Hui Xing Lau
Nov 1, 20201 min read
Making an air plant terrarium
Nee Soon East CC organised an online Zoom class on making sand art terrarium for air plants. The cost was $5 and inclusive of a...
Hui Xing Lau
Sep 27, 20202 min read
Repairing my Macbook Pro
I own a 2014 Macbook Pro Retina 13" which was purchased during my first year in university. For more than a year, my Macbook had been...
Hui Xing Lau
Aug 30, 20201 min read
Installing a bidet in my toilet
When toilet paper flew off the shelves during the height of coronavirus fears, bidets gained popularity as an alternative. In fact,...
Hui Xing Lau
Aug 1, 20202 min read
NParks Gardening with Edibles Campaign | Circuit Breaker Gardening Update
The Circuit Breaker has ended and Singapore is currently in Phase 2 of reopening. Previously, I tried planting Pak Choi during the...
Hui Xing Lau
Apr 25, 20201 min read
Pak Choi, Sansieveria and Strawberry | Circuit Breaker Gardening
I decided to start my indoor edible garden with dwarf Pak Choi. Day 0 I sowed 7 seeds in a well-draining soil mix which I had made for my...
Hui Xing Lau
Apr 8, 20201 min read
Growing edibles during Circuit Breaker
This circuit breaker (soft lockdown in Singapore's language) during COVID-19 has confined many people in their homes with a dwindling...
Hui Xing Lau
Feb 16, 20201 min read
Chong Pang Trip to The Live Turtle & Tortoise Museum and Kampung Kampus
My ward organised a trip to Ground-Up Initiative in Khatib. It offered guided tours of Kampong Kampus (a farm) and The Live Turtle &...
Hui Xing Lau
Feb 6, 20201 min read
Gasteria carinata var. verrucosa | Gardening Diary
Also known as 'ox tongue', this Gasteria succulent is a close relative of Aloe and Haworthia species. I was attracted to the little warts...
Hui Xing Lau
Dec 23, 20191 min read
Cleaning sticky laptop covers with baking soda
I want to share a quick method to rejuvenate old sticky laptop covers in this post. After a few years of use, my plastic Macbook cover...
Hui Xing Lau
Dec 7, 20191 min read
Environmental cost of emails
Royalty-free image of emails from Pixabay When people send out mass emails, how often do they stop to think about the environmental cost...
