tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826590137201441127.post8751794106833115366..comments2024-02-14T11:01:13.504+08:00Comments on ygblog4: yghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054865524193859788noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826590137201441127.post-91782306999726181872009-05-03T03:10:00.000+08:002009-05-03T03:10:00.000+08:00Hi yg, thanks so much for checking out the mangost...Hi yg, thanks so much for checking out the mangosteen tree! We went back there and still could not figure out if they are the edible kind!<br /><br />Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge.<br /><br />I'm a great fan of your blog! :) Keep up the good work!alternative-momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826590137201441127.post-74740481411521051312009-04-27T11:37:00.000+08:002009-04-27T11:37:00.000+08:00hi alternative-mom, i was at lower peirce this mor...hi alternative-mom, i was at lower peirce this morning and i checked out the mangosteen tree, the one next to the two sign boards and near the fishing grounds. there are small mangosteens on the tree. they should be ripe in 2 months' time.yghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07054865524193859788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826590137201441127.post-32237336088855843982009-04-25T06:14:00.000+08:002009-04-25T06:14:00.000+08:00hi alternative-mom, thanks for the compliments.
i ...hi alternative-mom, thanks for the compliments.<br />i have blogged about mangosteen trees <A HREF="http://ivyidaong2.blogspot.com/2007/05/roadside-mangosteen-trees-bearing-fruit.html" REL="nofollow"> here </A>. <br />if the trees at lower peirce are indeed mangosteen trees and if they are mature trees (i.e. more than 9 years old), they should be bearing fruit at this time of the year.<br />there are lots of mangosteen trees along neo tiew crescent/lim chu kang, on both sides of the road, just after the entrance to the sungei buloh wetland. some of them are fruiting.<br />stray dogs sometimes behave like wild dogs. when they are in a pack, they will even attack human beings. i always avoid them if i can.yghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07054865524193859788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826590137201441127.post-61041509845509933082009-04-25T02:10:00.000+08:002009-04-25T02:10:00.000+08:00Thanks for your wonderful blog. I came across whil...Thanks for your wonderful blog. I came across while googling to see if anyone knows if the 'mangosteen' tree that I found at Lower Pierce Reservoir is indeed a mangosteen tree. Any idea?<br /><br />I just have to add that I personally witnessed a pack of stray dogs attacked a wild monkey at Lower Pieerce Reservoir just on Monday! <br /><br />The dogs viciously attacked the monkey which was caught off guard as it was eyeing our food! The monkey was fiercely attacked by the dogs, bitten and torn apart and brought into the forested area to be feasted on.<br /><br />While I'm not one to advocate killing of animals, I just have to add that these strays are a bit too dangerous to be running about. They are probably hungry. Anyway, I'm not even sure if they'd hunt down an unprotected baby from the way they were lunging at the monkey!alternative-momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826590137201441127.post-9133099639443451882009-04-23T13:01:00.000+08:002009-04-23T13:01:00.000+08:00yu-kym, like you say, we were not so traumatised b...yu-kym, like you say, we were not so traumatised because we were used to watching animals being killed in our own homes.<br />these days, i believe they put the strays to sleep by giving them an injection.<br />rats. call the exterminator. in the past, we used to trap the rats using a cage but they are quite clever animals, so it is no easy task.yghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07054865524193859788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826590137201441127.post-42141723025261804202009-04-23T12:54:00.000+08:002009-04-23T12:54:00.000+08:00stanley, although we are from the same generation,...stanley, although we are from the same generation, our reactions to the shooting were different. maybe, it was because i was immune to watching animals being killed. we drowned the rats and my mother slaughtered the chicken and ducks.yghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07054865524193859788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826590137201441127.post-50755753139538801532009-04-23T11:52:00.000+08:002009-04-23T11:52:00.000+08:00I am wary of stray dogs and keep my distance if th...I am wary of stray dogs and keep my distance if they look aggressive. <br /><br />If it's still true that we are allowed to shoot strays and unlicensed dogs, then the laws have not been updated to keep up with the way things have changed. In the past, shooting a dog in public may not have been as traumatic as it may be now. After all, people used to kill chickens in their kitchens. <br /><br />I am confused as to why stray cats are still caught away to be culled in this day and age. In the past, cats used to rummage through rubbish to find food and may spread diseases but nowadays there are cat-lovers who feed the stray cats. Hardly any cat eats scraps or bothers to hunt birds or rats. By the way, can somebody do something about the RATS in my neighbourhood?Yu-Kymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02893655327264864138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826590137201441127.post-91940038195781527602009-04-23T11:36:00.000+08:002009-04-23T11:36:00.000+08:00In the early 60s, as a young lad ,I personally wit...In the early 60s, as a young lad ,I personally witnessed a stray dog being shot at Tiong Poh Road in Tiong Bahru. It was quite a traumatic experience for me after having witnessed the stray dog being shot. The stray collapsed in a pool of blood when the bullet went straight to the heart of the dog and exited the other end sometimes causing injury to the passer-by who happened to be in a wrong place at the wrong time.stanleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826590137201441127.post-4525288206794529202009-04-22T18:34:00.000+08:002009-04-22T18:34:00.000+08:00john, when i am at sungei buloh, i am more wary of...john, when i am at sungei buloh, i am more wary of the stray dogs than any wild animal i may encounter. as far as possible, i try ad keep my distance from them.yghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07054865524193859788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826590137201441127.post-68713425422002890182009-04-22T16:22:00.000+08:002009-04-22T16:22:00.000+08:00Having seen the dogs at Sungei Buloh I know what y...Having seen the dogs at Sungei Buloh I know what you mean. They certainly have that underlying air of ruthlessness about them which makes one a bit wary of them.JollyGreenPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05829814386239434664noreply@blogger.com