Cockatiel Kumo

 

This is Cockatiel Kumo resting on my shoulder

I never dream that I would have a cockatiel.  I had never even thought of it or seen a bird so beautiful before.  But on 10 May 2025, a Saturday, I had to go to work because the workplace, mft got an event there.  The event was Vesak Day Event, a day of prayers, bathing of buddha and transference of light.  The event will start at 630pm, work starts at 6pm and I began walking there before 530pm.  

As I was walking between the blocks of flats at the linkage shelter, I saw a beautiful bird on the floor.  People were walking and no one seem to care about the bird.  I thought that the bird belongs to somebody.  But it was so beautiful, I did not want to miss the beautiful moment, I quickly take photo of it.  It still stay there.  So I took video of it.  It still never fly off.  Then I stretched out my hand and surprisingly, it hopped onto my hand.  Thereafter, I had a thought of bringing it home.  

On the way home, it never fly off either.  I had the bird put at home and asked Isaac to take good care of it while I went to work.  After work, the bird was still at home.  We searched online on information about this beautiful bird and came to know that it was an expensive bird that cost about $200 and it came from Australia.  

We decided to keep it as a pet after some thoughts.  The next day after church, I went to buy the cage and food for him.  It was so nice to see him able to enjoy eating the food that we gave him.  He was able to drink water and even sing songs too.  What a wonderful bird it was.  Isaac thought of a name for him, which was Kumo, in Japan means cloud.  

Everyday we let him out of the cage to enjoy some freedom.  He loves to go to our shoulders.  However with him around, Taco was too scared, he began to go into hiding and often stay in the kitchen.  When I was at work, I would come back during lunch time to take a look at them.  

Anyway, last week, on 17 May 2025, we lost Kumo.  Isaac was bathing and he put Kumo in the bathroom.  When he sneezed, Kumo was scared and he flew out of the window.  That was the last time we had him.  We went out to search for him but we was not able to find him anymore.  We had him for 7days and it was good.  

Video of Kumo singing and eating 

Good Samaritans

 

Photograph showing the 'red packet' or Selamat Hari Raya ang bao in my bicycle basket

Went to work one day on the 5 June 2021.  I went to pick up food and when I returned, I still never noticed anything in the basket.  It was only after I reached the customer's place, when I was taking the food, I discovered a brown packet.  I thought someone had thrown in litter into my basket.  So I went to deliver the food.  After I came back, I looked at the brown packet.  It wrote 'Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri'.  I took it up and saw something purple.  It was a $2 note inside.  Had someone given me a red packet?

I went working for quite sometimes now, and people who give tips are few.  So far I had only encounter one case of a condominium customer who gave me $2 tip, and another case of HDB customer gave me $2.40.  Then a few cases of 'keep the change' for a few cents of change.  

Sometimes the customer will send message to say no hurry, stay safe.  So there are quite a number of kind people around.  Working in this line is very tiring and legs will have blister also.   But its just so nice to see kind people around.

Photograph showing the lift at Woodlands Bus Interchange

Another case of kind people is at Woodlands bus interchange.  I was pulling the trolley.  Luckily there were lifts, otherwise I had to carry the trolley all the way up the stairs.  A woman saw me walking towards the lift and she waited patiently for me at the lift.  Then she pressed the lift door opened, she was so patient.  In the lift, there was another man.  When the lift door opened, he pressed the door opened and waited for everyone to go out.  This is definitely a gracious society.  

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