Hi Lidya, I like nature and I think without nature, we cannot survive. We did not take care of what is given to us, soon, we will suffer for it. Good examples are global warming, floods, diseases - the jungle fights back, and more. We no longer know how to live with nature. We push the jungle back - by clearing them - and what happened is that the animals come out .. and along with it diseases.
Ah Meng and her relatives should be left where they are la. Not in the zoo or in anyone's house. (^^) Likewise, in Singapore, because we cut away many forests, we have similar problems. The Mynas or Kaling as we call them in Hokkien in Singapore learn to survive by eating from the food centre and dust bins. Same with our monkeys. So, they grow fat and multiply. Imagine this, the crows in see in Singapore? Long long ago, some wise guys brought them from India to Malaya and Singapore, thinking that they could help with the pest problems. But it was not to be. (^^) Likewise in Australia, they brought in the cane toad, and now they have trouble with them. In Thailand, one professor was working with the villagers not to poach the hornbill or their eggs. What she did was to bring in the eco-tourists to see the birds and in turn give them business in terms of lodging, food and guiding. Not an easy project. (^^) What a sad story about the fireflies. When was it when you saw many of them? Anyway to bring them back? (^^) Victor On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Lidya Pei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Victor, > Yah lor, lets export the Mynas to Singkawang shall we > ^^. > The other day when I was cycling from Tampines to > Pasir Ris, in the mid way, under the Mrt line we found > the bird so many that lost in counting may be few > hundred of them, just like a bird farm lah. > > I was grew up playing with fireflies almost every > evening. But the pepticide already kill every single > one of them. They were not at the mangrove, they were > at the bushes. In the night time they were all over > the bushes tree, makes the tree looks like cover with > thousand of thousand christmas light. We used to > caught them and store it into the glass bottle. We > call fireflies "fo nyam chung", in Singkawang > Hakanese. > > Why are you interested to Jungle? want to watch a Meng > friends? surely they still have a Meng friends, > because last year when I visits our kampong, our > neighbor got one baby a meng from someone brought it > out from jungle. The mother was shoot dead and eat by > the local. They left the baby alone, so this person > saw it and feel sorry for the baby and then brought it > back but sadly not survive. > > Lidya > > > --- Victor Yue <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <tao.victor%40gmail.com>> wrote: > > > Hi Lidya, > > Oh, the value for the Mynas is S$20? Maybe, we can > > catch and send them over > > to Singkawang. (^^) I call them trash birds. You can > > see them tompan the > > gabarge trucks and enjoy the leftovers while having > > a free ride. (^^) > > > > Oh and you have fireflies? Are they at the > > mangroves? In Malaysia, we can > > see them in Kota Tinggi and in Kuala Selangor. I saw > > them in K. Selangor > > like 15 years ago. I am not sure if they are still > > there. > > > > Are there any jungle near to Singkawang? (^^) > > > > Victor > > > > On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Lidya Pei > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <Lidya_peilily%40yahoo.com>> wrote: > > > > > Dear Victor Yue, > > > I don't think Singkawang have some one interesting > > for > > > bird watching. May be some one have, but they have > > a > > > motive for cacthing the bird for sale. > > > The yellow feet bird ( I do not know exactly the > > name) > > > which we can find all over here in Singapore, for > > > stealing a left over at hawker center. The bird > > value > > > around 20$ in Singkawang, they dont see the bird > > lah, > > > they only see money that bird can exchange for. > > > Then the nature also a bit destroy, the semi > > modern > > > for farming using a chemical already became a > > > disaster. The firefly which the beuty of nature, > > > already disapear from our kampong few years back. > > > Rgds, > > > Lidya > > > P.S. : only in deep inside forest can find a > > nature > > > with no human interfare but surely not in > > Singkawang > > > area. > > > > > > > > > --- Victor Yue <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <tao.victor%40gmail.com> > > <tao.victor%40gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > Not sure if this is out of thread (OOT). I am > > > > interested to find out if > > > > there are any keen birdwatchers in Singkawang > > and if > > > > anyone knows what wild > > > > birds could be seen in Singkawang and in > > Kalimantan > > > > Barat. There is a > > > > growing interests in nature and eco-tourism is a > > big > > > > potential business, > > > > especially from professionals visiting S.E.Asia > > as > > > > well as specialised > > > > tours. I know American Birdwatching tours often > > go > > > > to Sabah in Malaysia for > > > > birdwatching. I am just curious to find out if > > there > > > > are such potentials in > > > > Singkawang and the surrounding area. > > > > > > > > If there is anyone who also photograph wild > > birds > > > > (not in cages), you could > > > > post them in this email forum: > > > > > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birds-pix > > > > > > > > which has about 2,700 members sharing pictures > > from > > > > all over the world. > > > > There are some experts who could identify the > > birds > > > > and some who give advice > > > > and tips on bird photography. > > > > > > > > Just wondering if ecotourism could be one way to > > > > attract visitors to > > > > Singkawang. (^^) > > > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Victor > > > > > > > > > Singapore > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > > You rock. 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