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Killing A Roomie’s Cat

August 6th, 2008

I found this article, & it’s about a woman who was sentenced for killing her roommate’s cat. I don’t know what’s wrong with her, but the poor cat had been ..

kicked, stomped, put into an oven, submerged underwater in a bathtub and placed in a clothes drier ..

The woman had also killed 4 other cats, a bird, & a hamster. She told the Judge that

she felt remorse for killing the animals.

EErrrggghhh!!! Foooolliiishness! Why would she do something like that??

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I found this website through another blog, thinking that this Dog Island place sounds way too perfect to be true. I read the pages, trying to scrutinize every bit, looking for clues as to whether this place really exist or not & I really thought it was a joke when I read this (taken from the “Directions” page of the site):

Because of recent threats from anti-freedom activists, we’ve had to make our land office a maze to get to. However, if you would like to come visit us, come to Tallahassee, and look up all the dog grooming professionals in town.

Arrange their names alphabetically, and then you’ll see that their names relate in a way with the street names of downtown Tallahassee. When you realize this pattern, start at “A” and go through “W” each time marking your way with a piece of red tape on the door.

We will be watching and will approach you and your dog if you appear correct.

Hahahahahaa!!! And then I found this and this that just made sense of all that mumbo jumbo.

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Hiatus

July 30th, 2008

I try my best to post at a regular basis. But since now it’s cramming time (exaaammm!!!), I decided that I’d take a break & focus on my studies. I find myself posting as a way of procrastinating (errgghh!!!!), when I really should be reading my materials instead.

But feel free to leave messages & comments, especially with the new chatbox thingy on the left

It’s been a long day … it’s exactly 3 a.m. now & I’m going to snooozeeeee.

But before I do that, here’s a recent picture (taken tonight .. another of my procrastinating scheme) of one of the Robo girlies in their new strawberry house:

Don’t forget to check out the newly updated album of the girlies.

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Chinchilla Commercial

July 28th, 2008

I thought this was such a cute ad.

After watching this, please don’t consider having a chinchilla farm to earn money

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Look What Winnie Did ..

July 26th, 2008

WARNING!

This post contains adult material that may be considered offensive.
You may choose not to read this post if you are easily shocked or offended or
if the standard of your community do not allow for the viewing of
sexually mature chinchilla materials!

So, I let Winnie out the other night. He was happily bouncing off the walls, jumping from his cardboard castle, running around & exhausting himself. Until ………… he did this unspeakable thing:

Do you know what this is? Hint: it’s sticky & the color is milky white.

Yep …. Winnie took quite a liking at my chair leg & decided to release all his bottled up galvanism at it .. which was quite hard to clean.

After he was finished, he gave me this look:

“What? I didn’t do nothing …………..”

How can you stay mad at that face?

I find it amusing that tonight, he tried to do the same …….. TO MY ARM!!! Of course I didn’t let him! Poor thing kept trying & trying for a few more times. I must give him props for not wanting to give up!

ps: I managed to clean most of the icky stuff, but there’s still some stains left behind -.-

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Animal Discrimination

July 26th, 2008

I’ve always had a profile on Facebook for Tubby (yes, me human posing as a chin). Surprisingly, there are many animal owners out there who are as crazy as I am & make profiles for their pets! I’ve always known about Facebook deleting these animal profiles, but I thought that it would never happen to Tubby.

I thought wrong!!!!!!!!! Tubby’s profile got deleted!! I’m very upset!!! I’ve actually learned a lot from other pet owners about how to take care of other types of animals & share fun information.

I notice how there are profiles of celebrities or more absurd profiles that just make less sense than an animal’s profile. Some of these animal profiles are real conservation animals & the reason for having their profiles up is to raise awareness. BOooo!!!! Facebook is discriminating against animals (& their owners too).

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Fish Pedicure

July 25th, 2008

I think I first heard about this when I was watching some travel show on TV. I can’t remember what country the travel show was about, but it might have been about Turkey or Japan.

Then, I saw my friend’s picture on Facebook doing the Dr. Fish treatment (that’s what it’s commonly known as). It’s just too strange … too strange. I kind of feel sorry for the fish .. are dead skin cells really nutritious for them? I wonder how long they live for just by eating dead skin cells.

In the States, there’s only 1 place which offers this treatment, but they refer to it as “Dr. Fish Massage.” I don’t see how the fish can massage your feet ….. The fish are a type of minnow called Garra rufa, which were originally used in Turkish bathhouses to treat psoriasis patients .. which means that they would have to immerse their whole bodies. I wonder how that would feel … ticklish maybe? I don’t think I would try it if I had a chance .. I mean, isn’t it gross to share fish with other people? Interesting ..

1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/03/AR2007080301597.html
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_fish
3. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/fish_pedicures

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Visiting Tinky

July 21st, 2008

I haven’t posted since last Wednesday, because I was away visiting Tinky (my sis’s dog).

Took a direct 8 a.m. flight, not knowing that I was going to be faced with a 3-day heat wave!! I’ve experienced 42°C while doing Bikram, but the burning dry heat felt more unbearable than a hot humid room. I was going to do some shopping, but the heat prevented me from doing a full-blown retail therapy. Instead, I took Tinky to the vet. She was wheezing the whole night & she sounded horrible! As if she had some furball or food stuck in her throat.

She’s a heavy girl & there was no way I would walk to the vet carrying a 20 pound dog on my shoulder. The poor girlie had to walk & she wouldn’t stop panting!!! I had to pour some water on her forehead to cool her down. For awhile, I thought she was going to get a heat stroke, since she’s a short-nosed dog whose breathing is probably not efficient when it comes to taking long walks when it’s too hot out.

Good news though. Vet said that the wheezing was probably caused by some viral & bacterial infection. She was prescribed some medication for the bacterial infection, but it’s up to her own immune system to fight of the viral infection. My sister was also worried about her extra eye discharge & thought that it could be a symptom of cataracts. Apparently pugs are genetically more prone to cataracts. The way the vet explained it to me is that cataracts in dogs pretty much develop the same way as they do in humans, i.e. can be due to genetics, diabetes, old age. She had clear discharge, which is nothing to be worried about. Besides, she’s only about 3 years old & cataracts usually affect older dogs (9 years+). Once the discharge becomes yellowish/greenish, it’s more symptomatic of cataracts.

I had fun visiting Tinky & taking her for walks (even though I know she hated the heat), but I was also glad to be coming home to my furry rodents who were happily oblivious to the weather outside

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Glow in the Dark

July 7th, 2008

Buy a compact fluorescent black light (the normal light bulb labeled as “black light” doesn’t really work as effectively as the compact fluorescent black light).
Hook up the compact fluorescent black light.
Make the room completely dark, by turning all of the ‘white’ lights that are in the room, closing the doors, closing the windows, etc.
Direct the the compact fluorescent black light to a fluorescent-colored object, in this case it’s Baby Hamster’s CritterTrail cage, and voila!

ps: when taking a picture of an object with a black light, make sure you don’t use the flash mode.

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24-Hour Blackout

July 4th, 2008

Yesterday, at about 3 pm, the sky looked like it was 9 pm. Yep! It was a thunderstorm. I guess it was bound to happen, because we’ve had a couple of hot days in a row. I thought nothing of it, except that my car was parked on the street by a 2-hour parking meter, but I couldn’t be bothered to put more quarters because I didn’t want to get wet, at the same time I didn’t want to be ticketed.

No tickets, YAY! I guess the police also didn’t want to get wet :p Whatever. I arrived home slightly wet, no worries. I walked into my apartment building .. and it was DARK!!! At this point, I was annoyed because I had prepared beef stew in the CrockPot since that morning & was hoping to come home to a prepared dinner!

Never mind. This blackout wasn’t going to last, I thought. 5 hours later, I thought wrong. I was worried about the chins getting too hot & my food in the fridge going bad. So, I decided to buy 2 bags of ice & store them in the fridge. I was going to sleep through the hot night & I’d wake up to a power-restored morning.

……………………………

I woke up alright .. BUT IT WAS SO HOT BECAUSE THE POWER DIDN’T COME BACK ON!

Eeeerrgghh!!!

I never realized how much we took electricity for granted! I had no access to the Internet, my laptop & my phone ran out of battery, I couldn’t cook, no TV, no AC, no fan. I wonder what people did back in the day to kill time when there was no electricity .. I couldn’t even read with the help of a couple of dim candles, because it was too dark! I guess people just had to sleep earlier. Well, I slept at 3 am, so I had to stay up longer feeling bored with nothing to do.

After a trip to the movie & the mall, I finally came home to power-restored apartment. The chins & I finally could enjoy the cool air blowing from the AC.

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