Tulips Festival | Gardens by the Bay

Hey there, it has been a while since I last updated.  The past few months had been intense and emotionally draining dealing with family issues.   Just needed more time to process.

This video is a quick hello and hope all of you are well and happy.  I did managed to include some footage of Tulip Festival at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore.  Hope you like it.

Let me know what you think.  Give it a thumb up if you like.  Till next update, Cheers!

Rooftop Oasis | Garden Inspiration

Happy 2017!  Hope you have a great beginning to the New Year thus far.

When to a rooftop garden at the top of the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum over the holiday.  It is a spot of tranquility in the middle of a big busy city.  Would like to design and build a rooftop garden someday.  Good inspiration.

Also, finally re-potted my sage plant I was trying to rescue.  I think it manage to heal itself and now just need more nutrients and time to grow.  And potted my new rosemary cutting as well.

Hope you like the updates and all comments, suggestions are welcome ;) Cheers.

Growing Lime Tree from Seed Indoor

My 2nd attempt to grow lime tree indoor.  This one I grow from seed is about 3 years old.  Decided to re-pot it.  Hopefully it will get healthier.

Rosemary Plants Updates | Spray Painting Pots

It has been a while since I last updated on my rosemary plants.  2 of the cuttings suffered some setbacks, I'm not sure exactly what happened as their leaves kept turning yellow.  I heavily trimmed them back and now the new growth are healthy.

One of the cuttings are doing very well and I have already harvested a few times to make pasta sauce.  I really should not have done so as it needs to grow more robust.  Now I hope all 3 plants will grow big fast and branch out more.

For the re-potting I use normal garden soil.  I ran out of homemade coffee compost.  Will add that in a couple of weeks.  Do you propagate rosemary herbs?  Let me know how are they doing.

Potting Sage Cuttings

It has been a while since I last updated.  Had a meeting at the National Gallery in Singapore and took some time to look around the building.

Got home and it was finally time to pot my Sage cuttings.  I had waited quite a while for their roots to get more robust.  I believe the sage I bought are "forced-grown", they will take a while to grow.  Hopefully I will be able to use them in my cooking soon.

Propagate Sage from Cuttings

Finally found some sage from the supermarket.  Been wanting to grow them for a while.  Hopefully they will roots soon.

Growing Rosemary Plants | Adding Crushed Egg Shell

Just uploaded a video response for a few viewers on how I add crushed egg shells to my plants.  I have mentioned before that I do not add commercial fertilizers to my plants.  Instead I periodically add crushed egg shells, coffee grind, homemade compost ...etc....

Instagram Logo for Windows 10 (Mobile)

Instagram logo for Windows 10 phone finally undated.  Was wondering how they would implement it for Windows 10 design language.  Looks classy with set tile colour and transparency.

USB OTG (supercheap) | Does It Work? | Android | Windows 10

I have always wondered if those supercheap USB OTG I saw online work.  Finally bought a couple on Aliexpress to test out.  They cost only US$0.35 including shipping.  How is it even possible? Unbelievable!  Below is a quick video:

*** I'm not affiliated with Aliexpress nor endorsing the seller.  If you want to try them, buy at your own risk.

Windows 10 | Media Editing Apps

Just put together a quick video on some of the media editing apps I use daily.  Other than the usual desktop apps like Adobe Creative Suites, Adobe Premiere Pro; I especially like these Windows store apps as they are light weight, easy to use for quick editing and accessible to anyone.

Last Day of Chinese New Year Celebration

Today is the last day of Chinese New Year Celebration for the Year of the Monkey.  My Arrowhead Plants finally grow it 1st true leaf.  These aquatic plant don't last long, hopefully I can keep it around for another month or two.  Here's an update:

Growing Arrowhead Plants for Chinese New Year

新年快乐Happy Year of the Monkey步步高升

Started growing Arrowhead Plants about 2 weeks ago.  A little late to start for Chinese New Year.  Will update in a few weeks about their progress.

GrabTaxi | Windows10 (Not Supported)

Oh well, I hope GrabTaxi will decide to make a universal app for Windows 10 devices eventually.  There are already more than 200 millions devices running Windows 10.

Kodak Super 8 Camera is Back | CES 2016

Kodak is releasing a new edition of the Super 8 camera.  Best news from CES 2016.  Can't wait to get my hand on this. ☺

First Run of 2016 | Cardio Fit

When it rained, the little snails come out to play.  If you see them, move them, or they always get crushed by enthusiastic runners and cyclists.

Back on the track for my very first 10 km run of the year.  I have been running for 18 months now, other than swimming, I find it the easiest way to stay fit and healthy.

What do you do to stay fit?

A video posted by RIVY H NG (@rivyhng) on Jan 2, 2016 at 5:24pm PST

Industrial Design in Entertainment | Mike Hill

Happy New Year.  It has been a great start to 2016 thus far.  On new year day early morning, Microsoft Helpdesk helped me fixed a Cortana issue on my MacBookPro through remote access.  And yes I installed Windows 10 on my MacBookPro☺.  I come away thoroughly impressed with the service.  Then had a delicious homemade breakfast with the family and a lovely dinner in an old neighbourhood.  On reaching home that evening, I chance upon a Dharma talk by Ajahn Brahm from the Buddhist Society of Western Australia.  My very first YouTube live stream Dharma talk!

For weeks, I have this lingering thought in my mind that 2016 is the year about connecting with people near and far, contributing, helping, sharing.  If New Year Day is of any indication, I am off to a great start.

Bye for now.  I leave you with a great talk on industrial design by Mike Hill.  Watched this last night. So good!

Growing Red Onions | Holiday Re-Potting

What's better to do than a little holiday gardening.  I was going to grow my red onion into spring onions.  Well, the pot I had it in was getting a little full.  Decided to re-pot it and try growing them into proper red onion.  I broke one of the sprout, so I'll have a stalk of spring onion, and potted the other 2.  I hope I'll have 2 proper red onions by the next update.

Let me know if you have any question and I'll try to answer best I could ☺

Growing Rosemary Plant | Update - Pruning

A quick update since I need to give my rosemary plants a quick trim.  It has been about 7 weeks since I last potted the rosemary cutting.  They have grown about 2 inches but have been branching extremely slow.  I am totally guessing here, I think the large "spiny" leaves are taking away too much energy of the plants.  Hope it works!  Will update in the next video.

Poolside Yoga | Project We Care Charity

St. Gregory Spa in PARKROYAL Hotel Singapore hosted their annual corporate appreciation party.  There were poolside fiitness, yoga and a full healthy spread of delicious bites.

One of my dearest friend Gladdana Hu presented her lucky-wellness jewelries.  All proceed from the sales benefit "Project We Care" charity.  It was a fun filled night of wellness under the stars.

Climate Change | JacksGap

As we head into Christmas week and closing the year, it is a good time to reflect on the issues our planet and communities are facing.  And some of the efforts made on tackling these issues.

It is encouraging and inspirational to see 20-year-olds creating engaging content on climate change to bring more awareness on the issue. 🎥