The title, I took from another person's post.
Cuz, reading it I sorta have a wake-up call... to see the uglies among the "yellow" people.
Indeed, the majority of us 自扫门前雪 . From what I see, most chinese will stop at the scene of an accident. But the sad thing is , it is only to oogle and to scout for the car number plate... and proceed to the empat ekor centre next.
Urbanites especially live with this attitude... being non-plussed, non-committal, practically being 'not-there'... just ask anyone staying in condominiums. Despite staying in my lot for 4 months I have yet to see the neighbour opposite me smile at me. Despite my many attempts at catching their attention. Often appearing extremely ridiculous as I prolong my entry time just to smile at them. To no avail. And yes they are chinese.
It makes me pine for the kampung life where everyone knows everyone and where
"ayam bertelur sebiji riuh sekampung" Because your problem is my problem and they will stick up for each other no matter for kenduri, gotong-royong or what not. This unity is so evident that I once heard comments from a driver
"If you bang anyone in a kampung, do not stop to help. Run for your life- before you know it the whole kampung will surround you".
My dad once experienced this. A malay boy peddling goods on his bicycle suddenly lost his balance while crossing the road and my dad stopped a few metres away just in time. Despite that a few kampung folk came round and knock on his driver side window and asked whether an accident happened. Really, It takes guts and nerves of steel to attempt a kidnap or robbery in a close knit community such as this.
anyway, I shall give way to the post, taken from http://antithesis2.net/?p=676
The row of houses where I live has seen, over the past 3 months:
* Car vandalism
* Snatch theft
* Attempted kidnapping
I’m not sure how to describe the place I live. It wouldn’t be referred to as particularly affluent, I think. But what I do know, is that the area just East, 40 seconds walking distance from my front gate, is a playground which is a popular mat rempit hang out, and behind that, is SLUM. We have a Neighbourhood Watch (”NW”), and it has tried to be active. Put up speed bumps, arrange for a couple of security guards, and so on. But it’s hard to get everyone involved.
Late last night, we were awakened by an insistent doorbell ring. Constantly, for 30 seconds. As if someone was really trying to tell us something. I leapt out of bed.
When I peeped out the window, I saw was my neighbour, a middle aged, but beautiful lady, of mixed Malay-Chinese descent. She was clad in a black flowing batik dress, clearly her sleeping clothes. She walked briskly up and down a row of about 7 teenage boys, frantically gesturing at my father’s Mercedes. Her 24 year old daughter walked up and down the road, furiously.
I alerted my father, and he demanded his glasses. He also asked my mother if she could go in his place, and grumbled that he would be far more comfortable in bed, as it wasn’t his car anyway. Well, guess what? It was. Ian went out the door halfway, but realized he was wearing The Holiest Shirt and went back in to change. Ian and my dad reached outside at the same time. They took 5 minutes.
When we reached outside, there were only a few other residents. The beautiful lady’s entire family (herself, husband, son and two daughter) and the old Reverend and his wife. My father (the Treasurer of the NW) had just arrived. The Chairman of the NW was nowhere to be seen, even though it had taken place outside his own house.
I am upset, that my father (who is a fairly big man, only 2 inches short of 6″) asked my mother, his wife, a tiny lady who is only 5″, to go in his place.
I am upset, that my dad, and to an extent, Ian, take 5 minutes to get ready for an emergency. It should be 5 seconds. What will we do in a real emergency?
I am upset, that an old Reverend and 2 women were left to call the police, scream at the boys, and round them up.
I am upset, that our row of houses are occupied 80% by Chinese. Only 15% of them were seen that night. The Indians’ and the Punjabs’ entire families arrived on the scene. It was the Malay family who called the cops and furiously went to round up the boys.
When the attempted kidnapping and the snatch theft occured, the Indian family came running out with baseball bats. The Punjabs were there immediately. The 19 year old Malay girl, in her furor, even chased the snatch thieves. Of course, everyone was worried sick during her 10 minutes disappearance. But it shows how brave she is. I don’t care, you can call it stupidity or whatever. But to an extent, I admire that kind of bravery.
A small, very small, percentage of Chinese people care about society. As a result, we are not adequately represented in the police force, army or politics. Fine, we have businessmen. And perhaps, for every 100,000 businessmen, there may be one policeman, or politician.
But there is an unquantifiable value to that one policeman or politician, and that is something, perhaps, that we have to think about.
end of post.
Hopefully we will learn to be more friendly and be real neighbours for a change. We are in need of a fresh injection of -Spirit of Muhibbah-.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Just For Fun!来玩玩!
你看见多少张脸啊?
There should be hmmm...13.
p.s. I found 10 nia
There's this worker who you know what people say... New broom sweeps clean mah
but then that doesn't mean the boss isn't impressed
but he refrained comment until the end of the day, not to give undue compliment right,
But the diligent worker has been in front of the computer for the last 12 hours...
So it's time for a rest, thought the boss...
"I'm happy you're IT savvy and you're a valuable addition to our workforce.
Have you been checking out our security features to prevent hacking?
What did you do the whole day till evening?"
"Savari: Keyboard alphabets were not in order, so I made it alright."
NEXT
In a applicant competencies interview...
Some interesting interview questions include
-How M&Ms chocolates are made-
-why are manholes round and not square?
I forgot the answer to the first question, but the answer to the second one is so that when you cover the manhole up, round ones would not fall in if its diameter is made larger than the hole no matter how wrongly you place it. A square however will drop in if it is rotated. Another reason is for ease of transport. A Steel manhole typically weighs above 10kgs, so rolling one on its side is work made simple.
so, here's an interview in progress
Interviewer: How does an electric motor run?
Santari: Dhhuuuurrrrrrrrrr. .........Dhuuuuuuurrrrrrrrr........
Inteviewer shouts: Stop it.
Santa: Dhhuurrrr dhup dhup dhup...
Old man:
"I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape,
So I got my doctor's permission to
Join a fitness club and start exercising.
I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors.
I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down,
and perspired for an hour.
But,
By the time I got my leotards on
The class was over."
There should be hmmm...13.
p.s. I found 10 nia
There's this worker who you know what people say... New broom sweeps clean mah
but then that doesn't mean the boss isn't impressed
but he refrained comment until the end of the day, not to give undue compliment right,
But the diligent worker has been in front of the computer for the last 12 hours...
So it's time for a rest, thought the boss...
"I'm happy you're IT savvy and you're a valuable addition to our workforce.
Have you been checking out our security features to prevent hacking?
What did you do the whole day till evening?"
"Savari: Keyboard alphabets were not in order, so I made it alright."
NEXT
In a applicant competencies interview...
Some interesting interview questions include
-How M&Ms chocolates are made-
-why are manholes round and not square?
I forgot the answer to the first question, but the answer to the second one is so that when you cover the manhole up, round ones would not fall in if its diameter is made larger than the hole no matter how wrongly you place it. A square however will drop in if it is rotated. Another reason is for ease of transport. A Steel manhole typically weighs above 10kgs, so rolling one on its side is work made simple.
so, here's an interview in progress
Interviewer: How does an electric motor run?
Santari: Dhhuuuurrrrrrrrrr. .........Dhuuuuuuurrrrrrrrr........
Inteviewer shouts: Stop it.
Santa: Dhhuurrrr dhup dhup dhup...
Old man:
"I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape,
So I got my doctor's permission to
Join a fitness club and start exercising.
I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors.
I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down,
and perspired for an hour.
But,
By the time I got my leotards on
The class was over."
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Mukhriz- take that back. (Article by theStar)
KUALA LUMPUR: Stop attacking the vernacular school system just to score points during party elections because this creates tension among races.
The MCA Youth Education Bureau and MCA Legal Bureau criticised Umno Youth chief aspirant Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir for calling on the Government to abolish the vernacular school system to enhance unity among the people, saying that a single-school system was the only way to check racial polarisation.
“We urge Mukhriz not to purposely play up the education issue simply because of the advent of his party’s polls,” MCA National Youth education bureau chief Chong Sin Woon said yesterday.
“Such sentiment has always been played up by Umno Youth leaders, causing unhappiness among the Chinese community and creating tension among all the races.”
He added that the proposal by Mukhriz contradicted the spirit of the Federal Constitution, which guaranteed the freedom to promote and develop the vernacular school system.
Chong said the vernacular school system was an asset to the country and did not hinder national unity.
“The education sentiment has seriously been politicised, and this will only continue to reduce our nation’s competitiveness,” he added.
He invited Mukhriz to a dialogue with the bureau to have a better understanding of the importance of Chinese education to the community.
MCA Legal Bureau chairman Datuk Leong Tang Chong demanded that the Jerlun MP make a public apology to all Malaysians and refrain from making such political rhetoric.
“The law is clear, and no one is above the law. The supremacy of the Federal Constitution must be respected at all times by all Malaysians,” he said.
He added that Mukhriz’s call for the abolition of the vernacular school system by integrating it into the national school system flew in the face of Article 152(1)(a) which inter-alia stated that “no person shall be prohibited or prevented from using (other than for official purposes) or from teaching or learning in any other language.
“(b) nothing in the Clause shall prejudice the right of the Federal Government or of any state government to preserve and sustain the use and study of the language of any other community in the Federation”.
The MCA Youth Education Bureau and MCA Legal Bureau criticised Umno Youth chief aspirant Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir for calling on the Government to abolish the vernacular school system to enhance unity among the people, saying that a single-school system was the only way to check racial polarisation.
“We urge Mukhriz not to purposely play up the education issue simply because of the advent of his party’s polls,” MCA National Youth education bureau chief Chong Sin Woon said yesterday.
“Such sentiment has always been played up by Umno Youth leaders, causing unhappiness among the Chinese community and creating tension among all the races.”
He added that the proposal by Mukhriz contradicted the spirit of the Federal Constitution, which guaranteed the freedom to promote and develop the vernacular school system.
Chong said the vernacular school system was an asset to the country and did not hinder national unity.
“The education sentiment has seriously been politicised, and this will only continue to reduce our nation’s competitiveness,” he added.
He invited Mukhriz to a dialogue with the bureau to have a better understanding of the importance of Chinese education to the community.
MCA Legal Bureau chairman Datuk Leong Tang Chong demanded that the Jerlun MP make a public apology to all Malaysians and refrain from making such political rhetoric.
“The law is clear, and no one is above the law. The supremacy of the Federal Constitution must be respected at all times by all Malaysians,” he said.
He added that Mukhriz’s call for the abolition of the vernacular school system by integrating it into the national school system flew in the face of Article 152(1)(a) which inter-alia stated that “no person shall be prohibited or prevented from using (other than for official purposes) or from teaching or learning in any other language.
“(b) nothing in the Clause shall prejudice the right of the Federal Government or of any state government to preserve and sustain the use and study of the language of any other community in the Federation”.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Cruel IRONY personified - still amazing...
The lyre bird is to other birds , what a parrot is to us.
The lyre bird lives in australia, living together with kookaburras and sadly humans who are encroaching their space...
The final part is.... just SO SAD!!!!
And I would harm the person who claims that Having Videos and Photos of what once existed is good enough.
The lyre bird lives in australia, living together with kookaburras and sadly humans who are encroaching their space...
The final part is.... just SO SAD!!!!
And I would harm the person who claims that Having Videos and Photos of what once existed is good enough.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
This is a tribute if any!!! Cool!!!
Excerpt from wikipedia
"Physical feats
Lee's phenomenal fitness meant he was capable of performing many exceptional physical feats.[52][53][54][55] The following list includes some of the physical feats that are documented and supported by reliable sources.
* Lee's striking speed from three feet with his hands down by his side reached five hundredths of a second.[56]
* Lee's combat movements were at times too fast to be captured on film at 24 frames per second, so many scenes were shot in 32fps to put Lee in slow motion. Normally martial arts films are sped up.[57][58][59]
* In a speed demonstration, Lee could snatch a dime off a person's open palm before they could close it, and leave a penny behind.[60]
* Lee could perform push ups using only his thumbs[48][55]
* Lee would hold an elevated v-sit position for 30 minutes or longer.[54]
* Lee could throw grains of rice up into the air and then catch them in mid-flight using chopsticks.[48]
* Lee performed one-hand push-ups using only the thumb and index finger[55][61][48][55]
* Lee performed 50 reps of one-arm chin-ups.[62]
* Lee could break wooden boards 6 inches (15 cm) thick.[63]
* Lee could cause a 300-lb (136 kg) bag to fly towards and thump the ceiling with a side kick.[55]
* Lee performed a side kick while training with James Coburn and broke a 150-lb (68 kg) punching bag[54][64]
* In a move that has been dubbed "Dragon Flag", Lee could perform leg lifts with only his shoulder blades resting on the edge of a bench and suspend his legs and torso perfectly horizontal midair.[65]"
"Physical feats
Lee's phenomenal fitness meant he was capable of performing many exceptional physical feats.[52][53][54][55] The following list includes some of the physical feats that are documented and supported by reliable sources.
* Lee's striking speed from three feet with his hands down by his side reached five hundredths of a second.[56]
* Lee's combat movements were at times too fast to be captured on film at 24 frames per second, so many scenes were shot in 32fps to put Lee in slow motion. Normally martial arts films are sped up.[57][58][59]
* In a speed demonstration, Lee could snatch a dime off a person's open palm before they could close it, and leave a penny behind.[60]
* Lee could perform push ups using only his thumbs[48][55]
* Lee would hold an elevated v-sit position for 30 minutes or longer.[54]
* Lee could throw grains of rice up into the air and then catch them in mid-flight using chopsticks.[48]
* Lee performed one-hand push-ups using only the thumb and index finger[55][61][48][55]
* Lee performed 50 reps of one-arm chin-ups.[62]
* Lee could break wooden boards 6 inches (15 cm) thick.[63]
* Lee could cause a 300-lb (136 kg) bag to fly towards and thump the ceiling with a side kick.[55]
* Lee performed a side kick while training with James Coburn and broke a 150-lb (68 kg) punching bag[54][64]
* In a move that has been dubbed "Dragon Flag", Lee could perform leg lifts with only his shoulder blades resting on the edge of a bench and suspend his legs and torso perfectly horizontal midair.[65]"
My cute neighbourly Friends!- moths
What is this?
Well even toddlers know what it is... but what's so special about it?
It's the contents!!! I know that won't get you remotely excited but my box of staplers contain not only staplers but something else!
My extended family of friends decided to establish a cosy abode in one of my stapler boxes! My my, Of all places!
The photos are taken thru a magnifying glass to show you the details you might miss in your attempt to sweep them away. They measure less than 1mm across!!! Compare that to the ruler that you have..
I selected this photo because the amount of detail it shows. The red arrow points at a egg sac most probably before the pupae stage( where the ant baby takes the from of well... an ant) At this current stage it has already undergone organogenesis where some parts are formed... notice the black spot?
Well... being the good neighbour that I am I shoo shoo-ed them away from my box onto a part of my floor where they rush off to create another cosy home...
Then came another curious visitor...
Dead in the night, with my poor eyesight
I spot the tiny bug, hiding beside my rug
"Ah poor you," I said, "misled into my shed",
"by the bright bright lights",
"human dwellings leave throughout the night"
Ah... the shade of light casts a mysterious glow...
Haha... I am making this shot as though it's a superhero's entrance!
"Deng Deng Deng Deng!!!"
Ok! enough of the theatricals! Here's the cute bug in full view
Here's the iridescent glow of the wings... accentuated by my flash. Lucky it is not one to shy away from the limelight!
Truth be told, it's the first time in my life I stumbled across such an unique specimen! Well, by 'in my life' I mean the countless hours and days staring into the undergrowth looking for little bugs that scurry across my line of sight all through my younger years. It's the first time I've seen this type of moth.
I mean look at the antennae! Isn't it cool? Here's a magnified shot of it! Well I know larger moths have such elaborate antennae to pick up minute pheromones of the opposite sex, but it's a first for me to see such in a tiny specimen! And the angle of the antennae and the position of the front legs point towards the moth attempting to look like something/ look like nothing interesting at all to passer-by predators.
Well... It's my luck really...
I mean, I live on the 13th floor of a condominium...
sometimes going into to jungle I end up not spotting anything interesting...
Here I am living in Cheras, KL, in a high rise apartment with minimal adjacent vegetation and in comes this once in a lifetime rendezvous.
What happens next? I gently ushered him into a box and then 'forced' him to fly out of the window... haha
The next visitor... Well...
what can I say but...
Fear factor made REAL
Yup that's a wasp. And not just any tiny wasp. This is a huge wasp that measures.....
nearly 60mm long...... That's like 4 times the size of your average bee!
So there I was thinking what to do about it then the proverbial light bulb above the head brightened!
I took a pringles container, opened the lid and tried and tried and tried to make it go inside before turning the chute of the container outside my window and let it fly away... brilliant! isn't it?
Now the difference between bees and wasps is that bees are always gregarious and live in a colony; the bees we come across are worker bees serving a queen bee in the nest who is an egg-making-machine. Worker bees can only sting once, because their intestines will be ejected out of their body along with the stinging barb and they die. So don't think that bees enjoy stinging you. They do so to protect their nest and they trade-in with their LIVES. Please respect them..
Wasps on the other hand, are normally solitary, with the exceptions of the potter wasp(clay makers),the paper wasp and other gregarious wasps. Most wasps live a lonely life, taking nectar only as adults. When they're prepared to give birth they start to hunt for smaller insects to lay eggs on.
Wasps, have stings doubling up as ovipositors,( egg-planting appendages) and they can use them multiple times for self-preservation and for hunting purposes.
One Wasp you should know about is the tarantula wasp... As it's namesake.... It hunts, TARANTULAS!!! Well, who wins? Normally its a 50-50 situation where either one can end up on the dinner plate.
Back to my brilliant idea just now...So, turning the pringles around, I urged the critter to fly... but no, it had other ideas! It wants to take a stroll!!!!SO it doubled back on the pringles can.... and I don't have the guts to shake it off...
(anaphylactoid patients come into mind... coupled with the fact that they DO STING MULTIPLE TIMES)
And up my arm it goes!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
No kidding... don't blame me for the quality of the latter shots, I have a wasp on my arm for crying out loud!!!!
As I attempted to take close ups of it..(on my arm, nonetheless) it started darting all around my upper arm.. boy was that scary... I thought I agitated it... but then slowly it turned to look at my face and then dropped off my arm.
Then I couldn't find it! I searched and searched but It wasn't there any more...
It disappeared as mysteriously as it came.. and I'm pretty sure he didn't fly out of my narrow window...
So... what can I do but to thank him for the visit and dispelling the myth that wasps are pugnacious, agressive beings out to sting people for fun. They are magnificient creatures in their own right, and learning to share our living space with them, is what we can do.
Finally, I thank the wasp for declaring me as
THE FEAR FACTOR CHAMPION OF MALAYSIA!!!!
p.s.-Please don't use insecticide on every other insect that comes inside your home.
You harm your health in the process. Insects fly in because your lights attract them, because where your house stands... is once their home and they have right to be where they are by natural right.
Almost all of them are friendly, and tame -not to the extent of being cuddly, I know- but they don't bite for the fun of it.
If you think it is dangerous, just give it space, on your porch lights, off the lights in your house and keep your door open.
For butterflies and less imposing creatures, gently guide them out of your house and let them have the chance to live. If you're squemish... use Pringle tins,(although after the above accident I doubt anyone would try the approach) long poles, boxes, cartons whatever to usher them in and put the carton outside, open , and let them fly gently into the night.
which brings me to the next topic... "The light pollution"
p.p.s- I am the runner up of FEAR FACTOR MALAYSIA. The CHAMPION award goes to ruhui's dad who catches centipedes with his bare hands using nothing more than a piece of thin paper and then puts them outside the house.
p.p.p.s- The above pictures are taken with a year 2003 4 megapixel camera.. Pathetic, but my photos turn out better than I expected... with a little help of the magnifying glass.... not to worry.... I have this one in my sights....
p.p.p.p.s- All images are enlarge-able!
p.p.p.p.p.s- Please let me know if you are able to identify the wasp and moth featured above. Please drop your comment and I'll appreciate it very very much!
Well even toddlers know what it is... but what's so special about it?
It's the contents!!! I know that won't get you remotely excited but my box of staplers contain not only staplers but something else!
My extended family of friends decided to establish a cosy abode in one of my stapler boxes! My my, Of all places!
The photos are taken thru a magnifying glass to show you the details you might miss in your attempt to sweep them away. They measure less than 1mm across!!! Compare that to the ruler that you have..
I selected this photo because the amount of detail it shows. The red arrow points at a egg sac most probably before the pupae stage( where the ant baby takes the from of well... an ant) At this current stage it has already undergone organogenesis where some parts are formed... notice the black spot?
Well... being the good neighbour that I am I shoo shoo-ed them away from my box onto a part of my floor where they rush off to create another cosy home...
Then came another curious visitor...
Dead in the night, with my poor eyesight
I spot the tiny bug, hiding beside my rug
"Ah poor you," I said, "misled into my shed",
"by the bright bright lights",
"human dwellings leave throughout the night"
Ah... the shade of light casts a mysterious glow...
Haha... I am making this shot as though it's a superhero's entrance!
"Deng Deng Deng Deng!!!"
Ok! enough of the theatricals! Here's the cute bug in full view
Here's the iridescent glow of the wings... accentuated by my flash. Lucky it is not one to shy away from the limelight!
Truth be told, it's the first time in my life I stumbled across such an unique specimen! Well, by 'in my life' I mean the countless hours and days staring into the undergrowth looking for little bugs that scurry across my line of sight all through my younger years. It's the first time I've seen this type of moth.
I mean look at the antennae! Isn't it cool? Here's a magnified shot of it! Well I know larger moths have such elaborate antennae to pick up minute pheromones of the opposite sex, but it's a first for me to see such in a tiny specimen! And the angle of the antennae and the position of the front legs point towards the moth attempting to look like something/ look like nothing interesting at all to passer-by predators.
Well... It's my luck really...
I mean, I live on the 13th floor of a condominium...
sometimes going into to jungle I end up not spotting anything interesting...
Here I am living in Cheras, KL, in a high rise apartment with minimal adjacent vegetation and in comes this once in a lifetime rendezvous.
What happens next? I gently ushered him into a box and then 'forced' him to fly out of the window... haha
The next visitor... Well...
what can I say but...
Fear factor made REAL
Yup that's a wasp. And not just any tiny wasp. This is a huge wasp that measures.....
nearly 60mm long...... That's like 4 times the size of your average bee!
So there I was thinking what to do about it then the proverbial light bulb above the head brightened!
I took a pringles container, opened the lid and tried and tried and tried to make it go inside before turning the chute of the container outside my window and let it fly away... brilliant! isn't it?
Now the difference between bees and wasps is that bees are always gregarious and live in a colony; the bees we come across are worker bees serving a queen bee in the nest who is an egg-making-machine. Worker bees can only sting once, because their intestines will be ejected out of their body along with the stinging barb and they die. So don't think that bees enjoy stinging you. They do so to protect their nest and they trade-in with their LIVES. Please respect them..
Wasps on the other hand, are normally solitary, with the exceptions of the potter wasp(clay makers),the paper wasp and other gregarious wasps. Most wasps live a lonely life, taking nectar only as adults. When they're prepared to give birth they start to hunt for smaller insects to lay eggs on.
Wasps, have stings doubling up as ovipositors,( egg-planting appendages) and they can use them multiple times for self-preservation and for hunting purposes.
One Wasp you should know about is the tarantula wasp... As it's namesake.... It hunts, TARANTULAS!!! Well, who wins? Normally its a 50-50 situation where either one can end up on the dinner plate.
Back to my brilliant idea just now...So, turning the pringles around, I urged the critter to fly... but no, it had other ideas! It wants to take a stroll!!!!SO it doubled back on the pringles can.... and I don't have the guts to shake it off...
(anaphylactoid patients come into mind... coupled with the fact that they DO STING MULTIPLE TIMES)
And up my arm it goes!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
No kidding... don't blame me for the quality of the latter shots, I have a wasp on my arm for crying out loud!!!!
As I attempted to take close ups of it..(on my arm, nonetheless) it started darting all around my upper arm.. boy was that scary... I thought I agitated it... but then slowly it turned to look at my face and then dropped off my arm.
Then I couldn't find it! I searched and searched but It wasn't there any more...
It disappeared as mysteriously as it came.. and I'm pretty sure he didn't fly out of my narrow window...
So... what can I do but to thank him for the visit and dispelling the myth that wasps are pugnacious, agressive beings out to sting people for fun. They are magnificient creatures in their own right, and learning to share our living space with them, is what we can do.
Finally, I thank the wasp for declaring me as
THE FEAR FACTOR CHAMPION OF MALAYSIA!!!!
p.s.-Please don't use insecticide on every other insect that comes inside your home.
You harm your health in the process. Insects fly in because your lights attract them, because where your house stands... is once their home and they have right to be where they are by natural right.
Almost all of them are friendly, and tame -not to the extent of being cuddly, I know- but they don't bite for the fun of it.
If you think it is dangerous, just give it space, on your porch lights, off the lights in your house and keep your door open.
For butterflies and less imposing creatures, gently guide them out of your house and let them have the chance to live. If you're squemish... use Pringle tins,(although after the above accident I doubt anyone would try the approach) long poles, boxes, cartons whatever to usher them in and put the carton outside, open , and let them fly gently into the night.
which brings me to the next topic... "The light pollution"
p.p.s- I am the runner up of FEAR FACTOR MALAYSIA. The CHAMPION award goes to ruhui's dad who catches centipedes with his bare hands using nothing more than a piece of thin paper and then puts them outside the house.
p.p.p.s- The above pictures are taken with a year 2003 4 megapixel camera.. Pathetic, but my photos turn out better than I expected... with a little help of the magnifying glass.... not to worry.... I have this one in my sights....
p.p.p.p.s- All images are enlarge-able!
p.p.p.p.p.s- Please let me know if you are able to identify the wasp and moth featured above. Please drop your comment and I'll appreciate it very very much!
Finally It's here!
Yup yup! Finally I received the cheque that's been almost 2 months late in coming!
It's for a picture taken from my apartment.
It was right in the middle of the Hungry Ghosts' Festival and the paper effigies blown by the wind lit up the field in an ever widening circle.
I called the Firemen who came rather promptly to douse the "crop circle"
And uh... the thing on the left?
well that's um... uh a ghost... haha
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Times when I really hate medicine
Ok. Probably most people won't feel a thing when they read this. But I really feel anger and sympathy welling up within me. It's times like this when I totally detest medicine. They would just go and nab a cat or dog... think of your pet if you have one.... and severe the spine and see what happens. Think what happens to the poor animal. When they prove their supposed theory right then what next? what is the fate of the animals? They would have no use for them and just dump them aside. Probably not before testing for LD50 on the poor things. LD50 is the lethal dose of any medication that successfully kills off 50% of the subjects of the study. So lets say 500mg of A medicine kills 20% of subjects. So They grab a new batch of animals and up the ante to 800mg. Oh 40% dead. "Me thinks 1000mg will kill off 50%!" Then they perform and happily write in their journals the 'discovery'. DAMN!. Then other researchers would like to 'verify' the results and would do the same thing.
Try to imagine how many kinds of drugs there are today and almost 99% of them are involved in the cruel deaths of animals. How many drugs are there in the market and how many drugs that are not successfully produced but nonetheless tested? Death is considered a blessing here. Those that do not receive a lethal dose would writh in agony over the days b4 they are finally finished off.
They start of with mice, which most would feel nothing for. But the next subject in line are rabbits, cats, dogs, monkeys. Anything they can get their hands on. They even know that one type of bacteria can only be cultured in the cells of the Nine-banded armadillo. I'm not sure if many know what animal this is. But the point is think of how many types of animals they went through to come to this conclusion?
Its just plain scary! Hope something can be done about this. If you wanna test drugs do it on volunteer human subjects and pay them compensation if something bad happens. Not force the toxin into a being without volition.
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