Noisy Dog

This is one of the noisiest dog I ever seen. He could bark at any person or me until my senses revolt. So I have to bribe him by giving him a piece of biscuit every time I saw him.

Ummm, this really quietens him down.

Often, corruption is still the most effective way to get things done as we have many humans like this noisy dog.

Sugar Cane

Cost of sugar has gone up from RM 0.52 per pound at September 2015 to RM 0.90 per pound at September 2016 this year.

Look like I have to grow sugar cane and process my own sugar. 

But it was not only sugar that increased its price, the fuel also went up by RM0.15 from RM 1.75 to RM 1.90 on 1st November 2016. Shall I also go to make bio fuels?

In this country, it seemed that when the economy was good, the goods inflated. When the economy was no good, everything inflated even faster! 

The retirees will have a hard time in the future as we depend meagre saving to survive and large inflation is our greatest enemy. Who are the culprits behind ?

Bidens Pilosa

Very small flowers but are commonly found at abandoned gardens and sometimes even road sides. The plants can survive for years without being looking after, like at the backyard of my old home. The flowers attract a number of insects, from ants to bees, apparently containing a lot of honey.

Lemon Emigrant Butterfly

Uh---uh, what are you sucking on the old dry leaf? 
Don't be misled by the colour of the object! 
Other senses such as smell and feel are important too!

Probably, the butterfly has mistaken the yellow colour to be that of the ripen lemon.

Weird Violet Plant

In my forest farm, I often found some weird plants which I could not identify or encountered before. 
The plant with violet leaves is one of them.

Most plants need the green chlorophyll to process photosynthesis, but with the violet leaves, I am not sure how is it going to make carbohydrates and oxygen out of the nutrients, carbon dioxide and water. But the plant grew quite fast and the leaves are quite large. How did it do it?

Star Fruit Flowers

As year end approaches, it is the beginning of the fruiting season in Sarikei. Flowers and fruits can be seen on many fruit trees.

Star fruit tree at my old home is also flowering. These flowers are small but numerous, attracting a lot of wasps too.

One fruit was too ripe and dropped on the ground, to be consumed by fruit flies and other worms.

The Differences between Temperate and Tropical Flowers

Temperate flowers are distinctive, numerous and colourful. They depend a lot on the seeds to be dormant during the cold seasons and propagate rapidly  during spring to summer. Flowers and seeds serve this useful purpose.

Tropical flowers grow throughout the year. They can propagate easily by just cutting a branch and push into the soil. They don't depend too much on the flowers and seeds. The flowers are therefore small, indistinct and often in exotic forms.