Sorry for the lack of updates guys. Been busy doing up some stuff. Will let you know what i’ve been doing soon..~

How true do you think this is?

Friend: calls your parents by mr. and mrs.
Best friend: calls your parents dad and mom.

Friend: has never seen you cry
Best Friend: has always had the best shoulder to cry on

Friend: never asks for anything to eat or drink
Best friend: opens the fridge and makes herself at home

Friend: asks you to write down your number.
Best friend : they ask you for their number ( cuz they can’t remember it)

Friend: borrows your stuff for a few days then gives it back
Best friend: has a closet full of your stuff

Friend: only knows a few things about you
Best friend: could write a biography on your life

Friend: will leave you behind if that is what the crowd is doing
Best friend: will always go with you

Other than the perks announced by PM Lee in the recent National Day Rally, maybe these videos will help you make that hard decision.

A cute malaysian kid singing a malay song~ (credits: modery.net)

The ‘Whatever’ Infant

The ‘cute laugh’

and last but not least…

The “Best” baby laugh.
(This one is actually kind of scary. haha)

Hope you enjoyed the vidz~

Thank you Patrik for the email~

Why It’s GREAT To Be A Guy…

* Your ass is never a factor in a job interview.
* Your orgasms are real……always.

* Your last name stays put.
* The garage is all yours.
* Nobody secretly wonders if you swallow.
* Wedding plans take care of themselves.
* Chocolate is just another snack.
* You can be president.
* Foreplay is optional.
* You never feel compelled to stop a friend from getting laid.
* Car mechanics tell you the truth.
* You don’t give a rat’s ass if someone notices your new haircut.
* The world is your urinal!
* You never have to drive to another gas station because this one’s just too icky.
* Same work… more pay!
* Wrinkles and gray hair add character.
* Wedding Dress $2000; Tux rental $100.
* If you retain water, it’s in a canteen.
* People never glance at your chest when you’re talking to them.
* The occasional well-rendered belch is practically expected.
* Comfortable shoes!
* Porn movies are designed with you in mind.
* Not liking a person does not preclude having great sex with them.
* Your pals can be trusted never to trap you with: “So, notice anything different?”
* One mood, all the time.

I can’t help but wonder at the fates of these Vietnamese girls. No matter what you say, this is like selling themselves, only in a more permanent way. I guess different types of marriages work for different people.

Would you get a Vietnamese wife?

Credits: Sgfrag

The past week saw me doing a lot of things… mainly going out.. eating.. and stuff like that.
Now in no particular day or order (i actually forgot the particular day anyway), i’ll be posting some pictures and description of what happened..~

Swimming with Shiyu - Its generally a bad idea to swim more than an hour, or just to be IN the swimming pool for more than an hour from 12pm, especially when you don’t have any suntan lotion on you, or you’re not planning to be sunburnt.
I ended up staying for 3 hours.
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Lunch at MOF - Ministry of Food with Herman at Bugis
This was the first time i tried the food at MOF, and i must say it was really good~ (maybe because i skipped breakfast though?) There were loads of stuff to choose from.. and i mean loads. There must have been at least a 100+ dishes and they all looked so good.

In the end, this is what we ordered…

The assorted Salmon Plate..

The tea pot that accompanied us for most of the meal

The multiple handrolls~

The unagi was great~

It was quite a small portion, but still good nonetheless

And that was it. The bill came up to $47 after a 10% off POSB credit/debit cards. MOF is located on the 2nd level of Bugis Junction.

Went for a haircut at Reds salon after that. Think the whole thing took about 30-40 minutes, and it started with a shampoo, before the haircut and the styling. With the citibank 15% discount, the bill came out at $32. Guess it wasn’t that bad.. my hair is much neater now~ (Other than at the front .. heh).

Met up with Zacky later night to go back to sch and settle some admin stuff, namely what subjects he could take next sem. They’re doing what they could about it, and we went to Raffles City to shop. I got 2 Topman shirts, and we had our dinner at Chippy’s.. mainly fish & chips and cheesy chicken. I got some iced milk tea from MOS Burger after that, and i headed home via the bus, reading my book on the way back.
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Saw a long lost cat and played with it for a bit. The very friendly cat near my place.. anyone remembers?
It still doesn’t like to take pictures, so this is the best i got.

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JB with Jooseng - This happened just yesterday so yup. We went over in the afternoon, had our lunch at Kim Gary Restaurant at City Square, before heading to NEway on the top level for ktv from 4-7pm. It came up to RM$30 each, inclusive of a drink and a tea set, which was just some simple dishes you could choose from.

We got the japanese fishballs, and the salad you tiao. It wasn’t that bad, just that the aircon was too cold. When i finally saw the thermostat (which was at 10 degrees), i adjusted it to 20+ degrees and it became normal again.
Yeap, unlike our local ktvs, they don’t have central air-conditioning. Remember that~

We went to a spa later - dmg $45, and i managed to see Lee Chong wei Vs Lin Dan in the singles badminton finals.
CW was clearly outclassed, and also was a bundle of nerves as the Chinese home team cheered Lin Dan on the match.
No doubt who would win here. There was also a lot of dismayed cries and cheers from the malaysians’ here as well.
Wonder if it was the same for us back in SG, the table-tennis matches. Probably for some..

Had dinner at a nearby indian place, and it really wasn’t that good.
I decided to eat the Ayam Goreng meal at Macdonalds (Spicy 2 piece chicken), and it cost around $11 after i changed the drink to a iced lemon tea. The chicken was pretty nice, but it really was rather spicy.. haha.

Went home after that and reached home at around 12.

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A day i spent alone, i went to PS to play the only game i’ve been playing in the arcade for a while now, DeathMile, which was a side scroller shooter. Ooh i love dodging the many bullets, its so much fun~

Oh yea, i picked up a phone and passed it to the counter assistant. It just felt like the only thing to do at the moment… though there are a lot of what If’s … some time after i was walking to parklane.
What if.. the man i passed the phone to was corrupt!
What if.. i was fated to find the phone, and it turns out to be my dream girl?
What if.. it was a guy, and he turns out to be my best friend?!

Though i’m thinking most likely, the guy gets his phone back from the counter assistant, and everything goes on as normal.

Still, its fun to dream isn’t it?

After spending an hour or so on that, i went over to Parklane where i played Guitar Freaks amongst others. GF was really great because they allowed me to play 5 songs for just $1. That was value for money~
And because i did particularly well, there was an extra stage.. and subsequently, and Encore stage! I never knew about the encore stage before~

Played some other games around, but really, GF was the reason i was here.

Went to the Cathay for some Mee Sua cause i was hungry, and then got a drink too, before heading back for some DeathMile, and taking 502 home in which i read my library book which was due tuesday, Cecilia Ahern’s “If you could see me now”. Nice book btw.

Reached JE to find Jianyong, and to exchange the microsd card i bought for something else. Turns out my phone uses a M2 card, and i had no need for a micro SD. bleh.

In the end i got myself a book, and using his discounts, managed to get himself a few chocolate bars in the process. heh.

Went to subway, and bought a meal back home while eating to KungFu Panda. Its not that bad a show, but its not that great either.. i feel.

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Guess who i saw at Jurong East Mrt station?
Singapore’s very own latest superhero..

Mr Smart!

And his arch-nemesis

The bad guy! who wants to take over all the public transport in the world!

With his power.. he can make people freeze while talking to the crowd!
Ain’t that exciting?!

I didn’t stay for long because the skit was getting kinda crappy.

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I met up with Tomithy at NUS science faculty, namely the MegaBytes cafe to fill out some forms.
The cafe was relatively small, but was very crowded, perhaps because i came in during lunchtime.
Met up with his students Julianna and Ayuni, and he just shared with me what’s been going on in his life.

We had a 11″ pizza, and we took a bus to the central library where he did his work, and i just watched people walk by me… there were a lot of people man, that’s all i can say. In all sorts of clothing no less. Ah yes, this was a friday.

After he left for his lessons, i walked around a bit, and saw BonJ again. XJ’s sister was tending the store, and i bought some candy before leaving back for home, exhausted.

Met up with Weisiang for Botak Jones at night, we went to the Bukit Batok one this time around, and they actually serve beer. Drafted no less. I saw Weiyan (or she saw me) as we were walking back, and we chatted a bit before i went to West Mall to buy some socks..

Decided to walk home and we got to talking about Badminton. Eventually we got so pumped up that we decided to call some people along, and we played. Jek, Jooseng, Ws, Jek’s friend Shenton.. and we played for a couple of hours.
Would have played more, but the place had to close. Ah well.

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And that concludes my week roundup. Hope you had fun reading as much as i had fun experiencing it..~

The Lost Generation:

This video was created for the AARP U@50 video contest and placed second.

Here is the link in case you can’t watch it.

Here’s the video in words:

I am part of a lost generation
and i refuse to believe
that i can change the world
I realies that this may be a shock but
“Happiness comes from within”
is a lie, and
“Money will make me happy”
So in 30 years i will tell my children
they are not the most important thing in my life
My employer will know that
I have my priorities straight because
work
is more important than family
I tell you this
Once upon a time
Families stayed together
but tihs will not be true in my era
this is a quick fix society
Experts tell me
30 years from now i will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of my divorce
I do not concede that
I will live in a country of my own making
In the future
Environmental destruction will be the norm
No longer can it be said that
My peers and i care about this earth
It will be evident that
My generation is apathetic and lethargic
It is foolish to presume that
There is hope
Ad all of this will come true unless we choose to reverse it.

(And start reading this backwards).

This is an update to the earlier post.

Dear all,

I want to give you a quick update on the Cat Hoarding case. This will be my last mass email to you folks and I’ll do all subsequent updates on my blog instead : http://babywail.multiply.com/

That way, you won’t be getting too much email from me and can also see the Contribution List being updated, as well as the progress of the project.

The volunteers were liaising with the daughter and son of the Old Lady to help convince their mother to allow us to take the cats to the vet. Now the Old Lady is refusing again. She got agitated with her daughter and questioned why she is ganging up with outsiders to remove her cats. She was so upset that she started banging on the phone and coughing uncontrollably, the daughter was so worried for her mother’s health. It is tough for us to proceed like that but we still need to try to focus our attention on the critical cases - 5 cats in the hospital. Initially, I brought 3 to the vet but 1 of them was a pregnant female and she gave birth at the vet today. We will attempt another visit to the flat this weekend to gain her trust and see if we can remove any more critical cases.

However, I want to point out that Dawn raised very good points. By giving the Old Lady so much help, we indirectly enable her to take in more cats and letting the situation get out of control.

From the email responses I have received, there are people who might be able to offer counseling for the Old Lady. That might be a better path worth exploring. But while we look into those avenues, we will have to continue doing what we are now doing.

Which is :
1) Continue cleaning her flat with the cats there, since she’s not allowing us to remove the cats;
2) Buy antibiotics in bulk to dose all the cats but the biggest problem is that the volunteers are not there everyday so nobody will medicate the cats when volunteers aren’t there;
3) Try to convince her to let us take the critical cases to the vet;
4) Continue to work with her children to talk to their mother.

We should have enough supplies of food (for both cats and Old Lady), newspapers, and other supplies for now. I’ll coordinate with each of the contributors individually to arrange for drop off / pick up of these supplies. Thank you for your generous contribution.

However, we are still raising funds to cover the mounting vet bills. Last I checked, the volunteers still owe Mt. Pleasant $600+ in vet bills for the last batch of 6 cats smuggled out. And this time round, we have 5 cats in the vet still. I will post up the bills when I have them. If you can help, please kindly do so.

We’ll have to put the professional cleaning, painting, removing of all cats (boarding, etc.) on hold now since the Old Lady is not cooperating. I’ll update the progress on my blog, please check back there.

Attached is the contribution list thus far.

Much Thanks to all.
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Regards,
Lynn

P.S (We could use some more help folks, especially in the sense of pets medication and in fact, just about anything.)

I received this email from one of the Cat feeders (unofficially from CWS) in my neighbourhood~
Its really shocking.. and sad. So please help if you can!

Hi Friends,

I’m writing to you today in hope that you can reach out to help this poor old lady as well as all the animals that are suffering under her current mental state. I heard about this case when I was visiting Whitty…the pampers kitty that fell from 4th floor and is now undergoing acupuncture treatment.

A hunched-back old lady in her 70s are hoarding about 30 cats and 2 dogs in her 3 room HDB flat. Her kids have abandoned her because they could not deal with the sight of her living condition. The flat hasn’t been cleaned in 4 years. It’s smelly, dirty and there are cat faeces and urine everywhere. The walls are blackened with stain and the wall crevices are breeding cockroaches and all kinds of household pests. The place is littered with soiled newspapers, decomposed raw chicken heads (cats were fed raw chicken heads) and maggots. Lots and lots of maggots and cockroaches!

The cats are all terrified and cowering in corners and under old furniture because they probably hasn’t seen daylight in eternity. They are not sterilised, most are sick and infected because of the contaminated environment. Kittens are dying everywhere. We found a dozen of kittens with serious eye infection but only managed to smuggle 2 to the vet. One little persian baby has lost her eyeball, which was protruded about 1 cm out of her eye socket (see attached picture). Another kitten has 2 protruding eyeballs from her eye sockets, and was bleeding but the old lady refused to let me take her to the vet. She ties the cats and kittens in bundles to tables and chairs so that they don’t run far.

Anyway, you can read more about this place, as well as see the pictures on my blog : http://babywail.multiply.com/journal/item/54/To_Hell_and_Back…

The dog, Mei Mei, is tied to the bed permanently. Only once a week, when the volunteers go down to clean the place, then will Mei Mei get to run around freely. Contacting the authorities is not an option because she had previously attempted to kill herself when approached by authorities so they just left her alone. She also has asthma and can get asthma attacks when agitated. Now that the volunteers have gained her trust slightly, this is our plan to help her :

1. Clean up the place - bring in cleaners and painters
2. Evacuate all the cats and put them in foster care temporarily until the cleaners and painters are done and we’ll move them back
3. While the cats were evacuated, send all sick ones to the vet. Healthy ones will be sterilised. And try to rehome as many as possible.
4. When clean-up is complete, move remaining cats back to flat. Ensure all cats are sterilised, vaccinated, and healthy.
5. Same goes for the 2 dogs.

We appeal to all of you to please help if you can, and if not, please help to pass this on. We would love to be able to collect the following for the Old Lady and the animals :

For Old Lady :
- Milo, Cereal (Oats)
- Biscuits (w/ container, e.g. Khong Guan)
- Bread
- Toilet Paper and toiletries

For Animals :
- Old Newspapers
- Plastic litter boxes (Daiso has cheap ones?)
- Plastic shelves (Toyo or Carrefoure)
- Drinking and feeding bowls (Big salad missing bowls or stainless steel bowls)
- Rags and old towels (Clean ones)
- Dry food (No wet food, no more maggots! *Shudder*)
- Medicine & supplies (Antibiotics, Vibravet, Lacto-bacillus or Bene-bac, saline eye wash, Chloramphenicol eye ointment or any antibiotics eye drops)

We also appeal for funding :
- Temporary Boarding (cost unknown yet. If you can foster a few cats, we would greatly appreciate.)
- Cleaning & painting (around 300?)
- Vet bills (I don’t even want to imagine. If you have SPCA sterilisation vouchers, please donate to us.)

One final note - for those who have contributed for Whitty’s medical bills, we have more than enough. Thank you so much and God bless your souls. After covering Whitty’s medical bills, I hope you don’t mind if we channel the balance of the funds towards this project.

Finally, please help to pray for the Old Lady. We sense her sadness because her kids do not care about her. She therefore diverts her attention to these animals, wanting to love them and protect them by keeping them close to her and tying them near her or to her body. But she’s refusing medical attention because she thinks the vets will put the cats to sleep. But by keeping them sick and in such unhealthy living conditions, she’s killing them faster. It’s a thin line between obsession and abuse…please pray for her and the animals.

My sympathy goes out to her and the animals.

Heavy-hearted,
Lynn

P.S. Also, can anyone temporarily foster the persian kitten?

If you really want to see this pic, scroll down — Not for the fainthearted.

P.S (If you can help in any way, please drop a mail at aaron@aaronpeng.org .. i will forward/consolidate the mails and send it to Lynn)

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The next day evening saw me playing Badminton with Jooseng (who left at 8:30), Dahong, Ws and Samantha (who arrived at 10). Jack was visiting his friend who got discharged from Changi tonight.

We had a lot of fun tonight, and i think i’m finally starting to understand how the ’smacking’ system works. I’m aiming for each and every shot to be just over the land, and aimed downwards.

Maybe i’ll finally accomplish 10/10 shots like that each way.

Jooseng is actually pretty good and fit in to our session like a glove. We actually won 2 sets in a row (me and JS vs Dahong and Ws) 15-1 and 15-3 or something before he had to go.

We’re looking forward to him becoming a regular player. Heh.

Samantha hasn’t played for a long time, and is still recovering from her various bone problems, but she’s still pretty good for someone who hasn’t played for some time.

At this rate we’ll have enough players to last us for quite some time (even though Dahong is leaving for the states on Sep).

We played from 7:30 - 11+, before heading home to watch the Olympics, or more specifically, watch US thrash China in Basketball 101-70 (pretty sure that’s the score), and saw Brazil triumph over Italy in Beach Volleyball 21-18, 21-18.