Bao Bao passed away

Bao Bao aka Xiao Bao, my goldfish, passed away today after a long illness starting with swim bladder problem which developed into dopsy.

The Night Watch Tetralogy by Sergei Lukyanenko

Finally. Just completed the night watch tetralogy today. Felt relieved, and the stories left me wanting. Interesting to follow the adventures and struggles of the Others, especially told throught the antagonist, Anton, who rosed from a 7th level mage to a Higher mage, in our world and the strange world of the twilights.

Orchids putting out flowering spikes

Orchids are putting out flowering spikes. Interesting.

Especially for the Doritis Pulcherrima. I bought it together with a vanda from JB sometime in Feb-Mar 2010, but didn't get to see the flowers in full bloom as they wilted in the hot sun when I was parked at Tebrau City. Also flowering is a mini dendrobium and the dendrobium cochliodes. The dendrobium cochliodes is putting out 3 spikes, and I hope it is as magnificent as the last.

Fruit of my labour

Some harvested capsicums, that have naturally ripen to a nice red.

Some flowering orchids

The maudiae and the ascocentrum are flowering.

Orchids from Song and Woon Leng

Finally got to visit Song Orchids and Woon Leng Nursery in the west. And I got these orchids as gifts. Very precious. Very precious.













Got a slipper orchid paphiopedilum maudiae and an interesting large flowering orchid that has leaves of phal from Song, (psychopsis papilio) and a leafless vanilla (vanilla aphylla), a very pretty small cattleya and a orange dendrobium found on the floor from Woon Leng.

Feeding Sunbirds

There are sunbirds that like to come and perch on my planter box. So I decided to entice them to come more often and sing for me. Coiled a wire around a small plastic container, and added concentrated sugar water. On the first day, the birds didn't recognise that as food. But a clever bird soon started to take a sip, and then it became a daily event. The bird would be so happy and excited after feeding, that it would chirp loudly.