Peace on earth...

Goodwill to all men. Even the animals are getting along... sort of.

Adopt a buffalo

We were eating at Pui O Delicious when we saw a strange sight: An old lady being followed by a buffalo like it was her pet.

Then we found out it was her pet. She had adopted it and even got it a registration number. It follows her around and she feeds it fruits she buys from the market.

What a great idea! If everyone adopts a buffalo, then the authorities would have a headache relocating (ie killing) them.

I pestered Buffalo Wilbur to let me have a buffalo as a pet but he said: "We'd have problem getting it into our 500-sq-ft flat."

Go slow in Pui O

Brandy is a stray adopted the kinds folks at Pui O Delicious. We met him when he was just a puppy and he's now a friendly, playful dog who's endeared himself to many of the restaurant's diners and Pui O villagers.

So there are many of us who were appalled when we read that he's been hit by a car. Thankfully, he's only broken a leg.

But that straight stretch of South Lantau Road is, as blogger China Droll noted, a real death trap.

I have often watched, heart in mouth, as speeding cars - and buses - narrowly miss the dogs, cats and sometimes buffaloes crossing that road.

The police say they cannot monitor that road all the time but can't they just install a speed bump or two to force drivers to slow down?

Or how about a speed camera? Proceeds can go towards helping animals needlessly crippled by these idiot drivers.

Cats, not the musical

There's this shop along Mui Wo Rural Committee Road which has quite a few adorable cats on leash. The grand-mummy of them all appears to be a really pretty long-haired one who watches the world go by on her grand-stand seat on the road. But today, when we passed, she showed she could share too, with this playful tabby kitten.