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		<title>Cheeky Monkeys..</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cashmere</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Month : Dec &#8216;08                                                       Location : Lower Pierce Reservoir, Singapore
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It was a long road and there were so many wild monkeys! Feel free to drive by here if you are interested to see these cheeky animals. But please take note that feeding is strictly prohibited and you&#8217;ll be fined if you&#8217;re caught doing so... I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #ffff99;"><strong>Month : Dec &#8216;08                                                       Location : Lower Pierce Reservoir, Singapore</strong></span></p>
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<p><span>It was a long road and there were so many wild monkeys! Feel free to drive by here if you are interested to see these cheeky animals. But please take note that feeding is strictly prohibited and you&#8217;ll be fined if you&#8217;re caught doing so..</span><span>. I know some pictures are quite bad, like underexposed or over but I still post it up cos I wanted to show you their funny reactions.. Enjoy!<br />
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<td width="20%"><a title="Posing for the camera" rel="lightbox[11]" href="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0196.jpg" rel="lightbox[386]"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-393" style="border: 1px solid white; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="DSC_0196" src="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0196-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="84" height="84" /><br />
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<td width="20%"><a title="Another pose for the camera" rel="lightbox[11]" href="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0201.jpg" rel="lightbox[386]"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-394" style="border: 1px solid white; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="DSC_0201" src="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0201-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="84" height="84" /></a></td>
<td width="20%"><a  title="Flexible monkey.." rel="lightbox[11]" href="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0210.jpg" rel="lightbox[386]"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-395" style="border: 1px solid white; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="DSC_0210" src="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0210-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="84" height="84" /><br />
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<td width="20%"><a title="A very curious one.." rel="lightbox[11]" href="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0244.jpg" rel="lightbox[386]"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-396" style="border: 1px solid white; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="DSC_0244" src="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0244-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="84" height="84" /></a></td>
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<td width="20%"><a title="One of the many monkeys.." rel="lightbox[11]" href="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0168.jpg" rel="lightbox[386]"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-397" style="border: 1px solid white; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="DSC_0168" src="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0168-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="84" height="84" /></a></td>
<td width="20%"><a title="Something caught its attention" rel="lightbox[11]" href="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0171.jpg" rel="lightbox[386]"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-398" style="border: 1px solid white; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="DSC_0171" src="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0171-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="84" height="84" /></a></td>
<td width="20%"><a title="The fierce one.." rel="lightbox[11]" href="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0314.jpg" rel="lightbox[386]"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-400" style="border: 1px solid white; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="DSC_0314" src="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0314-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="84" height="84" /></a></td>
<td width="20%"><a title="Feeling hip-hop?" rel="lightbox[11]" href="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0266.jpg" rel="lightbox[386]"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-399" style="border: 1px solid white; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="DSC_0266" src="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0266-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="84" height="84" /><br />
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<td width="20%"><a title="An inseperable pair - a mother and her baby.." rel="lightbox[11]" href="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0221.jpg" rel="lightbox[386]"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-401" style="border: 1px solid white; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="DSC_0221" src="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0221-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="84" height="84" /><br />
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<td width="20%"><a title="The baby clinging tightly to its mom" rel="lightbox[11]" href="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0231.jpg" rel="lightbox[386]"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-402" style="border: 1px solid white; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="DSC_0231" src="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0231-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="84" height="84" /></a></td>
<td width="20%"><a title="Mom gave her baby something to eat" rel="lightbox[11]" href="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0247.jpg" rel="lightbox[386]"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-403" style="border: 1px solid white; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="DSC_0247" src="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0247-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="84" height="84" /><br />
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<td width="20%"><a title="The female monkey was very protective of her baby" rel="lightbox[11]" href="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0251.jpg" rel="lightbox[386]"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-404" style="border: 1px solid white; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="DSC_0251" src="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0251-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="84" height="84" /><br />
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<td width="20%"><a title="Even the lamp posts can substitue as the trees" rel="lightbox[11]" href="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0278.jpg" rel="lightbox[386]"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-405" style="border: 1px solid white; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="DSC_0278" src="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0278-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="84" height="84" /><br />
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<td width="20%"><a title="Peek-a-boo!" rel="lightbox[11]" href="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0281.jpg" rel="lightbox[386]"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-406" style="border: 1px solid white; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="DSC_0281" src="http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/DSC_0281-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="84" height="84" /></a></td>
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<p>You may view my other pictures at my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27435935@N03/sets/" target="_blank">Flickr photostream</a>&#8230;</p>
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		<title>The Moon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cashmere</dc:creator>
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Moon is a Germanic word, related to the Latin mensis (month). The Moon  is Earth&#8217;s only natural satellite and the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System. The Moon makes a complete orbit around the Earth every 27.3 days  (the orbital period), and the periodic variations in the geometry of the Earth–Moon–Sun system are [...]]]></description>
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<p><em>Moon</em> is a Germanic word, related to the Latin <span lang="la" xml:lang="la"><em>mensis</em></span> (month). The Moon  is Earth&#8217;s only natural satellite and the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System. The Moon makes a complete orbit around the Earth every 27.3 days<sup id="cite_ref-orbpd_5-0"><span> </span></sup> (the orbital period), and the periodic variations in the geometry of the Earth–Moon–Sun system are responsible for the phases of the moon, which repeat every 29.5 days. The Moon&#8217;s diameter is 3,474 kilometres (2,159 mi), a little more than a quarter of that of the Earth. Thus, the Moon&#8217;s surface area is less than a tenth that of the Earth (about a quarter the Earth&#8217;s land area, approximately as large as Russia, Canada, and the United States combined), and its volume is about 2 percent that of Earth. The pull of gravity at its surface is about 17 percent of that at the Earth&#8217;s surface.   -   <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></p>
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<p>You can view other photos at my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27435935@N03/" target="_blank">Flickr photostream</a>&#8230; <img src='http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>National Orchid Garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cashmere</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #ffff99;"><strong>Month : Nov  &#8216;08                                                                                             Location : Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore<br />
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<p>Over 1000 species and 2,000 hybrids are now found in the Gardens&#8217;                   collection, with about 600 species and hybrids on display. Every year, more vibrant and enduring hybrids                   are added on. So that all may admire and enjoy their diversity,                   richness and beauty, the National Orchid Garden now offers a                   permanent showcase, the largest display of tropical orchids                   in the world.<span class="ContentsJustify"> &#8211;  Singapore Botanic Gardens<br />
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<p><span class="ContentsJustify">For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.sbg.org.sg/centralcore/nog.asp" target="_blank">SBG website</a>.</span></p>
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<p>You can see more photos at my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27435935@N03/sets/72157619111810440/" target="_blank">Flickr photostream</a>&#8230; <img src='http://photography.chique-media.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Singapore Botanic Gardens</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 10:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cashmere</dc:creator>
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<p>Singapore Botanic Gardens, at its present site, was found in 1859 by an<span class="ContentsJustify"> Agri-Horticultural               Society. In 1874,  the maintenance of the site was handed over to the government. </span><span class="ContentsJustify">The Gardens&#8217; first               Director, Henry Nicholas Ridley, came to the Gardens in 1888 and               worked tirelessly for the next 23 years to usher the Gardens into               the twentieth century and its most productive period historically. </span></p>
<p><span class="ContentsJustify">It was               also during Ridley&#8217;s administration that Singapore&#8217;s national flower,               Vanda Miss Joaquim, was discovered. An Armenian lady, Agnes Joaquim               was in her garden when a new hybrid caught her attention. Thrilled               with the beautiful discovery, she rushed to Ridley with the plant.               Ridley confirmed that a new orchid hybrid, previously unknown to               science and that flowered freely year round has been created. </span></p>
<p><span class="ContentsJustify">Beginning in 1928, Professor Eric Holttum, Director of the Gardens               from 1925 &#8211; 1949, set up laboratories and conducted the first experiments               in orchid breeding and hybridisation. The results of these experiments,               free flowering and hardy orchid hybrids laid the foundation for               the multi-million dollar cut flower industry. Since then, outstanding               hybrids have been cultivated in the Gardens and received recognition               worldwide.   -  Singapore Botanic Gardens<br />
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<p><span class="ContentsJustify">For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.sbg.org.sg/" target="_blank">SBG website</a>.</span></p>
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