Otters holding hands



i've been meaning to post this up for a while but never got round to it.. more than 5 million views, in case u haven't seen it..enjoy :).. the lighter coloured one is asleep and just floating around, held on by the dark grey one...watch it till the end, it gets really really cute!!

i want to be an otter too!! :) hold hands, float around and get fed.. no more marking!! wheeeee...

The Nest Outside My Office Window

when this female olive-backed sunbird began building its flask-shaped nest a couple of days ago, just a mere 10cm from my office cubicle window, i couldn't believe how lucky i was...


it's so incredibly lovely..

i still can't believe how lucky i am... from what i read, it looks like she's going to be around for at least another month or so... :)

life is made up of little pleasures just like this one :">

You say it is a frog and I say it is a horse!


We have to respect each other's opinion;

You're not wrong but neither am I! I'm not wrong but neither are U!

We just need to wait and listen actively to others' point of view;

Make a conscious choice to figure out why the other person sees it the way they do..

We might just discover something new for ourselves too! :)

Farm Visit to Kranji Countryside



yet another visit to the farms of the far (then again, how far can far be??) north of Singapore ... but still quite fun.. :) the area has some nice new eateries around worth dropping by for lunch or a snack.. check out Petals & Leaves Bistro (Ngee Phoe) - food's pretty ok and great ambience, open only in the weekends... and there's of cos Poison Ivy Bistro at Bollywood Veggies.. a good morning out before the midday showers came :)

SPCA visit



dropped by SPCA yesterday afternoon to rub the tummies of the doggies, scratch the faces & necks of the kitties and pat the furry heads of the bunnies.. the cats were sleepy, the dogs were frisky and the rabbits were .. err..quiet..

therapeutic. :) albeit the crowd...

lots of beautiful and friendly pets awaiting good homes.. please don't buy pets from the pet shops. Please adopt if you can.

Kiwi!



the youtube award winner, in case you haven't seen it.. so meaningful... the kind of stuff i like.. :">

"Kiwi!" is an animation about a Kiwi - a type of bird that cannot fly, who spends its whole life working towards achieving his dream. The kiwi strived to create the illusion that it was flying over a forest as it soared down through the sky from the top of a cliff. Thus, the kiwi spent what must have been its whole life nailing trees to the side of a cliff. All this, to fulfil its one dream of flying, even though it was technically unable to. There are several powerful messages behind Kiwi, but mainly, it makes you think: no matter how absurd and seemingly out of reach your dreams are, what's stopping you from achieving them?

something to encourage all of us dreamers out there.. :)

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Sand Art



you may have seen this before somewhere on youtube but i'll put it up here to let a friend of mine find it more easily..

Forces at work and at play



i love watching stuff like this.. reminds me of the amazing Honda Accord commercial that was done entirely without the use of computer animation and made up of all the different parts of a Honda Accord car.. here it is (below) for those who missed it.. and of course for my friends who were there with me back in my London days, you may remember the Cabaret Mechanical Theatre in Covent Garden to be one of my all time favourite places... ah...with these amazing toys, i think i'll never see the need to grow up.. :p

krabi getaway



thanks to tigerairways, managed to grab return air tix to krabi for $50 (excluding taxes of $90)! apparently not the lowest it can go but still a steal.. sun sea and lots of snorkling plus lots of bowls of tom yum goong, plates of phad thai and jugs of Singha... ha.. nice..

post more pics in a while.. :)

Sea Angel (found on youtube)



such a lovely creature.. :).. but i must say the guy's voice in the background is rather annoying.. nonetheless, these lovely creatures are why i visit the Singapore Underwater World at least once a year..

painting with ketchup & fries



found this video while searching for material for work.. i know our parents tell us not to play with food but as performance art this is pretty cool..

Stuff i grew up with

someone just sent me this!! wah!!! SBC somemore! hahahhaha... nostalgic sia! I think this show is called "Mystery" or something.. I was still in Primary school then!!



See also: Flying Fish, Five Foot Way, Son of Pulau Tekong, Strange Encounters, Kopi-O...

and who can forget the mid-air somersault attack in Moero! Attack! (or as i read somewhere "the Japanese drama "Moero Attack", 《排球女将》 where volleyball chicks can leap, do a 360-somersault turn, spike, fly to the other end, spike back, go for manicure and tea before the ball hits the ground." ...hahahah... maybe that's why i don't watch TV nowadays.. cos i wanna retain my memories of these 80s shows.. wahahahah...

Saving starfish



If you're not familiar with the tale, it goes like this:

A man was walking on the beach saw that it was littered with thousands of starfish. A little boy was picking up the starfish one by one and throwing them into the ocean. He asked the boy, "What are you doing?" The boy replied, "I'm throwing starfish back into the water. If I leave them here they'll dry up and die." The man said, "But look how many starfish there are. What you're doing can't possibly make a difference." As the boy picked up another starfish and threw it into the ocean he said, "Well, it makes a difference to this one!"

the results for my first mischievous bunch of students, who tortured (:p) me all of the last two years just came out and i'm glad that (some? most?) of the starfish i attempted to save, through the gruelling 4 months of last minute work (Gosh! realised i had slogged all the way from 10 Jul to 15th Nov!!), did make it in the end... :,).... (sense the exhaustion i felt at that time)... it's a feeling that i can't quite explain.. though i won't claim credit for their entire success but i'm glad i was there on their journey to where they want to be..

all the best little starfishes! **waves**

Bak Chor Mee & A Famous Ang Moh Man



saw Anthony Bourdain, famous cook and host of the "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations" travel food show on Discovery Travel & Living, together with the Makansutra guy KF Seetoh when i went to eat at the famous Tai Hwa Pork Noodle stall in Crawfod lane today (website: www.taihwa.com.sg --> hahaha.. got website some more!)

.... i want to write more but i'm too sleepy.. i'll carry on this blog entry tomorrow.. haha.. :p...

The Secret



DHL

Life Cycle

Your Expression Number is 8

Driven and ambitious, you have the potential to reach great things. You're both good with money and good at getting things done quickly. You are an excellent leader and a great judge of character. Full of energy and confidence, you undertake projects that seem impossible. Dependable and determined, you are able to understand the bigger picture. Even if you are not in a position of power right now, it will fall to you. At times, you can be very materialistic - and obsessed with status and power. While this isn't always a bad thing, you sometimes take it to the extreme. In order to be truly happy, you must balance the material and spiritual in your life.

What's Your Expression Number?

Slob Evolution



this is kinda cute, though a couple of comments have said that its a tad bit rude for its dig at the so-called "ugly people".. well.. i can see the innocent funny side of it so i don't quite agree..

here's a non sequitur link.. seems like everyone's playing with the Candybar Doll Maker to make their msn avatars.. have u made yours yet??

here's me..



hahaha.. ok.. not very well done but i went mad after being on it for an hour.. what a *&^$#*)?<:+ waste of time!!

and besides, i can't find anything that remotely looks like me which isn't surprising anyway cos... I DON'T LOOK LIKE A BL****Y DOLL IN THE FIRST PLACE!!! grrr.. :p

Dove Ad - "Evolution"



rather fascinating - especially for those of us who aspire to be like those "picture-perfect" people we see in ads.. perhaps it is time for us to appreciate the natural beauty in people and even in ourselves..

Please Adopt These Kittens

These four lovely kittens are looking for a good home..




I don't know when HDB will finally agree to drop their archaic laws against keeping of cats in government flats. According to the President of the Cat Welfare Society, if only 10% of HDB dwellers take 1 cat home, there would be no more strays on Singapore's streets! Think about that! Cat owners all know how wonderfully apartment-friendly cats (which have been sterilised) can be. In fact, cats are usually quieter and can be confined in apartments for long periods without problems than dogs and can keep themselves clean.. This clearly shows our authorities have some mysterious reasons for insisting on continuing this archaic practice (supposedly from the time of the Brits).. maybe they think like this silly person who wrote to ST forum on 25th of last month...."Why HDB should ban cat and dog ownership in flats"

i almost fell off my chair in sheer astonishment the first time i read the letter! this guy clearly knows nothing about cats and dogs and only manages to make himself sound silly and intolerant... i can't quite fathom what made ST publish this letter.. to make a mockery of this guy?? ... ok.. i shan't be mean.. just rather incensed by his letter, that's all..

so.. any kind cat lovers out there? email me.