Curry Leaves Plant

 

Curry leaves plant viewed from the top

Closer view of the curry leaves plant showing the fruits (ripe and unripe)

Photograph of the whole curry leaves plant taken from the side view

Last Friday when I was delivering food at one of the block in Woodlands, I found a curry leaves plant that was full of fruits.  It was such a young small plant but the fruits are plentiful.  At my house, my curry leaves plant is taller than me.  It had flowered and beared fruits once.  So the sight of this fruits does not amazed me, but it was the size of the plant.  The size of the plant did not matter.  It was the 'age' of the plant that matters.  

The flowers of the curry leaves plants are white.  The fruits of the curry leaves plant are a bit reddish green when unripe.  Ripe curry leaves fruits are purplish black in colour.  We use curry leaves to add flavour to curry dishes, such as curry chicken.  We also use curry leaves to cook curry leaves prawn with garlic and chilli (a very nice dish which my mother can cook very well).  

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Big Fat Cat

 

The spectacular view from 29th storey of Blk 180C, Marsiling Heights

So I went Blk 180C three times today.  First time, I went to 29th storey and I took the above view.  As the lift went up, my ears were blocked and I had to swallow saliva and at the same time, lower my lower jaw.  There were 3 lifts serving the whole block of flat.  At the time when I was there, one of the lift was not working, under servicing.  Luckily two other lifts were working.  

There was one time where I need to go nine floor of a woodlands HDB flat -- those old types of flat, where there were only one lift to go up to the specific floor.  I could not go up to the 9th floor because the lift was under servicing!  Luckily, when I called the customer, he came downstairs to take from me the food.  It was a young teenager and he ran downstairs to come take from me.   Still another instance of lift breakdown, also in those old types of flat, I called up the customer and asked them how can I go up to their house.  It was so troublesome to go to her house, having to take the other lift and then to walk along some corridor and then take the stairs to her house.  

Cannot imagine how bad it must be if the lifts were spoilt for these high-rise flats.  So on the second trip to the high floor again, this time I saw a big fat cat.  I thought that it belongs to somebody.  I saw a woman feeding him something.  Then I went up to deliver the food.  When I came back, the big fat cat was still beside my bicycle.  This time I had a closer look of him.   I was so amazed at how fat the cat was.  First time I see such fat cat, really is big fat cat.  

Big Fat Cat beside my bicycle

On my third time to the flat again, this time I got a tip from the customer.  In fact, he was even standing at the door, waiting for me.  When I pass him the food, he gave me $2 and even tell me to ride safe -- another kind soul encountered.

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Beautiful Gardenia

 

Beautiful Gardenia flower close view

Gardenia flower shrub

Today I went three times to Marsiling Heights to do delivery.  On my first trip, I was captivated by the white flowers, Gardenia shrubs along the pathway.  How beautiful are the flowers.  So I decided to take the photographs of them.  

I love gardenia so much and my icon for Peace Nature is the gardenia flower.  The gardenia plants over here are well maintained.  The ones along the roadside of Woodlands MRT station are not well maintained.  The plants there were diseased and insects infested.  

So I went to 29th storey and I took a picture of the high rise view at the corridor.  It was nothing great to see actually, all the rooftop of HDB flats.  But it must be the tallest building in Woodlands, having 31 floor in total!  

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My Latest Pet

 

Taco sleeping soundly on the bed

Taco sleeping with me on the bed

Taco is the latest pet at home.  He is the only pet left at home.  At first, it was the children's idea to bring Taco home.  But now, it is like my pet.  I am taking care of Taco, bringing him to the vet alone too.  

Owning a pet is easy but to take good care of it is a huge responsibility.  I need to make sure he is safe under my care, otherwise I feel bad.  Yesterday at the vet, there were many pet owners with their pet at the vet.  We always see people with nice pet with them.  But at the vet, we see pet owners with ugly pet, something we don't get to see often in the media too.  I saw a woman with a bulldog, tongue dangling out of the mouth, half blind and badly diseased skin.  The woman and the dog seemed to have very good relationship.  The woman never abandon the pet despite the ugly look of the pet.  

Everyone brought their special breed of pets to the vet, mine is only a normal stray.  But a Malay couple was attracted to Taco, came close and said, "So cute".  Never mind that I have only a stray, at least I rescue him from the factory.  From a dirty hungry kitten, now a clean and ideal weight kitten.  The sibling Mochi and his mum have problems looking for food everyday.  Their living condition is very bad.  Taco was full of ticks and fleas when he came home initially.  After treatment done for him, he seldom scratch his body now.  All the fleas and ticks were gone. 

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