Makan

Yep, eating is what every living, breathing and squeaking thing has to do.

It's only now that I understand why cartoonists draw hamsters and guinea pig's mouth the way they do. Didn't really know why, until I saw this picture of course! (refer to the guinea pig on the right)

I enjoy watching animals feed, except for carnivores definitely. It's one of the reasons I am vegetarian, for 81% of my life. My ol' guinea pig Mimi was exceptionally naughty when it comes to feeding. Feed it too often with carrots, it'll eat a little, then start throwing his food around by biting it and carrying it up vertically, then smash it on the ground! I used to be rather amused by the sight of it, but decidedly stopped being so cruel and fed it with cucumber (its fav) the next few days. Imagine if your mom were to cook bitter gourd everyday for lunch and dinner for the whole week!!

Buying a Hamster

When buying a hamster, there are many aspects to be considered:

The hamster shouldn't be too young (at least three weeks old) or too old (not more than three months). If you buy a hamster with two weeks it will probably die, because tha hamster can't feed itself suitably. With more than two months a female hamster might be pregnant. A so young "mother" is of course not a healthy hamster. Another aspect is that young hamsters are much easier to tame.

Buy a hamster only in the afternoon, because they sleep during the day and you can't see how active they are

Maybe the hamster is ill or hurt and the seller wants to sell you the hamster for the half of the price, but NEVER buy a hamster in those conditions.

The eyes of the hamster should be clear and the hair shouldn't be wet. These marks mean that the hamster is ill.

Buy only one hamster, because when they grow they begin to fight. If you want to breed hamsters you have to keep male and female in different cages. (Exception: dwarf hamsters, if they are from the same litter)

Dog's Thoughts

Do I look familiar? My master very famous! He is taking his bath now. Any message you wanna pass to him? By the way, my name is Siow Bai. Nice to meet you!

Don’t disturb me! I work until flop on floor (做到趴地). Feel like 100 years never sleep! You will be sorry if you try to!

Goose!!

NGONG!!!

Let me tell you some stories about an experience I once had regarding geese. Warren and I were jogging in Lake Gardens some years ago, when I decided to take a path over the lake across the bridge. There was this flock of geese around the area, and I ran through the whole crowd. Warren wailed out, saying "Garry, you mad arrrr??!!". Well, he followed anyway with a fearful look in his face! Kinda reminds me of the look on a goat when it's afraid, can you imagine?? Perhaps I'll find a pic of that and post it here. Continuing with the geese, one of them looked as if it was gargling and flapped its wings furiously! Guess it wanted to chase us off...

As for the pic, I am reminded of a Disney cartoon I watched when I was young, it was about 2 geese, wearing the head scarf or something, and boy, were they gossipy!!! Ngong!!

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