Changi Tree sculptures at zoo entrance

Was by the zoo and spotted a couple of Changi Tree (Hopea sangal) sculptures. They have relocated at least two pieces to the entrance. I will inspect them and the other pieces the next time I am there which appears to be more often these days. 

These sculptures are from sections of the tree that was felled on 20th November 2002. The series of events led to its discovery prior to that, the fruiting, tragic felling, court case, sculpture symposium, adoption by the zoo, commemoration in sculpture and preservation of slices for two museums, and the replanting of its saplings is listed on the Changi Heritage webpage.

I was then part of an energetic and dedicated working group that saw to the public interest of the felled tree. It was quite a priviledge.

See and download the full gallery on posterous

Scrawling on a glass-topped table II

Last week I started taking meetings at the Raffles Museum while some students rummaged catalogued by library and discovered my stash of botany books.

This scrawl below is from another meeting, with the prospective new Raffles Museum Toddycats manpower officer. The diagram explained how things were supposed to work. She’ll soon realise I’m the weak link since I shudder at thought of running training workshops once again for all the programmes, like I used to do years ago.

Meanwhile, I will spend the bulk of Tuesday in that room, doing more scrawling with multiple meetings including a follow up on this one.

Nora the cat, piano player

Nora is a four-year old cat who began playing at age one and now strikes the piano several times a day. She now has merchandise and a book as well. Find out more at burnellyow's YouTube page

See her famous video (13.6 million views now) below and its "better" sequel. I like how the sequel begins with her purring!

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