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Friday, 6 December 2019
Synthetic Turf - What is? And how does it improve the look of the garden?
ARTIFICIAL GRASS TYPES THAT TOUGHTURFSOCAL RECOMMENDS
Tuesday, 3 December 2019
Junus Tan asks why do Singaporeans and foreigners have trouble getting along?
My Son and I were on a packed SkyTrain back home, suddenly my son said, "Paps, others than the chubby woman opposite me, we are the only Thai on the train — all are tourists, today is a public holiday, and most Thais will be home by now.”
Every Thai in Bangkok may think: we are mingling with foreigners, fighting for spaces on the trains and on the sidewalks or at the eating places.
Are we worst off as a nation in Southeast Asia? Are Thais the most tolerant species living with foreigners in this part of the world?
Not until you have been to Singapore, you may have a second thought about it
Junus Tan thinks he has been all over Singapore as much as what average Singaporeans do in their lifetime. Junus Tan is trying to figure out how to answer your question but still can’t find the right answer.
Last September Junus Tan was in Singapore, he went for a walking tour from Little India-Orchard Road-High Street, and ended my tour at National Gallery Singapore at Padang.
It was on Sunday in Little India: I braved through countless migrant workers from South India to a small restaurant on Dunlop street. Nobody spoke English as they communicated in Tamil, a Southern Indian language. A little while longer, a van with a Malaysian registration plate stopped by the side and dropped off 11-13 passengers from Malaysia, most of whom appeared to be young Malays and Chinese, and they were out for a photo-shoot session.
After that, Junus Tan went to Lucky Plaza to change the money to the Thai Baht. Junus Tan squeezed through a packed sidewalk filled with Filipino domestic workers and tourists from the Philippines. The money changer was a Malaysian Indian who I know very well.
All the shops' signage reflected Filipino names, like Mabuhay, Pinoy store. Junus Tan only heard Tagalog being spoken everywhere. It's better to learn some Tagalog to come to this place next time.
After all the hassle of walking through the large crowd, the mess reminded me of "Little Tondo " in Manila, so to speak. It's quite a relief to walk out of Lucky Plaza in one piece.
Junus Tan headed to High Street via Victoria Street and admired the beautifully refurbished Capital Piazza, which was designed by Richard Meier Architect, whose works I like the most.
Before going to National Gallery Singapore, Junus was in Little Myanmar at Peninsular Plaza for lunch in the basement. Junus Tan could blend in well with the Myanmar people, the only difference is that many of them wear a longi (sarong) I didn't spot any Singaporeans there as I could identify them by the looks and the way they dress when they visit Bangkok.
It was a memorable visit to National Gallery Singapore, a place where 9.7 million people have visited, a pride of Southeast Asia, so to speak. It was a breeze to roam, and I conversed with a Singaporean tour guide who was so knowledgeable. I also spotted the elderly Singaporeans who worked in the restrooms and the local curators on each floor.
Again, only few Singaporeans were there, and I noticed some among the crowd sitting at viewing steps listening to a band, others at the gallery cafe. I believe many may have already visited the place.
On the way back, I dropped by at Golden Mile Complex, Little Thailand, to visit a friend but he wasn't there. Nothing had changed from the old days as the same grocery store was still there. Almost a hundred of Thai workers I saw behaving like they were at homes sitting on the floor and drinking. I saw police in a group of eight, roaming as usual as they knew what my countrymen are capable of when they are drunk.
So, it’s about time, I rushed to a dinner appointment with my son and his girlfriend at Amara Hotel. There were three of us and this was the chance I had been hoping to meet and chat with local Singaporeans. My son, Vern, and Felicia were the only Singaporeans who I had good conversations with today as I only met Malaysians, Indians, Filipinos, Burmeses, and Thais.
In conclusion, there are over 1.3 million foreigners who work in Singapore plus another, at least half a million PRs in Singapore, a total of over 5.7 million population.
It’s challenging to live and mingle with one-third of the populations who are foreigners, fighting for spaces on the trains and on the sidewalks or at the eating places.
Singaporeans are the most tolerant to live with foreigners in their own country. You should have rephrased your question to,” Why do Singaporeans and foreigners get along so well?
Next time when you visit Singapore, be sure to learn some basic words, like Sawasdee, Kamusta ka, Mingalaba as you will rarely meet Singaporeans, unless you decide to work and live there.
Junus Tan recommends styles and tastes that are considered classy in Singapore?
The address that spells Singapore's Millionaires' Row fits only for the rich and famous.
At 12.25 p.m, at no.10 Cluny Park, the gate was already open. I admired the greenery while driving through a long driveway to the entry porch on broad driveway.
As Junus Tan parked the car, Jessie, Mr. Junus Tan's secretary, came to open the huge wooden door flanked by aluminum lattices on both sides. I walked past the hall seeing beautiful sculptures and a few paintings on the wall, and I recognized one of them was an oil painting of pigeons, the work of Choo Keng Kwang, the famous artist.
I was ushered into a large sitting room, a big open-concept office nearby, there was no one except Jessie. Jessie told me that Mr. Junus Tan was on his way home. The sitting room, which is connected to the dining room at the far end, has a series of tall cabinets that serve as a divider.
The ceiling fan was running, but I felt the breeze as a series of 10' 0" (3.00 m) high glass sliding/folding with wooden doors framed were wide open. I admired the 40-meter length pool view, which spans across the length of the living room, with a modern pavilion equipped with a kitchen as a backdrop on the opposite side of the pool.
Mr. Junus Tan returned, dressed in shorts with a simple plain-colored crew-neck T-shirt, tucked in with a simple leather belt. With him a few packets of food, a fish head curry, and Char Kuay Teow, he ordered since last night
Dining room over a fish pond, a glass round table of 10 in an open-plan room next to the sitting room, with a pool view, his wife joined us, and she said: "We cooked dinner at home, but Mr. Junus Tan prefers the food from outside he knew which places are good and he gets food-to-go, rather enjoys eating at home.”
After lunch, he showed me around the house. We took the elevator to the attic floor, to a gym with a great view of the treetops. The gym had full height-glass partitions on both sides, but it had a wide, modern overhang roof thus shading it from direct sunlight. I admire the constant breeze all the time.
We walked down to the floor below, to his all-glass windows bedroom suites, I felt a breeze from a cross ventilation, it had a huge bathroom attached with a long bath in the middle, and a glass shower compartment facing a small garden, open-to-sky to get the good breeze.
From a small vestibule just outside his bedroom is linked, via a steel-framed bridge, to a newly built office. His office is overlooking the pool connecting with a steel spiral staircase down. The open-concept office had the best view with cross ventilation as it was wide open.
He said Jessie is now alone in his previous office downstairs as he prefers the new extension linked to his bedroom.
We took an elevator down to the basement to his favorite, a 600 sq ft. wine-cellar. I saw cork sheets as wall coverings and a table for 8 people in the middle, for wine-sampling and 2,000 wine bottles on pine racks all over.
He said he would enjoy the wine before taking the afternoon nap by 4 Pm (he said-don’t call me between 4–5 p.m.)
Next to it, a garage of a 6-car space, he humbly said: I don’t own fancy cars, but I saw 3-Lexus lined up. We took the stairs back to the sitting room while a few Indonesian maids were busy with chores.
He said he and his wife had a routine of traveling to the same places every year.
To Bangkok for Chinese New Year’s holiday, he loves to eat a suckling pig dish in China Town as everywhere is closed in Singapore.
In spring, he would go to Japan to catch cherry blossoms and soak in an onsen.
In July- August, he would go to the US to visit his daughter for a month.
Twice a year he would go to KL to visit his son who is living there.
Every Friday he would lunch out with old friends, and this Friday's lunch will be on him as they are taking-turn to host lunches.
He explained to me the 2 new residential projects. He said, “you did very well helping me to complete that shop-house project, you can help me with more projects,” I stayed on for another half an hour.
I left his house and admired a humble man, simple-dressed, living in Millionaires’ Row, who loves hawker food, living in styles with good tastes — a class above others.
Monday, 2 December 2019
Junus Tan Asks Can India ever replicate the economic miracle of Singapore?
Mumbai has strong economy too, but unlike Singapore it cannot put any restrictions on people from outside the city from immigrating and living in shanties. Given that freedom you will see slums alongside the massive wealth below. In other major cities these slums will be cleared off by authoritarian governments and packed to some distant place.
When you take the example of Singapore or Hong Kong, remember that a city with a large port and a financial center will have a high GDP and if you call that city as a country you will see a highly inflated development index. While we don’t want to take away from the great work done by Singapore, remember that there are dozens of such cities around the world with comparable economic output. It is just that most of them are within large countries and thus you don’t notice their GDP figures separately.
Unlike Mumbai or Delhi, Singapore is not burdened with developing a large hinterland or helping 100s of millions climb out of poverty.
More than Singapore, India has to take individual lessons from large countries like China, US, Japan, Germany, Brazil, Indonesia — they all have done some or the other policies that could be adapted to our country.
Answer requested by Junus Tan!!
Thursday, 14 November 2019
So what should the artificial turf in Irvine install be like ?
- To uproot the old grass or its weeds and spray it to prevent growth in the future and wait a few days until the grass is installed.
- Spray material to pest control ants on the ground, which may damage the synthetic grass.
- A/or A/or a/or a bedding, spread over the earth at a height of 4-5 cm to put it in the proper surfaces that are suitable for the flow of rainwater
- (it is advisable to level the scale of a ruler, such as a plank or iron a length of 2-2.5 m), the slope should be towards water drainage, on each square meter slope of 1-2 cm.
- After where the fasteners are. If, after tightening, the jacks must be filled with additional material and tighten again to reach a straight and pulse surface.
- To deploy black Plasrig to prevent the growth of herbs and to prevent friction between the grass and the bedding.
- To deploy the lawns over the black flaneridge make sure that the fibers are in the same direction, and then you can start connecting the lawn and the Planerridge
- To the ground with special nails of 20 cm high. The nails must be spread around the grass at a distance of 30 cm and spread to all the nails to tighten.
- If you have connections between the two layers, you should put a tape on the adhesive tape to apply a special adhesive to the tape,
- It is designed for synthetic grass and to connect the two joints closely. If necessary, it is possible to install around the grass that surrounds the grass if there is no suitable support.
- If necessary, it is possible to install around the grass that surrounds the grass if there is no suitable support. The grassy boundary surrounds the lawn between the garden and the bedding and creates a frame for the lawn and support.
- At the end of the installation you have to comb the lawn with a special brush for the grass or broom with the hard fibers.







