenacity and it comes only through continuous effort and struggle.

Human beings are like tea-bags. You don’t know your own strength until you get into hot water. - Bruce Laingen

Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out. - Katherine Dunham

Strength does not come from physical capacity, it comes from an indomitable will. - Gandhi

Strength isn't about bearing a cross of grief or shame. Strength comes from choosing your own path, and living with the consequences. - Jennifer Armintrout

Be strong now because things will get better. It might be stormy now but it can’t rain forever. - Hailee

We acquire the strength we have overcome. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

We may get knocked down on the outside, but the key to living in victory is to learn how to get up on the inside. - Joel Osteen

As our heart summons our strength, our wisdom must direct it. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Self Motivation

One of the things I enjoy doing when I have time on my hands is going through my collection of Aphorisms. They are motivating, inspiring, and some make me laugh. My spirits are lifted. I felt more confident, and more adjusted. It is a nice feeling.

Maybe, like me, you will be motivated, inspired and feel good about yourself after reading them.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. - Lao Tzu

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become. - Carl Jung

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. - Benjamin Franklin

There is so much you can let go of, without really losing a thing. - Ralph Marston

Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can do what others can’t. - Jerry Rice

What comes easy won’t last long, and what lasts long won’t come easy. - Unknown

You’ve gotta know when it’s time to turn the page. - Tori Amos

Every encounter, every misstep, every second of our day contains something that serves a purpose. - Panache Desai

There’s always a tomorrow and the hope of something new. - Helen Steiner Rice

There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose. - Kin Hubbard

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