Here's wishing your snowflakes last all through the 12 days of Christmas and into 2007!
Friday, December 29, 2006
"Two Fish Only"
After I gave up on the disrupted internet connection on Wednesday, I decided to cook something new :P I had minced chicken and a bit of everything still in the fridge, so I thought I would try making baked pasta :P
The results:
Yummy :P But I think I prefer minced beef anytime.
And then yesterday, was a very longgg day. Well, after cutting down her teeth, we realised Sesame had a tumour on the right side of her face. Of course we don't know what sort of tumour it was because vets don't want much to do with robos, so we decided to wait until she got over her teeth cutting before inflicting more stress on her.
This was how it looked like:
That was what we intended but of course, things never turn out the way we like. Yesterday, when I was bathing the three robos, as I have been doing since the teeth incident, her tumour began to ooze pus. So I had to clean it up before it matted up her fur.
It could be that I'd wiped it harder than I had intended to, because the scab fell off and exposed a huge quantity of thick pus ~.~"
It was revolting of course. Thick and putrid!! Eeee. I never expected there could even be so much pus! She's SO tiny!
It was difficult to balance between applying enough pressure to get the pus out and trying not to crush Sesame -.- I mean, she is so tiny... Sigh.
Look at the crater in her face!!! It's as big as her nose!! OMG!! :s
After that I simply had to rush off to feed the other hams and get ready to go out. I also had to pack Tori for travel. We were going to meet Rz, Uncle DT, Tessa and James and to take them to the pet shop I always go to.
So Tori had to come along because we can't let the Aunty miss out one a single chance to rave over how fat she has become, can we :P
Aunty was as predictable as ever. After yelling for a few minutes about how fat Tori is, she promptly took out some food and fed her .. -.-"
I was like,
"What! Again? I fed her before we left the house, its all in her pouch!!"
Aunty: "Ok ok little bit lah..."
Tori: *munchmunchmunch*
Rx: *shakes her head*
Aunty: "Yar hor, she really dua pui sai!"
Tori: *munchmunchmunch*
Rx: "Then you feed her somemore?!" *walks out to pick up a pack of bath sand*
Aunty: *sneaks Tori more food*
Rx: "Huh! Again!!"
Aunty: "Two small fish oni..."
Rx: "Two 'only'!" *faint*
Tori: *munchmunchmunch*
Thank goodness it is not often I have to go down for supplies because I need to buy in bulk. I can only wonder what will happen if we go down with Tori every week @_@ She is already almost as big as a Syrian. Maybe if we go there every week she'll look like a guinea pig @_@
My fat little girl.
But Tori was most well-behaved the whole time. I think she is the most well-disposed dwarf I've ever seen. I think Tara or Duchie would not survive almost 7 hours like Tori did yesterday in such confined space as the transport tank. They are so much more anxious than their mama-ham, and Tori didn't even bite anyone once.
I gave her extra buckwheat when I got home. No more fatty treats for Tori for awhile! She doesn't get yoghurt drops anymore, and her salmon+cheese jerky ration has been reduced :P
Uncle bought me a set of Sennheiser headphones for Christmas :P I was very eager to try it out :P The sound is wonderful, but I don't know why I can't get the mic to work :( Waiting for Rz to help me find out why my computer can't detect the mic :(
It was Tessa's birthday yesterday, so when his wife came down to meet us, Uncle took us all to Swenson's at J8. I feel their overall standard has dropped. (But of course, I didn't want to disappoint our hosts and the birthday girl by saying anything.. She's eleven! Time flies! When we first got to know Fion, she was 11, too!)
Sigh, I can't stand it, they are all growing up around me. Even my cousins. I don't want 2006 to end so soon. But I know the Lord has promised me a blessed 2007 already, and things always work to His ends, even if they start out bad :)
Ok gotta go, meeting G in awhile for more pigging out :P
- 29 December 2006 3:22pm -
The results:
Yummy :P But I think I prefer minced beef anytime.
And then yesterday, was a very longgg day. Well, after cutting down her teeth, we realised Sesame had a tumour on the right side of her face. Of course we don't know what sort of tumour it was because vets don't want much to do with robos, so we decided to wait until she got over her teeth cutting before inflicting more stress on her.
This was how it looked like:
That was what we intended but of course, things never turn out the way we like. Yesterday, when I was bathing the three robos, as I have been doing since the teeth incident, her tumour began to ooze pus. So I had to clean it up before it matted up her fur.
It could be that I'd wiped it harder than I had intended to, because the scab fell off and exposed a huge quantity of thick pus ~.~"
It was revolting of course. Thick and putrid!! Eeee. I never expected there could even be so much pus! She's SO tiny!
It was difficult to balance between applying enough pressure to get the pus out and trying not to crush Sesame -.- I mean, she is so tiny... Sigh.
Look at the crater in her face!!! It's as big as her nose!! OMG!! :s
After that I simply had to rush off to feed the other hams and get ready to go out. I also had to pack Tori for travel. We were going to meet Rz, Uncle DT, Tessa and James and to take them to the pet shop I always go to.
So Tori had to come along because we can't let the Aunty miss out one a single chance to rave over how fat she has become, can we :P
Aunty was as predictable as ever. After yelling for a few minutes about how fat Tori is, she promptly took out some food and fed her .. -.-"
I was like,
"What! Again? I fed her before we left the house, its all in her pouch!!"
Aunty: "Ok ok little bit lah..."
Tori: *munchmunchmunch*
Rx: *shakes her head*
Aunty: "Yar hor, she really dua pui sai!"
Tori: *munchmunchmunch*
Rx: "Then you feed her somemore?!" *walks out to pick up a pack of bath sand*
Aunty: *sneaks Tori more food*
Rx: "Huh! Again!!"
Aunty: "Two small fish oni..."
Rx: "Two 'only'!" *faint*
Tori: *munchmunchmunch*
Thank goodness it is not often I have to go down for supplies because I need to buy in bulk. I can only wonder what will happen if we go down with Tori every week @_@ She is already almost as big as a Syrian. Maybe if we go there every week she'll look like a guinea pig @_@
My fat little girl.
But Tori was most well-behaved the whole time. I think she is the most well-disposed dwarf I've ever seen. I think Tara or Duchie would not survive almost 7 hours like Tori did yesterday in such confined space as the transport tank. They are so much more anxious than their mama-ham, and Tori didn't even bite anyone once.
I gave her extra buckwheat when I got home. No more fatty treats for Tori for awhile! She doesn't get yoghurt drops anymore, and her salmon+cheese jerky ration has been reduced :P
Uncle bought me a set of Sennheiser headphones for Christmas :P I was very eager to try it out :P The sound is wonderful, but I don't know why I can't get the mic to work :( Waiting for Rz to help me find out why my computer can't detect the mic :(
It was Tessa's birthday yesterday, so when his wife came down to meet us, Uncle took us all to Swenson's at J8. I feel their overall standard has dropped. (But of course, I didn't want to disappoint our hosts and the birthday girl by saying anything.. She's eleven! Time flies! When we first got to know Fion, she was 11, too!)
Sigh, I can't stand it, they are all growing up around me. Even my cousins. I don't want 2006 to end so soon. But I know the Lord has promised me a blessed 2007 already, and things always work to His ends, even if they start out bad :)
Ok gotta go, meeting G in awhile for more pigging out :P
- 29 December 2006 3:22pm -
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Shelling Prawns and Swindling Dad
I've been trying to blog for several days, but because of the earthquake in Taiwan, either I couldn't get online, or blogger was insanely slow. Anyway here is my intended entry, a few days late:
This has become one of my busiest Christmases ever :) I don't think I've ever had such an action packed one, much less one with so much food involved :P
On the eve of Christmas Eve, I took Rz to Sakae for dinner :) That was part of his Christmas present from me :) The other components of his Christmas present were given a while ago, and are already being used.
And then on Christmas Eve itself, I was summoned to attend a church dinner as R's grandmother's guest. After the event itself, which was expectably already quite belly-filling, we went over to R's where we opened presents and had dessert : Mocha Log Cake and lots of Choya ^_^
R's mum only allowed me to leave the house after I took chunks from three different cakes back home with me *faint* I still have a rather big piece of Mocha Log Cake in my fridge, after feeding everyone cake after dinner on Christmas Day.
On Christmas itself, I decided to cook dinner at home - dad's favourites: Veggie stew, spicy ginger chicken and pan-fried salmon :) It was simple fare, but it took me a long time cooking and simmering hehe. By the time I got to get online that night I was sooo tired :P
Then yesterday, I met Tua Ee for lunch :D We had Shin Kushiya ^_^ I think I may be Chinese, but my stomach is most certainly Japanese ^_^ hehehe!
Tua Ee's Christmas pressie from me this year will be a Pudding Dwarf hammy. She specifically asked me for one, to my surprise :) So I'll be planning another litter soon, as the previous one has grown up already :) I told her not to purchase anything herself, as I know much better shops to get the cage and stuff from. I promised to supply her with recycled paper bedding and food from time to time. Seeing that it is only ONE hammy, it should be rather low maintenance - she just has to pay for the cage :)
And then last night we went to Aunty SH's new house for dinner and drinks :) I had an entire bottle of Hoegaarden and two glasses of pinot after dinner, whilst the oldies were talking about property and things that happened long ago. They say I look like my mother, I guess to what extent we would never know now? :) But looking around the room last night, I did feel a surge of affection for all of those who were 'missing'. I don't just mean my mum, but the others from my generation. All out partying with a much younger crowd than I had chose to do, I suppose. Nevermind, more goodies and yummies for me :D
Though it was kind of boring, there were some really funny moments especially when my dad was being teased for his belly (he was underweight during his youth - and is stil so UNDER-TALL!) and the fact that he was being spoilt by me. But then I was only shelling prawns and getting him food because I was bored.. :P
Anyway he was in such a good mood, he even offered to pay for my new shoes. (I finally bought a new pair. Rz is nagging that my old pair has holes - it doesn't!) They only cost $29.90 - like I would allow him to get away with giving me something so cheap for Christmas, and to be stepped on!! So I told him not to give me money back, but transfer more money to my account when he gives me allowance :D :D :D :D :D (Maybe he regretted letting me shell his prawns for him already... hahaha!)
Signing off with some random photos:
- I forgot the time, but this was written on 27 December 2006 -
This has become one of my busiest Christmases ever :) I don't think I've ever had such an action packed one, much less one with so much food involved :P
On the eve of Christmas Eve, I took Rz to Sakae for dinner :) That was part of his Christmas present from me :) The other components of his Christmas present were given a while ago, and are already being used.
And then on Christmas Eve itself, I was summoned to attend a church dinner as R's grandmother's guest. After the event itself, which was expectably already quite belly-filling, we went over to R's where we opened presents and had dessert : Mocha Log Cake and lots of Choya ^_^
R's mum only allowed me to leave the house after I took chunks from three different cakes back home with me *faint* I still have a rather big piece of Mocha Log Cake in my fridge, after feeding everyone cake after dinner on Christmas Day.
On Christmas itself, I decided to cook dinner at home - dad's favourites: Veggie stew, spicy ginger chicken and pan-fried salmon :) It was simple fare, but it took me a long time cooking and simmering hehe. By the time I got to get online that night I was sooo tired :P
Then yesterday, I met Tua Ee for lunch :D We had Shin Kushiya ^_^ I think I may be Chinese, but my stomach is most certainly Japanese ^_^ hehehe!
Tua Ee's Christmas pressie from me this year will be a Pudding Dwarf hammy. She specifically asked me for one, to my surprise :) So I'll be planning another litter soon, as the previous one has grown up already :) I told her not to purchase anything herself, as I know much better shops to get the cage and stuff from. I promised to supply her with recycled paper bedding and food from time to time. Seeing that it is only ONE hammy, it should be rather low maintenance - she just has to pay for the cage :)
And then last night we went to Aunty SH's new house for dinner and drinks :) I had an entire bottle of Hoegaarden and two glasses of pinot after dinner, whilst the oldies were talking about property and things that happened long ago. They say I look like my mother, I guess to what extent we would never know now? :) But looking around the room last night, I did feel a surge of affection for all of those who were 'missing'. I don't just mean my mum, but the others from my generation. All out partying with a much younger crowd than I had chose to do, I suppose. Nevermind, more goodies and yummies for me :D
Though it was kind of boring, there were some really funny moments especially when my dad was being teased for his belly (he was underweight during his youth - and is stil so UNDER-TALL!) and the fact that he was being spoilt by me. But then I was only shelling prawns and getting him food because I was bored.. :P
Anyway he was in such a good mood, he even offered to pay for my new shoes. (I finally bought a new pair. Rz is nagging that my old pair has holes - it doesn't!) They only cost $29.90 - like I would allow him to get away with giving me something so cheap for Christmas, and to be stepped on!! So I told him not to give me money back, but transfer more money to my account when he gives me allowance :D :D :D :D :D (Maybe he regretted letting me shell his prawns for him already... hahaha!)
Signing off with some random photos:
- I forgot the time, but this was written on 27 December 2006 -
Friday, December 22, 2006
Sesame
This is going to be another hammy-intensive post. Or rather, Sesame-intensive.
It has been a truly mad week running about the place. On Wednesday, I found out exactly why Sesame is SO THIN despite taking the longest time in the food bowl always!!
:(
She had THREE in-grown teeth! Initially I only saw two, but when she allowed me to look into her mouth I saw one of her upper teeth wedged into her flesh :(
Click to view larger.
I was so worried because the punctures from these teeth may cause her gums or pouch to be infected :( And infection in hammies can be fatal :( I wanted to take her to a vet to remove all three teeth as soon as I could.
But guess what. I tried calling so many vets, but everyone had some excuse: "Hammies are too small, we can't put them under anaesthesia", "Robos are just too small, maybe guinea pig still can", "We don't even have equipment for rabbit, so hamster is out", etcetc.
By the end of all those calls I was really desperate enough to drag Rz off to the pharmacy to buy a pair of nail pliers to trim off her incisors before more harm comes to her. I mean, she has been suffering for some time already, judging by the length of those teeth, and every day we spend looking for possible vets will be another day she is in acute pain and discomfort :(
So we bought the pliers and I managed to trim her two lower incisors this morning.
Click to view larger.
The brave little ham!! She didn't try to fight me at all. It was only after I was done with the two lower teeth and tried to move on to the upper incisor that she struggled. I think that is the one that hurts her the most. The end of that tooth has already punctured the flesh in the side of her cheek :(
She seems fine now, after the ordeal. Just really exhausted and has been sleeping since I dusted her off with their usual bath powder.
I think I will try to work on the upper incisor as soon as I can. I think it is best to get it over with quickly, so she can recover sooner. Sigh!
...
It has not been a good week for hammies. First, Javi's Nana passed away on Monday, then we found out about Sesame's teeth on Wednesday, and on Thursday, Seattle Roll's Kumanoko, one of my favourite-ever Syrians is having problems with his heart and lungs :(
Please pray for our hammies, and us hammy owners :(
- 22 December 2006 2:18pm -
It has been a truly mad week running about the place. On Wednesday, I found out exactly why Sesame is SO THIN despite taking the longest time in the food bowl always!!
:(
She had THREE in-grown teeth! Initially I only saw two, but when she allowed me to look into her mouth I saw one of her upper teeth wedged into her flesh :(
Click to view larger.
I was so worried because the punctures from these teeth may cause her gums or pouch to be infected :( And infection in hammies can be fatal :( I wanted to take her to a vet to remove all three teeth as soon as I could.
But guess what. I tried calling so many vets, but everyone had some excuse: "Hammies are too small, we can't put them under anaesthesia", "Robos are just too small, maybe guinea pig still can", "We don't even have equipment for rabbit, so hamster is out", etcetc.
By the end of all those calls I was really desperate enough to drag Rz off to the pharmacy to buy a pair of nail pliers to trim off her incisors before more harm comes to her. I mean, she has been suffering for some time already, judging by the length of those teeth, and every day we spend looking for possible vets will be another day she is in acute pain and discomfort :(
So we bought the pliers and I managed to trim her two lower incisors this morning.
Click to view larger.
The brave little ham!! She didn't try to fight me at all. It was only after I was done with the two lower teeth and tried to move on to the upper incisor that she struggled. I think that is the one that hurts her the most. The end of that tooth has already punctured the flesh in the side of her cheek :(
She seems fine now, after the ordeal. Just really exhausted and has been sleeping since I dusted her off with their usual bath powder.
I think I will try to work on the upper incisor as soon as I can. I think it is best to get it over with quickly, so she can recover sooner. Sigh!
...
It has not been a good week for hammies. First, Javi's Nana passed away on Monday, then we found out about Sesame's teeth on Wednesday, and on Thursday, Seattle Roll's Kumanoko, one of my favourite-ever Syrians is having problems with his heart and lungs :(
Please pray for our hammies, and us hammy owners :(
- 22 December 2006 2:18pm -
Monday, December 18, 2006
Secret Keeper
Although I have not really felt up to posting, in reality, I've not felt this contented in ages. There is a lot of good happening to me and around me, but somehow I don't feel much like sharing the news. I guess I just want to hold on to these many little secrets and savour them for myself, because I am so used to things going wrong, or back-firing, that I am afraid that sharing them with anyone will only shatter the fragile happiness that I am desperate to preserve.
I truly am thankful for what I have :) Just know that I am content, and be happy for me :)
...
I was rather busy all week ensuring that little Sesame gets the attention she needs. (I still refer to Sesame as 'he' from time to time, don't know why. I just have a gut instinct about it haha.) She is still the scrawniest adult robo I have ever seen in my life. I never knew adult robos could be THIS tiny, even though they are the smallest hamster species in the world.
This little baby (yeah I know I said she is adult, but she is my baby nonetheless) seems to have some sort of eye infection that causes her right eye to tear uncontrollably. This makes her fur around her right eye look matted and from certain angles, she looks bald there. So, I have to bathe her with Marukan bath powder twice a day, or she goes around looking like someone took a bite out of her face.
This is her before her bath:
This is her after her bath:
I think her immune system is weaker than Sashimi's and Salami's, and she seems to have a poor digestive system too. She can't take fresh veggies because she will get the runs. So her main source of greens now is the hay from their food mix. Thankfully I am using the baby rabbit mix from Marukan. The hamster mix by Marukan would most probably kill her faster. (Oh, you don't want to start me on this topic, I think I can go on for days...believe me.)
I also make sure she has a healthy dosage of salmon and cheese jerky, which mercifully, she does seem to like quite a lot. I have also been giving the three of them shelled buckwheat, but I have not managed to catch her eating any.
Though she has gain some weight, I still think her face lacks the chubbiness of a hamster's. Poor squishy baby. I mean, compare what you saw above with this photo of Salami:
Sigh.
Anyway, I bought Christmas presents for my hams today haha. A packet of almonds and more treats :)
Here's signing off with some photos, I just realised how tired I am, and how late it is. (Been sleeping before 1am every night for the past three weeks hehe! Major achievement for yours truly, right Soph?)
- 18 December 2006 12:58am -
I truly am thankful for what I have :) Just know that I am content, and be happy for me :)
...
I was rather busy all week ensuring that little Sesame gets the attention she needs. (I still refer to Sesame as 'he' from time to time, don't know why. I just have a gut instinct about it haha.) She is still the scrawniest adult robo I have ever seen in my life. I never knew adult robos could be THIS tiny, even though they are the smallest hamster species in the world.
This little baby (yeah I know I said she is adult, but she is my baby nonetheless) seems to have some sort of eye infection that causes her right eye to tear uncontrollably. This makes her fur around her right eye look matted and from certain angles, she looks bald there. So, I have to bathe her with Marukan bath powder twice a day, or she goes around looking like someone took a bite out of her face.
This is her before her bath:
This is her after her bath:
I think her immune system is weaker than Sashimi's and Salami's, and she seems to have a poor digestive system too. She can't take fresh veggies because she will get the runs. So her main source of greens now is the hay from their food mix. Thankfully I am using the baby rabbit mix from Marukan. The hamster mix by Marukan would most probably kill her faster. (Oh, you don't want to start me on this topic, I think I can go on for days...believe me.)
I also make sure she has a healthy dosage of salmon and cheese jerky, which mercifully, she does seem to like quite a lot. I have also been giving the three of them shelled buckwheat, but I have not managed to catch her eating any.
Though she has gain some weight, I still think her face lacks the chubbiness of a hamster's. Poor squishy baby. I mean, compare what you saw above with this photo of Salami:
Sigh.
Anyway, I bought Christmas presents for my hams today haha. A packet of almonds and more treats :)
Here's signing off with some photos, I just realised how tired I am, and how late it is. (Been sleeping before 1am every night for the past three weeks hehe! Major achievement for yours truly, right Soph?)
- 18 December 2006 12:58am -
Monday, December 11, 2006
Sesame, Sashimi and Salami
It kinda feels funny after the Blogger update - that was what stopped me from posting sooner this time. I can only hope this is the same font I've been using all the while haha :) Besides going for the Blogger update, I installed a new browser called Flock just for fun :) It is pretty good so far, except I think they really need some themes! Haha. I already miss my FFx theme :P
Last Saturday, I had Rz, Sol and JL come over. The three of us wanted to get our hair dyed, so Sol came later for dinner. JL took a very conservative (so we think) colour whilst Rz stuck to his rum-coloured one. I had the most outstanding (or outlandish) colour that day: Pink Chai something. Haha, anyway I didn't dare to leave it on for too long...
Dinner was pre-made shepards' pie which I made in the morning and re-heated for serving, and I don't think JL has ever eaten pie before, judging from the look on his face :P Haha.. And after dinner, though very full from pie and cream of mushroom soup, we went to Zion Riverside Hawker Centre so that Rz could have his favourite Char Kway Teow (that's funny, I thought I had a copy of my char kway teow photo in Flickr, oh nevermind. I'm sure you know how it looks like anyway hee).
After dinner I sort of scrambled over to get two plastic tanks for the hams. One for Duchie, now that she is living alone, and the other as a spare. I mean, they cost $6.90 only, anyway and it'd save me lots of trouble trying to find them again.
...
When I last signed off with a "Ah! I want a Syrian! And a robo! Or two.. ", little did I know how quickly my wishes would come true :P
Yesterday I went to visit my favourite pet shop again :) As usual the auntie was so happy to see me and it was the usual fun and laughter..
Then I noticed she had 5 baby robos!!!!!! Alamak! SO CUTE LAH!!!!! But I was a very good girl all the while. Didn't want to buy any more hams, truly.
UNTIL!!
(You shall have to pardon the Singlish here - I was in the middle of a cluster of stinking HDB void deck pet shops and it didn't help that it was horribly humid. Oops, they call it the "Heartlands" these days. Right, whatever. Moving on..)
Rx: "Eh Auntie, how come this one so small ah? He like so mini wor.."
Auntie: "Hmm yah ah, I wanna remove already. The fur not nice."
Rx: "Actually quite cute lei, just that he is smaller than all the rest.. like eat not enough.."
*five minutes of ogling at minute robos pass amidst several "ee so cutes"*
Auntie: "Eh you want or not? I give you this one lah. Then you buy her a mate lah." *Indicating the scrawny one I called a 'he' previously*
Rx: "HUH! REALLY AH!" *EYES WIDE OPEN*
Auntie: "Ya, cos I also got no time to look after. I give you lah, you help me fatten ok."
Rx: "AH. But ah, she will give birth ornot? Wait no babies very sad one you know.."
Auntie: "Then you buy a pair lor, den I give you dis one free lor. Then more chance of babies lor."
Rx: "AUNTIE AH YOU ALWAYS TEMPT ME AH!"
Auntie: "You want I give you $20 for one ok.. usual price $28. For you only."
Rx: *close to fainting already*
End of story.
And that's how Sesame, Sashimi and Salami came home with me :s
I am hoping now, that dad will NOT NOTICE I have dug out mum's old aquarium to house them when he comes home from Israel tonight.
- 11 December 2006 8:41am -
Last Saturday, I had Rz, Sol and JL come over. The three of us wanted to get our hair dyed, so Sol came later for dinner. JL took a very conservative (so we think) colour whilst Rz stuck to his rum-coloured one. I had the most outstanding (or outlandish) colour that day: Pink Chai something. Haha, anyway I didn't dare to leave it on for too long...
Dinner was pre-made shepards' pie which I made in the morning and re-heated for serving, and I don't think JL has ever eaten pie before, judging from the look on his face :P Haha.. And after dinner, though very full from pie and cream of mushroom soup, we went to Zion Riverside Hawker Centre so that Rz could have his favourite Char Kway Teow (that's funny, I thought I had a copy of my char kway teow photo in Flickr, oh nevermind. I'm sure you know how it looks like anyway hee).
After dinner I sort of scrambled over to get two plastic tanks for the hams. One for Duchie, now that she is living alone, and the other as a spare. I mean, they cost $6.90 only, anyway and it'd save me lots of trouble trying to find them again.
...
When I last signed off with a "Ah! I want a Syrian! And a robo! Or two.. ", little did I know how quickly my wishes would come true :P
Yesterday I went to visit my favourite pet shop again :) As usual the auntie was so happy to see me and it was the usual fun and laughter..
Then I noticed she had 5 baby robos!!!!!! Alamak! SO CUTE LAH!!!!! But I was a very good girl all the while. Didn't want to buy any more hams, truly.
UNTIL!!
(You shall have to pardon the Singlish here - I was in the middle of a cluster of stinking HDB void deck pet shops and it didn't help that it was horribly humid. Oops, they call it the "Heartlands" these days. Right, whatever. Moving on..)
Rx: "Eh Auntie, how come this one so small ah? He like so mini wor.."
Auntie: "Hmm yah ah, I wanna remove already. The fur not nice."
Rx: "Actually quite cute lei, just that he is smaller than all the rest.. like eat not enough.."
*five minutes of ogling at minute robos pass amidst several "ee so cutes"*
Auntie: "Eh you want or not? I give you this one lah. Then you buy her a mate lah." *Indicating the scrawny one I called a 'he' previously*
Rx: "HUH! REALLY AH!" *EYES WIDE OPEN*
Auntie: "Ya, cos I also got no time to look after. I give you lah, you help me fatten ok."
Rx: "AH. But ah, she will give birth ornot? Wait no babies very sad one you know.."
Auntie: "Then you buy a pair lor, den I give you dis one free lor. Then more chance of babies lor."
Rx: "AUNTIE AH YOU ALWAYS TEMPT ME AH!"
Auntie: "You want I give you $20 for one ok.. usual price $28. For you only."
Rx: *close to fainting already*
End of story.
And that's how Sesame, Sashimi and Salami came home with me :s
I am hoping now, that dad will NOT NOTICE I have dug out mum's old aquarium to house them when he comes home from Israel tonight.
- 11 December 2006 8:41am -
Friday, December 08, 2006
Fluffy Little Cloud
Christmas has come early for me and I received my first present on Wednesday :) I am now a giddily happy (but no, not obsessive, never!) Flickr pro account holder :D
I spent the entire day yesterday just clearing my mails and organising my virtual photo stash into logical sets and sequences. I also managed to upload about 30 old photos and some scans from what I shall continue to call the Bernard era.
I also bought myself an early Christmas present: a new pair of jeans. It is my first new pair in two years and it hugs my hips so low that I had to get it in size 29 instead of my usual 27 :s Anyhow, it fits me just right and I am determined to keep it that way :P
Also, I am enjoying my ahem, Summer Vacation very much so far :) And I am guarding it extremely jealously because I suppose this will be the last ever 3 month vacation I'll ever be having. I don't suppose my father will like it very much if I decide to prolong my job-hunt once I finish my last semester at QUT, even by a fortnight.
Thank goodness my Sims 2 and expansions are all over at Kris', if not I just know what I'd be doing the whole time :P
I am also rather happy to report that the Flickrmail I have been receiving the past few days are no longer as disturbing nor perturbing as those that inspired my previous entry. I am hoping (foolishly?) hope that this signals that that's the end of it.
So in between Bleach re-runs, HP re-reads and article re-edits, you can imagine, I have been getting lots of rest and relaxation :)
Of course, HP only makes me miss the UK even more. I would like very much to visit Alnwick Castle again.
Anyway, I shall leave you with my new-found hammy-friend, Chmurka a.k.a Little Cloud, who belongs to pyza* from Poland :D
Ah! I want a Syrian! And a robo! Or two.. :s Hahaha :P
- 8 December 2006 10:15am -
I spent the entire day yesterday just clearing my mails and organising my virtual photo stash into logical sets and sequences. I also managed to upload about 30 old photos and some scans from what I shall continue to call the Bernard era.
I also bought myself an early Christmas present: a new pair of jeans. It is my first new pair in two years and it hugs my hips so low that I had to get it in size 29 instead of my usual 27 :s Anyhow, it fits me just right and I am determined to keep it that way :P
Also, I am enjoying my ahem, Summer Vacation very much so far :) And I am guarding it extremely jealously because I suppose this will be the last ever 3 month vacation I'll ever be having. I don't suppose my father will like it very much if I decide to prolong my job-hunt once I finish my last semester at QUT, even by a fortnight.
Thank goodness my Sims 2 and expansions are all over at Kris', if not I just know what I'd be doing the whole time :P
I am also rather happy to report that the Flickrmail I have been receiving the past few days are no longer as disturbing nor perturbing as those that inspired my previous entry. I am hoping (foolishly?) hope that this signals that that's the end of it.
So in between Bleach re-runs, HP re-reads and article re-edits, you can imagine, I have been getting lots of rest and relaxation :)
Of course, HP only makes me miss the UK even more. I would like very much to visit Alnwick Castle again.
Anyway, I shall leave you with my new-found hammy-friend, Chmurka a.k.a Little Cloud, who belongs to pyza* from Poland :D
Ah! I want a Syrian! And a robo! Or two.. :s Hahaha :P
- 8 December 2006 10:15am -
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Obsessive Obsession
I've just about had it with some people in Flickr. No, I still like Flickr for many reasons. But I am beginning to get quite impatient with some people who appear out of nowhere and invite me to join or add my hamster photos to their group and then later heckle me to death about group rules.
Last month someone I didn't know actually "invited" me to join one of her groups and later bugged me about abusing the rules. Apparently we are not supposed to post to the group unless we're told to. Trying to be "nice" I apologised, even though I thought it was a complete waste of time to stay in the stupid group - I mean, what the hell, join a group you can't post to at all? What stupid logic is that?!
Anyway, I thought it was over so I felt that it would be rather rude to leave after being invited and so I simply just stopped being active in that lame group. I mean, there's a lot more to life than Flickr, trust me -.-"
And then! Very nicely, yesterday I received a comment on one of my photos from the same woman, weeks late of course, saying, "Now that you know the rules of the group I am happy to see you obide(sic). Thanks for sharing your photos this is a Happy Hammy Picture".
WTF is obide?! And OF COURSE MY HAMMIES ARE HAPPY YOU DUMB TWIT.
I don't know why I was so agitated by her stupid comment. Maybe because she dragged up the whole issue again and didn't have the courtesy to deal with it outside my photos. Irritated beyond anything, I decided that it was better to delete the comment, rather than deal with it.
Last week someone from www.jubble.com contacted me through Flickr and asked me to lend support by providing them with some of my photos.
"people buy digital stickers (that's what we call the photos) and
put them in the collection album. we charge $0.1 per picture and
pass along $0.025 to you as the picture provider. quite fair deal we
think. everytime your picture gets collected in a jubble collection album
you will receive $0.025 per picture. **example: if your picture gets collected 500,000 times, this means $10,000 for you (and that is calculated for only one picture that you provided and that got selected to be part of a collection album). there are no strings attached. you just provide us with your outstanding pictures, sit back and make money. win to win situation for
you and jubble."
**Right, I seriously doubt this would ever happen. Further, there is no mention anywhere about how they pay you the money or keep records of the photos you have contributed.
He just got back to me today and in the back of my mind I am still working out the legalities of the matter. It does not talk about ownership and of course, (I am a cynic if you haven't realised by now) I am particular about who owns the photos I have taken.
My hammies do not simply happen to photograph themselves or each other by chance, thank you very much.
And then! Yesterday.. [Of course, it doesn't STOP here. It never does. Read my archives - it NEVER RAINS BUT POURS with idiots, it seems.] .
I'd only uploaded my photos at approximately 8am in the morning yesterday and then I managed to sort them into the various groups. I even had the necessary groups that required comments per post already open in my FFx tabs. Thinking of taking a short break, I went off to feed my hamsters before coming back to deal with the influx of comments and messages in my Flickr inbox.
And when I came back, to my utter irritation, an admin already commented on my photo with a "you forgot.. come back.. post a comment on the photo to your right".
What's the hurry?! I don't understand. So now I can't leave comments at my leisure?
What if I was working? What if I had a client? What if I had to attend to a baby/elder? What if..?
Sheesh, GET A LIFE. Rant OVER.
- 5 December 2006 7:47am -
Last month someone I didn't know actually "invited" me to join one of her groups and later bugged me about abusing the rules. Apparently we are not supposed to post to the group unless we're told to. Trying to be "nice" I apologised, even though I thought it was a complete waste of time to stay in the stupid group - I mean, what the hell, join a group you can't post to at all? What stupid logic is that?!
Anyway, I thought it was over so I felt that it would be rather rude to leave after being invited and so I simply just stopped being active in that lame group. I mean, there's a lot more to life than Flickr, trust me -.-"
And then! Very nicely, yesterday I received a comment on one of my photos from the same woman, weeks late of course, saying, "Now that you know the rules of the group I am happy to see you obide(sic). Thanks for sharing your photos this is a Happy Hammy Picture".
WTF is obide?! And OF COURSE MY HAMMIES ARE HAPPY YOU DUMB TWIT.
I don't know why I was so agitated by her stupid comment. Maybe because she dragged up the whole issue again and didn't have the courtesy to deal with it outside my photos. Irritated beyond anything, I decided that it was better to delete the comment, rather than deal with it.
Last week someone from www.jubble.com contacted me through Flickr and asked me to lend support by providing them with some of my photos.
"people buy digital stickers (that's what we call the photos) and
put them in the collection album. we charge $0.1 per picture and
pass along $0.025 to you as the picture provider. quite fair deal we
think. everytime your picture gets collected in a jubble collection album
you will receive $0.025 per picture. **example: if your picture gets collected 500,000 times, this means $10,000 for you (and that is calculated for only one picture that you provided and that got selected to be part of a collection album). there are no strings attached. you just provide us with your outstanding pictures, sit back and make money. win to win situation for
you and jubble."
**Right, I seriously doubt this would ever happen. Further, there is no mention anywhere about how they pay you the money or keep records of the photos you have contributed.
He just got back to me today and in the back of my mind I am still working out the legalities of the matter. It does not talk about ownership and of course, (I am a cynic if you haven't realised by now) I am particular about who owns the photos I have taken.
My hammies do not simply happen to photograph themselves or each other by chance, thank you very much.
And then! Yesterday.. [Of course, it doesn't STOP here. It never does. Read my archives - it NEVER RAINS BUT POURS with idiots, it seems.] .
I'd only uploaded my photos at approximately 8am in the morning yesterday and then I managed to sort them into the various groups. I even had the necessary groups that required comments per post already open in my FFx tabs. Thinking of taking a short break, I went off to feed my hamsters before coming back to deal with the influx of comments and messages in my Flickr inbox.
And when I came back, to my utter irritation, an admin already commented on my photo with a "you forgot.. come back.. post a comment on the photo to your right".
What's the hurry?! I don't understand. So now I can't leave comments at my leisure?
What if I was working? What if I had a client? What if I had to attend to a baby/elder? What if..?
Sheesh, GET A LIFE. Rant OVER.
- 5 December 2006 7:47am -
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Mushroom Parmesan Prego
After a few nights of coughing myself awake and not being able to sleep properly, I finally managed to get enough sleep last night. However I am still feeling very lethargic and slovenly :)
I've been spending time cooking and trying to clean my room but the amount of dust coming from the constructions works nearby is exorbitant and I have since given up on sweeping and moping for the time-being.
I also found out I could create a super cheesy shepherds' pie without the need for a conventional oven last night :) Very pleased with myself and my huge bottle of mushroom parmesan Prego :D
Other than that, my creative juices seem to have taken a short hiatus and I can't seem to make anymore stuff for Christmas. Thankfully, I only have one or two gifts left to make and that they are very small and uncomplicated.
I have been trying to spend more time away from my computer :P Rz got me a Wally book and I decided to get Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix at last haha. I'd read it once on a holiday in Newcastle, but it belonged to little Esther Lie (ok, she's not so little anymore) and I found myself hankering for a re-read. So in-between finding Wally and going through Potter again, I must admit I have not been doing much.
Even as I am writing this, I am missing the UK and wishing it were a cold, clear winter's day outside. Perhaps I shall go grab a steaming mug of meatball stew and curl back up in bed with my books :P
- 30 November 2006 10:34am -
I've been spending time cooking and trying to clean my room but the amount of dust coming from the constructions works nearby is exorbitant and I have since given up on sweeping and moping for the time-being.
I also found out I could create a super cheesy shepherds' pie without the need for a conventional oven last night :) Very pleased with myself and my huge bottle of mushroom parmesan Prego :D
Other than that, my creative juices seem to have taken a short hiatus and I can't seem to make anymore stuff for Christmas. Thankfully, I only have one or two gifts left to make and that they are very small and uncomplicated.
I have been trying to spend more time away from my computer :P Rz got me a Wally book and I decided to get Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix at last haha. I'd read it once on a holiday in Newcastle, but it belonged to little Esther Lie (ok, she's not so little anymore) and I found myself hankering for a re-read. So in-between finding Wally and going through Potter again, I must admit I have not been doing much.
Even as I am writing this, I am missing the UK and wishing it were a cold, clear winter's day outside. Perhaps I shall go grab a steaming mug of meatball stew and curl back up in bed with my books :P
- 30 November 2006 10:34am -
Monday, November 27, 2006
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Organic Numbness
For several reasons, I haven't felt like blogging the past week. Chief of all the reasons is this damned flu. Though it has sub-sided somewhat, I still sometimes laspe into fits of uncontrollable coughing that leave my throat wracked in pain and my head throbbing from the exertion.
Also, maybe it's because of the flu, I find myself tired out almost all the time. Take last Thursday for example, I spent the whole evening just doing one chore : cleaning out my wardrobe. At the end of it, despite having for the first time in three years, a very clean wardrobe, I was ready to keel over and collaspe in the middle of my room.
Another reason is that I have been feeling a bit repressed where my blog and other online haunts are concerned. Sometimes I feel I can no longer be myself or say what I truly feel, because people have begun to have various impressions of me and they tend to rather defend their own impression of me, than accept that I am not a one dimensional creature.
I guess I have myself to blame for that. Sometimes when I am in a better (healthier) state of mind, I think I am too patient. Too concerned for others. Or too obsessed with the consequences to act the way I truly want to act. Restraint. Until I fall sick and want to do things my way for once. And then I'm acting 'out of character'. But am I really? Who decides?
Anyway all these are the opinions of friends and family, people I care about. And as always, I try to respect everyone's opinions, feedback, etc, even when they are directly related to me or my personality, or just plain ridiculous - I am just wondering aloud here.
I guess a part of me (a very naive part of me) is just hoping that one day the friends that I esteem the most will realise that I have always been offering un-questioning, non-judgmental friendship, and treasure me for me, not who they want me to be.
..
Sunday night is usually very quiet in my neighbourhood, and sometimes I wish it could always be this way. Dad is out, and I am thankful for the quiet. (His gf has been throwing tantrums in our house the past two nights.)
And tonight, coupled with the cool sea-breeze, it is rather pleasant to think that this is the first time after so long that I finally feel that grief has loosened its stranglehold on me at last. For someone who used to mourn her losses every Christmas, I feel oddly unfazed by the idea of Christmas this year. Not that the grief is completely gone. But at least I have stopped crying myself to sleep at mere memories.
I remember I used to try to hide myself from friends and their families during Christmas. I know they loved me and wanted me to share in their festive joy. But it always brought me unfathomable depths of sorrow just to see their families, whole, intact, just doing nothing but having a meal together at Christmas. Just one dinner and I'd go home and cry til dawn. No matter what I did, I always felt like an ugly stain in everyone's colourful celebrations and so I'd always try to make up lame excuses to escape their company.
It was only last year that I finally decided to go to Christmas dinner with R and her family. I was rather reluctant actually, but told myself that because her granny invited me it would be rude to change my mind. I was glad I went, though. Even though the pain was still there.
But this year, I've somehow changed more than I ever guessed I would have. Maybe I'd passed a certain milestone that I didn't even notice was there. The sharp festive pain has been replaced with a neutrality that is somewhat foreign to me. In fact, I have not decided which I prefer, the pain or the lack of it.
Maybe this is what healing feels like - an organic layer of numbness that continually adapts itself and insulates one's soul from the various vestiges of grief? Well maybe that's just how my heart feels like tonight, as if there's something wrapped around it. Gift-wrap? Maybe, but is he ready for such a burdensome gift?
- 27 November 2006 1:01am -
Also, maybe it's because of the flu, I find myself tired out almost all the time. Take last Thursday for example, I spent the whole evening just doing one chore : cleaning out my wardrobe. At the end of it, despite having for the first time in three years, a very clean wardrobe, I was ready to keel over and collaspe in the middle of my room.
Another reason is that I have been feeling a bit repressed where my blog and other online haunts are concerned. Sometimes I feel I can no longer be myself or say what I truly feel, because people have begun to have various impressions of me and they tend to rather defend their own impression of me, than accept that I am not a one dimensional creature.
I guess I have myself to blame for that. Sometimes when I am in a better (healthier) state of mind, I think I am too patient. Too concerned for others. Or too obsessed with the consequences to act the way I truly want to act. Restraint. Until I fall sick and want to do things my way for once. And then I'm acting 'out of character'. But am I really? Who decides?
Anyway all these are the opinions of friends and family, people I care about. And as always, I try to respect everyone's opinions, feedback, etc, even when they are directly related to me or my personality, or just plain ridiculous - I am just wondering aloud here.
I guess a part of me (a very naive part of me) is just hoping that one day the friends that I esteem the most will realise that I have always been offering un-questioning, non-judgmental friendship, and treasure me for me, not who they want me to be.
..
Sunday night is usually very quiet in my neighbourhood, and sometimes I wish it could always be this way. Dad is out, and I am thankful for the quiet. (His gf has been throwing tantrums in our house the past two nights.)
And tonight, coupled with the cool sea-breeze, it is rather pleasant to think that this is the first time after so long that I finally feel that grief has loosened its stranglehold on me at last. For someone who used to mourn her losses every Christmas, I feel oddly unfazed by the idea of Christmas this year. Not that the grief is completely gone. But at least I have stopped crying myself to sleep at mere memories.
I remember I used to try to hide myself from friends and their families during Christmas. I know they loved me and wanted me to share in their festive joy. But it always brought me unfathomable depths of sorrow just to see their families, whole, intact, just doing nothing but having a meal together at Christmas. Just one dinner and I'd go home and cry til dawn. No matter what I did, I always felt like an ugly stain in everyone's colourful celebrations and so I'd always try to make up lame excuses to escape their company.
It was only last year that I finally decided to go to Christmas dinner with R and her family. I was rather reluctant actually, but told myself that because her granny invited me it would be rude to change my mind. I was glad I went, though. Even though the pain was still there.
But this year, I've somehow changed more than I ever guessed I would have. Maybe I'd passed a certain milestone that I didn't even notice was there. The sharp festive pain has been replaced with a neutrality that is somewhat foreign to me. In fact, I have not decided which I prefer, the pain or the lack of it.
Maybe this is what healing feels like - an organic layer of numbness that continually adapts itself and insulates one's soul from the various vestiges of grief? Well maybe that's just how my heart feels like tonight, as if there's something wrapped around it. Gift-wrap? Maybe, but is he ready for such a burdensome gift?
- 27 November 2006 1:01am -
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Huh?!
Ever gotten interesting messages from certain friends that you could never decipher? Well, when I was about to go out today, one of my erm, acquaintances messaged me in MSN.
Here goes:
SG"no1 Bo Liao Guy~(No kidding! That is his MSN nick!! If you don't believe me tell me I'll show you my log file!):
beauty without wisdom is in the same league as power that corrupts ahahahahaha
SG"no1 Bo Liao Guy~:
LOL
*~rox*~:
?
SG"no1 Bo Liao Guy~:
ur blog
*~rox~*:
ya, i knw ah
but i dun see whats so funny
SG"no1 Bo Liao Guy~:
hahahaha
*end of conversation*
Now what in Mochi's furry butt was that all about?
- 23 November 2006 2:00am -
Here goes:
SG"no1 Bo Liao Guy~(No kidding! That is his MSN nick!! If you don't believe me tell me I'll show you my log file!):
beauty without wisdom is in the same league as power that corrupts ahahahahaha
SG"no1 Bo Liao Guy~:
LOL
*~rox*~:
?
SG"no1 Bo Liao Guy~:
ur blog
*~rox~*:
ya, i knw ah
but i dun see whats so funny
SG"no1 Bo Liao Guy~:
hahahaha
*end of conversation*
Now what in Mochi's furry butt was that all about?
- 23 November 2006 2:00am -
Monday, November 20, 2006
Sugar-free Strepsils
I had been sick the entire week and though I had lots of time on my hands, I felt grumpy because I had to postpone all my plans :(
I forced myself to succumb to WarCraft as a distraction and I've completed both WCIII and FT campaigns. Even Act II of the FT Orc campaign.
I wonder why I was never this interested in their campaigns in the past. Maybe I just couldn't be bothered and gave up when it got too ridiculous? Haha. So maybe now in my twenties I am more tolerant of the ridiculous? Nevermind, after more than two packets of sugar-free Strepsils you can't really expect me to be coherent..
Other than gaming, sleeping and forcing food down my painfully sore throat, I did almost completely nothing the entire week. Maybe I am usually too busy for my own sake and perhaps sickness is how my body forces me to rest and keep still so I can regroup?
** Oh I remember, I spent Friday helping JL with his Critique. Hahaha, joke of the day: To get 1.5 lines spacing, just type enter at the end of every line.
Anyway, after three years of no DOTA, the prodigal daughter has decided to return. I have lost touch completely. To the point that I had to load the game several times on my own outside Battlenet just to find a few heroes out of the 80 that I could adapt to. Even then, I know still have a very long way to go.
The irony of last night was that I actually managed to get very nice scores for all the maps I played in CounterStrike which was rare for me and then went into DOTA to get taunted for being a newbie. Well, what do you expect when you have two melee heros surrounding one range hero? Plus my drow ranger had only one active spell - Frost Arrows and Trueshot Aura, Silence and Marksmanship as passive spells. Pwn what.
The (Malaysian) team I was with happily left me struggling against two enemy heros on my own and then later started to taunt me for being a noob. I was like grow up it's not like we're losing - they were pwning the others elsewhere whilst I struggled in my lane alone. I just couldn't be bothered to argue and left when they continued their insults.
I sometimes think I am living in the past when it comes to games even though I have been playing for years. For one I really do not understand why people act so uncivilised when in games these days. Not just DOTA, CS as well. I don't understand the lack of sportsmanship. If you get fragged, respawn and try again. Why bother to insult the one who killed you? It doesn't make sense when you both have bullets but you resort to vulgarities does it?
I also had to kick off one interesting player who kept throwing flashbangs at his own team even denied it when Rz and I asked him to stop. When he ran out of flashbangs, he started following me around and blocking my path. I suppose we devolve with too mcuh gaming?
Such behaviour completely confounds me, and I start to wonder if I am, after all, indeed the same person who studies human behaviour and deviance.
Ah, I'm going to end here with some hammy photos. My cough is wrecking my train of thought again.
- 20 November 2006 2:04 pm -
I forced myself to succumb to WarCraft as a distraction and I've completed both WCIII and FT campaigns. Even Act II of the FT Orc campaign.
I wonder why I was never this interested in their campaigns in the past. Maybe I just couldn't be bothered and gave up when it got too ridiculous? Haha. So maybe now in my twenties I am more tolerant of the ridiculous? Nevermind, after more than two packets of sugar-free Strepsils you can't really expect me to be coherent..
Other than gaming, sleeping and forcing food down my painfully sore throat, I did almost completely nothing the entire week. Maybe I am usually too busy for my own sake and perhaps sickness is how my body forces me to rest and keep still so I can regroup?
** Oh I remember, I spent Friday helping JL with his Critique. Hahaha, joke of the day: To get 1.5 lines spacing, just type enter at the end of every line.
Anyway, after three years of no DOTA, the prodigal daughter has decided to return. I have lost touch completely. To the point that I had to load the game several times on my own outside Battlenet just to find a few heroes out of the 80 that I could adapt to. Even then, I know still have a very long way to go.
The irony of last night was that I actually managed to get very nice scores for all the maps I played in CounterStrike which was rare for me and then went into DOTA to get taunted for being a newbie. Well, what do you expect when you have two melee heros surrounding one range hero? Plus my drow ranger had only one active spell - Frost Arrows and Trueshot Aura, Silence and Marksmanship as passive spells. Pwn what.
The (Malaysian) team I was with happily left me struggling against two enemy heros on my own and then later started to taunt me for being a noob. I was like grow up it's not like we're losing - they were pwning the others elsewhere whilst I struggled in my lane alone. I just couldn't be bothered to argue and left when they continued their insults.
I sometimes think I am living in the past when it comes to games even though I have been playing for years. For one I really do not understand why people act so uncivilised when in games these days. Not just DOTA, CS as well. I don't understand the lack of sportsmanship. If you get fragged, respawn and try again. Why bother to insult the one who killed you? It doesn't make sense when you both have bullets but you resort to vulgarities does it?
I also had to kick off one interesting player who kept throwing flashbangs at his own team even denied it when Rz and I asked him to stop. When he ran out of flashbangs, he started following me around and blocking my path. I suppose we devolve with too mcuh gaming?
Such behaviour completely confounds me, and I start to wonder if I am, after all, indeed the same person who studies human behaviour and deviance.
Ah, I'm going to end here with some hammy photos. My cough is wrecking my train of thought again.
- 20 November 2006 2:04 pm -
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
"Build more Moonwells!"
After the fiasco, though hilarious as it was, I made it a point last Thursday to disappear from the internet for awhile, especially MSN because there were so many people on my list who were involved I was lazy to block them all.
I was after a little peace and quiet, plus I had re-installed Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos as well as Frozen Throne and was rather eager to escape reality :)
I am somewhat glad I don't have World of Warcraft yet, or I'd put my entire life on hold permanently hahaha! Crazy as it is, I have heard of some people who have. I suppose I'm not as lenient on myself as that, for I am always my own greatest enemy.
Apart from WC3 and FT, the weekend was spent on meeting up with loved ones :) So perhaps it wasn't exactly reality I wanted to escape, but virtuality?
I met up with G and Rz at Vivocity last Friday and I was quite disappointed overall by what is now Singapore's largest shopping centre. It is unfortunate that in Singapore, it seems to have become a business template that every successful brand should open multiple branches at every major shopping centre even if they are only a few kilometres apart.
As I had expected, all the popular brands were represented at Vivocity. They are to have a new Daiso and even a Pet Safari. Perhaps these two stores will be my only interests in the entire monolith of a mall. Yet it surprised me somewhat that there was no Mos Burger in sight. Or perhaps they haven't opened yet haha.
Yep, I have changed and so have my spending habits. Though I would not go so far as to say that shopping is no longer a staple in my life, but rather, that I have lost interest in constantly trying to attain the newest, trendiest, most fashionable of anything and everything this world has to offer.
Perhaps the most telling of examples is the fact that I have not yet purchase my own Flickr pro account, even though I have been waiting for it for months. At USD24.99 a year, it is so reasonably priced that I know my former self would have just purchased it in the blink of an eye. However I now know better to wait until I am surer of myself and my funds. Perhaps I shall use my (meagre) pay from my editing work to pay for it :)
Speaking of my editing work, recently I have been having a lengthy bout of inspiration. Old ideas that I had thought of in the past and never revisited in my mind are coming back to me with interesting modifications and new features that I have begun to see some potential where I never did before.
So perhaps here is yet another project for me to work on :)
On Saturday we went back to Vivocity again, this time to meet JL, Sol, Junk and family :) It was like a family reunion of sorts, and it was nice to cuddle Taryn again :) She is getting chubbier and more and more like our dear Junk :) She refused to take a nap even though she was exhausted because there was so much to see and people to play with her. So sociable!
We took her to Toys R' Us to take a look at their toddlers' section and found many things to amuse her with :P Now we know what sort of toys she likes, we have a better idea of what to do for Christmas :)
Shall end off with some photos as has become my habit these days :P
Someone complained and complained about Taryn but it is so obvious to everyone how much he adores her.
And the expression on his face in the next photo is how he will look like when he sees this - ready to complain again hahahah :P
To all our horrors, JL almost dropped her the first time when he tried to carry her =.=" We made sure the next time he tried he was sitting down and had both hands free to hold her..
Happy as always, no matter who carries her :)
- 14 November 2006 8:54am -
I was after a little peace and quiet, plus I had re-installed Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos as well as Frozen Throne and was rather eager to escape reality :)
I am somewhat glad I don't have World of Warcraft yet, or I'd put my entire life on hold permanently hahaha! Crazy as it is, I have heard of some people who have. I suppose I'm not as lenient on myself as that, for I am always my own greatest enemy.
Apart from WC3 and FT, the weekend was spent on meeting up with loved ones :) So perhaps it wasn't exactly reality I wanted to escape, but virtuality?
I met up with G and Rz at Vivocity last Friday and I was quite disappointed overall by what is now Singapore's largest shopping centre. It is unfortunate that in Singapore, it seems to have become a business template that every successful brand should open multiple branches at every major shopping centre even if they are only a few kilometres apart.
As I had expected, all the popular brands were represented at Vivocity. They are to have a new Daiso and even a Pet Safari. Perhaps these two stores will be my only interests in the entire monolith of a mall. Yet it surprised me somewhat that there was no Mos Burger in sight. Or perhaps they haven't opened yet haha.
Yep, I have changed and so have my spending habits. Though I would not go so far as to say that shopping is no longer a staple in my life, but rather, that I have lost interest in constantly trying to attain the newest, trendiest, most fashionable of anything and everything this world has to offer.
Perhaps the most telling of examples is the fact that I have not yet purchase my own Flickr pro account, even though I have been waiting for it for months. At USD24.99 a year, it is so reasonably priced that I know my former self would have just purchased it in the blink of an eye. However I now know better to wait until I am surer of myself and my funds. Perhaps I shall use my (meagre) pay from my editing work to pay for it :)
Speaking of my editing work, recently I have been having a lengthy bout of inspiration. Old ideas that I had thought of in the past and never revisited in my mind are coming back to me with interesting modifications and new features that I have begun to see some potential where I never did before.
So perhaps here is yet another project for me to work on :)
On Saturday we went back to Vivocity again, this time to meet JL, Sol, Junk and family :) It was like a family reunion of sorts, and it was nice to cuddle Taryn again :) She is getting chubbier and more and more like our dear Junk :) She refused to take a nap even though she was exhausted because there was so much to see and people to play with her. So sociable!
We took her to Toys R' Us to take a look at their toddlers' section and found many things to amuse her with :P Now we know what sort of toys she likes, we have a better idea of what to do for Christmas :)
Shall end off with some photos as has become my habit these days :P
Someone complained and complained about Taryn but it is so obvious to everyone how much he adores her.
And the expression on his face in the next photo is how he will look like when he sees this - ready to complain again hahahah :P
To all our horrors, JL almost dropped her the first time when he tried to carry her =.=" We made sure the next time he tried he was sitting down and had both hands free to hold her..
Happy as always, no matter who carries her :)
- 14 November 2006 8:54am -
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
The Good Thing about MSN
Is that though idiots may constantly bug and irritate you, they never know if you have kept a log of the conversation.
Ever since meeting such people in the online world, I have always deployed my trusty notepad after every particularly interesting conversation. I know MSN has a save log function, but it is a pain to read and quote from.
Maybe I am rather crafty to do this, but well, anyone can save their own logs too. Moreover intellectual property is not an issue because half or more of the conversation was written by myself. And trust me, the idiots I have met so far have more under-handed means under their sleeves than I can ever think up. The latest idiot is not an exception.
I suppose for every speck of (supposed) outwardly beauty, we give up a bit of inwardly sense. Whilst this may sound like a rather jealous statement, in-depth psychological studies into the sociology of human behaviour - Social Cognitive Theory - prove my point, and I would much rather have wisdom than beauty, because beauty without wisdom is in the same league as power that corrupts.
I guess, inevitably, beauty without wisdom leads to a thirst for power that by foolish nature, the 'beauty' is unable to understand or fathom completely. Power is then perceived as a magic wand to such perverted minds, who attempt to use power as a tool for popularity, which to the unwise, is far more covetted than power will ever be, because popularity is an extremely shallow concept and can be easily understood whilst power is a deep and complex concept built through a web of causal relationships.
Knowing this, I have decidedly taken a back seat in most matters concerning such people, save where they directly concern myself. At every confrontation, I have noticed the same patterns again and again, ie. Reference to previous un-related incidences in a bid to confuse issues, Reference to possible abuse of authority in a bid to deflect responsibility, Reference to people who do not matter to provide a mirage of authority, etc.
Well, seen in another perspective, perhaps this is a mere student we are dealing with, whose master has taught her well. I suppose after my latest critique on her arguments that have been illustrated previously, the same in which she used up whatever brain cells she had in her, it is expected that the master would re-appear to gallantly defend his prized student.
Sigh, it is somewhat like playing chess. All these calculated moves ought to make Lenin shift in his mauseoleum.
Whilst I am unskilled in warfare, I am very aware that hate is damaging to one's soul. I will not allow my conscience and my existence to be eaten up by hate. So even though I predict that "things are going to get messy", I have made up my mind to keep my cool and remain impersonal. In their rush to attain power and whatever it is they suspect I have, they have blinded themselves to the fact that I have nothing but hard work and trust-based relationships.
I am beginning to see what God means by the weak shall overcome the strong and that the mighty is not necessarily the victor. It is God's favour that is important, and not who or what you are.
Damn it, I am becoming a theologian. Someone please shoot me before I become even more like my dad.
- 8 November 2006 12:13pm -
Ever since meeting such people in the online world, I have always deployed my trusty notepad after every particularly interesting conversation. I know MSN has a save log function, but it is a pain to read and quote from.
Maybe I am rather crafty to do this, but well, anyone can save their own logs too. Moreover intellectual property is not an issue because half or more of the conversation was written by myself. And trust me, the idiots I have met so far have more under-handed means under their sleeves than I can ever think up. The latest idiot is not an exception.
I suppose for every speck of (supposed) outwardly beauty, we give up a bit of inwardly sense. Whilst this may sound like a rather jealous statement, in-depth psychological studies into the sociology of human behaviour - Social Cognitive Theory - prove my point, and I would much rather have wisdom than beauty, because beauty without wisdom is in the same league as power that corrupts.
I guess, inevitably, beauty without wisdom leads to a thirst for power that by foolish nature, the 'beauty' is unable to understand or fathom completely. Power is then perceived as a magic wand to such perverted minds, who attempt to use power as a tool for popularity, which to the unwise, is far more covetted than power will ever be, because popularity is an extremely shallow concept and can be easily understood whilst power is a deep and complex concept built through a web of causal relationships.
Knowing this, I have decidedly taken a back seat in most matters concerning such people, save where they directly concern myself. At every confrontation, I have noticed the same patterns again and again, ie. Reference to previous un-related incidences in a bid to confuse issues, Reference to possible abuse of authority in a bid to deflect responsibility, Reference to people who do not matter to provide a mirage of authority, etc.
Well, seen in another perspective, perhaps this is a mere student we are dealing with, whose master has taught her well. I suppose after my latest critique on her arguments that have been illustrated previously, the same in which she used up whatever brain cells she had in her, it is expected that the master would re-appear to gallantly defend his prized student.
Sigh, it is somewhat like playing chess. All these calculated moves ought to make Lenin shift in his mauseoleum.
Whilst I am unskilled in warfare, I am very aware that hate is damaging to one's soul. I will not allow my conscience and my existence to be eaten up by hate. So even though I predict that "things are going to get messy", I have made up my mind to keep my cool and remain impersonal. In their rush to attain power and whatever it is they suspect I have, they have blinded themselves to the fact that I have nothing but hard work and trust-based relationships.
I am beginning to see what God means by the weak shall overcome the strong and that the mighty is not necessarily the victor. It is God's favour that is important, and not who or what you are.
Damn it, I am becoming a theologian. Someone please shoot me before I become even more like my dad.
- 8 November 2006 12:13pm -
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Monday, November 06, 2006
Sony Ericsson z610i
After a long lifespan, my second-hand Samsung phone has finally retired. I bought a Sony Ericsson z610i yesterday but for some reason, I feel as though I shouldn't be changing phones.
Maybe I wasn't really completely ready to retire my Samsung. Oh well, I know I'm weird haha..
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So much to do, so little time :) But I'm enjoying myself, so it's good :)
I've also decided to make me Christmas presents this year. So it adds to my list of things to do.
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I think Tori is pregnant again, this time by Tako. She is really round. Anyway I won't be keeping this litter, unless there is a pudding-coloured girl. There is just no space! It will be difficult to part with them though, if they are cute.. And I am SURE they will be!
Sigh.
I'll end off with some pix I guess and post about my life another day when I'm less tired :)
Maybe I wasn't really completely ready to retire my Samsung. Oh well, I know I'm weird haha..
...
So much to do, so little time :) But I'm enjoying myself, so it's good :)
I've also decided to make me Christmas presents this year. So it adds to my list of things to do.
...
I think Tori is pregnant again, this time by Tako. She is really round. Anyway I won't be keeping this litter, unless there is a pudding-coloured girl. There is just no space! It will be difficult to part with them though, if they are cute.. And I am SURE they will be!
Sigh.
I'll end off with some pix I guess and post about my life another day when I'm less tired :)
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