拜年

正月初一头一天，家家户户过新年，
大街小巷悬灯彩，爆竹响连天，
七个隆冬锵冬锵，爆竹响连天，
七个隆冬锵冬锵，爆竹响连天；
小妹过年真高兴，换上新鞋穿新衣，
从头到脚打扮好，上街去拜年，
七个隆冬锵冬锵，上街去拜年，
七个隆冬锵冬锵，上街去拜年；
小妹过年真高兴，有吃有穿又有玩，
七个隆冬锵冬锵，我要去拜年，
七个隆冬锵冬锵，我要去拜年。

新年许心愿

又是一年好起点，远方客人来拜年，
嘻嘻哈哈过新年，新春雪花飘连天，
春天已经到人间，百鸟迎春喜年年，
手举清香许心愿，鸿运当头年又年。
一求上天作美，保赐良缘，盼望好梦，早日实现，
二求生意兴隆，财运亨通，吉祥如意，好运年年。
再求我的家人岁岁年年万事如意直到永远。

恭喜恭喜

每条大街小巷，每个人的嘴里
见面第一句话，就是恭喜恭喜
恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀，恭喜恭喜恭喜你

冬天已到尽头，真是好的消息
溫暖的春风，就要吹醒大地
恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀，恭喜恭喜恭喜你

皓皓冰雪融解，眼看梅花吐蕊
漫漫长夜过去，听到一声鸡啼
恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀，恭喜恭喜恭喜你

经过多少困难，历尽多少磨练
多少心儿盼望，盼望春的消息
恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀，恭喜恭喜恭喜你

每条大街小巷，每个人的嘴里
见面第一句话，就是恭喜恭喜
恭喜恭喜恭喜你呀，恭喜恭喜恭喜你

2012啊，靓仔。

我很幸运，我家附近一星期有两次pasar malam。
今天我心血来潮想听听旧曲，就到那儿去看看（注：我现今没有太多本钱支持正版，故犯法）。

选了三片CD，Jim Reeves, Carpenters和All Musicals。

我告诉卖CD的靓仔：“我唔须要纸袋。”
靓仔带点取笑：“唔要纸袋？咁环保啊？”
我笑笑：“2012啊，靓仔。”
靓仔哈哈。
我顺势建议：“环保，你都可以嘎。你顺口问你啲客仔‘贵客要唔要袋啊’。十之八九其实唔须要嘅，只不過你俾，佢哋咪拎咯。你問嘅話，話唔定仲可以節省啲膠袋費添。”

靓仔哈哈哈哈。

佢實在係服咗我呢个提倡环保嘅客仔。

Penyu Agar/ Green Turtle

I first saw green turtles in Cherating Turtle Sanctuary. Couple of adults and many hatchlings, all ‘crowded’ in a 5m x 8m (appx) kidney-shape pool. Caretaker was ‘scrubbing’ their carapace with a floor brush, to remove algae on it.

The 2nd time, in Salang, Tioman Island. 2 adult green turtles swimming freely in the open ocean. I was swimming with them :) These turtles have algae-eating fishes to clean their carapace, symbosis :D

Green turtles are named so because of the colour of their fat, which homo sapiens ‘harvest’ for soup. Homo sapiens, like monitor lizards, eat their eggs as well. The difference between homo sapiens and the lizards are:-
- lizards eat them as a source of food vs. homo sapiens eat them as a delicacy or believing they have aphrodisiac properties
- lizards eat what’s deemed enough and leave the rest alone vs. homo sapiens collect ALL of them to sell for profit
- lizards are their natural predator, in the ecosystem itself vs. homo sapiens are intruders, we are parasites

Egg collectors and eaters have been around for many, many centuries. But I personally think that practises that are incorrect, that lead to unsustainability, even if it had been a part of the culture, shouldn’t be carried on. Homo sapiens can think, and then act. Isn’t that what we are proud of, being different from animals?