Ooh Yes!

Half a day is gone.
Instead of feeling sad because I'm half a day older than yesterday,
I feel super happy. Like about to launch off into space and freedom in a ballistic capsule.

All because tomorrow is holiday,
The day after tomorrow also holiday,
The day after the day after tomorrow also holiday, and
The day after the day after the day after tomorrow ALSO holiday!

Ooh yes, I love Malaysia.
=)

Adding a FINAL touch to Christmas.

Ahem... sorry for not posting the winner for final draw 'Collections'. Was away in Penang and there's just something very lethargically infectious about that place, or maybe it's just me? Haha...

Anyway, say hi to the 1st post from the new PC in office. Whoa, it's so much faster that I think it can 'outflap' the wings of hummingbird (sorry for the cuckoo example).


Oh! Back to the RESULTS.
There were 3 contestants but only 1 winner, and the winner is:
ROOMMATE!

Haha... Congratulations!

This final draw marks the end of this yuletide season. Have a great year ahead people!
Woohoo! Time to think of something else fun to post.

New New New!

Yes. I know I'm supposed to announce winner today.
BUT tomorrow lah.

COZ I'M GETTING A NEW PC AT WORK! WOOHOO!

Have to transfer out everything. This WILL BE MY LAST ENTRY on my OLD PC.

What a great Christmas gift from company! YAY! So happy. Praise God.

Results of Final Draw out tomorrow!

Yup. The last draw results will be out soon.
BUT you can still send in your entries.
Deadline: Before midnight.

If you haven't bought any Christmas gift yet, win this draw and you can give away some of the stuff! Easy peasy.

Cute baby: Wow, it's more than just 'finger'-licking good!

I'll be 'home' for Christmas

My company has just declared a day off for all staff on 22nd! (as a Christmas gift to us... aww... the beauty of working in an international agency) Woohoo... Super happy.

Since my family is far far away... I thought I'll 'borrow' bf's family for Christmas. So, I'll be going to where Francis Light set foot on not too long ago in the past: Pearl of the Orient.

Yum... Penang shouldn't be called Pearl of the Orient. Should call this place Sin City or Glutton's Haven. Gosh... can feel my existing lard consuming my brain already.

Should I get this?

Aww... can't resist the cuteness of this creature. Since I don have any pets anymore, should I get a hamster?

Anybody knows of any pets that WON'T DIE, please let me know.
Hooray, weekend is here!

Simply ranting.

I hate Thursdays (also Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays a little bit). I just donno what to do with Thursdays because it means I have to suffer another day before Friday comes!

Argghhh... anyway, add some joy & naughtiness to our lives everyone. Let's scare Santa off with monster stockings!

Draw 5 - Final Draw

This week's draw is the final and biggest draw. I've decided to cut short the time of the draw (initially wanted 7 draws) because I want the winner of this draw to get this gift before Christmas.

The theme for this week is 'Collection', consisting a Kopparberg Sweet Pear Cider, six imported from US mini M&M tubes and a set of finger puppets. This draw's winner will also be getting the gift from previous draw - 'Bona Fide' (Honest Tea). Results will be out next Wednesday.

GIFTS VALUE IN TOTAL: MORE THAN RM50

Want 'em all? Send me an email now at cissieau@gmail.com! Include your name, your postal address & a reason why you want the gifts.

Purrrfect gift?

My colleague found 3 kittens abandoned by their mother outside her house last week.

This Friday, she'll be flying off for holiday, so no one will be able to take care of these 3 fellows. She wants to give away the kitties latest Friday. Anyone interested? PLEASE LET ME KNOW A.S.A.P! (pass the word around, k?)

If not, these little orphans will have to be abandoned the 2nd time again.

The murderer

Hermit crabs are not insects, but are closely enough related to them that they can be killed by insecticides. Any sprays or fumes can potentially harm your crabs.

I found out that my condo had a pesticide fogging before Kermit died. The windows were open. I think the air made it hard for him to breathe or something, so he abandoned his shell and eventually died.

Sigh... poor Kermit.



Lucky draw will resume tomorrow. I've decided to make it a final draw, so I'll lump everything together. Check out the gifts tomorrow. Results will be out next week (Christmas is just around the corner!)

Selah.

At the peak when all sounds and voices are heard, there is 'selah' (pause). Let's just have the instruments play and let all be quiet for now.


Everyone,
Kermit Au has passed on.


Let me pause for a while, then life goes on.

Critical stage.

Sorry.

I just can't bring myself to blog about gifts and celebration today.
Something horrible happened last night.



My hermit crab, Kermit Au has molted few days ago. Since he's super weak, I left him alone so that he won't get stressed out.

Last night, I found him next to his shell, naked. I don't know why he came out of his shell (it's never a good sign).

So, I left him alone again, putting his favourite shell next to him and hope that he'll climb back in.

This morning, he's still outside his shell.
When I try to help him get back into his shell, then only I realised how weak he is. He can't even stand properly anymore!

Also, because he just molted, his new body has not hardened yet, so he's super soft like rubber.

Arggghhh... At 9:30am, I finally managed to help him into his shell .
But I think he's dying... He's barely moving.

I cried before I left for work. Because suddenly, many many flashbacks of the past forced the tears out of me.

I realised that since young, all my pets never really lived to an 'old' age.

I vaguely remember when I was a little kid, I had 2 rabbits. I came home from school one day and found the cage empty, my parents told me they died.

Then, there was the goldfish. Again, empty tank. Parents said it died.

Then, the most painful one - my puppy, Rockie the Great Dane. Before it died, I saw him trying to crawl to the furthest corner of my backyard. My friend who gave Rockie told me that when some dogs know that they are dying, they will try to die furthest away from you so that you won't feel too sad about their death.

So, when I saw him crawling away, 10 year old at that time, I used all my strength to carry him back into the house. I wasn't willing to let it go.

But it was too late, few hours later, it passed away, still trying to crawl away from the house. My parents buried him in the big field behind my house.

I was then 'banned' from having pets. Coz I cried so many weeks after losing Rockie.

Then, during my college day, I got naughty again and bought myself a fish, Bluey. It also died. I remember that I was so distraught to get rid of the 'body', roommate had to help me discard it.

The most recent death happened on September 27 2006, Hermie Au (my first hermit crab) also died.

Having experienced so many 'departures', I really don't know how to tell you how much I don't want Kermit to die. Before I left, I saw him moved a little. Just a little. Hopefully when I go home later, he'll be alright.




I think I really need God to intervene on this one.
Lord, please don't let my crab die!

Carry on...

Yup. There are no takers again for Draw 4 - 'Bona Fide'. Nevermind. Will snowball it to the next draw! Gifts will be revealed tomorrow.

Ahhh... I can feel Christmas in the air dy. So happy. I'm dreaming of a white Christmas...

Deadline: By Midnight.

Draw 4 - 'Bona Fide' is still up for grabs. So far, there are no takers. Looks like all of you are not the very HONEST type. Haha.

Nevermind, draw is still open 11:59pm! If you want it, hurry! Still got chance.

* Yawn... Brain not working. I think I need something to zap me awake.

Wah...

* Yawn. Nothing much happened today at work except this:


Han Dynasty (206BC - AD 220)

BACKGROUND
* Empress Dowager Lü and Consort Qi are both Emperor Gao's wives. But since Empress Dowager's son Li Ying (Emperor Hui) was crowned king after the husband's death, she is of higher authority than Consort Qi.


A SHORT ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAPPENED
Emperor Hui (Empress Dowager Lü's son) resided Ruyi (Consort Qi's 12 year old son) in the palace and checked for poison in any aliment delivered to him. Emperor Hui also brought Ruyi with him wherever he went.

In one early morning in the twelfth month of the first year of Emperor Hui, the emperor had to attend a shooting ritual; this time Ruyi was left alone since he could not wake up early.

Emperor Hui supposed his mother would not plot against his brother as several months had passed without incident. Nevertheless Dowager Lü had someone force venom down Ruyi's throat...

After she killed Ruyi, she then chopped off Consort Qi's hands and feet, blinded her by scooping out her eyes, cut out her tongue and abandoned her to live in a toilet, and insulted her as "the Human Pig" (人彘).

Several days after, Empress Dowager Lü summoned her own son, Emperor Hui to have a look of "the Human Pig". After he saw and realised who "the Human Pig" was, the weak emperor was so sick of his mother's cruelty that he virtually relinquished his authority, withdrew himself to carnal pleasures. (Paraphrased quotation from the Records of the Grand Historian, chapter 9)


EFFECTS ON ME
This is the reason why I can still be wide awake on a boring Tuesday afternoon. Yucks... got gruesome picture in my head now. Truly, there's nothing like a woman on a deadly course.

Happy Feet's distant cousins.

They are in love.

They are happy.

They are also gay.

And, they are not alone.

Wendell and Cass

On a Monday, little interesting stories add more life to my day. This is one of them.

These two penguins that made headlines in the New York Aquarium a couple of years ago. Wendell and Cass has been together for close to 8 years now. And "neither of them has ever been with anyone else," says their keeper, Stephanie Mitchell. (Aww...)

Among the 22 male and 10 female African black-footed penguins in the aquarium, no one suspected Wendell and Cass were gay when they first bonded. Penguins don't have external sex organs, so visually there's no surefire way to tell whether they are male or female. But over time, people began to wonder.

In all the years they had been together, neither Wendell nor Cass laid an egg. This was unusual because the keepers knew they copulated regularly. They had often seen Wendell submit to Cass, the more dominating of the two. But one day, a keeper saw Wendell on top.

Wendell and Cass are not the only gay penguin couples. Apparently there are many more gay penguins in our zoos than we realise. This is because of the disproportionate male-female ratio.

In another zoo (Central Park Zoo), Roy and Silo - another gay penguin couple, have been together for 4 years.

When they were given an egg to hatch because an inexperienced couple failed to hatch their own egg, Silo and Roy were super excited at the 'opportunity' to become parents. And they took care of the egg really well. It eventually hatched into a chick.

However, their relationship fell apart when Silo fell in love with Scrappy, a female penguin that recently came into the zoo.

Ever since then, Roy was often seen sitting at the edge of the penguin area... alone, staring at the wall.

Sigh... I think 'Happy Feet' aside, this is real penguin drama.

DRAW 4!

Hooray! Weekend is here again. And we're now half way through the Lucky Draw.
This week's theme is 'Bona fide'.

If you want this 16 ounces (473 ml) of Honesty. Send me an email now! Results will be out next Thursday.