Kan Ni Na......

Was reading Banana Ooze's blog, in particular, this: "Na-beh" and it reminded me of something that happened to me some months ago.

I drove my already-10years-old-no-power-660CC-kancil to fetch my bro at Changi airport one day. Being old and being only 660CC, I felt it safer to drive around 80km/h. I only overtake the car in front in the safest situation because my kancil has no "pick-up".

So, I was on lane 2, after checking the oncoming car on lane 1 was far behind, I signalled and moved to lane 1 trying to overtake the car infront. But the oncoming car on lane 1 was zooming in extremely fast, I would say it was at the very least, 140km/h. And it was approaching fast, and he flashed its high beam light at me as if to say "MOVE YOUR BIG FAT ASS OUT OF MY WAY!". I was really shocked that it approached so fast, like in 2 seconds it's going to bump into my big fat ass if I'm not out of the way. Shocked! and I uttered a cry "KAN NI NA!!!!" ......
and I put up my mid finger out of anger while moving out of lane 1. But of course, the driver could not have see it as I didn't and couldn't wind down the window (in time) for him to see it. I was soooooo god damn angry, I tell you.

But that was the FIRST TIME in my 29 years of life that I used the "phrase" - kan ni na.... You can see how shocked and angry I was at that time. I was shocked by the fast approaching car, and I shocked myself again for using that phrase. My bro, who never use any improper word, was beside me. He didn't say anything though he thinks ladies shouldn't swear that much. I was glad that he just kept quiet, else it'll only add to my anger.

Afterwards, I felt funny for using that phrase. Because I had never used that phrase until that day. Yet it came out of my mouth so "naturally"... as if I've used it dozens of time. haha...

Another baby boy~!

Ee Kuen had gave birth on Saturday morning to a healthy baby boy~! Congratulations to EK and Huang~~

Ck, ST and I went to visit her in the afternoon. The baby is cute, of course. Every baby is cute, and they all look the same. But EK's bb has very tall nose like her, must be a handsome boy ya~ Congrats once again~!

Shameless - the follow up

The woman next door bought a big bag of longan. She told me she couldn't find duku so she bought longan instead and asked me to take it as she felt sorry for throwing away my duku.

I said "No need lah.", I didn't take it and head to work as usual.

I think that was very cold of me.

But I don't care. She shouldn't have throw away my fresh duku in the first place, IF she really did throw instead of eat them. Perhaps she ate them thinking that the owner won't make a sound. Because there are 3 rooms rented out, how would the owner knows who ate them and who to confront to. But I stick a note on the fridge, perhaps she felt shame thus admitting it was her and said she mistakenly threw it.

Perhaps it really was an innocent incident. But again, I don't care. I just don't like them, especially her husband.

And I haven't found the truth behind my missing nuggets.

Shameless!!

8+pm :
Asshole! Somebody just fucking stole my duku in the fridge!!!

Shameless!!!

I took some out of the whole bag and ate in my room after work. About 2 hours later, I happily went to get somemore and the whole bag was gone!!! Fuck that asshole! Duku also want to steal?! Just $2, cannot afford? Then go eat shit!!

Although it's just $2, but it's not the value that matters, but the behaviour!! Thief!! and really stupid thief, if he/she just took part of it, I'd probably won't even realize it, idiot! asshole!

I was so angry and I wrote this and stuck it onto the fridge :

谁拿了不属于你的水果,吃的时候要小心,不然会哽到!!
(those who took fruits that belongs to other, becareful when you eat it, else you might choke!!)

Sooooooooooooo annggrryy!!!

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

12am :
I have some nuggets in the fridge's chiller compartment. It's been almost 2 weeks I left there, almost forgot about it. But somebody sure "remembers" it better than me. He/she took more than half of the nuggets.

I hope he/she chokes.

x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

Next day morning :
The woman next door came and asked me, "The duku is yours ah? paiseh leh... I thought my MIL left it here for soooo long, so I threw the whole bag... paiseh.."

I didn't say anything except "Oh."

She just came back yesterday. She just gave birth and left with her MIL to Perak 2 weeks ago. If the duku has been left there for two weeks, would it still look this fresh??? It's not very convincing. AND her husband is there, if it's bought by his mother, he would have finished it by now, wouldn't he? And she can always ask her husband what. Stupid. Maybe it's a careless mistake. But what about my nuggets?! The other guy in another room hardly cooks. This couple does. So I think her husband took my nuggets. He is the one who completely treated me as invisible when I bumped into him on the street the other day. Stupid people.

Still can't believe he's dead

Steve Irwin is dead.

I still can’t believe it. I was so shaken by this news that I almost cried for a man I never met. (I’d probably cry out loud the day David Attenborough dies…)

I still think about this matter every other hour. He is one of the men I admired most. At first I thought it was Jeff Corwin who died, for Steve Irwin was always so confident in any situation (when working with dangerous animals), despite it seemed extremely dangerous to us. But he knew the animals’ behaviour well than anybody.

“Australian awestruck by global outpouring of shock over the death of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin”, reported a newspaper. I was surprised by that too. I was also surprised by the reactions of friends and people around me. It seems that everyone in the world likes and respects him for what he did for wildlife and conservation. That’s some remarkable achievement.

I believe he would be happy to die this way, of cos I’m sure he’d choose not to die if he could, but he died doing what he loved, that’s a consolation. If I were to die, I hope I’d die like him, die doing what I love. I always thought, I don’t mind if I were to die while diving, because that’s what I love to do. To die in the embrace of nature, I don’t mind at all. And I will smile in heaven, yes, in heaven I will be, because I’m such an angel. Hahaha… If I die in the sea, don’t be sad for me, for I will smile in heaven.

I’ve posted this before but I had to quote this again:

Carson Ray... 1989
If I should die beneath the sea --
What e'er the circumstance may be --
I only ask that you not cry
For such a lucky one as I.

But, rather, weep for those alive
Who know not what it is to dive
Into the planet's liquid heart
And of God's ocean be a part.

For even Christ must envy all
Who dive along the ocean's wall;
Though wind and sea His will obeys,
He only walked upon the waves.

And may I ask for one thing more?
A simple cross beside the shore.
Below my name inscribe for me:
Lost to the earth, but found at sea.

Steve Irwin died..... :'(

OH MY GOD...............!!!! Steve Irwin died........

He died in an accident while diving and shooting a film about stingray. Read here

This is sooooo sad... He's one of the naturalist I admired most... And he's still so young... Really unlucky that the barb went directly at his chest and reportedly into his heart. Else he wouldn't die.... sigh sigh sigh............... This is a sad day... I'll always remember Steve Irwin.

Hijau - Zainal Abidin

Yesterday's (or today? damn poor memory..) newspaper featured an interview of Zainal Abidin. er... I can't even remember did I read it in hardcopy paper or on the internet.... can neither remember was it an article in Chinese or English... what a mess in my brain...??? His well-known song, Hijau, is already 10 years on. I love that song. The melody is kind of eccentric. It talks about environment. I can't find the translation.. anyway, it's a beautiful song.

Download it here

Hijau - Zainal Abidin

Bumi yang tiada rimba
Seumpama hamba
Dia dicemar manusia
Yang jahil ketawa

Bumi yang tiada udara
Bagai tiada nyawa
Pasti hilang suatu hari
Tanpa disedari

Bumi tanpa lautan
Akan kehausan
Pasti lambat laun hilang
Duniaku yang malang

Dewasa ini kita saling merayakan
Kejayaan yang akhirnya membinasakan
Apalah gunanya kematangan fikiran
Bila di jiwa kita masih lagi muda
Dan mentah
Ku lihat hijau

Bumiku yang kian pudar
Siapa yang melihat
Di kala kita tersedar
Mungkinkah terlewat

Korupsi,opresi,obsesi diri
Polusi,depressi,di bumi,kini

Oh..anok-anok
tokleh meghaso mandi laok
Besaing,maing ghama-ghama
Ale lo ni tuo umurnyo bejuto
Kito usoho
Jauhke dari malapetako
Ozon lo ni koho nipih nak nak aghi
Keno make asak
Hok biso wei,pasa maknusio
Seghemo bendo-bendo di dunio
Tokleh tehe
Sapa bilo-bilo

Found a bit of translation of the last part which maybe Jawa or Kelantanese... dunno...
Oh anak-anak
Tak boleh merasa mandi laut
Di samping main rama-rama (some ppl said it should be "main ramai-ramai")
Bumi ini tuanya umur berjuta
Kita usaha
Jauhkan dari malapetaka
Ozon sekarang ni nipis
Sebab makan asap (shld be "dimakan oleh asap")
Tak boleh jadi, disebabkan manusia (shld be "(asap) yang berbisa, disebabkan manusia")
Semua benda-benda di dunia
Tak boleh tahan
Sampai bila-bila

* Thanks for Ray for additional correct translation

Tioman video

These are all very short videos... too short...
Labas Swimthrough

Corals

Caressing moray eel

Tioman 22/7/06

Finally get to dive Tioman this year, it's already July... 3, 4more months left before diving season ends in East Coast Msia. Tioman's corals are very healthy, so happy to see that. BUT, the fishes are getting less and less, like a forest without animals, very lonely, desserted feeling. HOwever it's always nice to go for a short diving trip at Tioman.

This is a flatworm.

Shirley and me.

A nudibranch's egg~ So pretty.

Anemone and clownfish.

Labas island, my favourite dive site at Tioman.

The many swimthroughs at Labas. Very special site.



Tioman's sunset is always like this. The sun is always hidden behind thick clouds.

Very very fat nudibranch.





Lots of hermit crabs.

Cut a hole in my glove so that I can handle my camera easier.

Purple nudibranch~ so pretty. Gab took this photo while I was looking around. Actually I don't have much interest in nudibranch, pretty as they are, I prefer to play with things like porcupine, batfish, etc. hahahaa...

This is, if not mistaken, juvenile sweetlip, theso called "agogo-fish" because it swims like it's doing agogo dance.



Alex playing as victim in rescue course. The two rescue divers-to-be spent a longgg time dragging Alex up the boat.. very funny...

A video of tiny crab

I thought this is a cute video I've taken in Phuket. It was a crab filtering food from sand.

Crab Er...it's just 5 seconds...

My poor Xiao Hei...

I was wrong, small as they are, their bites can be really painful... However, their are soooo adorable.. look at my Xiao Bai (means : the little white one) sleeping. SSSSoooooo irresistably cute, aren't they?

My poor Xiao Hei (means : the little black one)... Her right leg got caught between the water bottle holder and the cage bar... It squeaked quite loudly in the middle of the night, I thought they were fighting so I just let them be. But the squeak sound didn't stop. I woke up about 5-10minutes later to check on them... To my horror, Xiao Hei was hanging in the middle of the cage.... My Godddddd...................................... I pulled the cage bar wider and she dropped to the bedding... I didn't take her out immediately as she must have been in fright.. The next morning I took her out, and see how she walks, I think her right leg is gone case... It has blackened... And she is now cripple... dragging the leg while walking............... sooooo poor thing...... I think she is unfortunate to have me as the owner. I must have brought her bad luck. I think I always own things which are damaged when I bought it or imperfect things. So I think Xiao Hei is bad luck. Because her owner is me, so she "had to become imperfect".........Look at them sleep.. so kawaiii......

Tiny tiny hamster.

Face close up. Xiao Bai.
Xiao Hei.
BIGGG difference compare their size with my Miko~ I felt like I am a mum having second child. hahaha... I was a bit scared that Miko will feel jealous. So I make sure I spend enough time with her as before.

I couldn't resist to buy this sand bath ceramic er... thing... what do you call that anyway...?
I really hope Xiao Hei's injury won't affect her too much. She is still very active. I hope she'll be a happy baby despite her injury...

Hamsters~

Had been so busy, no time to write...

Yesterday I saw those tiny little hamsters at a pet shop... I couldn't resist... and the shop assistant who is an Indian but speaks perfect Chinese, he was so nice and patience. In the end I bought 2 hamsters~......

I intended to call one Jessica, another Alba.. hahaha... but I think it's better with Xiao Hei, Xiao Bai. They will bite me when I carry them out. But their teeth are too tiny to cause pain. They are sooo adorable... They are only about the size of my Miko's ear...... hahaha..... I can't wait to go home and play with them...