Introduction | 简介

Being a rather modern city (I like to think), some people think Singapore lacks biodiversity. This is truly not the case. At the very least, we still have many monkeys around. No, I mean the real monkeys. They mostly resides in the nature reserves of which a few are primarily around the earliest reservoirs of Singapore. MacRitchie Reservoir is our oldest reservoir. Like many other reservoirs in Singapore, it is a place for recreation too. People go there for walk, run and water activity like canoeing. For me, sometimes, it’s just good to walk around and meet some monkeys. A few years ago, I was practising taiji myself among a group of monkeys who are just minding their own business. Early last year, I went to another reservoir to look at them to say “Hi” because the year of monkey started. Recently, I went to MacRitchie reservoir to say “Goodbye” to the monkey as the year of the monkey is ending. Here are some photos I took.

作为一个相当现代的城市（我认为），有些人认为新加坡缺乏生物生态。新加坡可不是这回事。至少，我们还有很多猴子。我的说真正的猴子。它们大多居住在自然保护区，其中一些主要在新加坡最早的蓄水池。麦里芝蓄水池是新加坡的第一个蓄水池。新加坡的蓄水池范围是算是个娱乐的地方。人们去那里散步，跑步。还有水上活动，如划独木舟。对我来说，有时，只是走走和看看猴子都好。几年前，我在一群猴子中自己练习太极，他们只管自己的事。去年初，我去了另一个蓄水池，看看他们说“嗨”，因为猴年开始了。最近，我去了麦里芝蓄水池对猴子说“再见”，因为猴年快结束了。这里是最近拍的一些照片。

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See the monkeys | 见猴子

These native monkeys are quite accustomed to humans being around. Many people have fed them and I heard it is not advisable because it takes away their “work” of looking for own food. So much so, they will come looking for food from the humans but they are also quite fearful of us. Make no mistake in leaving your food or drinks visible. They don’t hesitate much to run and grab it and quickly scurry away perhaps to the nearest tree.

These few were just wandering around as nobody has any food for them. For a moment, one was scavenging a drink can and another was fighting over the can with it. There was a group of three that seems to be from a family - a parent and two offsprings.

这些本土猴子相当习惯周围的人。很多人都给它们食物。我听说这是对它们不好因为剥夺了它们自己寻觅食物的“工作”。所以，现在它们会来找人希望有人喂它也还是会害怕太接近人类。不要让它们看见你的食物或饮料。要不然，它们会毫不犹豫地抢走再匆匆离开，爬上近的树。
这几只是徘徊，因为今天没有人喂它们。一会儿，一只找到一个饮料罐，另一个只也跟它抢起来。这三只该是一家三口。两只猴小朋友。