The Leaning Pine

The leaning pines are probably planted too close to the apartment block.

Trees naturally grow well with a uniform roots around the tree.

The slope aggravated the problem which caused the root system to become one-sided and unbalanced.

And the pines, scientific name - Araucaria columnaris need sunlight to grow well, so they began to lean outward for sunshine.

The common name is New Caledonia Pine, or Cook pine.

Many human beings are becoming crooked.

Like the pines they leaned away from morality, from growing straight.

The pines need sunlight. The crooked humans need money.

Christmas

What is Christmas without the carols.


Adolphe Adam, born 24 July 1803 and died in Paris on 3 May 1856.
Adam wrote "O Holy Night" in 1847.

Katherine Davis, born 25 June 1892 and died in Massachusetts on 20 April 1980. Davis wrote the song "Little Drummer Boy" in 1941.

Franz Gruber, born 25 November 1787 in Austria and died on 7 June 1863. Gruber wrote the most sung Christmas carol "Silent Night" in 1818.

Jester Hairston, born 9 July 1901 and died in Los Angeles of natural causes on 18 January 2000. Hairston wrote the song "Mary's Boy Child" in 1956.

James Pierpont, born 25 April 1822 and died in Florida on August 5 1893. Pierpont wrote "Jingle Bells" in 1857.

Irving Berlin, born 11 May 1888 in Russia and died in New York 22 September 1989. Berlin wrote "White Christmas" in 1940.

Fred Jay, born 27 July 1914 in Austria and died 27 March 1988 in Connecticut.

Friedrich Jacobson, his birth name wrote the lyrics "When A Child Is Born" in 1974 to the original melody, "Soleado" composed by Italian Ciro Dammicco in 1972.

 

Healthy Cuppa

Makers of stainless steel bottles use food grade 18/8 stainless steel.

18/8 is a commonly used stainless steel term and contains 18% chromium and 8% nickel.

This steel is also known as 304 in America, while in Europe it is 1.4301.

Some cutlery uses '18/10' which is purely a marketing ploy as the "10" does not indicate an actual higher Nickel content.

So instead of drinking hot coffee from a plastic bag invest in a stainless steel bottle for the health benefits.

Skyville @ Dawson

Finally it has reached 35 storeys.

SkyTerrace Bridge

The bridge, also known as the garden terrace is being lifted into position, joining block 92 and 93.

The lifting procedures is somewhat similiar to the sky park at Marina Sands.

Sadly on 24 October, a 30 year old man died after falling 26 floors at block 62B Strathmore Avenue. This block faces SkyTerrace block 92 and 93. You can read the full story.

A soccer game is being played oblivious to the progress of construction of SkyTerrace at Dawson.

Man Terrain

 


Joseph C. Wilson in 1906 founded Haloid Company in New York. The company became Xerox in 1961.






Apple Computer was founded on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

In 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen formed a partnership called Microsoft.

Yahoo begin life in a Stanford University campus trailer. It was founded in January 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo.






Google began in March 1996 as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford University, in the heart of Silicon Valley.













On February 4, 2004, Mark Zuckerberg launched "Thefacebook" during his second year at Harvard University, Massachusetts.





YouTube was created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. It began as a venture-funded technology startup situated above a pizzeria and Japanese restaurant in San Mateo, California.




Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey who attended the Missouri University of Science and Technology and subsequently at New York University, where he first came up with the idea for Twitter.




Amazon started as an online bookstore by Jeff Bezos in July 1994 in Seattle, Washington.

eBay was founded in San Jose, California, on September 3, 1995 by French-born computer programmer Pierre Omidyar. It was meant to be a marketplace for the sale of goods and services for individuals.

Adobe Systems Inc begin in 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, who formed the company after leaving Xerox. The pdf format hit the market in 1993.

Ladies. Where Art Thou ?

Bonnie M

The dance craze band of the 1980s.

Liz Mitchell born 12 July 1952.

She is still touring, billed as Boney M featuring Liz Mitchell.

 then

and now

Bobby Farrell born 6 October 1949.

After performing with his band the evening before, Farrell complains of breathing problem and died on the morning of 30 December 2010 in Saint Petersburg.

then

 the late Bobby Farrell

Marcia Barrett Born 14 October 1948.

After the group split in 1990, Barrett was recording and touring with her band Boney M featuring Marcia Barrett. Her present appearance was on 20 April 2013 in Novy Urengoi, Siberia.

Maizie Williams Born March 25 1951.

In 1994 she formed her own group, billed as Boney M featuring Maizie Williams and is presently active.

A blast from the past...