Green Hopes: 2007

Monday, January 8, 2007

The Last Time I Cried

Sunday, January 22, 2006
Love at first sight.

Yesterday was the happiest moment for me because I met my favourite orangutan, Chokey. I sponsored Chokey, a male orangutan with my own pocket money. Chokey is one of the 13 orangutans in Zoo Negara. He is a handsome, 7 year old male orangutan. Anyone who visits Zoo Negara and sees Chokey at the ape centre would definitely fall in love with his cute face and mischievous antics.

During the first 6 months of 2006, I visited him every week. I would bring his favourite fruits, among which are durians and grapes. In the zoo, most of the time he is fed with bananas and he had enough of it. My meeting with Chokey was like love at first sight.

Whenever we met, he would cling on me and would refuse to let me go. So the zookeepers had a tough time persuading him to get back into his cage. According to the keepers, he has grown possessive of me. So my mom advised me not to see him too often because after all, he is a wild animal. So I did not see him for 6 months.

However, yesterday, I decided to see how he was because I miss him so much. I brought him his favourite fruits, durians and grapes. When we met, we held one another tightly. He remembers me…… He gave me a kiss and we both cried. It was one of the greatest moments in my life. Tears were flowing down my cheeks and that was the last time I cried.

Hani ♥ Chokey

-Siti Hani Ahmad Zuraidi-

Introduction

This is my first time on the blog. I am Rossiti Aishah Rashidi, a mother of five wonderful children. Siti Hani is my third child and she is just amazingly loving and caring towards animals. My other children are also animal lovers.

This blog is created in order to understand what “Green Hopes” is about and what does “being green” means.

“Green Hopes” as the word itself translates, an optimistic outlook for the future. Only if we desire enough and work hard enough to care for Mother Earth and all its creatures, only then we can make sure that Mother Earth can provide for her creatures now and forever. We need fresh water, good food and a clean environment to flourish. Our animal friends need their habitats protected so they can have a good home, plenty of water and good food.

Everything we do has an impact on the Earth whether it is the food we eat, how we live and play, the toys we play with, or the clothes we wear. All these come from planet Earth. How they are made and how much of them we use is very important to our environment.

So every day, please act green and continue to make “Green Hopes” alive and well. Let’s take the green steps to lessen our impact on Earth. To take green steps is as simple as following the three R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. By taking these steps we can protect our planet and all her creatures.

If we love our family, care for our friends, treasure our children and continue to admire nature, we must be guardians of our environment instead of being agents of destruction.

-Rossiti Aishah Rashidi-