Back to Art (Part 1)

I bought a set of acrylic paints to start painting again. Just to get my mind off work. My masterpiece is on a piece of canvas and i am going to donate it to the midwife's coffee room. They may want to auction it to pay for a new microwave oven. Will show once it is completed.

Status 'tigris' epilepticus

I was kinda bored this weekend and decided to visit Linton Zoo which is only about 10 miles off Cambridge. Climbed out of bed, made breakfast, called home, and after a quick bath....grabbed my Lowepro bag with my 'ka chang' and drove to my destination. It was cloudy initially but the sun came out and it was just brilliant. Linton Zoo is not big...just small enough to house some big cats, zebras, lotsa owls, tamarins, birds and a handful of reptiles. Enough for me as i dont really wanna spend too long there anyways.



Paid £7 at the entrance and made my way around. Saw the birds...turtles....toucan...some owls... and then...the BIG CATS. As i was walking near the enclosure, some tourist told me to watch out as the 'Lion' was apparently spraying around. I then noticed that it was in 'heat' and erm..manage to get a glimpse of a courting and mating ritual. Guess nothing to do, so eat, sleep, shit, and sex loh..




Then i heard a roar...almost a roar...more like intermittent grunts. The sound was definitely from a big animal. I moved on...and the sound was coming from the 'tiger' neighbours. There were 4 tigers there. The next thing i know, i was witnessing an event that i have only seen in humans... status epilepticus. Status 'tigris' epilepticus..

I manage to capture that very moment with my camera. I was disheartened to watch that cat fitting away and nothing can be done. Hands tied. Some of us watching managed to get the keepers to help but i guess there isn't anything that can be done. The other tigers just refused to leave as though sensing something was wrong with their sibling. Its just amazing. It went on and on for at least 10-15 minutes. Tonic-clonic (shaking violently) all the time... with heavy breathing in between... then...finally it stopped. The tiger was very drowsy and struggling to be on its paws. It made a few steps and fell back to the ground. As though knowing what actually happened, another tiger seems to be encouraging it. Half an hour past before the tiger regained its composure...moving around the enclosure...being watch by new oblivious tourist.







i wish that tiger would be examined by the vet soon...

Waiting in agony

Its about 0746 now on a monday morning of 25062007. Just finished a Caesarean section about an hour ago. Reason? well, fetal heart rate went down to about 80-70 bpm lasting probably about 10 to 15 minutes. Rushed to theater for a grade 1 section. Baby is fine. Thank goodness... (another life saved)

Am just waiting to hand over in the next half hour or so.

Am waiting also for the arrival of my new gadget...toy....boy's game.... whatever you call it. I call it...my 'bazooka'! Its my new telephoto lens...a nikkor 80-200mm f2.8D ED.

And ....to add to this....my Crumpler Mcbain Laptop bag, to house my pearl white Macbook.

ahhhhhh.... i do hope they arrive before the planned protest and strike by Royal Mail.

Nothing better to do...so much time!

mom and dad went back to malaysia today. I drove back to La Klo Yee after Heathrow and although initially had intended to go out to meet paul and vinna....but it was raining quite heavily (was in the car driving... @%!£% took a wrong turn as tomtom no GPS signal!)...so i decided to be 'lazy'...i stayed indoors instead..and started on my little project (and i promise you that more will come).

I have always wanted to make my own animation using still pictures captured on my camera (dunno why, at the same time...got a Mac magazine and they were writing an article on how to!! yippee!). So...i was like thinking hard on what object or subject to use. Then... blink!... i remembered CH had bought some...erm...erm...dunno what those dolls are called lah. From Prague...

So, all ready... camera out (my D70 Nikon), tripod...and then snap! snap! snap! .... but aiyo... battery run out. Forget to bring charger! Shit...

CH: erm erm... (cooking her porridge) use mine loh... i dont know whether can use or not lah...
Me: Can ah?
CH: Can..
Me: thanks (inside.....jumping up and down...boing boing boing like small boy excited)

Camera ready... Powershot S3..snap snap... I think i took about 274 pics to make this short film. Uploaded onto my Macbook's IMovie and then did some editing. So here it is...the end product. Cute leh... I call it...erm "THUN YUP LUNG" -meaning in cantonese..(direct translation bounce into hole!
MUAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH