I complain a lot about Singapore from the other stuff I write, but Singapore’s Mandai Zoo is perhaps one of the best zoos in the world (along with the perhaps the best Bird Park as well.)

While it may not be able to compare with those national parks where animals are allowed to roam free, the animals in the Singapore Zoological Gardens at least looked healthy and lively in their enclosures. They are also well taken care of, because a lot of these animals have bred while in captivity.

On the other hand, I can’t said the same for the animals in another Zoo which I visited, but I won’t say more about that zoo to sing Singapore’s own praises. Above which, I do not want to say bad things about it because that would be ungrateful to the host and friend who showed me around the place in perhaps one of the most unhappy times in my life.

I took these photos back in 2003 and have placed them on Picasa. There are not too many of them since I am a really lousy photographer. But I still hope you will enjoy the slide show.

Darn… where did the Polar Bear photo go? It was turning green with algae, probably because it was spending too much time trying to cool itself in the water.

Zoo Visit 2003

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And it doesn’t work in Opera so give up…

The things I can find on my hard disk when I bothered to. Thanks to Picasa2, I have managed to find and index a whole lot of photos that I have forgotten entirely about.

These were taken in April 2003, some time around the SARS period, with an old Samsung 1.3 mega-pixel digital camera. The pictures are not bad actually, as long as you keep them in small 3R prints. Heh.

And talking about that, there’s a write up on CNET about having more mega-pixels on your camera doesn’t mean better pictures. My personal opinion is that anything more than 6 mega-pixels is actually a waste of money and a 10 mega-pixel monster has no visible improvements over a 6 mega-pixel one. And if you are an amateur, a 4 mega-pixel one is good enough!

Of course such an opinion will definitely get a lot of manufacturers very unhappy. But just what can we expect in this one-dimensional capitalist world, where the bottom line is all that matters, and the only way to ensure that would be to drive demand through false needs by means of commercials and hypes.

Genting Trip 2003

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And it doesn’t work in Opera so give up…

Went today for a haircut at my favourite barber – Tanglin Halt’s Champion hair-dressing Salon. (My favourite because not many people knows how to handle the ‘wire’ growing out of my head and give me a quality hair cut. May the barber Mr. Wong and his family live long and prosper! God bless his wonderful soul!)

I took these photos with the Nokia 7390 on my way back to the MRT station and I must say I am pleased with the quality of the pictures.

Taken in a cab on a rainy day…

Yet more pics near where I worked…

* WindowsXP Hang on Startup

More photos of places near where I work taken with my Sony Ericsson W550i.

In the vicinity of Battery Road