Posts from ‘October, 2008’

It’s been great at work so far. Although it’s only been two days, it feels like I’ve been here much longer – knowing some of the people helps, as does having such a casual, close-to-nature work environment. We’ve had a number of visitors these two days, and much to my delight they were all people [...]

» sniffles at having to miss the Wildlife Photog of the Year exhibition at the NHM this year

Saw this at Hip Diner USA at Bugis Junction and just couldn’t resist. Took a shot with my handphone. In case you can’t read the signs, the one on Obama says “Democrats or Republicans | All are welcome” and McCain’s goes “US Election Promotion | 1 for 1 McCain Honey Stung Chicken“.

Light-up along Serangoon Road

Hindu devotees at the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple
Link :: More photos on Zoto

Deepavali, the most important date of the Hindu calendar, occurs on one day during October, and in the ethnic quarter of Little India, the festivities last practically for the whole month of October.
Deepavali is the Festival of Lights, and marks [...]

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Newly released UFO files – October 2008
The files contain a wide range of UFO-related documents covering the years 1986–1992. If you want to find out more about close encounters over Gatwick Airport, alien abductions, stray satellites – and what the UK Government thought of it all – then this is the place to be.

Robert Redford was supposed to narrate Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf at the Sun Festival opening concert on Saturday, but he had to cancel his appearance and was replaced by Geoffrey Rush. I asked my parents what they’d think would be different if Redford narrated instead of Rush, and my mom commented that “at [...]

For some people finding rarities is the raison d’être of their birding selves. That act of independent discovery has been elevated almost to the status of a principle, which often forms the basis of opposition to twitching. Some argue that without those who go faithfully to watch the same area day in, day out, in [...]