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[08 Feb 2010|11:26pm] |
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Brown feels strangely cool when I picked her up today :o She's very energetic otherwise though. Same with Darby when she had that skin problem (self cured now). Come to think of it, the only time either of them seemed down was when Darby first came. If anything, Brown is bustling busily around the cage now in usual hyperactive mode. There're no other unusual symptoms.
うちのハムスター、いつでも元気ですね…
I hope she's back to normal tomorrow :o
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| I LOVE YOU SINGAPORE |
[05 Jan 2010|01:11am] |
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Which is the most disgusting?:
(A) Brazen molestors with zero respect for woman
(B) Citizen-reporter/star-blogger-crazed Bystanders who wouldn't help but would take out cameras to take 'evidence'
(C1) Male commentators who (a) are blind to her resistance attempts / (b) likes to think skimpily woman wants to be groped / (c) thinks skimpily clad + clubbing justifies molest / (d) are plain eager to think that "it's alright" / (e) indulges in the illusional fantasy that drunk women who doesn't magically fight off physically stronger men = they want it
(C2) Female commentators who find excuses for not helping by joining guys in blaming the victim for the incident happning or in a (rather confused) well-it-can't-be-helped manner
(D) Kiddies using kool l33tspeak to make racist/nationalist/sexist sweeping statements and/or diss everyone else because they're kool like dat
(E) Singaporeans saying it's normal to not help/"Why won't you help?" "*shrug* (Because) Singaporean"
(F) The crazy young generation in general (notice how the interviewees are almost all youngsters?)
I just can't decide. While I'm one of the Boring Women around who usually frowns at and stays far away from the so-called Provocative Babes, and can easily fall into C2, I suppose, and for all my love for being Objective, I can't find a way to fit the victim into the above list. Whatever faults she has (in this context), they're nothing compared to what these people are exhibiting.
I'm sure Psychology class will be having a great time with this - bystander effect and so on. Or most of the arts faculty, for the matter, on topics like gender, feminism, prejudice, values, etc. I almost wish I'm still in school so I can hear all the 'analysis'.
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| Curiousity is bad for you |
[07 Dec 2009|12:10am] |
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So on Thunder I saw this "ad" of LiveAction TeniPuri and clicked it. Of course, it was the Chinese drama series I sort of heard about a while ago and erased from memory. As it were, I watched the OP with morbid curiousity. It reminds me of Power Ranger. And I'm glad I'm not a Ryoma fan or I might cry. I tried not to identify Golden/Silver Pair. I didn't (and couldn't?). Phew.
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| Random post is random |
[22 Nov 2009|10:54pm] |
( Pics )
Also, Darby (/Mao/Kuro) has recovered and is a little over-genki. Brown is fine too.
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| Hammie Love |
[06 Nov 2009|09:59pm] |
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Darby is abnormally genki today. She's been scurrying busily around the cage like a kid with too much sugar (not that's not really in her diet).
And she has developed this weird hobby of chewing on the toilet paper roll... on her back.
 
Look, mom, Hamster Roll!
It's strangely cute.
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| Hamster post |
[05 Nov 2009|02:08pm] |
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On Monday, I resumed keeping hamsters ♥
Cosmiko’s cousin’s friend was giving four grown hamsters away, cage included. Since my brother said he’d only help take care of hamsters if we had a ‘proper’ cage, things fell neatly into place. I asked for two, and since the male pair had a higher tendency to fight, I asked for the female pair. Although, apparently, both pairs were getting hostile with each other anyway. Whoever said dwarf hamsters live in groups must’ve been talking about another breed entirely. None of my hamsters lived together in peace, unless they were opposite gender, in which case they’d breed and the children eventually start fighting amongst themselves. And it’s not me, since Cosmiko’s pair also fought, and so do this friend’s. Come to think of it, I was going to end up with 2 cages anyway so it didn’t matter who I picked.
My brother picked up the hamsters around 6pm and the previous owner warned me through sms that one of them, “Darby”, seemed “abnormal” that day, and offered to take her back if I wasn’t comfortable. Home at 9pm, my brother reported nothing unusual, and that he didn’t get a close look since they mostly slept inside their houses. Non-Darby, I guess, since she looked perfectly fine, appeared first. And after about half hour, there was still no sight of Darby. After much prodding at the top house, she eventually ventured out. Darby was visibly skinnier than non-Darby, and walked in a rather wobbly and slower manner. Her coat also didn’t look as nice. She looked overall frail. It was slightly alarming but there was no visible wound, so I left her be. She didn’t actually come down to ground level or even venture far from the home. We left them alone until they start squeaking every now and then.
Sigh. Apparently my mother still kept some of those plastic “fish tank” cages we had (and a unfinished packet of shavings/bedding.. my mother keeps lots of junk), so while my brother washed it, I took Darby out. While the cage was drying, I put Darby in a large, large wooden box, like 21 (23?) inch widescreen LCD monitor large, and my brother gave her some rice on a whim. She ate some of it and was livelier afterwards, scurrying about the box and later trying to jump out from the corners. In the ‘fishtank’, Darby really liked to stay inside the toilet paper roll my brother put in. Maybe she was trying to sleep, but seeing her lie inside, eyes open, without moving, was a little weird. So I re-explored the wired cage and found that the house on top can be detached (my brother is sure the top is Darby’s house and the bottom house is Bully’s), and moved it so Darby has somewhere else to hide in. Our theory by the second day was that Darby got so bullied she hardly left the house for food and water, which wasn’t very smart since she was a sitting duck in there anyway? Day 2 evening found her in a better state. I only hope she’ll get better from now.
And a little friendlier. Both of them. They were 6-8 months old, so I didn’t expect much, but I’d appreciate if Bully stopped trying to bite my fingers. Bully’s actually quite similar to Chibiki and her family. Hyperactive (she runs quickly from palm to palm like mine did. Even cosmiko’s Jorie, while active, didn’t do that.) and rather aggressive -_- Her descendants, that is. Chibiki never tried to bite me ♥ I’m not sure if she even joined in the scuffles when her children still shared her cage.
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| Things that go snap at night |
[25 Aug 2009|02:15pm] |
A few nights ago. It was just a small noise, but I was pausing my PS2 game and my brother his computer activities to talk about something, so it was quite noticeable. But no one was moving much (not even leaning much on the computer chair; I was sitting on the bed) and nothing looked broken so after some glancing around we went back to our respective activities.
( Read more... )
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| Random Rant |
[20 Jul 2009|08:27pm] |
I haven't posted in ages =D Work is always super busy, after all. Like today was supposed to be my off day (in a long, long while), but since a client wanted to sell his investment I went back to office to process it anyway shortly after I woke and had lunch. Then I got caught up in a meeting (lol, boss), rushed off to PS to transfer my mobile contract from under my mom's name to me, while getting last minute calls from boss about going to Jurong Point for appointments in the evening (orz, boss). The appointments didn't realize in the end, but somehow I don't feel rested anyway. -_-
Teenager on the MRT with super loud music. Yeah, not uncommon, still doesn't fail to irritate me though. What's with disturbing others and slowly killing off your own eardrums? For what? 'Enjoyment'? Cos if it isn't blaring the music isn't nice? Can't understand, period.
Also went to pick my nephew from school with my mom on our way back from PS. Past a void deck on the way home, two little Indian girls were walking by, apparently throwing styrofoam boxes they were holding in the air. 'Apparently' because I never paid them any attention until something hit the back of my head from behind. Styrofoam isn't heavy, but it wasn't small, so there was a significant impact. When I turned, the girls were starting to giggle, in the typical amused-by-anything-inappropriate-kids way, except, tough luck, they happen to hit a very mean person. The giggle withered quickly in a very unamused Glare of Doom. About 20 seconds passed where we just stood there staring, before they finally know to say "sorry". So I turned to leave, hardly in satisfaction, but that's the best you can get. (Nephew, 7, was standing quietly aside, (my mom, perpetually unaware, had went on ahead) thinking who-knows-what, and as we crossed the road I told him how I appreciated that he's a good kid who'd know to apologise right away.) Thankfully, there weren't those my-kids-are-adorable-angels parents around who'd giggle along with the kids and maybe, just maybe, toss in a 'sorry' somewhere, but that'd be totally missing the point anyway. Adoring parents and their unlikeable 'angels' is another specie I can't stand.
Randomly, I started another journal for gaming posts. =p
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