The Cock Crows

 

Photograph of Me and my pet chicken on my shoulder

Photograph of me and my two pet chicken 

During my primary school, I had opportunities to have pet chicken.  The first one was on the upper most photograph.  It is a brown chicken.  At first the chick was yellow and slowly it transform into a brown chicken.  I can still remember how I got the chick.  

It was one day when I was inside the vehicle with my elder brother.  He went out of the car to do some errands at the car workshop.  Over there, Lim Chu Kang area, I heard the sound of small chicks.  I was curious and went out of the car to take a look.  It was those type of kampong house at Lim Chu Kang area, now no more.  It was a wooden house and there was a hole in the house.  I put my hands into the hole on the floor of the house, extending into the house.  Upon putting my hands inside the house, I felt something.  It was chicks!  I put my hand deeper, and I tried to grab hold of one.  It was a success, I caught hold of one chick!  I quickly brought the chick to the car and put it into the bag!

And that was how I got hold of my first pet.  Soon my pet grew up, and it was time to kill it!!!  That was not my opinion.  I was so sad, cried over its demised back then.  As I was too grieved, my mother brought me to the market to buy 2 black chicks (the second photographs above).  They were black chicks but their feathers were white.  

I took care of the chicken myself.  I bought food, brought sand home and I put the chicken inside boxes.  The boxes were lined with newspaper.  I need to change the newspaper everyday or when they got dirty.  I stayed in the room with my sister, and she never liked my pets.

After the chicken grew up, the same thing happened again... it got slaughtered...  

I was so grieved again by their death.  Definitely I did not eat them.  

My uncle knew I love chicken, he brought to our home a very small miniature chick from other country.  Within one day, the miniature chick died.  I sat on it!!  That was the last time I had chicken.  

After I went secondary school, I was too busy to think of pets.  I have no pets throughout my secondary, college and university days.

Nowadays no one sell small chicks, or I never encountered anyone selling small chicks.  I had dogs, cats, terrapins, fish and even birds as pets too.  

5 June 2012, saw this dove on the shrub

The cock story will be continued.  Meanwhile, it is such a pleasure, happiness to encounter birds on life journey.  They brightened my life. 

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Happy Mothers' Day

 

D sent me this Happy Mothers' Day message on Saturday.  She still remembered me, so touched.  She is such a sincere friend.  This mother's day, I never buy anything for mum, but when I went to her house, I gave her a packet of boiled scallops and sotong youtiao.  I gave her a red packet, but she returned me, saying that I am also a mother.  

During my childhood days, my mother always said, "听话就好" during mother's day if we gave her presents.  The words mean be obedient.  I also hoped that my children will be obedient too.  

Photograph showing the bracelet that Clara gave me

Last night, Clara came to my room and gave me a small pouch containing the bracelet.  She had made another bracelet to give me some months ago.  The bracelet was elastic ones, and I told her that I was scared that the elastic string will break like my previous ones which I had bought.  So this time she made a non elastic ones.  Thank you so much Clara for always being so thoughtful.  

For dinner we ate Laksa.  I bought Laksa from PGFN.  We want to order from Tian Tian Chi Mian, but it was closed already.  I bought two bowls of Laksa.  I prefer Laksa from Tian Tian Chi Mian, but PGFN got more tao pok, which I like.  When I finished my Laksa, Clara came to show me hers.  Her Laksa was contaminated with a worm-like rusty wire.  She was disgusted.  

Photograph of the rusty worm-like wire from PGFN Laksa

I sent in a feedback message to Grab.  Later on they called me to verified the matter.  They said they will look into it before they can proceed with refund.  Later on, I received an email saying that I was refunded $4.60.   

I think NEA should look into matters like this.  This is not the only case in Singapore news.  Some other people had experienced similar issues in other food at other stalls.  

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