Watery Wednesday: Hillsborough Beach

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When you are married to a water engineer for more than thirty years, parts of his interest and work is married to you too. We spend our holidays going to beaches and hydro electric dams.

He was very happy when I told him to take this photo so I can post it on my Watery Wednesday Post. Of course, I had to endure his lectures as well, like these rocks are sedimentary rocks etc which I kept quiet by not saying I learn this in High School. May be I could be his assistant at the university when he is traveling abroad. LOL

Ruby red/rednesday Calender

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This is the Chinese character Fu meaning prosperous. This is an auspicious word, and sometimes people hang it upside down.Upside down is a homonym for arrive in Chinese. That means Good fortune arrives according to some.

My parents were Christians and we didn't hang this.

Weekend bridge: Footbridge

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Footbridge at the main library of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
I lived in Singapore for 16 years as a faculty wife. Two years ago, I went back for a visit. There were lots of changes. I caught a bus from the Boon Lay Interchange, and had to use the bridge to get to the main library.

Macroflowers:Costus spicatus in Singapore

I have joined this meme for a while now, and I am loving it. First I love flowers. Second, the badge for this meme is the North Borneo Orchid.

Join Macro Flowers Saturday, a photo meme for macro photos and close-ups of flowers, garden flowers, wildflowers, blossoms, flowers with insects and butterflies (no insects without flowers), flowers with raindrops and whatever beautiful plants, plant seeds or berries you have, in close-up.

First time visitors, please read the rules. They are simple but I do ask that you, please, use a MFS badge or link back to MFS in some way. Thank you.

Macro Flower Saturday


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Costus spicatus, also known as Spiked Spiral flag Ginger or Indian Head Ginger. I took this photo in a friend's garden in Singapore.

Happy New Year to all, especially to all my friends in Singapore.

Skywatch: Hongkong

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A year ago, the water engineer went to HongKong and took this photo.

My World Tuesday: New Zealand Crabs

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This is one Christmas dinner will we remember for a long time. They are from the Southland of New Zealand, we we bought them live from the Auckland Fish Market. The bigger beautiful purple crab is the male, and the female is brown. The legs of the male were more than a foot long.

We cooked them with four American crabs, and cooked them Singapore chilli crab style. I forgotten to take a photo of them after I cook them, but I can assure you that they were very delicious. We had a visitor from Singapore and she agreed with me.

When ever I have American crabs, I think if Patti in Crisfield, wondering if the crab I ate came from her fisherman. http://crisfieldnews.blogspot.com/2010/12/snow-storm-hits-eastern-shore- whiteout.html

Ruby Red Tuesday/rednesday:Garbage Truck

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Our Garbage truck drivers and collectors are another group of workers that we mustn't take for granted.

For us here in Auckland, if there is a public holiday, the garbage collection skips to another day. With Boxing day being on Sunday, we thought the collection would be on Tuesday. But they came early on Monday, before people were awake, and my husband heard them but he was too late. I said that they shouldn't have come on Monday, and there were so much festive waste. It would be very unpleasant in our summer heat.

A lot of people must have complained, and they came again, I heard them and rushed out to the truck as they had past our house. I asked if they would wait for us. The husband came with the wheelie bin, and I happened to have my camera ready.

Here Ka Pai or good job to the men and women on this route.