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Spade is in good hands

Posted in The learning experience… on 13/06/2024| Leave a Comment »

There were complaints about Spade. Again, people are trying to get rid of him.

The first time I saw him, he was crossing the road at the junction while I was waiting to turn my car to my right. Wondering where he was going, I turned into the carpark where he was instead of heading home and there he was! He gulped down 3 small cans of tuna and I left him some kibbles and water at the side of the path and decided to feed him again the next day.

This was how Spade looked like when I first fed him.

I carried on feeding him every day for about a month or so until I saw someone leave food and water for him every night and I started feeding him on alternate days. One day, I met someone who knew Spade and she told me Spade was well taken care of by the neighbours here, so I decided to stop coming back so often. I didn’t tell anyone that I had been feeding him.

A few months had passed and one day I decided to see how Spade was doing. I didn’t see him anywhere for 3 days and I decided to post on FB and asked around his whereabouts. I was told that Spade was faced with abusers on the ground floor and he had to go upstairs to hide himself. He peed and pooped upstairs and people started to complain. I told myself he can’t live a life with people threatening him. So I decided to bring him home and to rehome him.

Now he is at the adopter’s house all by himself. No other cats or children and Mummy loves him very much!

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“Pigeon-killing” at 195 Kim Keat Avenue (Day Three)

Posted in The learning experience…, tagged , , on 17/05/2024| Leave a Comment »

It still haunts me and I decided to write to the Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council and I did. I also wrote to our MP, Dr Ng Eng Hen and even to AVS. It has been more than two weeks and I have received no reply from them. None at all. And this is how a world-class nation looks like.

I can’t just sit here and do nothing or blame everyone. I’m in the mist of creating some videos that is related to the pigeons of course. I want to be their voice and I found out that there are people who care did the same thing as well in Singapore. It’s such a joy!

I thought she was going to walk towards me but she turned to the side instead:). Cute!

I don’t know why most humans are intolerant owards animals. Accepting them brings us so much joy. Being kind to them is cultivating a good heart – a heart of being gracious and the generosity to share. We need not even have to spend a cent for such happiness!

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“Pigeon-killing” at 195 Kim Keat Avenue (Day Two)

Posted in The learning experience…, tagged , , , on 17/05/2024| Leave a Comment »

I was contemplating what was happening after the whole killing episode.

I’ve come to realise that…

1. We are made to believe that the bird feeders are the killers. After witnessing the whole episode, I’ve awakened to the fact that those who poisoned the pigeons were the actual killers.

2. I found that there is not even a single plant or tree that provides food for them. Basically, they depend on us for food. Food that we accidentally spill or throw away. I remember I saw them eating a packet of hot and spicy rice. I’ve observed that they even eat soil, tiny stone, dust etc…

3. We label them as pests, make them one and find all excuses to get rid of them.

4. The one who carries kind intentions by offering them food becomes an offender or criminal but the one who kills them has done a lawful thing.  It makes me wonder what kind of message we are sending our next generation.

5. People are disgusted by the birds’ droppings but nobody realise that ours are inside our intestines 24/7 which is equally disgusting. The truth is always awful but it is still the truth.

All I can say is it’s not “fair trade”! What I mean is, we could have planted food for them but we did nothing about it. The pigeons had nothing to eat but are forced to survive by scavenging food from the trash bins. In the end, we blame them for being dirty, labelled them as pest, rats with wings, diseases carrier etc… which we jolly well know none are true!

I didn’t know I was traumatised by the whole episode until I went to the same place where they were being poisoned and the episode repeated itself. The minute they were alive and hungrily eating what was fed and next, they were dead.

What they want is only to survive just like us. Is harming them really necessary? If we’re afraid of their diseases, then we should really stop eating meat because it’s a matter of when the next pandemic is going to hit us again!

In order to help myself to recover from the unpleasant experience, I gathered all the pigeons in the afternoon, told them there are people who care for them, I care and to live one moment at a time and I want them to understand I’m trying and have been trying to do whatever I can to help. I hope their presence at that moment (being alive and lively) could help me erase the inhumane episode…

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“Pigeon-killing” at 195 Kim Keat Avenue (Day One)

Posted in The learning experience…, tagged , , , on 17/05/2024| Leave a Comment »

I was doing some packing at Blk 194 multistorey carpark when I saw an indian man spreading breads all over the floor in broad daylight and I thought to myself, “What a kind man he is, to be feeding the hungry pigeons”. Seeing the hungry pigeons had food to eat, I smiled and carried on with my packing.

There were 3 to 4 vehicles parking where the pigeons were eating. I peeped and see if the kind man was still offering food to the pigeons

From far, I saw a pigeon lying near the edge of the drain. She tried to fly but couldn’t and I thought to myself, how careless the pigeon was to have hurt herself. I quickly packed up and went towards her, wanting so much to lift her up. When I was nearing, I saw dead pigeons lying all over the floor. I turned my head to look at the Indian man. The first thing that came to my lips was, “You killed the pigeons!” He said yes, he was taking order from Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council. There was completely no shame and fear in him.

Without hesitation, I took the dead birds and also those who were still struggling to the side of the road as I didn’t want them to run over by vehicles. Some were at Blk 196 and some behind Blk 195.

I kept warning the indian man that there will be consequences for killing any beings intentionally. However, he stood tall and proud with the work he had done.

I called ACRES for help. The cleaners began sweeping the dead pigeons as well as the ones who were still struggling. I demanded them to release those who were still struggling. I left them in a box waiting for ACRES to pick them. Thanks ACRES for coming.

I was all alone in the whole process and nobody seems to be concerned about it.

These were “victims” who got poisoned. I didn’t want to post all of them.

The killer vehicle

I have the photo of the arrogant Indian man who poisoned the pigeons but I think everyone deserves a chance. He may or may not repent but I hope he does and that’s for his own benefit.

The final moment was the arrival of ACRES. They swept over the whole place and made sure no pigeons were left behind. And my job was done on that day…

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Precious and Cottonie have been adopted!

Posted in The learning experience… on 03/05/2024| Leave a Comment »

Thanks to Arissa and husband for adopting Precious and Cottonie. The only adopter I trust to hard over Precious is this wonderful family who also adopted Elsa and Stockings. They also have a beautiful rescue named Louis. Louis is a senior cat. Out of compassion, Louis became a family member too! It often touches my heart when people are willing to adopt senior cats and even those who are FIV/FeLV carriers.

Precious is definitely a sweet boy and Cottonie only gets along with Precious. It was so hard for me to separate them. I appreciate Arissa’s and hubby’s generosity in giving them a home and are so responsible for them!

Here comes Mr Louis. Everytime when I see his photos, I can’t stop laughing. Bringing so much joy with that kind of look. He’s really cute! I’ve heard people saying that cats are unappreciative. This is because they have not really love a cat or get close to them to the point where cats can feel their love.

Hope these three will not make their mummy and daddy scream:)). I’ve read a FB post lately and it says that sometimes we help the animals and sometimes they help us. I wouldn’t disagree, for the least that they are always with us, in good times or bad times.

Mel told me last night that she didn’t have the luxury to write a blog or drink a cup of tea. I told her these are not luxuries. Living in luxury is to have the ability, willingness and generosity to give, love and care. To want to share with others what and all we have, including giving the cats a home, a place to nurse them and a place to live without fear.

Writing a blog is holding onto memories. Not so much that I wanted to do nowadays. However, it’s a good reminder when we’re being put down terribly by others to the point that we’ve almost forgotten the good things that we have done in the past. Mel can do her work with a nice cup of tea and it can be done everyday. Hope she realises that. When we create our work and inspire others, I think that’s a real well-written blog. It doesn’t have to be in ink or paper.

May all our adopters be free from stress and may the cats they adopted bring them joy!

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